Patterson Smith Pike (abt. 1842 - aft. 1890)

Born about 1842 in Pendleton County, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Frances (Perry) Pike — married 26 Sep 1866 (to after 1890) in Bracken Co. Ky.

Descendants

Died after 1890 after about age 48 in Shelby County, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Pike Name Study.

Corporal Patterson Pike served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 1862
Mustered out: July 1865
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 16th Kentucky Infantry Regiment

Shelby Co. Ky Shelbyville area, is a few counties west of Pendleton Co. Ky. He is listed as a laborer and not a farmer unlike his older brothers. Extracts found that involved Patterson in Shelby County. Kentucky. He is on 1860, 1870, 1880 & 1900 Census. He had a couple of kids & one is Isaac Patterson Pike. Court records show him as Patterson Jr. He died in Shelbyville. He can be found on some records as P. S. Pike

Born in Pendleton County Kentucky as Paterson Smith Pike in 1842 and raised in Bracken County, Kentucky. PS Pike marries in Pendleton Co Ky. and after the war and moves to Kenton Co. Ky. & settles in Shelby Co. Ky. Never shown as farmer but as a 'laborer.

Proves Middle name Smith that was from his maternal grandfather's alias used during the Revolutionary War.^[1]

Patterson enlisted in the 16th Ky. Infantry Regiment in 1862 as a Pvt. The 16th Union Inf. was comprised from county's south of Covington Ky. that was formed in the late Spring of 1861 and officially activated in 1862.

This Bio by his gr gr grandnephew Edward Pike 11:58, 15 February 2016 (EST)

1850 Census

John Pike, Husband, Male, farmer, White, Age 50, Born Virginia

Mary Pike, Wife, Female, White, Age 45, Born Kentucky,

William Pike, Son, Male, farmer White, Age 18, Born Kentucky,

Michael Pike, Son, Male, farmer White, Age 16, Born Kentucky,

Ann Pike, Dau., Female, White, Age 13, Born Kentucky,

Patterson, Pike, Son, Male, White, Age 9, Born Kentucky,

Ellen Pike, Dau., Female, White, Age 5, Born Kentucky,^[2]

1860 Census

John Pike, Race White, Husband, age 72, born Mass

Mary Pike, Wife, age 54, born Kentucky

Patterson S Pike, Son, age 19, born Kentucky

Ellen F Pike Dau, age 16, born Kentucky

Bracken County, Kentucky^[3]

Military Enlistment

Patterson S Pike, Age 21,

Event Year: 1862

Military Unit Note: Sixteenth Infantry, O-Ri ^[4]

Civil War Detailed Service

(Duty) or (Duty at) consisted of Garrison or just occupation.

1861

Nelson's Expedition into eastern Kentucky November 1861. Action against :Ivy Mountain Ky. November 8. Action against Piketon November 8 & 9. :Returned to Camp Kenton Ky. and duty there. Camp Kenton Ky. is in Kenton :County Kentucky just north of where Patterson lived. He is unmarried during :his service in the Union Army. The 16th in 1861 got paid $12 a month for marching & drilling.

Additional Information

This regiment served in Kentucky,Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and North Carolina at the terrible battels of Franklin, Jonesboro and Kenasaw Mountain where Sherman admits that his charges were a mistake. They surprisedly saw small casualties as compared to most regiments though disease was most prevelent.^[5]

Lack of battles in 1861

There were few battles in 1861 under General of the Army, Major General McClellan that complained to Lincoln of not enough soldiers, Logistics & Green Troops. McClellan was hired & fired twice by Lincoln. His soldiers loved him but by 1864 he lost the majority of the soldiers vote. He lost the 1864 election against Lincoln then moved to Europe & back to the U,S. after the Civil War. He later became the Governor of his home state of New Jersey.

1862

Duty Maysville, in Mason County, Ky., along the Ohio River, until March 2nd, 1862. Moved southeast (by foot) to Piketon, Pike County, Ky. on March 2, :and duty there until June 13. Moved west (by foot) to Prestonburg, Floyd County, Ky. on June 13th, thence by foot to Louisa, Lawrence County, Ky. that lies across the Big Sandy River from Virginia July 15, and duty there until August. They moved to Covington Kenton County, Ky. (by foot & rail) that's across the Ohio from Cincinnati, then Louisville Jefferson County, Ky. (by rail). Louisville lies across the river from Albany Ind. In August to Bowling :Green, Warren County, Ky. (by rail). Bowling Green is near the Tennessee :boarder. Duty there, at Shepherdsville, West Point and Munfordville in central Ky. until December. Operations against Morgan's Raiders in Ky. December 22, 1862 to January 2, 1863. Their movements were in support of the Calvary. Infantry Regiments don't attack Calvary Regiments unless the Calvary is dismounted.

1863

January 2, 1863 the 16th moved to Central Kentucky around Lebanon, Marion County, and to Munfordville, Hart County, then south 2 counties to Glasgow, Ky., Barren County, until August 1863. Operations against Morgan's Raiders, from July 2nd to the 26th.

They participated in Burnside's March over Cumberland Mountains and the Campaign in Eastern Tennessee August 16th to October 17th. They were at Loudon, Loudon County, Tennessee from September 4th to November 14th. Then the Siege of Knoxville Tennessee. from November 17th to December 5th. They participated in the Knoxville, Tennessee Campaign from November 4th to December 23rd. March to Kingston, Roane County, Tennessee on November 7th. They moved southeast to Loudon, Loudon County, Tennessee November 14th & 15th. They moved due south to Campbell's Station in a forced march, on a rainy November 16th, The Battle of Campbell's Station, against Longstreet, on the 17th. they were attached to Burnside's Army called the Department of Ohio, against Longstreet's army of Tennessee where the 2 armies following parallel routes. Longstreet and Burnside raced for Campbell's Station where the battle cost almost a 1,000 casualties. The Battle was technically a win fo the Union when Longstreet disengaged & left the field. They were near Kingston Tn. from November 24th to December 4th. The Union was attacked at Mossy Creek Tennessee and then again at Talbot Station Tennessee, on December 29. The Union Army retreated back to Mossy Creek. The 16th wasn't directly engaged because they were back at Mossy Creek where the Regiment reenlisted on December 27, 1863. The fighting season of 1863 ends for The Kentucky 16th Infantry.

Supplemental Information

In October & November 1863 Rosecrans, general of the Union Army of the Cumberland & Confederate General Bragg were involved in the Battle of Chattanooga. Bragg besieged Rosecrans and his men by occupying key high terrain around Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant was given command of Union forces in the West and significant reinforcements began to arrive with him in Chattanooga from Mississippi and the Eastern Theater. Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman maneuvered to launch a surprise attack against Bragg's right flank on Missionary Ridge. On November 24. Eastern Theater troops under Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker defeated the Confederates in the Battle of Lookout Mountain and began a movement toward Bragg's left flank at Rossville. The Union Army now controls Tennessee. A series of battles thereafter had Sherman at the border of Georgia finishing :the 1863 actions.

Promoted to Corporal

^[6]

1864 The 16th Regiment moved to Kentucky in January 1864, and veterans were on Furlough from February and March and ordered to report to Camp Nelson Ky., April 16; thence march to Knoxville, Tn., and to Red Clay, Ga., joining Sherman on his continuing battle to reach Atlanta to cut off the supplies that feed & arm the Army of Virginia. 1864 attached to 15th Ohio. ^[7]

The Atlanta Georgia Campaign

From May to September of 1864. Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge Ga. and Dalton Ga from May 8th to the 13th. The Battle of Resaca (The 16th had many casualties) from May 14th to the 15th. Cartersville Ga. on May 20th. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas Ga., New Hope Church Ga. and Allatoona Hills Ga. from May 25th to June 5th. Operations about Marietta Ga. and action against Kennesaw Mountain Ga. from June 10th to July 2nd. Then movement against Lost Mountain Ga. on June 11th to the17th. Action against Muddy Creek on June 17th. Then action against Noyes Creek June 19th. Movement against Cheyney's Farm on June 22nd. Then action against Olley's Creek on June 26th & 27th. Assault on Kennesaw on June 27th. Action against Nickajack Creek on July 2nd to the 5th. At the Chattahoochee River from July 6th to the 17th. More action against Peachtree Creek on July 19th & 20th.

The Siege of Atlanta

From July 22nd to August 25th. :Action against Utoy Creek from August 5th to the 7th. Sherman's great flanking movement on Jonesboro from August 25th to the 30th, that took the town & cut off Hood & Johnston's Railroad Supply Line from the southeast. This is the first time that Sherman wrecked & tore up the tracks. Hood's Army destroyed anything in Atlanta that would be of use to the Yankee Army including trains, boxcars of ammunition and warehouses. The town was still smoldering when Sherman's Army entered.

Supplemental Information

Sherman still held the rail line that ran between Chattanooga and Atlanta. The tracks were constantly being destroyed by small Rebel forces. His engineers would rebuild them as fast as the Confederates destroyed them. After the Rebels blew up a tunnel that the trains ran through a Confederate said that " It wouldn't stop the trains from running because Sherman probably had a spare tunnel in his back pocket." He had to keep that rail line open because it was the only supply line for his Army. It carried what they called "Beans & Bullets." The telegraph line was also running along the tracks. The rail line & telegraph line was unguarded after Sherman received his marching orders from Gen. Grant and he no longer needed it for orders, supplies or food. All the contraband in and around Atlanta was either destroyed or burned. (this statement has been questioned by General Hood's troops and the residents of Atlanta). Some houses accidentally caught fire. No civilians were killed because he had the city evacuated except for essential personel after Sherman took it.

The 16th was in the great Battle of Jonesboro from August 31-September 1. where Major General Hood attacked fortified Union positions. (Bragg & then Johnston had been relieved of command by Jefferson Davis and installed Hood as the commander of The Army of Tennessee.

Hood at this time had a paralyzed arm from the Battle of Gettysburg, & had one leg. They had to strap him in the saddle). The 16th was at Lovejoy's Station from September 2nd to the 6th. They were now detached from Sherman's Army when Atlanta fell to help chase Hood's Army away from Atlanta for operations in northern Georgia and northern Alabama against Hood from September 29th to November 3rd and then the chase was halted of Hood and the 16th Kentucky moved to Nashville, thence to Pulaski, Tenn. Hood was heading back to Tennessee also hoping that Sherman would follow his army. Sherman said if he goes to Tennessee I'll give him the rations to get there. My business is down south.

Sherman's army now consisted mainly of Regiments from Ohio & Indiana. This was the Confederacy's worst nightmare with over 60,000 men marching through the heart of the South in four colums.

The Nashville Campaign

The 16th was now under command of Major General Thomas. November to December. Action against :Columbia Tn., and against Duck River, from November 24th to the 27th. :Action against Columbia Ford on November 29th.

Battle of Franklin Tn.

Action against Hood on November 30 when Hood attacked recklessly & lost a great portion of his force while the Union Army was again in fortified positions. Battle of Nashville Action against Hood on December 15th &16th. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River from December 17th to the 28th. General Hood went to Mississippi to join General Nathan Bedford Forest's Calvary. The 16th Kentucky was at Clifton, Tn. until January 15, 1865.

1865 The 16th was ordered to support Sherman's Army, now in the Carolina's and to help take the port at Wilmington N. C. They moved by train to Washington, D.C., thence to Smithville, N.C., that Sherman had just taken, from January 15th to February 9th. Operations against Hoke, N. C., near Fayetteville in the south central area of N. C. from February 12th to the14th. They advanced near Smithville, in Johnston County N. C. February 16. They marched to the Confederate Fort Anderson February 18th &19th. The fort was abandoned by the Rebels and fell on February 18th. Marched to Town Creek on February 19th & 20th. They went against Eagle Island N. C. on February 21st, that led to the capture of Wilmington N. C. which again opening a supply line to Sherman on February 22nd.

CAMPAIGN OF THE CAROLINA'S From March 1st to April 26. They advanced on Goldsboro, N. C., from March 6th to the 21st. Occupation of Goldsboro on March 21st. They advanced on Raleigh N. C. from April 10th to the 13th.

NOTE Lee Surrenders to Grant

Occupation of Raleigh on April 14. when President Lincoln was assassinated

NOTE Johnston surrenders to Sherman

They were stationed at Bennett's House N.C. on April 26. Garrison Duty at Greensburg, N.C. until July. Mustered Out in N. C. in July 1865.^[8]

Marriage

Patterson S Pike, Male, Age 24, Birth Year (Estimated) 1842,

Event 27 Sep 1866, Bracken, Kentucky, United States

Spouse Mary F Perry, Female, Age 19, Birth Year (Estimated) 1847,

^[9]

The 1890 Veterans Census has him in Kenton Co Ky., He applies for pension on July 24 1890, at the age of 48.Records of 16th Ky. Union Regiment. 1850 - !870^[10]

1870 Census

Peterson S Pike, Husband, Male, White, age 28, born Kentucky,

Mary Pike, Wife, Female, White, age 22, born Kentucky,

I P Pike, Son, Male, White, age 3, born Kentucky,

Mary E Pike, Dau., White, age 0, born Kentucky,

Simpsonville village, Shelby County, Kentucky^[11]

1890 Veterans Census

Patterson Smith Pike

Event 24 Jul 1890, Kentucky, United States,

Military Regiment 16, Military Unit Infantry,

Shipping Company D,

Kenton County, Kentucky^[12][13][14]

Pension

Patterson S. Pike

Event 24 Jul 1890, Kentucky, United States

Military Unit Infantry, Military Regiment 16, Shipping Company D ^[15][16]

The 1900 Census states that Patterson had been married for 34 years and that his parents were born in Kentucky. His mother Mary Courtney seems to have been born in Kentucky but there is no record of his father John Pike being in Kentucky until 1830 when he appeared on the southern portion of Pendleton County with 200 acres as shown by the land records and Census.

1900 Census

Patterson S Pike, Husband, Male, White, age 58, Born Kentucky

Mary F Pike, Wife, Female, White, Wife, age 54, Born Kentucky

Joseph N Pike, Son, Male, White, age 20, Born Kentucky

James Pike, Son, Male, White, age 17, Born Kentucky

Lucy K Pike, Dau., Female, White, Dau. age 16, Born Kentucky

Simpsonville Village, Shelby County, Kentucky^[17][18]

Sources

1. ↑ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDG-PCX5
2. ↑ Census posted on the profile of https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pike-2313
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)/ark:/61903/1:1:MZB9-GJW : accessed 19 November 2015 Ed L Pike-2301), District No 1, Bracken, Kentucky, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing p. 46, Digital Folder 4230636, Image 194,household ID 322, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 803,357.
4. ↑ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8NF-QL2
5. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=16th+Kentucky+Infantry Edward Pike 11:58, 15 February 2016 (EST)
6. ↑ "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FS4X-Q2X : accessed 15 February 2016), Patterson S. Pike, Corporal, Company D, 16th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry, Union; citing NARA microfilm publication M386 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 21; FHL microfilm 881,512. Edward Pike 11:58, 15 February 2016 (EST)
7. ↑ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8JC-DB3
8. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org wiki/16th_Regiment_Kentucky_Volunteer_Infantry Edward Pike 12:44, 15 February 2016 (EST)
9. ↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5PX-PW6 : 17 May 2018), Digital Folder 4542778, Image 270, Patterson S Pike and Mary F Perry, 27 Sep 1866; citing Marriage, Bracken, Kentucky, United States, district clerk, court clerk, county clerk and register offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 344,095. Pike-2301 11:58, 15 February 2016 (EST)
10. ↑ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZB9-GJQ birth year. Sheet Number and Letter 23A Household ID: 464 Line Number 38 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number T623 GS Film Number: 1240551 Digital Folder Number 004118939. Census Edward Pike 18:42, 19 November 2015 (EST)
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX4M-F4T : accessed 15 February 2016), Kentucky, United States; citing p. 21, family 138, Digital Folder 4269354, Line 29, Image 384, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,993. Edward Pike 11:58, 15 February 2016 (EST)
12. ↑ United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8SD-TKM : accessed 15 February 2016), Affiliate Film 1, Digital Folder 4679065, Image 488 Patterson Smith Pike, 1890; citing NARA microfilm publication M123 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 338,160.
13. ↑ "United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4JJ-VNL : 24 March 2016), 1890. The image is viewable at fold3.com. United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917, Affiliate Name National Archives and Records Administration, Affiliate Publication Title Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900, Affiliate Film 1040409, Affiliate Publication T289, Image 0760.jp2
14. ↑ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4JJ-VNL Edward Pike11:58, 15 February 2016 (EST)
15. ↑ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4JJ-VNL Union Army Name Patterson S. Pike, Also Known As Name Patterson Pike, Event Type Military Service, Military Side Union, Military Company D Military Beginning Rank Private, Military Final Rank Corporal State or Military Term Kentucky, Military Unit 16th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry, Affiliate Publication Title Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky.
16. ↑ Event Type Pension Event Date 1890, Event Place Kentucky, United States Affiliate Publication Title General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDG-PCX5 : accessed 15 February 2016),Affiliate Film 373, Affiliate Publication T288, GS Film 541129, Digital Folder 5081811,Image 4232, Patterson S Pike, 1890. Edward Pike 11:58, 15 February 2016 (EST)
17. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9H1-TS5 : accessed 22 February 2018), Simpsonville District Simpsonville village, Shelby, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 81, sheet 23A, family 464, NARA microfilm publication T623, Digital Folder 4118939, Image 379, (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.) FHL microfilm 1,240,551.
18. ↑ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9H1-TSB. Census Edward Pike 06:53, 22 February 2018 (EST)

Also See:

• General Sherman's Memoirs.
• The Civil War Documentary by Ken Burns