Fielden Asher

Fielden E. Asher (abt 1842 - May 5, 1877) served as a private in Company H, 13th Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry.

Personal life
Fielden Asher was born about 1842 Johnson County, Tennessee to John Elliot and Louisa (Estep) Asher. He married Mary J. Hall (1851-1877) with whom he had one child.

Civil War service
Asher first enlisted as a private in Company B, 37th North Carolina Infantry in Boone, North Carolina on September 14, 1861 for a period of six months. He reenlisted for an additional two years in March 15, 1862. His records are incomplete, but he was left sick at a hospital in Lynchburg, Virginia after April 30, 1863. Asher deserted from the hospital either June 20 or July 7, 1863.

Changing his allegiance, Asher enlisted as a private in Company H, 13th Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry 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; no other descriptive record has been located.

Asher is listed as present for duty until April 27, 1865 when he was left sick with chronic diarrhea at Brownlow General Hospital in Knoxville. He returned to duty on August 7, 1865 and was present for the remainder of his service. Asher was detailed as a butcher for the regiment in November 1864.

Asher mustered out with the regiment on September 5, 1865 at Knoxville. He had last been paid to August 31, 1864, owed $17.85 to the government for clothing, had been paid a $25 bounty, and was owed a $75 bounty.

Post-war life
Asher applied for an invalid's pension on July 20, 1876. He died May 5, 1877 in Elizabethton, Tennessee and is buried at Garland Cemetery in Carter County, Tennessee. His son William applied for a minor's pension on June 13, 1894.