The chief purpose of the following questions is to bring out facts that will be of
service in writing a true history of the Old South.  Such a history has not yet been
written.  By answering these questions you will make a valuable contribution to
the history of your State.

1. State your full name and present Post Office address: Levi James Satterfield, Sweetwater, Monroe County, Tennessee

2. State your age now: Seventy-seven years, 6 months

3. In what State and country were you born?:  Tennessee, Jefferson County (at Dandridge, Tenn.)

4. In what State and country were you living when you enlisted in the service of
the Confederacy, or of the Federal Government?:  Confederate

5. What was your occupation before the war?: "F"; 61st Tenn. Vol. Inf.

6. What was the occupation of your father?:  Farmer

7. If you owned land or other property at the opening of the war, state what kind
of property you owned, and state the value of your property as near as you can:  Was a minor and owned no property
 

8. Did you or your parents own slaves?  If so, how many?: no, none

9. If your parents owned land, state about how many acres: One hundred and sixty when war opened.

10. State as near as you can the value of all the property owned by your parents,
including land, when the war opened:  Do not  know.

11. What kind of house did your parents occupy?  State whether it was a log
house or frame house or built of other materials, and state the number of rooms it
had:   Frame; do not know number of rooms

12. As a boy and young man, state what kind of work you did.  If you worked on
a farm, state to what extent you plowed, worked with a hoe, and did other kinds
of similar work:  I began farm work at the age of 6 years; my first work was hoeing corn; after that (the next year) I began to plow corn.  From that time on I did general farm work until I entered the Confederate Army the latter part of June 1862.

13. State clearly what kind of work your father did, and what the duties of your
mother were.  State all the kinds of work done in the house as well as you can
remember–that is, cooking, spinning, weaving, etc.  My father was a farmer and did the work of the farm at that time, viz; raising corn, wheat, oats, hay, ect., with the primative farming implements of the time.  My mother did the house work, but to my recollection, did no spinning or weaving.

14. Did your parents keep any servants?  If so, how many?: My parents kept no slaves nor servants.  Their only help was employed help, both white and colored; some slaves were employed from their masters.

15. How was honest toil-as plowing, hauling and other sorts of honest work of
this class-regarded in your community?  Was such work considered respectable
and honorable?:  It has always been regarded, that is , honest and respectable in my community.

16. Did the white men in your community generally engage in such work?:  Yes

17. To what extent were there white men in your community leading lives of
idleness and having others do their work for them?: To a very limited extent

18. Did the men who owned slaves mingle freely with those who did not own
slaves, or did slaveholders in any way show by their actions that they felt
themselves better than respectable, honorable men who did not own slaves?: All classes of white men, whether slaves owners or not, mingled freely.
 

19. At the churches, at the schools, at public gatherings in general, did
slaveholders and non-slaveholders mingle on a footing of equality?:  So far as I know, they mingled freely.  Slaves holdings were small.

20. Was there a friendly feeling between slaveholders and nonslaveholders in
your community, or were they antagonistic to each other?:  They were always friendly; no difference arose on account of being holders or no-holders of slaves.

21. In a political contest in which one candidate owned slaves and the other did
not, did the fact that one candidate owned slaves help him in winning the
contest?  I was too young to form opinions as to this question.

22. Were the opportunities good in your community for a poor young man-honest
and industrious-to save up enough to buy a small farm or go in business for
himself?:  I think they were; some did, it depending on their habits of industry, etc.

23. Were poor, honest, industrious young men, who were ambitious to make
something of themselves, encouraged or discouraged by slaveholders?:  I don't know.

24. What kind of school or schools did you attend?: Free, public schools.

25. About how long did you go to school altogether?: I probably had two months schooling each year for eight or nine years; the war ensuing, prevented further attendance.

26. How far was it to the nearest school?:  One school about two hundred yards; another some three miles.  My father traded farms from time to time; consequently, we had to move to localities differing in school advantages.

27. What school or schools were in operation in your neighborhood?: None but so called "District Schools".

28. Was the school in your community private or public?:  Public

29. About how may months in the year did it run?:  About three months

30. Did the boys and girls in your community attend school pretty regularly?: Yes; they went all they possibly could, being anxious to learn.

31. Was the teacher of the school you attended a man or a woman?:  a man.

32. In what year and month and at what place did you enlist in the Confederate or
of the the Federal Government?: I enlisted at Jefferson City, Jefferson County, Tennessee about June 30, 1862 in the 61st Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, Confederate Army.

33. State the name of your regiment, and state the names of as many members of
your company as you remember:

34. After enlistment, where was your company sent first?:  To Henderson Station, Greene County, Tenn., where the 61st Tenn. Vol. Inf. was organized.

35. How long after your enlistment before your company engaged in battle?: First engagement was at Chicasaw Bayou, Mississippi, Dec 27th, 1862.

36. What was the first battle you engaged in?:  Chickasaw Bayou, near Vicksburg, Miss.

37. State in your own way your experience in the war from this time on until the
close.  State where you went after the first battle-what you did, what other battles
you engaged in, how long they lasted, what the results were; state how you lived in camp, how you were clothed, how you slept, what you had to eat, how you were exposed to cold, hunger, and disease.  If you were in the hospital or in prison, state your experience here:  The engagement I was in was "Big Black River", Miss. 12 miles Northeast of Vicksburg; defeated badly.  Date May 17, 1863.  Next was engaged in "Seige of Vicksburg" from May 18, 1863 to July 4, 1863, when the city surrendered.  Paroled prisoner on Jul. 8, 1863; returned to Tennessee on 30 day furlough on Jul. 9, '63.  Furlough extended at New Market, Tenn. "until further orders".  Spent part of time in Parole Camp at Jonesboro, Tenn. and part at Marion, Virginia until May of 1864.  Re-entered service at Carter's Station, Tenn. where I was exchanged (See attached sheet).  After re-entering service, the 61st Tenn. Inf. CSA, about 300 officers and men, was mounted and served as "Mounted Infantry".....engaged in following battles until close of war: Two engagements at Greeneville, Tenn., 2 at Morristown, Tenn., 1 at Bluff City, Tenn......it's service was that of defending the border of Tenn....  regt. proceeded in spring of 1865 as far as "Mc's Meadows", Va. on way to join Gen. Robert E. Lee's army; hearing of surrender it proceeded toward Johnston's army in N.C.....arrived at Charlette, N.C. where it joined the Div. of Gen. Jno. C. Breckenridge..... remained about 2 weeks ....... proceeded to Asheville, N.C..... at this point  it was surrendered to Gen. Stoneman, U. S. Army.....after surrender was sent to Nashville, Tenn. where I took the oath of allegiance.  During my service I met the following; Gen. Braxton Bragg, Pres. Jefferson C. Davis, Vice-Pres. Alex H. Stephens, Gen. Jno. C. Breckenridge, Gen. E. Kirby Smith, Gen. Jno. Morgan, Gen. Joseph Wheeler, and I "met the enemy".

38. When and where were you discharged?:  (See attached sheet)

39. Tell something of your trip home: Returned from Nashville to Jonesboro, Tennessee immediately after above

40. What kind of work did you take up when you came back home?: Farming.

41. Give a sketch of you life since the close of the Civil War, stating what kind of
business you have engaged in, where you have lived, your church relations, etc.
If you have held an office or offices, stat what it was.  You may state here any
other facts connected with your life and experience which has not been brought
out by the questions:  After returning from the war I engaged in farming a number of years, finally settling in Sweetwater, Tenn., where I have been engaged in farming and brick laying ever since.  At age of 77 I am still engaged in brick laying.

42. Give the full name of your father:  Paran Anderson Satterfield , born  
at: Morristown, Tenn. ;in the county of: Hamblen county   state of: Tenn. .  He lived at Morristown, Tenn.  Give also any particulars concerning him, as
official position, war services, etc.;books written by, etc.

43. Maiden name in full of your mother:   Lucinda Hartman ; She was the
daughter of John Hartman  and the wife Do not know , who lived at  Rogersville, Hawkins co., Tenn.

44. Remark on ancestry.  Give here any and all facts possible in reference to your
parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, etc., not included in the foregoing, as
where they lived, office held, Revolutionary or other was services; what country
the family came from to America; where first settled, country and state; always
giving full names (if possible) and never referring to an ancestor simply as such
without giving the name.  It is desirable to include every fact possible and to that
end the full and exact record from old Bibles should be appended on separate
sheets of this size, thus preserving the facts from loss: My father's ancestors came from Scotland and my mother's from Germany.   My grandfather (Levi Satterfield) same address as above was a Quartermaster in the Mexican War.

45. Give the names of all the members of your Company you can remember (If
you know were the Roster is to be had, please make special note of this.) Co. "F", 61st Tenn. Vol. Inf., C.S.A.:  Captain J.C. Alexander, 1st Lt. Snoddy, 2nd Lt. Andy Newman, 3rd Lt. Alex Davis, 3rd Lt. Jno. Bailey, Ord. Sergeant Sam. Gentry.  Privates: L.J. Satterfield, J.W. Satterfield, Wm. Davis, Wm. Scruggs, Wm. Witt, Rufus Guat, James Hall, Dan. Folden, Wm. Cooper, Ples. Hickman, Jim Shooteman, Hiram King, Pate Leeper, Joe. Provence, Tom Snoddy, P.L. Cline, Dave McKneese,  John Henry, Tom Cooper, Sam Stradley, Tom Lunsford, James Emory, Geo. Vance, Cass Daniels, Gib Dannels, Tom Cooper, Ab. Medors, Andy Carr, Sam. Collier, Sam Stradley, Jeff. Nichols, Joe Trevilian, Joab Trevilian, A. Jacobs, Joe Lampkins, John Gass, Ronald French, Nip Saunders, John Bailey, Tom Stout, Fred Hickman, Robert Kimbrough, Jacob Profet, Dave Cooper.

46. Give here the NAME and POST OFFICE ADDRESS of living Veterans of the
Civil War,  whether members of your company or not.

 NAME                       POSTOFFICE                          STATE
W.T. Lenoir                Sweetwater,                             Tenn.
J.A. Reagan                        "                                            "