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In researching the history of the 59th Tennessee Infantry, C.S.A.,I find two soldiers, James and Henry Cansler, who I assume are sons of Catherine Cansler, of Monroe County, Tennessee. What I can gather about Catherine, a white woman, is that she was born in North Carolina and married her father's former slave.
James Cansler enlisted as a "cook" in Co. B of the Regiment on 10-6-62, in Madisonville, and was present with his Company thru June 1863, enduring the Siege of Vicksburg. He has no Federal parole from the surrnder of Vicksburg, but was probably just released by the Federal authorities. James probably enlisted later in Co. K of the 40th U.S. Colored Infantry.
Henry Cansler enlisted in Co. E of the same Regiment on 3-7-63, also in Madisonville. He was paroled at Vicksburg, which is his last record in the unit.
There is another Cansler, Hugh Lawson White Cansler, who I assume is another brother. He served in the 43rd Tennessee and applied for a Tennessee Confederate "colored man's pension", #122.
Can anyone provide me with more information on these fellows? Am I correct in assuming that they are brothers?
Bud
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