John A. Fite

Colonel John Amenas Fite was born in DeKalb County, Tennessee on February 10, 1832. He graduated from Cumberland University in 1855. He enlisted as captain of company B of the 7th Tennessee on May 21, 1861.

Fite rose to eventually command the 7th Tennessee. Fite was wounded three times during the War: Mechanicsville, Cedar Mountain, and Chancellorsville. He was captured at Gettysburg and held as a POW until the end of the War.

Fite had a successful post-war career. He became a banker in Smith County and eventually a judge. Fite also served in the state legislature and as the Adjutant General of Tennessee. One of the longest lived of Hill's officers, he died on August 23, 1925 in Lebanon, Tennessee.