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About two months after the battle of Chickamauga oc- rurred the battle of Missionary Ridge. On the 23d the Legion was engaged at Orchard Knob, where, among other casualties, Col. W. W. Berry was wounded, but ro- fused to retire. In the great engagement of the 25th, Col. Berry was again wounded and unable to walk. Be- ing assisted and started down the ridge, he ordered his men to carry him forward up the ridge, which was done. In this battle the regiment lost forty-seven killed and wounded. Among the killed was Capt. Upton Wilson, whose gallantry was conspicuous at Chickamauga and elsewhere.
From Missionary Ridge, the regiment went under Gen. Sherman to the relief of Knoxville. It engaged in the operations against Longstreet, in East Tennessee, during the winter of 1863-4, being about Knoxville, at New Mar- ket and Strawberry Plains, and also below Knoxville at Lenoir Station. While in East Tennessee a portion of the regiment went into the veteran organization and were transferred to the 2d Ky. Veteran Cavalry. In the spring of 1864, the regiment became part of Sherman's
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army, organizing for the Atlanta campaign. It was as- signed to Hazen's brigade of Gen. T. J. Wood's division, 4th Army Corps. It participated in much of the fight- ing in this campaign, first at Rocky Face. At Resaca, the regiment lost a number killed and wounded, among the killed being Capt. Ed. Miller of Company G. Loss was also sustained at Pumpkin Vine Creek, Dallas, Kennesaw, Chattahoochee River, Peach Tree Creek and other battles around Atlanta. From Atlanta the regiment returned to Nashville in August, 1864. At that time Gen. Rous- seau was in command at Nashville, and for a time his old Louisville Legion was under him again.
The time of the regiment expired in September, and it was mustered out of service September 14, 1864, at Louis- ville. A portion of the regiment entered the veteran or- ganization-between eighty and one hundred men. These proceeded, under charge of Capt. John Baker, from Louisville to Nashville, and reported to Gen. Thomas for duty. They participated in the battle of Nashville, and after that went on the pursuit of Hood's army into Ala- bama, as far as Athens. From Athens they returned to Nashville. They were then taken by way of Louisville, Pittsburg and Philadelphia to New York, thence by ocean transport to Hilton Head, and from thence pro- ceeded to Raleigh, N. C., where they joined Sherman's forces. After the surrender they returned to Louisville, where they were mustered out July 25, 1865.
Gen. Sherman said of this organization: "No single body of men can claim more honor for the grand result than the officers and men of the Louisville Legion of 1861."
Field and Staff.
COLONELS-Lovell HI. Rousseau, Harvey M. Buckley, William W. Berry. LIEUT. COL .- John L. Treanor. MAJOR-Charles L. Thomas- son. ADJTS .- Henry C. Dunlap, Edward W. Johnstone. Q. MASTERS -Thomas C. Pomroy, John M. Moore. SURGEONS-John Matthews. Enos S. Swain. ASST. SURGEONS-William E. Gilpin, Samuel J. F. Miller. CHAPLAIN-James H. Bristow. SERGT. MAJORS-James T. O. Day, A. Sidney Smith, Harvey R. Willett. Q. M. SERGTS .- Freder- ick N. Frishe, William H. Hayars. COM. SERGT .- Henry A. Day. HOSP. STEWARD-John Wyatt. PRIN. MUSICIANS-Simon Boesser. James Matthews, Christian Haupt. MUSICIANS-Major C. Barkwell. Joseph Einseidler, Christian Gunter, Bernhard Klein, Charles Oswald. Samuel Ross, John Ruef, Richard Achwenzer, Philip Selbert, John Spill- man, Edward S. Sargeant, Philip Schenkle, John Schottlin, Joseph Von Berg, Sebastian Walter, Amos Lippincott, Francis Dolphinger, Henry Eckert, Wilson Hauner, Henry Heper, Eugene Jomini.
Company "A."
CAPTAINS-William Mangan, Thomas Foreman, James F. Cullen. 1st LIEUTS .- John M. Smith, Henry Cassen, John Finley. SERGTS .-- James Maloney, Paul Clinton, Andrew C. O'Neil, John Dunn, John
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Joyce. CORPLS .- Robert Cosgrave, Benjamin D. Edsell, Francis M. Gray, Michael Hammond, James Joyce, Bartholomew Buckley, Michael Brennen. TEAMSTER-Charles Bowers.
PRIVATES-Thomas Corbitt, James Crow, Thomas Dunn, John E. Deitz, John Dutch, Joseph Elsner, James Fisher, Patrick Gorman, Robt. Johnson, Daniel Keefe, William Keiley, Lewis Kele, John Manning, Al- -nanzer Monroe, Edward Murphy, John Mara, Bernard McElroy, Jere- miah McCormick, Timothy McCormick, Patrick McCormick, John Mc- Keown. Michael O'Malia, Theodore Pohlmeyer, John Pilkington, Jere- miah Rager, John Rimo, Bernard Smith, Jacob Suffell, John L. Swabb, Peter S. Kennedy, Thomas Lewis, Thomas Loftie, Oliver Newell, Henry Runch, James Ryan, John Toomey, Henry Toby, John Thornton, James Tevlin, Larkin Adams, John Kilroy, Moses M. Pounds, William Bedi- ker, Daniel Curran, William W. Cassedy, John W. David, Alexander Gilbert, George Grimshaw, William H. Harrison, Owen Kelley, Benja- min Lowery, Philip F. Moore, John Myer, Michael McCook. John Turn- boe, Patrick Vale, Thomas Dwyer, William Herron, Hugh McElroy, Thomas Cahill, Michael Curren, Patrick Carney, Martin Donnohue, Jno. Domissell, Miles Carr, Jno. Duane, Thos. Flaherty, John Grogan, Mich- ael Guiran, James Graden, Andrew Gibbins, Anthony Kelgy, John Mon- ohan, Patrick Maloney. Michael Ryder, Willlam W. Waters, William Walker, John Smith.
Company "B."
CAPTAIN-Lafayette P. Lovett. 1st LIEUTS .- John P. Hurley, Horatio C. MeCorkhill. 2d LIEUTS .- Thos. J. McManen, David Jones. SERGTS .- George Sambrall, James D. McCorkhill, Lewis P. Cox, John M. Sutton, John Ott, William Batman, John Vickrey. CORPLS. - Frank Pope. Joseph Conen, William P. Dueley, James Noonan, John Keohler. William Gibson, Edward O'Brien, Sanford N. Thurman, Thos. Selvage, Richard Sweeney. WAGONER -- Nicholas Larence. MUSI- CIAN-Joseph Hazlewood.
PRIVATES-Joseph W. Bennett, Benjamin F. Bennett, Robert Beatt, Patrick Cleary, John Carter, James Connell, George Cancelman, Thos. Frothingham, Michael Frank, John Gunn, George W. House, Frederick Herns, Louis Hodes, John Jordan, John Kenney, Henry Ken- dall, John F. Koch, Jeremiah Knapp, Henry Manore. Joseph Miller, Edward Mitchell, Thomas Murray, James Mulcha, Charles Ott, Joseph Smith, William Snider, John T. Steele. William T. Thurman, Elijah Thurman, Thomas Hardin, Thomas Barrett, John Branan. Henry Con- ner, John Dunn, Augustus Hess, William B. Jones, William Movyers, Enos Sutton, Alexander Tinock, Louis Base, Joseph Dey, Frederick N. Frishe, Patrick Woods, John Metz, Johnson Todd, Beauford Thurman, Levin W. Collins, Simon Echart, Thomas Gunn, Conrad Granco, Chas. Shupp, Christopher Beeker, Melville F. Howard, Richard Henan, Alex- ander Mullen, John Norris, John W. Sutton, Petre Sutton, Wm. Stewart, James H. Sirles, Richard Toole, Thomas Voss, George W. Cooper. Geo. Deringer, William Elder, Alfred Hickerson. William Larence, Geo. W. Massie, John Moore. John Pfeiffer, William Radica, Andrew J. Sayres, William Saffer. James Tinley, Andrew J. Vanover, Louis Werten, John Welch.
Company "C."
CAPTAINS-Asaph H. Speed, Christopher Leonard. 1st LIEUT .- Richard Jones. 2d LIEUT .- John Leaf. SERGTS .- Albert Webb, Lewis Hagerman, William Foster, William Shaw, John Rhodes. Mason L. Speed, Frank Lightner, LeGrand Dunn, Stephen Jewell. CORPLS .- George W. Byers. Henry B. Mckinney, Charles Stiglitz. Peter Holback, John Ernwine, Richard Goodman, Charles Osterman, Jacob Peevler, Henry Hoos. MUSICIAN-George Puff.
PRIVATES-Jacob Barber, John Backhoff, Martin Butler. Sidney Broadas, James Carroll, Benjamin F. Davis, Robert Dotson. Anthony Dunbar. James Hagerman, Jesse Hill. Henry Hess, Thomas Kelly. Jas. Kennedy, Joseph McGuire, Thomas Molumby, James Medlock, Thomas Maher, Michael O'Brien, Zachariah Owens, Peter O'Connell, John J. Oakley. Willaby Richardson, John Riley. Christopher Schiffman, Joseph Wright, Henry Wright, Alonzo Buchanan. William Burns, John Dona-
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hoo, Michael Dublin, Henry Hopsmeyer, William H. McCoy, John My- rick, Frank Partridge, Thomas J. Peters, Charles Rumsey, Jesse D. Sea- ton, Martin Seibert, Conrad Wenzel, Henry Wilkins, Dennis Burk, Geo. Weimhoff, John Brown, Dennis Conroy, Patrick Flinn, George Hughes, George Letzinger, John McCormick, Wm. S. Riley, Thomas Sly, Ber- nard Arthur, John Casper, John Cronan, William Dotson, William D. Laffy, Michael Collins, Michael Conley, Elijah Davis, John Mclaughlin. Henry Miller, Joseph N. Parrish, Richard Kuhlman, Gothart Schnell. Henry Valentine, George Ward. Harry Barker, John Coleman, Orr Douglass, Eli Gwinn, John J. Harrison, Frank Hess, Joseph Hobbs, John Jacobs, Thomas Kelly, 2d., Simon A. Lee, William Manion, James M. Nicholson, Philip Roach, Lewis Sargeant, Thomas Kennedy.
Company "D."
CAPTAINS-John L. Treanor, William W. Rowland. 1st LIEUTS .- Theodore F. Cummings, Joseph E. Miller, John Baker. 2d LIEUTS .-- Milton W. Curry, James H. Baty, John Ryan. SERGTS .- Adam Kraher, Conrad Shire, John P. Richardson, Daniel R. Grady, Edwin R. Waldon, Elijah Tansill, James McKem, Francis M. Hughes. CORPLS .- James Kennedy, Alexander Mckeon, John' Apel, Alfred W. Harris, James C. Gill, Louis Glass, David Ward, Patrick Burks, Bryan Drew, James C. Corn. MUSICIAN-William Edwards. TEAMSTER -- John S. Kounts.
PRIVATES-John Ayers, James K. Cooper, James Dannelsy, Josiah Edwards, Patrick Gilligan, John P. Gunnels, Martin Harback, Charles Haas, Robert Hodgkins. Ferdinand Kerchendoffer, John Maloy, Sebas- tian Mill, Louis Neas, Francis Powell, James Ryan, John Stab, Deader- ick W. F. Stark, John C. Williamson, Edward Parks, Benjamin Patrick. Louis M. Ronime, Austin D. Sweeney, Martin Weitz, Keran Egan, John Fox, Wililam Hacket, John McCormick, Hugh McMannus, Robt. Smith, Theodore Steinbronk, Clemance Schroeder, John Higgins, Thos. Laru -. Alexander Moore, John M. Young, Daniel Canning, Patrick Dannelly. Henry Geotz, Dents Henderson, James Hartigan, John Mann, Michael McMannus, James H. Richardson, George W. Vandergraff, Conrad Brawner, Riley A. DeVenney, Edward Fleming, Arthur Graham, Steph- en B. Hornback, George Pfiffer, Jacob Sauer, Louis C. Smith, Francis M. Tucker, James Burns, Wm. Blackburn, Dennis Cusshin, Peter Dal- let, William Jones. Lea Johnson, Michael Keenon, Thomas Martz, Jas. Percell, Royal P. Blackburn.
Company "E."
CAPTAINS-August Schweitzer, Stephen Lindenfelser. 1st LIEUT. -Jno. C. Scheible. 2d LIEUTS .- Adolph Rentlinger, Frank Desse !!. Wm. H. H. Ayars. SERGTS .- Frederick Knoener, Joseph Schmitt, Ma- thias Schontess, Jno. B. Schiebel, John Schmidt, Frank Banmiester. CORPLS .- Rudolph Egg. Berhard Sceiner, Wm. Koch. MUSICIAN -- George Schweitzer. TEAMSTER-Andrew Meissner.
PRIVATES-Joseph Dumpel, Charles Fritz, Philip Falter, John B. Felber, Frank Gehring, George Gerlach, John Huber, Valentine Harper, Christian Jutzi, Jacob Karcher, Philip R. Klein, Bernhard Keihl, Au- gust Koehler, Jacob Lanz, Louis Lorey, Charles Murh. Peter Mueller, Robert Nere, Thomas Rastetter, Wm. Reif, Joseph Scherzinger, Joseph Stoltz, Philip Schneider, Julius Winstel, Jacob Arenat, Christian Baker, Michael Boheim, Henry Boheim, Frederick Bernds, Chas. Evers, John Eisele, John Fust, John Hufnagel, Theodore Jagar, Anton Kuntz, William Martin. Henry Menze, Joseph Meyer, George Ruckert, Anter Acherer, John Stokinger, Louis Schernbachler, Christian Welker. Jos. Weingartner. Benedick Walzer. Casper Weiner, Peter Klotz, Geo. Bam- miester, Frederick K. Blair. Philip Goebel. Jno. Mohr, Francis Brohm, Christian Erisman, Ernst Hofsap, Andrew Kolb. Simon Rehm. Wil- liam Stranch, Philip Amann, Ludwig Binger, Bartholomew Drebler, Jos. Faust, Joseph Overmoble, Frederick Rodeloff, John Traber, John Urban, William Vopel, John Gottschalk, Gothard Kling, Adam Newkirk, Henry Niehaus, Henry Saner, Benedict Wempe, Frederick Brett, Conrad Ber- cile, Louis Ernst. John Gunther, Joseph Hunderzaks, Andrew Meier. Ferdinand Schuble, Peter Schuff, Oscar Stulz, William Spieth, Charles Thelmann, John A. Weber, Victor Quimlech.
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Company "F.":
CAPTAINS-John E. Vansant. John Lucas. 1st LIEUTS .- William H. Powell, William Batman. 2d LIEUTS .- John Martz, Terrance F. Burns, Thomas M. Hite. SERGTS .- John O'Herrin, Jacob Peterson, David Doup, Wm. Knox, Franklin Bratcher, William Burgess, John Keer, Charles Kahlert, Jas T. O'Day, William Snapp, Felix Wolf, Sam- uel Floyd. CORPLS .- John F. Beal, Robert Bryant, Albert Laycock, Henry Agee, Thomas Marts, John Brodock, Nathaniel E. Osborn, John Wilkins, Thomas Babcock. MUSICIAN-William D. Mewheny.
PRIVATES-James Atwood, Samuel C. Cline, John Cusick, John Dewberry, Patrick Darmady, John Eagan, Joseph Foster, James Fin- . eran, William Fletcher. John Garrick, William Hamilton, John Hoff- man, Patrick Kerwin, Frederick Kick. James P. Lawler, John Lemmer, William Mewheney, John Peterson, Charles Ratsfeldt, Andrew J. Smith, John Stratton, James Savage, Harrison Stage, Edward S. Sexon, David . Woodfall, John Erb, Wm. R. Greathouse, William W. Hill, Lee Hand. Henry Henston, Martin Surmons. George Wright, Mathew Higgins, Jere- miah Lochery, John Scott, Henry R. Willett, Joseph Kraig, Jacob Mun- gee, Jonas Smith, John W. Thorp, Michael Brady, Andrew Connery, Edward Dowling. Irwin Deweese, Charles Dolan, James Knox, Nicholas Miller, John Pierce, Henry C. Smith, John Schmidt, Jacob Stencil, David Whittaker, Edward Brown, James H. Hughes. Oliver HI. Johnson, Mathew Murtchler, William Pulsfort, William Baldwin, John Flanery, William Gillaspie, James R. Hill. Jacob Kank, Robert Mewheney, Jas. A. Robinson, Francis Smith, John M. Worley.
Company "G."
CAPTAINS-John M. Huston, Joseph E. Miller, Wm. H. Powell. 1st LIEUTS .- David Q. Rousseau, John W. Huston, Charles Anderson. 2d LIEUTS .- Theodore E. Elliott, David Thomas. SERGTS .- Elanzey C. Keene, Robert W. Grayburn, John C. Cahill, Jerry McCarty, Thomas B. Lamb. CORPLS .- Wm. L. Shoemaker, John Lacey, Joseph Whit- lock, Walter Lacey. William H. Smith. TEAMSTER-Francis N. Lord.
PRIVATES-William Botts, Thomas Burns, Lanson V. Brown, Wil- liam Black, Patrick Crane, Michael Colgan, James W. Coburn, Patrick Dougherty, August Depoire, Patrick Franey, Thomas Ferrier, Charles Hanley, Ben P. Henmann, John W. Hendricks, John Kelker, Patrick Morgan, Thomas McGuire, Lawrence McGiven, John McCullough, Pat- rick Riley, Charles Smith, John Vannorman, Patrick Welch, John Bow- man, John Barker, James Conklin, Thomas Cody, Henry Gormely, Den- nis Jordan, Robert Kyle, Francis S. McGuire. Thomas McGrath, John Nolin, Charles W. Tolerin, John Bodkins, Levi Byron, John W. Coburn, John Gregg, Henry Hawkins, Thomas McLane, John F. Hampton, Wm. H. Hambaugh, Allen Smith, Richard Beaty, Harvey Bell, Thomas C. Darkin, Martin Donohue, Andrew M. Estes, Patrick Flannagan, Chas. Flannagan, George B. Lamb, Michael Murphy, Luke Moran, James A. O'Donneld, John Shoemaker, Michael Sullivan, James Wall, Martin Brophy, Benjamin H. Conklin, Daniel Dunn, Michael Fellon, Michael Hart, Daniel S. Kelly, Patrick Rowan, Francis S. Shafer, Thos. White, Henry Bell, Michael Crosgo, Timothy Curran, Thomas Conley, Joseph Dillon, Thomas Deskin, George L. Everstine, James Francis, Patrick Ferguson, Frederick H. Franklin. Lawrence Garsty, John Hilard, Wil- Ham Hawkins. Alexander M. Morrison. Thomas J. Nowlong, Thomas O'Herran, John Stone, James Wever, Caleb West, Richard West.
Company "H."
CAPTAINS-Charles L. Thomasson. Norman B. Moninger. 1st LIEUT .- George A. Albert. 2d LIEUTS .- Edmund B. Randolph, Ed- ward W. Johnson. SERGTS .- John Neel, Minor McClain. Peter Lynn, George Borgel, George Williams. John M. Adams, Rudolph Schimpff. CORPLS .- George H. Ingram, James McDonald, Wm. Summers. MUSI- CIAN-William Mager.
PRIVATES-William Albert, George Bessinger, Lewis Brown, John G. Burklin, Joseph Bergman, Frederick Brooner, Squire Cable, John
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Daughenbaugh, Guy Fry. John Gesford. Joseph Hackman. Isaac Jack- son, John T. Hays, Frederick Jones, Andrew Jackson, George Knelling. James W. Mattingly, Philip Nell, Charles Robinson, Homer Stephens. Wiliam Shearer, William Sonnice. Peter Schmidt, John D. Stinson, Wil- liam Stevenson, Andrew H. Ward, John W. Williams, Richard A. Wil- son. Charles Wenze, William Bumgardner, Antone Bessinger, Martin Daughenbaugh. Charles Fleckhamer, Sr., Charles Fleckhamer, Jr., Peter Gillett, William Hopewell, John B. Martin, John S. Martin, John Man- ion, Henry Muth, Joseph Ogden. Vincent Pellegrinni. Frederick Renye, Charles Ross, Chany C. Seymour, Edward Whitfield, George Halten- baum, Edward F. Jenks, Frank Klespir, Edward Kaufman, James P. Williams, Henry B. Clay, James M. Davidson, William Factor, John Hoffman, John Kriskie, John Matheney, Thomas McNickell, Augustine Wilman, Simon Bryant, William Gravatte, James O. Gales. Luke Gal- lagher, Mathias Droumiller, Andrew Fisher, John G: Mobins, William Mackjusou, Joseph Roos, Harrison Summers, Thomas L. Martin, Simp- son C. Summers. John F. Sugar. Benjamin T. Buford, Volney Ball, Wil- liam H. Cole. Miles Givens, Baptiste Joseph, Jacob Lenze, James E. Newkirk, William H. Reynolds, Jerry Shaw, Joseph Stalknecht, Wil- liam H. Williams.
Company "I."
CAPTAINS-Alexander B. Ferguson, Upton Wilson, William H. H. Ayars. 1st LIEUTS .- Charles J. Cook, A. Sidney Smith. 2d LIEUTS .- Wilson J. Green. Henry R. Willett. SERGTS .- Wm. Anderson. Christo- pher Bender, Charles Price. Lemuel Younger, Thos. J. Manning, Henry A. Day, Robert P. Ball. Jacob Turner. Loyd H. Vititoe, Ignatius Dawson, Henry C. Bledsoe. CORPLS .- John Moore, William Murphy, John Mar- shall, Jr.
PRIVATES-Charles Brothers, Jerry Butler, John Berge, Jacob Con- rad, John E. Eney, Dennis Farney. Henry Glass, Charles Ice. William Lipflint. James Leslie. William Moore, John McNeal, Edgar C. Parker, William Riley, John Ruder, Joseph Smith, Joseph Tolbert. Frederick Wall. Theodore Walters, Gerhard Wagner, Marshall H. Anderson, Lewis Filmore, Jacob Goodincountz. Matthew Haupt. James M. Hughes. Thomas Johnson, Alonzo B. Kitts, Henry C. Miller, Wm. P. Robinson, Patrick Ryan, Christopher Short. Herman Shroeder. Dennis Younger, Howard A. Anderson. Henry Hailman. James M. Hogan. Alexander Hughes. John Brown. James V. C. Cusach, Martin Dorsey. Joseph Mantinus, Henry Ranbergher, James Corrigan, John H. Elliott, Lewis Felker, Michael Green, John H. Manning, Lewis Mawes. Henry R. Mor- gan. Meredith H. Prewitt. Herman Slasinger, Thos. H. Winsant, Moses Briscoe, Richard Felker. Conrad Graffe, John Hangs. John Jackson. Frank Klangs, George Kingdom, Jno. Marshall, Henry Murback, Frank- lin Price, Eli H. Prewitt, Christian Stammer, Michael Sweeney, Henry Hall, Michael Amon. Michael Brody, John Carey. William Carter, Henry Coe, Thomas Dodd, Thomas Huban. John Jennings. David C. Jones, Preston Joyce. Charles C. Miller. Joseph Myers, Amos M. Wilson, John Wersant.
Company " K."
CAPTAINS-John D. Brent, John P. Hurley, Michael Zoller. 1st IHEUTS .- Geo. W. Richardson, John D. Sheppard, Morgan Piper. 2d LIEUT .- George W. Wyatt. SERGTS .- Chas. Freeman. Louis Edsell, Alexander G. Renfro. CORPLS .- John Brandrick. Thomas Mullen. Jno. Freeman. TEAMSTER-Presly T. Richardson,
PRIVATES-Thomas Agan, Edward Bordin, Robert Buckner, Henry C. Buckner, James A. Coleman, Archie Cawherd. James A. Conner, Jas D. Carter, John Dawson. William Dawson, Robert Drummond. Harvey Gray, James Gum, Robert L. Hatcher, Thomas J. Ingraham. George W. Jones, John Neal. Louis Nest, Henry C. Richardson, William H. Routh. Peter Stone, Edward Welch, William F. Wallace, Orlando Wairner. Frederick Bussy. Shadrach T. Buttler, Edward Brundage, Michael Hig- gins. John Knapp, James Lacy, Louis Langolf. William McBee, Lafay- ette Mudd. David T. Moneypeny. Michael Sranesdoffer. Sylvester Wick. Edgar Wairner. James Yates. William W. Hill. William Hamil- ton, James Long, Edward S. Sexton, Simpson Stout. Thomas J. Crad-
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Jock, John O. Donohugh, Allen Higginbotham, John H. Hawkins, Thos. McDermott, Thomas Nunn, John W. Runyan, Samuel L. Richardson, Caleb C. Tharp, John White, John C. Cobble, John J. Devaur, Thomas J. Evington, John J. Gatly, Surg. W. Gaddie, Terah T. Hagan, James Hodges, William P. Jacknan, Louis J. Richardson, Robert Peoples, Wil- liam Neal, Joseph Smith, Elisha O. Chandler, Thomas H. Cook, James Herold, William W. Jones, Thomas J. McGill, Whitfield N. Pedago, Wil- liam Reynolds, Garland E. Raburn, Jacob Rush, William H. Ross. Pat- rick H. Wyatt, John Etherton, Edward McCarty, William Armbruster, Corley Cooney, William F. Bostan, Jacob Devaur, Leon Hambust, John Hogan, Ambrose D. Manion, Richard Nunn, William Percell, John C. Ross, Joseph Reinhart, Frederick Rolph, John Shofffer, Thomas H. Syl- homan. Frederick Shultz, William Sextan, Sylvester Whited, Samuel Wolford.
Sixth Kentucky Infantry.
The 6th Ky. Infantry was composed of three different organizations, each of which had originally been intended to be a regiment. Two companies-Capts. Martin and Haupstoff-had organized at. Camp Holt, under Maj. John R. Pirtle, in July, 1861. They accompanied the troops, which went from that camp to Muldraugh's Hill in September. They did not join either the Louisville Legion or the 2d Cavalry, but subsequently became a por- tion of the 6th Infantry.
In September, Col. Walter C. Whitaker was commis- sioned to raise a regiment at Eminence, Ky. About the same time William Elwang was authorized to raise a regiment at Louisville. The men recruited by Whitaker were brought by him to Louisville, and uniting with those recruited by Elwang went into Camp Sigel, near Louis- ville, on the Preston street road. The two companies above mentioned were ordered to this camp from Mul- draugh's Hill, and the three contingents thus provided united in forming the 6th Ky. Infantry. Up to this time the Camp Holt companies had been under command of Maj. John R. Pirtle. Walter C. Whitaker became the colonel; George T. Cotton, lieutenant-colonel; William N. Hailman, major; George T. Shackelford, adjutant; Michael Billing, quartermaster. Maj. Pirtle afterward became surgeon in another regiment.
In December, 1861, the regiment marched to Bards- town, and from thence to Camp Wickliffe, in Larue county, where other troops were assembling. It was bri- graded there with the 41st Ohio, 9th Ind. and 1st Ohio Battery, under Col. William B. Hazen, of the 41st Ohio.
In February the division to which the 6th belonged was ordered to the mouth of Salt river, from whence it proceeded by transport to Paducah, and up the Cumber-
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land to Nashville. From Nashville, it accompanied Buell's army to Pittsburg Landing, and was heavily en- gaged in the second day's battle of Shiloh, being engaged during the whole day, skirmishing, resisting and making charges, supporting batteries and making reconnois. sances. The regiment is mentioned in the most compli- mentary manner in the official reports. The service it performed is shown by its losses, twenty-six killed on the field, and ninety-one wounded, nineteen of the latter dying, making a loss of forty-five killed. Among the wounded were Capts. Hedden, Johnston, Stein, McLeod. The color-bearer, Richard T. Thornton, was killed. Lieut. John L. Chilton was taken prisoner, but his men rushed upon his captors and rescued him, killing six of the enemy in doing so. The experience of this regiment at Shiloh, severe as it was, was not more so, as will be seen, than that at Murfreesboro.
From Shiloh, the regiment proceeded to Corinth, thence to Athens, Ala., and in the summer and fall of 1862 ac- companied Buell in the march to Louisville. After the battle of Perryville, it marched as far as, Columbia, Ky., then to Nashville and Murfreesboro. The battle of Mur- freesboro, or Stone's River, occurred December 31, 1862.
The position of the 6th was near the burnt brick dwelling of McGowan. Shortly after sunrise, the 31st, its pickets were attacked. Heavy fire was heard on the right, and directly a furious attack occurred on the left. The pickets of the 6th were driven in, and the enemy charged in force. Three assaults were made on the posi- tion held by the 6th, and all were repulsed. The 6th was then advanced to drive the enemy from the cover of the wood. In this movement, which was successful, Lieut. Col. Cotton was killed. The 6th was then attacked and held its position until its ammunition was exhausted. Falling back a short distance, and replenishing ammuni- tion, it held the position taken, on the north side of the railroad embankment. Beginning about 2 p. m., this position was furiously assailed three different times, but it was held. The losses were Lieut. Col. Cotton and Capt. Charles S. Todd, killed; Lieuts. Bates, Dawkins, Arm- strong and Frank, wounded; total killed and wounded, one hundred and seven. Among those mentioned for gal- lantry were Sergt. William JJones, Capts. Dawkins, Mar- ker and Stein; Lients. McCampbell, Johnston, Whitaker, Frank, Campbell and Melcher.
On January 24, the 6th was again engaged, resisting an attack successfully, losing several killed and wounded. A monument is erected to the 19th Brigade-Hazen's-at
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