Confederate Biography : Jesse W. Wynne,  Memphis, Tennessee

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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson, p. 169

Jesse W. Wynne, of Memphis, Tenn., was born in Mississippi in 1839, 
and when quite young came with his parents, Robert E. and Sarah 
Watkins Wynne, to the Republic of Texas, locating in the town of 
Henderson in Rusk county.  He began there his business career in the 
store of Hon. James Flanagan, who was afterward Untied States Senator.  
He was in charge of a branch store for Mr. Flanagan when the war
began in 1861.  In May of that year he enlisted as a private in 
Company B, Third Texas Cavalry, and fought in the battle of Wilson's 
Creek, Missouri, and other engagements.  In less than a year he was 
promoted to a second lieutenantcy, and participated in the battles 
and skirmishes around Elk Horn under Gen. Price.  Thirteen months 
after his enlistment he was made a captain, commanding a company on 
the ballefields of Farmington, Iuka, Corinth, Resaca, Kennesaw 
Mountain, and Atlanta.  He was in many other engagements, including 
those of Ross' Texas Brigade during Hood's campaign in Tennessee.  
He was wounded in the head at Wilson's Creek and in the arm at Resaca.  
He was captured at Jonesboro, but played a coup on his captors, with 
the assistance of Adjutant Gregg of his regiment, seizing the guards 
and turning them over to Confederate guards.  After the war Captain 
Wynne settled in Arkansas, and for thirty-three years the firm of 
Wynne, Dennis & Beck was one of the largest concerns in Eastern 
Arkansas.  In 1899 he removed to Memphis, Tenn., and associated 
himself with W. E. Love, under the firm name of Wynne, Love & Co.,
one of the leading cotton and commission firms of that city.  He 
retired from active connection with the firm in 1900, on account of 
failing health, and spent nearly six years traveling over the United 
States.  He was married in 1869 at Holly Springs, Mississippi, to 
Miss Wynne, a distant relative, and she and three sons, Hugh R., 
J. E. and J. W. Wynne, Jr., survive him.  He took a great interest 
in the organization of the United Confederate Veterans, and was 
aide-de-camp with rank of major on the staff of the commander of 
the Texas Brigade, Forest's Cavalry Corps. Captain Wynne was a bright 
Mason.  He died May 2, 1907, at Memphis, and was buried at Holly 
Springs, Mississippi, two days later.