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and reported to Gen. Sheridan; July 4th, made a recon- noissance toward University, met the enemy and engaged in a sharp fight; 5th, camped at Cowan; 7th, reported to Gen. Mitchell. At that time the 5th Cavalry, under Col. Hoblitzell, made an expedition to the mountains and re- turned. Horses reported worn down.
In the organization of Rosecrans' army, August 31, 1863, the 5th was in Watkins' brigade, in Stanley's di- vision. The brigade consisted of the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th Ky. Cavalry Regiments. When the battle of Chick- amauga took place, September 19th and 20th, the cav- alry corps was under Gen. Mitchell, and the 5th was still in Watkins' brigade, of Gen. Ed McCook's division. It fought in the battle of Chickamauga, at Crawfish Springs, and was very much cut up. On September 23d it was at Williams' house, 12 miles above Kelly's Ferry, under Col. Hoblitzell; September 27th, between Williams' Island and Jasper, guarding the river; October 1st, at Kelly's Ferry. October 4th, Gen. Tillson reports the 5th going toward MeMinnville, with other troops, in pursuit of Wheeler.
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December 20, 1863, the 5th went with a cavalry force under Gen. W. S. Smith on an expedition against Gen. Forrest across the Tennessee river. In Gen. Smith's re- port, he says he ordered the 5th to move from Columbia to the mouth of Duck river, clearing the country, and to watch the river from the mouth of Duck to Savannah; at Savannah it crossed the Tennessee and marched to Cor- inth, which was reached January 8, 1864; thence to Col- liersville, which was reached February Sth; crossed the Tallahatchie and moved toward Pontotoc and Houston; thence to Okolona: fought at Prairie Station. The expe- dition returned to Memphis, having destroyed a great amount of army supplies and railroads and bridges. The reports say the 5th Cavalry acted with coolness, courage and discipline not excelled by any troops. On the ro- turn it was especially efficient, resisting the attacks of a strong pursuing force. Maj. Cheek, who commanded the regiment, was recommended for promotion.
The 5th was ordered back to Nashville, and, April 2d, was brigaded with the 3d Ky. Cavalry and the 20th Il- linois Mounted Infantry. Col. E. H. Murray, of the 3d, commanded the brigade. May 3, 1864, Col. Baldwin was in command of the regiment, and it entered upon the At- lanta campaign. May 13th, Col. Murray took command of the division. Near Adairville the 5th was sent for- ward in advance of Gen. Logan, encountered the enemy and drove him all day. "May 19th, moved to Kingston
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by a road parallel to that occupied by the columns of the armies of the Cumberland and Tennessee." During June and July the 5th was constantly employed, and al- most daily engaged with the enemy, acting with the other cavalry of Sherman's army. In August it had crossed the Chattahoochee and made its way to Jones- boro, where a severe fight took place; moved on the Me- Donough road toward Lovejoy. A battle took place at Fosterville, where the cavalry made a magnificent charge, then "moved to MeDonough; thence to Cotton Indian creek, where it camped that night. In the morning, by a difficult and dangerous ford, crossed that creek, moving to Lithonia; thence to. Decatur and to our old camp at Sandtown, arriving on the 23d, having made a complete circuit of Atlanta and the rebel army." (E. H. Murray's Report.)
August 26th, the 5th, with other cavalry, moved from Sandtown, on the road to Fair Oaks; struck the West Point and Atlanta railroad the 28th. There a portion of the regiment under Maj. Cheek sustained a very severe attack. On the 30th advanced on the Jonesboro road to Flint river; near this river the cavalry, including the 5th, engaged in a battle, which, the report of Col. Baldwin says, was the "most brilliant cavalry fight in the South." September 8th the 5th encamped on the Rough and Ready road. Col. Baldwin especially compliments Maj. Check and Capt. Glore, the battalion commanders of his regi- ment ; also Lieut. Griffin.
The Atlanta campaign being over, the 5th moved with Sherman's army northward, through Northern Georgia, during the month of October, 1864. Then it was chosen to accompany Sherman's cavalry in the march to the sea. (See Bd Ky. Cavalry, Murray's Report.) It shared all the dangers of that campaign in the cavalry command under Gen. Kilpatrick. After leaving Savannah it marched through the Carolinas, having many encounters. At Monroe's Crossroads, February 8, 1865, Adjt. Mitchell was killed in an engagement. It was also engaged in the battle of Bentonville. The end of the war being at hand, and the term of service of the 5th having expired. it was ordered to Louisville, Ky., where it was mustered out of service May 3, 1865. The men who had re-enlisted as veterans were transferred to the 3d Ky. Cavalry.
The foregoing is an inadequate account of this splendid and faithful regiment, but enough is given to show the long, hard service it performed and its great value in the tremendous task of preventing the dismem- berment of our national Union.
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Field and Staff.
COLONELS-David R. Haggard, William P. Sanders, Oliver L. Bald- win. LIEUT .- COLS .- Isaac Scott. William T. Hoblitzell. MAJORS- Michael H. Owsley, Thomas C. Winfrey, John Q. Owsley, Christopher T. Cheek, James L. Wharton. SURGEONS-Hugh Mulholland, William Forrester. ASST. SURGEONS-Jacob B. Mitchell, William T. Owsley. CHAPLAINS-Marcellus Baugh, William B. Chrisler. ADJTS .- John H. C. Sandridge, William D. Mitchell. Q .- MASTERS-John T. Farris, James H. McKee, Andrew T. Vincent. COMMISSARY-Patrick M. Conly, George E. Willett. SERGT. MAJS .- Gabriel A. Brown, Edward M. Johnson, Logan Hedges, James H. Faver. QM .- SERGT .- W. H. Carter. BUGLER-John P. Purcell. COM. SERGT .- John R. Ray. VET. SURG .- Milton B. Hays. SADDLER-Hardy M. D. Vaughan. HOSP. STEWARDS-William A. Derrington, Jeremiah Ellis, James F. . Sansley.
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Company " A."
CAPTAINS-Hal Palmer, James L. Wharton, Thomas A. Elkin. Ist LIEUT .- James V. Conrad. 2d LIEUTS .- James Funk; Francis B. McAllister. SERGTS .- Hugh M. Mitchell, George F. Northcroft, John M. Pierce, Clinton O. Rawlings, James Anderson, Theophilus Peter, Marion Brady, Joseph C. McKittrick, James B. Williams, Andrew Offutt, George W. Willett. CORPLS .- John M. Lair, James L. Williams, Isaac T. Montgomery, James L. Williams, Gabriel A. Brown, Charles Graff. FARRIERS .- John R. Hall, William Melton. Basil Alvy.
PRIVATES-James C. Bosley, James E. Barrett, James F. Brown, George T. Cammack, James Daisy, Jeremiah M. Dearing, John M. Elliott, Charles P. Funk, , William T. Gray, John W. Goatley, John W. Gordon, Logan Hedges, Uriah H. Keling, Thomas P. Kelly, Archie Lank- ford, Isaac Lynch, Wm. G. Lanham, William L. Lanham, Hezekiah K. Lamb, Wm. A. Montgomery. Thomas B. McAllister, Henry C. Mont- gomery. Phillip McConnell. John R. MeGrew, John Pemnelton, Wilbur Peter, Francis M. Smalley, Andrew J. Smalley, Stilte Stumpff, Benjamin F. Smith, Hugh Trenor, Zachariah Taylor. Edward Webb, George W. Wadkins, Jesse Whitehouse, Temolian Bosley, James W. Brown, Thomas Bland, Thomas A. Donehue, John Daisy, Francis M. Hawkins, Jacob Kimberlin, John W. Lowe, Thomas Lair, Isaac McCubbins. Nicholas McCubbins, John Schaggs, John D. Thompson, Elias Webb, Jeptha Wil- son, Patrick M. Conley, Grandison Boswell, Frank Cutsinger, George Mays, Joseph B. Brown, Clifton Blan, Stiles M. Bailey, John Dyhouse, William G. Gray, Pious Green, George H. Williams, Milton Webb, John Innman, Thomas Hanby. Thomas E. Kirlly. Samuel Paddock. Balser Sinith, James H. Favre, Jonathan S. Ward, William Beegles, John Lotz, Joseph Lamb, John Peters, John R. Turpin.
Company "B."
CAPTAINS-Jas. T. A. J. Duncan, Christopher T. Cheek, Andrew Offutt. 1st LIEUTENANTS-Jonathan S. Harlen, Henry D. Gorham. 24 LIEUT .- John Right. SERGTS .- Jacob Bushong, James T. Beals, John W. Steward, Milton B. Hays, Isaac H. Jackson, William M. Stevens, John Conner, John H. Moore, Thos. F. Patterson, John R. Ray, Thomas W. Reneau. CORPLS .- John T. Emberton. John H. Appollos, James E. Bryant, Samuel R. Comer, Samuel Compton, George W. Crow, John Emberton, Hiram H. Harlin, John Madison, George W. Bushong. FARRIERS-James Gentry, John Jackson. Nathan T. Jackson. BUGLERS-John A. Birdwell, James Curtis.
WAGONER-Alpheus Kendall.
PRIVATES-Lewis J. Allen, Joseph C. Bushong. Henry C. Bushong, Joshua Butler. Hiram K. Carter, Grant Crow. George P. Conkin, Francis M. Ellis, Jas. A. Emberton, Jacob F. Eller, George W. Forde, Thomas S. Gwinn, Leander P. Hamer, Geo. W. Jackson, Sr., Geo. W. Jackson, Jr., John W. Jackson, Sr., John W. Jackson, Jr., Wm. D. Jackson. Nathan Jones, Martin Jones, Arnan Moody, David J. McAlpin, Thomas Pleasant, Marquis Right, Joseph Robertson, Isaac C. Rush.
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John Sims, Alexander Silvey, Hulet Speer, Benjamin Strode, Joshua B. Stevens, Andrew Watkins, Robert A. Welch, Thomas F. Eller, Arthur B. Frailey, Marshall A. Graves, Wm. M. Holland, Jacob Parker, Abraham Slaughter, Andrew J. Sartin, Henry Bell, Wm. M. Bowles, Riley Compton, Joseph Crawford, Nelson Crow, Wm. K. Combs, James M. Crawford. Hiram H. Decard, Benj. C. Ford, Mordecai Hance, Turner G. Harvey. Joel Moore, David A. Patterson, Richard H. Ponder, John Short, Samuel Adams, Nathan H. Emberton, Wm. B. Emberton, Thomas J. Forde, William A. Forde, Oscar M. Hamer, William Jackson, James S. Lee, Samuel Pedigo. Jacob W. Rhoton, Silas Ray, Hiram C. Rush, Daniel Rhoton, Edward Steward, George W. Taylor, Grant Britt, James Finley. Henry J. Fowler, William R. Mathews, Alexander Ritter, Milton K. Thurman, Walker Grace.
Company "C."
- CAPTAINS-John Q. Owsley, Samuel Martin, John D. Smith. 1st LIEUTS .- Leonidas S. Sullivan, Wiley S. Holland. 2d LIEUTS .- Gran- ville B. McGee, George M. Vandever. SERGTS .- Samuel McBillingsly, McDonald Snow, Charles W. Moody, Jeremiah S. Ellis, Joseph A. Gar- man, Reuben A. Lollar, Columbus W. Akin, James B. Garman, John L. Welch, John H. Elliott. CORPLS .- James O'Shaughnessy, Jesse M. Smith, Aaron V. Smith, John T. Gentry, William T. Dicken, Simeon Summers, Christopher C. Park. Thomas T. Keeton. FARRIERS- Andrew J. Gannon, Joseph S. Morrison, Samuel C. Blankenship. SAD- DLERS-John L. Lutarall, Thomas S. Hogan.
PRIVATES-Pollard Appleby, William O. Anderson, Jesse S. Bryant, Jesse Booker, John N. Cloyd, John C. Estes, Francis M. Floyd, Charles Gentry, Joseph S. Grimsley, William Garrett, William F. Head, John W. Johnson. Felix G. Lollar, Wilcom Pennington, William W. Plumlee, John W. Page, Charles N. Percy, Abraham L. Reaser, Jeremiah Scott, William B. Scott, David Spangler, William Smith, Downan Spear, Jesse R. Tallent, George H. Taylor, James M. Vaughter, William W. Williams, White W. Westmoreland. Robert M. Westmoreland, Vanburen White, Alanson Williams, William B. Dunn, Joshua S. Hale, James T. Moody. John R. Pall, John W. Baker, Ranson Earls, Jackson P. Gray, Francis J. Lollar, William Moore, William T. Vigle, James W. Harman, John B. Riggs, George W. Hood, William Claney, John H. Bryant, Jacob Emet. Isaac Hestanes. John Pennington. William T. Propes, Jonathan B. Simpson, H. P. Bryant, William H. H. Bennam, Calvin Clear, William F. Gerald, S. A. Higginbottom, Joshua II. Johnson, Robert Lyons, John J. Norris. Thomas W. Wood, William H. Weaver.
Company "D."
CAPTAINS-William W. Bradshaw, Robert Higginbottom. 1st LIEUTS .- Edwin Vincent. Andrew J. Jones. 2d LIEUTS .- Edward Hughes, Edward Davis. SERGTS .- Eli S. Carver, Andrew J. Vincent, Patrick Roach, Joshua P. Gamlin, Abednago Christie, John W. Shelley. Charles G. Lawrence, Noah Killman, Berry Chambers, William H. Walker, Seth J. Bradshaw, Pierson Hatter. CORPLS .- William E. Vincent, High Galigher, Benjamin F. Ewing, Calvin C. Carter, William D. Wright, Alvin C. Pierce, Bethel A. Buck, John S. Louis. BUGLERS- Joel E. Harris, William D. Reed. FARRIERS-Tilman H. Monk, Thomas J. Barnes. SADDLER-Andrew J. Nelson. WAGONER- Albert H. Green.
PRIVATES-John Anderson, Peter Brants, Tarlton T. Bradshaw, Elijah W. Claywell, James L. Caffery, John M. Earls, William Farr. John Garison, Pleasant Garner, Michael Hassey, William C. Jones, Jesse P. Lawrence, Lewis Logsdon. Thomas McClenon, John L. McCl-non, Moses MeClenon, James H. McCoy. James L. Melton, Samuel Minicks. James N. Noris, Enoch C. Smith. Benjamin F. Rich, John J. Turner. Jonathan P. Vincent, George W. Wright, William Burns, Carroll Dean, Joseph K. Frank. Theodore F. Hunt, James E. Ogles. Levi M. Reed, William T. Vincent, James T. Buck. John J. Chilson, Philip Dailey, Green G. Grandstaff. Marshall H. Hale, John Hardison, John Ramin. James J. Luttrall, Caleb Rooks. Richard Smith, Milton H. Claywell. Daniel Bryant, Bartly Kelly, Joshua Langsdon, James K. Miniels
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Pleasant Morton, Dudley McClusky, James F. Sansbury, James P. Stocton, Isaac Smith, Jeremiah B. Tinsley, John Briant, John S. Hatter, Greenup James, William R. Tul, John H. Wright, James Canbey, Henry Johnson, George Lockerd, George Meltars.
Company "E."
CAPTAIN-John A. P. Glore. 1st LIEUT .- Robert Story. 2đ LIEUTS .- Abijah C. Riddle, Isaac S. Bow. SERGTS .- Freeling H. Johnson, Andrew J. Jones, Thomas Q. Watkins, James Graham, Larkin W. Grisham, Thompson Taylor, Samuel Grisham, John J. Norris, Joseph Sams, Jacob A. Bow, John Melton, Nathan J. Weaver, Pleasant W. Groce, William Norris, Thompson O. T. Thrasher. FARRIERS-Nathan Morris, Cornelius Coop, James M. Riddle. BUGLER-Harlen Galen. SADDLERS-William Anderson, James M. P. Cox, M. D. Vaughn Hardy. WAGONER-Axam Vaughn.
PRIVATES-Wilson Anderson, Samuel Anderson, John M. Bow. John M. Elium, Wm. Guthrie, James A. Guthrie, Samuel H. Gore, John Gentle. John A. Groce, Arthur B. Jackson, James Long, Solomon Long. John McClusky. John Neighbors. George W. Neighbors, James Roach, James Sams, James J. Simpson, John B. Speer, John M. Armes. Richard W. Gott, Mordecai Hunt, Wm. Napier, William H. Pattent, James Anderson, John J. Burger, James W. Bacon, Elvy Bond, Anderson Daniels, Joseph F. Elium, George W. Groce, William C. Hancock, Ander- son Melton, Jefferson J. Melton, Henry C. Price, Gilbert R. McClusky, Jesse L. Thornhill, Berry Thurman. Thomas Wilson. William C. Graham, Joseph F. Riddle, Arthur J. Riddle. Messer Secrest.
Company "F."
CAPTAINS-Daniel W. Claywell, Joseph C. Hill, James W. Lawless. 1st LIEUTS .- Christopher T. Cheek, Robert Higginbottom, John W. Baker. 2d LIEUTS .- William D. Baugh, Rufus F. Thorn. SERGTS .-- Bennet Brake. Martin V. Phillips, Nicholas B. Keen, Thomas Williams, James F. Floyd. Benjamin F. Rioll. Alfred D. Kirgan, Pleasant H. Smith. CORPLS -Thomas A. Rowe, James M. Bunch, James Brown. James E. Miller, Benjamin F. Pleasant, Milton W. Triplet, John Phillips, Foster M. Brims, Robert T. Allen. BUGLER-Randolph L. Maxey. FARRIER-Andrew J. Cline. WAGONER -- Calvin Carter.
PRIVATES-Thomas Anderson, William Burk, John P. Bunch, Henry Branham. George N. Branham, Michael Booker, Powhatten Cawley, 'William Cromans, Win. M. Campbell. Sr., John Gilbert, Israel Grider, William Harris. Granville Harris. William B. James. Berry Lawson. John C. Rowe. Robert Smith. James A. Vincent, John Willan, Joseph Young, John Carter, Michael Pharris, James Williams, Nathaniel S. Williams. Avery Yates. Bagriel Booker. James S. Collins, Granville Campbell. Wm. M. Campbell. Jr .. Anderson Claywell, William H. Carter, Robert Y. Duncan, George W. Harris, David Willan, William L. Avery, Christopher Booker. William J. Biggerstaff, John T. Cash, Vanburen Pharris, Absalom Pharris, John Cromans, James Borders, George W. Bowen. Robert J. Cox. Albert Williams.
Company "G."
CAPTAINS-John R. Poindexter, John B. Biggs. 1st LIEUT .- Elias C. Keen. 2d LIEUT .- John Brown. SERGTS .- William P. Liv- ingston, Robert Wright. Edward G. Otto, Biram Wilkson. Jesse Wilson, George W. Ginnings, Isaac T. Smith. William P. Speer, John W. Mc- Millin, Bluford R. Meddie, Elijah Garrett. Albert Capps. John Williams. CORPLS .- Milton Brannam, John Q. A. Anderson. Henry Mullins, Daniel Bridgefarmer. Samuel Newberry, Burrell Willis, Sr .. William A. Hud- dleson. FARRIERS-Robert S. Browning, King H. Richards. BUGLER -- John P. Purcell. SADDLER -- Archibald Walker. WAGONER-Ran- son Rich.
PRIVATES-Anderson G. Biggerstaff. James Capps, Haywood Dilla- hay. Joseph Duley, Rinion N. Daniel, George A. Eldridge, Alvin Louis, Alfred Law, William Rutledge, John Roach, Martin C. Smith, James C. Smith. Jesse J. Smith, William M. Spear. Francis M. Spear. Alfred Scott,
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James H. White, Richard Watson, Burrel Willis, James Watson, Martin McIntire, Shelton Craighead, Aaron McClusky, Louis C. Newberry. Allen Capps, James Decker, Charles Willis, Stephen B. Wilkerson, Gally D. Rainey, Nathan H. Wilkeson, Milton Colston, Joseph Murley, John Pruett, Jesse Thompson.
Company "H."
CAPTAINS-Michael B. Freeman, Fleming Faris. 1st LIEUTS .- Richard B. Freeman, John A. Burk. 2d LIEUT .- Jas. W. Lawless SERGTS .- James D. Gammon, Wm. E. Bookout, Daniel W. Parker. Miles West, James Rush, Wiley S. Holland. CORPLS .- Joel Y. Driver. Jas. W. Bell, Wm. C. Scott, Lewis P. Freeman, Jno. R. Wright, Win. C. Freeman, Elijah M. Williams, Saml. H. Witt, Jesse S. Freeman, Thomas J. McKinnis. BUGLERS-Wm. T. Driver, Benjamin C. Huntsman. FARRIERS-Jos. P. Smith, Geo. W. Garriott, James Stevens. SAD- DLER-Thos. P. Swindle. WAGONER-Danl. J. Everett.
PRIVATES-Jas. D. Burtram, Jas. N. Chitwood, Wm. Casteel, John H. Driver, Wm. R. Driver, Alvin Driver, Jasper S. Freeman, Jas. A. Freeman, James Goad, Chas B. Holland, Eli G. Holland, Joshua A. M .- Alpin, Jno. P. Mcclellan, Jno. W. Mullins, Abraham Owens, Silas J. Patterson, Edmund J. Price, Anthony N. Swindle, David W. Tally, Hamilton West, Jesse West, Wm. R. West, Henry O. Williams, Thos. ... Williams, Joseph White, Booker Wakefield, Eli D. Wadkins, Wm. W. Everett, Jno. M. Freeman, Caleb J. Gibson, Chas. Marsh, Elijah Pirtle. John W. Payne, Jas. R. Ragland, Jesse H. Swindle, David D. Swindle, Jesse York. Robert Braton, Newton M. Chitwood, Robert Cook, Gran- ville Mullins, Isaac Murry, John E. Powell, James Perry, Alfred Roberts. John J. Swindle, Elijah Swindle. Henry W. Smith, Aurealius V. Good- ridge. Jesse N. Freeman. Alvis B. Parker. Timothy H. White.
Company "I."
CAPTAINS-John L. Carter, Asa C. Wells. 1st LIEUT .- Doctor G. Shepherd. 2d LIEUTS .- Hiram Campbell, William H. Bryan. SERGTS. -James T. Williams, Lafayette Dunbar, James P. Dutton, Oliver G. Barger, John W. Oaks, Elza C. Shepherd, John F. Woldridge, John M Sims. William R. Rice, Samuel Jeffries, Alley Meadows. CORPLS .- William M. Litteral, William S. Blankenship, Elijah Leach, Nathaniel J. Judd, John H. Dixon, Ebenezer C. Knight, Samuel Marriner, Blackley C. W. Wheat, Hugh A. Sharp. William H. Wilson. FARRIERS -- Abraham Garner, Sandy Odle. WAGONER-John R. Williams.
PRIVATES-George Barger, Wade Callicotte. Quintis Coffey, John Cape, Thomas Coe, George W. Dixon, Wesley Grider, Jackson Gossage. James K. Holder, John Irvine, William R. Kean, Richard D. Litteral, James Lawless, Joseph Lawless, William J. Lawless, Henry C. McElroy. William Polston. Samuel F. Reese, John G. Stanton. Thomas Williams, William N. Wilkerson, John Woldridge, Alexander Woldridge. George W. Wright, Jerry S. Woldridge, James W. Decker, Demsey D. Dutton. Charles Grider, Stewart Rexroat. William S. Russell. Walton Smith, Charles W. Williams, Sam'l L. Blankenship, Martin Coffey, William R. Cooper, Peter Stermmann, Thomas J. Wright, William Kerns, Jr., Henry Kerns. Joel J. Raburn, William Richardson, Simon B. Stanton. Jess- S. Irvine, John J. Stapp, Anderson Chapman, Wm. H. Casteel, Andrew Meadows, Bennett Nuckles, Thomas New, Milton E. Robertson. John Litteral.
Company "K." .
`CAPTAINS-John B. Page. John W. Forrester. 1st LIEUTS .- James W. Strode, Fleming Farris, Andrew Offutt, James W. Lawless. Charles Gill. 2d LIEUT .- Joseph G. Hardin. SERGTS .- Jacob L. Ab- shire, John J. Morgan. John C. Biggars, Benjamin F. Hardin, Wash- Ington A. McCoy, James H. Favre, Andrew H. Palmer, David H. Chap- man. CORPLS .- George B. Page, James E. Palmar, William S. Parks, William W. Wright, Elijah L. Palmer. Richard M. McMurtry, Hiram K. Chapman, Isham D. Propes. BUGLER-James M. B. Park. FAR- RIERS-Henry Picker. Roland T. Norman, James Wilson. SADDLER- Henry J. Kelley. WAGONER-William M. Page.
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PRIVATES-William Alvis, Samuel Armer, Wilson H. Bartley, Andrew W. Chapman, John R. H. Chapman, James M. Chapman, Moses A. Center, William Clemons, James Clemons, James P. Crews, William F. Dalton, Daniel T. Ferguson. John M. Gipson, Fendell Hagan, Jr., William S. Hagan, Amon C. Hale, Samuel B. Hale, Judge N. Hammer, William N. Harper, Fleming M. Harper, Jesse J. Kellon, John A. Murry, William T. Norman, Samuel H. Page, James Racener, William R. Roberson, Anthony J. Railey, William B. Steen, William S. Strode. Elijah Strode, James M. Strode, Aaron Biggerstaff, Francis L. Norman, Samuel Clemons. David W. Pennington, Laban Pitcock, Henry P .. Strode, Nathaniel Smith, John Taylor, William T. Hammer, James R. Himes, Joseph Jackson, William Miller, James R. Pitcock, John B. Page, Jr., Moses L. Propes, John M. Smith, Reuben Wilson, Larkin K. Gipson, Jacob S. Larenoe, Timothy S. Park, Samuel Page, Jr., Samuel S. Page, Zachariah Shields, Isaac Hale, John A. Hagan, Andrew J. Simpson, Renj. F. Simpson, Asberry York.
Company " L."
CAPTAIN-Christopher C. Hare. Ist LIEUT .- Amos M. Griffen. 24 LIEUT .- James R. Farmer. SERGTS .~ Hiram Kinman, John Shot- well, John Young, Simon P. Atkinson, Frederick Swartz, Frederick Phieffer, Nathan Morrow, Samuel T. Sills. CORPLS .- Thomas Bramel, John Murphy, Frederick Eisenminger, John W. Ratliff, Cornelius O'Neal, Jesse Beene, Rufus R. Foster, Wm. Bryant, Thomas Swift. MUSICIAN -John Watson. FARRIERS-G. L. Emil Sherer, John Borne. WAG- ONER-John Casey.
/ PRIVATES-James K. Bryant. Wm. Bonum. Nathan Carlisle, Jonathan Chesser. William Chaddic. Thomas Caine, Robert Doyle, Silas Elgy, Wm. B. Foster, Henry Felker. George Fisher, John G. Gray, John Gass, Wm. J. Humble, Andy Hamlet. Philip Hurt, Wm. Hastings, George W. Johnson, John Johnson, Philip Jordan, George W. Jackson, Jacob Kizer, John Landra, James Murphy, Henry Michael. Isaac Moore, James McKeig, W'm. Merrifield, George Niece. Frederick Nicely, Augustus Odcell, William Purzell, James Platt, Absalom Rose, Mike Sullivan, W'm. Stross, Joseph Streetmatter, Geo. W. Turner. Chas. J. Travis, James T. Travis, John Troutman, W. H. H. Vails, Garrett Vores, James Welch.
Sixth Kentucky Cavalry.
The 1st Battalion of this regiment, being Companies A, B, C, D and E, was organized at Lexington during the month of October, 1861, under Maj. Reuben Mundy, and for a considerable time served independently, being known as Mundy's Battalion. It was mustered into service at Camp Irvine, near Louisville, by Maj. W. H. Sidell. It was immediately assigned to the division of the Army of the Ohio, commanded by Gen. Geo. W. Morgan.
In the first days of January, 1862, this battalion, being in Gen. Carter's brigade of Gen. Geo. W. Morgan's com- mand, went on an expedition from Central Kentucky in the direction of Cumberland Gap. With this brigade was the 16th Ohio, Col. DeCourcy, and the 49th Ind., Col. Ray. The march was by way of London and Cumberland Ford. Mundy's battalion was the cavalry force of the expedition. In February it made its way near to the
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Gap, and, February 14th, Mundy's cavalry made an attack on the enemy at the Gap, inflicting loss and taking some prisoners. March 23d, Gen. Carter's force moved in the direction of Big Creek Gap. Then, co-operating with Gen. Morgan's other forces, Cumberland Gap was taken JJune 18, 1862. Mundy's battalion remained on duty in that see- tion during the summer of 1862; in the latter part of the summer and in September, Gen. Bragg made his invasion into Kentucky; and at the same time Gen. Kirby Smith entered by way of Barboursville, and Humphrey Marshall in the eastern part.
These movements compelled Gen. Morgan to give up Cumberland Gap, and move across Eastern Kentucky to the Ohio river. October 12th, Gen. Morgan reports Mundy's battalion still with him, "though worn down with hard service." He further says: "The Kentucky regi- ments are all well commanded and in good condition, and will do good service wherever they are tried." He had in his command the 3d, 14th, 19th and 22d Infantry, Mundy's battalion and Neville's battery. This battalion being the only organized cavalry in this division, the duties were very ardnous, being scouting, picketing, conveying dis- patches, making reconnoissances, all of which were diffi- eult and dangerous in that mountain region.
From Cumberland Gap the march was across the country, and Mundy's battalion, after accompanying the infantry nearly to the Ohio, was sent toward Richmond, reaching Big Hill and Rogersville before the enemy, and participated in the fighting at those places, and materially aided in the retreat of Metcalf's 7th Ky. Cavalry and other troops to Lexington, and thence to Louisville.
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