Jesse Land

William Land

These brothers are 3 x 1st cousins of mine. Their parents came to s.e. Tennessee from Wilkes County, NC in the late 1830's. According to family history their service in the Confederate Army was brief :

Jesse Land was 20 when he enlisted. He was present, rolls dated September. 6, 1861-Oct. 4, 1861, and March-June, 1862. He was sick at the hospital, October. 28, 1861. Land is listed as `deserted, September 8, 1862`, on the roll dated Nov.-Dec., 1862. Company H (1st Company K), 35th Tenn. This company was raised in Sequatchie Co. By Capt. W.D. Stewart, on September 6, 1861. The county soon came under Union control. Men " sick " or " furloughed " home soon found themselves behind Yankee lines with no way to rejoin their regiment.

Along with brother Jesse Land & brother in law Abraham Wimberly joined Co H 35th Tn Inf but were soon caught behind Yankee lines while home on sick leave.

Family lore says William joined the Yankee 6th Tn Mounted Infantry to protect his family and avoid a Union prison. They fought outlaw and bushwhacker bands made up of deserters of both sides After the war he drew a Federal Pension.
Joined 3-3-1865, Discharged 6-30-65 mustered out at Nashville, Tn • Enlisted at his home in Dunlap,Tn.

Have a couple of questions I'm hoping someone can clear up for me, Was the Union Army in this part of Tennessee this soon ?

When Wheeler raided here in 1863, wouldn't he have been rounding up conscripts and deserters ? If so, wouldn't that cause one to suspect that (at least by then), this family had become pro-union and the men were hiding out ?

Glenn