Littleberry "Berry" Rutledge

• Death Notes
  • Little Berry Rutledge was born 1842 in Forsyth Co., GA, son of Joseph
    and Melissa Ann McCay Rutledge, grandson of Littleberry and Nancy Farmer
    Rutledge,
    gr grandson of Joseph and Mary Paschall Rutledge, all desc. of "James of
    Lunenburg, VA"
    
    Was in Confederate Cherokee unit from AL.
    Believe he died from complications of wounds and scurvy after being
    captured by Union Army.
    
    
    2 M Littleberry "Berry" RUTLEDGE
    Birth: abt 1842 Forsyth Co., GA
    Residence: Jun 1861 Creek Indian Nation
    Burial: Nov 1864 Confederate Cemetery, Alton, IL
    Death: 5 Nov 1864 Alton, IL
    Military: 1861 to 1864 Pvt., 2d Cherokee Cavalry, Vol, Co A
    
    

• General Notes
  • 2 M Littleberry "Berry" RUTLEDGE
    Birth: abt 1842 Forsyth Co., GA
    Residence: Jun 1861 Creek Indian Nation
    Burial: Nov 1864 Confederate Cemetery, Alton, IL
    Death: 5 Nov 1864 Alton, IL
    Military: 1861 to 1864 Pvt., 2d Cherokee Cavalry, Vol, Co A
    
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    Tracked Little Berry Rutledge from Talladega to Tahlequah AR/OK in Fall 1860. Then he appears in a Cherokee unit of the Confederate Army by 1862. Imprisoned by the North in Alton IL, he dies there Nov. 1864.