Patrica............ Your ancestor may have actually been a Union soldier from east Tennessee. The only Ephraim Henry I could locate was in the Union 9th Tn Cavalry. 26 east Tennessee conscripts were assigned to the Marshal Battery in the summer of 1864. 24 of the 26 deserted. One was my wife's ancestor, John L. Collins of Sullivan County. Your ancestor was probably a Union man to begin with. Here is the info on my wife's ancestor : About Collins, John L.This is taken from the book " Mountain Rebels: East Tennessee Confederates 1860-1870 " page 108 : " Men often slipped off as quickly as they were gained. For example,in the summer of 1864,twenty-six East Tennesseans assigned to Marshall's Battery from the Conscript Bureau,were supplied with clothing to the exclusion of the older members of the unit,and were drilled until all were competent artillerymen. Unfortunately, 24 of the 26 deserted. " I believe John may have been one of the 24. After years of believing John was probably a Union Soldier in the Civil War I am now convinced he was " conscripted " into the Rebel Army after finding what I believe to be his brief Confederate service record in Marshall's Company of Tennessee Artillery ( the Steuben Artillery )on FOOTNOTE John was probably drafted sometime during the spring- summer of 1864 just before or after the birth of his daughter,Nancy. He first takes the Oath of Allegiance at Atlanta Sept 27,1864 after he was probably given the choice of that over a Yankee prison camp. He was then sent to the military prison in Louisville,Ky where he again " took the oath " on Oct 22,1864 and was released " north of the Ohio river " where he agreed to remain till the end of the war. Most of the men that did this while they didn't take up arms again,usually made a " bee-line " for their homes !!! John is described as 5'10" grey or " hazel " eyes, fair complexion, dark hair and a " conscript " from " Sullivan County,East Tennessee." There are several John Collins that served in area Union units he could have made it back home and joined the Federal Army. THE 1860 CENSUS OF SULLIVAN COUNTY,EAST TENNESSEE : 917 917 COLLEN John L. 26 M Miller 50 VA Sarah M. 22 F Domestic VA Margret Bell 2/12 F TN

Henry, Ephraim

REGIMENT NAME:9th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry
SIDE:Union:
COMPANY:C
SOLDIER'S RANK IN:Private
SOLDIER'S RANK OUT:Private

UNION TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS

9th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry

OVERVIEW: Organized at Knoxville, Tenn., August 13, 1863. Joined DeCourcy at Crab Orchard, Ky., September 24, 1863. Attached to District of North Central Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, Cavalry Corps, Military Division Mississippi, to November, 1864. District of East Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to March, 1865. 3rd Brigade, Cavalry Division, District of East Tennessee, to July, 1865. Cavalry Brigade, District of East Tenneseee, to September, 1865.

SERVICE:Duty at Crab Orchard, Ky., till October, 1863. (A Detachment on march to Cumberland Gap September 24-October 3, 1863, and operations about there.) Duty in District of East Tennessee, at Knoxville, Nashville and on line of the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, and at Bull's Gap, Tenn., till October, 1864. Rogersville August 21, 1864. Pursuit to Greenville August 21-23. Blue Springs August 23. Operations in East Tennessee August 29-September 4. Park Gap and Greenville September 4. Death of Gen. J. H. Morgan. Gillem's Expedition from East Tennessee toward Southwest Virginia September 20-October 17. Rheatown September 28. Watauga River September 29. Carter's Station September 29-October 1. Operations in East Tennessee October 10-28. Greenville October 12. Bull's Gap October 16. Clinch Mountain October 18. Clinch Valley, near Sneedsville, October 21. Mossy Creek and Panther Gap October 27. Morristown and Russellville October 28. Operations against Breckenridge's advance into East Tennessee November 4-17. Russellville November 11. Bull's Gap November 11-14. Russellville November 14. Strawberry Plains November 16-17. Flat Creek November 17. Stoneman's Expedition to Saltsville, Va., December 10-29. Big Spring, near Rogersville, December 12. Kingsport December 13. Glade Springs December 15. Marion and capture of Wytheville December 16. Mt. Airy December 17. Engagement near Marion December 17-18. Capture and destruction of Saltville December 20-21. Duty in East Tennessee till March, 1865. Stoneman's Raid into Southwest Virginia and Western North Carolina March 21-April 25. Wytheville April 6. Shallow Ford and near Mocksville, N.C., April 11. Salisbury April 12. Catawba River April 17. Swannanoa Gap, N. C., April 20. Near Hendersonville April 23. Duty in East Tennessee till September. Mustered out September 11, 1865.

Hope this might have helped.
Glenn Land