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Birth: Jan., 1834 Mississippi, USA Death: Jun. 15, 1906 Limestone County Alabama, USA Note: Great Grandfather joined the Confederate Army May 1861, inducted by Captain Hamilton, for an enlistment period of 1 year. Judging by all I have learned of his personality over the years it seems certain that he had no intention of quitting until the festivities were completely over so he remained until the end by his own volition. He entered Confederate service in Hampshire, Maury County, Tennessee July 1st, 1861 as Patrick Conway. He is buried beside his last wife, Sallie Coleman, in Cairo, Limestone County, Alabama in the Sandlin Cemetary. My Grandfather, Ambrose Silas Right Conway, was known to spell the name as Conaway, Connoway and Conway and Great Grandmother Elizabeth Jane Dial Conway was Known to spell it Conoway and Conway. 'Old Pat', as Great grandfather was known in later years todistinguish him from J. P., jr., did not use his given name of'James' and it does not show up on any of the military muster documents nor any other document to include marriage licenses. I'm not 100% sure but I believe that Aunt Jenny may have assigned the 'biblical' name of James to both G-grampa & Uncle Bryan as the only place it ever shows up is in her bible & on Uncle Bryan's headstone. It must be noted that Aunt Jenny is the one who had Uncle Bryan's stone carved & placed. In deference to her &,as I don't really know for sure, I had it placed on G-grampa's stone when we placed the Confederate stone at his grave. According to the 'Interviews of Living Civil War Soldiers' done in the late 1910s and early 1920s and published about 1922, Half Great Granduncle Asa (Acey) Washington Green,Half Great Granduncle Jesse Harrison Green and every other then living member of Captain Reynold's B-Company, with Colonel Biffles then 9th Tennessee Cavalry, states that he was with them until the end of the war in 1865. They (Acey and Jesse),however, did not enter the Confederate service until 1862. All of the records I have found show that 'Old Pat' enlisted in Colonel Wheeler's 6th Tennessee Cavalry July 1st, 1861 as a Private and that appears to be before Colonel Biffles 19th Cavalry existed as the 19th or the 9th. However the 6th Cavalry shows many of the same soldiers present for duty in 1861 as the 11th, 9th, 2nd, 1st and combined 10th and 11th Cavalries show from 1862 to 1865. Colonel Biffle shows up in the 9th, 19th and 1st Cavalries. This appears to be a result of General Forrest's and Lee's need to combine and change units frequently under the direction of the Secretary of War to split them for different battles in different locales and then bring them together as separate units again later and as a result of promotions and assumptions of command. According to the muster records for August through December 31st, 1861, 'Old Pat' was carried as Absent Without Leave (AWOL) "since November 1st, 1861". This muster document shows that he was assigned to G-Company, 1st Tennessee Cavalry at the time, which was also G-Company 2nd Tennessee Cavalry. He showsup next on the Camp Chase, Ohio Prisoner of War Register September 2nd, 1862, when he was transferred as a prisoner of war from Corrinth, Mississippi to Camp Chase, Ohio. He was held in the Federal POW camp in Corrinth from August 1861 to September 1862. According to this document he was captured at Tishomingo, Mississippi in August of 1861. He was transferred by order of Yankee Major General Ord. So, he wasn't AWOL at any time, he was a Prisoner of War. He was interred at the Johnson's Island, Ohio Federal Prison Camp on September 6, 1862. He was transferred to Vicksburg, Mississippi on November 22nd,1862 with 770 other Confederate Prisoners of War for exchange of prisoners and was recieved back to the Confederate Army on December 8th, 1862 near Vicksburg, Mississippi on board the steamboat "Charm". Cpt. E.A. Scovill is shown as the Agent for the exchange. We have the record showing that he wa selected to Lieutenent in Biffle's Cav and his parole records given at Gainesville, Alabama, 11 May, 1865 and that was the rank he held at the time of his parole. It also shows he was in the 9th Tennessee Cavalry belonging to Forrest's Cav at the time of parole. Pat's parole statement reads as follows: No. Y26 I, the undersigned, Prisoner of War, belonging to the Army of the Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana, having been surrendered by Lt. Gen. R. Taylor, C.S.A., Commanding said Department, to Maj. Gen. E.R.S. Canby, U.S.A.,Commanding, Army and Division of West Mississippi, do hereby give my solemn PAROLE of HONOR that I will not hereafter serve in the Armies of the Confederate States, or in any military capacity whatever, against the United States of America, or render aid to the enemies of the latter until properly exchanged as shall be mutually approved by the respective authorities. Done at Gainesville, Ala. this 11th day of May, 1865 P. Conway 1st leut PACS 9th Tenn. Vol. Cav. APPROVED: W.H. Jackson, Brig. Gen'l, C.S.A. E.S. Dennis, Brig. Gen'l, U.S.A. The above named officer will not be disturbed by United States authorities, as long as he observes his parole, and the laws in force where he resides. E.S. Dennis Brig. Gen. U.S. Vols and Pro. Mar. Gen. Com for U.S. Early on I ran into considerable difficulty trying to locate Great grandfather after the Civil War but conversations with researchers indicated that they were aware of Federal Warrants being sworn out for 'Old Pat', Billy Ham and Clay Allison as they were known to have continued to kill Yankee soldiers and Carpet baggers and thus violated their parole agreements. We are aware that "Old Pat" and Clay Allison went to Texas where they continued their fight against the Yankees. I have no objection whatever to them killing yankees and carpetbaggers. It was very hard to find out why 'Old Pat' didn't show up back in the Tennessee/Alabama area until the late 1800's until I read Uncle Bryan's Saturday Evening Post article entitled, '20Months in Alcatraz'. It appears that Great grandfather and Billy Ham continued on to Mexico where Great grandfather earned his living as a professional gambler for a couple of years at least. Pictures in my possession show 'Old Pat' on the home place in 5Points, Appleton, Tennessee about 1900-06. Probably about1904-05 as Uncle Bryan is a young lad of about 4 or 5 in some of the pictures. 'Old Pat's' death notice appeared in the Alabama Courier on June20th, 1906. It reads: "The friends throughout the county were pained to learn last week of the death of that excellent citizen of west Limestone, Pat. Conway,one of the best known men in his section of the county. He has been in failing health for some time and while his death was not a surprise yet it met with a universal expression of regret. Pat Conway was a unique character, always popular and had a host of friends. He was in years gone by a strong political worker and his friendship was worth a great deal to the man who succeeded in winning his support and friendship. An old Johnie(sic) Reb, who always attended the reunions and wore honorably the badge of honor, the Veteran's Cross of Bronze. Peace to his ashes." The paper's account also is a good indication that he finally stopped worrying about federal warrants which, by the latter part of his life would have been null anyway. I have located and photgraphed great grandfather's gravesite, beside his third wife, Sally, in Sandlin Cemetery in Cairo Hollow, Limestone County, AL and have applied for a Confederate Veteran Tombstone to replace the old stone which is presently broken and partially worn away. I was able to locate the spot after listening to the interview Ruth Clark did with Virgil Crowder in the '80's. Although Aunt Liza had intended to get a new stone for him, it's quite obvious that she didn't. I, personally, am very proud of great grandfather and his exploits and as far as I'm concerned, any prejudices he harbored against whichever of the Crowders he didn't like was probably well directed (There is a family story that ggrandfather did not like Uncle Cam (Thomas Campbell Crowder) and was against his marrying Aunt Liza). Another problem I have with Great grandfather is his birth date. According to his tombstone in Sandlin cemetery he was born January 1834. According to his age on his transfer card from the Yankee POW camp in Corrinth, MS to Johnson's Island he was 28 years old which would bear out the birth year as 1834. But,in most records he is listed as 1835 which wouldn't be any real problem until one gets to the 1850 census in Limestone County, AL where Willis and Elizabeth Green (Elizabeth Dial Conway's 2d husband) were living at the time and the census taker lists his age as 14 years old. This would place his birth at 1836. Every source places the month of his birth as January so we have part of it right anyway. Great grandfather was married three times. First he married my great grandmother, Caroline Gately Pitts, daughter of Levi Solomon Pitts and Jemima Gately, in Wayne County, Tennessee before the war. I have, as yet, found no marriage certificate for them but we certainly know that they were married.'source'; 1850 Wayne County census & 1860 Wayne County, TN census, h/h # 300. The 1870 census doesn't show greatgrandfather present but records the rest of the children. The census taker got grand uncle William L. Conway's initials backwards though. Second he married Alabama Stinnett in Limestone County, Alabama on 2/9/1876. 'Sources' Marriagelicense; 1880 Limestone County, Alabama census, h/h # 173; Family # 173. I don't know if Alabama died young or just what may have happened but he married third, Sallie Coleman, beside whom he is buried in Sandlin Cemetery, on 8/7/1882. 'Source'Limestone County, AL 12th census 1900, micro copy T623, roll #26. marriage license issued 8/8/1882. I don't know how the marriage ceremony was performed before the license was issued but that's exactly what is stated on the license. It is possible that Justice of Peace Rose accidently placed the wrong date on the license intending to put 8/9/1882. I would normally expect that to be the case but when it comes to greatgrandfather I also don't put it past him to have had the ceremony performed before getting the license. Greatgrandfather's application for the 'Veteran's Cross of Bronze' is also in my possession and it confirms all documentation we haveof his Confederate Service, plus some, in "Old Pat's" own words. Transcript of greatgrandfather's application for the Southern Cross of Honor: which was "Examined and approved by the committee, Jonathan M. Russell, Chairman, August 17, 1901".(Referred to in his obituary as "the Veteran's Cross ofBronze"). : (All mispellings and colloquialisms retained). I enlisted in Civil War early in 1861 at Wayne's Boro, Tenn. I was mustered into service at Hampshire, Maury County, Tenn. J.B. Biffle was my Captain afterwards promoted to the rank of Lieut-Colonel of Battallion of Second Tenn Cavalry. Then Elijah Thompson was my next Capt. - My next was James Mitchell after the Shiloh fight. Was reorganized at Correnth. James C. Wheeler of Giles County Tenn. was Elected Colonel of the First Tenn. Regiment of Cavalry. I was not there at the Reorganization was at Johnsons Island a prisener. Colonel Biffle went back to Tenn. and raised a Regiment which was the 9th Tenn. Cavalry after I was exchanged at Vicksburg, Miss. I came back and met the Command near Russellsville, Ala. with Gen. Vandorn's Command. I remained there with the First Tenn. Regiment until 1864. I was with Col. Cooper in Tenn. Recuriting and was elected First Leiut. of Ham's Co.. He was my last Capt.. I remained with the 9th Tenn. Cavalry until the close of the war. We surrendered the 4th day of May 1865 at Gainesville Junction, Alabama with Gen. N. B. Forest Cavalry. My first General was Buckner of Ken then He..em, (ink stainhere. not sure who this is) then John C. Breckenridge of Ken. My first fight was at Mud Creek, Ken.. My last fight was in South Alabama near Tuscaloosa. I was in the Chickamango fight, Thompson's Station fight, Tryrine fight Tenn, Franklin, Tenn.,Jackson, Tenn., Old Brownville, or Iuka, Miss., Centerville, Tenn., Clifton, Tenn., Florence, Alabama, Moulton, Alabama, near Coffee Island, Alabama, Munospusville, Ken. I was wounded near Mash Creek, Perry County, Tenn. first and last. I was in a hundred or more skirmishes. Aug the 17th, 1901 Patrick Conniway 8/1998-- 92 years after his death great grandfather has received a proper burial. I and cousin Lance Conway and members of the North East Alabama SCV and UDC placed the confederate marker on his grave in Sandlin Cemetery. The ceremony was excellent and we only wish that more of the family had taken time to attend. I notified them in sufficient time. 7/1999- I've finally realized why I haven't been able to actually place "Old Pat" on any Wayne County census'. I just located him on the 1860 Wayne County census as Patrick CONEY. Whether that's the enumerator's mistake or not I don't know. I know it's him because he is shown with Caroline, William, Ambrose and Sarah E. I just never know what name to look for to find this old boy. Family links: Parents: William Conway (1815 - ____) Elizabeth Jane Dial Conway (1815 - 1902) Spouse: Caroline Conway Pitts Ballew (1837 - 1909)* Children: William L Conway (1855 - 1911)* Ambros Silas Right Conway (1857 - 1926)* Sarah Elizabeth Conway Griffin (1859 - 1914)* Eliza Jane Conway Crowder (1861 - 1957)* James Patrick Conway (1865 - 1940)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Sandlin Cemetery Cairo Limestone County Alabama, USA Maintained by: Patrick Craig Conway Originally Created by: Wilton Golson Record added: Dec 29, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 46118051
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