HISTORY OF THE
14th INFANTRY REGIMENT KENTUCKY
VOLUNTEERS
US ARMY
The 14th Kentucky Infantry
was organized in the fall of 1861, at Louisa, Kentucky,
by Col. Laban T. Moore. Associated with him were Colonels John C. Cochran,
George W. Gallup; Lieut. Colonels Joseph R. Brown, Orlando Brown, R. M. Thomas;
Majors William B. Burke, Drury R. Burchett and Adjutants John F. Babbitt and E.
J. Roberts, together with the various captains and lieutenants of companies.
During the winter of 1862 the
14th continued on duty in the Big Sandy region, in Gen. Garfield's command. In
the spring of 1862 Gen. Buell sent an expedition under Gen. George W. Morgan,
to capture Cumberland Gap. The 14th accompanied this
expedition, and the Gap was taken June 18th. The approach was from both sides,
and the 14th engaged in a severe fight at Tazewell,
Tenn., in the movement from that side.
Col. Cochran's horse was killed under him.
Gen. George Morgan's command remained in occupation of Cumberland Gap until
September 17th, when the invasion of Kentucky by Bragg and others compelled him
to abandon it, and make the celebrated march across the east end of the state
to the Ohio river. This successful retreat was one of the brilliant military
achievements of the war.
16th
Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Regimental History
On August
6, 1862 the 16th was ordered to relieve the 14th Kentucky
at Tazewell. About 10 a.m. of
that day two companies (B and E) of the regiment were sent forward as advance
pickets. Companies F and D were ordered to the right of the Main
Hill Road on the same duty. Companies C and G were
held in reserve. At 11 a.m. heavy
skirmishing commenced at the front and continued until the enemy appeared on
the front and right in force. Companies D and F were compelled to fall back.
Companies B and E were cut off from the main force by a Rebel brigade, and most
of them captured. Companies C and G were ordered up as a support, but were also
overwhelmed and compelled to fall back to a position on the left of the road.
They were now reinforced by stragglers from other companies and held the enemy
in check for two hours, when the ammunition was exhausted. They then fell back
to the main line, where the National forces were massed. Toward night the
National army retreated into the entrenchment’s, the enemy following to within
three miles of the Gap.
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Lt.
Col Philip Kershner and Col. John F. DeCourcey, Commanding
Regiment
Capt.
Richard W. Tanneyhill, Co. E Capt.
Edgar
Joseph. Captain 9/23/61
3 years Promoted from 1st Lieutenant Feb. 18, 1862; killed in Battle of
Tazewell, Tenn., Aug (?),
1862. 8/6/62 killed in
action. Buried with flag at battle site then removed to National
Cemetery, Knoxville,
TN.
Mapps
David Private 09/10/1861 3 years Discharged Jan.
12, 1863, for wounds received at battle of Tazewell,
Tenn., Aug.
6, 1862. 01/12/1863
discharged
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Excerpts from the Diaries October, 1863
Diary
and Letters of Thomas Buchanan Linn, Drummer, 16th OVI
Friday, Oct. 2, 1863
Ed McCoy came up
this morning long before day. Looks natural as life. Got an order on the
Suttler for two dollars and deal it out. Newt Gorsuch, Ed McCoy, Harry Myers
and I wash our shirts this P.M. Prepare for marching in the morning. Received
letters from Lizzie and Billy Fleming and a Republican. Wrote to Father and
Mother and to Billy Fleming and send the letters and books by Mr. Eckle. Two
years ago we were mustered in as U.S. Soldiers at Camp
Tiffin, Ohio. Of that large
regiment of ardent young soldiers but a remnant of veterans remains. It has
buried its dead in Ohio, Kentucky,
Tennessee, West
Virginia and Louisiana.
It has won honor in the battles of Cumberland Gap, Tazewell,
Tenn., Chickasaw Bayou, Port Gibson,
Champion Hill, Black River Bridge,
Siege of Vicksburg and siege of Jackson, Miss. What will the next year bring
forth and who will be left to tell the story?
Diary
of William Warner Reid, Corporal, Company C, 16th OVI 1861 - 1862
26 July, 1862
The Brigade went to Tazewell, Tenn.
on a foraging expedition. Obtained all the forage we wanted.
27 July, 1862
Returned as far as Powel's.
28 July, 1862
We returned to camp having marched 30 miles.
2 August, 1862
Went on another foraging trip to Tazewell. Arrived there about 4
o'clock in the afternoon, drove in the rebel pickets and occupied
their posts ourselves. Found an abundance of blackberries, 3 and 4 gatherings.
Foraged through the country. Had some skirmishing on 4 August at Sycamore
Springs.
6 August, 1862
Regiment went on picket this morning and was attacked by a greatly
superior force. They attempted to capture our artillery, but we kept them back
until the artillery got safely away. We fell gradually back in good order,
firing as we retired. We got in a good position behind a fence, where we fought
until our last cartridge was gone. Then we retired beyond the town where our
batteries were in position. The rebel's tried to plant a battery, but could not
do it. Our gunners soon dismounted their cannon. Our loss in this engagement
was 2 killed, 15 wounded, and 52 prisoners. They captured our knapsacks so we
returned to camp that night meeting our whole Division near Powels
River coming to reinforce us. We all
returned to the Gap.
Munday's 1st Kentucky
Battalion Cavalry, USA
Organized at Lexington,
Ky., December, 1861, to January, 1862.
Attached to 12th Brigade, Army of the Ohio,
to February, 1862. 7th Division, Army Ohio,
to October, 1862.
SERVICE--Ordered to Lebanon, Ky.,
thence to Loudon January 8, 1862.
Expedition from Central Kentucky to the Cumberland
River January 31-February 12. Flat Lick Ford, Cumberland
River, February 14. Cumberland Gap Campaign
March 28-June 18. Occupation of Cumberland Gap June 18
to September 17. Tazewell July 26. Operations about Cumberland Gap
August 2-17. Tazewell August
6, 1862 . Rogers'
Gap August 16. Pine Mountain
August 17. Red Bird Creek August 25. Richmond, Ky.,
August 30. Retreat from Cumberland Gap to the Ohio
River September 17-October 3. Assigned to 6th Kentucky
Cavalry as Companies "A," "B," "C," "D"
and "E" October, 1862. (See 6th Cavalry.)
Sixth Kentucky
(Union) Cavalry, USA
The 1st Battalion of this
regiment, being Companies A, B, C, D and E, was organized at Lexington during
the month of October, 1861, under Maj. Reuben Mundy, and for a considerable
time served independently, being known as Mundy's Battalion. It was mustered
into service at Camp Irvine,
near Louisville, by Maj. W. H.
Sidell. It was immediately assigned to the division of the Army of the Ohio,
commanded by Gen. Geo. W. Morgan.
From Cumberland Gap the march
was across the country, and Mundy's battalion, after accompanying the infantry
nearly to the Ohio, was sent toward Richmond, reaching Big Hill and Rogersville
before the enemy, and participated in the fighting at those places, and
materially aided in the retreat of Metcalf's 7th Ky. Cavalry and other troops
to Lexington, and thence to Louisville.
Thus the 6th Cavalry in the
first part of its service operated by battalions and the 1st engaged in a
number of severe fights, among them Tazewell,
Tenn., Cumberland Gap
and Richmond.
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34th
Regiment Kentucky Infantry,
USA
Organized at Louisville, Ky.,
October, 1862, from Louisville Provost Guard. Attached to District
of Western Kentucky, Dept. of the
Ohio, to June, 1863. Unattached,
Bowling Green, Ky., 2nd Division,
23rd Army Corps, Dept. of Ohio, to October, 1863. District of South Central
Kentucky, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, to October, 1863. Left
Wing Forces, Cumberland Gap, to January, 1864. District
of the Clinch, Dept. of Ohio, to April, 1864.
SERVICE.--Provost Guard duty at Louisville,
Ky., until May
8, 1863. (Co. "K" at Munfordsville, Ky., September 14-17,
1862.) Ordered to Bowling Green, Ky.,
May 8, 1863, and duty there
until July 1. Moved to Glasgow, Ky.,
July 1, and operations against Morgan July 1-26. Garrison duty at Glasgow,
Ky., until September 28. March to Knoxville,
Tenn., thence to Morristown
September 28-October 6. Action at Blue Springs
October 10. At Morristown until
December 5. Moved to Tazewell, Tenn., December 5, 1863, and duty there until January
26, 1864. Attack on Tazewell January 24, 1863. Moved to Cumberland
Gap and duty there until November 8. Powell
River Bridge
February 22, 1864 (Cos.
"A" and "D"). Moved to Knoxville
November 8-18, and provost duty there until February
2, 1865. At Cumberland
Gap until April 24. Expedition to Gibson's Mills April 20-22. Received
surrender of Colonels Pridemore, Slump, Richmond
and Wicher and their commands (2,713 men). Ordered to Knoxville
April 24, thence to Loudon, Tenn.,
and garrison duty there until June 20. Mustered out at Knoxville,
Tenn., June
24, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 3
Enlisted men killed and 2 Officers and 64 Enlisted men by disease. Total 69.
22nd Regiment Kentucky
Infantry, USA
Organized at Louisa, Ky.,
January 20, 1862. Attached
to 18th Brigade, Army of the Ohio,
to March, 1862. 26th Brigade, 7th Division. Army of the Ohio,
to October, 1862. 4th Brigade, District of West Virginia, Dept. of the Ohio,
to November, 1862.
SERVICE.--Operations in Eastern Kentucky
until March, 1862. Garfield's
Campaign against Humphrey Marshall December
23, 1861, to January 30,
1862. Advance on Paintsville, Ky.,
December 30, 1861, to January
7, 1862. Jennie's Creek January 7, Occupation of Paintsville October
8. Abbott's Hill January 9. Middle Creek, near Prestonburg, January 10.
Occupation of Prestonburg January 11. Expedition to Pound Gap, Cumberland
Mountains, March 14-17. Pound Gap March 16. Cumberland
Gap Campaign March 28-June 18. Cumberland
Mountain April 28. Occupation of Cumberland
Gap June 18-September 16. Operations about Cumberland Gap
August 2-6. Tazewell August
6, 1862. Evacuation of Cumberland Gap and
retreat to Greenup, on the Ohio River, September
16-October 3. West Liberty September 24. Expedition to Charleston,
W. Va., October 21-November 10.
Moved to Memphis, Tenn.,
November 10-15, and duty there until December 20. Sherman's
Yazoo Expedition December
20, 1862, to January 3, 1863.
22nd
Kentucky Volunteer Infantry by: Larry
C. Jones
I
am looking for information on the 22nd Kentucky
Volunteer Infantry, USA
and their role in the Civil War. Both my GG Grandfather Stephen Jones and my G
Grandfather Hiram Jones fought in Company E of the 22nd. Any information would
be greatly appreciated. I already have a copy of the Roster and copies of their
Pension papers and I'm trying to get an idea of where they were and what they
went through during the war. Thanks!
22nd
KY Inf. USA : Gerald Tudor
Based upon "The Union Regiments
of Kentucky" by Speed, 1897, the unit was involved at Big Sandy,
Cumberland Gap, The Battle of Tazewell, covered the retreat of DeCourcy's
Brigade; some duty at Kanawha Valley, except for Baird's Brigade(First
Division Brig. General Absalom Baird); At Haynes Bluff on Yazoo River- loss of
a number killed and wounded; capture of Arkansas Post on Arkanas River;
Invested Vicksburg from the rear; in on the capture of Vicksburg; capture of
Jackson MS. Veteranized at Baton Rouge 1864 and consolidated with the 7th KY
Vet. Inf. Non vets mustered out at Louisville
June 20, 1865. Other
engagements: Thompson's Hill; Champion Hill and Big
Black Bridge,
and Red River. Caution, I have found error in some
accounts of engagements of units by Speed.
59th TENNESSEE
INFANTRY REGIMENT
Also called 1st (Eakin's) Tennessee
Battalion:
Cooke's Regiment: 59th Tennessee
Mounted Infantry Regiment
On April 19, 1862, Major
Eakin, commanding Eakin's Battalion, at Morristown, Tennessee was instructed
"to arrest all Union leaders who circulate exaggerated reports of the
military draft, thereby inducing ignorant men to fly their homes to go to
Kentucky."
On August
25, 1862 Colonel Cooke was instructed: "Your
regiment having been ordered to report to General Stevenson, you will see that
it is not encumbered with any superfluous or unnecessary baggage. Only five
wagons will be allowed to a regiment, and not more than one tent to each company.
* * * The men will be supplied with three days' rations, and 40 rounds of
cartridges." Apparently part of the regiment was with Stevenson in his
investment of Cumberland Gap, and his subsequent move
into Kentucky, although no
specific record of its activities was found. However, Company "I"
reported: "We remained at Noe's Ferry until October 16. We were then
ordered to rejoin our regiment which was in Kentucky.
Proceeded to Tazewell where met the army retreating out of Kentucky.
Remained there till our regiment arrived, and marched to Lenoir Station."
2ND
TENNESSEE VOLUNTEER INFANTRY REGIMENT,
U.S.A.
Also called 2nd East Tennessee
Infantry Regiment:
2nd East Tennessee Mounted Infantry Regiment
On April
14, 1862, General Carter's Brigade was designated as the 24th
Brigade, of Brigadier General George W. Morgan's 7th Division, of the Army of
the Ohio. The regiment served in
this brigade in the operations around Cumberland Ford, and Cumberland
Gap until September 17,
1862, when General Morgan, his supply-line threatened by Major
General E. Kirby Smith's invasion of Kentucky,
evacuated Cumberland Gap, withdrew through Kentucky
to the Ohio River, and into the Kanawha Valley, West
Virginia. On July 26,
1862, before the evacuation of Cumberland
Gap, the regiment, with 450 men, was reported at Tazewell, Tennessee.
11th Regiment Tennessee
Cavalry, USA
Organized at large May to October, 1863. Attached to Willcox's
Division, Left Wing Forces 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of the Ohio,
to January, 1864. District of the Clinch to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 4th
Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of the Ohio,
to January, 1865.
SERVICE.--Joined DeCourcy at Crab
Orchard, Ky., August
24, 1863. March to Cumberland Gap September
24-October 3. Operations about Cumberland Gap until
February, 1864. Mulberry Creek January 3. Tazewell January
24, 1864. Near
Jonesville January 28-29. Skirmishes on Jonesville and Mulberry Roads February
12. Gibson and Wyerman's Mills on Indian Creek, and at Powell's Bridge February
22. Duty at and about Cumberland Gap guarding
communications with Knoxville until
January, 1865. Action at Johnsonville, Tenn.,
November 4-5, 1864.
Mustered out by consolidation with 9th Tennessee Cavalry January
9, 1865
2nd Regiment Tennessee
Infantry, USA
Organized at Camp Dick
Robinson and Somerset, Ky.,
September 28, 1861.
Attached to George H. Thomas' Command, Army of the Ohio,
to November, 1861. 12th Brigade, Army of the Ohio,
to December, 1861. 12th Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Ohio,
to February, 1862. 24th Brigade, 7th Division, Army of the Ohio,
to October, 1862. 3rd Brigade, District of West Virginia, Dept. of the Ohio,
to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division (Centre), 14th Army Corps, Army of
the Cumberland, to January, 1863.
1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 14th Army Corps, to April, 1863. 2nd Brigade, District
of Central Kentucky, Dept. of the
Ohio, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade,
1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of the Ohio,
to August, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, to November, 1863.
1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Dept. of the Ohio,
to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, to February, 1865.
2nd Brigade, 4th Division, District of East Tennessee,
to August, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty at Camp Dick
Robinson, Ky.,
until January, 1862. Battle of Logan's
Cross Roads January 19. At Loudon and covering Cumberland Gap
until March. Skirmishes at Big Creek Gap and Jacksborough March 14 (Co.
"B"). Reconnaissance to Cumberland Gap and
skirmish March 21-23. Cumberland Gap Campaign March
28-June 18. Occupation of Cumberland Gap June
18-September 17. Tazewell
July 22, 1862. Skirmish near Cumberland
Gap August 27. Operations at Rogers
and Big Creek Gaps September 10. Evacuation of Cumberland Gap
and retreat to Greenupsburg, Ky.,
September 17-October 3. Operations in Kanawha
Valley, W. Va.,
until November. Ordered to Louisville, Ky.,
Cincinnati, Ohio,
and thence to Nashville, Tenn.
Duty there until January, 1863. Guard trains from Nashville
to Murfreesboro, Tenn.,
January 2-3. Cox's or Blood's Hill January 3. Ordered to Lexington,
Ky., March 11. Duty in District
of Central Kentucky until August.
At Somerset, Ky.,
May. Liberty May 25. Pursuit of
Morgan July. Operations in Eastern Kentucky against
Scott July 25-August 6. Burnside's Campaign in East Tennessee
August, 1863, to February, 1864. Winter's Gap August
31, 1863. Expedition to Cumberland Gap
September 4-9. Tazewell September 5, 1864. Capture of Cumberland
Gap September 9. Carter's Station September 20, 21 and 22. Zollicoffer
September 20-21 and September 24. Jonesboro
September 21 and 28. Blue Springs
October 5-10. Sweetwater October 10-11. Pursuit to Bristol
October 11-17. Blountsville October 13-14. Bristol
October 15. Knoxville Campaign
November 4-December 23. Near Loudon and Stock Creek November 15. Marysville
November 15. Lenoir Station November 15. Campbell's
Station November 16. Defense of Cumberland Gap during
siege of Knoxville November
17-December 5. Walker's Ford, Clinch
River, December 5. Rutledge December 7. Clinch Mountain December 9.
Mooresburg December 10. Morristown
December 10. Cheex's Cross Roads December 12. Russellville December 12-13.
Bean's Station December 14. Rutledge December 16. Blain's Cross Roads December
16-19. New Market December 25. Operations about Dandridge and Mossy Creek
December 24-28. Mossy Creek December 26. Talbot's Station December 29. Shoal
Creek, Ala., January
14, 1864. Operations about Dandridge January 16-17. Kimbrough's
Cross Roads January 16. Dandridge January 17. Operations about Dandridge
January 26. Fair Garden
January 27. Duty at Knoxville and
Loudon until August, 1864. Operations against Wheeler in East
Tennessee August 15-31. Duty at Knoxville
and in East Tennessee until March, 1865. Ordered to Cumberland
Gap March 16, and duty there until August. Mustered out August
3, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 3
Officers and 24 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 609
Enlisted men by disease. Total 640.
Karl Kiser
<ksquared77@aol.com> Friday,
2 February 2001, at 1:00 p.m.
Seeking info on the skirmish in/nr Tazewell
24 Jan 1864 (units/reason).
A Union soldier from Carroll County, IN,
Elza W. Lister, a Pvt of Co E 116th IN Inf died the next day (either from the
battle or from disease). Could he be buried in Tazewell?
116th
INDIANA REGIMENT INFANTRY. USA
Organized at Lafayette,
Ind., and mustered in for 6 months' service August
17, 1863. Moved to Dearborn, Mich.,
August 31, and guard arsenal till September 16. Moved to Nicholasville,
Ky., September 16. Attached to Mahan's 1st
Brigade, Willcox's Left Wing Forces, Dept. of the Ohio,
to October, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Willcox's Division, Left Wing Forces, Dept. of
the Ohio, to January, 1864.
District of the Clinch, Dept. of the Ohio,
to February, 1864.
SERVICE.--March
from Nicholasville, Ky., to Cumberland Gap September 24-October 3, 1863, and to
Morristown October 6-8. Action at Blue Springs
October 10. March to Greenville and
duty there till November 6; thence march to Bull's Gap and across Clinch
Mountain to Clinch River
November-December. Action at Walker's
Ford, Clinch River, December 2. Duty at Tazewell,
Maynardsville and in East Tennessee till February, 1864.
Action at Tazewell, January
24, 1864. Mustered out February 29 to March
2, 1864.
Regiment lost during
service 1 Enlisted man killed and 64 Enlisted men by disease. Total 65.
117th INDIANA
REGIMENT INFANTRY. USA
Organized at Indianapolis,
Ind., and mustered in for 6 months' service September
17, 1863. Left State
for Nicholasville, Ky.,
September 17. Attached to Mahan's 1st Brigade. Willcox's Left Wing Forces,
Dept. of the Ohio, to December,
1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to January, 1864. District of
the Clinch, Dept. of the Ohio, to
February, 1864.
SERVICE.--March
from Nicholasville, Ky.,
to Cumberland Gap September 24-October
3, 1863; thence to Morristown
October 6-8. Action at Blue Springs
October 10. March to Greenville and
duty there till November 6. Moved to Bean's Station November 6. Action at Clinch
Mountain Gap November 14. Duty at Tazewell,
Maynardsville and Cumberland Gap till February, 1864.
Action at Tazewell January
24, 1864. Mustered out February
23-27, 1864.
Regiment lost
during service 95 Enlisted men by disease. Total 95.
118th
Indiana Regiment Infantry. USA
Organized at Wabash, Ind.,
July and August, 1863, for 6 months' service. Left
State for Nicholasville,
Ky., September 16. Attached to Mahan's 1st
Brigade, Wilcox's Left Wing Forces, Dept. of the Ohio,
to October, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Wilcox's Left Wing Forces, Dept. of the Ohio,
to January, 1864. District of the Clinch, Dept. of the Ohio,
to March, 1864.
SERVICE.--March from Nicholasville, Ky.,
to Cumberland Gap September 24-October 3, and to Morristown
October 6-8. Action at Blue Springs
October 10. March to Greenville and
duty there until November 6. March across Clinch
Mountain to Clinch River.
Action at Walker's Ford, Clinch
River, December 2. Duty at Tazewell, Maynardsville and Cumberland
Gap until February, 1864. Action at Tazewell January
24, 1864. Mustered out March
1-4, 1864.
Regiment lost during service 3
Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 86 Enlisted men by
6th INDIANA
REGIMENT CAVALRY (71st REGIMENT VOLUNTEERS).
Organized at Indianapolis,
Ind., February
23, 1863, from the 71st Indiana
Infantry. Company "L" organized September
1, 1863. Company "M" organized October
12, 1863. Regiment left State for Kentucky
August 26, 1863. Attached
to 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Lexington, Ky.
Dept. of the Ohio to September,
1863. Wilcox's Command, Left Wing forces 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of the Ohio,
to January, 1864. District of the Clinch, Dept. of the Ohio,
to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division Cavalry Corps, Dept. of the Ohio,
to May, 1864. 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, 23rd Army Corps, to July, 1864.
2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division, 23rd Army Corps, to August, 1864. Dismounted
Brigade, Cavalry Division, 23rd Army Corps, to September, 1864. 1st Brigade,
Cavalry Division, 23rd Army Corps, to November, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 6th
Division, Wilson's Cavalry Corps,
Military Division Mississippi, to
June, 1865. District of Middle Tennessee,
Dept. of the Cumberland, to
September, 1865.
SERVICE.--Reconnoissance
to Olympian Springs, Ky.,
October 8-11, 1863. Moved
to Cumberland Gap, Tenn.
Knoxville Campaign November
4-December 23. Action at Lenoir Station November 14-15. Campbell's
Station November 16. Siege of Knoxville
November 17-December 5. Been's Station December 14. Lee
County, Va.,
December 24. Big Springs January 19,
1864 (Detachment). Tazewell January
24, 1864. Duty at Mt.
Sterling and Nicholasville,
Ky., till April. March from Nicholasville to
Dalton, Ga.,
April 29-May 11. Atlanta (Ga.)
Campaign May to August. Demonstrations on Dalton
May 9-13. Varnell's Station May 12. Battle
of Resaca May 14-15. Pine Log Creek May 18. Etowah
River, near Cartersville, May 20.
Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope
Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Allatoona
Pass June 1-2. Lost Mountain June 9.
Pine Mountain
June 10. Operations about Marietta
and against Kenesaw Mountain
June 10-July 2. Lost Mountain June 11-17. Cheyney's Farm June 27. Assault on
Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochie
River July 5-17. Sandtown July 6-7. <dy_1108> Campbellton July 12-14. Turner's Ferry July 16 and
22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August
25. Sweetwater July 23. Stoneman's Raid to Macon
July 27-August 6. Macon and Clinton July 30. Hillsborough
Sunshine Church
July 30-31. Jug Tavern, Mulberry Creek, August 3. Moved to Nashville,
Tenn., August 28. Pursuit of Wheeler September
24-October 18. Pulaski, Tenn.,
September 26-27. Waterloo, Ala.,
October 3. Moved to Dalton, Ga.,
November 1, and return to Nashville, Tenn.,
November 26. Battle of Nashville
December 15-16. Duty at Nashville
till April 1, 1865. At Pulaski,
Tenn., and in Middle Tennessee
till September. Non-Veterans mustered out June
17, 1865. Regiment mustered out September
15, 1865.
Regiment lost
during service 4 Officers and 66 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2
Officers and 201 Enlisted men by disease. Total 273.
49th INDIANA
REGIMENT INFANTRY. USA
Organized at Jeffersonville,
Ind., and mustered in November
21, 1861. Moved to Bardstown, Ky.,
December 11-13, and duty there till January
12, 1862. Attached to 12th Brigade, Army of the Ohio,
December, 1861. 12th Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Ohio,
to March, 1862. 24th Brigade, 7th Division, Army of the Ohio,
to October, 1862. 3rd Brigade, Cumberland
Division, District of West Virginia, Dept. of the Ohio,
to November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 9th Division, Right Wing 13th Army Corps (Old),
Dept. of the Tennessee, to
December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Sherman's
Yazoo Expedition, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 9th
Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee,
to February, 1863. 1st Brigade, 9th Division, 13th Army Corps, to July, 1863.
3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee,
to August, 1863, and Dept. of the Gulf to March, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st
Division, 13th Army Corps, to July, 1864. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, District
of Kentucky, to February, 1865. Dept. of Kentucky to September, 1865.
SERVICE.--March to Cumberland
Ford January 12-February 15, 1862.
Flat Lick Ford, Cumberland River, February 14.
Skirmishes at Big Creek Gap and Jacksborough March 14 (Detachment).
Reconnoissance toward Cumberland Gap and skirmishes
March 21-23. Duty at Cumberland
Ford till June. Cumberland Gap Campaign March 28 to June
18. Occupation of Cumberland Gap June 18 to September
16. Tazewell July 22, 1862
(Detachment). Evacuation of Cumberland Gap and
retreat to the Ohio River September 17-October 3.
Expedition to Charleston, W. Va.,
October 21-November 10. Moved to Memphis, Tenn.,
November 10, and duty there till December 20. Sherman's
Yazoo Expedition December
20, 1862, to January 3, 1863.
Chickasaw Bayou December 26-28. Chickasaw Bluff December 29. Expedition to Arkansas
Post, Ark., January
3-10, 1863. Assault and capture of Fort Hindman,
Arkansas Post, January 10-11. Moved to
Young's Point, La., January 15;
thence to Milliken's Bend March 8. Operations from Milliken's Bend
to New Carthage March 31-April 17.
James' Plantation, near New
Carthage, April 6 and 8. Dunbar's Plantation,
Bayou Vidal, April 15. Expedition from Perkins' Plantation
to Hard Times Landing April 25-29. Phelps' and Clark's Bayous April 26. Choctaw
Bayou on Lake Bruin
April 28. Battle of Thompson's
Hill, Port Gibson, May 1, Battle of
Champion's Hill May 16. Big Black River
Bridge May 17. Siege of Vicksburg,
Miss., May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg
May 19 and 22. Advance on Jackson, Miss.,
July 4-10. Near Clinton July 8.
Siege of Jackson July 10-17.
Ordered to New Orleans, La.,
August 13. Duty at Carrollton, Brashear
City and Berwick till October. Western
Louisiana "Teche" Campaign October 3-November 30. Moved
to New Orleans, thence to DeCrow's
Point, Tex., December 10-14. Duty
at Matagorda Island
and Indianola till April, 1864. Ordered to New Orleans
April 19, thence to Alexandria
April 23. Red River Campaign April 26-May 22. Action at
Graham's Plantation May 5. Retreat
to Morganza May 13-20. Expedition to the Atchafalaya May
30-June 6. Duty at Morganza till July. Moved to New Orleans,
thence home on Veteran furlough July and August. Ordered to Lexington,
Ky., and garrison duty there till September
7, 1865. Moved to Louisville,
Ky., September 7, and there
mustered out September 13, 1865.
Regiment lost
during service 1 Officer and 40 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3
Officers and 192 Enlisted men by disease. Total 236.
The Tiger Company, by VIC WEALS
In the year 1864
the country east and southeast of Cumberland Gap,
Tenn., composed of. the counties, of Lee and
Scott in Virginia, and Hancock and, a portion of Claiborne County in Tennessee,
was infested with roving and raiding bands of Confederate soldiers, with here
and there a few men who belonged to neither army but were engaged in pilfering
and robbing the citizens . The citizens on the Tennessee
side of the state line were largely Union, and those on
the other side of the line were largely the other way, and because of these facts
the citizens on the Tennessee
side , especially those who adhered to the Union, were
being killed and captured and otherwise annoyed almost constantly.
With William Riley
as captain and John Parkey as lieutenant the company was in actual and constant
service from September 1864 until the close of the war in spring of 1865.
In January 1865 it made its headquarters at Tazewell, Claiborne
County, and allied itself with the Second North Carolina
Mounted Infantry and acted in concert with it nearly all the time until
the close of the war.
Tiger Company was
formed to protect the people being robbed and killed.
Official Records : Page
75 | EXPEDITION INTO NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
MARCH 3-5, 1865.
- Reconnaissance from Cumberland Gap, Tenn.,
toward Jonesville, Va.,
with skirmishes (4th) at Ball's Bridge, Va.,
and (5th) at Tazewell,
Tenn.
Reports
of Lieutenant Colonel William C. Bartlett, Second
North Carolina Mounted Infantry.
CUMBERLAND GAP, March
5, 1865.
On
the 3rd I made a reconnaissance toward Jonesville. Was attacked yesterday
morning at Ball's Bridge by about 250 rebels. We whipped them and drove them
back up the valley. Owing to high waters I did not follow them over a couple of
miles. I had 103 men with me. Has courier arrived with letter of mine to A. G.
If so please retain letter till you hear from me. Please answer.
W.
C. BARTLETT,
Lieutenant-Colonel.
Captain
DEANE,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
CUMBERLAND GAP, March
5, 1865.
Part
of Giltner's command surrounded Tazewell this a. m. and made a formal demand
for surrender. This was refused, and they attacked Jennings
with vigor. The enemy was thoroughly beaten, numbers killed and wounded, and
Lieutenant Richmond captured. Have as yet no further details. Rebels asked time
to bury their dead, but Lieutenant Jennings charged them instead. The attacking
force was commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Prentice, Seventh Confederate Cavalry
Battalion.
W.
C. BARTLETT,
Lieutenant-Colonel.
Brigadier-General
TILLSON.
ADDENDA.
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF EAST TENNESSEE AND
FOURTH DIVISION, TWENTY-THIRD ARMY CORPS,
Knoxville, Tenn., March 5, 1865.
Lieutenant
Colonel W. C. BARTLETT,
Commanding,
Cumberland Gap:
Your
dispatch received. I congratulate you upon your success. How much force did the
enemy have? Is there any reason to suppose that they were the advance of any
considerable force, or that it means anything more than a raid?
DAVIS TILLSON,
Brigadier General U. S.
Volunteers, Commanding District and Division.
Union Regimental
Histories
North Carolina
2nd Regiment Mounted Infantry
Organized at Knoxville,
Tenn., October, 1863. Attached to 1st
Brigade, Willcox's Division, 9th Army Corps, Left Wing Forces, Dept. Ohio,
to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. Ohio,
to February, 1865. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, District of
East Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland,
to August, 1865.
SERVICE.--Ordered
to Greenville, Tenn.,
October 16, 1863, and duty
there until November 6. Moved to Bull's Gap November 6, and duty there until
December. March across Clinch Mountains
to Clinch River.
Action at Walker's Ford
December 2. Gibson's and Wyerman's, Miss.,
February 22, 1864. Duty at Cumberland
Gap and patrol duty in East Tennessee until
April 1865. Scout from Cumberland Gap January
23-27, 1865. Expedition from East Tennessee
into Western North Carolina March 21-April
25, 1865. Moved to Boone, N. C., April 6, and to Asheville,
N. C., April 27-30. Duty in North Carolina
and East Tennessee until August. Mustered out August
16, 1865.
Battery "L" 1st Regiment Michigan
Light Artillery, USA
Organized at Coldwater, Mich.,
and mustered in April 11, 1863.
Left State for Covington, Ky.,
May 20, and duty there until June 4,
1863. Moved to Camp Nelson, Ky.,
June 4; thence to Mt. Sterling, Ky.,
June 12. Attached to Artillery, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of the Ohio,
to September, 1863. Willcox's Division, Cumberland Gap,
Left Wing Forces, Dept. of the Ohio,
to January, 1864. District of the Clinch, Dept. of the Ohio,
to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of the Ohio,
to August, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, to February, 1865.
2nd Brigade, 4th Division, District of East Tennessee,
Dept. of the Cumberland, to August,
1865.
SERVICE.--Reconnaissance from Mr. Sterling, Ky.,
Bridge June 16. Moved to Lebanon, Ky.,
July 4. Action with Morgan at Lebanon
July 5. Pursuit of Morgan July 6-29. Buffington Island,
Ohio, July 19 (Section). Steubenville,
Ohio, July 26 (Section). Burnside's Campaign
in East Tennessee August 16-October 17. March across Cumberland
Mountains to Knoxville, Tenn.,
August 16-September 2. Winter's Gap August 31. Moved to Morristown
September 4. Operations about Cumberland Gap September
7-10. Carter's Depot September 22. Zollicoffer September 24. Jonesboro
September 28. Blue Springs October 5 and 10. Sweetwater October 10-11. Moved to
Bean's Station November 9 and to Tazewell November
12, 1863. To Cumberland Gap November 18.
Return to Tazewell December 25, 1863, thence to Evans' Ford, Clinch
River, December 26, To Cumberland Gap January
12, 1864, and duty there until June 27. Moved to Knoxville
June 27-July 1 and duty there until August, 1865. (One Section detached to
guard railroad at Strawberry Plains December 6, 1864, to April 10, 1865.)
Ordered to Jackson, Mich.,
August 15, and there mustered out August
22, 1865.
Battery lost
during service 1 Enlisted man killed and 1 Officer and 27 Enlisted men by disease.
Total 29.
Battery
"M" 1st Regiment Michigan
Light Artillery
Organized at Detroit, Mt.
Clemens and Dearborn,
and organization completed June 30,
1863. Moved to Indianapolis, Ind.,
July 9-11; thence to Cincinnati, Ohio,
July 13, and return to Indianapolis, Ind.,
July 17. Duty there until September 18. Moved to Camp
Nelson, Ky., September 18-20.
Attached to Willcox's Division, Left Wing Forces, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of the
Ohio, to January, 1864. District
of the Clinch, Dept. of the Ohio,
to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of the Ohio,
to February, 1865. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, District of
East Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland,
to March, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, District of East
Tennessee, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--March from Camp Nelson, Ky., to Cumberland Gap, Tenn.,
September 24-October 3, 1863, and to Morristown, Tenn., October 6. Moved to
Bull's Gap October 17, thence to Bean's Station October 19, and to Tazewell October
21, 1863, and to Cumberland Gap October 22,
Garrison duty at Cumberland Gap until May
10, 1865. Action at Walker's
Ford, Clinch River, December
2, 1863. Tazewell
January 24, 1864. Moved to Knoxville,
Tenn., May
10, 1865; thence to Strawberry Plains and duty there until July 7.
Moved to Jackson, Mich.,
July 7-12, and there mustered out August
1, 1865.
Battery lost
during service 3 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 15 Enlisted men
by disease. Total 18.
42nd Ohio Infantry,
USA
The organization of this Regiment was completed in November,
1861, and in December it took the field under James A. Garfield. The following
fall it served for a time on the Kanawha, in Western Virginia.
December found it part of Sherman's
army in the unsuccessful attack on the Bluffs at Vicksburg,
and immediately afterwards it participated in the capture of Arkansas Post. It
fought gallantly in the various battles incident to the campaign resulting in
the surrender of Vicksburg, and
afterwards was ordered to New Orleans.
This Regiment had lost 1 officer and 20 men killed, and, and 18 officers and
325 men wounded. It was mustered out in the winter of 1864, excepting about 100
men who were assigned to the 96th Ohio.
Garfield's
Campaign against Humphrey Marshall December
23, 1861, to January 30,
1862. Advance on Paintsville, Ky.,
December 31, 1861, to January
7, 1862, Jennies Creek
January 7. Occupation of Paintsville January 8. Middle Creek, near Prestonburg,
January 10. Occupation of Prestonburg January 11. Expedition to Pound Gap, Cumberland
Mountains, March 14-17, Pound Gap March 16. Cumberland
Gap Campaign March 28-June 18. Cumberland
Mountain April 28. Occupation of Cumberland
Gap June 18 to September 16. Tazewell July 26,
1862. Operations about Cumberland
Gap August 2-6. Big Springs August 3. Tazewell August 6,
1862. Evacuation of Cumberland
Gap and retreat to the Ohio River September
17-October 3. Expedition to Charleston
October 21-November 10. Ordered to Memphis, Tenn.,
November 10, and duty there till December 20. Sherman's
Yazoo Expedition December
20, 1862, to January 3, 1863.
Chickasaw Bayou December 26-28. Chickasaw Bluff December 29. Expedition to Arkansas
Post, Ark., January
3-10, 1863. Assault and capture of Fort Hindman,
Arkansas Post, January 10-11. Moved to
Young's Point, La., January 17.
Duty there and at Milliken's Bend, La.,
till April 25. Operations from Milliken's Bend
to New Carthage March 31-April 17.
Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand
Gulf April 25-30. Battle
of Port Gibson May 1. Skirmish near Edwards Station May 15. Battle
of Champion's Hill May 16. Big Black River May 17. Siege
of Vicksburg, Miss.,
May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg
May 19 and 22. Advance on Jackson, Miss.,
July 5-10. Near Clinton July 8.
Siege of Jackson July 10-17, Moved
to New Orleans, La.,
August 13. Duty at Carrollton,
Berwick and Brashear City
till October. Western Louisiana Campaign October
3-November 20. Duty at Plaquemine November
21, 1863, to March 24, 1864.
Provost duty at Baton Rouge till
May 1. Expedition to Clinton May
1-3. Comite River
May 1. Moved to Simsport May 18, thence to Morganza and duty there till
September 6. Expeditions up White River July 15 and
September 6-15. Moved to Duvall's Bluff, Ark.,
September 15, and duty there till November. Companies "A,"
"B," "C" and "D" mustered out September
30, 1864. Companies "E" and "F" mustered out November
25, 1864, and Companies "G," "H," "I"
and "K" mustered out December
2, 1864. Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 58 Enlisted men
killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 178 Enlisted men by disease.
Total 240.
129th Ohio Infantry,
USA
Organized August
10, 1863, under Colonel Howard D. John, for six months service, it
at once started for the field. It marched through Kentucky
to Cumberland Gap, where it operated during the severity
of winter, losing many men by exposure. In the spring of 1864, the Regiment
returned to Ohio and was mustered
out March 11, 1864.
129th Regiment Infantry. Organized at Camp
Taylor, near Cleveland,
Ohio, August
10, 1863. Moved to Camp Nelson, Ky.,
August 10. Attached to DeCourcy's Brigade, Willcox's Left Wing Forces, Dept. of
the Ohio, to October, 1863. 3rd
Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Ohio,
to January. 1864. District of the Clinch, Dept. of the Ohio,
to March, 1864.
SERVICE.--Expedition under DeCourcy to Cumberland Gap,
Tenn., August 20-September
8, 1863. Capture of Cumberland Gap September
9. Duty at Cumberland Gap picketing and foraging till December
1. March toward Clinch River December 1-2. Patrol duty
along Clinch River till December
29, 1863. Moved to Tazewell, thence to Cumberland Gap, and duty there till January
11, 1864. Ordered to Camp Nelson, Ky.
Skirmish at Barboursville. Ky.,
February 8. Ordered to Cleveland, Ohio,
March and mustered out March 10, 1864.
Regiment lost during service 25 Enlisted men by disease.
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1st Wisconsin
Independent Battery Light Artillery
Organized at LaCrosse, Wis.,
and mustered in October 10, 1861.
Moved to Camp Utley,
Racine, Wis.,
and duty there until January 23, 1862.
Ordered to Louisville, Ky.,
January 23, and duty there until April 3. Attached to Artillery, 7th Division,
Army of the Ohio, to October,
1862. Cumberland Division, District
of West Virginia, Dept. of the Ohio,
to November, 1862. Artillery, 9th Division, Right Wing 13th Army Corps (Old),
Dept. of the Tennessee, to
December, 1862. Artillery, 3rd Division, Sherman's
Yazoo Expedition, to January, 1863. Artillery, 9th
Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee,
to July, 1863. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee,
to August, 1863, and Dept. of the Gulf to August, 1863. Defenses of New
Orleans, La., Dept. of the Gulf,
to January, 1864. Artillery, 1st Division, 13th Army Corps, to June, 1864.
District of Morganza, Dept. of the Gulf, to August, 1864. Artillery, Cavalry
Division, Dept. of the Gulf, to February, 1865. Cavalry Brigade, District
of Baton Rouge, La., to July,
1865. Captain Jacob T. Foster, Aug.
21, 1861.
SERVICE.--Cumberland Gap Campaign April 3-June
18, 1862. Occupation of Cumberland Gap June
18 to September 17. Evacuation of Cumberland Gap and retreat to Greenupsburg,
Ky., and to the Ohio River September 17-October 3. Expedition to Charleston,
W. Va., October 21-November 10.
Ordered to Cincinnati, Ohio,
November 20; thence to Memphis, Tenn.,
November 26. Sherman's Yazoo
Expedition December 20, 1862,
to January 3, 1863.
Chickasaw Bayou December 26-28. Chickasaw Bluff December 29. Expedition to Arkansas
Post, Ark., January
3-10, 1863
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