William M. Manes  William M. Manes as born March 27 1834 in Hawkins County Tennessee to John Cooper Manes and Mary Jernigan Manes. He married Nancy Elizabeth McMillin, daughter of George W. McMillin and Nancy Sanders Worthington, January 1 1861. Their first child, Laura Alice was born October 23 1861. In September 1862 William enlisted In Company H of the 31st Tennessee Volunteer Infantry CSA. He was transferred in early 1863 to Company C 61st Mounted Infantry. Manes was among those who reached Vicksburg and was present during the siege of that city being captured with the entire command upon the city's surrender and paroled on July 8th of July 1863. During the battle for Vicksburg, William received hearing damage in both ears as a result of a bursting shell while serving in support of Confederate artillery along the Mississippi River bank and being under fire from Union gunboats. After being paroled with the rest of his Regiment on July 8, 1863, William Manes returned to Greene County to await exchange, as was the custom for paroled prisoners of war at this point in the war. He appears on a list of officers and men of the 61st who reported to Parole camp at Jonesboro, Tenn prior to April 1st 1864. During the winter of 1863 while awaiting exchange, he was detailed by elements of Lt. General James Longstreets 1st Corp, Army of Northern Virginia who were camped for the winter in Upper East Tennessee after their tour of duty at Chattanooga and Knoxville, to work in a grist mill owned by a man named Rader. He was working at the mill when Longstreet's forces moved back to Virginia. The mill was immediately taken over by Union forces and William Manes was forced to continue his work in the mill. He remained a worker at the mill, under the guard of Union forces, until removed from the mill by his wife's half-brother Captain William Lemons Worthington of the Union Army sometime in early 1865. He stayed with Capt. Worthington in Knoxville until the end of the war. William and Nancy Manes went on with their lives after the war and had seven additional children. On May 1st 1901, William M. Manes applied for a pension as a Confederate Veteran from the State of Tennessee. His application was witnessed by his doctor H.P Marshall of Mohawk, Stephan Courtney and Lewis F. Rader, who was the Lieutenant of Co. C 61st Tennessee and most likely a relative of the the Rader who owned the mill. In his affidavit, Dr. Marshall indicated that William was suffering from considerable deafness and neuralgia of the kidneys, and was able to perform manual labor at only about 25% of normal. Lt. Rader swore as to his service and capture at Vicksburg. At that time William Manes indicated that his wife, who he called Eliza and seven of his children were still living. Apparently his fifth child John born in November 1875 had died. He indicated he earned very little and had real property worth $75.00 and was receiving assistance from his children. Over the next nine and one-half years, Wm, Manes try to no avail to get his get his Pension Application approve. Many letters and affidavits were written in his behalf, with no success. The ultimate reason for the rejection of his application was his inability to rejoin his command after their exchange sometime in the summer of 1864. After 1911 no further correspondence was noted with regard to the application of William Manes. He died March 13,1913 and is buried in the old Harmon Cemetery in Mohawk, Tennessee. The date of death and place of burial of Nancy Elizabeth McMIllin his wife are unknown(32). Pension #S3340 (48)

A post-war photo of William Manes

A photo of William and his wife

A photo of his headstone