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After the war he edited, for a number of years, the Louisville Commercial. Returning to Covington and re- suming the practice of law, he continued to reside there until his death, January 25, 1888.
Gen. Finnell was an ardent patriot and much beloved by all persons with whom he was thrown.
GEN. D. W. LINDSEY was born October 4, 1835, in Frankfort, Ky. He was educated at the Kentucky Mil-
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itary Institute, and studied law with his father, an emi- nent lawyer of Frankfort. He finished his studies at the law school in Louisville, where he graduated, 1857. He took part in the raising of the first Union troops in Kentucky, being with Gen. Nelson at Camp Dick Robin- son. He raised the 22d Ky. Infantry, and served with it, as shown in the account of that regiment. He was as- signed to the command of the 2d Brigade, Gen. George W. Morgan's division, in Sherman's army, in the cam- paign against Vicksburg. After that, he was ordered to Kentucky, and made adjutant-general of the state, which office he held until 1867. It was by him that the invaluable collection of rosters of the Kentucky troops was made known in the adjutant-general's report, and but for his persistency and unflagging energy it would not have been made. On this account, the Union soldiers of the state feel under the greatest obligations to him.
Since the war, Gen. Lindsey has resided in Frankfort, where he stands high in the legal profession.
GOV. THOMAS E. BRAMLETTE, once governor of Kentucky, was born in Cumberland county, Ky., Jan- uary 3, 1817; began the practice of law, 1837; in 1841 was elected to state legislature. In 1849 was appointed Com- monwealth's attorney; was subsequently judge of the Sixth District for six years. Raised the 3d Ky. Infantry; resigned in 1862 to become United States District Attor- ney for Kentucky, which position was offered him by President Lincoln, on the death of Hon. Jas. Harlan. At that time be removed to Louisville. April 24, 1863, was commissioned brigadier-general, but declined the office to make a successful race for governor, being elected, in August, by a large majority. His administration was a good one, characterized by fairness and freedom from partisan spirit. In 1864 the convention at Louisville instructed their delegates to vote in the National Con- vention for Mcclellan and Bramlette for President and Vice-President. He declined the use of his name, think- ing his services of more benefit to the state as its gov- ernor. At the close of his term of office he removed to Louisville, where he practiced law with great success until he died, January 12, 1875.
COL. CURRAN POPE, son of Hon. Worden Pope, was born at Louisville, Ky. Graduated at West Point. Pro- moted to brevet 2d lieutenant U. S. Artillery, July, 1834.
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but resigned December, 1834. Assistant engineer in the improvement of Kentucky and Cumberland rivers, 1835. Clerk of Jefferson County, Ky., Court for seventeen years. Colonel of the 15th Ky. Infantry from December, 1861. Wounded at Perryville, October 8, 1862, and died there- from, November 5, 1862.
COL. JAMES W. ABERT was born at Mt. Holly, N. J., November 18, 1820. Cadet at West Point, Septem- ber, 1834. Brevet 2d lieutenant 5th U. S. Infantry, Sep- tember, 1842. Second lieutenant U. S. Topographical Engineers, 1843. With Gen. John C. Fremont's explor- ing expedition to New Mexico and Rocky mountains, 1845. Mexican War, 1847; in conquest of New Mexico by Gen. S. W. Kearney's expedition. Professor at West Point, 1848-9. On surveys of Western rivers, 1850. First lieutenant, 1853; captain, 1856; in campaigns against Florida Seminole Indians, 1856-8. Surveying on Western rivers, 1859. Studying military matters in Eu- rope, 1860, at which period his home was Newport, Ky., prior to which time he had been, for several years, a resi- dent of Louisville, Ky. The war coming on, he served with Gen. Robt. Patterson in West Virginia, in 1861; with Gen. N. P. Banks in the three days' battle with Jackson, in 1862; with Gen. John Pope at second battle Bull's Run, 1862; badly hurt by horse falling with him during Mc- Clellan's advance ou South mountain, 1862. Promoted to major, 1863; promoted brevet lieutenant-colonel, U. S. A., for skillful and meritorious services in the Shenan- doah Valley. Served as engineer on the fortifications under Gen. Gilmore, Gen. J. P. Hatch and Gen. Foster at the siege operations near Charleston, 1863-4. Re- signed 1864. By special act of Congress, August 17, 1894, was put on the retired list as major, U. S. A. He died in Newport, Ky., August 10, 1897.
MAJ. PHILIP SPEED, born near Louisville, April 12, 1819. Moved to Louisville, to reside, a few years be- fore the war; made major and paymaster, September 11, 1861; held the office till December 23, 1862. In the latter part of the war was appointed collector of internal revenue at Louisville, and held the office several years. His home, during the war, was often visited by the lead- ing generals, Sherman, Anderson, Buell, Nelson and others. Became a prominent citizen and business man after the war. Died in Louisville suddenly, November 1,1882.
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COL. LUTHER T. THUSTIN was born in Chenango county, N. Y., January 6, 1817. At twenty years of age he made a stay of some time in Alabama, and then re- sided there until 1851, when he became a citizen of Louis- ville, Ky., where he always afterward lived, being for many years a thriving merchant. Embracing the Union side at the outset of the war, he became a major and pay- master, September 11, 1861, which position he filled with ability, being brevetted lieutenant-colonel before he was honorably mustered out, April 30, 1866. Soon after this' date he was instrumental in organizing the Southern . Mutual Life Insurance Company, of which he was the sec- retary for many years. He died April 3, 1889.
MAJ. CHARLES J. F. ALLEN. This officer, who was completely identified with the Kentucky soldiers, was born in Boston, Mass., August 14, 1834, and educated in the institutions of learning there, and at Yale College, where he graduated in 1855. He was appointed addi- tional paymaster, U. S. A., with rank of major, 1861, and served throughout the war in the Department of the Cum- berland, his headquarters being Louisville, Ky. Since the war he has been continuously a resident of Louisville, in the business firm of W. B. Belknap & ,Co.
* MAJ. ALFRED PIRTLE, son of Chancellor Henry Pirtle, was born in Louisville, Ky., March 25, 1837. He received his education at the best private schools of the city, and was partly prepared to take up civil engineer- ing, when he went into the train service of the Louisville & Nashville R. R.
Before the war he was a member of the celebrated military company known as the "Citizen's Guards," com- posed of about 70 of the leading young business men of the city, who had been highly disciplined, as well as trained, by Capt. Simon Bolivar Buckner, before he was appointed inspector-general of the Kentucky State Guard. Of the members of this company, more than fifty were afterward officers in the field on one or the other side, ranging in rank from lieutenant to lieutenant- general.
Alfred Pirtle took the Union side at the beginning of the war, and served as a private in Capt. John M. Har- lan's company in the Louisville Home Gui . in Sep- tember, 1861. Ile was appointed lieuten and as-
*Prepared by Cupt. Speed.
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sisted in recruiting the 15th Ky. Infantry, near Louisville, but in the consolidation of fragments of companies to make up the regiment, in December, he was not commis- sioned. In January, 1862, he was offered a commission in the 10th Ohio Infantry by Col. Win. H. Lytle, who was well known in Louisville and an intimate friend of Chan- cellor Pirtle. Col. Lytle was a veteran of the Mexican War, an accomplished lawyer, scholar and poet, and ,be- vame a prominent figure in the Civil War. Lieut. Pirtle accepted his offer, and was mustered in the service at Bacon Creek, Ky., February 7, 1862, as lieutenant. He participated in the campaigns of that year, but was ab- sent, sick, at the time of the battle of Perryville. At Stone's river he was on the staff of Maj .- Gen. Rousseau, and received favorable mention in his report, besides be- ing personally complimented by Gen. Thomas. He posted the artillery, which contributed largely to the suc- ressful defense of the center, in the first day's fighting.
The summer of 1863 he served on the staff of Brig .- Gen. Wm. H. Lytle, in the Tennessee campaign, which led up to the occupation of Chattanooga. In the battle of Chickamauga he rendered efficient service on that offi- cer's staff, and was near him when he was killed. After the death of Gen. Lytle he served on the staff of Gen. Sheridan, who, in his report, mentions his service in com-' plimentary terms. Also Col. Miller, who commanded a brigade in Gen. Sheridan's division, states, in his report, that Capt. Pirtle "signalized himself by his usefulness and recklessness of danger in the performance of duty." During the severe service at Chattanooga his health gave way, and he was sent to Louisville on sick leave. Upon recovery he was employed on post duty, until mustered ont on account of his health, April, 1864.
Since the war he has resided in Louisville, engaged in the business of insurance. He is a man of great intelli- gence and accomplished as a writer, as his work in this volume, particularly in the extracts concerning the bat- tles of Stone's River and Missionary Ridge, fully show.
MAJ. WILLIAM PRESTON McDOWELL was born at Louisville, Ky., May 28, 1838. Educated in the public schools; studied law, but entered the Union army early in December, 1861 (before graduating), as 1st lieutenant and adjutant of the 15th Ky. Infantry. Took part in the battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8, 1862, and, for merito- rious conduct there, was appointed major and assistant adjutant-general, March 1, 1863. Was badly wounded
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at the battle of Stone's River, December 31, 1862, while on staff of Maj .- Gen. Rousseau; was sent home on sick leave, and subsequently served on court martial for some months, until he resigned on account of his wound, De- cember 9, 1863. He resides in Louisville.
COL. LYNE STARLING was born in Mercer county. Ky., March 31, 1806. Educated for the bar; removed to Columbus, Ohio, pursuing his profession in that city for some years. Became clerk of the Supreme Court, Court of Common Pleas and Court in Bank. Resided afterward in New York city and in Illinois. Prior to the war he returned to Kentucky; was appointed captain and as- sistant adjutant-general, October 10, 1861; became one of Maj .- Gen. Thomas L. Crittenden's staff, following the scenes of that general's services. Was promoted to the rank of major August 13, 1862; resigned, JJanuary 20. 1864. He acquired a character for marked courage and ability, as well as military capacity. At the close of the war he embarked in cotton planting in Arkansas, spend- ing his summers in Kentucky, usually at Frankfort. He died in New Orleans, November 2, 1876. He was a brother of Col. S. M. Starling, 8th Ky. Cavalry, and Col. E. H. Starling, 35th Ky. Mounted Infantry.
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MAJ. ALEXANDER C. SEMPLE, born in Allegheny county, Penn., February 24, 1835. Came to Kentucky in 1839; received his education in the schools of Louisville. At the outbreak of the war of the rebellion was engaged in mercantile business in Louisville, and was a member of the "Citizen's Guards" for some time before the war. Was commissioned by President Lincoln, September 29. 1862, assistant adjutant-general of volunteers, with rank of captain, and assigned to duty on the staff of Brig .- Gen. J. T. Boyle, commanding Military District of Kentucky. with whom he served; also on the staffs of Maj .- Gen. H. G. Wright and Brig .- Gen. Jacob Ammen. Resigned March 18, 1264. Has, for many years, been a well-known merchant in Louisville, Ky.
CAPT. WILLIAM CASSIUS GOODLOE was born June 27, 1841, at "Castle Union," Madison county, Ky .. the home of his grandfather. In June, 1861, went to Russia with his uncle, Gen. Cassius M. Clay, as acting secretary of legation and private secretary. Entered the.
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service, in July, 1862, as volunteer aid-de-camp on the staff of Brig .- Gen. M. D. Manson. In the battle of Rich- mond, Ky., was captured and paroled, and not released from parole until May, 1863; was then commissioned cap- tain and assistant adjutant-general, June 1, 1863, on staff of Gen. Green Clay Smith. He served in Kentucky, and was ordered by the secretary of war to recruit a regi- ment of heavy artillery. Was injured by his horse and disabled for further service; mustered out on surgeon's certificate of disability, early in 1864.
He was commissioned colonel on the staff of the gov- ernor of Kentucky, March 3, 1869. Eutered politics and became quite prominent. Was member of state Senate in 1874; appointed minister to Belgium by President Hayes in 1878; became collector of internal revenue at Lexington in 1889. Died in that city, November 10, 1889.
MAJ. JOHN SPEED, the eldest son of Hon. James Speed, who was attorney-general in the cabinet of Presi- dent Lincoln, was born in Louisville, 1842. . He gradu- ated at the Louisville High School and became dlerk in a
bank. Joined the 9th Ky. Cavalry in August, 1862, and in the same year was made 2d lieu- tenant. In that year, he was in the battles of Richmond, Ky., and Perryville, Ky. In the latter he was on the staff of Gen. C. C. Gilbert, and received that officer's com- plimentary mention for his efficiency.
The principal service of Maj. John Speed was as cap- tain and assistant adjutant-general, which was a Wash- ington appointment. He was so appointed March 11, 1863, and continued in this service for over two years. He served on the staff of Gens. Ward, Butterfield and others, and became noted for his great intelligence and usefulness. He went with his command, on the staff of Gen. Ward, through to the sea, and on the march through the Carolinas. March 22, 1865, he was appointed major and paymaster, but did not enter upon the duties of that appointment. He remained in the service until May 19, 1865. After the war he was in business for a time in Louisville, but turned his attention to law, and became one of the most successful practitioners of the Louisville bar. He has retired from practice and lives near Taylors- ville, Ky. A brave and true soldier and honored citizen.
- MAJ. LEWIS MARSHALL BUFORD was lieutenant atid also captain in the 34 Ky. Cavalry, and the adjutant-
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general's report shows that he was appointed major on staff duty, and so commissioned from Washington, March 11, 1863. He served with his regiment prior to that date, and afterward on general staff until the close of the war. He was the son of Charles S. Buford, who married a daughter of Dr. Basil Duke, of Lexington. He was a brother of Mrs. Gen. James S. Jackson, wife of Gen. Jackson, who raised the 3d Cavalry, and who fell at Perryville.
CAPT. J. E. HUFFMAN was a resident of Lancaster, Ky. He was adjutant of the 8th Ky. Cavalry, and, on the 21st of July, 1863, he was appointed and commis- sioned from Washington, captain and assistant adjutant- general. He served in that capacity on the staff of Gien. J. M. Shackelford and other general officers.
MAJ. THOS. F. PURNELL was a resident of Coving- ton, Ky. He was appointed and commissioned from Washington, captain and assistant quartermaster, May 8, 1863, and served on general staff until March, 1866. After that he removed from Kentucky. to the state of Texas, and was appointed United States Marshal for that state.
CAPT. J. SPEED PEAY was the son of Austin Peay. of Louisville, whose wife was a sister of Hon. James Speed, of Louisville. He entered the service as an officer in the 3d Ky. Cavalry, and, July 15, 1862, was appointed captain and assistant adjutant-general and commis- sioned from Washington. He served not only with his regiment, but on general staff.
COL. GILBERT C. KNIFFIN, of Paris, Ky., was au- thorized by Lieut .- Col. John T. Croxton to recruit soldiers for the 4th Ky. Infantry in JJuly, 1861. He recruited 60 men, with whom he repaired to Camp Dick Robinson. August 10, 1861. On the 20th of August, 1861, he was commissioned captain and commissary of subsistence. He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel and chief commis- sary of subsistence, 21st Army Corps, JJanuary 20, 1863. and was appointed acting chief commissary of subsistence Army of the Cumberland, September 25, 1863.
He served with the armies in the West on all their
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campaigns, on staff duty, and was a highly efficient officer. In the Atlanta campaign he served on the staff of Gen. D. S. Stanley, and was with this officer, who commanded the 4th Army Corps in the battles of Frank- lin and Nashville. After that date he remained on duty at Murfreesboro until he was honorably mustered out of service, July 19, 1865; having had four years of con- tinuous active field service.
Since the war Col. Kuiffin has been connected with the work of the Departments of War and Interior, in Wash- ington. He has written a number of accounts of war time events, several having been published in the Century War book. His account of the battle of Chickamauga is very graphic and much esteemed for its accuracy. He is an easy, graceful writer and has contributed valuable matter to the history of the war.
CAPT. STEPHEN E JONES was born at Harrods- burg, Ky., April 23, 1833. Was educated at Amherst College, Massachusetts, and afterward graduated at the Transylvania Law School, Lexington, Ky. After, was a professor in the University of Kentucky, at Harrods- . burg.
Entered the service as volunteer aid to Brig .- Gen. Wmn. Nelson, at Camp Dick Robinson, early in the summer of 1861 ; then occupied the same position on the staff of Brig .- Gen. George H. Thomas. Commissioned captain and aid- de-camp, July 9, 1862. Served as provost marshal-gen- vral on staff duty in Kentucky under Gen. J. T. Boyle; and reported to the Commissioner-General of Prisoners at . Washington. Afterward was in charge of military prison in Louisville, and distribution of military prisoners in the Department of the Cumberland. He resides in Louisville.
CAPT. GUSTAVUS A. HULL was born at Fredonia, N. Y., April 18, 1827. While still a young man, his father removed to Kentucky, where Gustavus, with his three brothers, established a well known printing and publish- ing house, which is still carrying on the business. . He was strong Union man, and became one of the early movers in the cause, making him the recipient of letters threaten- ing him with death. On July 21, 1862, he was appointed military store-keeper at Louisville, and had charge of vast supplies of clothing, camp and garrison equipage. His prompt and efficient service won praise from Grant, Sherman, and other commanders. In 1866 he became a
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captain, the highest rank in his branch of the army. In 1878 he was transferred to his last post, San Francisco, at which point he remained on duty until he was retired by operation of law, in April, 1891. Upon his retirement his superior officers spoke in the highest terms of him and his official record. His private life was that of an earnest Christian worker, unostentatious and constant, and his numerous friends made throughout the Union at the various posts at which he had served, honored him for his high standard of duty.
He died in San Francisco, September 29, 1891, but was buried at Louisville.
CAPT. HENRY CLAY, son of Henry Clay, Jr., and grandson of the great commoner, was born in Lexington, Ky., July 20, 1833.
At the outbreak of the war he took sides with the Union, while his brother, Thomas, went South. Henry Clay was appointed captain and assistant adjutant-gen- eral, October 15, 1861, on the staff of Brig .- Gen. R. W. Johnson.
He died in Louisville, June 5, 1862, from fever con- tracted in camp.
CAPT. THOMAS J. BUSH was born, July 4, 1840, at Lexington, Ky. Entered the United States service as first lieutenant, 24th Ky. Volunteer Infantry, January, 1862; and assigned to duty as acting aid-de-camp on the staff of Gen. D. C. Buell (commanding the Army of the Ohio), in January, 1862. Appointed aid-de-camp on same staff in April, 1862, and served there until the summer of 1863; when he was appointed ordnance officer on the staff of Gen. J. T. Boyle, commanding the District of Kentucky. Appointed commissary of musters by the Secretary of War, September 16, 1863, and assigned to the Military District of Kentucky. Promoted to captain in the 24th Ky. Infantry in 1863; resigned September 5, 1864. Re- sides in Lexington.
CAPT. JOB JOSEPH HAYES, born at West Chester, Chester county, Penn., December 2, 1839. Removed to Louisville, Ky., May 5, 1864. Engaged in mercantile pur- suits. At breaking out of rebellion was placed in charge of the United States commissary and store houses at Louisville, Ky., by Maj. H. C. Symonds, in 1861. Was appointed captain and commissary of subsistence, United
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States Volunteers, September 4, 1863. Assigned to duty as post commissary at Louisville, and served at the same post in various other capacities until the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged with the rank of brevet major, conferred for efficient and meritorious services. Has been engaged in the mercantile business at Louisville, Ky., continuously since the close of the war to the present time.
MAJ. FRANCIS E. WOLCOTT was mustered into service as first lieutenant, 20th Ky. Volunteer Infantry, January 12, 1862; as captain, June 10, 1863; as major, same regiment, June 24, 1864. He was ordered to be transferred to the 16th Ky. Infantry, to date from Jan- vary 17, 1865. Accepted a commission from Washington as major and judge advocate of volunteers, June 7, 1865 «appointed as such to date from December 17, 1864), and was honorably discharged September 30, 1866.
CAPT. GUSTAVUS ARTSMAN appointed captain and assistant quartermaster, September 13, 1864, served in the various armies of West Virginia from date of ap- pointment to close of operations in that department; was then sent to New Mexico, where he served until mustered out in August, 1866. He resides in Newport, Ky.
SURG. MIDDLETON GOLDSMITH was born in Lincoln county, Ky., about 1826. His early education was had at Centre College at Danville, Ky., but studied medicine in Cincinnati and in New York. After com- pleting his studies he began to practice, but was called to the chair of surgery in the medical college at Castleton, Vt,, where he became the president of the school. In ! 56 he returned to Kentucky to take the chair of surgery in the Kentucky School of Medicine, at Louisville. He was actively engaged in his profession and school when the war came, and he offered his services and became a major and surgeon, October 30, 1861.
Ile was largely interested in the management of the hospitals in Louisville for several years, being brevetted To lieutenant colonel for his meritorious services. Ile was honorably mustered out January 18, 1866.
Having married in Vermont, during his residence Apar, he returned to Rutland, Vt., in 1866 or 67, becoming one of the leading medical men of that place. Tle was
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a man of high reputation in his profession, though his specialty was surgery. He died in Rutland, November 26, 1887, universally respected as a man and physician.
CAPT. JEREMIAH FREDERICK HUBER, born near Danville, Ky., May 16, 1826. Educated there; came to Louisville and entered commercial life. Was a private in the Louisville Legion in the Mexican War. Entered the service as captain of a Home Guard company in 1861; became captain and commissary of subsistence October 25, 1861. Brevetted major; mustered out, in North Caro- Jina, October 12, 1865. Died in Louisville, Ky., October 10, 1875.
MAJ. HENRY C. MeDOWELL, born in Fincastle, Va., February 9, 1832. The family soon after removed to Louisville, where he was educated. Was practicing law in Louisville when the war commenced. Commissioned captain and assistant adjutant-general, November 19, 1861; resigned August 27, 1862, but served as acting as- sistant adjutant-general for more than a year longer on the staff of Gen. J. T. Boyle. Settled near Lexington, at Ashland, Hemy Clay's old home, where he now resides. Is president of the Kentucky Union Co.
CAPT. J. S. BUTLER was appointed captain and as- sistant adjutant-general, December 5, 1863. He served mainly on staff duty in Kentucky. He was a most efficient officer, and was honorably mustered out of service June 14, 1865.
CAPT. GEORGE M. ADAMS, a citizen of Barbours- ville, Ky., was in business in that town at the outbreak of the war. He was then about fifty years of age and had been a citizen of the county many years. He took up the Union cause early in the summer of 1861, and August 17, 1861, was commissioned captain and commissary of sub- sistence. He was soon on duty on the staff of Gen. Geo. W. Morgan, and participated in the campaigns of that general in Eastern Kentucky. Was at Cumberland Gap in the memorable summer of 1862, and the remarkable re- treat of that column to the Ohio river. He, however, re- signed December 23, 1862, and went into commercial life at Lexington, where he became a wholesale merchant. He died in that city about 1880.
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