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Lt. Col. Stringfield Military Records
Stringfield Compiled Military Service Records
W. W. Stringfield CMSR
Lt. Col. William Stringfield
Tennessean William
Williams Stringfield was in his early 20s when he offered his services to the Confederate cause
(1861-1865). Known simply as W. W. by most, the young Stringfield initially served as a private in the 1st (Carter's)
Tennessee Cavalry Regiment in 1861. In 1862 he served as Captain of Company E, 39th (Bradford's) Tennessee Infantry,
a regiment which had previously be known as the 31st (William M. Bradford's) Tennessee. By authority of Maj. Gen. E.
Kirby Smith, dated May 7, 1862, Captain Stringfield was appointed Deputy Provost Marshal (DPM) for Carter and Johnson counties,
East Tennessee. On September 25, 1862, according to Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series
II, Vol. IV, pp. 899- 900, Stringfield was appointed Deputy Provost Marshal of Sixth District, East Tennessee,
and responsible for the counties of Knox, Union, Anderson and Morgan. Two days later on September 27, 1862, he was elected
Major of Infantry Regiment, Thomas' Legion, and subsequently promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, Walker's
Battalion, in January 1865. With the cessation of hostilities, the battle-hardened Stringfield would receive his pardon from the Rebellion on November 13, 1865. On January 2, 1871, in Haywood County (North Carolina County Registers of Deeds),
Stringfield married Maria
Love, who was sister-in-law to William Holland Thomas, the Thomas Legion's namesake.
After the war the former lieutenant colonel settled in the pristine mountain community of Waynesville, North
Carolina, but had business interests in nearby Asheville from 1868 to 1872. In 1879 he built the White Sulphur Springs Hotel
near Waynesville and was the proprietor for many years. He would serve as a member of the North Carolina Legislature
in 1882-1883 and North Carolina State Senate in 1901 and 1905. Stringfield would live five years after the First World
War ended before dying of natural causes on March 6, 1923. He was buried next to his wife in the Green Hill
Cemetery, Waynesville.
The following records and documents of W. W. Stringfield represent
a small portion of his service during the American Civil War.
| Stringfield Military History |
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| W.W. Stringfield, ca. Civil War. |
| Stringfield Military History |
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| W.W. Stringfield, undated. |
| Tennessee Mounted Infantry |
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| Stringfield CMSR |
| Stringfield Military Record |
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| Stringfield Confederate Record |
| Stringfield Confederate Military Record |
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| Initial appointment to Deputy Provost Marshal |
(About) By authority of Maj.
Gen. E. Kirby Smith, dated May 7, 1862, Captain Stringfield was initially appointed Deputy Provost Marshal (DPM) for Carter
and Johnson counties, East Tennessee. On September 25, 1862 (Official Records, Series II, Vol. IV, pp. 899- 900),
Captain Stringfield was appointed Deputy Provost Marshall of Sixth District, East Tennessee, and responsible for
the counties of Knox, Union, Anderson and Morgan, but just two days later on September 27, 1862, he was elected Major of Infantry
Regiment, Thomas' Legion.
| Stringfield, Infantry Regiment, Thomas' Legion |
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| Elected Major of the Regiment,Thomas' Legion, September 27, 1862 |
| Field and Staff, Thomas' Legion |
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| Stringfield joins the Thomas Legion |
| Stringfield and the Confederate Army |
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| Stringfield present at Bulls Gap, Tenn. |
| Stringified Military Service |
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| Stringfield present for inspection at Kingsport, Tennessee |
| Stringfield POW Record |
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| Stringfield was a POW from May 1 to May 24, 1865 |
| Stringfield Civil War Record |
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| Receipt for postage paid in August 1863 |
| Stringfield Military History |
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| Stringfield Amnesty Oath on June 22, 1865 |
(About) Most surviving Civil War era documents have been transcribed by
what was known as a copyist, so to locate the original amnesty oath with Stringfield's signature is a rare find.
| Stringfield Pardon |
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| W.W. Stringfield pardoned on November 13, 1865 |
| Stringfield Military Records |
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| Stringfield Pardon Application |
(About) Filing and date pardon granted for W.W. Stringfield.
Stringfield, having been an acquaintance, was granted his pardon by President Andrew Johnson. His full original pardon and recommendations, or references, survive.
| Stringfield History and Heritage |
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| 1903 Confederate Reunion at New Orleans |
(About) The following
caption appears under the original image: Above is shown the last photograph ever taken of the remaining members of the famous
Thomas Legion, composed of Cherokee Indians in the Confederate Army. The photograph was made in New Orleans at the time of
the New Orleans Reunion of Confederate Veterans. The inscription on the banner in the photo is as follows: Cherokee Veteran
Indians of Thomas Legion. 69 N. C. Regiment. Suo-Noo-Kee Camp U. C. V. 4th Brigade, N. C. Division. Reading from left to right,
those in the picture are: front row, 1 Young Deer; 2 unidentified; 3 Pheasant; 4 Chief David Reed; 5 Sevier Skitty; back row,
1 the Rev. Bird Saloneta; 2 Dickey Driver; 3 Lieut. Col. W. W. Stringfield of Waynesville; 4 Lieutenant Suatie Owl; 5 Jim
Keg; 6 Wesley Crow; 7 unidentified; 8 Lieutenant Calvin Cagle. All of these men are now dead with the exception of Sevier
Skitty, who lives one mile from Cherokee. Lieut. Col. Stringfield and Lieut. Cagle were white officers of the legion. Names
of the men in the photograph were furnished by James R. Thomas of Waynesville,
son of the late Col. W. H. Thomas, who commanded the Thomas Legion. This band
of Indians built the first road across the Great Smoky Mountains.
Editor: Many veterans of the Thomas Legion (1861-1865) had already
died when New Orleans hosted the 1903 Confederate Reunion. But oftentimes it was infirmities, lack of means, and even
unawareness, that kept the remaining veterans from attending other Civil War reunions. Of note however, was the highly publicized
and heavily attended 75th Gettysburg Reunion, aka Last Great Gettysburg Reunion of 1938.
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