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troops; that from his knowledge of the regiment he was sure it would discharge the duties required of it."
The adjutant-general's report says of the 53d:
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Being mounted it was constantly employed in scouting the counties in the central part of the state and along the Kentucky Central railroad. In the second expedition to Saltville, it suffered much from cold and long, fatiguing marches. It participated in many skirmishes and battles of Clinch river, Marion, and Saltville, Va., in all of which it performed its duty to the entire satisfaction of the commanding generals.
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In the official reports the 53d is mentioned as guarding the railroad between Lexington and Cincinnati in Novem- ber, 1864. It was at Lexington November 23d. On the 24th it was ordered to hurry forward to Crab Orchard to join the forces collecting then for the second Saltville ex- pedition. On the 25th it was at Camp Nelson.
Reaching Crab Orchard, it became part of the force which was led by Gen. Burbridge through Cumberland Gap into East Tennessee, when, joining with Gen. Stone- man, the movement into Virginia was made, which re- sulted in the destruction of the salt works and lead works, at and near Saltville.
The importance of these works was shown by the des- perate efforts the Confederates made to save them.
The object of the expedition being attained, the troops returned to Kentucky. During the winter, spring and summer of 1865 the 53d was kept on duty by detachments at various points.
Of this regiment, as of several others raised in Ken- tucky at that stage of the war, it may be stated that while it did not participate in the movements of the great armies, vet when it was organized and mustered into serv- ice, the men placed themselves at the call of their country; they offered themselves for whatever duty was assigned, and nobly and dutifully served in the places to which they were sent. In the December movements through the mountains of Kentucky and Virginia, as stated, the men suffered greatly from cold and hunger and fatigue.
The 53d was mustered out of service at Louisville Sep- tember 15, 1865.
Field and Staff.
COLONEL-Clinton J. True. LIEUT. COL .- W. C. Johnson. MAJ. -James G. Francis. ADJT .- Frank D. Tunis. Q. MASTER-S. J. Housh. SURGEON-William B. Bland. ASST. SURGS .- Henry C. Miller, James M. Montmollin. SERGT. MAJ .- George W. Brown. Q. M. SERGT .- Mathew W. Kennedy. COM. SERGT .- William M. Ste- phens. HOSP. STEWARD-Christopher C. Bryson. MUSICIANS- William A. Bryson, John J. Hall.
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Company "A." .
CAPTAIN-John A. Thompson. 1st LIEUT .- James F. Thompson. 2d LIEUT .- John Mullens. SERGTS .- Thomas P. Francis, John Savill, Charles Steinborn, Michael M. Bolan, Peter Marx, Charles A. Bailey, George W. Brown. CORPLS .- Amos McArthur, Anselum Clarkson, Philip Weaver, John Felthouse, Wm. N. Irvine, Morrison Beach, Nicholas Mount, James White, Marquis L. Biggs.
PRIVATES-Thomas Ambrose, Killis Alexander, John Alexander, Frank Beler, Eldridge Busby, Daniel Beebe, John Bollinger, John F. Bruner, Henry Boroman, John A. Bush, William Crawford, John G. Crosby, William Crusoe, Joseph Casey, Green Darsey, John Dalhein, John Donovan, Richard Davis, John Donnelly, Creighton W. England, Lawrence Evans, Wm. Ebenschweiger, Daniel England, James Edwards, Adam Grieswein, John Gardner, Nelson Graves, Dennis Gindher, Geo. W. Hill, Jonas Harlow, Benjamin Hey, Curtis House, Simon W. Hafner, Chas. D. Irvine, August Kruse, Joseph Kling, William Kirkley, John Kinman, Anthony Long, William Metcalfe, Hugh McArthur, William Mullen, George Mullen, William Nicholas, John Ortwein, Theodore Picket, Willis Rucker, Christopher Ritchie, Henry Ricketts, Henry Slaughter, George Stronk, John Steffin, William Scott, Frank Thoss, George Tincher, Charles Visse, George Willen, James W. Williams, John H. Watcher, Jno. C. Harrington, Abraham Hileman, John Masters, Charles Nichols, Peter Duffy, James Mitchell, Adam Siefert, William Prather, Benjamin Thoss.
Company "B."
CAPTAIN-Henry F. Falls. 1st LIEUT .- John J. Creighton. 2đ LIEUTS .- Wm. H. Robinson, Ferdinand Burch. SERGTS .- S. D. Mul- lins, S. M. Goshorn, R. R. Elliott, James H. Wilson, L. L. Leroy, Harvey Heed. CORPLS .- Thomas Edwards, Theodore Neymier, Jesse I. Cook, John Knochelman, Bernard Hartsman, John Wasson, George W. Pierce, Lewis Deppo, J. M. Mealing.
PRIVATES-George Bowen, Wm. A. Barnett, Samuel G. Black, Charles M. Brussman, Paul Bechtold, August F. Brussman, Henry Boush, Jacob C. Cook, James E. Culbertson, Banister Cornelius, George Clemons, Elias Dorsey, Edward L. Dwell, Conrad Eymer, William Ernst, Owen Forkner, Andrew Falls, Joseph Fisse, William H. Frazier, Adam Fries, Andrew J. Givens, James H. Garrett, John Greenup, William Griffith, Thos. J. Garner, Adam Grossman, Edward P. Hanneberry, Thos. B. Hughes, John Hagar, Henry Hughes, John Hall, John Harrod, Francis M. Jackson, James Jackson, John Johnering, Mathew Morgan, William M. Minter, Burrell Mullins, Larkin Mullins, Alexander Niles, John O'Conner, Henry Olges, John C. O'Neal, John Peek, Joseph Rich, Wright Richards, Frank Swartz, William Schotwell, David Slone, Will- iam L. Snyder, George W. Stewart, William Tincher, Frank Taphorn, Morgan Trivett, William R. Vannetter, Lewis Winkley, Antone Winter- ling, John Walcer, Alexander Wiltshire, Jno. C. Cole, Daniel Edmonds, Barney Felthouse, Wm. F. Hedges, Isaac H. Inlick, Henry Kohlbrand, Hiram H. Wayman, William M. Stephens, John C. Hartsman, Joseph Jacobs, Henry Miller, William Reed.
Company "C."
CAPTAIN-Henry Hagerty. 1st LIEUT .- Richard S. Robson. 2đ LIEUT .- Chas. T. Chambers. SERGTS .- George A. Jones, Andrew B. Wash, John Seymour, Matthew Parker, Michael Carroll, Joseph Colbert. CORPLS .- George Tedrow, James Metcalf, Morritz Stokle, Joseph Still- well, William Clarke, James Nealens, Charles C. Cleary, Amos Bright, Ira B. Baker, George F. Stearns. FARRIER-Jacob Wise.
PRIVATES-Frank Archy, Austin Buchannan, James Brogan, Will- iam Brimstone, William Beckley, John W. Bartlow, John W. Blades, Wiley Bates, John Brenner, Charles Bruce, George Brimstone, James W. Caldwell, John R. Caldwell, Richard Conklin, John J. Caldwell, John Chevallo, George Creighton, Thomas Duffield, William Ellis, George Echart, Rudolph Frank, John Goldsmith, Frank Henry, George Hick-
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man, Lewis Helm, John Kilp, Henry Klakamp, John Larkin, Charles Link, Abraham Metcalf, Joseph Morton, Jacob Meyers, Charles E. Miles, Samuel S. Noe, George Nealens, Max Owen, John Riff, Joseph Rea, James Rodgers, Frank C. Rust, Edward R. Raridue, George Rodgers, William Smith, Newton Seymour, William Sprague, Richard Sims, George Stewart, Joseph Sprott, Hiram Schailafart, Edward B. Tarvin, Robert Tuttle, John S. Tungate, William Tuttle, George W. Tarvin, Will- lam Wilkins, William Worthington, William West, Henry Wendt, George W. Anderson, Edward M. Dickens, Jacob Frey, Thomas F. Scofield, Charles Thomas, Michael Flinn, Thomas Freeman, George Hipley, George W. True, Thomas F. Hopkins, Xenia Martin, Andrew Noland, Charles Smith.
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CAPTAIN-Benj. T. Nix. 1st LIEUT .- James T. Chrisman. 2đ LIEUT .- Alfred Bickers. SERGTS .- Uriah Bickers, James T. Marshall, Hiram G. Williams, Lawson Hopper, Robert H. Bickers. CORPLS .- Lafayette Jones, Henry L. Ennis, Andrew Beverly, William J. Abernathy, Henry Kinman, Stephen B. Jump, John Page, Cyrus W. Harris. MU- SICIAN-James A. Collins.
PRIVATES-William P. Mitts, Ichabod Ashcraft, George W. Anness, Benj. F. Antrobus, James M. Bickers, Leonard K. Brooks, David Berry, Charles Buchow, Alfred Billitter, Squire H. Billitter, Thomas M. Bennett, Reason Baker, Stephen W. Beverly, Thomas Bussell, Stephen Beverly, John F. Bell, Taylor Ciercey, John M. Cook, Burwell C. Crosswhite, Luke Chrisman, Richard W. Carter, Columbus C. Carter, Moses Crutchfield, Wm. T. Childers, Isaac Cleete, William Deats, James Dunn, Benj. F. Dunn, James Daugherty, William Douglas, John W. Forrest, John A. Fornash, Wm. T. Gouge, George W. Gross, John W. Gross, John F. Har- low, Daniel B. Hutchuson, Joseph M. Henry, William A. Hill, Russell Harlow, Preston Isaacs, Alfred Jones, Simeon Jackson, William Land- rum, Charles Limbrick, Francic M. Lantern, John J. Lowe, Lewis W. Martin, James H. Martin, John W. Martin, Haden N. Morgan, George W. Marshall, John S. Noel, Henry J. Northcut, Richard F. Northcut, James P. Parsons, Gabriel Price, George H. Plummer, George Robinson, John W. Robinson, John P. Reed, Frank M. Readnower, Samuel L. Smith, Wm. N. Swindle, James E. Stone, James W. Stone, Asa A. Stone, John R. Stone, Willis B. Stone, Geo. W. Simpson, Wm. C. Tomlin, Nathaniel H. Updike, Calvin Updike, Wesley Williams, Wm. S. Williams, Wm. W. Williams, Henry T. Whisman, John N. Wolf, John Wallace, Wm. S. York, John J. Ammerman, John L. Ciercey, James W. Fitemaster, Wm. A. Holdbrook, Wm. H. Jump, Wm. F. Limbric, John Pernell, Charles T. Sechrest, Wm. H. Shields, James H. Whaley, Hiram Baker, Wm. C. Baker, William Maguire. 1 Company "E."
CAPTAINS -- James G. Francis, Albert C. Breith. 1st LIEUTS .- John W. West, Wm. H. Crout. SERGTS .- Charles Harris, Albert Moore, James F. Wade, Albert B. Carson, James T. Reese. CORPLS .- Archi- bald Mellvain, David Miller, Jos. H. Wilson, Lewis Frew, John Park, Wm. H. Wayland, Thomas Dillion, Charles Webber, Jacob Gettle, Nicholas Lemaire. MUSICIANS-Loren Taylor, Alexander W. Bryson. WAGONER-Alonzo Crusoe.
PRIVATES-James Acre, William Brodit. Thomas Baldwin, John Boltz, James M. Bergin, Elam Bird, Stephen D. Baldwin, Edward Brod- erick, William Barnes, Orville Clark, Basil Cook, Napoleon Callen, James Connelly, Edward Cross, George P. Clayton, Alfred J. Callen, Archibald T. Dickson, William Dwyer, Anthony Edmonds, Patrick Flinn, John N. Faulkner, Frank Goda, John Gregory, George A. Graham, Patrick Grif- în, William Griggs, John Griggs, John Higgins, Lorenzo D. Huddleston, Jno. R. Hicks, Andrew T. Hubert, James Harris, Marion L. Hopple, Charles Mays, Thomas Ingram, Wm. H. Jones, James Johns, Marshall P. Johnson, George Keller, Joseph T. Kuepper, Norman King, Robert Lee, Wm. H. Lovett, K. Miller Moore, Leonard Mordis, George Mitchell, David Maryman, Napoleon B. Mann, Stephen Master, Jesse H. Messick, Joseph McLane, Joshua Perkins, Balthazer Paul, Jesse Plunkett, Geo.
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W. Ragan, James Roberts, John W. Roberson, Joshua T. Roberts, Henry Roberson, John Raybourn, James Smith, Lafayette Shumate, Oliver Seward, William H. Shinn, John B. Shafer, Frank Schriver, John Se- bray, Robert Stroud, Benjamin F. Stephens, John T. Stephens, David Stephens, William Stephens, Levi Tunning, George J. Thorndike, Daniel Weber, James Williams, John J. Barnes, Richard S. Jones, Joseph Jacobe, Benjamin E. Johnson. Joseph Lafford, Cincinnatus Rich, Will- iam D. Saunders, Christopher C. Bryson, William W. T. Otis, Abel Will- iams, John Bailey, Patrick J. Dougherty, Patrick Lewis, George Morgan, Samuel Zeigler, James Richards.
Company "F."
CAPTAIN-J. H. Lennin. 1st LIEUTS .- Alfred T. Morin, Adam Weaver. 2d LIEUT .- J. Hazard Davis. SERGTS .- John J. Fisher, Fletcher Colvin, Wm. O. Tarvin, James M. Boyd, John Caldwell, James C. Wright, Garrett M. Mell, Reason O. Jarvis. CORPLS .- Barton S. Shivell, George H. Ahlering, Wm. A. Reed, Thomas Brimstone, Lafayette Bell, William Gallier, George Keen, James Y. Roberts, Hugh Casey, Theodore Seiter, Albert R. Bartlow.
PRIVATES-George W. Allin, William Bradbury, John C. Buffing- ton, Finley Bell, William Becraft, Jasper N. Boyce, Philip Clinkinbeard, Ambrose Carder, William Cook, Wm. H. Colliver, Fletcher Demoss, George Deckgers, Jasper N. Demoss, Martin Eckstine, Theodore Good- ing, Frederic Goopser, Samuel Gracie, Henry Hilge, Martin Haubner, John Herron, Andrew Hobner, Samuel Hartman, Jasper Hatton, Presley Jackson, James W. Jackson, Charles Kohllopp, John Kinslia, Charles W. Miller, John McClure, Charles Maunder, James M. McCloud, Frederick Miller, Cyrus Munson, Andrew Mckinney, Thomas McKee, Samuel Mott, Joseph McPherson. Jesse W. Meade, Jacob Powell, Charles W. Ratliff, William Spraw, Charles H. Smith, Adam Shun, Charles Soler, James F. Stull, James H. Sexton, Henry Tutchman, John Troutman, John S. Tennant, William Troutman, Frank Williamson, William Wood- ard, Augustus D. Watson, William Winterhouse, William E. Williams, Jonathan Whittington, Charles Welch, George Weaver, Presley M. West, George F. Wilson, John Willoughby, Marion Wilson, James W. Wams- ley, Willoughby T. Young, John T. Dial, Jacob Hasler, Albert Richard- son, Israel Sellers, John Stahl, Dominick Weaver, John J. Clark, John Fegan, Michael Hobner, Samuel T. J. Nelson, Daniel O'Marra, Daniel Spangler, Charles Carter, William Cornell, Wm. J. Elliott, John F. Fowler, James Foster, Mathew Graw, Samuel Hickols, Charles W. Martin John McClease, John Maynord, Charles Stewart, John Weldon.
Company "G."
CAPTAIN-Robert H. Wilson. 1st LIEUT .- Jesse J. Dennis. 2₫ LIEUT .- E. N. Vallandingham. SERGTS .- Charles L. Payton, Sidney Dunnington, James W. Glover, Franklin T. Jones, W. C. Farris, Mathew W. Kennedy. CORPLS .- Joseph H. Stephenson, Martin Juda, John An- derson, Jackson Devour, William Thompson, John D. Sullivan, James Willis.
PRIVATES-John F. Adams, Wm. H. Bibb, Nicholas T. Bibb, George Barber, David Clifton, Francis M. Conwright, John B. Cary, Lewis Q. Dennis, Samuel M. Dennis, Jesse Dennis, John Downard, Abraham Debruler, John Davis, Reuben P. Dennis, Zachariah T. Fortner, Jacob I .. Furnish, Benjamin Farchild, Enoch Foley, John S. Garrett, William J. Garrett, John Hanks, William Hedger, James Heath, James Isabel, Abraham Ingram, John W. Ingram, James Jenkins, James Jacobs, Newton Jernet, Jno. M. Jones, John Kelser, Henry Lumpkins, Walter L. Lancaster, Algen Leach, Alexander Mobley, Henry Mobley, Thomas Martin, John Martin, Hugh McCormick. John H. Morgan, Benj. T. Mar- cum, Benjamin Martin, John S. Manty, James A. Martin, Joseph Neaves, James Olds, Jno. W. Ogden, Allen C. Osborn, Allen Owen, James M. Palmer, James M. Perkins, Lewis Perkins, John Peck, Francis M. Parker, William L. Pett, Joseph L. Russell, John Roberts, Joshua B. Rupley, Isaac N. Slade, John W. Stewart, John W. Sebert, Wm. M. Shuler. Wm. Skinner, John Sarver, Ahler Stokely, William Steel, Geo. W. Vallanding-
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ham, George Wainscott, William Wainscott, Jno. L. Wiggerton, Benj. F. Willoughby, John Willoughby, M. Willoughby, Napoleon B. Willoughby, James Willoughby, David H. Willson, Joseph Dukin, James F. Ellis, William Hill, Thomas Lowery, Jackson Lyons, Joseph L. Morrison, Joel J. Warren, David S. Bolen, Thomas Moore, John North, Joel Perkins, Michael Towell. George Cummins, William Colton, James C. Hardin, Isaac N. Hardin, John Jones, Wm. H. Line, Wm. J. Morrison, Varde- man H. Ogden, Eli Osborn, Robert Pugh, Nathaniel Richardson, James B. Ryan, John L. Sams, Wm. R. Sorrel, Charles H. Tomlinson, Orlando Tomlinson, Stephen B. Whalen, John S. Osborn.
Company " H."
CAPTAIN-James W. Read. 1st LIEUT .- David Berry. 2d LIEUT. -Joseph M. Hukel. SERGTS .-- Harry W. Read, Hiram H. Bailey, Wm. H. Cruft, Andrew Blount, Joseph Devlin. CORPLS .- Benjamin F. Slut- ton, Miller A. Bell, Shelly Goodpaster, Aaron Hall, John M. Cassady, Milton H. Smith, Geo. W. Wilson. FARRIER-John W. Garraty.
PRIVATES-Spence Adams, Geo. W. Allen, Jno. C. Barnes, Joseph Beattie, Wm. Bowman, Richard Brinegar, David Brandenburg, Wm. W. Blount, Major S. Bowman, John Brownfield, Squire H. Bettys, Hugo Bil- ler, John Bishop. Josiah Conn, Benjamin F. Conn, Waser Collins, Will- iam Coxton, Andrew J. Coy, Taylor Crump, Samuel Crawford, James D. Dalzell. Geo. W. Dale, James Dampier, John C. Eversole, John Eaton, Stephen Epperson, Bazil Frederick, Jesse F. Fuller, Louis W. Griffith,' John W. Green, Jacob Guiser, Samuel J. Griffith, Thomas Grubbs, Elza Green, Henry C. Griffith, Carleton Howes, James Henderson, Harvey Hall. Samuel Hook, Joseph Harris, Frederick K. Hurbut, Simon P. Jones, James Lancaster, Thomas Lynch, Samuel Marshall, Burton D. Morris, Zachariah P. Myers, Charles H. Mason, Calvin D. Moore, Will- iam Moore, Henderson Messer, John C. McArthur, Hiram Mitchell, Ben- Jamin F. Myers, William Mitchell, Perry Meeke, John L. Minier, Chris- topher Ockomon, Samuel H. Poe, Joseph Porter, Wilford N. Richey, Benjamin Ralph, Richard E. Spivey, Loomis Shaw, Jno. T. Snapp, Lorenzo T. Smart, Alonzo Thrasher, Nathaniel Thomas, James M. Tay- lor, Edward Thomas, Henry Wiggins, Loomis W. White, Peter Wilson, Charles B. Williams, Zachariah T. Feeback, Samuel. R. Morris, Frank- lin C. Offut, John S. West, Henry C. Willis, William Crow, William H. Curtis, John Kimes, Daniel Mitchell. James Reid, Robert Scott, James M. Shaw, Taylor Doyle, John Anderson, James F. Ashcraft, William H. Butler, Marilla Bardon, John Haskins, John H. Miller, John Miller, David L. Mann, Patrick Owens, Thomas Rogers, Martin Spriggs, Samuel Smit- son, Charles Smith, Charles Shaffer.
Company "1."
CAPTAIN-James H. Carey. 1st LIEUT .- John W. Thornton. 2đ LIEUT .- Henry C. Ball. SERGTS .- Thomas S. Ball, Wm. C. Work- man, Peter Gilkerson, Harrison Johnson, James H. Marcum. CORPLS. -Robert R. Penix, Evenstine Reeves, David G. R. Poteet, Burd, B. Stith, Wm. H. Kouns, Robert C. Ball, Jarrett Burton, Emile LaRoch.
PRIVATES-Levi Arthur, Henry V. Adkins, Hamilton Adams, Will- iam C. Ball, Hiram Blair, Daniel Burton, Aaron Bishop, John Bishop, Hiram Brown, Simon Bartlett, Andrew J. Burton, Anthony A. Bowman, Hobert Blanchard, James Crumpton, Thomas H. Coalgrove, William Crank, . William Carpenter, Wesley Crabtree, Mortimer S. Devore, Charles Dickison, Raleigh Darnell, Daniel B. Ensley, Allen Farler, James L. Fuller, John Gard, Preston Godbey, Peter Hicks, John A. Hamilton, John H. Hunt, John Huff, James H. Hensley, Charles Ham- mond, Elias Hinds, Pleasant P. Jordon, Lemuel Johnson, Elijah F. Jackson, William A. Kelley, Joseph V. Kelley, Mathew Kasee, Harvey Loveins, Alexander Murphy, James Morrison, Thomas Murphey, Pres- ton, Mullins, Geo. W. Mann, James Nichols, Wm. J. Norris, Louis Nun- ley, Daniel Patrick, William Pierce, John N. Price, Geo. W. Riley, Jacob Rice, James Rose, James F. Snider, James Spears, Marine Spurlock, Greenville Stewart, James Stewart, Andrew T. Smith, Wm. H. Smoot, Robert Scott, Bennett Triplett, William Taylor, Allen Vaughan, Thomas
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Wagers, Elias Williamson, Pius Worthington, John J. Hall, Robert But- trix, Farris Culver, John Hammond, Andrew Johnson, William Quillin, William Absher, George Baker, James Brown, Tilman Croft, William Clore, Nathaniel Dawson, John J. Damron, William Johnson, William Langley, Edward Mullins, Osborn K. Parsons, Isaac Tackett, Franklin Wright.
Company "K."
CAPTAIN-Samuel A. Crawford. 1st LIEUT .- Riley Richards. 2d LIEUT .- Charles W. Russell. SERGTS .- John Darby, Nathan B. Mc- Clelland, Adam Hedger, George W. Wills, Jackson McGowan. CORPLS. -John Thorn, James W. Smith, Zimri Richards, George W. Antis, Wm. T. Berry, Malcom L. Jones, Daniel Vanbibber, Thomas Noon. MUSI- CIANS-Artemus Cooper, Henry Ross. WAGONERS-William Long, Hezekiah Fults.
PRIVATES-James Arthurs, John H. Arthurs, Tompkins Arthurs, Milton Abrams, Burrell Akers, George W. Barney, Charles Brannen, Samuel Bertram, Andrew H. Brown, E. H. Bryans, Adanirum Cooper, William Coffee, William Charleston, James Cunningham, Robert Casteel, Jeremiah Combs, Oliver Carr, Marion Dowdy, James W. Davis, Ran- som Darby, George Dixson, Samuel Dameron, Kelley Ferguson, William V. Ferguson, Daniel Gallager, James W. Gillum, John Grimes, Samuel H. Giles, Amos Gibson, Jonas Harr, Theodore How, Charles Hicks, Peter F. Hunter, James Johnson, George Kaut, Job Lambert, Albert Mc- Gowen, George W. Myers, George Morgan, Charles Mead, John N. Pitts, Andrew L. Pritchard, John C. Riley, Calvin H. Ross, Winfield Ross, John Ridgeway, Newton Ridgeway, Thomas N. Ramey, Levi Sexton, John Sinnett, Jr., John Sergent, Solomon F. Spradling, John Stewart, Mathew Stewart, William L. Stewart, John M. Smith, Christian Schmidt, James H. Stapleton, Jackson Stapleton, Richard Stapleton, Jackson Tailor, James H. Violett, George H. Violett, Alexander Walker, Madison Webb, Joel West, Andrew J. Young, William Campbell, Wm. H. Davis, William Johnson, John W. Posey, Morgan Smith, Thomas H. Spears, John Burk, Israel Stapleton, James Sperry, John L. Tisdale, James Welsh.
Fifty-fourth Kentucky Mounted Infantry.
In the accounts of the 5th Ky. Infantry, or Louisville Legion, as it was called, it. is stated that when the volun- teers were in camp Jo Holt, opposite Louisville, II. M. Buckley had come to that camp from Henry county, Ky., with a company of men, and, being known to Lovell H. Rousseau as a stalwart, determined man, was at once selected as lieutenant-colonel of the 5th Ky. Infantry.
When Rousseau was made a general, Buckley became colonel of the 5th and commanded it for a time. In the Buell and Bragg campaign, and in the battle of Murfrees- boro, Col. Buckley commanded a brigade in Sill's division. In June, 1863, he was compelled to resign his commission, but as soon as he could do so, he sought opportunity for further service. In the summer of 1864 there was an im' perative need for troops in Kentucky. The state was over- run with predatory bands, which made war not only upon all government property, but also upon all persons who
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adhered to the Union. A large force was necessary to protect the state not only from these bands, but also from larger movements of the enemy. Under these circum- stances special authority was granted from the War De- partment to Col Buckley for raising a regiment to aid in protecting Kentucky. His well-known character enabled him to recruit his regiment in a short time, and it was mustered into service at New Castle, Henry county, Ky., September, 1864, as the 54th Ky. Mounted Infantry. The men were all from that immediate section of the state. In the account of the regiment in the adjutant-general's report, it is said: "The difficulties attending the recruit- ing and organization of this regiment were great, owing to the frequent raids by guerrillas and the constant pres- ence of predatory bands in the vicinity of its camp." The report further says: "The regiment was mounted and performed duty in various portions of Kentucky, and by the energy displayed by its officers, soon expelled the guer- rillas from the section of the country where it was sta- tioned."
In November and December, 1864, various Kentucky regiments were brought together to take part in the sec- ond expedition to Saltville, Va. The 54th moved to Crab Orchard, being then in command of its Lieut. Col., John G. Rogers, while Col. Buckley commanded the brigade to which it was attached. The movement was from Crab Orchard through Cumberland Gap. The expedition was under the command of Gen. Stoneman. After passing through the Gap, fighting began at Clinch mountain and continued more or less until the object of the expedition was accomplished. Passing through Bean's Station the troops moved up the Tennessee valley by way of Green- ville and into Virginia. From Marion Va., Col. Buckley's command was sent to destroy the lead works, which, to- gether with the destruction of the salt works, was the object in view. Col. Buckley describes this as very severe duty. His men rode all night and all the next day, fired the lead works, and seeing them destroyed, immediately returned to Marion, riding all night and fighting all the way. A severe battle occurred at Marion, but the expe- dition was entirely successful, the salt works and lead works being destroyed. It being impossible to carry sup- plies, and there being none in the country, the men and animals were greatly distressed for want of provisions. Col. Buckley stated to the writer that he saw men eating corn, biting it from the cob like a horse.
From Marion the expedition returned to Kentucky through Pound Gap. The weather was extremely cold, and the suffering of the men was very great. Passing
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through Mt. Sterling, Col. Buckley's command moved on to Lexington. The 54th remained on duty in that section of the state during the remainder of the winter, going from place to place by detachments, as occasion required.
It was continued in service during the spring and sum- mer of 1865, and was mustered out of service September 1, 1865. The regiment made a most excellent record for discipline and prompt execution of every duty it was called upon to perform.
Field and Staff.
COLONEL-Harvey M. Buckley. LIEUT. COL .- John G. Rogers. MAJOR-John D. Russell. ADJT .- Edward Mitchell. Q. MASTERS- Thomas J. Owens, Lewis B. Brasher. SURGEON-Frederick C. Leber. ASST. SURGEONS-James H. McMahon, Thomas B. Hunt. SERGT. MAJOR-Francis C. Coffee. Q. M. SERGT .- Thomas M. Luman. COM. SERGTS .- John T. Fry, Elias Luckett. HOSP. STEWARD-George W. Thompson. ORDINANCE SERGTS .- John E. Wills, Henry R. Willet, John W. Harris. MUSICIAN-Thomas B. Dale.
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