Richard Cable

Richard Casper Cable (January 1, 1841 – March 9, 1909) served as a private in Company G, 13th Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry.

Personal life
Richard Cable was born January 1, 1941 in Johnson County, Tennessee to Daniel and Elizabeth (Sheffield) Cable. He married Malinda E. Whitehead (1855-1919) with whom he had 11 children.

Civil War service
Cable enlisted as a private in Company G on September 24, 1863 in Carter County, Tennessee for a period of three years and mustered in October 28, 1863 at Strawberry Plains, Tennessee.

He is described as 21 years old, 5' 9" tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, and by occupation a farmer.

Cable is listed as present for duty until January / February 1864, when he is reported as being sick in a Nashville hospital; he returned to duty by March / April 1864. On November 16, 1864, Cable was captured at Morristown, Tennessee. From there he was transferred to Danville, Virginia. Cable was paroled at Aiken's Landing, Virginia on February 22, 1865, then ordered to report to Camp Chase, Ohio on February 26, 1865, where he reported on March 4, 1865. Cable was granted a 30-furlough beginning March 5, 1865, but returned to the regiment at Knoxville, Tennessee on March 10, 1865.

Cable mustered out with the regiment on September 5, 1865 at Knoxville. He had last been paid to June 30, 1864, owed $53.35 to the government for clothing in kind or money advanced, had been paid a $25 bounty, and was owed a $75 bounty.

Post-war life
Cable applied for an invalid's pension on June 29, 1881. He moved his family to Idaho after 1900 and died there on March 9, 1909 in Washington County, Idaho. Cable is buried at Eastside Cemetery in Midvale, Idaho. His wife applied for a widow's pension on May 24, 1909.