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Company "E."
CAPTAIN-Charles McBeath. 1st LIEUT .- James H. White. 2₫ LIEUT .- Geo. W. White. SERGTS .- Charles Walters, Syburn Lain, Wiatt B. Goad. CORPLS .- Thomas Ford, Andrew W. Hester, Byron A. Gardner, Henry Deaver, Joseph B. Tennelly, Thomas Birge, Wm. W. Tyree, Levi Gravatte, Joseph Haun. MUSICIANS-Leroy D. Living- ston, James B. Walden. WAGONER-Richard Moore.
PRIVATES-Thomas Burros, Wesley Blankenship. Thos. H. Blank- enship, Thomas C. Buley. Charles E. Clark, Francis M. Cable, Julius M. Crawley, Lawson Daniels, Abner D. Dudley, Geo. W. Durbin, Thomas Deaver, Amos Englan, Irvin Frogg, George W. French, John W. Gill, George W .. Golley, John H. Gibson, William Hornback. John Harman, Robert Howell, John H. Johnston, Thomas W. Johnston, William Jones, Robert Killian, Richard Lyons, James McCoy, James A. Merryfield, William A. Mitchum, Haywood M. Moore, James M. Mundy, Benjamin M. Morris, John Malone, John Mayfield, Alfred Newton, James
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J. Newton, Benjamin D. Orr, Cad Orms, John A. Richards, Jasper E. Robarts, Achison E. Robertson, Nathan L. Slinker, Joseph Slinker, James T. Shoemake, Pashall Saltsman, Benj. W. Spaulding, William Stead- man, William Vance, John G. Wise, James Walls, William R. Wade, Robert Whitlock, Wm. R. Whitelessee, Wm. F. Wright, John Barnes, Peter Green, John Hall, John Burris, Lelbond H. Dikkerson, Jesse Jones, John T. Waid, Thomas H. Burns, James Brayden, George Emmery, Robert Hornback, Charles Heldt, Jefferson Morris.
Company "F."
CAPTAIN-Thomas W. Hardiman. 1st LIEUT .- Thomas J. McHat- ton. 2d LIEUT .- Cincinnatus Murphy. SERGEANTS-Gustav Bohn, James W. Kites, John H. Miller, Jackson Long, James A. Goforth. CORPLS .- James Eldred, George W. Parish, Wm. M. Hood, John Goins, Charles T. Dyas, Baron K. Kemboll, Elijah Carley, John Howell.
PRIVATES-Montgomery Adams, Samuel P. Arnold, John Aldridge, Jesse Baker, John F. Boyd, Daniel Bolden, Milton Beavors, Barney Bat- tle, Joseph Ballinger, John Cushard, William A. Crittenden, Israel Cole, Jacob A. Craig, Stephen Cotter. William H. Debo. William H. Evans, William H. Egleston, John Ewbanks, John Englan, William Emeneg- , ger, Thomas Fullelove, Charles L. Fields, William L. Garrett, Henry C. Gibson, James W. Glore, John J. Glore, Davis C. Glore, John J. Given, Thomas Henney, Andrew J. Hall, Tapley Hanson, Thomas G. Hayden, Henry W. Hartzell, Charles H. Littleton, Joseph S. Latham, Edwin Mur- phy, John M. McAllister, Andrew Morgan, George W. McCall, William McMullen, Angus Manning, William R. McGone, Asa C. Noe, Robert Neal, James O'Connor, Robert F. Prater, Zenis Patterson, Laban L. Rex, George W. Roberts, Thomas H. Reynolds, Joseph Roswell, Samuel Rich, William Smith, Albert Shindler, James Swain, William Shermer, Patrick H. Shearer, Wm. H. Tolle, Benj. F. Thompson, David Vennum, Henry J. Walker, William West, Augustus H. Walker, John W. Worley, Samuel Wolford, Tandy A. Warner, Patrick Woods, Richard Wells, James Crow, Thomas Cayton, Francis M. Cunningham, John Dickson, Joel M. Elliott, John Fink, James Lyons, Clayborn C. Yowell, Aaron Armstrong. Wm. H. Brown, George L. Huey, Eli N. Langley, John T. Bondurant, Lawson Bumfin, John T. Lampton, George W. Lucas, Alex- ander McPherson, Wm. H. Reed, John Andus, Henry Acres, Wm. Ack- man. George F. Albert, Joseph Bryant, John Burdick, William Brown. John Burns, Patrick W. Burke, George Barnes, Vivian F. Bailey, John Cove, Edward Dorman, Thomas Duncan, Eli Diamond, John Friman, Richard A. J. Holmes, Albert Jones, Thomas Johnson, William Johnson, Franklin Kellogg, Franklin Lands, Daniel Madden, Lawrence Murphy, Charles Schmidt, Blanton Snell, James Shearwood, Gaddick Smith, Law- rence V. White, Daniel White, John T. Williams, George Young.
Company "G."
CAPTAIN-Peter S. Jones. 1st LIEUT .- George M. Harper. 2d LIEUT .- John N. Buchanan. SERGTS .- Edward D. Scott, William Austin, Benj. F. Schole, Charles Koph, Albert Ceaser Clayton, Win Wright, Sidney Sprouse, Michael B. Fry. CORPLS .- Jacob Axe, Will- iam Buckley, Elias Brown. Charles Stickler, Daniel Hathaway, Conrad Dintleman, Daniel Bardwell, Frederick Cubbins, Thomas Kerr.
PRIVATES-Jesse Abbott, Harmon Ashberry, William Brown, Wm. H. Brown, John Cleary, Patrick Durrill, James L. Davis, Frederick Ehrempford, Milton H. Gore, Charles Gardner, John Hegan, Casemer Hillerick. Louis Huber, Adolph Haze, James W. Jackson, Leman C. Kellam, Jackson Ledford. Thomas Ledford, Major E. Lee, Henry C. Lucas, Peter Moreback, John Messinger, George W. Messinger, Harrison Miller, Francis Manahan, Frederick Miller, James A. Matthes, Noah Piercefield, John Shaw, Jacob Smith, Gabriel Smaltz, Frank Spindler. Frank Snyder, Andrew Severs, John Stephens, James Bethuran, Wiley R. Daugherty, Michael Heltz, Henry Ley. John Massey, Wm. H. Snead. Edgar Warriner, Wm. H. Hood, Francis M. McDonald, John Miller. Thomas T. Burge, George Berkley, Benjamin Fry, John Fisher, William Gilbert, James Hudson, William Hammer, Alexander Johnston, John
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Lynch, James Lewis, Andrew Lewis, John Moss, Jackson Pierce, James W. Patterson, Frank Reed, Michael Rodgers, Lewis Rice, William Riley, George Sanders. Joseph W. Thompson, Jobn H. Weedman, George Will- iams, Frank Walk, Frank Wilson.
Company "H."
CAPTAIN-George Welker. 1st LIEUT .- Gottleib Jennerich. 2đ LIEUTS .- John C. Bishop, Robert C. Snead. SERGTS .- Constantine Scholz, Wm. Watkins, John W. Workman, Otto Schubert, Anthony . Hook. CORPLS .- Frederick Schmidt, John Wagner, Creta Montgomery, Philip Seitz, Samuel H. Debo, Christian Welker, Alonzo Brown, James Gilpin, Allen Stiles, Charles Molloy.
PRIVATES-Noah Anderson, Geo. Burkert, James Buchanan, John Burkhardt, David Biehl, James Brooking, John Boarley, Battasar Becker, Albert Bradley, John Bigam, Charles Biehler, Mathias Basler, James Cruckshank, Theodore Denning, Joseph Eckstien, Frederick Gul- storf, Edward Gary, Reuben Gerrett, Henry Grieshaber, Gustav Henry, John Hickey, James Johnson, Frederick Kinner, Anton Klass, Charles Klapper, Charles Kuss, Frank Lewis, Warren Lewis, Frank Miller, Thomas Murrey, Charles McClark, Thomas McMahon, Francis S. Niles, James Nugent, Michael O'Brian, William Pedrow, John Pearson, Har- lan Pollock, John Seibolt, Leopold Sigmeier, Eugene Seibert, Henry Simpson, Philip Sturtz, John Sullivan, James Stopher, George Seep, Leonard Sigmund, Casemir Schonbuhler, Henry D. Tate, George Wilson, Wm. H. Dean, William Kombs, David Kenkath, Frank Metz, Joseph Myers, William Osburn, James Tablen, George Beilstein, Clifton Dwyer, Thomas Brown, James Dennis, James Dwyer, William Fletcher, David Gage, Sidney W. Harris, David Jones, George Krautz, Robert Kitson, James King, Christian Kloos, Ephraim S. Merritt, Charles Martin, James Marshall, Watsin Mitchell, George McCaudles, Charles Perry, John Scott, Charles Simpson, John L. Waller, James Wilson, John Wil- son, Michael Walch.
Company "1."
CAPTAIN-Alex. W. Lawwill. 1st LIEUT .- James S. Hise. 2d LIEUT .- Frank Blanchard. SERGTS .- Wm. Ray, Milton P. Bennett, Harper Hunt, Wm. H. Cox, Wm. W. Cook. CORPLS .- John Cole, John A. Wilson, Wm. Ramsey, John Terrell, Wm. James McAllister, Andrew J. Lambert, Richard Downey, John Maley. MUSICIANS-James Pres- ton, Walter Calvert. WAGONER-Samuel P. Bridges.
PRIVATES-Christian Adkins, John W. Allen, George W. Baker, William A. Bruce, Oscar H. Bridges, Alkenah Brown, William A. Brown, Paul Crain, John Crain, Gerard David. Jno. N. Dale, Geo. W. Davis, Thomas Ellis, Daniel F. Easly, Geo. W. Enyart, Milton W. Fondray, John Ford, William Gilmore, Reuben Herald, George Harwood, George Hall, Wm. H. H. Jacobs, Thomas Kehoe, Henry Keibler, Marshall Logan, Daniel Lob, Edmund Long, David Lewis, John V. Morgan, James Minor, Cary McClelland, Wm. A. Martin, Richard F. Meyers, Wm. H. Newcom, Joseph Nevell, Thomas H. Olinger, Andrew J. Osburn, John R. Page, Henry Plumer, Lewis Pernell, Preston Rollins, Thomas D. Russell, James M. Skinner, James F. Scott, Uriah Spoonamor, John F. Smith, John Tomlinson, William Tackett, James Wilson, Ezra White, John Welch, John Wallingford, Calvin Yates, James Yazel, Jacob Yoechar, James M. Ammons, Mastin Brown, General Taylor Hornsby, Thomas J. Knickell, James A. Knickell, Ambrose Loyd, Wm. McClain, William Rodgers, Charles Richards. Thomas Randall, Jeremiah Wilson. William Sloane, Samuel Anderson, Joseph Barnes, Peter Bates, John Corief, James Con- ner, John Collins, John Harrison, Anderson B. Ivey, William Kenedy, George W. Lewis, Patrick Madigan, John McCarty, Charles Osburn, William Ramey, Wm. R. Scott, William Thomas, Lewis Zenoai.
Company "K."
CAPTAIN-Wm. E. Gillasple. 1st LIEUT .- Jonathan R. Ward. 2d LIEUT .- Jacob P. Phipps. SERGTS .- John W. Heck, Marshall Gillas-
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pie, James Rice, Thomas Moore, Oliver Wallingford, John A. Priddy. CORPLS .- John Gleason, Miles A. Wallingford, James B. Priddy, Am- brose Garland, Jacob Smith, John Courtney, William T. Snead, Thomas Gleason, Thomas C. Morris.
PRIVATES-Philip J. Bladner, John S. Blades, William Breeding, John D. Bruler, John A. Burns, John P. Barker, William Bustard, Thomas J. Curry, Samuel V. Clark, William Dollan, William B. Dewitt, Josiah Ellitt, David Fraikes, John S. Frank, George H. Gill, John W. Graves, Eldridge Green, John Gallagher, John Hamilton, Abner H. Haley, George W. Jackson, Samuel E. Judd, Andrew Kirk, James Lowery, Thomas Miller, Benjamin Montgomery, John Owens, Theodore Richards, James B. Russell, Jonathan Riggs, Jerry Srygley, Sampson Seals, Solo- mon Sullivan, William A. Summers, Thomas Tuohoy, Richard Wad- kins, Dennis Walker, George Wells, John T. Williams, John Young, Jacob Allstatt, Michael Dingman, William Ginn, John Heninger, Francis Kirkpatrick, Hugh Lockwood, William Summers, Lyman Thompson, Levi Wheeler, John T. Avery, George Downard, William Middleton, James W. Mobley, Alfred A. Raymond, Orson Young, John Able, Ed- ward Burke, Charles Barlow, Charles Brown, Daniel Carr, George Car- ter, George Degan, Charles English, James Enos, Franklin Gale, David Hammel, James King, George Mitchell, Charles Mitchell, Philip Mangin, William Moore, John Moody, Matthew Sidles, Henry Snyder, Charles Thompson, Jasper C. Thorpe, Andrew William.
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BATTERIES.
First Kentucky Independent, or Simmond's, Battery.
In the roll of the 1st Ky. Volunteer Infantry as given in the adjutant-general's report, under the head of Com- pany E, we read:
"This company was detached early in 1861, and after- ward designated as the 1st Ky. Independent Battery."
We also read in the adjutant-general's report:
"This battery was organized as Company E, of the 1st Ky. Infantry, at Camp Clay, Ohio, in 1861, and detached as artillery October 31, 1861, by the Secretary of War at the instance of Gen. Rosecrans then commanding in West- ern Virginia. It was mustered into the United States service (as Company E, in the 1st Ky. Infantry), on the 3d day of June, 1861, by Maj. S. Burbank, 1st U. S. In- fantry. It was assigned to the Department of West Vir- ginia, and participated in all the engagements in that department. It was originally commanded by Capt. Seth J. Simmonds until March, 1864, when Capt. Daniel W. Glassie assumed command and under him it veteran- ized at Charleston, W. Va."
In an official report made by Gen. J. D. Cox, from Charleston, W. Va., April 5, 1862, he says: "Simmond's battery consists of three 10-pounder Parrotts, two bronze rifled James' guns, 10-pounders, one smooth iron 6- pounder (captured from Wise), and has besides under its care two 20-pounder Parrotts and one smooth bronze 6- pounder. Capt. Simmonds has not men enough to man more than six pieces. His company was an infantry company in the 1st Ky. Infantry and was transferred to the artillery by consent of the Secretary of War. They did good service through all of the last campaign and are thoroughly reliable."
This battery served with great credit in all the cam- paigns in Western Virginia in the early part of the war, and later was engaged in some of the great battles of the Army of the Potomac.
The following mention of the points at which it was on the dates given, will show its great activity:
1861. November it was at Kanawha Falls.
1862. December, January, February, March and April at Gauley Bridge.
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1862. May, June, July at Flat Top Mountain.
1862. August at Munson's Hill.
1862. September it was at South Mountain and An- tietam, and received special and numerous mention in the reports of those battles.
1862. October at Suttonville, W. Va.
From November, 1862, to April, 1863, at Gauley Bridge; in May and June at Camp White, Va .; July and August at Gauley Bridge.
From September, 1863, to January, 1864, at Camp Toland, Va. February, March and April at Fayetteville, Va. In May at Burgers Hall. June at Camp Piatt. July at Harper's Ferry.
From August, 1864, to June, 1865, at Fort Fuller, Va., and other places in that section.
It participated in the following battles in which loss was sustained: Tyler's Mountain, Horse Shoe Bend, Cotton Mountain, Gauley Bridge, Wolf Creek, Cloyd Mountain, South Mountain, New River Bridge, Lynch- burg, Salem, Va .; also Frederick City and Antietam, Md. The adjutant-general of Kentucky says, in his official re- port in which it is mentioned, that "it was distinguished for gallantry, discipline and soldierly conduct through- out its whole enlistment and the officers and men have received separate praise from the department com- manders under whom they served."
It was mustered out at Louisville, Ky., July 10, 1865, having served with great activity throughout the entire period of the war.
Roster.
CAPTAINS-Seth J. Simmonds, Daniel W. Glassie. 1st LIEUTS .- James M. Kerr, George Hattersly, Robert C. Steen, Arthur Erenburgh, James W. Conine, Lenord Magnos. 2d LIEUTS .- Frederick A. Danie, Hamilton B. White, Robert Johnson. SERGTS .- Joseph C. Troy, Wm. E. Outten, George E. O'Brien, James B. Flack, John Mahar, Henry Secrist, Thomas R. Gockel, Andrew Black, George R. McIntosh, Jacob Best, August Selley, Wm. N. Woodruff, Charles H. Fox, Joseph O'Con- nor, Lewis D. Simmons. CORPLS .- Herman Kruse, John Willholf. Christian Haller, August Heister, Julius Walter, George Wise, Joseph Connelly, Daniel B. Davidson, Frank Schlick, John H. Curwood, Robert B. Muir, Philip Metsker, Herman Walters, Morten Fremer, George Hager, Dennis Sulliven, Frederick Themer, James A. Goodwin, Mathias N. Helman, Joseph Omish, Franklin Bowers, Andrew W. Lowden. ARTIFICERS-Peter Fox, Jacob Diehl, Jr., Frederick Brown, George Lynch. BUGLERS-James Semple, James Whitehead, Charles Carteir. SADDLERS-Henry Tompkins, William Huth. WAGONERS-Charles Ramp, John McLain. DRUMMER-Samuel Cummins.
PRIVATES-John A. Benninger, John Barnes, George Beer, Albert Carr, George A. Carder, James C. Dillian, Charles P. Donahue, John Doulan, Jeremiah Donavan, John M. Dryer, John Evers, William Eman. Andrew Folk, James Gabriel, John Gosler, Peter Hertz, Bernard Hohen- derf, John Hadley, George Hardy, John H. Johnson, George L. Johnson,
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Buttery A.
Henry Krainig, William J. Knapp, Otto Kampfe, John Kerner, Robert Lynn, Christian Limbaugh, Allen Larrison, John Metz, Christian Martz, David Miller, James Murray, William Overbeck, John O'Neil, David Preston, David Purday, Charles Peck, Christian Puff, Benj. D. Roberts, Charles H. Roberts, George Ruthier, Chancy Stevens, Antony Sals- mann, Harrison S. Saffin, William Shaw, Henry Williams, Conrad Weitzel, Christian Allen, Joseph Bankhart, Freeman Brooks, John Brady, John Brown, George Bowers, Levi Bladger, Walter Butler, Valentine Borery, Henry Cramer, Joseph Christ, Mathias Clue, Edward Carson, Dommick Croghan, Robert Chapple, George Decherd, William Dedrick, Thomas Domile, Frederick Eveline, Franklin Frown, Julius Frank, John Green, John S. Hewett, Jacob Hoffman, Lawrence Hanks, Dedrick Heske, George Hortzmire, Jacob Hill, Adam Hill, Albert M. Helman, James Johnson, James S. Johnson, George Kenease, Adam Kluter, An- tony Kaufmann, John M. LaBarth, Daniel Mahony, Franklin McCormic, Franklin Monninger, George Martin, Conrad Nearman, Julius Paul, Charles Pence, James Palmer, Radolphus C. Reiff, August Rewaldt, Francis Rauth, Alexander Ramsey, Otto Rainor, Louis Stull, Charles Stevens, Sigmond Smith, Lenord Smith, Bernard Sleven, James B. Speed, Joseph Severs, Frederick Sigmond, William J. Thompson, Frederick Vill, John Walser, Franklin Woodrow, Edwin Harrison, George Lewis, John H. Lear, Charles Pearsons, Henry J. Williams, James E. Grant, Patrick Haley, Philip Roach, Charles Reidle, Albert Barman, William K. Lewis, Abner Perry, Naman Schoenerer, William J. Tompson, Edward Walker, Amos D. Slevens, John Miller, Joseph H. Toy, John W. Thatcher, Bartlett Smith, Charles Adams, L. Altic, Abraham Bidwell, Allison Byers, Thurman Cenesen, Henry HI. Crampton, William Climer, Benja- min Conklin, Thomas Clifford, John R. Davis, Richard Everheart, J. D. Flatter, A. S. Lynn, J. C. Myers, John Newse, Edward Peterson, Henry Richardson, Oliver Shearer, Calvin Williams, William Woodard, Weaver, George Algire, Christian Casper, Henry C. Dillinger, William Ellison, John Eagle, John W. Higby, Jacob Hipp, John Pflun, Antony Sheible, Benjamin Unlucky, Adam J. Adams, Michael Armstrong, Will- iam Bitsker, Herman Berger, Lewis L. Bromwell, Antony Bolinger, Frederick Bohler, Frank Brenot, James Curry, James Conway, Thomas Donavan, James F. Fitzgerald, George P. Fulks, George Fihr, George Gill, Jacob Goodenburger, August Gardner, Conrad Green, James A. Gardner, Charles Hall, William T. Hughes, John Hench, George W. Hency, Sidney Henry. James Henderson, Just Hoppy, Charles Kerman, Earnst Kenner, Michael Kinsler, Chas. Kever, Benj. F. Louden, Henry Lefker, Frederick Lorman, Herman Lentz, David Monroe, William Musser, Jacob May, John Z. Miller, Michael Madden, Charles E. March, Charles Melle, Alexander Morrison, Henry Nagle, Frank Oscar. Louis Panzram, Emanuel Preston, Peter Rotell, John Romer, Charles Richards, George Shoemaker, George Smith, James Sloam, Charles Smith, John Shea, Henry Shrimpton, James Snider, Vincent Thome, Charles Tar- rant, John Tompson, Henry Twonlivevel, Louis Wagner, James M. Wilson. James Watson. Grey J. Williams, George Werst, August Wouns. Daniel Johns.
Battery. A.
This battery was sometimes called Stone's Battery and sometimes the First Ky. Battery. It was organized in July, 1861, at Camp Jo Holt, opposite Louisville. In the account of the Louisville Legion or 5th Ky. Infantry, it can be seen how Gen. Rousseau established this camp in July, 1861, and assembled there several thousand Ken- tuckians for enlistment in the Union service. From these
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men at Camp Jo Holt, Capt. David C. Stone, of Louisville, organized at that time a battery which went by his name popularly, but was designated as Battery A. When the Confederate troops came into Kentucky, September, 1861, Gen. Rousseau took his men from Camp Jo Holt through Louisville and down the Nashville railroad to Mul- draugh's Hill. Capt. Stone's battery was with this force, and it was at Muldraugh's Hill that his men were mus- tered into the United States service, September 27, 1861. From Muldraugh's Hill it went southward to Nolin, Ky., and it was there or in that vicinity until in February, 1862. When the Confederates fell back from Kentucky on acount of the fall of Fort Donelson in February, Bat- tery A was taken to Nashville, being attached to Gen. Mc- Cook's division of the army under Gen. Buell. From Nashville it moved with Buell's army to Pittsburg Land- ing. Gen. McCook says, in his report, it did not arrive in time to go into action. Passing over the field of Shiloh it went before Corinth, Miss., where it continued until that place was evacuated by Bragg's forces. It then accom- panied Buell's army during the summer of 1862. In June it was at Florence, Ala .; in July at Battle Creek; in Au- gust at Pelham, Tenn. It moved with Buell's army to Kentucky, and engaged in the battle of Perryville. The part this battery took in that battle is noticed in all of the accounts that have been written. They all agree in giving great credit to its work. Gen. McCook says, in his report: "The posting of Starkweather's brigade and Stone's and Bush's batteries saved my left." Gen. Rous- seau says: "A large body of the enemy's cavalry appear- ing one and a half miles to the front it was admirably shelled and dispersed in great disorder by Capt. Stone's 1st Ky. Artillery." He also again speaks of the "admir- able work" of Stone's battery.
After Bragg left Kentucky, Battery A returned to Nashville, and on December 31, 1862, participated in the battle of Murfreesboro, or Stone's river, being as effec- tive there as at Perryville, though suffering more, not only in men but also in the loss of horses. After the battle it remained at Murfreesboro and in that part of Tennessee, going from place to place as ordered for about a year. Up to February, 1863, it was commanded by Capt. Stone; after that by Capt. Thomasson. During the year 1863 the battery was taken to numerous points on marches and reconnoissances, among them was one in September to Stevenson, Ala.
Being selected for the defenses of Nashville and mid- dle Tennessee and the railroads in that section, it was
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kept there during the winter, spring and summer of 1864. In January, 1864, it went into the veteran organization. In October, 1864, it was at Tantalon Station, Tenn., and in November at Pulaski. At that place it was attached to the 4th Army Corps, under Gen. Stanley, which had been sent to proceed with other troops under Gen. Scho- field to resist Hood's movement northward. From Pu- laski it fell back with the Federal forces under Schofield through Columbia and Spring Hill to Franklin, where it took a leading part in that battle, November 30, 1864. The position it occupied was the main point of attack, be- ing immediately to the left of the Columbia pike, between that pike and the gin house. During the battle, which lasted only about one hour, it fired one hundred and nine rounds. Its fire was very destructive and materially aided in the successful defense of the position.
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Capt. Thomasson makes a very interesting statement in his report, which shows that the men who momentarily gave back from the line in the great charge at Franklin, immediately rallied and aided in restoring the break. He says:
"Our retreating troops (Lane and Conrad's brigades) came over the breastworks in considerable disorder, closely pressed by the enemy and a portion of the troops supporting the battery giving way, the cannoneers were driven from their posts. In a short time, however, a bri- gade in reserve charged forward and drove back the enemy and retook the battery. The cannoneers were then collected, the limbers of the caissons brought up and a steady fire of canister and shell kept up for about two hours."
When the battle was over the battery moved with Schofield's troops to Nashville, and on the 15th and 16th of December fought in the battle of Nashville. Capt. Thomasson says in his report:
"The following is the amount of ammunition ex- pended: Hotchkiss solid shot, 5; percussion shell, 167; time shell, 117; case shot, 272; total, 561."
December 17th the battery moved to Franklin; 18th to Spring Hill; 19th to Rutherford creek; 21st to Colum- bia; 23d moved toward Pulaski and engaged with the re- tiring enemy, firing forty rounds.
It then followed Hood's broken army southward as far as Huntsville, Ala., where it remained until February. It then went into East Tennessee with a force in March and returned to Nashville, where it was in April and May, 1865. It was then taken to New Orleans in June and to Victoria, Texas, where it was in October. From that
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point it returned to Louisville where it was mustered out November 5, 1865.
Battery A had long service, much of which was exceed- ingly active. It performed every duty to which it was called with a disciplined bravery which elicited the com- mendation of all the commanders under whom it served.
Roster.
CAPTAINS-David C. Stone, Theodore S. Thomasson. 1st LIEUTS. -Alphonso W. Roath, John H. Mellen, Robert A. Moffet, John D. Irwin, Wm. H. Sinclare, John H. Landwehre. 2d LIEUTS .- Geo. W. Clark, Wm. K. Irwin, Frederick B. Sanger. SERGTS .- John M. Beard, Upton B. Reaugh, Richard Catter, Albert St. Clair, Charles McCarty, Jno. Mendell, Covington O. West, John W. Hall, Deroy Love, Francis Grunee, John H. Leach, Jos. H. Browing, Martin Guiler, Jacob Kennett, Albert R. Anderson. CORPLS .- James Humphreys, Sebastian Amling, Boler Raney, Wm. Harvey, Eli Loy, Charles Rogers, John Rice, Henry B. Noel, Wm. M. Gray, Charles A. Collins, Richard Junice, Charles H. Scott. Henry F. W. Vaskuh, Leander B. Lawrence, William Lewis, Andrew Shellcut, Charles C. Stanley, Charles F. Hutweck, Frank Hughes. BUGLERS-Samuel A. Auld, Geo. P. Frey, Francis Wang. ARTIF- ICERS -- Jno. E. Hall, Andrew Thompson. .
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