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rison Cawley, William Conley, John Conly, Thomas Clutts, John Dick- ison, Cornelius Eliott, Robert Eliott, Henry J. Evans, George W. Fraley, Kelly Furgerson, James Gillum, Charles Gillum, Charles Glancy, Michael Herold, James Hunter, Squire H. Hunter, William P. Hylton, Lucius Hays, James Jordan, John Kelly, George Louder, William * Louder, Allen Lewis, Henderson Messer, Andrew J. Messer, Crisby Messer, William Messer, Benjamin Messer, Jacob Mead, Peter T. Norris, William J. Norris, Louis Osburn, William Phillips, Daniel Pridemore, Martin Phalen, William Rogers, Uriah Sezton, James H. Sezton, James N. Stewart, Braxton P. Stewart, Solomon Stone, Peter Scaggs, John W. Snead, Martin Sparks, Peter Smith, Calvin Triplett, Robert Walker, Charles S. Worthington, Harrison Wood, Henry Messer, Granville A. McCoy, William Sowash, Hawkins Adkins, William Bays, James Barnett, Cornelius B. Crank, John Holenstine, Wm. F. McDowell, Benjamin' F. Stewart, James C. Bogas, Richard P. Hall, Hiram Toliver, Eliphus Wright.
Company "D."
CAPTAINS-John McGuire, Elias P. Davis. 1st LIEUT .- Middleton McGuire. 2d LIEUT .- Alexander Johnson. SERGTS .- Larkin Daw- son, C. P. McGuire, William Harris, William B. McGuire, Edward Savage. CORPLS .- Jeremiah Colegrove, Stephen F. Easterling, Will- iam Duncan, Jedediah D. Colegrove. James P. Flawher, John P. Bur- chett, Andrew J. Jones, William Campbell. WAGONER-James Mc- Guire.
PRIVATES-John Antis, Aaron Burton, Benj. Burchett, Jr., William Buckner, James Boggs, John Boggs, William C. Ball, William D. Ball, Sanders Burris, Benjamin F. Coon, Thomas H. Colegrove, George W. Colegrove, Jeremiah Campbell, Love Collins, Rufus Clay, James M. Clay, James H. Davis, Thomas J. Davis, James Dorton, George W. Dowdy, John Dowdy, Thomas Dillion, William P. Dean, George W. Everman, Bradley Elsick, Charles N. Everman, David Fannin, James Flawher, Zachariah Fugate, Richard Gullett, Thomas Hood, Johnson Harris, Lindsey Jordan, James Jordan, Albert D. Jordan, George W. Johnson, James Johnson, Andrew James, Cowan Jesse, John W. King, Alexander Kitchen, Sr., Alexander Kitchen, Jr., Murphy Kitchen, Will- iam Kelley, Minyard Litteral, Hostin Litteral, Stephen Lewis, Daniel W. Lawhorn, Daniel Lyons, Felix Lowery, Pharis McFarlin, James Morris, Henry Montgomery, Joseph E. McGloan, Henry W. McGloan, Jesse Owens, John C. Porter, James M. Porter, Calaway S. Porter, James Parsons, Robert Parsons, John Riggs, Sylvester Smith, William H. Spadlin, John Sloas, John Swearingin, Richard Swearingin, Joseph Swearingin, Samuel Spence, Levi Sexton, Enoch Stone, Archibald Sel- lards, Laban B. Shephard, Andrew J. Scott, Joseph T. Terry, Wesley Vaughn, Francis M. Wilcox, Thomas Akers, Harvey Barker, Francis M. Burchett, William Hill, Lemuel Johnson, Nehemiah Jordon, Tobias Logan, Abner Logan, Samuel W. McDavid, William Porter, Samuel Wil- cox, Thomas Coburn, Harvey Carter, Mason Keaton, John N. McGloan. Calvin L. Neal, William Stratten.
Company "E."
CAPTAIN-Harrison B. Literal. 1st LIEUTS .- George W. Little- john, John Foster. 2d LIEUTS .- James Garvin, John M. Tyree. SER- GEANTS-Henry J. Conly, John W. Gee, William McGinnis, John 11. Bayse, Levi A. Gullett, Jesse S. Brown. CORPLS .- Oliver P. Holland, William R. Wilburn, John P. Reeder, Thomas P. McGlone, William H Brawner, Thomas MeCall. Thomas W. Banfield, Henry C. Harris, Joseph C. McClerg. WAGONER-James Henderson.
PRIVATES-Christian Adkins, Wm. T. Alexander, William H. Buck- ley, Calvin Bryant, Lafayette Black, Noah Blankenbeckler, William Crank, William H. Clark, Owen Clark. John Cooley, Milton E. Cont. y. Jesse Coalgrove, James T. Caskie, Jackson Collins. Charles N. Davis. James L. Dehart, Nathaniel G. Davidson. Wm. S. Flannery. Jr., James .1 Gillum, William T. Hern, Isaac E. Ham, Robert J. Henderson, Louis Hicks, Zachary T. Hawkins, Peter Hicks. James F. Hall, James Holland !.
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Fortieth Kentucky Mounted Infantry.
George W. Ham, James Jarvis, Barnibas Kinder, George W. Lawson, Robert Link, John W. Mannin, John N. Mannin, Enoch Mannin, John Y. McCallister, James W. Meadows, John J. Middleton, Eli Nicholas, John S. Osborne, Daniel Perry, James W. Plank, William Pierce, James K. P. Rice, George D. Rice, Isaac Roman, William Rose, Daniel Sparks, William Sloan, Hardin H. Tackett, Louis Thacker, Isaac Thacker, - James Viars, Ralph Williams, Edward R. Wilburn, Solomon J. Ward, John H. Wagoner, David Wagoner, William Wedington, John Clark, Johnson Campbell, Geo. W. Evans, Jas. H. Evans, Robt. Gullett, Henry S. Jeffries, Paul L. Krouse, Henry Lawson, Jeremiah Lawson, Jos. Nichols, Brewster L. Rimsby, Robt. C. Snead, Asa J. P. Simer, Solomon Blevins, Robert Bayse, George G. Davis, William Gillum, Henry C. Harding, Reuben Hicks, Andrew T. Jones, John L. Kazee, Wm. McClan- nahan, John M. Nichols, Thomas J. Stewart, Sylvester Stafford, Wallace Thompson, James Wagoner, Marcus L. Boyd, James Cahoon, Wm. R. Flannery, Sr., Wm. R. Flannery, Jr., Wm. W. Utterback, William Welch.
Company "F."
CAPTAIN-James H. Johns. 1st LIEUT .- William E. Arnold. 2d LIEUT .- Zachariah H. Mullins. SERGTS .- Michael T. Foster, George H. Abernathy, Livingston M. Carlisle, John J. Monson, John W. Lem- mon. CORPLS .- John M. Stephens, Onley R. Landrum, Clement W. Lancaster, Samuel C. Dayton, Joseph Lytle, John T. Monson, William A. Frakes, William J. Jacobs.
PRIVATES-Edmund Addis, Amos Blackburn, John C. Brann, John Brown, John T. Bell, Seth Bailey, William N. Cummins, John R. Cooper, Abner H. Coleman, Alex. Cunningham, Richard T. Chandler, Joshua Dotson, William T. Eckler, Jacob W. Eckler, William Foster, Caleb Foster, William G. Glacken, Michael Gallager, Jeremiah Gillion, William Hall, John J. Holton, Isaac Hawkins, William H. Jolley, William O. King, Willis R. King, John T. Keith, Charles L. Kennett, Asa D. Louis, Roswell Lilley, John D. Linthicum, James G. Milton, Henry D. Martin, Elbridge Mackelfriesh, Harvey McLane, James K. P. Martin, John J. Marshall, John R. MeMillin, Mathew E. Morehead, James F. McDonald, John M. Oldham, James H. Orr, Edmund Pace, James Plummer, Henry Plummer, King W. Plummer, James Rogers, Joseph Rogers, Francis Rogers, William Rogers, Eli Stewart, John Shulker, Granville A. Stewart, Dennis Sullivan, Jacob H. C. Snyder, William H. Spurr, J. T. Valand- ingham, Theodore Yelton, John T. Haley, Wm. O. Dunnaway, John W. Frazer, John E. Kennady, Charles McLane, C. C. McGinetty, Clark Royal, Michael Tharp, Thomas Agee, William T. Cress, George D. Jacobs, Asbery Mattox, Robert Stewart, C. C. Southard, Ebenezer P. Simpson, John L. Welman, John Atfield, William Lawson, Joseph Lawson, James T. Lowry, James H. McKenney, George Walker, John Walker.
Company " G."
CAPTAIN-Thomas R. Rorer. 1st LIEUT .- Christopher C. Mc- Ginety. 2d LIEUTS .- Isaac A. Whitaker, Lloyd McGill. SERGTS .- Leroy C. Boyd, John P. Jett, John A. Daniel, John B. Egnew, George W. Highley, Dneuman C. Dean. CORPLS .- John Vice, William Ingram, William D. Slade, John W. Beckett, William Atchison, Oliver P. Kin- kead, Jeptha D. Justice, William P. Hill, Charles H. Fowler, Archibald Beckett, Andrew J. Bates, Nathan B. Earles.
PRIVATES-John C. Asbery, James C. Antrobus, Samuel Arnold. Joel Beagle, John N. Bradley, James D. Bell, William Beckett, Thomas Bramble, Francis M. Bailey, James L. Coles. Henry D. Chreswell. John Croxton, Joseph Cane, James Cook, John W. Chandler. John Chandler. Solomon P. Debruler, James A. Dunn, Joseph Drake. Franklin Daniel. Henry Ellis, Emanuel Emerald, James Ellis, Harmon Ellis, Daniel W. Fogle, Noah Ford, Robert Gains, Mathias Hill, Robert E. Hill, Sandford Hedrecks. James Highley, Hiram T. Ingram, Christopher Jones. Simeon Jones. John Lawson, John D. Lawless, Cleary W. McClain. Smith Ma- hosney, John W. Merrell, George Manley, William Mckenzie, John W. Moore, Isaac Mckenzie, David Myers, James Norris. Taylor Ottis, Ab-
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salom Perry, Charles W. Rose, William Rankin, Columbus Ravenscraft, John Reeves, John Robbins, Zach. T. Simpson, No. 1, Zach. T. Simpson, No. 2, Alexander E. Simpson, George M. D. Slade, Franklin J. Sparks, Enoch Sorrell, John Sorrell, Tilman H. Turner, John Tinney, George M. Wheeler, George Woods. David R. Wright, William Williams, Samuel T. Wilson, Noah Winkle, Eli S. Ingram, Onley Mullen, William R. Marshall, Felix Warren, George W. Asberry, William H. Mattox, William J. Wright, Charles McClain, Francis M. Parker, David Spence.
Company "H."
CAPTAIN-Greenberry Reid. 1st LIEUT .- Cornelius B. Pettet. 2d LIEUTS .- John W. Evans, William S. Waugh. SERGTS .- David Bevey, George W. Taylor, Joseph M. Hukill, George W. Ockoman, Milton Barlow, Benedict F. Dorsey. CORPLS .- James H. Stewart, Henry C. Anness, David Webster, John W. Long, Thornton Wheat, John T. Per- kins, Wm. H. Abbott, Napoleon McClain. WAGONER-James Evans.
PRIVATES-Charles J. Anness, John W. Bishop, James T. Bailey, John W. Burroughs, William Ballard, Andrew Coy. Charles Courtney, George Calop, Berry Childers, William Curtis, Alexander Dunn, James H. Dunn, Jacob M. Dewitt, James W. Dorsey, Felix Edmonson, David Epperson, James J. Endicott, Wm. H. Fightmaster, George W. Fowler, John W. Garity, Felix Goodpaster, Henry J. Hyatt, Daniel P. Herndon, Louis Higgins, John T. Lynn, Perry S. Lynn, Albert Lyzear, John G. Laughlin, Adam P. May, Thomas J. May, James H. C. Mann, Charles Mann, Jesse Moore. Barton D. Morris, Zachariah T. Myers, Benj. T. Martin, William Martin, James W. McMillen, John D. Ockoman, Benj. T. Ritchey, Benj. T. Rulon, Benj. H. Rolph. Samuel Ritchey, John W. Robbins, Addison Reid, Jacob Shy, William H. Snapp, Moses Stewart, Nathan Stewart, Benjamin Shaw, James M. Taylor, Joseph Thompson, Roger W. Webster, Winfield S. Webster, Silas Welsh, Oscar Webster. Henry Woods, Marion Edwards, Charles T. Gears, John W. Herndon, John Keller, Napoleon B. Nix, Peter Webster, Jesse Barlow, Oliver P. Evans, Marcus Collins, John H. Cave, John W. Hardin, James Hornaker, John P. Kerrick, Aaron Ramey, William Sorrell, James P. Warren.
Company "1."
CAPTAIN-Isaac Kelly. 1st LIEUTS .- Thomas H. Larimore, Mark Wallace. 2d LIEUT .- Marshal W. Stubblefield. SERGTS .- William A. Ingram, William W. Hedrick, Thomas J. Devenport, Thomas C. Roberts. Azariah Dale, George E. Gault. CORPLS .- Ambrose Gorman, Clabourn C. Rigdon, William H. Humphries, Rochester B. Kirk, Perry T. Walling- ford, Isaac B. Jennings, Fielding B. Steel, Samuel Allen. MUSICIANS- Abraham D. Hill, Joel Kirk.
PRIVATES-John J. Boyd, Wayman Blanton, Bracken Blanton, Joseph Cook, William Cook, Anderson Callahan, John Carpenter, George W. Carpenter, Smith A. Connell, Walter C. Calvert, Wm. W. Callahan, William H. Crawford, Richard S. Devenport, Wm. W. Devenport, John Darnel. Andrew J. England, Caleb Ferren, George Forkner, James Gar- rison, Thomas Hickison, Wm. Humphries, John D. Harbor, Wm. H. Humphries. George W. Humphries, Wesley W. Hasty, Eli Hasty, George Ingram, James P. Jordon, Jarad A. Jordon, Elija S. Jones, Jesse B. King. James Kelly, Aaron Lee, Andrew McDonald, William M. Muse, John Magowan, James H. McKee, George W. Magowan. George S. McKee. Jonathan Purvis, Francis Purvis, Joseph Purvis, George W. Purvis. Louis H. Purnell, John C. Ranken, Francis M. Redden. Wiley W. Roberts. Zachariah Ridgeway, Jonathan M. Steel, F. B. Z. Taylor Steel. Alexander Sartin, James Underwood. Walter C. Wallingford. Robert P. Coonrad. John Bennett, Thomas Blake, Henry K. Fleming, Joseph H. Kissiek. John Kissick, Alonzo Lackey. Thomas Proctor, Perion Page. Abraham Stratton, Samuel Tucker. Coleman Wilson, Benjamin F. Walker. James W. Boyd, A. B. Buriss. James 'Calvert, Richard S. Davenport, Hiram Helvenstein. Alexander Ham, George P. Sims, Jefferson Rice, R. D Soward Thomas Swim, Nathaniel Thomas.
Forty-third Kentucky Infantry.
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1 Company " K."
CAPTAIN -- Stephen H. Young. 1st LIEUTS .- William Frisby, Henry E. Evans. 2d LIEUTS .- James McGuire, John W. Frazer. SERGTS .- Marshal Bertram, James Johnson, Daniel L. Clifton, John B. Leslie, Vincent Blankenship, William L. James, John Bruce. CORPLS. -James Jackson, John A. Justice, Andrew Hood, Martin Isom, John W. Davis, William R. Clay, Gilbert Nichols, James Hood, Samuel Gilbert, George Perkins.
PRIVATES-William Barnette, Lewis Bryant, Joseph 'Belfrey, Ben- jamin Barnette, Samuel Brownlee, Pleasant B. Bayse, George W. Baker, John Braden, John C. Blevens, John H. Colensworth, William Coffee, Wyatt L. Clay, Milton J. Collens, , Robert T. Duncan, Hiram Dickerson, Ransom Darby, Lewis P. Duncan, Alexander Fraly, John Fraly, Will- iam M. Fields, James Fields, Patrick Flew, John Farmer, William Get- tis, John Hall, Alfred P. Harless, John P. Huff, George W. James, Will- iam James, John L. James, Thomas James, Whitten Lusk, Jno. L. Mc- Sweney, Thomas Maston, John Mowray, Charles Musick, Campbell Musick, Daniel P. Morris, Francis Montgomery, Robert F. Praytor, James C. Perkins, John Patten, John N. Pendleton, Robert F. Rice, George T. Ray, Thomas Rose, William L. Sheats, Andrew J. Sheats, William Spencer, Samuel Shephard, Mathew Stewart. Jesse Stewart, Thomas Stewart, William Stewart, James H. Salyers, Samuel Salyers, John Stephens, Robert Stephens, Daniel Stephens, William Stephens, William H. Stephens, William L. Stephens, Gilbert Stephens, Jesse Stephens, Solomon S. Stephens, William Smith, Melvin Siley, William Toliver, Lewis Ulen, David Vanbibber, Franklin White, John Wicker, Benjamin Wicker, Allen Zornes, Edward Zornes, Samuel Zornes, Zach- ariah Davis. Robert Parsons, James Campbell, Martin Lunsford, An- drew Lunsford, Peter Lunsford, James Mullins, Solomon Nichols, Elijah G. Rice, James E. Porter, William Holbrock. Jesse K. Howard, Solomon Lunsford, John W. Linville, James H. Sexton.
Forty-first Kentucky Infantry.
This regiment was called into service for thirty days at Covington, Ky., during Bragg's invasion of the state, and was disbanded at the expiration of its term of service.
Forty-second Kentucky Infantry.
This regiment was called into service for thirty days at Newport, Ky., during the invasion of the state by Bragg, and was disbanded at the expiration of its term of service.
Forty-third Kentucky Infantry.
This regiment was consolidated with the 32d Ky. Infantry.
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Forty-fourth Kentucky Infantry.
The organization of this regiment was abandoned.
Forty-fifth Kentucky Mounted Infantry.
The 45th Regiment Ky. Mounted Infantry was at first designed as a battalion for local service on the Virginia front and in the eastern counties of Kentucky. The re- cruiting and organization of the command was intrusted to Maj. Lewis M. Clark, formerly lieutenant 16th Ky. In- fantry, and captain 10th Ky. Cavalry. For some months in the summer of 1863 the recruits of four companies were employed as above indicated; but it was determined to increase the command to a regiment and muster it into the United States service.
Although the requisite number of recruits were rapidly collected, and the regiment put on active duty in Octo- ber, 1863, and the organization effected at Ashland, Ky., the formal muster-in of two companies was unavoidably delayed until the beginning of the following January, when Col. John Mason Brown was assigned to the com- mand, and Maj. L. M. Clark promoted to lieutenant- colonel.
During the early part of 1864 the regimental head- quarters were at Mt. Sterling, Ky., from which point the 45th was continually employed in constant and arduous duty, covering the entire Virginia front from Cumberland Gap to Louisa, and keeping in check, by ceaseless activity, the rebel cavalry command concentrated in and about Abingdon, Va.
In March, 1864, being relieved by Gen. Sturgis' divi- sion of cavalry, the 45th Ky. moved to Flemingsburg: whence, in April, it was transferred to Irvine, Ky., and points south of that headquarters. In May it rendez- voused at. Lexington, Ky., under the immediate command of Lieut. Col. Clark (Col. Brown commanding brigade). and was attached to Hobson's cavalry division, and marched to the Virginia line near Pound Gap. It led the pursuit after Morgan in June, 1864, and was the leading regiment of the assaulting column at the battle of Mt. Sterling, June 9, 1864. It participated in the battle of Cynthiana, June 12, 1864, in which Morgan's force was finally destroyed, having, up to that engagement, been
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continuously on duty for twenty-six days and nights, with no halt of as much as four hours.
During the months of July and August, 1864, a part of the regiment under Lieut. Col. Clark was detailed by Gen. Burbridge to pursue guerrillas and scattered Confederate troops in Owen, Trimble and the adjacent counties of Kentucky.
In October, 1864, the 45th Ky. formed part of Bur- bridge's command in the unsuccessful attack on Saltville, Va., and covered the retreat.
In November and December, 1864, it was in Stone- man's columns at the capture of Bristol, East Tennessee, Marion, Abingdon and Saltville, Va., and participated in all the engagements of that campaign.
Beside a great number of skirmishes of greater or less note, the 45th Ky. took part in the engagements of Mt. Sterling, Cynthiana, Marion, Bristol, Laurel Gap and Saltville. 1
From its constant duty in most inclement weather the regiment suffered even more seriously than from the bullets of the enemy, and a large proportion of the inen were mustered out on account of injuries by frost-bites.
This regiment was mustered out by battalions at Cattletsburg, Ky .; Companies A, B, C, D, E, and F, on the 24th of December, 1864; Companies G, H, I, and K, on the 14th day of February, 1865.
NOTE .- In the summer of 1864, as in the summer of 1863, the pres- ence of a large force in Kentucky was absolutely necessary. The value of railroads, especially the Louisville & Nashville railroad, as well as bridges and depots of supplies, was incalculable for the sustenance of the armies at the front, further south. Unprotected, they would have been entirely destroyed. It was natural that they should be protected by Kentucky troops under Kentucky officers. The raid of Morgan in 1863 was practically neutralized, as he was pushed so close by his pur- suers he had no time to accomplish the destruction of anything of im- portance.
So, also, it proved in June, 1864, Morgan again entered the state by way of Pound Gap and made his way through the mountains.
Morgan states in his official report that his intention was to break the railroad from Cincinnati to Lexington, and then strike for the Louisville & Nashville railroad. Gens. Burbridge and Hobson were on the alert and moved in the direction of Pound Gap. Col. Brown, com- manding a brigade, in which was his own regiment, the 45th, discov- ered that Morgan had entered the state, and was heading for Mt. Ster- ling. Brown pursued on the trail, while Hobson, taking what forces he could, hastened in the direction of Mt. Sterling. Keller's Bridge Hobson met Morgan, and, in a lively fight, was overcome and cap- tured with about three hundred men. Brown, still leading the advance of Burbridge's troops, by exceedingly rapid moving (it is said ninety miles in twenty-four hours), came up soon after the fight with Hobson; and two days after, viz., June 12th. Burbridge's force fell upon Morgan at Cynthiana, and completely defeated him, capturing many of his men, retaking all his prisoners and driving the wreck of his forces rapidly out of the state through the mountains.
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Gen. Burbridge, in command in Kentucky at the time, received the thanks and congratulations of Secretary Stanton and Gen. Schofield.
But for this check, Morgan could have gone on and possibly have crippled the Louisville & Nashville railroad.
It is interesting to note the Kentucky regiments participating in this work so essential to the successful operation of the larger armies at the front, viz .: 13th Ky. Cavalry, 35th Ky. Mounted Infantry, 45th Ky. Mounted Infantry, 40th Ky. Mounted Infantry, 47th Ky. Mounted In- fantry, 26th Ky. Mounted Infantry, 30th Ky. Mounted Infantry, 11th Ky. Cavalry, 37th Ky. Mounted Infantry, 39th Ky. Mounted Infantry.
The movements against the salt works in the southwestern part of Virginia deserve to be particularly noted. They were three in number. First, in June, 1864, Gen. Burbridge started an expedition which reached the borders of Virginia in the direction of Pound Gap, but just then Morgan entered Kentucky by way of that gap, and moved rapidly to- ward Lexington. Burbridge's troops were therefore hurriedly recalled, and the defeat of Morgan occurred at Cynthiana as stated. Then the second expedition to Saltville was undertaken in September, when Gen. Burbridge, having with him the Kentucky regiments mentioned, reached the place, but as the movement had become known, troops had been sent there in sufficient numbers to defeat Burbridge and compel his return. The third attempt, which was successful, was by Gen. Stoneman, who operated from East Tennessee. The Kentucky regiments were hastened out to join him, and he entered Virginia by way of the Tennessee valley. and succeeded in destroying the salt works at Saltville, and the lead works in the same section. That expedition was a very severe one on account of the cold and the scarcity of provisions and hard fighting.
The service of the several Kentucky regiments under Gen. Stone- man is mentioned in the account of each one respectively.
There was no more gallant and efficient officer than Col. John Mason Brown, of the 45th. Young, ardent, intelligent, and peculiarly ac- quainted with Kentucky, he was admirably adapted for the services he was appointed to perform. In the movements above mentioned, he com- manded a brigade, while Lieut. Col. Clark commanded the regiment.
Gen. Bragg, in a report to the Confederate govern- ment, dated July 2d, says:
The accounts received so far do not indicate any satisfactory results of the movement into Kentucky by Gen. Morgan; should he ever return with his command, it will as usual be disorganized and unfit for service. until again armed, equipped and disciplined. The large number of prisoners we always lose by these raiding expeditions has been the source of great evil.
Gen. Burbridge says, in his official report:
When I arrived at Salyersville I received a courier from Col. John Mason Brown, informing me he was on the trail of Morgan's main force: I ordered Col. Brown to continue scouting in advance and pushed the command forward as rapidly and continuously as human endurance and due regard for the horses would admit, traveling without intermission. except for absolutely necessary halts, night and day. When we were some ten miles from Mt. Sterling, Col. John Mason Brown reported ! , me in person that he had followed Morgan until he found he had taken Mt. Sterling and its small garrison on that morning with his cavalry and his infantry had arrived in the evening and all had gone into camp without a suspicion we were near. To this able officer great praise 14 due for the judgment and indefatigable energy displayed by him in the arduous march from Pound Gap, in which he had skirmished nearly every mile of the way and with a discretion that would have done honor to an older head had so continuously conducted the march of the ad- vance that though he had picked up several stragglers from their rank#, the enemy had no suspicion of our proximity.
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Field and Staff.
COLONEL-John Mason Brown. LIEUT. COL .- Lewis M. Clark. MAJORS-Nathan A. Brown, John C. Henderson. ADJT .- James Sea- ton. Q. MASTERS-John C. Ball, Harman Conley. SURGEON-Sam- uel Maguire. ASST. SURGS .- William E. Scobey, Joseph L. Rowland. CHAPLAIN-Elisha Thacker. SERGT. MAJOR-James H. Marcum. Q. M. SERGT .-- John V. Olinger. COM. SERGT .- A. J. W. Lyons. HOS- PITAL STEWARD-Frank Blanchard.
Company "A."
CAPTAIN-Jos. W. Cottingham. 1st LIEUT .- Daniel Hendrickson. 2d LIEUT .- Pleasant M. Stricklett. SERGTS .- John T. Nash, Town- send H. West, Harrison McFerren, John J. Trumbo, Hiram Richards. CORPLS .- Napoleon Helterbrand, Francis E. Dunbar, Samuel S. Fry, Jas. H. Applegate, Benj. G. Kirkendall, Henry W. Walker, Theophilus Nash, Isaiah Fry, John F. Hughes.
PRIVATES-Basil B. Applegate, Horace Applegate, Thomas Apple- gate, Dallis Adkins, Henry C. Barkley, William H. Boyd, John H. Bry- ant, John L. Bell, John Bryant, Benjamin F. Carroll, John F. Carroll, Reuben Craycroft, William H. Cole, William T. Dummit, Zachariah T. Darnell, Charles H. Darnell, James M. Fitch, William P. Fry, John Foster, William R. Fenwick, Ferdinand F. Gilbert, Huriah M. Gill, Charles S. Gill, James W. Greenslate, Alexander Gillaspie, Thomas J. Hughes, Philip Horsley, Calvin Jennigs, C. C. Kennedy, Joseph S. Latham, Dennis C. Latham, Stephen Lewis, David Lewis, Stephen S. Lewis, Fielding Lewis, Watson A. Mower, George A. Mower, Jason Miller, Wm. H. Middleton, Oliver Marvin, Wm. F. McKellup, John Myers, Franklin C. Nichols, Henry H. Penrod, Henry C. Patterson, Leonard Penrod, William Patterson, David Polley, Abraham H. Parker, Harrison Ruark, Rice B. Ruark, William H. Rugles, Lindsey B. Ruggles, William Reed, Sylvester W. Reed, Henry Ross, William B. Rose, James Renchen, Wm. H. D. Shocky, Andrew J. Sartin, Alexander Sprinkle, Isaac Sloan, George W. Stewart, Charles Wright, Abraham Wilson, John T. Walker, Dallas White, Joseph P. Warder, Clark Warder, Leonidas Wiloby, Himes Wyatt. David Young, James P. Zornes, George W. Zornes, Aaron S. Dummit, Calvin Herron, Robert Himes, John T. Rose, James M. K. Suiter, William H. Bailey, Thomas M. Clark, Ora S. Crain, James Gil- laspie, Thomas A. Hicks, Henry Hoover, James Sparks, Robert T. Walker, Ira Yates, Thomas McDoll. Simeon Rogers, William H. Sylvey.
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