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Daniel S. Handy was born in Shelby County,
Indiana on September 3, 1843. |
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In 1859, when Handy was the age of 16, he
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school in Mercer County, Kentucky. |
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In the spring of 1861 Handy enlisted in Co D 1st
TN cavalry Battalion and served with General Breckenridge’s body Guards. |
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On September 26, McNairy 1st TN
Cavalry Battalion with, Colonel Rains’ Regiment and Colonel Statham marched
for Laurel Bridge, Laurel County Kentucky to break up a camp of Union
soldiers variously estimated at from 600 to 1500. |
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General Braggs ordered Brigadier General John C.
Brickinridge to move his troops by rail to Corinth, Mississippi and advised
him; “Your wagons and artillery horses will be escorted by McNairy’s
battalion to be furnished by General Crittenden” |
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In July 1863 Handy was taken prisoner and sent
to Camp Douglas, where he spent the rest of the war. |
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After the war Handy practiced medicine with Dr.
J.G. Wolf in Morristown Indiana. |
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Handy attended
school at the university of Michigan at Ann Arbor and then received
his degree from Western Reserve university of Cleveland, Ohio in1866. |
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Handy practiced medicine in Shelby county
Indiana for two year then in Little Rock for three years. |
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In the spring of 1871 Handy moved to Erath
County and settled on Barton's creek. Then Married Eugenia Steffe. |
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They had seven children but only four of them
were living at the time of his biography William, John Morgan, Bazil Duke,
and James Earnest |
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The date and place of his death is not known. |
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Regimental History |
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http://www.rootsweb.com/~tndavids/nashgene.htm |
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http://www.tngennet.org/civilwar/csacav/csamcnairy.html |
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http://www.tngennet.org/civilwar/crosters/cav/cav1bn/cod.html |
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WWW.Google.com |
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