Civil War
Uriah R. GILLIHAN
Son of William 2 Gillihan & Arena Bush
b. 1843 in Jackson county,Tennessee, d. 1865 in Smith County
Tennessee
Confederate Soldiers Graves:
The Confederate Soldiers Graves are located approx. 3 miles south
of Chestnut Mound in the Tom Hollow off St. Mary's Hollow Road. These graves are located in a very narrow hollow that can
be entered at #197 St. Mary's Hollow Road. There is a very rough road accessible by fourwheel drive for one-half mile and
then a walk of 3/10 mile. It is one of the most remote areas of Smith County. Formerly there were two or three cabins in the
hollow but none today.
Uriah R. Gillihan from Jackson Co. TN and T.W. Phillips from Overton
Co. TN had been members of the 28th Confederate Infantry and had fought in several major battles such as, Shiloh, Fishing
Creek, Stone's River. Both had been either wounded or sick and were furloughed from the army. Gillihan and Phillips met in
Putnam Co in the spring of 1865 while on the way home. Lee had surrendered in April but they were not aware of it. They attended
a dance at Buffalo Valley and became involved in a dispute. Fearing for their lives they left Buffalo Valley and went to the
home of Charles F. Burton, arriving about daylight. Mr. Burton being a Southern Sympathizer fed the two boys and sent them
to hide in a cabin down in the Tom Hollow. They were discovered by the Home Guard who marched them around the area, then physically
tormented them with bayonets. They were then tied to separate trees and shot by the Union men. When the two bodies were discovered
Charles F. Burton had them wrapped in blankets and buried. Mr. Burton had a rock wall built around the graves which he kept
clean and decorated with flowers for the remainder of his life. There are descendents of the Burton family, and the Lewis
Fletcher family, who helped bury the soldiers, still living in the Chestnut Mound area who are knowledgeable about this event.In
the 1970's Guy Boyd, grandson of Lewis Fletcher, that helped build the wall around the gravesin 1865, was instrumental in
getting stone markers placed at the graves.
In Vol.V. No. 1 of the Smith County Historical & Genealogical
Society newsletter is a article by Katheryn Frye Dickens titled TOM HOLLOW REVEALS CONFEDERATE HISTORY. This is a well researched
and interesting account of this event. Listed in Smith County Cemeteries - South of the Cumberland River Pg.186.
Photos of these graves and many others can be found at the
off site link below :
They were taken by John Waggoner Jr.
~Smith Co. Tennessee Cemetery Photos~
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Other Gillihans in the Civil War
Name: GILLIHAN, BENONA H. Rank: Private Conflict: Civil War Side: Union Type of
Unit: Cavalry Organization: Missouri State Militia Name of Unit: 1st Regiment Cavalry M.S.M.
Gillihan, C. Confederate Infantry 27th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry
Gillihan,
Clemens Union Cavalry 6th Regiment, Kansas Cavalry
Gillihan, Clement, Pvt. Confederate Infantry, G. Co. 28th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry
(2nd Tennessee Mountain Volunteers) Was at the Battle of Shiloh
Gillihan, Clements Union Cavalry 2nd Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry
Gillahan, Ed. R. Confederate Cavalry Freeman's Regiment, Missouri Cavalry
Gillahan, Ezekiel Confederate Infantry 25th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry
Gillihan, Gideon B. Rank: Corporal Conflict: Civil War Side: Union Type of Unit:
Infantry Organization: Missouri Volunteers Name of Unit: 44th Regiment Infantry Volunteers Rank: Corporal Conflict:
Civil War Side: Union Organization: Six Months Militia Name of Unit: Mercer County Battalion Six Months Militia
Company: C Period of Service: 6 Months
Gillihan, J. R. Confederate Infantry 55th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (McKoin's)
Gillihan, James Union Artillery 5th Regiment, New York Heavy Artillery
Gillihan, James R. Confederate Infantry 84th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry
Gillahan, John Confederate 10th Regiment, Arkansas Militia
Gillihan, Lucius M. Union Cavalry 19th Regiment, Kansas Cavalry (6 months)
Gillahan, Riley Confederate Infantry 84th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry
Gillihan, Samuel E. Confederate Infantry 1st Regiment, Confederate Infantry
Gillihan, Samuel E. Union Infantry 6th Regiment, US Volunteer Infantry
Name: GILLIHAN, THOMAS, Rank: Private Conflict: Civil War Side:
Union Organization: Enrolled Missouri Militia Name of Unit: 66th Regiment E.M.M. Company: L Period of Service:
GO 107 Commander: CAPT. JOHNSON'S
Gillihan, Thomas Confederate Infantry 28th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (2nd Tennessee Mountain
Volunteers)
Gillihan, Thomas Jefferson Union Cavalry, 1st Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry. Married Susannah Routh,
d. 1908, Olathe, Kansas
Gillihan, W. R. Confederate Infantry 28th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (2nd Tennessee Mountain
Volunteers)
Gillihan, William C. Rank: Commanding Sergeant Conflict: Civil War Side: Union Type
of Unit: Cavalry Organization: Missouri State Militia Name of Unit: 1st Regiment Cavalry M.S.M. Company: A
From "Obituaries from Tennessee Newspapers" compiled by Jill L. Garrett, Southern Hist Press 1980, Page
135 GILLIHAN, Sergeant L.H., Company A. 4th Tennessee Cavalry (Federal) of Bradley County,
TN, killed about 29 February 1864 in a Mississippi expedition out of Memphis. (Nashville Daily Union, 2 March 1864)
GILLIHAN, J. G.; k. at the battle of Perryville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1962 [6th Infantry Regiment
- Co. G]
Civil War Pension for: Paul E. Gillihan, State Filed:California, Widow: Helen Gillihan
Diary of the 4th Regiment Tennessee Cavalry, Volunteers by James W. Godwin Co. E. 4th Reg. Tenn. Cav.,
Vol, Feb., 12th. 1864 On this day we started in the direction of Holly Springs, Miss. Skirmished with the rebels nearly
all day, supposed to be Gen. Forrest's command. We lost three men that day: Sergt. Noah Wells of Co. A, Sergt. John Murphy
of Co. D, and GILLIHAN, of Co. A.
These men were with the advance guard; GILLIHAN and Wells were buried where they
fell, and Sergt. Murphy was taken in an ambulance to near Holly Springs and there we buried him. Killed one and captured several
rebs on that day. We charged the town of Holly Springs and found no opposition; buried one of our men at this place. ~
GILLIHAN-NATIONWIDE MILITARY BURIALS
GILLIHAN, ALEC D SP4 US ARMY, Vietnam, b.
09/20/1941, d. 04/18/2000, Buried: PLAINVIEW CEMETERY
GILLIHAN, ANDREW C PVT US ARMY, WORLD WAR I DATE OF BIRTH: 09/11/1892, DATE
OF DEATH: 11/07/1955 BURIED AT: SECTION Q SITE 1085, GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL CEMETERY
Arthur E. Gillihan, US ARMY, WW11, b. 08/19/1924, d. 05/12/2001, Buried: COMBS
CEMETERY, MELBOURNE, AR
GILLIHAN, AUBREY C. PVT US ARMY, WORLD
WAR II. b. 08/19/1924, d. 05/12/2001, Buried: HILLTOP CEMETERY, NYSSA, OR
Gillihan, Cleman H. US AIR FORCE, VIETNAM, b. 05/20/1938,
d. 01/26/1997, Buried: PIOCHE CEMETERY, #10 COMSTOCK ST PIOCHE, NV
Gillihan, Delbert D. MM2 US NAVY, WORLD WAR II, b.
03/02/1926, d. 04/03/2001, Buried: SHAIN MEMORIAL CEMETERY, FISK, MO
Gillihan, Elmer Garland, CPL US ARMY, WORLD WAR II, b.
08/08/1918, d. 01/14/2001, Buried: REEVES CEMETERY, GAION MELBOURNE, AR.
Gillihan, Ervin Adam, PFC US ARMY, WORLD WAR II, b.
01/31/1924, d. 08/04/1999, Buried: COMBS CEMETERY, MELBOURNE, AR
GILLIHAN,
FRANK R CHIEF WATER TENDER US COAST GUARD, WORLD WAR II DATE OF BIRTH: 09/05/1918, DATE OF DEATH:
04/01/1967 BURIED AT: SECTION D SITE 160, CAMP NELSON NATIONAL CEMETERY
GILLIHAN, FRED MICHAEL ENG2C
US NAVY, WORLD WAR I DATE OF BIRTH: 10/04/1890, DATE OF DEATH: 06/21/1977 BURIED AT: SECTION
40 ROW 13 SITE 63, LEAVENWORTH NATIONAL CEMETERY
Gillihan, Jack A. MSGT US AIR FORCE, WORLD WAR II, KOREA, b. 04/08/1920,
d. 09/13/2001, Buried: CERES MEMORIAL PARK, CERES, CA
Gillihan, James Alexander, US AIR FORCE, KOREA, b. 06/26/1931, d. 08/06/1999, Buried:
SPRING CREEK CEMETERY, CALICO ROCK, AR
Gillihan, Jeremiah C. RMSN US NAVY, b. 07/06/1976, d. 08/02/1997, Buried: DESERT
LAWN MEMORIAL PARK, KENNEWICK, WA
Gillihan, John Clay, TEC 5 US ARMY, WORLD WAR II, b. 01/22/1924, d. 05/21/1996,
Buried: HORATIO CEMETERY, HORATIO, AR
Gillihan, Leeroy, PVT US ARMY, WORLD WAR II, b. 01/06/1911, d. 02/14/1998, Buried:
DAVIS CEMETERY, Thayer, Mo.
GILLIHAN,
MARION E EM2 US NAVY, WORLD WAR II DATE OF BIRTH: 05/04/1916, DATE OF DEATH: 08/28/2003 BURIED
AT: SECTION B1 ROW B SITE 37, NATIONAL MEMORIAL CEMETERY OF ARIZONA
Gillihan, Orville Junior, SN US NAVY, Korea, b. 06/19/1929, d. 04/07/2003, Buried:
SPRING CREEK CEMETERY, CALICO ROCK, AR
Gillihan, Otho Ray, TEC 5 US ARMY, WORLD WAR II, b. 05/09/1926, d. 03/26/2000,
Buried: BUNKER HILL CEMETERY, LONGVIEW, WA
GILLIHAN, PAUL E QM CORP US
ARMY, WORLD WAR I DATE OF DEATH: 06/23/1929 BURIED AT: SECTION B SITE 511, SAN FRANCISCO NATIONAL
CEMETERY
GILLIHAN, RALPH EUGENE PFC US ARMY, WORLD WAR II DATE OF BIRTH: 10/01/1915, DATE
OF DEATH: 11/18/1974 BURIED AT: SECTION Q SITE 3983, FT. LOGAN NATIONAL CEMETERY
GILLIHAN, RODNEY S
EM1 US NAVY, WORLD WAR II DATE OF BIRTH: 02/25/1920, DATE OF DEATH: 12/06/1998 BURIED AT:
SECTION 25 SITE 1927, FT. SAM HOUSTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
GILLIHAN, ROGER W ADRC US NAVY DATE OF
BIRTH: 04/10/1916, DATE OF DEATH: 12/08/1990 BURIED AT: SECTION A SITE 231, SOUTHERN NEVADA VETERANS
MEMORIAL CEMETER
Gillihan, Reuben Rudell, CPL US MARINE CORPS, WORLD WAR II, b. 05/21/1917, d. 11/20/1997,
Buried: NUEVO MEMORY GARDEN,
Gillihan, Roland Alfred, CPL US ARMY, WORLD WAR II, b. 12/25/1907,
d. 02/24/2003, Buried: HERPLE CEMETERY, MOUNTAIN VIEW, AR
Gillihan, Thomas M. PFC US ARMY, WORLD WAR II, b. 01/17/1915, d. 01/05/2000,
Buried: CADILLAC MEMORIAL GDNS WEST, WESTLAND, MI ~
WORLD WAR I CIVILIAN DRAFT REGISTRATIONS Blaine County, Idaho
- 1917-1918
Gillihan, Frank H. 29 Aug 1873 W Blaine ID Gillihan, George David
Gillihan, George David 18 Oct 1875 Blaine ID ~
Nancy GILLIHAN, RN
Nancy was the daughter of Andrew Turner Gillihan and Mary Jane (Bellar or Bellah). They were
both born in Smith County, TN and died in the 1950's in Smith County, TN.
Nancy Gertrude GILLIHAN was born in Smith County, TN in 1907 and died in Washington DC
in 1962. She was married to Col. John J. BAKER.
Nancy Gillihan was a Nurse in the philippines Islands when the Japaneese invaded in 1941,
wound up on Corregidor Island in Manila Bay, and in March 1942 escaped on a PT boat and
submarine to Austrailla.
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