9th Regiment Kentucky Cavalry, Company B

Date: 22 Aug 1862 to 11 Sep 1863
Location: Eminence, Henry County, Kentucky, United States of America
Surnames/tags: military_and_war civil_war kentucky

This is a working page for gathering information and sources for individual members of Company B. Eventually, it will become a roster of those in the company, with links to their profiles.

The Company was made up of volunteers, each private enlisting for one year, for a $27.00 bonus payable upon completion of service. All but two of the officers enrolled on 10 Aug 1872; 1st Lt.. Milton P. Hodges and 2nd Lt. Charles S. Brent both enrolled on 18 Aug 1862. As of the muster-in date of 22 Aug 1862, there were 4 officers, 18 NCOs, 4 auxiliary specialists (2 farriers, 1 saddler, 1 wagoner), and 78 privates, for a total of 104 men in the Company.

Enrollment dates: 10 Aug 1862, 18 Aug 1862

Muster-in: 22 Aug 1862, Eminence, Henry County, Kentucky

Muster-out: 11 Sep 1863, Eminence, Henry County, Kentucky

Combat:

Battle of Perryville (also called the Battle of Chaplin Hills), 7-8 Oct 1862, Perryville, Boyle County, Kentucky

Deaths occurred (all in Kentucky):

13 Nov 1862 - Lebanon, Marion County (1)

20 Feb 1863 - Hart County (1)

23 Feb 1863 - Lebanon, Marion County (2)

15 Mar 1863 - Hart County (2); Lebanon, Marion County (1)

20 Mar 1863 - Louisville, Jefferson County (1)

23 Mar 1863 - Hart County (1)

6 Jun 1863 - Columbia, Adair County (1)

19 Jul 1863 - Glasgow, Barren County (1)

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9th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment Information

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Sticker Instructions

Category:Battle of Perryville

Sources

Basic roster:

• Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, 2 Volumes, Frankfort, Kentucky: Printed at the Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866-67; Volume 1, 1861-1866, Printed by Authority of the Legislature of Kentucky, Frankfort, Kentucky: Printed at the Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866. Schedule A, "Cavalry Regiments: Roll of Company 'B,' Ninth Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry," pp. 232-3.

Also available at Ancestry.com (accessed 11 Jun 2020 - subscription required).

Other Regiments:

• Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, 2 Volumes, Frankfort, Kentucky: Printed at the Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866-67; Volume 2: 1861-1866, Printed by Authority of the Legislature of Kentucky, Frankfort, Kentucky: Printed at the Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1867.

Combat:

[Anon.] "Battle of Perryville," en.wikipedia.org.

[Anon.] "Perryville: Battle of Chaplin Hills," American Battlefield Trust, battlefields.org.

Roster as of 22 Aug 1862

Officers

Captain William A. Smyth (resigned, 13 Apr 1863)

1st Lieutenant John C. Brent (promoted to Major, 5 Feb 1863)

1st Lieutenant Milton P. Hodges (promoted to Captain, 13 Apr 1863)

2nd Lieutenant Charles S. Brent (promoted to 1st Lieutenant, 13 Apr 1863)

NCOs

1st Sergeant Joseph H. Bassett

1st Sergeant Green M. C. Self, Hart County, age 39 (promoted to 2nd Lieutenant, 13 Apr 1863)

Quartermaster Sergeant Richard E. Rucker

Communications Sergeant Joseph B. Soward

Sergeant Charles M. Bartlett

Sergeant William Bush

Sergeant Henry A. Cunningham

Sergeant Stephen Richardson

Sergeant Robert Wells, Jr.

Corporal William T. Brooks (died, 15 Mar 1863, Hart County, Kentucky)

Corporal Basil S. Coleman

Corporal George W. Logsdon

Corporal Jordan T. Oberfelt

Corporal William A. Reams

Corporal John W. Renick

Corporal Philip J. Wells

Corporal George P. White

Corporal Avalette H. C. Wright

Auxiliaries

Lucien D. Garvin, Farrier

Ambrose L. King, Farrier

Allen F. Richardson, Saddler

William J. Logsden, Wagoner

Privates

Private William C. Alexander

Private James M. Ammermon

Private John W. Barnes (deserted, --- Sep 1862, Lexington, Kentucky)

Private James B. Baston

Private Felix R. Blakely

Private Edward Broderick

Private Thomas J. Brooks

Private Josiah Brown

Private Andrew Bush

Private Henry B. Bush (died, 23 Mar 1863, Hart County, Kentucky)

Private George Colehops (discharged, 12 Mar 1863, Louisville, Kentucky)

Private George Crenshaw

Private James F. Davis

Private Adophus Denson (died, 19 Jul 1863, Glasgow, Kentucky)

Private James M. Dent (deserted, 13 Jan 1862 [sic], Lebanon, Kentucky)

Private James Dosey (deserted, 28 Aug 1862, Nicholasville, Kentucky)

Private Martin Doyle

Private John S. Ellsworth (deserted, 1 Oct 1862, Louisville, Kentucky)

Private James Epperson (discharged, 20 Mar 1863, Louisville, Kentucky)

Private Joseph B. Gentry

Private Epsa Green (died, 20 Mar 1863, Louisville, Kentucky)

Private James B. Green (discharged, 13 Jun 1863, Louisville, Kentucky)

Private John A. Harned

Private John B. Harned (transferred, Non-commissioned Staff)

Private Hiram J. Harper

Private Nathan Harper

Private William M. Hensley

Private Joseph Holdman

Private Weslay J. Holler

Private Samuel Hook, Nicholas County, age 18 (true age 14)

Private Michael Hunt

Private Hezekiah Jaggers

Private Jephtha Jaggers (died 23 Feb 1863, Lebanon, Kentucky)

Private Thomas A. Jones (deserted, 20 Oct 1862, Crab Orchard)

Private Thomas Kelley

Private Louis H. Kemp

Private John A. Kenney

Private Cornelius Linneham

Private Bozadah Logsdon, Hart County, age 23

Private Dennis Logsden

Private James H. Logsden

Private John C. Logsden (died, 6 Jun 1863, Columbia, Kentucky)

Private Joseph B. Logsden, Hart County, age 18 (wounded, Oct 1862, Perryville)

Private Napoleon B. Logsdon, Hart County, age 18

Private Oliver Logsdon, age 33 (wounded, Oct 1862, Perryville) - pension index card has name as "Wesley Oliver Logsdon"

Private William H. Logsden

Private William J. Logsden, Sr.

Private William L. Logsdon, Hart County, age 19

Private Greenberry Love

Private Cornelius Lynch

Private Isaac H. Mathews (discharged, 20 Mar 1863, Louisville, Kentucky)

Private James Mathews (died, 13 Nov 1862, Lebanon, Kentucky)

Private John W. C. Mathews

Private Garrett Mattox

Private William R. Mattox

Private George W. F. Maxwell

Private James Moran

Private Josiah Paris

Private William Redman

Private James B. Richardson (died, 23 Feb 1863, Lebanon, Kentucky)

Private Thomas Sanders (discharged, 13 Apr 1863, Louisville, Kentucky)

Private George W. Self, age 18

Private Joseph Shaw

Private James M. Shelton

Private William M. Smythe

Private Daniel Snapp (deserted, 10 Oct 1862, Perryville, Kentucky)

Private Samuel Snapp

Private Robert A. Stevens (discharged 20 Apr 1863, Louisville, Kentucky)

Private Robert Tevebaugh

Private Minor Thomasson

Private Turner Thorpe

Private William B. Thorpe

Private Wiliam N. Vice

Private Joseph C. Waggoner

Private Thoms B. Waldron (died, 15 Mar 1863, Hart County, Kentucky)

Private Robert Wells (died 20 Feb 1863, Hart County, Kentucky)

Private Uriah Wells (died, 15 Mar 1865, Lebanon, Kentucky)

Private Martin West