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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., Cumberland Gap. (search)
de, Col. John F. De Courcy: 22d Ky., Col. Daniel W. Lindsey; 16th Ohio, Lieut.-Col. George W. Bailey; 42d Ohio, Col. Lionel A. Sheldon. Twenty-seventh Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Absalom Baird: 33d Ind., Col. John Coburn; 14th Ky., Col. John C. Cochran; 19th Ky., Col. William J. Landram. Artillery, Capt. Jacob T. Foster: 7th Mich., Capt. Charles H. Lanphere; 9th Ohio, Lieut. Leonard P. Barrows; 1st Wis., Lieut. John D. Anderson; Siege Battery, Lieut. Daniel Webster. Cavalry: Ky. Battalion, Lieut.-Col. Reuben Munday. Ky. Engineers, Capt. William F. Patterson. Confederate forces.--Their composition is not stated in the Official Records. During the month of July Brig.-Gen. Carter L. Stevenson, First Division, Department of East Tennessee, was in position confronting Morgan at Cumberland Gap. The strength of this division was stated by General Kirby Smith on the 24th of the month to be 9000 effectives, well organized and mobilized, and in good condition for active service. The organization
be in that vicinity blockading roads and molesting the persons and property of Union citizens, I left with my command on the morning of the 10th instant, accompanied by Lieut. Col. James Keigwin, of the Forty-ninth Indiana Volunteers, and marched to Big Creek Gap via Boston. My force consisted of the Second East Tennessee Regiment; Company A, of the First East Tennessee Regiment, Captain Cooper; Company B, of the Forty-ninth Indiana Regiment, Captain Thompson, and a detachment of Lieutenant-Colonel Munday's First Battalion Kentucky Cavalry. We arrived at the foot of the Cumberland Mountains, on the north side, on the 13th instant, at 6 o'clock p. m. I then learned that two companies of the First Tennessee Regiment rebel cavalry were encamped at Big Creek Gap. Finding the road completely blockaded, I detached the cavalry, and sent them around by another road, with orders to meet the main body of the command at a certain point on the opposite side of the mountain. Procuring the
bel regiments, with six pieces of artillery, under command of General Smith (who had arrived on the preceding day), left Cumberland Gap on the 19th instant to attack the Second East Tennessee Regiment, which was then stationed at Woodson's Gap, some 3 miles from Fincastle, Campbell County, East Tennessee. Orders were given to the First East Tennessee Regiment, Colonel Byrd-Seventh Kentucky, Colonel Garrard-Sixteenth Ohio, Colonel De Courcy; Forty-ninth Indiana, Colonel Say, and to Lieutenant-Colonel Munday, First Battalion of Kentucky Cavalry, to prepare four days rations and be ready to move on the following morning. Captain Wetmore's Ninth Ohio Battery was also ordered to have one section (two Parrott guns) in readiness to accompany the command. The whole force amounted to some 2,300 men. Proper guards were left at this place and in the several camps. On the morning of the 21st we marched toward Cumberland Gap, with the hope of arriving there before the return of the rebel t
n terms of just praise of the valuable services of Lieutenant Fisher and his brother officers of the Signal Corps, and also of the energy and devotion of Lieutenant-Colonel Munday and hisiendful of cavalry; but every officer and every soldier has nobly discharged his duty. George W. Morgan, Brigadier-General, Commanding. Hon. o strike at our line of supplies. The mines were constructed by Capt. S. S. Lyon, but they were never sprung. On the 6th instant the march was again resumed, Munday's cavalry and Garrard's Third Kentucky Infantry constituting the advance guard, followed by the siege guns, Foster's battery, and De Courcy3s brigade; next the brommanders of separate corps for a narrative of the meritorious services of those officers. In this connection I must mention in terms of commendation Lieut. Col. Reuben Munday, with his battalion of Kentucky cavalry. This brave little band have performed the most arduous duties without a murmur, doing picket duty and acting as
f Maj. Gen. E. Kirby Smith: H. L. Clay, Assistant Adjutant-General. [Inclosure.]headquarters District of East Tennessee, Knoxville, March 16, 1862. Col. D. Leadbetter, Commanding: Colonel: The major-general commanding directs me to inform you that he has received information that the enemy crossed the mountains with the following force: Second Regiment Tennessee Volunteers (infantry), Forty-ninth Regiment Indiana Volunteers (infantry), Eleventh Regiment Ohio Volunteers (infantry), and Munday's cavalry. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, H. L. Clay, Assistant Adjutant-General. War Department, C. S. A., Richmond, Va., March 17, 1862. Hon. J. G. Shorter, Governor of Alabama, Montgomery, Ala.: sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 4th instant, through Hon. William Fargan, and to return my sincere acknowledgments for the prompt and patriotic response made by you and your noble State to the call of this Government for troops. But I am
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 35. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Roster of the companies. (search)
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. 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 smallpo
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 35. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Warren Blues—Extra Billy's men: Roll of officers and men of a famous band of Veterans. (search)
O., sergeant, surrendered at Appomattox (dead). Harris, Henry, captured at Fort Steadman. Hurt, Morris, captured on retreat to Appomattox (dead). Hill, Joseph, captured (dead). Jarman, J. L. (living). Kirby, J. S., wounded at Hatcher's Run. Kirby, Edward, captured. Maupin, Gabriel, captured. Mayo, William P., captured. Moore, Shepherd, captured. Maddox, James, captured. Michie, Lucien A., captured at Fort Steadman. Mayo, J. R., wounded at Hatcher's Run. Munday, Castello, captured. Owens, Crede, captured. Powell, William, captured at Fort Steadman. Shelton, Austin. Shackleford, John. Snead, N. S. Shifflett, George M., surrendered at Appomattox. Tillman, Overton, captured. Woodson, Benjamin, wounded at Hatcher's Run. Wood, Ira G., wounded at Hatcher's Run. Wood, John W., wounded at Hatcher's Run. Walton, Rice, wounded at Hatcher's Run. Ward, Samuel, wounded at Hatcher's Run. Lieutenant John G. Brown and Sergean