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Note: re he underwent." from "My First 85 Years" by Amanda Meredith Hill. In the account by Joe Meredith Hill, he recalls further that Ed and another escapee were so hungry and miserable after a couple of nights, that they let themselves be recaptured and then sent to a prison camp. Ed Meredith from Co. D, 8th Regiment appears on a roll of Prisoners of War at Camp Douglas (Chicago), Illinois. Camp Douglas is near Chicago. The record states he was captured at Murfreesboro on Dec. 31, 186_. Roll 4, sheet 2. Dated Feb. 11, 1863. On Dec. 31, the 13th (8th) was with Gen. N.B. Forrest on a raid when he was caught by surprise at Parker's Crossroads, to the west of Murfreesboro. The regiment lost 8 killed, 35 wounded, and 130 captured or missing in the Battle of Parker's Crossroads. Ed was probably one of the captured. It is prehaps this battle where Ed and Elisha's brother John also turned up missing.
There is a Confederate Pension application for Ed Meridith #S1571 who served in the 8th Cavalry. It says that on the 31 of Dec. 1862, he was wounded at Parker's Crossroads, shot in the groin by a grape-shot which made a rupture in his abdomen. He states that he was captured and taken to Camp Douglas (in Chicago), Illinois. He says that he was incapacitated for about 6 months. Then goes on to say that he stayed in the service of Confederate States until after the Battle of Franklin. He says he was cut off from his command in 1864, and was so afflicted he was unable to return. He did not sign an oath of loyalty to the U.S. until after the surrender. He has a wife, 55, no property except some furniture worth about $50. and is unable to work at all. This is verified by J.H. Snodgrass, M.D., and W.L. Dibrell, who vouch for him.Tthe application was dated Dec. 2, 1895. On the front it is stamped "Rejected" and some notes about insufficient and then "Dead." I agree that there is some inconsistency, and his wounds are not mentioned in the history written by his nephew Joe Meredith Hill, who knew him in the post-war years.
Deed Book U, p. 585 records that Edward Meredeth and James W. Merdeth had bought 200 acres of land from Vance C. Lowry. Once known as the Rodgers (sp. ?) Mill place. In this deed Ed is selling his interest to James for $520.35. This must have been the land that is called Meredith's Mill in the skirmish that took place in 1863.
Probate Deed Book G, p. 110. Ed Meredith and wife Elizabeth sell their land for $1600. on May 25, 1870. (FHL #507895)
Tax List: Ed Meredith is shown with 250 acres in Dist. 12 valued at $2040.
Ed, his brothers, and friends seemed to get in a few scrapes and troubles in the 1870s.
In June, 1876 Ed Meredith was charged by the State of Tennessee with "contempt of court and disturbing said court by loud talking and drunken and profane swearing..." p. 278 of Vol. 9 of Civil and Criminal Minutes of White County. In Feb. 1877 the Grand Jury indicted him of carrying a pistol, which carried a $250. fine, but the jury found him not guilty, on p. 446 of Vol. 9.
Note: "Uncle Edd Meredith was captured and escaped from the prison boat by jumping overboard in the Mississippi River and swimming ashore. He always suffered from rheumatism the rest of his life from exposu
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