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In the organization of the Army of the Cumberland, June, 1863, the 7th was in Col. Campbell's brigade, Mit- hell's division, Stanley's cavalry corps. The regiment was commanded by Col. Faulkner. June 4th, the 7th being at Franklin, Tenn., with a regiment of infantry, the Confederates came up to take the place. The Fed- erals moved to the north side of the river, where there was a strong fort. Late in the day Col. Faulkner led his
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regiment back across the river and went out and attacked the enemy. Finding the force too great, he recrossed and took position for defense. While thus waiting, the Confederates also crossed the river, but were attacked in flank and rear by another force, which came suddenly on the scene, being the 4th Ky. Cavalry, under Col. Wick- liffe Cooper; the 6th Ky. Cavalry, under Col. Watkins; the 9th Penn. Cavalry, under Col. Jordan, and 2d Mich. Cavalry, under Col. Campbell. The Confederates were completely driven off with considerable loss. In this ex- citing fighting of the cavalry Col. Faulkner was severely wounded in the thigh; a wound from which he never fully recovered, but not long after that he was again leading his regiment.
In July the 7th went . to Bridgeport, Ala. August 31st, in the organization of Rosecrans' army, the 7th was in Col. L. D. Watkins' brigade, which consisted of the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th Ky. Cavalry. In September it was still at Bridgeport; in October at Caperton's Ferry; in No- vember at Caney Fork. All this time it was engaged in active duty, such as is incident to cavalry service in con- nection with a large army in the field, and participated in the work of the cavalry at Chickamauga. In Decem- ber it was ordered to report to Gen. W. S. Smith for the cavalry expedition across the Tennessee river against Forrest, and participated in a portion of that movement. In this month, also, it went to Rossville, Ga. In the or- ganization of the Army of the Cumberland. December 31. 1863, the 7th was still in Watkins' brigade with the 4th, 5th and 6th Ky. Cavalry, being in Gen. Ed McCook's di- vision of Elliott's cavalry corps. In January, 1864, it went to Maryville, Tenn., on an expedition; was also in a fight near Dandridge January 17th; in another fight at Pigeon river January 27th, and still another at Faris Ford on the 28th. In these engagements the report- show that the regiment acquitted itself with great credit.
In February, 1864, the regiment was at Madisonville. Tenn., under Maj. Robert Collier, and n March at Cleve- land, under Capt. C. C. MeNeely. In April and May it was still at Cleveland, and also at Wauhatchie. under Col. Faulkner.
June 24th part of the regiment was with Col. Faulk- ner at Lafayette, Ga., with other cavalry, all under Col. Watkins. The place was fiercely attacked by Gen. Pil low and a remarkable battle occurred. The Federals barricaded the court house with sacks of corn and fought off their assailants, compelling them to withdraw, and while in the art of withdrawing other Federal troops
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came up and a pame took place in Gen. Pillow's com- mand, resulting in a severe loss to him.
July 7th the remainder of the 7th came up to Lafay- ette, Ga., from Waubatchie. In July the regiment was also at Lee and Gordon's Mills. In August it was at Calhoun and Dalton. At the latter place it engaged in a fierce fight with Wheeler's cavalry. August 21st it fought at Graysville. At this time the regiment num- bered 598, a portion being at Dalton and the remainder at Graysville.
In December, 1864, the regiment was encamped at Edgefield, Tenn., with Watkins' brigade and other cay- alry under Gen. MeCook. Col. Faulkner was in com- mand of the regiment. Orders were received on the 11th to move the next day to Kentucky, to operate against the raid of Confederate Gen. Lyon. The 7th moved with MeCook's command the next day, passing through Rus- sellville, and proceeded to Hopkinsville. There it en- countered Lyon's forces and fought with them. The Lyon raid was defeated and the 7th returned to Edge- field, Tenn.
The battle of Nashville having taken place December 15th and 16th, the Confederates were driven far south, and the 7th, with the cavalry under Gen. Wilson, fol- lowed them. In January it was at Waterloo, Ala., con- tinuing through February and March with the cavalry operations in Alabama; in April it went into Georgia as far as Macon. In May it was at Albany, Ga. In June. 1865, it returned to Edgefield, Tenn., and on the 10th of July was mustered out of service, though Companies F, I and L, were transferred to the 6th Ky. Veteran Cavalry.
Col. Jno. M. Faulkner was a most gallant and effi- cient officer. He gathered the regiment together after the unfortunate affair at Big Hill in August, 1862, and made it one of the most useful in the splendid body of Kentucky cavalry. He led it continuously, except while disabled by his wound. He was a young man, with the best connections, full of energy and dash; he made a fine reputation as a soldier, and made his regiment one to be depended on in every kind of duty of emergency. Sub- sequent to the war he held the office of surveyor of the port at. Louisville, Ky., and was most highly esteemed as an officer and citizen.
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Field and Staff.
COLONELS-Leonidas Metcalfe, John K. Faulkner. LIEUT .- COLS. -William C. Oden, Thomas T. Vimont, William W. Brady. MAJORS- Charles Milward, William O. Smith, Robert Collier, Andrew S. Bloom. Charles C. McNeeley. SURGEONS-William S. Sharp, Charles T. Spal- man. ASST. SURGEONS-Solomon S. Wolff, Andrew J. Burnam. ADJTS .- John B. Campbell, Felix G. McCrea, Detmer P. Watson. Q MASTERS-John W. Campbell, H. O. Newman, Arthur B. Masoner. COMMISSARY-Jos. C. Masoner. CHAPLAINS-M. J. W. Ambrose. Coleman W. York. SERGT. MAJORS-Wm. C. Clark, Joseph More- lock. Q .- M. SERGT .- Michael Hedrick. COM. SERGT. - James C. Thomas. HOSPITAL STEWARDS-Wm. E. Norris, John P. Dunbar. Thos. Beaumont, John R. Fritts. VET. SURGEON-Absalom Craig. SADDLER SERGT .- Wm. H. McIntosh. CHIEF BUGLER-James H. Claypoole.
Company "A."
CAPTAIN-Barnabas T. Hayden. 1st LIEUTS .- Aaron Lee, San- ford D. Vanpelt. 2d LIEUTS .- Samuel H. Royce, William Ingram, Her. ry H. Talbott. SERGTS .- Elijah B. Hayden, John M. Adams, Wm. Harrison, Benj. Hargett, Albert F. Green, Geo. W. Davis, Michael Hod- rick, George M. Filson, Daniel H. Hargett, Richard J. Royce, William Brown. CORPLS .- William Hedrick, James W. Craig, Jas. W. Hefland. David Goodpasture, Arthur Adams, Ebenezer A. Johnson. Charles F. Jones, Welmington Razer, Salam Padgett, Zachariah Phelps. WAGON- ER-Washington Reeves. SADDLER-Jeremiah Proctor. FARRIERS -Edmund Perkins, Whitfield Hargett, Jas. H. Downey, Wm. A. Downey BUGLERS-Samuel Allen, Samuel G. Boyd.
PRIVATES-Samuel C. Atchison, James A. Jones, Andrew Likes. Phenis Skinner, Woodville Smoot, Wm. B. Snediger, Archibald Sorrell. Silas Atchison, Charles P. Brown, Reuben Coffer, Spencer P. Hill, Isaac Lowe, Peter Sapp, Washington Shrout, Jeremiah T. Swim, M. B. Van- landingham, Andrew Walton, Francis Walton, John Corey, John Kissick. Prine Page, Thomas Proctor, Daniel R. York, Henry Cogswell. Jubn Evans, Noah Goodpasture, Jerry Jones, James Pervis, John Rogers. Cal. vin Sorrell, George W. Bradley, Geo. W. Goodpasture, Isaac Cogswell Andrew J. England. Jeremiah Eaton, David S. Estill, Robert S. Foster. Alex. W. Gillespie. John Hawkins, James Hawkins, William Hawkins, George W. Ingram. John F. Manley, Andrew Mckinney, David W. Me- Lean,, James Royse. John Sorrel!, John Swim, James Snediger, Stuart Vanlandingham, John Yazel.
Company "B."
CAPTAINS-Chas. C. McNeely. Jesse H. Berry. 1st LIEUTS .- Jno. S. Stodghill. Tho. M. Oden. Wallace W. Gruelle, Dennis Nichols, Jno T. Hopkins. 2d LIEUTS .- Geo. M. Sisson, Jas H. Oden. SERGTS .- Henry C. Abernathy. Jno. Caveno, Jno. M. Carlton, Alfred Merchant, Oliver P Stapp, Joseph R. White. Jno. W. Chrisman, Harlan P. Hawkins, Jno. L. Morrow, Barton S. Rogers, Martin Connelly. CORPLS. - Daniel K. Smith, Robert E. Carlton, Henry B. Dale. Isaac Wilcoxen, Benjamin Jacobs, John F. Williams, Robert Elliston, William A. Cayton, Austin Stewart, Detmer P. Watson, Henty A. King. James C. McMann. James Suddeth. John Shaw, Frederick Calway. John J. Carlton. BUGLERS .- Joseph Morris, Wesley Fuller, Wm. Z. Merton, Philip Burns. WAGON- ERS-Wm. H. Jackson. Wm. Ramsey. FARRIERS-Washington Har- rison. John Wilson. Wm. Lawson. SADDLER-James M. Canter.
PRIVATES-Edward Bruce, James Burton, Jefferson Burton, Wil- liam Bales, Zachariah Brown, Gro. W. Blackburn, Jasper H. Beagle. James H. Carden, William H. Carden. William A. Crouch, Patrick Daily, Jr .. Geo. F. Daugherty. Hugh Daugherty, John Downing, Huch Duncan, Alexander England, John E. Ferrell. Duncan Fuller. Stanfi: W Frith, James H. Fuller, Vernon Goode, Wm. H. Hueston, Henry Jack- son, Christopher James. Tilmon Kisinger, Marion Lawrence. Murty Muy ry. Edward Mace, William Pierce. Culvin V. Porter, Joseph Pedigo. Pan- tel W. Ross, Benjamin Smith, John Shepherd, Joseph Stephens. Wil- liam Tilly, Benjamin Urton, Andrew Vaughan, Woodford Wells, John
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S. Webber, Calvin Warren, William Whalin, Daniel Webster, John Wil- liams, Thos. H. Waller, Irvin Willis, James T. Edwards, Henry H. Lamb, ' Henry Burkley, William Arnett, Thomas Carver, Benjamin Chipley, Pat- rick Daily, John P. Dunbar, John Gregory, Addison S. Hopwood, Lewis D. Helton, Wm. O. B. Kelley. James Lytle. Jefferson Lytle, Duret Rose, Charles P. Daugherty, Wm. C. Clarke, Jno. R. Fritts, Jackson G. Green. Henry Hood, Elbridge Harvey, Wm. B. Jackson, Peter Keogh, Wm. H. Langsdale, John McMillan, John Mathews. David Moulton, Alfred Mc- Cauley, Charles S. Price. John Strong, James See, Uriah Tappscott. John Burnes, Thomas Cardwell, Geo. P. Daugherty, Samuel Knapp. Joseph Morelock, Willis Redman, John Sharpe, Wesley A. Templeton. John West, Addison D. Beach. Daniel Boaz, John Bishop, Martin N. Bowles, Joseph Cook, Wm. Clawser, John Crear, Thomas Glancey, John C. Hendrow, Preston Herndon, Henry C. Hedges, Tapley J. Hanson, Chas. Hunter, Joseph Hurlbutt, Charles N. Jones, Jeremiah Kent, Jas. L. Lowery, Richard McAtee, John McCalaway, Wm. Miller, Charles Mor- gan. Dennis. Madgan, Wm. Mahar, James T. Purcell, John W. Ran- dall. A. D. Robertson, Robertson Rose, Merrill Roberts, Geo. Shankley. James Saucy, Augustine Taylor, Jackson Varner, Edward E. Winters, George West, Shelton Wilson, Robert P. Wilson.
Company "C." . .
CAPTAINS-Thomas T. Vimont, James P. Ashley. 1st LIEUTS .- Augustus H. Trotter, Thomas L. Scott. 2d LIEUTS .- John H. Sims, Lewis B. Vimont. SERGTS .- Robert B. Abbott, Charles Fish, Wall- ford MeTaylor, Wm. M. Bell. Henry H. Talboot, Henry J. Suddarth. Jas. H. Potts. CORPLS .- Patrick Laughland, John A. Thomas. William Wells, Patrick Gibbons, John Trabue, Jno. N. Parsons, Washington L. Waught. Jas. D. Metcalfe, Jos. A Ockerman. FARRIERS-John T. Is- bell, Wm. R. Hopper, Wm. A. White, William Wilson. WAGONER --- John Warren. SADDLER-Tho. E. Willett. BUGLER-Jas. H. Clay- poole.
PRIVATES-J. M. Alison, Marion Buchanan, Lorenzo D. Cooper, Wm. B. Davis, Wm. H. North, Amos J. Sparks. Wm. A. Stockdale, Bartholo- mew Barry, Edward P. Nix, John M. Snapp, Jesse T. Saddler, Thomas J. Vimont. David Bolen, John Bishop, Patrick Devny, John Fredrick. John Flora, Hiram M. Green. Jas. R. Ishmeal, Jas. M. Ireland, Michael Lawler, Edward Lynch, Jos. C. Mason. Arthur B. Mason, Henry Ritchey, Samuel Stover, Lucius O. Brown, Jos. Campbell, Wm. Curl, Wm. H. Gay, Thomas Grady, Milton Hall, Jas. H. Pendricks, Frank Sudduth, James Shoush, John Vance, James Antrabus, John McKin- ney, Eli J. Ross, John Sutton.
Company "D."
CAPTAINS-W. W. Bradley. Jesse Bryant. 1st LIEUT .- Andrew J. Jones. 2d LIEUTS .- James P. Robertson. James H. Robey. SERGTS. -- Abraham W. Spradling. John P. Dunaway, Robert P. McHatton, Jas. A. Worsten, Thomas Chism. Thomas D. Ryon. Manilla C. Clark, Zach- arlab T. LaForce, John Moore, William H. Neal, Henry B. Russell. CORPLS .- Alonzo P. Ashcraft. Austin Mann, William W. Pettit. Jere- miah Robey, James A. Allen, Thomas B. Ramey, Franklin C. Asberry, John I .. Blake, James R. Clemons, John W. Crouch, Richard M. J. Jones, Henson Lanter, Newton Lanter, Harrison Smith. FARRIERS-Jos. Muntz, Absalom Craily, Guy Jones. WAGONER-James W. Skinner. BUGLERS-Jacob Davis, John G. Harden. SADDLERS- Wm. H. Hamilton, Jeremiah N. Lawson.
PRIVATES-William Crosby, Geo. W. Cayton, Geo. W. Clem, Geo. B. Furiner, Geo. W. Groves, Samuel Hamilton, William F. Hull. Moses Hull, James H. Hyles, Riley Moore, Patrick McDermott, James M. Mill, Charles G. Pettit, Francis Reynolds, William Right. Edwin Rob- erts, Sanford Sullivan, Dennis Welch, Clayton Asberry, John R. Clark. Joseph Dennis, James Jones, Benjamin James, Nathan Steward. John Scott, George Sullivan, Taylor W. Annis, George Adams. William J. Collier, Geo. A. Grossbeck. Ras. Hardy, John Lawson. James S. Milli- ken, Elias McKee. William McKee, Geo. W. Million, John Wells, Henry Curtis, Milton Edward, John Jett, Wm. Hull. Sr., Ebenezer Robey, John Ripple, Thomas Teats. Daniel Curtis, Wm. H. Edmonds, Thomas B. Finnell, Wm. P. Letart, Jas. H. C. Mann, Mathew Morehead.
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Company " E."
CAPTAINS-Benjamin F. Robbins, William A.
McGinety. 1st LIEUTS .- William Hamilton, Sidney M. Goshorn, John P. McGinety. 2d LIEUT .- Silas Gohagen. SERGTS .- John Octzal, Leonard L. Oliver. Zachariah Lovelace, John T. Wilson, James Bush, Benjamin H. Hitch, Samuel D. Thornton, Alason Wagamon. CORPLS .- Milton Lovelace, Fredrick Bichu, John E. Hysink. Nicholas Shites, Thomas Pribble, Na- poleon B. Elliott, Valentine Detzal, Benjamin T. Blackburn, John Burns, Robert Sanders. FARRIERS-Barker Davis. James Ackmire, Joseph S. Lendingburg. WAGONERS-William Beach, John S. Wads- worth. BUGLER-Alcibiades C. Meachen. SADDLER-Wm H. McIn- tosh.
PRIVATES-Peter Brush, Wm. J. Blackman, James H. Barnett, Al- lison K. Blackburn, John M. Droper, Daniel Daugherty, James H. Gard- ner, Louis Helmich, Enoch Lunsford, William Miller, Alexander Plumer. John J. Smith, Alcany Sanders, William H. Shively, James V. Tarry. Jesse Veil, William B. Blackburn, Joseph Dawnord, Joseph Laford, Jno. M. Oliver, John T. Pribble, James D. Polly, Henry T. Stewart, John Waterfield, John Truman, Cicero Morris, William M. Orr, Andrew J. Pedet, Thomas W. Rollin. George W. Spegle, Zachariah Tumlin, Rob- ert Taggart, Benjamin Armotage, David D. Kidwell. William Kidwell, Thomas C. Lovelace, Lemuel Olover, Stephen M. Thrasher, John Tewell, Henry C. Ausburn, John Foster. John Griffin, Elisha Lunsford. John Q. Mefford, William Mefferd, James Mohan, George Motsan, James Mc- Millen, Louis Phelps, James Sanders, William H. Stone, Gabriel Bostick, James Hicks, James M. Cooper.
Company "F.".
NOTE .- Company "F," originally recruited by Capt. John E. Burns. was consolidated with Company "M." Afterwards, in January, 1864, Capt. Geo. T. Stacey recruited a company for the 2d Regiment Ken- tucky Heavy Artillery, which was assigned as Company "F." 7th Ken- tucky Cavalry, and at the muster-out of the regiment was transferred to Company "H," 6th Kentucky Veteran Cavalry.
Company "G."
CAPTAINS -- Robert Scott, F lix G. McCrea. 1st LIEUT .- James W. Brewer. 2d LIEUTS .- Robert Chaney, Richard Brewer. SERGTS .- William Berkshire, Richard Brewer, William H. Stephens, William An- derson. Mordecai Throckmorton. William H. Smith, William C. Gray, Peter L. Peterson. CORPLS .- Francis M. Ramey, William J. Kenton. Henry C. Hyatt, Orville S. Cart. Levi C. Worster, Samuel W. Adams. Berry Roundtree, James A. Gragg. Caleb S. Whaley, John G. Miller. Edmond Buckley. FARRIERS-Edmond Fitzwaters, Forrest W. Peter- son, Joseph Boone. SADDLERS-John Sashe, William Highlander. WAGONERS-Emanuel Mattox. Argo Oliver. BUGLER-John Sulli- van.
PRIVATES-Hudson R. Austin, John S. Brewer, James W. Buckley, John W. Buckley. William Bettis, John Barnett, Harvey G. Caughey. Josiah Collins, Philip S. Caswell, Edmond Collins, James F. Caughey, John Curtis, Joseph Dabney, Wm. H. Fronk, James L. Fuller, William J. Fields. Jesse Feeback, James T. Gennett, John Hawin, Daniel Har- rington, John Marshall, John H. Martin, John M. Millinner, John W. Mastin, James C. Price, Thomas M. Reece, John N. Sheeley. Henry T. Stewart. Perry Shipley, John J. Whaley, James M. Woods. William T. Whaley. James H. Warford. William H. Walker, James S. Earlywine. John Gensal, Jonas G. Menifee, George H. Myers, Jarrott Burden, Sam- uel Burden, Morilloe Burden. William W. Gruelle, Thomas J. Moffett. H. Macalla Magee. Oliver P. Wallingford, George R. Blake. George W. Cummings, John T. Lawson, Owen C. Rayburn, William Barrett, Phil- lip L. Baker, James M. Caushey, Samuel Crawford, Selby Chysm, Henry Chrystler. Michael Gleason, George A. Peyton, Thomas Pullen. Allen Reed, Alfred Raymond. Phillip Rambo, James W. Youngman.
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Company " H."
CAPTAINS-Robert Collier, Jeptha D. Thornton. Ist LIEUTS .- Ed- win H. Walker, William M. Kerby. 2d LIEUTS .- James L. Baird, Thos. Dunn. SERGTS .- Curtis Pierce, James D. Fletcher. James M. Rothwell, John M. Carpenter, John McQuerry, Patterson H. Fletcher, Samuel Rothwell, James D. Nave. Joseph Baird. CORPLS .- Andrew J. Ham- mack, Andrew J. T. Conn, George W. Dollens, James Perkins, Robert E. Bau, James D. Adams, John H. Anderson, James T. Dollens. SAD- DLER-James Sims. FARRIERS-John F. Kennedy, Willis Pierce. HOSPITAL STEWARD-William E. Morris.
PRIVATES-Simeon Anderson, John F. Baird, James Baker, Joseph Baker, Benjamin Baker, James Church, Thomas Foley. Ancel George, Allen Haggard, Jorden Holmes, John W. Harden, Nelson Harman, Dan- iel Holman, William Johnson, Wesley King, George Lawson, Moses Lawson, Horatio Marksbury, Isaac Pointer, Mason Pointer. William Runyon, James H. Ray, William Short, George Simpson, Harvey War- ren, Squire Wheeler, William P. Baker, Daniel W. Herring, John Mu- lair, Isaac Renfro, Elijah Simpson, George A. Brown, Moses Isham, Samuel T. Kennedy. Andrew Adams, James Graham, Samuel Hall. Geo. M. Kerby, Enoch Luntsford, John Ryon, William Scarbro, Campbell Shiplet. James M. Temple, James Welch, William Warren. Thos. Beau- mont. Samuel H. Davis. James M. Joslen, John Kirkendale, Daniel Luntsford, John Locker, James H. Long, John Murphy, John Pointer, William Pointer. Silas R. Runyon. John S. Stanton. John Tanner, Ben- jamin Waldridge.
Company "I."
NOTE .- Company "I." originally recruited by Capt. Jesse H. Berry, was consolidated with Company "B." Afterwards, in March, 1864, Capt. Jno. M. Cook re-enlisted a company from the 49th Kentucky Infantry, which was assigned as Company "I." 7th Kentucky Cavalry, and at the muster-out of the regiment was transferred to Company "E" of the 6th Kentucky Veteran cavalry.
Company " K."
CAPTAINS-Elihu Price, Seneca Goulding. 1st LIEUTS .-- Mathew' B. McDowell. Charles G. Ogden, Thomas E. Willett. 2d LIEUT .- Alfred Mitchell. SERGTS .- William P. O'Doherty. William Hardeman, Oliver S. Moore, Richard P. Hanley. John L. Parsons, Charles Fitzpatrick, Coleman York, Charles Waters, John M. Cord, Isham Wright. CORPLS .- Isaac E. Pearce, James H. Fugett, Alvin Mitchell. Joseph Briddock, John Hamilton, Jerome Biddle, John N. Neal, George P. Sims. FARRIERS-Francis M. Holland. Levi Farris. WAGONER- Noah C. Bateman. BUGLER-Wm. H: Coleman. SADDLER-Roger Moore.
PRIVATES-William Bateman, James Campbell, George Campbell, Chyle Farris, Callaway Flora, Frank Foley. David Harman, David W. Hopkins, Joshlin J. Hopkins, Eli Humphris, John K. Jackson, William McCollum, Joel Pearce, Joseph A. Richards, James Roberts, James Stan- field, Francis M. Stanfield, Harvey M. Strode, Thomas P. Shocky, Wil- liam Tolson, Henry Vogan. David Vogan, William H. Cox. Joseph Dun- still, William Frederick, Joseph M. Flora, William Holland, James Low, Hiram J. Mitchell. John McGowing. Benjamin Parsons, Thomas Stan- field. Andrew Roberts, Benjamin Skinner. Darious E. Workman, John L. West, Frederick Beihn. Richard Delany. Joseph Gothorne, George Mitchell, George Shuter. William Arnett, James Atchison. William Bry- ant, Robert Bryant, Benjamin Barker, Sterling Brewer, Wm. B. Cray- craft. John Dillon, Samuel Hawes. James H. Sapp. Henry W. Sanders, Sherwood Stanfield, Hugh Wycoff, Henry Bingham. Thomas Blake. Wil- liam B. Blythe, John M. Bennett. John Bartley. John Flora, George Faulkner. James T. Gray. John B. Lancaster. William H. Martin, George W. McGowing, William Riddle. Benjamin F. Ruark, George Reaves. David Stoddard. Wml. S. Turner, William Underwood, John W. Vize. John L. Westcott, Louis A. Walker.
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Company "M."
CAPTAINS-John E. Burns, Simeon Crain. Ist LIEUT .- Curtis I :. Beedle. 2d LIEUTS .- Wilkins Warren, H. McCalla McGee. SERGTS .--- James Barber, Francis M. Frisby, Thomas Coffer, Thomas Jones, Robert Welch, Daniel J. Owens, Grandison G. Barnes, Benjamin F. Warren. Travis S. Stiehl. Jasper Sorrell. CORPLS .- Jacob Eden, Daniel Richard, Die Teel, Thomas Conyers, John Burns, Millon Heart. Thomas Clark. John Gregory, William Goodlow. BUGLERS-Joseph Wells, James
Swain. WAGONER-James Fisher. SADDLERS-John Tebow, John B. Crouch. FARRIERS-William Sorrell, John H. Self.
PRIVATES-Thomas Carr, Andrew K. Coyle, Cornelius Cupps. Robert Clark, Joseph Collover, William Dennis, John J. Fisher, John F. Fisher, James Honaker, Joseph Jones, Patrick O'Daly. Millon Vice, Al- ford Burns, John Hall, Volney Moore, Henry Myers, Richard Power. William Robert, James Crombie, John Cunningham, Jackson McClain. James Roggers, Felix Warren, Thomas Wright, Harrison Yarbrough, David Boaez, William M. Conyers, James Ham, William S. Hamilton. James Jones, John R. Manley, Quiller Morris, Marcus B. Rice, Robert Steele, Andrew J. Toy, Scott C. Wilson, Andrew Coffer, William Cosligon. George W. Carpenter, Robert Goodpasture, Louis G. Ghose, George W. Highly, Isaac V. Jennings, John W. Knox, Joseph Lawson, Franklin Lawson, John McCarty, Joshua McClain, James McCarty, John Robert - son, Clark B. Steel, Ezekiel E. Taylor, William
Thompson, Richard Wells, James P. Warren.
Eighth Kentucky Cavalry.
In the battles of Donelson and Shiloh two Kentucky regiments, the 25th and 17th Infantry, were so depleted they were consolidated immediately after the last battle. The 25th was then discontinued as an organization, and the two officers who had led it, Col. James M. Shackelford and Lieut .- Col. B. H. Bristow (as will be seen in the ae- count of the 25th Ky.), no longer had a command. They returned to Kentucky and received authority to raise a cavalry regiment for one year's service. Recruiting com- menced in August, 1862, the colonel to be James M. Shackelford, and the Lieut .- Col. B. H. Bristow. The 1st Battalion was raised in Henderson and Daviess and ad- joining counties, under Maj. James HI. Holloway. The 2d was raised in Logan and other counties adjacent, un- der Lieut .- Col. Bristow, and this battalion was under Maj. J. M. Kennedy. The 3d Battalion was recruited by Maj. J. W. Weatherford, at Lebanon, Ky. The 1st Battalion was mustered into service at Henderson, Ky., September 13, 1862. The 2d and 3d at Russellville, September 8th. The regiment was at that date full, numbering 1,248 men. and the whole number was raised in three weeks from the time recruiting began. During the fall and winter of 1862 the Sth Cavalry was engaged in protecting the
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western part of the state from the raids of bands of Con- federates which were called guerrillas.
Col. Shackelford, with Holloway's battalion, attacked Adam Johnson's command, at Geiger's Lake, dispersing it, but in the fight Shackelford was wounded, receiving a shot through the foot. Although incapacitated for active service, he did not relinquish command, and even before complete recovery was again in the field with his men. In November, 1862, Holloway's battalion moved from Henderson to Bowling Green. . On the march a night at- tack was made upon the camp by Col. Fowler with his guerrilla band. The fire was returned, and Col. Fowler, with several of his men, killed. The Sth suffered no loss.
In October, 1862, when Bragg invaded Kentucky, the 2d and 3d Battalions were ordered to Bowling Green, from which place they operated along the railroad, pro- teeting trains and bridges, and were also used for scout- ing and reconnoitering. From Bowling Green two com- panies went on a scout into Tennessee, and captured a hundred Confederates, who were foraging. In Novem- ber, the 2d and 3d Battalions were ordered to Russellville, and from thence to Hopkinsville, where they spent the winter, operating from that point in every direction against Confederate bands. At the same time the 3d Battalion was sent to Clarksville. In January, 1863, Col. Shackelford was made brigadier-general, and B. H. Bris- tow became the colonel of the regiment. He continued to command it the remainder of its service. Although the Sth Cavalry did not engage in the larger movements of the armies its service was very hard, the men being constantly on the move with other troops, sometimes through Western Kentucky, sometimes in Tennessee, for the necessary protection of all that section.
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