The Battle of Chickamauga

National Military Park in Chickamauga, Georgia Where 18th Tennessee Infantry 

Was In Heat Of The Battle

The marker in the above picture is located at the place on the Chickamauga battlefield where the Confederate Army of Tennessee, under the command of General Alexander Stewart's Division of Buckner's Corps, in the most intense fighting of the two days battle at Chickamauga Creek, Georgia in September 1863, routed the Union line creating a breakthrough for the Army of Tennessee to advance. This breakthrough gave the Confederate Army the victory when General Rosecrans withdrew the Union forces from the battlefield. It was the second largest battle of the Civil War after Gettysburg in size of troops and casualties.

Brigadier General John C. Brown commanded the brigade of Stewart's Division in which the 18th Tennessee Infantry, led by Colonel Joseph Palmer, was in the heat of the battle where Company E "The Ashland City Guards" from Cheatham County, Tennessee was commanded by Captain Gideon H. Lowe. Note his name on the marker.

Later when Colonel Palmer was promoted to brigadier general, Captain Lowe was assigned to his headquarter's company, and in his stead, Lt. David Crockett Pardue was made acting captain of Company E where he served in that capacity until his capture at the Battle of Bentonville, NC in the late winter of 1865. 

In his application for a Confederate pension, mention was made by one of the soldiers in Company "E", that at the battle of Chickamauga Captain Pardue "led a charge with his arm in a sling and a leave of absence in his pocket."  He had been wounded in the January 1863 Battle of Murfreesboro  (Tennessee) and had been furloughed.  From this account it appears he had not yet recovered from his wound, but, in any event, had come to the battlefield.

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Colonial War Records of Joseph Pardue Who Died 1790 Warren County, NC

The George Washington Papers located in the Library of Congress in Washington, DC houses the collection of the official records of the public life of George Washington, as well as many of his private papers.  His official public life began when he was in his early twenties. And, by the time he was 24, he was a young colonel leading the Virginia Militia against the French during the French and Indian War in the English American colonies' part of Europe's Seven Years War.

In the George Washington Papers are located 2 images showing the signatures of Joseph Pardue who died in1790.  Those signatures and other references to him are located in the segment of Captain Joshua Lewis' Seventh Virginia Militia Company.

To see Joseph Pardue's records click on the following link and located on upper right side of page in the search box enter "Joshua Lewis" which will take to all entries for Joshua Lewis.


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In the following headings in the Joshua Lewis section you find the Joseph Pardue references:

Muster Roll July 1757

The muster roll of the Joshua Lewis' Seventh Virginia Company in July 1757 consists of two pages and Joseph appears in the 45th position on the second page as Jos'h Purdue, shown drafted at the age of 23 in October 1756, a planter  from Amelia County 5 feet 10 inches tall with brown hair.

July 12, 1757 Payroll Receipts Of Captain Joshua Lewis' 7th Virginia Militia Company 

Joseph Pardue's signature in the image of the September 12, 1757 payroll receipts is located in the last column midway from top to bottom, clearly signed, "Joseph Pardue".

The second signature is located in last column at the end of the page where  Joseph, once again, signed his name, "Joseph Pardue", apparently as a witness attesting to the completion of payment to the soldiers of Captain Lewis' Seventh Virgina Militia Company in the same 12 September 1757 payroll receipts.
                                            

List of Necessities Returned To Seventh Virginia Company In September 1757

In Captain Joshua Lewis' 7th Virginia Company, Joseph, shown as J'sph Pardue, appears in the list at number 43 on the List of Necessities.  This list appears to have been a list of  the various military supplies issued to the respective soldiers returned to the Seventh Virginia Militia Company in September 1757.  The next month, in October, Joseph, shown as Joseph Pardue, was listed as deserted.  Perhaps, since having turned in his supplies, he thought he was discharged. You think?

                     

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1820 Georgia Census for P*rdue

1820 Census Jefferson County, Georgia

It is unknown who was the father of this William Pardue.  He appears to have been born before 1760 from other records that appear to pertain to him.  He lived close to Richard Pardue, the son of John Pardue, who died 1769 in Bute County, North Carolina, but a birth year prior to 1760 would likely rule him out as a son of Richard, though, a story of one of his descendants seems to indicate that William lived on or near the Pee Dee River in North Carolina at some point, seemingly in the area that Richard lived in Anson County in 1790. So he may be younger than he appears to have been from the few references for him. Richard's move to Edgefield County, South Carolina also puts him near Richard in the 1790s.

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Robert Cooper aka Bob Pardue

Robert Cooper "Bob" Pardue Born in 1839 and Died 23 December 1910
 

Robert Cooper "Bob" Pardue was born in 1839 in Montgomery County, Tennessee to John Pardue and Sarah Pardue, nee Gupton.  He enlisted in the Army of the Confederate States of America in July 1861 as a private in "The Ashland City Guards" of the 18th Tennessee Infantry.  He was discharged on account of disability by October 1861 as shown on papers of the 18th Tennessee Infantry. It is not presently known what that disability was.

A story, as told to one of his grandchildren, tells of an instance, before his discharge, of his being separated from his company and found himself in close presence of Union soldiers, whereby "he hid himself in a fallen hollow log until the soldiers had passed.  He said that his heart was pounding so hard that he was sure the soldiers were going to hear it and find him out. That he had never been so scared in all of his life". Fortunately for him, they passed on by and when he felt it was safe he found his way back and rejoined his company. He died in Henrietta, Cheatham County, Tennessee on 23rd of December 1910.


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1820 Tennessee and Kentucky Census Records For P*rdue

1820 Montgomery County, Tennessee and the Monroe County, Kentucky P*rdue Census Records

1820 census records in Montgomery County, Tennessee for Howel and Jarret Perdue, the sons of Richard Pardue born circa 1743 in Amelia County, Virginia and died 1811 in Montgomery County, Tennessee.

1820 census of Francis Perdue in Monroe County, Kentucky, the son of Joseph Pardue who died in 1790 in Warren County, North Carolina.

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1820 South Carolina Census Records For P*rdue

1820 South Carolina Census for P*rdue in Edgefield, Chester, Lancaster, and Sumter Counties

1820 Edgefield County, South Carolina census for Adams Pardue, son of John Pardue, who died in 1769 in Bute County, North Carolina.

1820 Edgefield County, South Carolina census' for Margaret Pardue, Stephen Pardue, and Sarah Pardue.

1820 Chester County, South Carolina census records for Joseph Pardue and his son, John.

1820 Lancaster County, South Carolina census records for William Pardue.

1820 Sumter County, South Carolina census records for Leroy Pardue.

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