DOB:  October 3, 1843 DOD:  ? Age at Enlistment: 17 Date of Enlistment:  May 9, 1861 Place of Enlistment:  Franklin, TN Rank at Enlistment:  Private Rank at Discharge:  Private Casualty:  Captured at Graysville, GA on November 26, 1863 Comments:  Tilman was the nephew of Oscar and Andrew Atkeison, both of Company D.  His father, Franklin Haynes, died in 1851 and Tilman and his mother moved back into the Atkeison house on West Main in Franklin.  Tilman appears in the 1860 Census attending school and makes him a good candidate to be one of the Harpeth Academy students that walked out of class with Captain Hanner.  His war record states he was captured at Ringgold, GA on November 28, 1863.  However, Cleburne's Division had taken over rear guard on November 27 and the 1st Tennessee did not participate in the Battle of Ringgold Gap.  Most likely he was captured at the Battle of Graysville (Cat's Creek) just before the Battle of Ringgold and the dates got messed up.  He was exchanged on March 6, 1865 and sent to a hospital in Richmond.  He took the Oath of allegiance on May 16, 1865.  His oath record describes his appearance as Complexion: Light, Hair: Brown, Eyes: Gray, Height:  5’8”.  After war he married and bought the Atkeison family farm in January 1874.  A man named Jones R. Vowell, former veteran of the 20th TN, purchased some hogs from Mrs. Atkeison, Tilman’s Grandmother, and gave her a bank note.  Tilman bought the note from his Grandmother and later Vowell agreed to sell three hogs back in return for the note.  In February 1864, Tilman sent three black men to collect the hogs.  Vowell refused to give the hogs up and Tilman returned a few days later with a few black men and demanded the hogs.  Tilman and Vowell got into an argument and Tilman pulled a pistol and fired three rounds at Vowell.  The first one hit Vowell in the hip and passed through his stomach and the other two missed.  Vowell was mortally wounded and died the next day.  Tilman was arrested and to post bail, he gave up the Atkeison property to the bondsman and left town.  He was arrested again in Waynesboro, TN about a week or so later when the locals got suspicious after he started mumbling while drunk in a bar.  He was held for a few days and released because they could not charge him with anything.  Again he disappeared, for good.  A few days after his release, Waynesboro officials found out he was wanted for murder.  Nothing is known of what happened to him after this incident.