The Civil War Around My Cook & King Families

Long, E. B., Barbara Long, and Bruce Catton. 1971. The Civil War Day by Day : An Almanac, 1861-1865. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday.


I wanted to gain a better understanding of what my Cook & King families experienced in the region where they lived during the Civil War. They resided in the southern part of Rutherford County and northern Bedford County, Tennessee. I made a list of key locations and notable events from those areas using Long's Civil War Day by Day. The first part of 1863 appears to have been a particularly difficult time for them. I plan to do this exercise for a few other families and regions.

Eagleville

1863 Mar 2 skirmish

1863 Mar 31 skirmish

1863 Apr 16 skirmish

1863 May 3 Fed scouts

1863 Dec 7  skirmish

Eagleville Pike

1863 Jun 10  Federal scout

Rover
1863 Feb 19 skirmish
1863 Mar 13 skirmish

1863 Mar 15 skirmish

1863 May 5 skirmish

1863 Jun 23 skirmish

1863 Jun 28 skirmish

Shelbyville

1862 Mar 25 Fed Recon to 

1863 Oct 7 Sim's Farm

1864 Nov 28 Calvary units skirmished

Shelbyville Pike

1863 Jan 5 skirmish

1863 Feb 20 skirmish

1863 Apr 23 skirmish

1863 Jun 4 Confederate operation

1863 Jun 6 skirmish

Shelbyville Road
1862 Apr 24 skirmish

Unionville

1863 Jan 31 skirmish

1863 Mar 4 fighting

1863 Jun 23 skirmish

Versailles
1863  Fed Recon to Jan 13 Mar 9

J.G. Cook & D.V. Putnam--guests at Broadway House Hotel

The "From the Hotels" section of the paper for 13th September 1888 listed several familiar names among those at the Broadway House hotel.   J. G. Cook is Jefferson Gideon Cook(son of Wm C Cook and Elizabeth Putman) and D V Putnam is J. G. Cook's 1st cousin(the son of William Putman, brother of Elizabeth.)  David Vance spelled his surname as Putnam rather than Putman.  If, as some believe, Wm Putman's wife was the sister of Wm C. Cook, then Gideon and David Vance were double 1st cousins.  According to the 1888 city directory L W. Russell was the proprietor of the Broadway House hotel which was located at 413 Broadway.

Broadway House
Chas. Arnholt, St. Louis, MO
P. C. Snyder, St Joe, MO
W. M. Davis, Lasea
A. J. Redditt and wife,
Miss Moss, Riddleton
Harry V. Cooper, Wartrace
D. McDowald, Louisville
R. A. Smith, Columbia
W. H. Rhoads, Westmoreland
T. N. Moss, Echo
J. F. Carr, Hartsville
J. F. Duffer, Echo
W. H. Herman, Chattanooga
J. L. Jordan, Triune
J. W. Nowlen, Holt's Corner
Wm. Smith, Moodyville
S. B Smith, Bagdad
J. J. Bingham, Bingham
C. D. Kirkpatrick, Southall
W. J. Stallings, Palmetto
J. W. Osteen, Chapel Hill
W. W. Tullos
D. H. Roberts, Rock Hill
Chas. Biles, Franklin
D.V. Putnam, Nolensville
J. G. Cook, Eagleville
I. S. Page, Triune
T. Sanderson
R. M. Sanford, Nolensville
M. G. Corlett
J. B Reee(sic), Reed's Store
J. P. Barksdale, Celina
J. C. Rodgers, Wailes Station
E. P. Frazier, Godwin
J. H. McLerran, Celina

Sources:
"At The Hotels," Broadway House, The Tennessean, 13 Sep 1888, P. 3, col 5; digital images, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 10 Sep 2023).

"U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995," digital image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2469 : accessed 10 September 2023) Tennessee > Nashville > 1888 > Image 87 of 474.