2nd Kentucky Cavalry

Hugh Ferguson Bell was born on Mar. 1, 1845 in Dickson County, Tennessee. He was a son of John and Nancy Bell and a grandson of old Hugh Ferguson Bell and Mary Montgomery of Montgomery and Robertson Counties. Hugh was a brother of John M. Bell of the 9th Tennessee Infantry. After his father's death in 1850 Hugh and his siblings went to live with relatives in Obion County. He joined Company C, Woodward's 2nd Kentucky Cavalry at Union City, Tennessee on Dec. 24, 1862 from which place they moved with Genl. Forrest, as part of 'Forrest's Old Brigade', on the last half of his West Tennessee Raid and served with Forrest for several months before being transferred, along with his entire regiment, to Wheeler's Cavalry Corps where he stayed for the remainder of the war. After the Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina his regiment served as President Jefferson Davis' escort until the surrender. Hugh recieved a letter of gratitude from President Jefferson Davis for his services as a bodyguard. Hugh was wounded in the thigh at Gillisonville, South Carolina and was wounded on at least one other occasion. He surrendered with his company at Washington, Georgia on May 10, 1865 at which time he started back to Tennessee. At Chattanooga he was dismounted and his horse and equipments were taken from him along with his pistols by the federal forces there. He returned to Obion County on foot in company with his brother and several others. There he married Martha Caldwell, daughter of J.V. and Maria Caldwell. He and Martha lived for a time near Tiptonville in Lake County, Tennessee. They had one son, Sam, before moving to White County, Arkansas where Martha died at a young age. Hugh married secondly, Rachel Emma Strayhorn, daughter of William H. Strayhorn and Mary Jane Burkett and had several children by her. Hugh and Emma farmed 80 acres near Floyd in White County, Arkansas for many years until his death on Nov. 18, 1932. He was buried next to his wife in Mount Olive Cemetery, near Floyd in White County, and has a Confederate gravestone. He drew a Confederate service pension from the state of Arkansas.

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Killed 17 July 1862 in The First Battle of Cynthiana, KY

John Alexander McSwain b Jun 24 1841 Henry Co, TN d Sep 28 1910 son of George Washington McSwain, Jr. & Sarah Lucinda 'Lucy' Throgmorton m1 Elizabeth Joplin Elizabeth b abt 1840 m2 Sidney A. Sykes Nov 11 1874 Stewart Co, TN b abt 1853 d abt 1885. Regiment(s): 154 TN Inf Co. F, and 2nd KY Calvary Co. A & B, CSA. HENRY CO - CSA PENSION APPLICATIONS: NAME: McSwain, John A. WIDOW: McSwain, Betty PENSION #: W6119. His brother Thomas Smith McSwain also served in the 2 KY Cav.

Thomas Smith McSwain b Feb 14 1843 Henry Co, TN d 1894 Henry Co, TN bur Mt. Zion Cem, Henry Co, TN. Son of George Washington McSwain, Jr. & Sarah Lucinda 'Lucy' Throgmorton. He married on 27 November 1878 in Henry Co., TN to Sarah Virginia Hayes b 1847 Henry Co, TN d 1941 Henry Co, TN. http://www.geocities.com/csa1sniper/46thA.html Co 'A' consolidated 24 Oct. 1863 with Co 'F'. McSwain, T. S., age 24, Escaped at Island No. 10. Lived in Henry Co., Tn. (Thomas McSwain), Rennolds' History, page 198, also served in Wheeler's Cav., (6th Tn. Cav.). HENRY CO - CSA PENSION APPLICATIONS, NAME: McSwain, Thomas Smith. WIDOW: McSwain, Sarah Virginia PENSION #: W3640. His brother John Alexander McSwain served in the same unit.

Henry Leonard Kaler (my gr-gr-grandfather)of Marshall County KY enlisted 18 August 1862 and rode with Forrest. He was a private in Co. B of the 2nd Kentucky Cavalry (Col. Tom Woodward's Cavalry which was also designated as the 15th KY Cavalry). He served throughout the rest of the war with both Nathan B. Forrest and Joe Wheeler and was paroled in Augusta GA while in the hospital there on 2 May 1865. His pension papers (1912)note J.R. Jones and W.H. Hiett as fellow soldiers in Company B. Grandpa Kaler fought in many conflicts in TN and GA--most notably at Chickamauga and the Battle of Peachtree Creek in Atlanta GA. He was injured late in the war and my grandmother, Rachel Ward Lampley, used to tell of climbing into her Pappy's lap as a child and laying her two fingers into the indentation on his head where a steel plate was placed following an injury. He died in 1916 and his stone notes that he was a Confederate soldier. He is buried in the Fooks Cemetery on Hwy 1610 in Marshall County very near his home which is located near the communities of Possum Trot and Sharpe KY near Mt. Moriah Primitive Baptist Church.

The 2nd (Morgan's) Cavalry Regiment was organized during the summer of 1862 using Morgan's Kentucky Cavalry Squadron as its nucleus. The unit contained men from Kentucky, Texas, Mississippi, and Alabama. Many were captured in the conflict at Buffington Island, Ohio on July 19 and the remaining part at New Lisbon on July 26, 1863. William was captured in the raid into Ohio. He was sent to camp Douglas. Illinois. He died there at age 17.

2 (Dukes)Kentucky Cavalry

Gr,nephew of my 4th gr grandmother, Elizabeth Isbell Land. 2nd (Duke`s) Kentucky Cavalry Side Confederate Company C Soldier`s Rank_In Private : Enlisted on 8/15/1862 at Hartsville, TN as a Private. On 8/15/1862 he mustered into 'C' Co. KY 2nd Cavalry (date and method of discharge not given)

William M Green was my great great grandfather from Houston County, TN. Though from Tennessee, he enlisted in the 2nd Kentucky Cavalry CSA (Woodward's) (later designated as the 15th Kentucky Cavalry) on August 15, 1862 at McKendree Church in Stewart County, TN. He was taken prisoner at the Battle of Parker's Crossroads, was eventually exchanged and was felled with sickness before he could return to action. I have his pension application and am looking for any details related to him and his service. Would be glad to share all that I have collected to date.

2nd(Woosward's)Kentucky Cavalry. 1st cousin 5 times removed. Had prevously enlisted in 1861 into Captain Thomas Woodward's Independant Company of Tennessee Cavalry 'The Oak Grove Ranger's' That Company subqwently Became Co. 'A' 1st(Helm's)Kentucky Cavalry , then he was transfered to co. 'B' of the same regiment. This company's term of service expiered and he returned home and helped raise a company in Trigg cunty wich became company 'D' 2nd Kentucky Cavalry UNder Col. Thomas woodward. This company Served for about one year then was disbanded (therea are no rosters of this orginization)The nucles of this command that remmained wich Hazzard was one. Reorginized Again As the 2nd Kentucky cavalry. The remaining Trigg county Men were then assigned to Co. A of the new 2ND Ky. Then for some reson Transfered to company 'B' where thay stay until the end of the war. To make things even more confusing. There are no records of the first orginization of the 2nd Kentucky cavlary. But there are of the Second Orginization. But the Second orginization is mistakenly listed in the adjutants generals report as the 15th KENTUCKY Cavalry. But was NEVER known by that designation during the war. Hazzard Perry Baker remaqined until the end of the war. it was this compay that was President Jefferson Davis's Personal Bodyguard as he fled through Georgia at the end of the war. And were present when He was captured. Lt. Hazzard Perry Baker was the man who offically surrendered the Presednet to the Union army.

2nd (Woodward's)Kentucky Cavalry. Great Great Grandfather

1 Sep 1861 Enlisted Company D, 2nd Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Duke's)

Commissioned an officer in Company D, Kentucky 2nd Cavalry Regiment (Duke's) on 01 Jun 1862. Promoted to Full Major. 1864 Prisoner of War at Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Indiana.

2nd(Woodward'S)Kentucky cavalry 1st cousin 5 times removed.

2nd(Woodward's)Kentucky Cavalry. 1st Cousin 5 times removed, Also my Great great great uncle by marrage to Ann Boyd,sister of my Great great grandfather Rufus King Boyd.

2nd(Woodward's)Kentucky Cavalry. 1st Cousin 5 times removed.

buried in our Cemetery Magnolia Collierville tn

2nd(Woodward's)Kentucky Cavalry, 1st cousin 5 times removed. He had previously Enlisted a Fort Doneldson ,Tn. In company 'F' 50th Tennessee Infantry. He Escaped Capture at the fall of the fort and then enlisted in company 'D' of Woodwards 2nd Ky Cav.

Born in 1842 in Kentucky. Benjamin’s name appears in the POW registry for captured confederate Soldiers. It shows he was in Co D when he became a POW. Not much other information except he must have been paroled at some point. Later in life his occupation was that of a jeweler. He passed away in !920 Mount Vernon, Missouri. He was my Great Grandfather’s older brother.

My GGG Grandmothers Brother

2nd (Woodward's)Kentucky Cavalry.Great Great Great Uncle

My 3rd great-grandfather, Marion Welborn was from Muhlenberg County, KY. He appears to have first enlisted in Co. D of Woodward's 2nd KY. Cavalry C.S.A. on Jan. 14, 1862 in Todd County, KY. for a period of three years. According to service records, he deserted at Nashville, Tenn. less than a month later on Feb. 8th. A year later on Jan. 20th, 1863, M.L. Welborn appears in Union records as a Confederate POW, after being captured at home by Union forces in Muhlenberg County, KY. He was listed on POW rolls as a private belonging to Helm's 1st KY. Cavalry C.S.A. He was described as being 20 years old, standing 5' 8'' tall, having black hair and dark brown or blue eyes, a farmer by occupation. He was sent to the Union prison camp at Camp Chase, Ohio where he was released on March 27, 1863 by order of a Col. Hoffman. His Confederate service evidently did not disqualify him from being subject to possible Union conscription a few months later. In July of 1863, Marion was apparently back home in Muhlenberg County where he appears on a roster compiled for the Union Army draft.

Grandson of Susannah Isbell Barlow. My 4th gr grandmother was his gr,aunt. 2nd (Duke`s) Kentucky Cavalry. Enlisted on 7/15/1862 in Kentucky as a Private. On 7/15/1862 he mustered into 'E' Co. KY 2nd Cavalry He was transferred out. He also had service in: KY 9th Cavalry : Enlisted on 7/21/1862 at Crab Orchard, KY as a Private. On 7/21/1862 he mustered into 'C' Co. KY 9th Cavalry He died on 1/16/1863 at Newman, GA.

Served with Morgan's Cavalry throughout the entire war. Married Ophelia Watson and had 2 children(Onie White and Basal Duke White). Porter and Ophelia died in Sedalia, Mo in 1883. Porter White was my great-grandfather.I would be interested in corresponding with anyone having information about him or with anyone related to him.

WD Gillespie enlisted in the G Company, 2nd Kentucky Cavalry (Morgan's Regiment (BG John Hunt Morgan) ) on May 14 1863 in Blountsville, Blount, Alabama. He enlisted for 3 years or war. He was enlisted by Robert McFarland. He enlisted as a 5th Sergeant (Jul 1862 promoted to 4th Sgt). The 2nd Ky Cav was made up of individuals from Ky., Tn. and Al. WD was captured in what became known as Morgan's Raid, the longest, deepest incursion into the North by a Confederate Unit. WD was captured at the battle of Salineville, Oh. on 26 Jul 1863. WD was imprisoned 1st at Camp Chase, Wellsville, Oh on 28 Jul 1863, then transferred to Camp Douglas, Ill (Chicago) on Aug 22 1863, WD was paroled at Camp Douglas, Il. on 13 Feb 1865 and forwarded to Point Lookout, Maryland. Arrived on the 21/22ed Feb 1865 at Boulwares and Cox's Wharf on the James River, he was one of 3038 paroled enlisted and officers. On Mar 23 1865 in Lynchburg, Va. WD was released to return to his unit by Surgeon W. C. N. Randolph.

A maternal 4th great-grandfather, George Graves was from Bullitt Co, KY. Enlisted in Duke's 2nd KY. Cavalry at Shepherdsville, Bullitt Co, KY. on Sept. 1, 1862. In Nov. and Dec. 1862, was listed as AWOL and dropped from 2nd KY. muster rolls.

Member of Morgan's Raiders. Wounded in Lexington, KY when horses ran over him during a charge. Captured during the Battle of Buffington Island, OH on 19 July 1863. Spent the remainder of the war at Camp Douglas, IL. Discharged from the prison camp on 13 June 1865. Returned to Blount County, AL after discharge and went back to farming.

From Calloway Co. Ky. was captured and signed oath of allegiance in Paducah on Aug 3 1863.

Enlisted 14 May 1862 when John Hunt Morgan raised a company in Blount County, Alabama. He was captured at Buffington Island 19 July 1863 and was a P.O.W. at Camp Douglas until paroled 21 Feb 1865.

Joined the 2nd Cavalry in May of 1862 with other men from northern Alabama. He was wounded at Bacon Creek Kentucky during their Christmas raid 25Dec1862, per his pension records. He was captured July 19th 1863 at Buffington Island during Morgans great raid. He ended up at Camp Douglas in Chicago on 22Aug1863. Caleb was listed as a private on the prisoners rolls. He was paroled in February 1865 and returned to his unit. It's my assumption this is when he was promoted to third sergeant.

Enlisted as a Surgeon. Commission in Company S, Gen & Staff Regiment Confederate States. See entire record at http://www.fold3.com/image/#109685140. Further research shows Major T Steele as part of 2nd Kentucky Calvary (Morgan), captured in Ohio raid and paroled from POW camp.