DOB: May 8, 1842
DOD: July 13, 1879
Age at Enlistment: 19
Date of Enlistment: May 9, 1861
Place of Enlistment: Franklin, TN
Rank at Enlistment: Private
Rank at Discharge: Private
Casualty: None
Comments: Innis’ family lived in District 6 of Williamson County. His farm stood where Temple Hills Golf Course is currently. The
1860 Census shows him as attending school but not sure if it was Harpeth Academy. He joined the company at its formation but on
April 26, 1863 he bought a substitute and was discharged. He was replaced by William Mitchell. After his discharge he returned to
his farm and died in 1879. He is buried in the Brown-Temple Cemetery at 6509 Stableford Lane Franklin, TN.
John Campbell in his book “The Campbells of Drumaboden” pages 92-93, mentions running into Innis following the Battle of
Murfreesboro while looking for his brother, Joe Campbell, that served in Company C of the 1st Tennessee:
“Saturday morning, I started out again, determined to follow the battleline until I came to the outpost, knowing well that if my brother,
Joe, was still alive he would be there. About the middle of the afternoon I saw a Confederate vidette in a little skirt of woods and
made my way to him. To my delight it was a Franklin boy—one of Company D—Ennis Brown. In a half-whisper, he said, ‘John what
in the world are you doing here?—the Yankees are not two hundred yards from here—I am on the very outpost…..’ Ennis Brown
directed me how to get to the hospital.”
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