CSA of McCurtain County, Oklahoma - Dr. J.D. Bledsoe

Taken from a CD version of the book:
McCurtain County & Southeast Oklahoma
by W.A. Carter
1923, Idabel, OK



Dr. J.D. Bledsoe.

"Dr. J.D. Bledsoe, Idabel, born in Carroll County, May 31st, 1838, educated in the common schools and had one year in college.

He enlisted in the Confederate army in Anderson County, Tenn., in June, 1861, Company G, 55th Tennessee Regiment under command of Gen. Joseph E. Johnson, and served during the war east of the Mississippi River.

At the battle of Atlanta, he was wounded in the right hand, resulting in the loss of the thumb and index finger. Was taken as a prisoner at Tiptonville, He was discharged at Nashville in 1865.

Dr. Bledsoe is still active but his eyesight has failed to such an extent that he cannot read very well even with a reading glass. He has not practiced his profession since coming to Oklahoma in 1907."