Joseph M. Roberts

Born: About 1842 near Roberts Switch in what is now Putnam County, Tennessee

Died: 20 Dec 1862 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee

Company I, 5th Tennessee Cavalry, USA

24 Nov 1862-20 Dec 1862

Joseph M. was the son of Henry Roberts and Martha Elizabeth "Bell" Whitefield.  He never married.  He saw no action during the Civil War, but died of chronic diarrhea in the Regimental Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee where he had been admitted soon after his enlistment.

As far as burial, records show that he was interned in a temporary grave "#1907 in Nash City".  After the war, the identifiable graves were moved to the Nashville National Cemetery and have tombstones with names on them.  Joseph was reinterned in grave B, 6839 in the Nashville National Cemetery.