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Walter Sims Ryall
1841 - Aft 1920 (> 80 years)-
Name Walter Sims Ryall Birth 9 Oct 1841 Chapel Hill, Marshall, Tennessee 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Male Death Aft 1920 Florida Person ID I824 Scudder Last Modified 22 Sep 2010
Father Colonel Thomas Coleman Ryall, b. 19 Apr 1809, Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey d. 13 May 1897, Bedford county, Tennessee (Age 88 years) Mother Elizabeth Sims Scudder, b. 30 Nov 1819, Chapel Hill, Marshall, Tennessee d. 13 Aug 1857, Shelbyville, Shelby, Tennessee (Age 37 years) Marriage 21 Dec 1837 Davidson county, Tennessee [2] Family ID F369 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Eunice Porter, b. Abt 1844 d. Bef 1880 (Age < 35 years) Marriage Abt 1862 [2] Children 1. Lula L. Ryall, b. Abt 1875, Alabama d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F371 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Mar 2024
Family 2 Laura Cannon Marriage 15 Oct 1868 Bedford county, Tennessee Family ID F12772 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Mar 2024
Family 3 Caroline Choice Cleveland, b. 17 Jun 1842, Laurenceville, Georgia d. Lake Myrtle, Florida Marriage 23 Jun 1884 Marietta, Georgia [1] Family ID F4519 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Mar 2024
Family 4 Elizabeth, b. Abt 1850, New York d. Yes, date unknown Marriage Abt 1902 Florida Family ID F10414 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Mar 2024
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Notes - Walter was a Florida orange grower. During the Civil War, he served in Company B, 1st Tennessee Regiment, the "Rock City Guards." The Guards were originally formed as a State militia company in March 1860, taking their name from the ancient nickname for Nashville, "The Rock City". Recruiting in April 1861 swelled their numbers sufficiently to form three companies.
Being fully organised, armed and equipped, the regiment went into camp at Alisonia, in Franklin County, seventy-six miles from Nashville. This camp was named Camp Harris in honour of the Governor of Tennessee, Isham G. Harris. It was at Camp Harris where they were officially mustered into the service of the Confederate Army. After a short while they moved to Camp Cheatham, in Robertson County, six miles from Springfield. Here they received their military training and instruction in Hardee's tactics. On 10th July 1861, they received orders to go to Virginia. After a railroad journey of several weeks, they reached their destination and joined the Army of the Northwest under General Robert E. Lee. They arrived too late to take part in the First Battle of Manassas.
the regiment was ordered on December 8, 1861 to Winchester, Virginia, where it formed part of the forces which Major-General Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson led on his expedition to Bath, Virginia, and the banks of the Potomac River. After this campaign, the regiment returned to Winchester, where it remained until February 1862. After the fall of Fort Donelson, the regiment was ordered West to report to General Albert Sidney Johnston, commander of the Army of Mississippi (later Army of Tennessee). Leaving Winchester, Virginia, on the 17th of February, they headed for Corinth, Mississippi.
During August 1862 they took part in General Braxton Bragg's invasion of Kentucky where it suffered heavily at the Battle of Perryville in October, later retreating into Tennessee to be involved in the Battle of Murfreesboro in December. Before Murfreesboro, General Braxton Bragg had reorganised his force and renamed it the Army of Tennessee.
After defeat at Nashville in December 1864, the regiment made the long journey to join General Joseph E. Johnston at Bentonville, North Carolina. In the final reorganisation of Johnston's Army in April 1865, the regiment was consolidated with the 6th, 8th, 9th, 15th, 28th and 34th Infantry Regiments, and the 24th Battalion of Sharpshooters to form the 1st Consolidated Regiment of Tennessee Infantry. The consolidated regiment formed part of General Joseph E. Palmer's Brigade, Cheatham's Division, in Hardee's Corps. After the Battle of Bentonville, it was surrendered by General Johnston at Durham, North Carolina on 26 April 1865, and was paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina on 1 May 1865.
- Walter was a Florida orange grower. During the Civil War, he served in Company B, 1st Tennessee Regiment, the "Rock City Guards." The Guards were originally formed as a State militia company in March 1860, taking their name from the ancient nickname for Nashville, "The Rock City". Recruiting in April 1861 swelled their numbers sufficiently to form three companies.
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