Cleveland H. Eggers

Part of my civil war ancestry:  3rd Cousin (4Xs removed)

Cleveland Eggers and Rocalette (2nd wife)

Cleveland H. Eggers was born 21 Aug 1849 in Laurel Bloomery, Johnson County Tennessee to Abner and Lucinda Jane Venable Eggers.  He enlisted in the 13^th Regiment Tennessee Calvary in 1863 at 14 years old. According to his enlistment card he was 18, so he no doubt lied about his age to enlist.  He was assigned to company G and later D and saw 2 and ½ years of combat (see below).  He married Elizabeth Jane Eller in 1866 and had up to 10 children.  Census records are a bit sketchy, but it appears he and Elizabeth had at least 3 sons that survived to adulthood and at least a couple of daughters that survived to adulthood as well.  Perhaps 4 children did not make it to their 10^th birthday as there are some personal records, but very little census data.  He and Elizabeth divorced before the 1900 census and presumable before 1899.  Elizabeth passed away in 1932.

Apparently Cleveland was also married to a woman by the name of Rocalette, whom he married in 1899. By all accounts she was a widow at the time of this marriage. 

Cleveland passed away on 2 July 1908 in Oregon where he had been living for approximately 10 years with Rocalette. 

The following is from the National Park Service webpage about the service of the 13^th Regiment, Tennessee Calvary  For a direct link click here.

13th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry

 Overview:Organized at Strawberry Plains, Nashville and Gallatin, Tenn., October, 1863. Attached to District of Columbus. Ky., 6th Division, 16th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to November, 1863. District of North Central Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to January, 1864. District of Nashville, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, Cavalry Corps, Military Division Mississippi, November, 1864. District of East Tennessee to March, 1865. 3rd Brigade, Cavalry Division, District of East Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland to July, 1865. Cavalry Brigade, District of East Tennessee, to September, 1865.

Service:Duty in District of Columbus, Ky., and at Camp Nelson, Ky., till January, 1864. Duty in District of Nashville and on Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, and at Bull's Gap, Tenn., till September, 1864. Rogersville August 21, 1864. Pursuit to Greenville August 21-23. Blue Springs August 23. Park's Gap, Greenville, September 4. Morgan killed. Gillem's Expedition from East Tennessee toward Southwest Virginia September 20-October 17. Rheatown September 28. Watauga River September 29. Carter's Station September 30-October 1. Operations in East Tennessee October 10-28. Greenville October 12. Bull's Gap October 16. Clinch Mountain October 18. Clinch Valley near Sneedsville October 21. Near Memphis October 25. Mossy Creek and Panther Gap October 27. Morristown and Russellville October 28. Operations against Breckenridge's advance into East Tennessee November 4-17. Russellville November 11. Bull's Gap November 11-13. Russellville November 14. Strawberry Plains November 16-17. Flat Creek November 17. Stoneman's Saltsville Raid December 10-29. Big Creek near Rogersville December 12. Kingsport December 13. Glade Springs December 15. Marion and capture of Wytheville December 16. Mt. Airy December 17. Engagement near Marion December 17-18. Capture and destruction of Saltsville, Va., December 20-21. Duty in East Tennessee till March, 1865. Stoneman's Expedition from East Tennessee into Southwest Virginia and Western North Carolina March 21-April 25. Wytheville April 6. Shallow Ford and near Mocksville April 11. Salisbury April 12. Catawba River near Morgantown April 17. Swannanoa Gap, N. C., April 20. Near Hendersonville April 23. Duty in District of East Tennessee till September. Mustered out September 5, 1865.

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