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Andrew Whitworth (b. November 01, 1822, d. September 07, 1902)

Andrew Whitworth (son of Thomas William Whitworth and Martha Ann Hicks) was born November 01, 1822 in Stewarts Creek, Lincoln County, Tennessee, and died September 07, 1902 in Lauderdale County, Alabama. He married Mary Ann McGee on February 28, 1860 in Lincoln County, Tennessee.

Notes for Andrew Whitworth:
44th Consolidated Regiment Company B, Tennessee Infantry CONFEDERATE

44th Infantry Regiment, organized at Camp Trousdale, Tennessee, in December, 1861, contained men from Coffee, Grundy, Franklin, Lincoln, and Bedford counties. The unit fought at Shiloh and lost seventy-four percent of the 470 engaged. On April 19, 1862, the 55th (McKoin's) Regiment, which also suffered heavy losses, merged into the 44th. It now had a force of 489 effectives. After fighting at Munfordville and Perryville it was assigned to General B.R. Johnson's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. During November, 1863, the unit was consolidated with the 25th Regiment. It participated in the Battles of Murfreesboro and Chickamauga, was active in the Knoxville Campaign, then joined the Army of Northern Virginia. The regiment went on to fight at Drewry's Bluff, was active in the Petersburg trenches north of the James River, and ended the war at Appomattox. It lost thirty-four percent of the 509 engaged at Murfreesboro and thirty-eight percent of the 294 at Chickamauga. The 25th/44th sustained 95 casualties of the 259 at Drewry's Bluff. This regiment, attached to General McComb's Brigade, surrendered 5 officers and 53 men. The field officers were Colonels John S. Fulton, John H. Kelly, and Coleman A. McDaniel; Lieutenant Colonels John L. McEwen, Jr. and Henry S. Shied; and Majors Gibson M. Crawford, Henry C. Ewin, and James M. Johnson.

Sources:
1. Title: southerland-judy.ged
Author: Judy Mosely
Note: Judy Mosely, judyojudy@aol.com
2. National Park Service Civil War Records 44th Consolidated
Film Number: M231 Roll 46
3. DAN SULLIVAN dan_sullivan@prodigy.net

Confederate Infantry

More About Andrew Whitworth:
Burial: Austin Cemetery, Lauderdale Co. Alabama.
Military service: 1861, Confederate Infantry.

More About Andrew Whitworth and Mary Ann McGee:
Marriage: February 28, 1860, Lincoln County, Tennessee.