Milton Lafayette Cantrell (1838 - 1862)

Born 2 Jan 1838 in Warren County, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Died 20 Dec 1862 at age 24 in Vicksburg, Warren, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

Milton was born in January 1838 in Warren County, Tennessee. He is the son of Ephraim Cantrell and Tabitha Hicks.

Milton served as a Corporal in Company A, 16th Regiment, Infantry, CSA. He died on 20 December 1862 as a result of wounds suffered at the Battle of Perryville, Boyle County, Kentucky in October 1862.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Perryville Casualty List

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC69-RZ4 : 12 April 2016), Milton L Cantrill in household of Ephraim Cantrill, Warren county, Warren, Tennessee, United States; citing family 725, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8TH-D9F : 12 December 2017), Milton L Cantrell in entry for Tabitha Cantrell, 1860.
• "Tennessee, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ7G-SVX : 4 December 2014), Milton Laf Cantrell, 1861; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit Sixteenth Infantry, NARA microfilm publication M268 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1960), roll 181.

See also:

• Battle of Perryville