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Roster of the companies.
Company A.
John Henry Jackson was largely instrumental in recruiting this, the first company raised for
Chenault's Regiment.
It was recruited in
Clark County, at a meeting and barbecue given on the farm of
Mr. Jackson's mother, at Jackson's Ferry, on Friday, September 2, 1862, where
Colonel Tucker and
Major McCreary made speeches.
An eye witness of the scene writes: ‘When
Colonel Tucker and
Major McCreary spoke at Jackson's Ferry, they stood on the balcony of the residence of the venerable
Mrs. Anna Jackson.
A beautiful daughter of this historic family,
Miss Mary Virginia Jackson, waved over their heads a Confederate flag.
Full of life, beauty and enthusiasm, her cheering voice would ring out “Fall in boys, the
South needs you,” and the boys fell in.
Mrs. Jackson and her lovely daughter were afterwards arrested for giving aid and comfort to the
Rebellion, and were incarcerated in a military prison.
On their release they were put under heavy bonds.’
Miss Mary Virginia Jackson married the late
William H. Eaton, of
Winchester, where she now lives.
It is said that she practically raised Company A.
John Henry Jackson had good reason to expect to be elected
Captain.
He was made sergeant major of the regiment, which he soon resigned to serve in the ranks.
There is only one known roll of this company in existence, and it covers the period from September 10, 1862, to December 31, 1862.
Information given below of a later date than December 31, 1862, has been gathered from various sources.
The folowing is the roll:
Captain Gordon C. Mullins. Froze to death in the
Ohio penitentiary, January 1, 1864, the coldest night of the war.
First lieutenant, Allen Armstrong Rankins;
second lieutenants,
Sidney P. Cunningham (afterwards
Adjutant of the Second Brigade),
Rodney Haggard,
Wm. W. Baldwin, killed at the battle of Green River Bridge, July 4, 1863.
Sergeants—First,
Joel Tandy Quisenberry; second,
John David Reid; third,
John Doyle, died of camp fever, November 25, 1863.
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Corporals—First,
Wm. A. Tolliver; second,
Josephus Oliver; third,
Robert Quisenberry; fourth,
Ellis G. Baxter.
Teamster—
Joe R. Ackerson.
Privates—
Richard Ackerson,
Thos. Baber, died of camp fever, October 10, 1862; Pleasant
Baber,
Stanley Baber,
Allen Brock,
Wm. Brock,
Clifton Busch,
John W. Baldwin,
W. W. Baldwin, Sr.,
Samuel Baldwin,
Henry Brown,
Hardin Brown,
Luke Baxter,
Thomas Callicutt, died in
Camp Douglas, November 15, 1863, of smallpox;
E. Waller Combs,
John Cooper, died in
Camp Douglas, March 6, 1864, of smallpox;
Wm. Chisholm, Edward Collins,
McGowan Cooper,
John Collins,
Dr. Cummins,
Wm. Dixon (or
Dickson),
Thomas Eads,
Wm. Eads,
James Freeman, died in
Camp Douglas, February 25, 1864, of smallpox;
John Glover,
David N. Gordon,
Ezekiel Hampton,
Jesse Hampton, died in
Camp Douglas, December 19, 1864, of smallpox;
Joseph Hampton, wounded November 17, and died November 30, 1862;
W. L. Haggard,
Edward Haggard (‘Hunker’),
James P. Haggard,
Sanford Haggard,——Haybrook,
John Henry Jackson, promoted to sergeant major;
James Johnson,
Robt. D. King,
Jeff C. King,
James Kelley, wounded and prisoner at
Hartsville, Tenn., December 9, 1862, lost leg;
Wm. C. Kearney,
J. Braxton Lyle,
Joseph C. Lyle,
James Henry Mullins, died in
Camp Douglas, September 18, 1864, heart disease;
Henry S. Meredith,
James Oliver, died in
Camp Douglas, November 17, 1864, chronic diarrhoea;
Minor Perkins, Colby Pardo, John Pardo, died in
Camp Douglas, August 26, 1864, dysentery;
Wm. J. Quisenberry,
Elkanah Ragland,
Nathanial Ragland, died in
Tennessee, of brain fever;
Thomas Ragland,
Milton Ragland,
Harry Ragland,
A. Clay Rash,
David Railsback, promoted to sergeant;
Edward Railsback,
James Rutlidge,
Andrew Rogers,
Richard Simpson,
Solomon Stevens,
Benj. Stevens,
Michael Berry Stevens,
Edward Stokely,
John Schooler (or
Schuyler),
Hiter Shockley, Rizen Sympson, Nep.
Thomas, died January 11, 1863, of brain fever;
Lewis Trussell,
Dr. G. Wash. Taylor, promoted as assistant surgeon;
Wm. Waller,
Lewis Woolsey,
Wm. Wickerson.—92 officers and enlisted men.
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Company B.
Company B was recruited in
Madison County.
There are two known rolls of this company, covering the period from September 10, 1862, to April 30, 1863, as follows:
Captains—
Joseph Chenault, killed at battle of
Grassy Creek, Ky., May 8, 1863;
Alexander H. Tribble, killed at Green River Bridge, July 4, 1863.
First lieutenant, Isham A. Fox;
second lieutenants,
Charles Stone,
Dudley Tribble, Jr.
Sergeants—First, Ja.mes
P. White; second, Robert Samuells; third,
Andrew McCord; fourth,
Squire Turner Trevis, escaped from
Camp Douglas and went to
Canada, where he was in the
St. Albans, Vt., ‘Bank Raid.’
Corporals-First,
Michael Hennessee; second,
T. B. Shearer; third,
James Davis; fourth,
John Jones.
Forage Masters—
Robert Rice,
William Berry.
Company Farriers—
Edward Baxter, Alexander Pence.
Privates—
H. K. Anderson, died in
Camp Douglas, March 24, 1864, of smallpox;
John Azbill, died in
Camp Douglas, November 25, 1864, of consumption;
Samuel Berry, died in
Camp Douglas, August 18, 1864, of dropsy;
Wm. Biggerstaff,
Wm. Berry,
Charles Coley,
James Cosby,
John Cosby, killed at Green River Bridge, July 4. 1863;
Oliver W. Cosby, killed at Green River Bridge, July 4, 1863;
A. S. Cosby, killed at Green River Bridge, July 4, 1863;
Weston Deboe,
Nathan Deatherage,
James Davis,
Wm. Dickerson,
Thompson Duerson,
Peter Dozier,
Thomas Fowler,
Zack Ferrell,
John Ferrell, captured at
Springfield, Ky., December 30, 1862;
Anderson Ferrell,
Wm. Fox,
John Fox,
Wm. Farris,
Chas. Garrett,
Dan Griffith,
Wishfred Goodman,
Leroy G. Haden,
James Hugeley,
Squire Hugeley,
David Hill (‘Old Pap’), died at
Camp Douglas, February 18, 1864, of smallpox;
Anderson Jones,
Andrew Jones,
James Jones,
Wm. Jones,
G. R. Kester,
Benj. Lear, Newton Later,
G. E. Musselman,
W. E. Mattinkly,
John Newby,
Cyrus Newkirk,
Meredith Perkins,
J. W. Parmetier,
Alexander Rossell,
John Rice, died in
Camp Douglas, April 12, 1864, of smallpox;
Thomas Rice,
Dr. Aylett Raines, promoted to assistant surgeon, 1862;
Tillman Shanks,
Wesley Smithheart,
John Shearer,
Joseph P. Simmons,
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orderly to
Colonel Chenault;
Ira W. Scudder, commissary sergeant;
Sidney Shaw,
Harrison Shaw,
James Shearer,
Anderson Terrill, died in
Camp Douglas, March 10, 1864, of smallpox;
Reuben Turner,
Robert Turner,
James Turner,
Wm. Turner,
John Turner,
James Trimble,
Robert Trevis,
Valentine Tillett,
Jacob White,
James Wade,
Richard Williams,
Hiram Wood,
Ezekiel Walcott,
James Wilson, died in
Camp Douglas, February 18, 1864, of old sores.—91 officers and enlisted men.
Company C.
Company C was recruited in
Clark County, and most of its members enlisted in one day—Saturday, September 6, 1862.
The following is a copy of the only official roll of the company known to be in existence, and this is supposed to be 15 or 20 names short:
Captain—
Andrew Jackson Bruner, wounded at the foot of
Greasy Creek, Ky., May 8, 1863.
Some weeks later, when the command started on the
Ohio raid, his wound was unhealed, and he unable to ride astride on account of it, but unwilling to be left behind, he went with his men anyhow, and rode more than 600 miles (going day and night) on a side saddle, carrying his crutches.
First lieutenant—
James Levi Wheeler.
He took an active part in recruiting the company and came within a few votes of being elected its captain, and was captain before the close of the war.
General Kirby Smith placed him in command of
Clark County, with orders to suppress bushwhacking, etc., and to disarm and parole the Home Guards.
Died in
Winchester, April 2, 1894.
Second lieutenants—
Thomas Birch, died February 6, 1863, near
Monticello, Ky.;
Thomas Jefferson Haggard,
Taylor Tracy, transferred from
General Humphry Marshall's Army, November 5, 1862, wounded at
Bull's Gap, November 13, 1862;
James Royall Price, promoted from sergeant major.
Sergeants—First,
John W. Gordon; second,
W. S. Hogan; third,
John A. Kelly; fourth,
John Flynn, died in
Camp Douglas, January 8, 1864, of congestive chills; fifth,
Milton Vivion.
Corporals—First,
J. S. Gamboe; second,
Wm. B. Willis; second,
J. H. Carter, died February 24, 1863, near
Monticello, Ky.,
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of brain fever; third,
Benj. H. Jones; fourth,
F. M. Cottman.
Privates—
J. H. Adams, discharged December 1, 1862, disability;
J. N. Aldridge, died in
Camp Douglas, October 21, 1864, of typhoid fever;
Lewis Ballard,
George Birch,
Aaron Blythe,
Henry Charles,
R. H. Chisholm,
David Clark,
D. W. Clark,
Wildie Clark,
Wm. Clem,
William Craig,
John Daniel,
F. M. Dority,
John Dority,
Samuel Dority,
Wm. Dority,
John Dougherty, died in
Camp Douglas, October 2, 1864, of pneumonia;
Charles B. Ecton, now a member of the Kentucky Senate;
Casswell Epperson, John Fields,
Wm. French,
John Goode,
John Gruelle, deserted October, 1862, and joined the
Federal Army;
Michael Haggard,
Robert Hogan,
Joe S. Hood,
Henry Hugeley,
James Hugeley,
John Jones,
Robert Knox, died in
Camp Douglas, October 21, 1864, of chronic diarrhoea;
David Larison,
Robert Lawrence,
George Leslie,
James Logan,
Alfred Martin,
Elisha Ogden,
Thomas Parris,
Archie Piersall,
J. H. Reed, promoted to assistant quartermaster sergeant;
John Shay,
Willis F. Spahr, promoted to quartermaster sergeant;
John Stivers,
F. M. Stone,
Raleigh Sutherland,
regimental farrier;
T. B. Stuart,
John Tate,
Wm. Tate,
Wm. Taylor,
Obadiah B. Tracy, died in
Camp Douglas, February 17, 1864, of chronic diarrhoea;
Henry Turner,
Wm. Taylor,
Howard Watts,
J. A. Watts.—seventy officers and enlisted men.
Company D.
Company D was recruited in
Estill County.
There are no known rolls of it in existence.
It was one of the largest companies in the regiment.
The following are the names of the officers and eleven men who died in
Camp Douglas:
Captain, J. N. L. Dickens;
first lieutenant,
W. Wiseman;
second lieutenants, J. M. Riddle,
W. Winburn.
Enlisted men who died in
Camp Douglas—
John Allen, February 24, 1864, of smallpox;
Joseph Clowers, October 7, 1863, of brain fever;
N. P. Bell, November 10, 1863, of measles;
Wm. R. Barton, November 10, 1864, of typhoid fever;
John Franklin, December 29, 1864, of smallpox;
S. W. Frost, March 26, 1864, of general debility;
Henry Rigner, December 24, 1864, of chronic diarrhoea;
George Tiviford, March 27, 1864, of smallpox;
Emerson
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Turpin, March 27, 1864, of smallpox;
John Wade, November 12, 1863.
Company E.
This company was recruited in
Madison County and there are no known rolls of it in existence.
It was a large company.
The following list of its officers and a few of its men was gathered from several sources:
Captain, Robert B. Terrill, severely wounded at
Mt. Sterling, Ky., March 21, 1863;
first lieutenant,
G. W. Ranson, supposed to have been killed at the battle of
Mission Ridge;
second lieutenants, G. W. Maupin,
Seth Maupin, severely wounded at
Mt. Sterling, Ky., March 21, 1863.
Enlisted men—Ive
Adair, died in
Camp Douglas, November 4, 1863, of measles;
Anderson Chenault, escaped from
Camp Douglas, recaptured, and tried by
General Burbridge as a spy, but acquitted;
Cabell Chenault, died at
Monticello, Ky., 1862;
David Chenault, escaped from
Camp Douglas, but recaptured;
Robert Chenault,
T. J. Filmore, died in
Camp Douglas, January 2, 1865, of smallpox;
Wm. Huse, died in
Camp Douglas, October 20, 1863, of measles;
George McDaniel, died in
Camp Douglas, October 7, 1863, of measles;
George Vaughn, died in
Camp Douglas, November 20, 1863, of smallpox.
Company F.
Company F was recruited in
Madison County.
There are two known rolls of it in existance, covering the period from September 10, 1862, to February 28, 1863.
The following roster of its officers and men is believed to be some fifteen or twenty names short:
Captain—
Thomas Bronston Collins, wounded at
Greasy Creek, Ky., May 9, 1863, escaped with
Colonel A. R. Johnson at
Buffington Island, Ohio, by swimming the
Ohio river, afterwards went to
Canada in the secret service of the
Confederacy, and was one of the twenty Confederate soldiers who made the celebrated ‘Bank Raid’ at
St. Albans, Vt.
First Lieutenant, J. F. Oldham;
second lieutenants,
R. J. Parks,
C. H. Covington, died of brain fever at
Albany, Ky., April 1, 1863;
James H. Trevis.
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Sergeants—Ordnance,
Joseph Collins; first,
James Trevis, second,
James Caldwell; third,
Thomas Dejarnett; fourth,
W. B. Benton; fifth,
J. K. Sams.
Corporals—First,
J. T. Jones; second,
R. Caldwell; third,
A. G. Fife; fourth,
Robert Miller.
Farriers—
James Miller,
Thomas Oldham.
Privates—
John Asbell,
John Benton, died at
Monticello, Ky., March 25, 1863, of brain fever;
Van Buren Benton, died in
Camp Douglas, March 14, 1864, of smallpox;
T. C. Broaddus,
George Butler,
Peter Beck,
Jacob Creath Bronston,
W. B. Benton,
James Cosby,
James W. Coulter,
Chas. Covington,
James G. Cochran,
H. W. Coldiron,
Joseph Collins,
Joel Embry,
Wm. Grubb,
David Giltner,
John Hutchinson, Elisha Hall,
Wiley Horn,
Anderson Harris,
Thos. Hamilton, died in
Camp Douglas, September 27, 1863, of fever;
Joseph Jones,
Meredith Jones,
M. B. Judy,
Jacob Kurtz, Arch.
Kavenaugh,
J. B. Mize,
Owen McKee,
Travis Million,
Samuel Meeks,
James P. Norman, died in
Camp Douglas, October 26, 1864, of pneumonia;
J. R. Oldham,
Preston Oldham,
Richard Oldham,
James Oldham,
Q. R. Oldham,
J. P. Oldham,
Thomas Portwood,
Benjamin Price,
Silas Pearce,
Robert Rowan,
J. K. Sams,
John Semonis,
Andrew Turpin,
Samuel Turpin, died in
Camp Douglas, November 26, 1864, of smallpox;
Harris Thorp,
Granville Troxwell,
Durrett White,
Daniel White,
Joel W. Watts, died in
Camp Douglas, February 25, 1864, of pneumonia;
Wm. Wilder,
Alex. Woods, died in
Knoxville, Tenn., November 13, 1862;
C. F. Wright—72 officers and enlisted men.
Company G.
This company was recruited in
Bourbon County.
There is only one known roll in existence, covering the period from September 10, 1862, to December 31, 1862, and it is supposed to be very incomplete.
It is as follows:
Captains—
James Mitchel,
Thomas Wells.
First Lieutenants—
G. W. Bowen,
Alfred Williams.
Second Lieutenants—
Thomas J. Current,
W. A. Bedford,
D. H. Clowers,
Milo Wells, killed November 13, 1864, at
Bull's Gap, Tenn.
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Sergeants—First,
Charles C. Rule; second,
Charles R. Shawhan; third,
Wm. Kendall; fourth,
Wm. C. Current.
Corporals—First,
Thomas J. Howard; second, Gano Leer; third,
Wm. H. Current; fourth,
L. Lair.
Privates—
Thomas Bedford,
A. W. Bedford,
John Bowman,
James Batterson,
F. M. Breedon,
J. C. Clay,
N. Current, Jesse Current,
John Davis,
J. H. Demmitt,
J. W. Demmitt,
L. J. Fretwell,
R. F. Goodman,
George Gregory,
B. Hanly,
R. J. Hoover,
Jesse Haney,
Joseph Hinton,
Sam Hamilton,
James Kelley,
Emerson Neal,
John Penn,
Wm. Phillips,
William Ross,
P. C. Sullivan,
Sam Smizer,
George Shawhan,
N. D. Smith,
James Tate,
Cyrus Turner,
Charles Talbott,
David Wilson,
James Wilson,
R. Wilson—50 officers and enlisted men.
Company H.
Company H was made up of men from
Madison,
Montgomery and
Estill Counties, and perhaps had scattered members from other counties.
It was in service under
General Humphry Marshal for a year before
Bragg's and
Kirby Smith's invasion of
Kentucky, about which time the term of the men's enlistment with
Marshal expired, and they re-enlisted in
Chenault's Regiment.
There were also some new recruits in the company.
There is only one known roll of it in existence (supposed to be 25 or 30 names short), covering the period from September 10 to December 31, 1862, viz.:
Captain Augustus H. McGaee was one of the six officers who escaped from the
Ohio penitentiary with
General John H. Morgan.
He was killed in battle November 13, 1864.
First Lieutenant—
Frank A. West, killed at Green River Bridge, Ky., July 4, 1863.
Second Lieutenants—
F. M. Louderback, captured at
Springfield, Ky., December 30, 1862;
Cassius M. Taylor, died in prison, 1863.
Sergeants—First,
E. C. Elliott; second,
W. M. Newby; third,
Sidney Knatzer; fourth,
Milford Jackson.
Corporals—First,
John McClay, killed at
Greasy Creek, Ky., May 8, 1863; third,
Thomas Smarr; fourth,
Reuben Munday, captured at
Springfield, Ky., December 30, 1862.
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Privates—
Lewis Ashcraft,
Jacob Alexander,
Philip Breakhill,
James Browning,
John Browning,
Benjamin Browning,
John Benson,
E. C. Claypoole,
Thos. Chisholm, Amos Coats,
Isaiah Coates,
Robert Cusik, Robin Cocks,
W. H. Coldiron,
John Fitch, died in
Camp Douglas, December 13, 1864, of chronic diarrhoea;
John Fraley,
Pat Hamilton,
Adolphus Hamilton, George,Hayes,
William Hunt,
Jacob Hurst, died in
Camp Douglas, March 9, 1864, of smallpox;
Thomas Kelley,
John Judd,
Charles Jenkins,
William Lewis,
Wm. Louderback,
V. B. McCoy, Wesley Meadows, captured at
Springfield, Ky., December 30, 1862;
Henry McMahon,
George Maddox,
William Maden, died in
Camp Douglas, January 31, 1865, of heart disease;
Josiah Maddox,
William Maden,
Jesse Newby,
James K. Newby, died in
Camp Douglas, March 27, 1864, of smallpox;
Daniel Rice,
Marion Rice John Ryan,
Merritt Roberts,
Mack Roberts,
Squire Roberts,
George Sims,
John Simons,
Shelby Taylor,
Pope Wade,
James Webb,
Augustus Wood,
J. M. Wood,
Sam Wood,
Vince Wood,
James W. Woods, died in
Camp Douglas, October 31, 1864, of inflammation of the bowels; John Woods, died in
Camp Douglas, December 15, 1864, of chronic diarrhoea—64 officers and enlisted men.
Company I.
I have been unable to learn where Company I was recruited, though it was probably in
Estill County.
There are no known rolls of this company in existence.
Its officers were:
Captain—
Jack May, shot and killed while a prisoner of war.
First Lieutenant—
T. Corbin.
Second Lieutenant—
M. Rein.
Company K.
Company K it is believed was recruited in
Clinton and
Wayne Counties, during the time the regiment was doing scouting and picketing duty in that section.
There is no known roll of the company in existence.
Its officers were:
Captain—
B. S. Barton.
First Lieutenant—Harrison Moles, killed in September, 1863.
Second Lieutenant—
T. B. Corbett.
The following roster of the 11th Kentucky Cavalry does not
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by any means give a full statement of the casualties of the regiment, it merely gives the few that I have been able to ascertain so far.
It has been my intention to write a full history of this regiment and publish it in book form, but so far the survivors of the regiment have not responded to my appeals to furnish me full statements of their own experiences in the war, and such other matters concerning the regiment that are of historical interest.
Should they do so I believe I might get up a fairly good and extensive history of the 11th Kentucky Cavalry, and I should like to do that, since its commanding officer,
Colonel D. W. Chenault was my uncle.
