Lynn's serving Confederate States of America

Lynn ancestors in the CSA-1861-1862

What we know of the service of William W. Lynn and his brother John B. Lynn is from the pension application (w8286)of Samuel Lee Johnson, a first cousin to them. Living upon Roaring River in Jackson County, Tennessee they were about the same distances from Gainesboro and Cookeville, Tennessee. For some unknown reason they joined a company formed at Cookeville (Putnam Co.) rather than in Jackson Co.. They all were enlisted at camp Zollicoffer in the Livingston area into the 25th Regiment Tennessee Volunteers under General Zollicoffer.

On November 1, 1861, a letter from the Assistant Adjutant General to Zollicoffer advised him "Stanton, Murray and Bledsoe (Cavalry) are under your orders." The regiment continued to operate along the border, sometimes in Tennessee, sometimes in Kentucky, until the end of 1861. Zollicoffer, then at Beech Grove, Kentucky had in his command the 16th Alabama, 15th Mississippi, 17th, 19th, 20th, 25th, and 28th Tennessee Infantry Regiments, four Companies of Cavalry and two Batteries of Artillery.

The following is a report filed by Brig.General William H.Carroll,
commanding the Second Brigade, to Major General G. B. Crittenden.
Hdgrs. Second Brigade-Division, C.S. Army,
Gainesborough, Tennessee, Sept.1, 1862
(Excerpted from this report) This entire report can be read in and earlier post to this blog. The battle of fishing creek.

In accordance with your orders of January 17th, (1862) which reached me at
midnight of that date, I moved the 17th Regt., then under command
of Lt. John P. Murray, from their encampment at Mill Springs, to
the north side of the Cumberland river, and halted them at Beech
Grove, taking quarters with the 20th and the 25th Tennessee
Regiments, commanded by the Colonels Battle and Stanton, which were
encamped at that place, at 8:00 p.m.

The above paragraph establishes they were present at the battle of fishing creek along with their 1st cousins Samuel Lee Johnson, James Mack Johnson, Acy (Asa) Lynn Johnson, and William R. Johnson. The 25th regiment went on to fight at the battle of Shiloh in west Tennessee. We do not know if the boys were still members of the 25th at that time.
Joe B. Lynn-9-11-2008