Muster Roster and Regimental History
of the
3rd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment

Headquarters and Staff

Brigadier General Eli H. Murray
Photo courtesy U.S. Military History Institute

Colonels Commanding: James S. Jackson, Eli H. Murray
Lieutenant Colonels: Alvin C. Gillen, James Holmes, Robert H. King
Majors: Green Clay Smith, W. S. D. Megowan, Aaron C. Shacklett, Lewis W. Wolfley, George F. White, John W. Breathitt
Adjutants: Zachary L. Taylor, Jesse S. Gray
Quartermasters: John Feland, A. J. Gillett
Commissary: Joseph F. Anderson
Surgeons: William Singleton, Robert M. Fairleigh
Assistant Surgeon: Robert B. McNairy
Chaplains: Hartwell T. Burge, John H. McRae
Veterinary Surgeon: Eli Johnson

Company A, 3rd Kentucky Cavalry Regiment


Corporal Jonathan A. B. Ratcliffe
Photo courtesy descendent Catherine Monticue

Captains: John W. Breathitt, Charles L. White

1st Lieutenants: Thomas H. Ashford, Milton J. Coleman

2nd Lieutenant: N. C. Petree, Alex C. Lakin, Edward Kelly

Sergeants: Calvin A. McCullough, James M. Clark, Ezekiel R. Hanby, Charles H. Grisson

Corporals: Isaac Walker, Benjamin F. Goode, Jonathan A. B. Ratcliffe, William H. Barnett, James Blankenship, Lafayette Phelps, James R. Barnett, Joseph P. Clark

Buglers: William P. Walker, Thomas McCullough

Farriers: Willis J. Barnett, Willis B. Whittaker

Saddler: James Inglesby

Privates: Sanford W. Abbott, Henry Baker, Jonathan J. Bowen, Austin Brewer, George Bobbitt, William H. Cansler, Nicholas L. Cavanaugh, Francis M. Cooper, Ira D. Cooper, Samuel D. Collins, Miles F. Chesterfield, John J. Fuller, James Fuller, William L. Gibson, James R. Goode, James C. Hunter, Harrison H. Jones, John D. Johnson, Anderson G. Johnson, William H. Johnson, David H. Knight, James W. Kirben, Jonathan J. Long, Harrison H. Linsey, George L. Lovin, Henry McIntosh, Felix McIntosh, John B. Martin, Joseph C. Martin, Jackson G. Moreland, John Metheny, Aaron Morgan, Francis P. Miller, George H. Myers, Allen H. Perkins, James H. Phamp, Jonathan H. Phillips, Brantley M. Powers, William H. Powers, William Ray, James J. Renshaw, Solomon Smith, Jonathan S. Stephenson, Austin P. Smith, James W. Underwood, Uriah M. Underwood, William Vine, Abram Vinson, Charles A. White, Moses W. Woosley, James W. White, W. T. Williamson, Wiatt M. Wright, James B. Wright, George M. West, William W. West, Micajah W. Wells, William Cash, John Hays, Jesse Jennings, Abraham Job, James Liles, John W. Sterling, Jonathan W. Yates, Joseph Hale, Samuel D. Ingles, Nicholas J. Mercer, Charles L. Robertson, Jonathan W. Smith, Jonathan J. Smith, Newton Champion, James L. Driver, Miles Dunning, William Ely, Anthony Gardner, Jonathan W. Hodge, David Hall, Jonathan Knalls, Young Long, Benjamin O. Mitchell, Zach T. Pryor, Jonathan H. Rushing, Rufus M. Stokes, Wiley O. Thurman, Alfred Wilson, Henry C. Ballard, John Cannon, John R. Fields, Marquis Gilky, Charles J. Long, George Martin, Joseph J. Maddox, Zachariah T. Miles, George W. Poole, George C. Simpson, Benjamin C. Woodburn, James P. Farmer

Company B, 3rd Kentucky Cavalry Regiment

Captains: James M. Holmes, Mathew H. Jouett

1st Lieutenant: John L. Waters

2nd Lieutenant: Drury C. Mitcherson

Sergeants: Preston Tucker, George T. Mays, Lewis W. Pitts, Henry C. C. Poe, William A. Elder

Corporals: Joseph Able, Thomas H. Parker, Joel H. Roach, James M. Whitehead, James B. Williams, Alfred J. Carter, James M. Brasher, John W. Osborn

Buglers: Robert L. Rider, Anton Smock

Farriers: Lewis Morgan, John N. Adcock

Saddler: Martin V. Bryant

Wagoner: John T. Ashby

Privates: William H. Alexander, James E. Alexander, Joseph S. Ashby, James L. Anderson, Joseph C. Bourland, George N. Bowman, Thomas Bartlett, Robert J. Brandon, Obediant Beard, Edward Baker, Allen B. Burton, William Bowman, John A. Crisk, William J. Crisk, Patrick A. Cecil, Martin K. Cecil, John W. Day, Thomas Day, Thomas Dodd, Samuel Dodd, Harris R. Evans, Ansel D. Edge, Robert E. Edge, John W. Evans, Edward Fildes, William S. Farmer, Daniel R. Fickle, George P. Howard, David A. Howard, Phillip P. Howard, Samuel J. Hamilton, John H. Henton, Albert Jordan, Zachariah A. King, Sampson J. Lake, John R. Mosely, David Mosely, Phillip R. May, Leonard May, William H. McDaniel, Joseph Neal, Henry W. Parlin, Robert Pool, William J. Phillips, William P. Stout, James H. Shively, George Smith, John C. Shively, Wallers Samuels, David S. Thornton, Buford E. Tucker, Richard J. Wootten, James M. Ward, Daniel J. Ward, John F. Wootten, John Williams, Thomas Weir, George W. Short, Henry Uncel, Jonathan W. Herrell, William D. Dial, James M. Deamer, William C. Jarvis, William McCormick, Edward R. Roll, James McCormick, James W. Hammers, Jonathan Wesley Brewer, Peter Carter, William Cyreans, George B. Hicks, Samuel Crane, Paris Williams


Corporal Solomon Harlow, picture courtesy his g.grandson, Mr. Ron Felty

Company C, 3rd Kentucky Cavalry Regiment

Captains: Albert G. Bacon, Robert H. King, Lewis M. Buford

1st Lieutenants: John J. Roberts, Edward H. Morin

2nd Lieutenant: Charles Smock

Sergeants: Braxter P. Gay, Gabriel S. Innis, Walter W. Winter, Barney May, William Sheffer, Bunnias Malcolm

Corporals: Charles B. Wallace, Samuel H. Everett, Robert Innis, John H. Church, William Campbell, Thomas W. Hockersmith, Solomon Harlon*

Buglers: Peter P. Brown, Isaac L. Stein

Farriers: Solomon Steele, Samuel McCurdy

Saddler: Alexandeer Cohen

Wagoner: Turner Rogers

Privates: John Abrams, Thomas E. Boone, William Bier, William A. W. Brewer, Joshus F. Clubbe, William Collins, Jeremiah S. Crabtree, James Crume, Joseph R. Davis, George Fleming, Benjamin F. Furlough, Edward Fields, Christian Fox, Oliver H. P. Garnett, Abner A. Grave, David C. Grace, Robert Green, William F. Galloway, Hiram H. Hancock, Thadeus Hawkins, William L. Hughes, Bennett H. Higdon, Jesse M. Higdon, Adolph Kaiser, George W. Long, Henry Lee, Miles McGrew, John B. Martin, Rearson McDaniel, Alfred McFaclin, Robert J. Martin, Henry A. Nelson, Robert Norris, Samuel P. Oats, George Petrl, Allen K. Prime, Thomas Petty, David Rogers, John Steele, Reuben M. Samuel, William Steward, Charles Spitchnagle, John W. Sullivan, Joseph S. Sharp, Joseph Shidegger, Hugh Tyler, Charles M. Tindell, Rolla J. Tindell, Charles E. Thompson, Edward A. Wallace, William Wells, Henry Warrenton, John Walls, Thomas R. Williams, Thomas Wood, John R. Weatherholt, Jesse Alcorn, James Malone, James W. Lucas, Hiram Shannon, Willis Roach, Henry C. Staten, Benjamin F. Davidson, W. J. G. Hughes, Leander Duncan, Solon Houghton

*Per Ron Felty, g. grandson of this veteran, his name is Solomon Harlow.

Company D, 3rd Kentucky Cavalry Regiment


Captain Arthur N. Davis
Photo Courtesy descendant Robert Black

Captains: Arthur N. Davis, Thomas J. Lovelace

1st Lieutenant: M. J. Davis

2nd Lieutenants: Robert O. Gains, Calvin N. Jarrell

Sergeants: Benjamin F. Sadler, Samuel N. Paxton, John E. Martin, John P. King

Corporals: James T. Robinson, Isaac Mitchell, Abraham T. Morgan, Lyon E. Carey, Felix B. Rice, Jesse Johnson, Willis W. Blue, John H. Johnson

Buglers: Larkin Dunn, Eli Holden

Farriers: Solomon West, Charles Meilkzer

Saddler: Samuel T. Davenport

Wagoner: Thomas C. Litchford

Privates: Erwin Agee, Squire B. Agee, Joseph F. Anderson, William C. Atkinson, William Barnes, Perry Baker, Shelton Baker, Riley W. Cobb, John C. Carey, Paterick [Patrick?] Carbott, John Cale, William C. Cooley, John Conner, James M. Courtney, William F. Dukes, James Dunn, Samuel M. Duvall, William Dunlap, Henry Dolin, William F. Edwards, Henry Eads, John F. Gates, John Hardinson, Joseph H. Hodge, Andrew J. Hunt, Alphus A. Johnston, Henry P. Johnson, Jesse Y. Jackson, Edward Kelly, Jesse B. Lee, Charles T. Lyon, Marion L. Long, John Little, Thomas Long, James Long, Reuben Morgan, Edward Man, John A. McPherson, Thomas H. Martin, Daniel McCarthy, Wesley Newman, John R. Oglesby, Richard J. Oglesby, William T. Purvis, Levi E. Pruitt, Hall Roger, John F. Shepherd, Enos Snodgrass, Alfred F. Schofield, William H. Sanders, John W. Vick, Daniel F. Williams, John L. Williams, Green Wilkinson, John B. Williams, William Willis, Lee Murray, James Swick, James Steaward [Steward?], James T. Buchanan, George Benet, Lafayette Jimmerson

Company E, 3rd Kentucky Cavalry Regiment

Captains: Oliver N. Spencer, Robert Bogle

1st Lieutenants: Percival P. Oldershaw, David M. Oglesby

2nd Lieutenant: Thomas Newton

Sergeants: John J. Holder, Michael Atkinson, Benjamin Lynch, Thomas W. Whealy

Corporals: Elijah Wheatly, Jasper Newton, James Newton, Raleigh Morin, Asa S. Perry, Augustus H. Paul, Nathaniel Young, James R. Wells

Buglers: Isaac Rusher, David B. Tutt

Farriers: John Gross, Frank Sullivan

Saddler: Richard Jones

Wagoner: George Squires

Privates: Daniel Atmore, George Bell, Anderson Bowers, Peter Brady, James Burdess, John Chatham, Mathew Cook, Robert Clark, Christopher Coon, John H. Coon, Thomas Dawson, Michael Egloff, John Eubank, John Freeman, Daniel Friel, John Gargan, Alton Giltenmain, John Gillins, Robert Grace, Samuel Graham, Richard Halfpenny, Bartholomew Hammerstein, Frank Hammerstein, James Heal, David H. Ison, John K. Johnson, William M. Johnson, Edward Lawrence, Thomas G. Lynch, James Mayhew, John Murphy, Benjamin Napier, William T. Nugent, Miles O'Donnel, Hugh Quinlan, John Robinson, David Roduffer, William S. Rusher, John P. Saunders, William R. Saunders, William Shore, James Smith, Albert Schindler, James Staples, Joseph Staples, Henry Stidum, William Tindall, Richard A. Tucker, John Woorman, John Wissel, Henry Wissell, Robert Winn, Joseph B. Williams, George Wolf, Hamer W. West, Young J. York, Michael S. Lile

Company F, 3rd Kentucky Cavalry Regiment

Cpt Isaac Miller
Photo his g.grandnephew, Jim Wallace
Captains: Isaac Miller, Elisha Baker

1st Lieutenant: W. H. Burghardt

2nd Lieutenants: Leonard Pearler, William T. Buckner, John C. Corey

Sergeants: Zeno B. Freeman, George O. Prouse, Francis V. Baker, Samuel D. Manahan, Charles W. D. Prange

Corporals: William G. Whittaker, Thomas A. Manahan, Elisha Baker, Hannibal L. Ambrose, Benjamin Brackett, Henry H. McDonald, Aaron Floyd

Buglers: Harvey Blake, William E. Powell

Farrier: Thaddeus B. Lockett

Saddler: Moses Crabtree

Wagoner: James M. Hopkins
Privates: Robert M. Allen, Elisha Atkinson, Phillip S. Atkinson, John J. Ambrose, Abraham Bowers, William Bates Jr., Loren Bates, John Banfield, James S. Bivens, James W. Banfield, John C. Corey, Martin K. Combs, William G. Cates [Wilson* G. Cates], James Crabtree, William H. Duncan, John Damner, Asa W. Davidson, Ephraim Ellis, Robert Erwin, David J. Edwards, Keeny S. Ford, James R. Gibbs, William Hart, Jacob F. Hancock, Benjamin Hinkle, James T. Hoy, Leander J. Hoy, John H. Howard, George Harper, James L. Humphrey, Francis M. Iglehart, William Kiper, James M. Lovelace, Ivy Miller, James M. Miller, John L. Manahan, Peter S. Miller, James F. Moore, Andrew McLaughlin, William P. McLaughlin, Isaac W. Mackelroy, Isaac J. Miller, Joel Overhults, Martin Phillip, Llewellyn Prouse, Benjamin F. Reed, Lewis W. Roark, Davis Richey, James Sullivan, Valentin Tice, Sylvester W. Taylor, Hardin M. Twiddell, Charles Ward, John M. Whitton, Byrd Wall, Daniel W. Whitmer, Elisha Whitmer, James P. Whitmer, Benjamin Johns
*Per soldier's great grandson, Don Stanton, his first name is actually Wilson.

Note regarding Company G:

In connection with the 3rd Cavalry, mention should be made of Captain Henry G. Twyman's independent company of scouts, which served as an inde-pendent organization from 1861 to July of 1863 when it was consolidated with Company G, 3rd Kentucky Cavalry.

With this independent company was also Lieutenant J. C. Twyman and Lieutenant Edward W. Ward, the latter [Ward] being made captain and for a time, was in command.

The company was organized under orders from General Buell, in 1861. The company was on active duty continuously in connection with the cavalry of the army, and is most highly spoken of in the reports. In the organization of Buell's army, June 10, 1862, it was associat-ed with the cavalry and was led by Captain Henry G. Twyman.

In October, 1862, it was with the post forces at Nashville. November 5, 1862, Colonel Smith, commanding that post, reports an attack upon Edgefield, which he repulsed, and says: "I can not close my report without mentioning the excellent conduct of the mounted scouts belonging to Captain Twyman's independent command. I have rarely seen their equal for efficiency and bravery."

July 4, 1863, General Hobson mentions Captain Twyman's company with great praise, in the account of his operations against Morgan.

In the organization on June 30, 1863, of the 23rd Army Corps under General Burnside, the Twyman Scouts are under command of Captain Edward W. Ward, in Boyle's division, Shackelford's brigade. They are again so reported in the organization of July 31, 1863, at which time they were consolidated with the 3rd Cavalry.

Company G, 3rd Kentucky Cavalry Regiment

Captains: J. Speed Peay, Thomas C. Foreman, L. L. Drown, Edward W. Ward

1st Lieutenants: William Starling, Thomas Toyle, John Weist

2nd Lieutenants: A. J. Gillett, Garnett Duncan

Sergeants: Charles Lentz, John W. Forester

Corporals: Irvin Shiflett, Willis H. Rasor, Thomas E. Bicknell, Peter Coffman, William E. Surman, Brutus Z. Tullilove, Benjamin R. Myers

Buglers: Phillip Brenner, David B. Fry
Farriers: Thomas R. Hagan, Thomas M. Foote

Saddler: John King

Wagoner: Thomas J. Lear

Privates: Thomas J. Adams, Frederick Beck, Benjamin Bevin, James Black, Reuben Blake, James B. Bocklin, William H. Bockin, Aaron B. Carfield, Charles R. Cable, William H. S. Cable, William Curry, David W. Crutcher, Thomas Coyle, William H. Cubine, Alonzo Davidson, John W. Ellis, Hastings Foote, Pleasant K. Gentry, Richard M. Gentry, Zachariah Green, John Hardy, Michael Haley, John Haley, Robert H. Haskinson, John R. Hurly, John Hatter, William B. Hunter, Gustavus Hyde, William Hall, Jackson Isaacs, Charles W. Jones, Tarlton Jones, William C. Jones, David B. Kindred, Conrad Kraft, James Lowe, William N. Lake, Jesse E. Lear, Joseph F. Mallot, William Moller, Richard P. Nuckols, Henry Pern, Henry C. Price, George W. Powel, Freeman F. Runyun, John Ridge, Richard Scott, Curtis A. Stout, Thomas Salyers, David Snowden, James Sherwood, Henry Tice, Manlius Taylor, John B. Vanwinkle, Josephus Wyley, Michael Welsh, Thomas H. Watkins, George B. Currin, James Lile, Thomas Lafferty, James Leech Jr., William McFellen, George Mouzer, Caleb Reynolds, William H. Renfro, William Taylor, Laine Wetherspoon, Perry C. Brooks, John W. Bush, William Boston, Thomas Crumps, Daniel Dobson, Francis Grinstead, James Grinstead, William Harness, Lorenzo Huff, Isaac Huff, Nathan Murray, George Waggoner, John Wade, Peter Q. Leech

Company H, 3rd Kentucky Cavalry Regiment

Captains: Lewis Wolfley, James Beggs

1st lieutenant: Frederick Overbury

2nd Lieutenants: Edward H. Morin, James T. Leavy

Sergeants: Thomas N. Herbert, William Gillham, John H. Hills

Corporals: Richard Jarvin, Hezekiah Ship, Abram Symons, Cyrus L. Foster, William C. Miles, Benjamin F. Bumback, Jasper N. Symons, John Sparhr [Sparer?]

Buglers: John Foss, Edward W. Bevel

Farriers: John R. Adkinson, Frederick Hearig

Saddler: Harvey C. Bennett

Waggoner: Phillip Peters

Privates: Alfred Abbott, William Amburger, John L. Baker, John L. Bruce Jr., Benjamin Bonde, Thomas Bristow, William W. Chelf, Henry Covert, Andrew Carman, John C. Costelly, Lee Crutchfield, Richard Ferris, John Fromhold, Richard Frazier, Joseph E. Ford, William S. Farmer, John J. Green, Patrick Graham, Christopher Hak, James M. Hinchel*, Rowan Hardin, George Harris, Stephen H. Harrison, Eli Johnson, George W. Johnson, Joshua R. Johnson, Joseph A. Long, John T. Libbel, George W. Laskey, Frederick Lindower, Walton Lawton, Henry Morris, George W. McMahon, William H. Mott, George W. Odor, Adam Peters, Jesse T. Potts, Westly Ratcliff, Mathew Rebholtz, George C. Redholz, John Rese, Michael Sherran, Thomas F. Spaulding, John A Sutton, John W. Smeister, Harman Stephens, John J. Smith, Bayard Smith, Andrew Thorp, James D. Tarvin, John H. thacker, George Vaughan, George Wagoner, Frank Wood, Joseph Weeks, Charles L. White, Mathias Younger, James L. Davis

*Correct spelling is James Monroe Hinchee per his descendent Barbara Coons.

Company I, 3rd Kentucky Cavalry Regiment


Captain John M. Thomas
Courtesy Steven L. Wright

Captains: George F. Mercer, John M. Thomas

1st Lieutenant: Lewis R. Dunn

2nd Lieutenant: Peter S. Brune

Sergeants: Samuel Taylor, James A. Henninger, John W. Printy, James Worthan, John W. Gosnell Jr.

Corporals: James R. McGrew, Hartford M. Meridith, James C. South, Thomas D. Rice, Owen Quisenberry, Daniel O'Riley, John J. Pirtle, Richard M. Kelly

Buglers: Joseph McCoy, John D. Ashley

Farriers: Walter Drain, Samuel L. Wortham

Saddler: Uriah M. McGrew

Wagoner: Joseph M. Rogers

Privates: Henry C. Ames, J. F. Ashley, Jacob A. Baker, Enos W. Bracher, William R. Blair, Clayton L. Bradley, William Burden, Oliver H. P. Bruner, Anthony Bruner, James H. Collard, Joseph Collard, Sampson Davis, James F. Dewes, James L. Edgar, James A. Elliott, John P. Garner, John Goodman, Hiram Harris, Alfred Hazlewood, William H. Huff, George F. Hultz, Henry Hay, John A. Howard, David Jeffers, James Jackson, Miles H. King, Lafayette Key, John F. Lampton, Jonathan Layman, Wesley B. Lewis, William E. McCay, Nathaniel M. Mercer, George W. Mercer, Volentine McGren, Jonathan T. McGren, Stephen C. McGren, Henry H. McGren*, Peter B. McGren*, Reed McGren*, John L. Meredith, Benedict Medcalf, Thomas Moore, John W. Milburn, David McClure, James Patten, James H. Quisenberry, John W. Smith, Joseph H. Wells, John B. Wells, George N. Wortham, Marion Waltrip, Zachariah Betts, Newton Baltzell, Robeert J. Cooley, John Crawford, Reason Cravens, Phillip Daffron, Francis Daffron, Ahigal Deweese, William N. Evans, L. Gaines, George H. Gosnell, Joel Gray, James Grayham, Abner Hill, William N. Harding, Samuel Hazel, James R. Johns, Emis Jewell, Leander Lane, William C. Lane, Horatio G. Lane, William McCauley, William H. Nall, George H. Nelson, James Patton, William H. Reed, George W. Sweeney, Isaac Schoolfield, Ellis Stephens, Amos Smith, William E. Spradling, John Travis, William T. Thoms, William B. Taggart, Thomas W. Wood, John Wheeler, Miles H. Watkins, Richard E. Yeakey. James A. Nannie, James G. Downey, James M. Alverson, John H. Langley, Peter R. Daniel, Stephen F. Grove, Squire N. Lampton, John L. Oldham, James W. Skipworth, Harvey Young, Augustin Gunn, James M. Deweese, Walton Harris

*Per descendent Dan McGrew, all individuals listed above as McGren, are actually surnamed McGrew.

Company K, 3rd Kentucky Cavalry Regiment


Captain Horace Scott
Courtesy Steven L. Wright

Captains: Aaron C. Shacklett, Francis H. Crosby, Horace Scott

1st Lieutenants: Frank M. Jolly, William Waters

2nd Lieutenants: Samuel C. Chalfant, Charles Blanford

Sergeants: Harvey B. B. McCoy, Nelson P. Ball

Corporals: Clayton Beard, Leonard O. Walker, William H. H. Taul, Elisha Dresser, Joseph B. Ball, Samuel Jarett, Colston Jennings, Thomas J. Ball

Buglers: James J. Barnes, William Porter

Farriers: David T. Perrin, Joseph L. Taul

Saddler: Henry Cook

Wagoner: John Vonpham

Privates: Pleasant Atkinson, Washington C. Askins, Thomas H. Bates, George Berry, William Beard, Joseph S. Boltinghouse, John W. Boltinghouse, John Bradley, James Claycomb, John D. Collins, James Craven, William T. W. Dewitt, John F. M. Dooley, Josiah Evans, William H. Farris, James Frank, William Gregory, James D. Granveil, William Hampton, Richard Hays, James Hanks, Ezekiel Henning, Charles Hester, James V. Hinton, William Hogan, Lewis Johnson, Hiram Johnson, Harmon Lamb, Thomas Lynch, James W. Mattingly, Charles H. Mattingly, William C. McCoy, Hiram McCoy, Robert McCluercy, Andrew McCluercy, Samuel Maffett, Bartholomew C. Miles, Aaron Miller, Isaac W. Nichols, Peyton Pate, Logan Pate, Willis G. Payne, John J. Poole, George W. Phillips, Livingston R. Rawlings, John Robins, James W. Seaton, George W. Seaton, Taylor Scott, Samuel D. Walker, Benjamin F. Walker, Thomas Wood, William G. H. Wood, Stephen Wood, Jonathan A. Harris, Richard Carman, William Beard

Company L, 3rd Kentucky Cavalry Regiment

Captain: John P. Cummings

1st Lieutenants: W. W. Hester, W. W. Weatherbolt

2nd Lieutenant: William R. Gardner

Sergeants: John W. Hardin, David M. Oglesby, William Ahl, Henry Head, Samuel Bryant

Corporals: John F. Lay, Jacob Weatherbolt, William H. Mock, Charles S. Weatherbolt, William Goff, Peter Luxemburg, William W. Waggoner, John Levihart

Buglers: Frederick Renneck, Stephen Gunterman

Farriers: John Bentel, Robert M. Ritchey

Saddler: Jacob Pohlman

Wagoner: Peter H. Wiseman

Privates: John Avit, John H. Blake, Scott Burdett, William P. Biren, John G. Bittner, Hiram Blair, Gallatin Bryant, James V. Cunningham, Harrison Clark, Albert Compton, David H. Carey, William H. Cummings, Henry C. Davis, Thomas E. Drake, Gilbert Edwards, Moses Edwards, Champion Edwards, Lewis G. Gregory, William H. Greenwell, Nathaniel Humphrey, John Hollider, Sylvester Lay, John Leaf, James Lay, James M. McAllister, Joseph M. Marsh, Charles Ross Marsh, Raphail A. Marsh, William R. Polk, Edmond Polk, Cannady W. Powers, Henry Pfranzman, John Pfranzman, McWillis Rob-inson, Thomas Robinson, John Robinson, Jonas Robinson, Edward Raff, Andy Rafferty, Merrit Rafferty, Samuel Ray, Phillip Sullivan, Henry Staurberman, Mathias Strobel, Henry Sinclair, Lewis B. Sinclair, William H. H. Tunstal, James W. Waggoner, Henry Weather-bolt, Harvey White, William White, James T. Webb, Richard Welsh, James R. West, James M. Winstead, William West, Thomas Shearn, George D. Blake, Sylvester Lay, George Oliver, Peter Gregory, Asa Williams, William J. Carter, George W. Franklin, Jonathan W. Hemphill, Albert Mitchum

Company M, 3rd Kentucky Cavalry Regiment

Captains: George F. White, A. G. Sloo

1st Lieutenants: Benjamin Johnson, Earnest Vucellot

2nd Lieutenants: Alfred Baker, William Shuler, Charles P. Hollinsworth

Sergeants: Hiram Stanton, Andrew Scott, Samuel Stowell, Samuel R. Adams. Charles Dee

Corporals: James W. Herron, Romulus Taylor, Jesse S. Gray, Thornton H. Green, Charles Spitts, Jackson Heillinger

Buglers: Phillip Coppage, John R. Decker

Farriers: Edward Mooney, August Sanders

Saddler: Henry Keller

Wagoner: James P. Stanton

Privates: John Brotherton, Michael Catt, Thomas R. Cater, Daniel Crutchfield, Wesley Crutchfield, John Clark, John S. Coppage, Eli Clark, Charles R. Clark, John Christian, Reuben Cockrel, William J. Dews, James H. Davis, Edward Freeles, Owen Garretty, Lewis Gammel, Richard J. Glidden, John D. Hare, Robert Hathaway, Nathaniel Head, James Haley, Samuel Jones, John C. Keltcher, Joel Keeton, Hiram Langley, Danford A. Lane, Theodore Leveron, Charles Libold, James F. Langley, Anthony Martin, Andrew Moore, Lewis Miller, Thomas B. Mays, Robert Moses, Lewis Myers, Adam Meinrath, Lucas W. Martin, Alfred McCully, Simon Noble, Ammon Osho, Lewis Osho, Henry C. Ruble, William Shuler, Charles C. Stroud, Simon Snivelly, Coonrod Sheinback, Jeremiah Sently, John Scott, William F. Tovebaugh, James M. Talbert, Charles P. Thome, Leon Therlac, Francis M. Throm, Benjamin Weir, Peter Winkle, John Q. Young, Edward E. Young, Phillip Keiser, Charles H. Lathrop, John T. McClure, Robert Smith, Henry H. Henderson, Charles Cox, James Lond, Jerome Myers, Henry Bernard, John Longel, James H. Dans, Nelson H. Norton, Thomas B. Thompson, John Wright, M. W. Davidson, John Billingsley, Louis Goodlue, Daniel W. Carden, Andrew J. Alverson, John D. Bell, Samuel J. Ewing, Mathew Jenkins, Charles E. Silwell, Jesse Sayre, Hiram A. Pogue, Bradford P. Thornberry, Wallace W. Thornberry, Samuel D. Thornberry, John W. Atkinson, Andrew J. Green, Meredith A. Davis, Henry Fox, Alfred Lockhart, William Parsons, Wesley Parsons, Samuel G. Revel, Calvin York, Jefferson Gentry, William A. Huff, John Ripperdan, Henry Haskins, Thomas T. Hicks, William Kelley, Henry Couley, William Bell, Thomas C. Phipps, William R. Keef, John H. Kramer, William W. Bartlett, Robert H. Meredith

Regimental History

The 3rd Kentucky Cavalry was raised in September of 1861 at the call of James S. Jackson, a unionist from Hopkinsville, Kentucky. The men came principally from the counties of the Green river region and Christian county. The 3rd Cavalry was quickly in action with fledgling Confederate cavalry also being formed in that part of the state. In October they were engaged at Woodbury and Brownsville, Kentucky. On December 31st, 1861 the 3rd Kentucky Cavalry was mustered in the service of the United States at Calhoun, Kentucky. Three days prior to mustering in, a part of the 3rd Cavalry under command of eighteen year old Maj E. H. Murray and consisting of 168 men, was attacked while on a scout by Confederate forces under Col. Nathan Bedford Forrest who outnumbered him almost two to one. The fight was fierce and Murray, badly outnumbered, suffered casualties. Capt. Bacon was killed and Capt. Davis captured. In addition, eight troopers were killed and many wounded. Forrest also lost a Capt. Meriwether, three troopers killed and several wounded which he took to Hopkinsville. Youn Murray's conduct received the praise of General Crittenden. The regiment remained in Western Kentucky during the winter fighting Confederate raiders from Hopkinsville and other points.
The 3rd advanced into Tennessee along with the rest of the Union army and proceeded to Nashville. It accompanied Buell to Pittsburg Landing and participated in the second day's fighting at the Battle of Shiloh. Afterward, the 3rd continued in Crittenden's division, Buell's army, in the movements on Corinth and Iuka, Mississippi. Jackson was raised to command of Buell's entire cavalry force and promoted to brigadier general. When Buell returned to Kentucky in response to Confederate General Bragg's movement into the border state, the 3rd Cavlary went as well, to the Battle of Perryville. On their way there, the 3rd helped to envelope and capture the 3rd Georgia Cavalry Regiment at New Haven, Kentucky. It was at Perryville that their former commander, Brigadier General James S. Jackson was killed. After Perryville the 3rd moved south to Nashville and became a part of General Rosecran's army. In December of 1862 the 3rd was in severe combat at Franklin and again at Wildcat creek in Tennessee. In the Battle of Stone's River the 3rd gave a good account of itself. By this time, young Murray had been advanced to full colonel of the regiment. A dispatch from the fight at Murfreesboro mentioned Murray stating: "Col. Murray, with a handful of men, performed service that would do honor to a full regiment." The 3rd Cavalry, with other Kentucky regiments, was sent back to Kentucky for refitting. While there, the 3rd was stationed at Hopkinsville and Russellville, engaging Confederate partisans throughout the winter. Later in the spring, a battalion of the 3rd, under command of Maj. Lewis Wolfley, participated in the capture of Col. John Hunt Morgan, the famous rebel raider. In December of 1863 the 3rd played an important part in driving Forrest from West Tennessee. The 3rd then took part in the Atlanta campaign, riding completly around the city and the rebel army. After the surrender of that city to Major General William Thomas Ward, a fellow Kentuckian and division commander under Sherman, the 3rd fought skirmishes almost without number with General John Bell Hood's army all during the month of October 1864. They then prepared to march to the sea with Sherman. On this famous campaign the 3rd fought battles at Blackville, S.C., Lancaster, Taylor's Crossroads, and Fayetteville. In North Carolina they were engaged at Mount Olive. In April of 1865 near Lexington, N.C. the 3rd was mustered out of service, the officers and men having proved themselves everywhere worthy of their first brilliant and heroic leader, James S. Jackson.
3rd Kentucky Cavalry Regimental History


Source: "Union Regiments of Kentucky" Capt. Thomas Speed
37th Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry Muster Roster
11th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Muster Roster
11th Kentucky Alphabetical Roster (Annotated)
23rd Iowa Volunteer Infantry Muster Roster
11th Kentucky Casualties Roster
9th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Muster Roster


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