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From Shiloh, the regiment marched to Corinth, and in the operations at that place, Gen. Manson, in his report, compliments its services. From Corinth, the 1st followed Buell's army in all its movements in Tennessee and North- ern Alabama, and in the celebrated march to Kentucky, participating in all the long and severe marches, and took part in the pursuit of Bragg from Kentucky.
It then returned to Tennessee, and was with the army when under Rosecrans. In the organization immediately preceding the battle of Murfreesboro, the 1st was still com- manded by Col. Envart, in Cruft's brigade, Palmer's division, Crittenden's corps. On December 26th, three days before the battle, the 1st was engaged with the enemy. Gen. Crittenden says in his report, he marched toward Lavergne and "two miles from that place the
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enemy met us in considerable force, and Gen. Cruft, with two regiments, the 1st Ky. and 31st Ind., and some cavalry and artillery, attacked them, and with great spirit drove them across the creek and into the town." The 1st with other troops bivouacked until the 29th, within two and a half miles of Murfreesboro. In the great battle which immediately followed, the 1st bore its part and received commendations from the commanding officers. Its losses were fourteen killed and forty-four wounded. The total casualties at this time were ninety-six.
After the battle of Murfreesboro, the 1st remained with Rosecrans' army during the winter. April 4, 1863, it was on an expedition from Readyville to Woodbury, which was attended with fighting and loss.
June 30, 1863, in the organization of the Army of the Cumberland, the 1st Ky., under Col. Envart, was in Cruft's brigade, Palmer's division, Crittenden's corps. July 31st, the 1st was commanded by Maj. Hadlock, and the 2d by Lieut .- Col. Hurd, and Col. Sedgewick commanded the brigade.
September 3d the 1st was at the Sequatchie, near Jasper; on the 4th, at Shell Mound; on the 8th, at the base of Lookout Mountain; on the 10th at Rossville; on the 11th, at Ringgold: on the 12th, marched toward Lee and Gordon's Mills, and skirmished there with the enemy; on the 14th, at Lee and Gordon's Mills; on the 18th, at Crawfish Springs.
It would be impossible in this place to describe the terrible scenes through which the 1st passed in the battle of Chickamauga. It was engaged both days, the 19th and 20th of September, losing eighty-six men in killed and wounded. The reports mention the regiment as doing its full duty. In one report it is said: "Great praise is due to Companies B, D, G and K for coolness and bravery on the field."
After the battle of Chickamauga the 1st remained on duty at Chattanooga. In the organization of the Army of the Cumberland, December 31, 1863, it was placed in the 4th Corps, Gen. Granger; Ist Division, Gen. Stanley, and 1st Brigade, which was commanded by Col. Envart. It so remained during the winter, and in April and May. 1864, Gen. Howard had command of the corps and Gen. Cruft, the brigade, while Col. Envart was with his regi- mont. The 1st entered upon the first stages of Gen. Sherman's AAtlanta campaign, going as far as the Etowah river. It had then been in service about three full years, on continuous active service. In the severest campaigns in West Virginia, at Shiloh and Corinth ; marched through
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Tennessee, Alabama and to Louisville with Buell; back to Tennessee, with Rosecrans; through the great battle of Murfreesboro; in all the movements leading up to Chicka- mauga, and through the fiercest part of that battle, it had suffered many losses on the battlefield and from sick- ness. From Northern Georgia it was sent back to Ken- tucky, and stationed at Covington, in the command of Gen. Hobson, who reports the 1st and 2d Ky. as a part of his force, with which he was resisting the Morgan raid of June, 1864.
In that month the three-years' term of service expired and the 1st Ky. Infantry was mustered out at Covington, July 18, 1864.
Company E of this regiment was detached early in 1861, and formed the 1st Ky., or Simmonds Battery (see its account). It served in Virginia and made a fine repu- tation.
Field and Staff.
COLONELS-James V. Guthrie, David A. Enyart. LIEUT. COLS .. Bart G. Leiper, Frank P. Cahill, Alva R. Hadlock. MAJOR-James W. Mitchell. ADJTS .- James W. Conine. Courtland W. King, John A. Wright. Q. MASTER-Franklin W. Fee. SURG .- Samuel G. Menzies. ASST. SURGS .- William L. White, John Dickerson. SERGT. MAJORS -- Joseph B. Lockwell, L. L. Borteaux. William J. McKee, William J. Head, John B. Ewin. Q. M. SERGTS .- Samuel Robb, Robert Oxley. COM. SERGT .- Charles Robb. HOSPITAL STEWARD-Addis Hays.
Company "A."
CAPTAINS-Jos. T. Wheeler, Samuel L. Christie, Charles F. Groves. Ist LIEUTS .- John Jackson, LeGrand La Boiteaux. 2d LIEUTS .- Theo- dore Harrol, Byron R. Underhill. SERGTS .- Adam Schmidt, Charles M. Robarts, John Clarke, Albert B. Carson, Robert D. Patterson. COR- PORALS-Henry Moore, James Fitzgerald, Merril P. Goodwin, Pat- rick Kenny, William Crowford, Lenord Sutor, James W. Nowlin, James Smith, Joseph J. Nadand. WAGONER-William H. Terrill. DRUM- MER -- James H. Mackey.
PRIVATES-William H. Bullard, James Bronnon, John Beardmere, Richard Carr, William Dwyer, Joseph Foges, Henry Frank, Burton Graham, John Holsher, Thomas Hays. Valentine Helfrick, John Hart- man, Charles F. Jones, William Kumming. Thomas Myers, Peter Mur- phy, James R. Mackey, James McQuade, Levi W. Mitchell, Robert Pow- ers, Benjamin Porter, George W. Plunket, Crocket Porter, Wm. Pratt, David R. Porter, Rupert Reiger, Chas. Rice. John Rosenqueist, Joseph Reese, Joseph C. Reed, John Rooney, Joseph Schrick, John D. Spence, Robert Thompson, John D. Timmer, George W. Terrill. Isaac Terrill, August Veeley, John Veeley, Charles Waller. John E. Waller, Clinton Wasson, William Amsburry, William Ball, John Brown, Patrick Dolin, Thomas Ehler, Thomas England, Henry C. Fowler, George Greon, Abra- ham Houser, John R. Lenhart, Nathan B. Meader, Tipton L. Nowlin, Joseph Perry. Andrew Rice, Charles Shayne, Thomas G. Sweeny, Peter Tohaugen, Burnett Truman, James Walker. Joseph Walterman, Benj. Cole, Charles Coldwater, James Spaulding, Theodore W. Allen, Thos. Brown, Wenderlin Bauer, John W. Terrell, Samuel Neele, Patrick Rice, , Henry Riley, William Sheets, Edward Williams, Clarke Williamson, John Beckler, George Dixon, John Dwyer, Aaron Fowler, John P. Fan- her. Joseph Fricke, George Hillmon, Evan Howell, Thos. Makin, John McCarty, Frank Meagertee, James Newton. John W. Randall. Jos-ph
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Rauth, Michael Strover, Richard Skillens, Geo. Truss, William Usher, Henry Williams.
Company " B."
CAPTAINS-Alva R. Hadlock, John B. Wagener. 1st LIEUTS .- Thomas K. Fraser, David Hammond. 2d LIEUT .- George W. Henson. SERGTS .- John Y. Ritter, Levi B. Daniels, David Lee, Luke W. Conk- lin, John Cannon, Courtland W. King. CORPLS .- John Wagner, John B. Weedmeyer, Otto Keck, Richard Condra, Thomas Ingersol, William Gregory, Lawrence King, George Neifer. MUSICIAN-Chas. W. Chip- pendale. WAGONER-Henry Weiman.
PRIVATES-Allen Armstead, Albert Adams, August Andrews, Henry Brinkman, Christian Bendt, Richard Corcoran, John Carr, Peter Catteen, Owen Conway, John Cot, 1st, John Cot, 2d, George Crown, Ed- mund H. Dobson, John Elms, Thomas Flannagan, John Fisher, Will- iam A. Green. David Gregory, James Goslin, Joseph Gooden, David Hillry, Thomas Herman, Henry Hassel, Thomas Kennedy, Charles Keefer, James Morris, Edward Murray, Charles Miller, Louis Manz. Henry McCabe, Henry Naderman, John O'Neil, Theodore Ranagan, Will- iam Richards, William Roth. William Steinham, Henry Spindle, Chris- topher Shultz, Andrew Tower, Frederick Tribble, Henry Wilson, Domi- nick Weaver, Stacey A. Wooley, Frank Walk, William E. Wallace. Noah C. Groves, Robert Lloyd, Richard Miller, John C. Myher, Joseph H. Ross, John Sample, Jacob G. Smith, Wm. W. Williams, Christopher Long, Jacob Mondt, Oscar Poleni, William Webber, Richard Darcy, Columbus Lilas, James E. McGowan, Stephen W. Peters, Eugene Sti- ger, John Wagner, 2d, George Woods, John Burnes, George Baner, John Maher, James Powers, John Brazier, Angus Curray, Henry C. Hicks. Wm. L. King, Alfred Long, James McAdams, John McGevan, John S. Maher, Wm. W. Morris, Robert McClure, Charles Reifer.
Company "C."
CAPTAIN-Ralph Hunt. 1st LIEUTS .- Frank W. Fee, John A. Snediker. 2d LIEUTS .- John F. Lamme, John B. Guthrie. SERGTS .--- William H. Busly, Arnold Pfister, Samuel C. Duff, James M. Gregg, Francis C. Abbott. William Hamilton, Charles Overend, Frederick A. Damee. CORPLS .- John V. Berrine, Jacob Miller, Asa Wiet, Franklin Hodgkins, John M. Williams, Curtis Ward, Charles Rice, James W. Crouse, John H. Stebzell, Cyrus Black.
PRIVATES-William R. Adkins, George W. Botkin, Charles W. Burkhead. John M. Brunell, Patrick Carr, Patrick Coyle, Cornelius Deron, Thomas Fuller, Irving Fuller, Edward Fee, Patrick Farron. Thomas Farror, Horatio Farrer, Jesse Gates, Patrick Higgins, George Hunt, Rewie Jennesse, Joseph Johnson, John W. King, Michael Kinser. John Manyan, William Merrideth, Patrick McLane, Isaac D. MCAvoy. Charles Meyers, William Newcome, Jesse Owens, Wesley Quigly, Pat- rick Ryan, Peter Stone, William H. Shultz, Thomas Swanger, William Stafford. John Sullivan. Robert Stoker, Elanathan C. Smith, William Toy, Timothy Welch, F. Garner Williams, John H. Bush, Hamilton Busly, William Baily, James J. Conklin, Patrick Flanagin, Wm. Hells- heimer, John W. Hines, John C. Hay. Andrew Jones, William Jones. Joseph Kelphy, John H. Mahoney, Thomas Swift, Perry Shroufe, Rich- ard Sattes, John Scanlan, Joseph Croark, Jonah Hesten, John Romer, Charles H. Robb, Samuel Robb, William Schultz, Absalom Bishop. Wm. T. Cobaugh, Isaiah Dearth, John Densinger, Philip Foreman, Richard Galewood, William Jennings, Ezra B. Jones, John Rosenbaun, Robert Clemmens, Frederick Arty, Henry Burnham, William Brandy, John Brown, Frederick Boyer, Alfred E. Brady, Israel Cook, John Conmore, James Crow, John Cannon, Jefferson Davis, Alonzo Ellison, Francis Evins, John Francis, John Gooden, Philander Hause, William Hensley, Leonard Jones, Moses Kesher, Richard Lawimore, Patrick Leonard. Jas. Murphy. Joseph Miller, Michael McGuire, John H. Newman, Robert H. Osley, William Quigly, William Skillings, Samuel Slick, Jackson Sned- aker, Peter Smith, Henry Smithers, William H. Terrill, William Weber. Henry Wilson, James R. Williams.
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Company "D." .
CAPTAINS-David Y. Johns, Samuel Barr, Jr., David J. Jones. 1st MEUT .- Patrick J. Brown. 2d LIEUTS .- James Farran, John D. Kautz. SERGTS .- William Jones, Charles McMillan, Samuel T. Johns, Gustavus Ruff, Robert Henly. CORPLS .- Michael Young, George W. Louden, Frederick Schautzman. Samuel Hartley, Daniel Brown, Chris- tlan Derna, Frederick Hatter, David S. Dick, William W. Andrews, Jas. F. Bracken, Frederick Wessenburgh, Addis Hays, James Morris.
PRIVATES-Gothleib Aiholtz, Alexander Atkinson, Henry V. Ald- ridge, Edward Butler, Jasper P. Bromfield. J. C. Bryant, Charles Crane, John Curren, John Dougherty. Martin Deckhart, William Elvis, Martin Finkenstein. John C. Hetch, William Homan, James H. Gray, Thaddeus Hughes, Edward Harrison. Charles Hunt, Michael Jennings, Henry Kel- sey. Jacob Laittle, Michael Murphy, Nicholas MeLaughlin, Samuel Mc- Elroy, Morris Millaly, Thomas Noon, William Perkins, John Plymesser, Charles Payne, Strader R. Reed, John Ryan. John Russell, Jacob Scha- byman, John Shelly, Milton Tift, Anthon Wissiart, George N. Wolf, John Weaver, Peter Bricher, Gordon Calvert, Frank M. Claybaugh, Thomas D. Dale, Michael Flynn, David Griffith, Patrick Green, Bernard Harkins, Frederick Hullman, John Hunchback, John Hoffman, Alfred H. Munroe, Levi Morris, David Myers, Alexander McDonald, Christo- pher J. Smith, John Thompson, William Thompson, Gottleib Werth- wine, Christian Vassler, George Brewer, John Freekner, George Keefer, Henry Kromer, William Rode, Frederick Bragger, John Burns, Andrew Cadal, James Daley, George W. Grant, Michael McDonald, Thomas Quism, John Shinson, Frederick Gordon, Martin Loggins, Oliver Lou- den, Benard Crost, Thomas Riley, George W. Andrews, Frederick Berg, John Dorson, Joseph A. , Ellis. Michael Fitzgerald, John Gilmartin, Rich- ard Grace, Chas. Keslentroly. Timothy Kelly, George W. Lloyd, Jesse Owens, John Ray, John Shokey, George Tray, Martin Yeager, David Young.
Company "E."
This company was detached as artilley early in 1861, and afterward designated as the 1st Ky. Independent Battery.
Company "F."
CAPTAINS-Jesse J. Stepleton, David M. Dryden. Thomas Cox, Jr. 1st LIEUTS .- Albert H. Smith, Joseph B. Sockwell. 2d LIEUTS .- Jas. G. Lawrence, Joseph M. Leiper. SERGTS .- Nathaniel C. Noe, Adam Smith, Charles W. Covert, Henry Tuttle, John W. English. CORPLS .- William Billings, Elisha Baker, James T. Shade, Sylvester M. Keith, Adolph Riedel, Alexander Noe, Franklin Martin, Daniel Millard.
PRIVATES-Wm. Bowman, M. Casey, J. W. Cook, Wm. Cooper, Jos. Cullen, Duncan Dunn, William A. Davis, Christian Einsberry, Isaac Fulton, James W. Gaver, George W. Groves, Henry Grasmuck, Patrick Hagan. Alonzo Hays, Bortrole Haysinger, Timothy Harrington, John Howe, Michael Kilfeather, Andrew Keller, James P. Kelso, John Larkin, George D. Lutz, Peter Mallard, Patrick Mallon, John F. Miller, Francis B. Mitchell, George A. Mullen, William McHale, Alexander McIntosh, John McAndrew, John McDonald. Michael Ryan, 1st, Michael Ryan, Od. William Ryan, John Stearn, William Shepherd, Jacob Steigner, Samuel Scott, James Stevens, John M. Williams, William Wood, Mich- Bel Winn, William J. Waller, Joseph Abbott, Luther Baxter, Daniel Con- nor, Cornelius Collins, Lovell Edrington, Walter Eversole, Peter Garvin, John Horten, George W. Jenkins. Anthony Phillip, Smith Statham, Michael G. Connolly. Stephen Henephin. John Henephin, James Hen- dry. James Orange, Francis Turny, John Camper, Martin Delaney, Elihu Harrison, Daniel Martin, John Weston. Michael Connelly, Ranse- leer Chamberlain, Louis Dance. Louis Flesh, Henry Miller, John B. Schneider, August Shenmier, Adam Warfell, Michael Hancy, Christian Schull, Samuel Baxter, Wm. D. Burton. Jacob Biggleman, James Con- nell. George W. Gibson, Nicholas Gilford, William Hogg, Samuel Hus- ton, George Pope, James Paul, John Rider, Charles Stanly, M. Charles Shaw, John Stevens.
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Company " C."
CAPTAINS-Jas. W. Mitchell, Edward S. Atkinson. Ist LIEUTS .- John W. Gorin. Joseph M. Leiper, George Hunter, John C. Hyland. 2d LIEUTS .- Gilbert Ely, James C. Cozine, Samuel M. Starling, H. W. Benton. SERGTS .- Wm. H. Coolery, Henry S. Bowman, Samuel .1. Hamilton, James T. Reiley, John Coffee, James F. Sutton. CORPLS .- Jolin H. Dougherty, Charles A. Pingir, Wm. M. Cole, Wm .. E. Muss -- man, Abram Bierbour, Wm. H. Carson, William Layton, William Ren- nick, Frederick Smith, John H. McElroy. MUSICIANS-Wm. Schall. Robert E. Phillips, WAGONER-James Schultz.
PRIVATES-Frederick Able, Ezekiel Arohea, Eli Ayers, Mathias Bohn, John A. Bombarger, Franks Clemmons, James Cussack, James H. Cuff, John Dailey, Frank D. Decker, Terrence Egan, Forrace M. Eddy, Jacob Feisl, Henry Fayene, William Given, Alexander Gibson. John W. Hill, William Horsfall, Henry N. Keller, Edward Laffey, Pat- rick Leonard, Andrew Murphy, Michael Moran, James McGauley, Jas. McGowan, Michael Maher, Frank O'Harra, Henry O'Neil, William K. B. Powers, Frank Roark, Asa Smith, Thomas Smith, Henry Sneider, Simeon H. Williams, Thomas Weddon, Patrick Walsh, John R. White. Spencer Young, Christopher Clair, William W. Cole, Robert Daws, Her- man Guggenheim, Samuel B. Gordon, Charles Groves, Stephen Grove, William Gavin, George W. Hughes, John Hughes, John P. Hardison, Frank D. Lewis, Terrence McGorene, Charles Snery. Michael Outh, Jas. Burnes, Peter Brown, Thomas Filbey, James Stock, John H. Thomas. Frank Taylor, Joseph Bloomenthall, Joseph Harvy, John Hogan, Alex- ander Mordecai, John W. Robins, Thomas P. White, Peter M. Abby. Davis Clary, Owen Haley, John F. Hannon, John Ingbert, John Jen- nings, Aaron Keller, Martin Lydon, Daniel Moore, Robert Moran, John W. Perkins. James Rogers, Elmore Steele, Tunis C. Tarvelt, Chas. Troy, William J. Williams.
Company " H."
CAPTAINS-Frank Cahill. James T. Williamson, John F. Lamm -. 1st LIEUTS .- Samuel L. Christie, C. F. W. Tahrenhorst. 2d LIEUTS. - William H. Lyons, Louis H. Hocke. SERGTS .- John N. Shane, Jesse Hyde, John MeCabe, Ross P. Shinkle, Bernard Rafferty, Wm. J. Head, August Wilhelm. CORPLS .- George B. Spencer, James Leach, Dennis McGinley, Josiah Fry. John M. Calshear, Francis Coffee, Henry Meyer, Terrence McGrane, Thomas Lavelle. WAGONER-Alfred S. Sparks. DRUMMERS-George Hamphboner, Henry Lowe. BUGLER-Ernest Neederman. FIFERS-Louis H. Hocke. William Dressel.
PRIVATES-Daniel R. Anderson, Eli S. Anderson, John H. Bell, John Bayless, John Bannister, Joseph Cahill, Michael Connolly, Mich- ael G. Connolly, Joseph Davis, Thomas Dermoody, Joseph M. Dignan, David Drynam, Reuben G. Davis, William B. Erwin, Sebastian Fricke. Patrick Graham, James Harvey, Charles Hennan, Albert Kernan. John Kenyon, Michael Larkin, Christopher Lambert. John Mack, Jas. Mack, William MeLaughlin, Robert Murphy, James Metkelf, Edward Mailey. Job H. Miller, Henry Ohman, John D. Powers, George Stevens, Marion Trew, David Toomey, Wm. Tracey, David Woods, John E. Weaver. James L. Burch, Isaac Covey, Dudley Connolly, John W. Dennis, Timo- thy Haney, Martin Haley. James Merrill, Samuel Nicholson, Oscar Po- lena, James C. Ross, John Rearden, Michael Tygh, M. Bertrend Vander- burgh, Wm. W. Worthington, William Whitney, Michael King. Eugene Stager, Martin Foley, William Garrish, Martin Hoane, Michael New- man, Christian F. Realer. Frederick Albert, Donald Brick, John Creigg. Martin Mullins. August Weinhousen, Thomas West, Mathew Cook, Jas. M. Dixon, William M. Darby, James Donnovan, Peter Lacombe, Ed- ward Loyd, James McGlinn, William MaGee, William H. Murry. Pat- rick O'Melin, Edward O'Halloran, William O'Glesbly, William Risly.
Company "I."
CAPTAINS-Thomas Cox. Jr., Andrew J. Hagan. 1st LIENTS .- Courtland W. King. William R. McChesney, William James McKee, 21 LIEUTS .- Leonidas L. Tittle, James Farran. SERGTS .- Albert C.
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Breith, Greenhoff Murch. William H. Hardesty, Michael Kummer, Geo. F. Gill. James G. Lawrence, Jonathan M. Robinson. CORPLS .- Taffy Tan, Christopher C. H. Tittle, Thomas B. Furnan, Edward Heins, An- thony Coggins, Thomas Lanigan. WAGONER-John Hoffmaster.
PRIVATES-Edward Andres, Francis A. Baker, Robert Baker, Theo- More Boner, Silas Boner, Edward A. Burkes, John Baly, James Dennis, Josiah Duffield. Arthur Fleetwood, John Freelinger, Garret Fitznorris, Mathias Gill, George Hagan, Jean Isse, Edward A. Jones, Charles Kohl, John Kovi, Terrence Kinsley, John Lackman, Joseph Morton. Martin Meyer, William H. Meyers, Alexander McCanly, Edward Parcell, Free- man Peters, John Parry, Patrick Quigly, Morris Quinlan, James H. Reese, Adam Ross, James Roy, Frederick Rosemeyer, Charles Rupp, William Railey, James C. Scott, William Smith, Zedock Smith, James Sheridan, Fardines C. Spills, William Warner, Israel Young. Barney Battle, Anthony Derrick. Frederick N. C. King, John Meajher, John Mann. Martin Milligan, Archibald Mann, William Quigg, Dennis Ryan, Miles S. Stonefer, Charles H. Thorner, Thomas Van Fleet, Chas. Weber, Daniel Weber, Frederick Arty, John Harper, Cornelius Ryan, George Weise, Jacob Bonoy, Nicholas Caskin, Anson K. Poitin, John Schou- man, Silas Thomson, Albert Warner, Frederick Weber, Adam Wolf, John Anton, William Allen, Moses Curher, Benj. S. Collins, William Doherty, Martin Good, John Gabriel. Thomas Logan. Robert Morgan, Mathews McDonald, Joseph Rogers, George Raddle, Philip Rouch, Alonzo G. Rail- Ing, Loren Taylor, William Watkins.
Company " K."
CAPTAIN-John Becker. 1st LIEITS .- Jacob Theis, Samuel B. Lowenstein, George Homung. 2d LIEUTS .- Frederick Wolf, Alexan- der Tilly. SERGTS .- Charles King, Floreng Novety, Joseph Wolf, John Hess, George Worst, Frank Willenburg. Joseph Kuhle. CORPLS .- Frederick Bain, Ernst Wamann, Charles Hermann, Christian Lelligg, John Lott, John Gausman, Charles Hauck, Charles Norten, Zunder An- ton. WAGONER-Frederick Winkler.
PRIVATES -- Henry Birrell, John F. Baker, Nichols Devaine, Fred- erick Domire. Ludwick First. Martin Feadler, Ferdinand Flecker, Mich- ael Flabick, Joseph Hubner, Charles Hermansteifer, Peter Hainback, Raymond Hefter, John Krumm, John Kautz. John'H. Kannuck. Frank Keller, Christian Leibrand, Leonhart Lenart, Rudolph Miller, Frank Miller, William Moremeir, Henry Nagel. August Poppe, Adam Rosen- berger, Frank Roliver, Balteaser Schaub. Adolph Achubert, William Scholge. Frederick Simon. Henry Schroeder. Ludwig Schweiger, Jos. Stuverer. John Stein, Gottfend Sauter. August Schneider, Christian Schmetz, William Sellenkamp. William Walthalle, Clemence Wonder- haar. August Wederkind, Joseph Wippragtiger. John Waussler, Henry Werner. George Berty. Frederick Bepler. Hartsman Forster, Herman Gerdes, Renick Hunes, Frank Johnson. Charles Kotsbue. Geo. Kramer. Bornherd Medecke. Jacob Rauscher, Christian Sponhaner, Henry Sund- meyer. John Scherer. Christian Wohman. Frederick Weiss. Frederick Bauman, Philip Guettfer, Joseph Oemich, Martin Rueffel, Albert Schae- for, Philip Yost, Frank Burtgheimer, Frank Bigge, Herman Felsel. William Krabel, John Koelch. John Krackenberg, Jacob Wolf, William Boettger. William Koppenhill, Daniel Kan, Jacob Zaiher, Frederick Weiser, Jacob Albecker, Herman Stohn.
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Second Kentucky Infantry.
One of the active Unionists at Louisville, in the spring of 1861, was Capt. W. E. Woodruff. He had served in the Mexican war and was associated with Lovell H. Rousseau in the formation of companies for the defense of Louis- ville. It was plain to be seen that there was a necessity for military organization, but under the ideas of neutral- ity then prevailing, it was thought improper that it should go on in the state. It was under these circumstances that Gen. Lovell H. Rousseau established Camp Jo Holt, in the state of Indiana, just opposite Louisville, and that Camp Clay was established on the Ohio side of the river opposite Newport, Ky. Capt. W. E. Woodruff was an earnest, zealous man, and had exerted a strong influence at Louisville, among the military companies, for the de- fense of the city. Seeing the need of soldiers for the service of the United States, he concluded to recruit a regi- ment at Camp Clay. He took with him from Louisville two companies and these became the nucleus of his regi- ment, which became the 2d Ky. Infantry. It was mustered into the service June 13, 1861, at Camp Clay. In the same camp at the same time was the 1st Ky. In- fantry, Col. Guthrie, and the two regiments were asso- ciated together all the time they were in the service. In the same month they were both ordered to West Vir- ginia. They went up the river by boat, landed at Gus- andote and marched at once to Barbourville, from which place they drove out the enemy under Col. Jenkins. This movement is mentioned by Gen. Mcclellan, in the follow - ing dispatch from Beverly, Va .: "One of Cox's regi- ments, the 2d Ky., defeated and drove six hundred of Wise's men out of Barbourville, Cabell county, on the 16th." The 1st and 2d had been placed by Gen. Mcclellan, under Gen. Cox, July 2d, by an order directing Gen. Cox to take command of the 1st and 2d Ky. and 12th Ohio, and proceed into West Virginia, on the Kanawha river. From Barbourville, the march was to Camp Poco, on Seury creek, where in an engagement Col. Woodruff was taken prisoner: Lieut .- Col. Neff and Capt. Hurd were also captured. This was a severe blow to the regiment, but other officers took the places of the captured ones, and the regiments continued in very active duty.
July 25th the 1st and 2d Ky., 11th and 12th Ohio, and some regiments of militia were constituted into the bri- gade of the Kanawha, under Gen. Cox, the 2d being com-
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manded by Col. T. D. Sedgewick. These regiments con- tinued with Gen. Cox, and also under Gen. Rosecrans in West Virginia, during the fall of 1861, and had numerous engagements with the enemy, particularly one at Gauley Bridge and one at Cotton Hill, November 11th, which Gen. Rosecrans called "vigorous and brilliant." The 1st and 2d went into winter quarters at Charleston, in December, but on the 25th of January, 1862, they were ordered to Kentucky. They moved at once to Louisville, and Feb- ruary 5th marched to Bardstown. From thence they marched to Green river, and after the retirement of the Confederates from Kentucky, consequent upon the fall of Fort Donelson, they moved to Nashville. They then proceeded with Buell's army to Pittsburg Landing, and took part in the battle of Shiloh. The 1st, 2d and 20th Ky. were in Bruce's brigade, in Nelson's division. Gen. Nelson says in his report, that his division was over the river by 9 o'clock p. m. Ammen's brigade of his division was his left, Bruce's brigade his center, and Hazen's bri- gade his right. In this order the movement against the enemy began at 4 o'clock a. m., the next day. Col. Bruce speaks in the highest terms of the conduct of the 2d Ky. Being directed to charge a battery, he says: "The fight of this regiment in executing this order became almost hand to hand, and was of the most terrific character; C'apt. Spellmaver was instantly killed; Capts. Bodine and Smith, Adjt. Weindall, Lieuts. Miller and Alms were carried to the rear all seriously wounded. Lieut. Miller died on the field." Col. Bruce says: "Col. Sedgewick, Lieut .- Col. Spencer and Maj. Hurd displayed the greatest courage and daring. Col. Sedgewick was stricken down by a spent round shot."
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