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From the research of David Donahue Leonadus Rushing, son of William Gilbert Rushing and Eliza, was born April 13, 1837, in Perry Co., TN and died February 27, 1902. He was a farmer. Leonadus Rushing enlisted in the Confederate Army at Trenton, Tennessee, on September 26, 1861. He served in Company H, 31st Regiment, Tennessee Infantry. The regiment was stationed at Island No. 10 for seven months. His military record shows that Leonadus was listed as deserted from Columbus, Kentucky (no date); was listed as deserted May 30, 1862, during the withdrawal from Corinth, Mississippi; appears on the muster roll of Company H on May 11, 1863, near Shelbyville, Tennessee; and was promoted to 4th Sergeant (no date). Company H participated in the battles at Stones River, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Kennesaw Mountain, Jonesboro, Franklin, and Nashville. Company H was payrolled out of service at Jackson, Tennessee, in May 1865. |