Young Milton Mack, Sr., Seventh child and second son of Aquilla W. and Serene Hudson Mack, was born 13 November 1838 in Wayne County, Tennessee. He was sixteen when he came to Independence County, Arkansas, in 1854.
In 1861, along with his brother James B. Mack, he enlisted in the Confederate Army as a private in Company H, Desha's Battalion, which was later consolidated into the Eighth Arkansas at Shiloh in 1862. "He(Y.M. Mack) was promoted to corporal, seargent, and to 1st Lieutenant in 1863 after the Battle of Murfeesboro, where he was wounded(and his brother killed). He later attained the rank of Captain of Company H. He was at the Battle of Perryville(Tennessee), was in all the engagements of the Army of Middle Tennessee, and was in the 120 days' fight during the fall of Atlanta. He was taken to the hospital at Macon, GA., and there remained four weeks. He was again disabled at Franklin, Tennessee, but not seriously....Capt. Mack was captain of Company H, Eighth Arkansas, and served with great bravery in every office. He went home on eighty days' furlough, but the war was over when the time expired, and he surrendered at Jacksonport (Arkansas) in 1865."(HISTORY OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS-Goodspeed-1889, pp. 692,693).
On 28 December 1874 Young M. Mack And Louisa Ann Gilbreath were married in Indepndence County. She was the daughter of David W. Gilbreath and Rachel Leggett. Y. M. and Louisa Gilbreath Mack were the parents of seven children.
He died 7 May 1911 in Batesville Independence Co., AR. He was buried 26 May 1911 in the Mack Family Cemetery on the Mack Farm (Now Massey Farm) in Batesville, Independence Co., AR.
In 1861, along with his brother James B. Mack, he enlisted in the Confederate Army as a private in Company H, Desha's Battalion, which was later consolidated into the Eighth Arkansas at Shiloh in 1862. "He(Y.M. Mack) was promoted to corporal, seargent, and to 1st Lieutenant in 1863 after the Battle of Murfeesboro, where he was wounded(and his brother killed). He later attained the rank of Captain of Company H. He was at the Battle of Perryville(Tennessee), was in all the engagements of the Army of Middle Tennessee, and was in the 120 days' fight during the fall of Atlanta. He was taken to the hospital at Macon, GA., and there remained four weeks. He was again disabled at Franklin, Tennessee, but not seriously....Capt. Mack was captain of Company H, Eighth Arkansas, and served with great bravery in every office. He went home on eighty days' furlough, but the war was over when the time expired, and he surrendered at Jacksonport (Arkansas) in 1865."(HISTORY OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS-Goodspeed-1889, pp. 692,693).
On 28 December 1874 Young M. Mack And Louisa Ann Gilbreath were married in Indepndence County. She was the daughter of David W. Gilbreath and Rachel Leggett. Y. M. and Louisa Gilbreath Mack were the parents of seven children.
He died 7 May 1911 in Batesville Independence Co., AR. He was buried 26 May 1911 in the Mack Family Cemetery on the Mack Farm (Now Massey Farm) in Batesville, Independence Co., AR.
Young Milton Mack, Sr., Seventh child and second son of Aquilla W. and Serene Hudson Mack, was born 13 November 1838 in Wayne County, Tennessee. He was sixteen when he came to Independence County, Arkansas, in 1854.
In 1861, along with his brother James B. Mack, he enlisted in the Confederate Army as a private in Company H, Desha's Battalion, which was later consolidated into the Eighth Arkansas at Shiloh in 1862. "He(Y.M. Mack) was promoted to corporal, seargent, and to 1st Lieutenant in 1863 after the Battle of Murfeesboro, where he was wounded(and his brother killed). He later attained the rank of Captain of Company H. He was at the Battle of Perryville(Tennessee), was in all the engagements of the Army of Middle Tennessee, and was in the 120 days' fight during the fall of Atlanta. He was taken to the hospital at Macon, GA., and there remained four weeks. He was again disabled at Franklin, Tennessee, but not seriously....Capt. Mack was captain of Company H, Eighth Arkansas, and served with great bravery in every office. He went home on eighty days' furlough, but the war was over when the time expired, and he surrendered at Jacksonport (Arkansas) in 1865."(HISTORY OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS-Goodspeed-1889, pp. 692,693).
On 28 December 1874 Young M. Mack And Louisa Ann Gilbreath were married in Indepndence County. She was the daughter of David W. Gilbreath and Rachel Leggett. Y. M. and Louisa Gilbreath Mack were the parents of seven children.
He died 7 May 1911 in Batesville Independence Co., AR. He was buried 26 May 1911 in the Mack Family Cemetery on the Mack Farm (Now Massey Farm) in Batesville, Independence Co., AR.
In 1861, along with his brother James B. Mack, he enlisted in the Confederate Army as a private in Company H, Desha's Battalion, which was later consolidated into the Eighth Arkansas at Shiloh in 1862. "He(Y.M. Mack) was promoted to corporal, seargent, and to 1st Lieutenant in 1863 after the Battle of Murfeesboro, where he was wounded(and his brother killed). He later attained the rank of Captain of Company H. He was at the Battle of Perryville(Tennessee), was in all the engagements of the Army of Middle Tennessee, and was in the 120 days' fight during the fall of Atlanta. He was taken to the hospital at Macon, GA., and there remained four weeks. He was again disabled at Franklin, Tennessee, but not seriously....Capt. Mack was captain of Company H, Eighth Arkansas, and served with great bravery in every office. He went home on eighty days' furlough, but the war was over when the time expired, and he surrendered at Jacksonport (Arkansas) in 1865."(HISTORY OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS-Goodspeed-1889, pp. 692,693).
On 28 December 1874 Young M. Mack And Louisa Ann Gilbreath were married in Indepndence County. She was the daughter of David W. Gilbreath and Rachel Leggett. Y. M. and Louisa Gilbreath Mack were the parents of seven children.
He died 7 May 1911 in Batesville Independence Co., AR. He was buried 26 May 1911 in the Mack Family Cemetery on the Mack Farm (Now Massey Farm) in Batesville, Independence Co., AR.
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