Facts and Events
James Matt Young was aCorporal in the Calvery of the Confederate Army .There are two listings in the Tennessee Confederate Roster for James Matt Young one is for Corporal C Co2nd (Ashby s) Cavalry and the other is for a Corporal in D Co 5th (McCellan s) Calvary Battalion These listings represent the same man McCellan was a short lived unit it was reorganized in April of 1862 Company D became Company C of Ashby s regiment his records therefor are filed in two places He enlisted on August 12 1861 at Knoxville and died April 30 1862 at Morristown from wounds/Illness He was listed at 35 years old when he enlisted
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