DOB:  About 1840 DOD:  ? Age at Enlistment: 21 Date of Enlistment:  May 9, 1861 Place of Enlistment:  Franklin, TN Rank at Enlistment:  3rd Corporal Rank at Discharge:  2nd Lieutenant Casualty:  Wounded in upper left arm at Perryville on October 8, 1862 and severely wounded in left arm and shoulder at Missionary Ridge on November 25, 1863. Comments:  The 1850 Census shows Joseph living with his family in District 14, east of Franklin.  Using his neighbors names and comparing them to the 1878 Williamson County Map, his family farm was somewhere just east of current day Arno Road on Highway 96.  The 1860 census shows him working as a clerk and living at the hotel run by D.R. Crutcher.  Joseph was elected 3rd Corporal at Camp Cheatham at the Company’s formation and elected 2nd Lieutenant at Regiment’s reorganization April 30, 1862 at Tupelo, MS.  His wound at Perryville was not severe enough for him to be left behind to be captured.  After being wounded at Missionary Ridge spent rest of the war in hospitals.  In March 1865 a medical examination board stated he was unfit for duty and that he was in constant pain from his wounds.  He was took the oath of allegiance and was paroled on May 12, 1865 and his record describes him as:  Hair: Dark, Eyes: Gray, Complexion: Fair, Height: 5’8”.  No record of Joseph following the war has been found.