In July 1861, Alfred Tyler Fielder, of Dyer County, Tennessee, then 47 years of age and married, left his wife and enlisted as a private soldier in the Friendship Volunteers, later Company B, 12th Tennessee Infantry. After basic training at Camp Brown, Tennessee, Fielder fought in the battles of Belmont, Shiloh, the Kentucky Campaign, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and the Atlanta Campaign. Fielder was wounded in the severe July 22, 1864 fighing at Atlanta, GA. After he was taken from the field, Fielder was sent to the Confederate hospital at Griffin, GA where he recovered from...