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Richard G Doyel
- Private
volunteered 1862-Dec 15 1864
Contact Name: Carole O'Dell
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Date Added: 12/20/2012

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James Robert Durbin
- Private
Documented in US Civil war record, ancestry.com
Contact Name: Maude Durbin
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Date Added: 11/26/2011

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Silas Frisbie
Rank Unknown
Silas was killed at Pickett Mills battle in Georgia in May 1864. He was in Tennessee working on a government survey with his father, Solomon, when the war broke out. He was conscripted by the Confederates and served for 7 months before he could run away and join the Union forces in Kentucky. The family was from Pennsylvania and had a small farm in Franklin, Tenn. which was confiscated and never returned to the family. He was the youngest in the family, 17 when he was conscripted. I have the letters he wrote to his sister in Ridgefield, Conn., including the letter informing the family of his death. He was 21 when he died.
Contact Name: Ruth B. Harney
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Date Added: 11/8/2004

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william greene
- Private
Was told he was killed in action. Would like to find out? He never returned home.
Contact Name: cindi ginn
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Date Added: 4/9/2007

Company A
Benjamin S. Henderson
- Corporal
He is listed in the family Bible as Capt. Benjamin S. Henderson.
Contact Name: Renee Houser
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Date Added: 4/5/2011

Company A
John E. Horth
- Private
John E. Horth is believed to have been born in Ohio. He lived in Petersburg, Boone, KY and enlisted in the 23rd Kentucky Regiment on 17 October 1861 at Camp King, KY. He was wounded during the war and did not survive. He died on 23 May 1864 and is buried at the Chattanooga National Cemetery in Tennessee.
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Date Added: 4/28/2009

Company A
James M. Pool
- Private
I recently discovered that my gg grandfather was not only in the Civil War but a member of this unit. I am in process of requesting his pension records from the National Archives.
What is interesting is that at time of his enlistment in 1864 he was not only married and over age 40 but had at least 8 of his children already born.
Contact Name: Jim Poole
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Date Added: 6/19/2006

Company B
Phillip Borgelt
- Private
my great great grandfather. enlisted Dec 1861, discharged Aug 1862 for illness.
Contact Name: Jeannine Kreinbrink
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Date Added: 2/15/2013

Company B
Henry Goldsmith
- Private
Son of William Goldsmith ( my wife's family tree )
Enlisted on 10/19/1861 at Camp King, KY as a Private.

On 12/8/1861 he mustered into 'B' Co. This regiment was organized at Camp King near Covington.
In the list of sixteen battles named on the colors of the
regiment by order of Gen. Grant, appear Rocky Face Ridge,
Resaca, New Hope Church, Pine top, Kennesaw Mountain, Smyrna,
Atlanta, Lovejoy's Station, all in the Atlanta campaign.
Contact Name: Glenn Land
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Date Added: 9/30/2007

Company B
John Straub
- Private
Born October 16, 1841 in Dayton, Ohio. Son of Jacob Straub and Barbara Kunz of Germany. Lived near Latonia Lakes, Kenton County, Kentucky in 1860.
Enlisted at Camp King, Kentucky in 1861. Survived disease at Murfreesboro, Tennesee in 1862.
Wounded at Battle of Atlanta, Georgia in 1864, had tip of right ear shot off.
Survived the war and settled in Pendleton County, Kentucky. Married Parthena Tomlin in 1866 and had 8 sons. His children were, John Jr, Pete, Seymore, Eddie, Adam, Albert, Jasper, and Ezra Straub.
Occupation after the war was farmer and delivered U.S. mail by horse and wagon from Gardnersville to Crittenden, Ky.
John was a member of Abraham Wileman GAR Post, Falmouth, Kentucky.
He died of a stoke in January 1918 at Gardnersville, Pendleton County, Kentucky. Burial at Gardnersville Cemetery.
Contact Name: Mark Black
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Date Added: 7/3/2006

Company D
Benjamin R. Addis
- Private
Served 1861-1865.
Contact Name: Addis
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Date Added: 1/11/2009

Company D
James McCoe
- Private
No comments
Contact Name: Matt Whitlock
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Date Added: 2/3/2009

Company E
Thomas S. Lukens
- 1st Lieutenant
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Contact Name: Rob Schultz
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Date Added: 11/21/2011

Company E
Robert H McElwain
- Captain
Mustered in as a private. Name also spelled McIvane and McIlvanie.
Wounded May 27, 1864 at the Battle of Pickett's Mill.
Later settled in Lyons, Kansas, where he served as Probate Judge.
Contact Name: David McElwain
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Date Added: 5/22/2011

Company E
Luther G Miller
- 1st Sergeant
Enlisted 25 Sept 1861
Enlisted 23rd infantry 12 Dec 1861. Rank 4th sergeant
Mustered out 15 May 1864. Rank 1st sergeant
Wounded
My great grandfather
Contact Name: Larry Taylor
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Date Added: 9/22/2012

Company F
George W. Gabbard
- Private
George W. another family member died of Typhoid Fever within a hospital.
Contact Name: Wayne F Wehrheim
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Date Added: 4/14/2018

Company I
Gregory Charles McDermott
- Sergeant
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Contact Name: J S Roeser
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Date Added: 7/7/2006

Company K
Littleton Cravens Parker
- Private
No comments
Contact Name: Tom Gray
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Date Added: 12/16/2012

Company K
William Parker
- 3rd Sergeant
By September, 1862 he was reported as killed.
Contact Name: Tom Gray
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Date Added: 12/16/2012

Company K
John Wheeler Remy
- 1st Lieutenant
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Contact Name: Jim Ramey
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Date Added: 9/12/2007

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