Esquire Buckles

Esquire Buckles (about 1850 - March 29, 1865) served as a private in Company L, 13th Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry.

Personal life
Esquire Buckles was born about 1850 in Carter County, Tennessee to Isaac and Eveline (Jones) Buckles. He was unmarried.

Civil War service
Buckles enlisted as a private in Company L on February 1, 1864 in Knoxville, Tennessee for a period of three years and mustered in on March 15, 1864.

At the time of his death he is described as 18 years old, 5' 4" tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, and by occupation a farmer.

Buckles was left sick at Asylum General Hospital in Knoxville where he died on March 25, 1865 due to congestion of the brain. No muster roll records or records of his personal effects have been located.

When the regiment mustered out on September 5, 1865 in Knoxville it was noted that he had never been paid, owed $2.15 to the government for clothing, and had not received a bounty.

Buckles is buried at Knoxville National Cemetery.