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Note: BENNETT ARTERBERRY was born in Jackson Co., Tennessee @@ 1830. Proir to 1855 he married Miss CAROLINE HUDSON, possibly in JAckson Co., by Rev. Plumlee. (The Jackson Co. Courthouse burned in the 1860's so the early records may have been permanently lost.)
Caroline Hudson's parents were Oliver P. & Eliza Plumlee ? Hudson.
Oliver was born @@1810 in N.C. & Eliza @@1812 in S.C. The only record found so
far on this family is the 1850 census of Jackson Co., Tenn. where Oliver P. Hudson was listed in District No. 7 with wife Eliza & their 5 children: Caroline
b. @@ 1831 TN.; Washington b. @@ 1835 TN.; Mahala b. @@ 1838 TN.; Sarah J b.@@ 1845 Tn.;& Polly Hudson b. @@1849 TN.
Since the Hudsons were not found on the 21860 census of Jackson Co., it may be possible that they moved to another county or state.
Caroline's Mother was said to be Full Blood Chickasaw Indian.....
Bennett's occupation was blacksmith when the Civil War broke out i n1861.
His military records showed his physical descriptions as: dark complexion, grey-brown eyes, black-brown hair & height of 6 feet 5 inches tall.
THE ARTERBERRY'S WERE KNOWN TO BE TALL, EVEN THE WOMEN....
According to his letter of Allegiance to the Union in 1862 Bennett was forced to join the Confederacy. He enlisted on12-28-1861 for 12 months at Nashville, Tenn. & was put in Captain Wm. C Winston's Company Tennessee Lighy Artillery, Co. C as a private. He was about 30 years old at this time. The company stayed in Columbus, Kentucky until they were called. Bennett's Confederate Co was sent to Island No. 10 in the Mississippi River about 40 miles below Columbus near the Tennessee line.
This Island was fortified by the Confederates early in the war, under the direction of General Leonidas Polk, & was manned by @@ 7,000 Confederates under General W.W, Mackall.
Winston's Co. was placed in charge of the heavy batteries on the front lines of the Island for heavy shooting at Union boats. A 128-pound rifled gun known as the Belmont gun gave the company the name of Belmont Battery. From March 15 to April 7, Commodore Andrew H Foote of the Union Navy bombarded this small Island. Finally on April 7, 1862, the Confederates surrendered & most of them pursued into the Swamps. Over 6,000 prisoners, including Bennett Arterberry were taken. The Prisoners were taken to Camp Dougles Prison in Chicago, Illinois. Camp Douglas may have been the largest prisoner of war camp in the North during the Civil War.
After submitting a letter & being accepted into the Union, BENNETT found himself in Co. H, 65th Regiment Illinois Infantry, nicknamed "Scotch Regiment"
In Chicago, he enlisted on 6-8-1862 for 3 years & was enrolled by A. Roberts.
The Regiment left for Annapolis, Maryland on 6-24 under Major Wood, Colonel
Daniel Cameron, & Brigadier General Julius White. Their next stops were Martinsburg, Virginia (now West Virginia) on 7-13 until September when they went to Darkesville, VA. from 9-7-to 9-9. Then they were ordered to march to Maryland Heights & Harper's Ferry to guard it against General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's army during General Robert E. Lee's invasion of Marylend. The city was under siege from 9-11to 9-15, until the surrender on 9-15-1862.
Bennett with thousands of other Union Soldiers were captured that day & later paroled the next day. The defeated army returned to Annapolis then to Chicago. Illinois, to wait their next orders. The next Federal record listed him as a deserter on the Muster Roll of Nov. & Dec., 1862.
On the roll of 4-7-1863, Bennett was mentioned to be at Camp Douglas on 11-20-1862 & was (now) at Tompkinsville, Kent. Another report dated 1-31-1864
read that he desserted 1-1-1863 at Camp Douglas & returned 1-21-1864.
Bennett, at this time of his absence, did not know that he was listed as a deserter.
A letter from Capt. Alex. McDonald dated 2-17-1864, was about Arterberry's desertion in which McDonald said Bennett had received a furlough on 1-20-1863 to
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