Presley M Heal, Co C 17th Kentucky Infantry.
Enlisted Oct. 2, 1861, at age 18, Hartford, Ky.; born in Daviess Co, Ky. Killed in action May 19, 1864, near Cassville, Ga.
-compiled service records
...On the 17th the march was continued until we found the enemy strongly intrenched in position across the railroad, covering the approach to Adairsville. Brisk skirmishing was kept up for three or four hours and until after dark. During that night the enemy withdrew, and we followed on the morning of the 18th and camped in the evening four miles from Kingston. We passed that place on the morning of the 19th and came up with the enemy near Cassville. Here I was ordered to send out three companies of my regiment as skirmishers and another as flankers, and did so. The enemy resisted the advance of the skirmishers very stubbornly, and had the advantage of the cover of a thick growth of small timber. I was ordered to re-enforce the skirmishers from time to time until my whole regiment was thus engaged in front of the brigade. We continued to drive the enemy's skirmishers until they were apparently much strengthened by re-enforcements, and until they certainly occupied much higher ground than we did and placed themselves behind strong barricades made of fence rails. A rapid fire was kept up by us until perhaps an hour after dark. At the end of that time I was ordered to cease firing and retire all of my regiment, except a thin skirmish line, which I did. Until I received this order I had received no orders, except the ones which brought the whole of my regiment into the skirmish line. We could not see the enemy's position, as the woods were very thick and it was dark. Our losses were heavy. Capt. W. J. Lendrum was killed and Lieut. C. A. Brasher received a severe wound in the face; 2 privates [P M Heal and J H Settle] were killed and 16 others wounded.
-No. 74. Report of Col. Alexander M. Stout, Seventeenth Kentucky Infantry. The war of the rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies.; Series 1 - Volume 38 (Part I) page 466.
Enlisted Oct. 2, 1861, at age 18, Hartford, Ky.; born in Daviess Co, Ky. Killed in action May 19, 1864, near Cassville, Ga.
-compiled service records
...On the 17th the march was continued until we found the enemy strongly intrenched in position across the railroad, covering the approach to Adairsville. Brisk skirmishing was kept up for three or four hours and until after dark. During that night the enemy withdrew, and we followed on the morning of the 18th and camped in the evening four miles from Kingston. We passed that place on the morning of the 19th and came up with the enemy near Cassville. Here I was ordered to send out three companies of my regiment as skirmishers and another as flankers, and did so. The enemy resisted the advance of the skirmishers very stubbornly, and had the advantage of the cover of a thick growth of small timber. I was ordered to re-enforce the skirmishers from time to time until my whole regiment was thus engaged in front of the brigade. We continued to drive the enemy's skirmishers until they were apparently much strengthened by re-enforcements, and until they certainly occupied much higher ground than we did and placed themselves behind strong barricades made of fence rails. A rapid fire was kept up by us until perhaps an hour after dark. At the end of that time I was ordered to cease firing and retire all of my regiment, except a thin skirmish line, which I did. Until I received this order I had received no orders, except the ones which brought the whole of my regiment into the skirmish line. We could not see the enemy's position, as the woods were very thick and it was dark. Our losses were heavy. Capt. W. J. Lendrum was killed and Lieut. C. A. Brasher received a severe wound in the face; 2 privates [P M Heal and J H Settle] were killed and 16 others wounded.
-No. 74. Report of Col. Alexander M. Stout, Seventeenth Kentucky Infantry. The war of the rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies.; Series 1 - Volume 38 (Part I) page 466.
Presley M Heal, Co C 17th Kentucky Infantry.
Enlisted Oct. 2, 1861, at age 18, Hartford, Ky.; born in Daviess Co, Ky. Killed in action May 19, 1864, near Cassville, Ga.
-compiled service records
...On the 17th the march was continued until we found the enemy strongly intrenched in position across the railroad, covering the approach to Adairsville. Brisk skirmishing was kept up for three or four hours and until after dark. During that night the enemy withdrew, and we followed on the morning of the 18th and camped in the evening four miles from Kingston. We passed that place on the morning of the 19th and came up with the enemy near Cassville. Here I was ordered to send out three companies of my regiment as skirmishers and another as flankers, and did so. The enemy resisted the advance of the skirmishers very stubbornly, and had the advantage of the cover of a thick growth of small timber. I was ordered to re-enforce the skirmishers from time to time until my whole regiment was thus engaged in front of the brigade. We continued to drive the enemy's skirmishers until they were apparently much strengthened by re-enforcements, and until they certainly occupied much higher ground than we did and placed themselves behind strong barricades made of fence rails. A rapid fire was kept up by us until perhaps an hour after dark. At the end of that time I was ordered to cease firing and retire all of my regiment, except a thin skirmish line, which I did. Until I received this order I had received no orders, except the ones which brought the whole of my regiment into the skirmish line. We could not see the enemy's position, as the woods were very thick and it was dark. Our losses were heavy. Capt. W. J. Lendrum was killed and Lieut. C. A. Brasher received a severe wound in the face; 2 privates [P M Heal and J H Settle] were killed and 16 others wounded.
-No. 74. Report of Col. Alexander M. Stout, Seventeenth Kentucky Infantry. The war of the rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies.; Series 1 - Volume 38 (Part I) page 466.
Enlisted Oct. 2, 1861, at age 18, Hartford, Ky.; born in Daviess Co, Ky. Killed in action May 19, 1864, near Cassville, Ga.
-compiled service records
...On the 17th the march was continued until we found the enemy strongly intrenched in position across the railroad, covering the approach to Adairsville. Brisk skirmishing was kept up for three or four hours and until after dark. During that night the enemy withdrew, and we followed on the morning of the 18th and camped in the evening four miles from Kingston. We passed that place on the morning of the 19th and came up with the enemy near Cassville. Here I was ordered to send out three companies of my regiment as skirmishers and another as flankers, and did so. The enemy resisted the advance of the skirmishers very stubbornly, and had the advantage of the cover of a thick growth of small timber. I was ordered to re-enforce the skirmishers from time to time until my whole regiment was thus engaged in front of the brigade. We continued to drive the enemy's skirmishers until they were apparently much strengthened by re-enforcements, and until they certainly occupied much higher ground than we did and placed themselves behind strong barricades made of fence rails. A rapid fire was kept up by us until perhaps an hour after dark. At the end of that time I was ordered to cease firing and retire all of my regiment, except a thin skirmish line, which I did. Until I received this order I had received no orders, except the ones which brought the whole of my regiment into the skirmish line. We could not see the enemy's position, as the woods were very thick and it was dark. Our losses were heavy. Capt. W. J. Lendrum was killed and Lieut. C. A. Brasher received a severe wound in the face; 2 privates [P M Heal and J H Settle] were killed and 16 others wounded.
-No. 74. Report of Col. Alexander M. Stout, Seventeenth Kentucky Infantry. The war of the rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies.; Series 1 - Volume 38 (Part I) page 466.
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