The infantry, the infantry, with dirt behind their ears...they can whup their weight in wildcats and drink their weight in beers...the cavalry, artillery, and even the engineers...they'll never catch the infantry, not in a hundred thousand years!

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11th Kentucky Infantry Regiment

In Memoriam: Pvt. Isaac Embry
Co A, later Sgt Co C, 11th Kentucky Infantry Regiment
Killed in action at Stone's River


Site Award June 1999


Awared 10 July 2000

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11th Kentucky Infantry Regiment

Headquarters and Staff


Colonel P.B. Hawkins Colonel S. P. Love
Photos courtesy Norman Warnell and Jim Wallace
Colonels Commanding: Pierce B. Hawkins, S.P. Love

Lieut. Col. Erasmus L. Mottley
Photo courtesy U. S. Army Military History Institute


Major W. M. Houchin
Photo courtesy Norman Warnell
Majors: Wodford M. Houchin, Eugene F. Kinnaird
Adjutant: John T. Kinnaird
Quarter Masters: J. H. Reno, Vincent S. Hay, Joseph Kerby
Surgeon: John F. Kimbley
Assistant Surgeons: James T. Higgins, Samuel Simpson
Chaplains: Porter H. Calvert, Lewis P. Arnold
Sergeants Major: James T. Rew, James W. Patterson
Quarter Master Sergeants: Granville T. Heath, Fred G. Price, W. H. Johnson
Commissary Sergeants: William Rew, James P. McIntire, Foster J. Austin
Hospital Steward: William Y. Beller
Musicians: Eugene Reardon, John Remner

Co A, 11th Kentucky Infantry Regiment


Captains: Eugene F. Kinnaird, James M. Elms

1st Lieutenant John G. Daniels

2nd Lieutenant: Thomas Cherry

Sergeants: George A. Shields, James Mitchell, John H. Johnson, Russell M. Williams, James S. Mulligan, James M. Simmons, George W. L. Chandler

Corporals: James M. Young, Phillip H. Baker, Millborn P. James, John L. Norris, Leonidas Miller, Reuben C. Sharrer, William O. Davis, Ephraim G. Johnson, Christopher C. Westray, John R. James, Wash C. Higginbottom, Aaron J. Hudnell

Wagoner: Kinchen Martin

Pvt James T. Hudnall
Photo courtesy U.S. Army Military History Institute
Privates: John L. Brown, James B. Belsher, William A. Burris, John Christmas, Alonzo A. Chaddock, Vaniah E. Cole, Chaner A. Desper, James B. M. Elkin, James M. Edey*, Joseph R. Gaffey, John H. Hybin, James F. Hudnell [James T. Hudnall], John J. Hudnall, John Hildebem, Joseph B. Hildebem, Richard T. L. Jones, Thomas E. Lamastus, John B. Lamastus, Samuel W. Martin, Joseph Martin, John H. Neighbors, Benjamin P. Rust, Moses Russell, Bluford Roue, William M. Runner, John Southerlan, James E. Simpson, Birly A. Simpson, Albana Sanders, Xenophin W. Scott, Socrates W. Scott, Commodore P. Swift, John F. Westray, Bergman [Benjamin] F. Westray, Harrison Whelar, Thomas Whelar, John H. White, John P. Collier, Umphrey Dodson, William H. Johnson, William W. Maxey, John L. Skaggs, William L. Young, Isaac Emery [Embry], Andrew G. Hamilton, John M. Maxey, Columbus Neal, Frederick G. Price, William M. Rew, James S. Rew, George A. Blanchard, Hezekiah V. Cole, Byron D. Cole, Fidela C. Guffey, Edward Gardner, Isaac Ham, James M. Hildborn, Thomas B. Hudson, Pleason Neal, John R. Roby, William C. Rainwaters, Francis A. Shaner, John H. Westray, Timothy Shay, Huston C. White, Micajah Warner.

*Actual name James M. Epley, per Mike Larkin, g.g.grandnephew of this veteran, and confirmed by National Archives records.

Co B, 11th Kentucky Infantry Regiment


Captain William F. Ward
Captains: Edward R. Weir, William F. Ward

1st Lieutenant: James W. Patterson

2nd Lieutenants: Hudson Brown, Templeton P. Martin

Sergeants: George W. White, Edgar M. Gwynn, John Johnston, Samuel J. Cates, Ferdinand Pool, James W. Wood, Edwin M. Randolph, Daviess H. Skipworth, Bayless T. Simmons

Corporals: John G. W. Fortney, Alfred M. Joines, Nathanil J. Vincent, Martin V. Roark, Jesse W. Smith, James F. Carver, Oliver G. Gwynn, Eli L. Skipworth, William B. James, Earl Stewart, Aaron Vincent, James A. Morgan, John B. Morgan, James H. Roark

Wagoner: John Brown

Musicians: William E. Martin, Allen D. Metcalf

Private James H. Brown

Privates: James A. Brown*, John J. Bullock, William W. Clifford, Mikle B. Corington, Hezekiah Crafton, Elijah W. Dobbs, Reason J. Dobbs, Benjamin Z. Dukes, William Greenwood, Wilson E. Highby, Alonzo Johnston, Abner P. Johnston, James E. Jackson, Reuben J. Landrum, Samuel E. Majors, Martin H. Marshall, Calvin McClellen, Charles W. McBride, Jefferson D. Miller, John H. skipworth, John H. Stinson, William J. Stinson, John W. Suddeuth, James L. Stewart, William A. Turner, Noah Vincent, James W. Welborn, William A. Wright, Russell A. Williams, Harry T. Wood, Jacob L. Wood, Robert Cesner, Josephus C. Crafton, Elijah W. Dukes, Joseph C. Dukes, Wyatt T. Duvall, James W. Garrett, John H. McBride, Andrew McClellen, Jesse R. McPherson, Jesse H. R. McIlvain, Robert Morris, Wesley T. Nurse, James W. Reed, William T. Blankingship, Robert Brown, Benjamin F. Casbeer, Jefferson Chappell, Alexander L. Farris, Zilman Hughes, Sherwood W. Johnson, John B. Jenkins, George L. King, Levi Lear, George C. Moore, Jason McPherson, Sam E. D. McPherson, George T. McIntosh, Thomas Massey, John Nany, Eli M. Perdue, Mathew Perdue, Miles P. Skipworth, James R. Stinson, John W. Suddarth, John Turner, Joseph R. Wood, James O. Wilkerson, Jesse W. Whitaker, William B. Rhoads, Irvin Parsons, Thomas J. Donnolly, William C. Rice
*Actual name is James H. Brown per descendant Michael Bonkosky.



Sergeant William F. Lee
Photo courtesy descendant Rick Perry.

Co C, 11th Kentucky Infantry Regiment

Captains: John B. Tyler, Curren G. Neel, John B. Graves

1st Lieutenants: James M. Tyler, William B. Neel

2nd Lieutenant: Jesse C. Atkinson

Sergeants: Nottley C. Flowers, William F. Lee, Austin Bratcher, William Cardwell, William Jones, Jordan Bratcher, Isaac Embry*
Corporals: Butler T. Bridges, Willis McKinney, Silas Bratcher, William R. Day, David Coots, Thomas Duvall, Richard M. Lee, William D. Watkins, John H. James, Henry Durham, David Kusinger

Corporal Silas Bratcher Photo courtesy John H. Bratcher


Wagoner: Elvis Bessenden

Privates: Silas Brooks, John T. Howard, Vincent Hay, James Lee, Edmund Morris, John Moore, Gibson Phelps, William L. Peak, Calvin Swift, James Staton, Sidney W. Swift, William Stoples, David R. Snodgrass, Solomon White, John W. Abner, Squire Bratcher, Alfred Burden, John t. Burden, Newell Flanner, Preston B. Green, William J. Gloss, Jesse Gloss, Reuben R. Harris, George Tibbs, Thomas Whittaker, Thomas Embry, Samuel Embry, Tobias Ferguson, James Jemison, William Sambleton

*Per Eugene Embry, a direct descendant, who has Sgt Embry's service records. It was while serving with Company C that Isaac was killed in action.

Co D, 11th Kentucky Infantry Regiment


Captains: Newman M. Peay, Charles W. Hanway, John J. Washer, Daniel M. Stahl

1st Lieutenant: George Fortner

2nd Lieutenant: None

Sergeants: Leonidas Bunch, William T. jenkins, James R. Ross, William H. Haws, John Burnes, James H. Duncan

Corporals: James A. White, Finnis T. Piles, Gibby Goodman, Isaac H. White, Samuel T. Miller, Abraham A. Frizzel, Levi R. Tibbs, James M. Gladden, James C. Walton, Andrew J. Miller, John B. Phillips

Musician: Thomas Harrison

Wagoner: William J. Orange

Privates: John W. Allen, A. M. Allen*, William H. Brown, Suton E. Belcher, George W. Berry, John M. Bryant, Martain G. Boman, Henry Burnes, James C. Collard, Wesly Goodman, James W. Grubb, James H. Hodge, James M. Murphey, Benjamin T. Mayhugh, John K. Moss, William A. Pendley, James B. Powell, William R. Rives, John M. Roach, David Staples, Wilson N. Sharer, James P. Thomapson, William R. White, David b. England, Samuel J. Hunt, James T. Higgins, Russell Jones, Solomon C. Jessup, William H. Miller, Thomas J. Peay, John W. Rickets, Solomon T. Smith, John H. Bryles, Benjamin F. Casebier, Hezekiah H. Crafton, John H. Campbell, J.G.W. Fortney, James C. Garrett, Zilman Hughes, James R. Hayes, Timothy Harper, John Johnson, Harrison McKinny, George H. Tooley, Robert Tolbert, Sewell Chapman, Leander C. Coleman, George W. Goodman, William Goodman, John P. Gaines, Squire M. Jenkins, James C. Russ, William Russ, Caleb Russ, John H. Spillman, Michael Smith, Thomas J. Turner, Charles E. Wright, John W. Watkins, John H. Herrod, Leander C. Jones, John Wright

*Barbara Allan Coons, direct descendant of this veteran, states A. M. Allen was a member of this company. A check of the National Archives by Camp Member Gary Mitchell confirms this is so. This man was not mentioned in Speed's book, my source for this page.

Company E, 11th Kentucky Infantry Regiment


Captain Noah Morris
Photo courtesy Norman Warnell

Captains: Woodford M. Houchin, Noah Morris

1st Lieutenant: Seldon R. Sanders

2nd Lieutenant: Francis Houchin

Sergeants: Henry A. Goode, Stanford J. Logan, Reuben Morris, Archibald Scaggs, Gillis F. Logan, Seth T. Parish

Corporals: Alexander Hayse, Alonzo Neel, Samuel V. Goode, Leander A. Cowles, James R. Simmons, James Neel, William L. Hazeleys

Privates: Felix M. Age, William Age*; Edward Blair, George W. Blair Sr., Henry Brown Blair.; James Brooks, Smith Brooks, William L. Demonbrean, John H. Guess, William A. Graville, Alexander Houchin, Moses Houchin, James M. Hudson, Henry C. Isbell, Michael Kelley, Jesse C. Kinser, Robert Morris, Andrew Mansco, Asa Madison, William W. Mayse, Wodford Skaggs, Leander Skaggs, William T. Skillem, George W. Travis, Charles T. Wingfield, Samuel Wilson, Lewis L. Young, Allen G. Young, Foster J. Austin, James W. Butram, George W. Blair Jr., Alexander Davis, William C. Guess, Granville T. Heath, John M. Hudson, John F. Holder, Andrew Key, James Sensabaugh, Samuel E. Smith, John Travis, Joseph G. Austin, George W. Allen, Alfred D. Burden, John T. Burden, Simeon Baugh, William R. Cobb, George W. Case, James M. Chadd, Francis M. Elmore, Athenacious Elmore, Edward H. Eaton, Charles B. Eades, David J. Flemming, Thomas Holmes, Robert Hurt, William W. Hayse, Bennett Mercer, Isaac W. Snodgrass, Joseph L. Rick, Benjamin B. Cannon, Luther B. Forbes, Fidler D. Gross, Francis M. Jordan, James W. Lewis, William Morris, Samuel Morris, John Mansco, John K. Metcalf, Pendleton Q. Ray, William Stokes, Gideon F. Weakley, Monroe Weekley, Isaac Blair, John F. Davis, James W. Houchin, William Houchin, Jonathan Suddeth, Edward Venerable, John M. Webb

*Per Researcher Jimmy Dean Blair.

Company F, 11th Kentucky Infantry Regiment


Captain David Poole
Photo courtesy Norman Warnell

Captains: Joseph S. Willis, David Poole

1st Lieutenant William J. Long
Photo courtesy Norman Warnell

1st Lieutenants: Boyd Mercer, James R. Wise, Thomas M. Bobbett, William J. Long

2lt Fred G. Price
Photo courtesy Norman Warnell

2nd Lieutenants: Preston P. Doughty, Columbus Neel, Fred G. Price

Sergeants: Joseph R. Dabbs 1sgt, Joshua A. Woolton, Albert G. Haws, Jacob F. Baker, William E. Nany, Martin Arnold, Milo F. Baxter, Cornelius A. Dunn, Andrew B. Dabbs 1sgt (KIA Stone's River 31 Dec 1862)

Corporals: Christopher C. Moore, Jonathan L. Kelley, Isaac J. Weeks, John K. Haws, George C. Jackson, Marion W. Haws, Harvey P. Carroll, William R. Bradley, Jackson Buck, Duren Grubb, Charles Gibson

Musicians: George W. Redding, Thomas Summer

Privates: Riley Buckhannan, William Ball, James Christmas, John Cartwright, William K. Condley, Jesse Christmas, William Forgy, Douglas Grubb, John Holman, Samuel Hope, James Kisley, John Lamer, Alfred Minton, Alexander Martin, William McIntire, Israel B. Penrod, Samuel J. Reener, Franklin N. Revo, Barrell Smith, Septimus C. Taylor, Abraham Vaughan, Charles A. Webster, Archibald White, Bleuford Young, Augustus BakerStephen Bingham, Egbert J. Foster, Alfred Givens, John Hunt, William Jones, Jeremiah McIntire, Allen McElwain, David Martin, Robert H. Pearson, Richard H. Rust, William Toulon, John Ward, Benjamin Allen, Elisha Abbott, Williford Arnet, William T. Bingham, Samuel Burris, Samuel Christmas, Thomas Dunn, Henry Jones, William C. Pearson, William E. Russell, James A. Smith, Thomas Taylor, Samuel Vaughn, Thomas Walls, John J. Wilson, Nathaniel R. Ewing, Presly M. Haws, James N. Minton, Samuel J. Downing

Company G, 11th Kentucky Infantry Regiment

Captains: Elijah C. Phelps, Oliver P. Johnson, William R. Willis

1st Lieutenant: William Smith

2nd Lieutenant: None

Sergeants: James W. Taylor, Francis M. Phelps, William J. Shannon, Paxton R. Phelps, John N. Conway, Daniel M. Deweese

Corporals: John M. Taylor, Pleasant Goodwin, William F. Oldham, James T. Hampton, Henry C. Thickel, James P. Johnson, John M. Gott, Julian F. Phelps, William Loving

Wagoner: Walter C. Loving

Musicians: Shadrick G. Davenport, Semeon P. Lindsay

Privates: Samuel Atkins, John A. Basham, Oliver T. Buttram, Green B. Clark, William Deweese, Pierson R. Deweese, Virgil W. Deweese, William G. Deweese, Hugh Elmore, Watson Farris, Uriah B. Herald, James R. Hosey, William R. Johnson Sr., William R. Johnson Jr., John M. Keown, Calvin S. Keown, Orville H. Low, John Moore, Julian E. Phelps, John W. Raymer, Jacob Raymer, John H. Sowders, Joseph J. Taylor, Robert R. Walker, Francis M. Willis, James H. Warnel, Eli Beller, Benajah Basham, Henry Cox, Julian N. Duvall, Gravan B. Embray, James A. House, Pleasant M. Heath, Murry M. Jones, Joseph Kirby, Stephen Lancaster, Julian N. Phelps, James A. Phelps, John S. Phelps, William Y. Beller, Allen Daniels, Alford M. Key, Azel C. Miller, Martin H. Marshall, William Oller, Edison White, Isaac H. Williamson, Andrew Amas, George M. Booth, Jesse Elmore, Charles Elmore, James Goodwin, Moses E. Garrison, John B. Hasey, James Huck, James Hannel, Lemuel Jackson, James C. Johnson, Joseph Jones, James K. Phelps, William M. Rayman, Pleasant T. Sowder, Samuel H. Whalin, Thomas Ashley, Jesse Deweese, James S. Heath, Samuel Phelps, Virgil M. Smith, James Williams

Company H, 11th Kentucky Infantry Regiment

Private William Oliver Peveler 1Lt Joseph D. Youts
Photos courtesy Peveler's g.grandson, Jim Wallace
Captains: Isaac R. Sketo, Jesse K. Freeman

1st Lieutenants: Addison Turner, Joseph D. Youtz

2nd Lieutenants: Jesse S. Hill, John C. Hame

Sergeants: David E. Rhoads, James R. Cross, William G. Stroud, William Roll, John Combs, Walthal H. Harvey, George B. Humphrey, Henry Tinsley

Corporals: Thomas Carter, Robert W. Casebier, Jacob Donohoo, William Milligan, David M. Dame, Mathew L. Ham, Mathew H. Vaught, Jasper Duvall

Wagoner: William Kyle
Privates: Ira D. Bodine, John Beasley, John D. Beasley, Wing R. Bruce, William Boze, Sherrod W. Brown, John D. Casebier, William Doss, Gabriel J. Doss, Azariah J. Doss, James Duvall, George W. Edwards, Joseph Gossett, William G. Grundy, David Holland, William F. Holland, Wade E. Hughes, James W. Harper, William H. Ham, John Iglehart, Robert Johnson, Charles Lewis, William Lewis, John Mason, Daniel B. Miller, James W. Peters, William Peasler[Peveler], Moses Rhoads, William Stobaugh, Solomon Shamk, Robert Vincent, Edward Vincent, John R. Vanoy, Thomas Wilcox, Albert R. Wilcox, William J. Wilkins, James L. Wilkins, John W. Wood, James Whitehouse, Archibald C. Youts, Joseph Atlice, William Browning, Wiley Browning, Dryen C. Browing, John Durham, Henry Estes, Fred C. Granger, Whitfield E. Griely, Thomas Hollis, Jacob L. Karmes, John W. Lewis, John C. Meeks, James E. Milligan, Benjamin Mason, Christopher Norman, Bradford N. Strond, Hardin Stringer, Waller Vancleve, William Wilkins Sr., Benjamin Stewart, Joseph Brinkman, William L. Ford, Henry T. Glenn, William Marcum, William Miller, Charles Roan, Strather L. Sallie, William T. Strbaugh [Stobaugh?], James Watkins, Martin Gross, Obediah Norman, Adam Stobaugh, John W. Cowan, James Johnson, Elijah Neal

Company I, 11th Kentucky Infantry Regiment


Captain James R. Wise
Photo courtesy Norman Warnell

Captains: Joseph Fox, James R. Wise, Jonathan Simmons

1st Sgt, later 1st Lieutenant, William H. Smith
Photo courtesy U.S. Army Military History Institute
1st Lieutenants: Thomas Bobbett, David Pool, Robert T. Kennedy, William H. Smith, Boyd Mercer

2nd Lieutenants: Preston P. Doughty, William J. Long, Columbus Neel

Sergeants: Virgil M. Taylor, James M. Benton, Robert Scanlin, Malcom McLain, John S. Camfield, James W. Lankford

Corporals: Eugene P. James, James M. McClure, John S. Hill, William C. Adkins, George W. Allen, Henry Hoops, Robert Davenport, Thomas M. Dobbs, Alex Campbell, Sam H. Mansfield, Aaron S. Robertson

Musician: William J. Lovels

Wagoner: James Jinkins

Privates: John L. Barrow, John Bargar, Joseph W. Bowen, Jerry M. Bowlin, Jorden Bowlin, Thomas Devenport, Thomas J. Ergler, George W. Ellison, William Espy, James Grigsby, Daniel Grant, Allen Hill, John W. Hunt, Azariah J. Honerton, Ben F. Kimmel, Ben D. Lankford, William G. Morrison, William E. Masters, Richard McClure, Amos Russ, Numan Rickets, Samuel J. Robertson, Philip Roney, Daniel Shirley, Isaac Summer, William Terrence, Henry Vaught, Alexander Willson, Patrick Walters, Levi Arnold, John D. Arnold, Martin Blake, Joseph M. Carr, James H. Camfield, John Cox, William C. Harris, Levi J. Hunter, James Hill, Jacob Killmore, James A. Morrison, William S. Mauzey, William E. Robinson, James Uzell, William Whitney, William B. Wise, William W. Clifford, John H. Duham, Richard Johnson, James Whitehouse, John Wood, John A. Adcock, Alexander Grant, Robert S. Graham, A. R. Killmore, Jacob Lewers, Thomas Phipps, Allen Rickets, King D. Short, James A. Stinson, R. V. Valandingham, B. Y. Vaught, Thomas J. Collins, Mathew W. Freeman, Ira Camfield, Elias Hill

Company K, 11th Kentucky Infantry Regiment

Corporal Joseph L. Vick Cpt Washington Columbus Shannon
Photo courtesy Vick's g. grandson, Jim Wallace
Captains: Martin Jefferson Roark, Columbus M. Martin, Washington C. Shannon

1st Lieutenant: James L. Roark

2nd Lieutenant: Green B. Eades

Sergeants: Kinchen L. Terry, Thomas McDonald, Augustus Lewis, William H. Martin, Julius Vincent, James N. Campbell

Corporals: Zachariah Stovall, John B. Blackwell, Seth Beasley, Robert H. Tolbert, Samuel M. Pace, John A. Williams, William H. Hughes, Joseph L. Vick, Thomas H. Turner

Musician: Sidney P. Walker

Wagoner: John E. Gibbs

Privates: James A. Allen, Alexander B. Cox, Lewis Dwyer, Charles B. Eades, W. Henry Gossett, William R. Hayes, Willoby P. Hill, Kenyon Harper, Thomas Lovell, William J. Letchford, William J. Lamb, John W. Mathis Jr., Anderson F. Miller, Nathan G. Neeley, John L. Neeley, Arington W. Oates, William D. Oates, Charles H. Oates, Lamberton Oates, Michael Shanks, Green B. Stewart, Louis Stanly [Stanley?], John A. Stanley, Richard Turner, Thomas J. Turner, Agel M. Terry, Riley Tyson, Silas Tyson, James A. Warner, William A. Williams, Alexander H. Williams, Thomas M. Wilcox, George B. Blackwell, Robert P. Bell, William L. Clark, Porter H. Calvert, Granville Corley, William Forrester, Joseph H. Hayes, James H. Latham, James S. Lewis, Henry C. McCrackin, William W. Oates, George L. Oates, William A. Randolph, James H. Stewart, James Tyson, John G. Allen, George W. Buchannan, Zephaniah Ball, John B. Bailes, James Crail, George B. Chandler, John Cobb, Richard Hany, Timothy Harper, James R. Hayes, Columbus A. Harris, James D. Ingram, Doctor F. Johnson, Philip Mercer, Bennett Mercer, William M. McDonald, Henry H. Neeley, Jacob Shanks, Jesse Shanks, Isaac Shanks, John B. Staples, John A. Strader, William Taylor, Winchester W. Utley, Richard Williams, Henry Whanger, John R. Wells, George H. Tooley, John Livingston, Thomas B. Harrison, Riley R. Cobb, John W. Lane, Mathew N. Lanford, William Stewart, Benjamin Stewart, John Willis
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11th Kentucky Regimental History

Source: "Union Regiments of Kentucky" Capt. Thomas Speed
Entries inside brackets [ ] are corrections by the webpage author
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