Co F 37th Tennessee Infantry CSA
POW captured 18 Sep 1863 at Chattanooga, Tenn.
Enlisted in
Co I 11th Kentucky Cavalry USA
Joined at Louisville 24 Sep 1863, age 37.
Height 5'7. Light complexion. Blue eyes. Light hair.
Killed in action at Cassville Station, Ga.
One of four men of the 11th Kentucky Cavalry (James Kallaher, Samuel Kidwell, Alexander Knight, and John J Sweezee) who were killed in action on 24 May 1864 as described in the following report.
HEADQUARTERS POST,
Kingston, Ga., May 24, 1864.
Brigadier General W. D. WHIPPLE,
Assistant Adjutant-General, Dept. of the Cumberland:
GENERAL: This morning a train was attacked near Cassville, and some 20 wagons burned, and about the same number driven off. The attacking forces were Wheeler's, and commanded by him. Twenty men killed and wounded are reported. Colonel S. A. Strickland, Fiftieth Ohio Infantry, gives me the information. He was engaged in driving them off. Two regiments from this post were ordered to the support, but were not engaged. I have sent dispatches to Colonel W. W. Lowe, commanding at Adairsville. The enemy having moved to the right, I suppose their object is to destroy or cut the road. Colonel A. W. Holeman, Eleventh Kentucky Cavalry, and Lieutenant Colonel S. Adams, First Kentucky Cavalry, also engaged, give the same facts and agree that Wheeler has a force of 5,000 to 7,000. All precaution has been taken at this post, and with the force now here can defend the post. Arrangements are making to ship to Resaca the ammunition now here, and wish for instructions as to amount of stores to be retained. Can a part of the forces that arrived to-day remain at this post?
I have the honor to be, general, your obedient servant,
H. A. HAMBRIGHT, Colonel Seventy-ninth Pennsylvania, Commanding.
-War of the Rebellion: Serial 075 Page 0306 THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN. Chapter L.
Three children received Minor's Pensions. Ira, born 8 May 1853. William, born 6 June 1856. Elkanah, born 6 June 1862. Another child, George b. 8 May 1859 and d. Aug 1866, was not included in the pension application. His widow, Mary Knight, and sons Ira and William lived in Chattanooga and were listed in the city directories in the 1880s.
POW captured 18 Sep 1863 at Chattanooga, Tenn.
Enlisted in
Co I 11th Kentucky Cavalry USA
Joined at Louisville 24 Sep 1863, age 37.
Height 5'7. Light complexion. Blue eyes. Light hair.
Killed in action at Cassville Station, Ga.
One of four men of the 11th Kentucky Cavalry (James Kallaher, Samuel Kidwell, Alexander Knight, and John J Sweezee) who were killed in action on 24 May 1864 as described in the following report.
HEADQUARTERS POST,
Kingston, Ga., May 24, 1864.
Brigadier General W. D. WHIPPLE,
Assistant Adjutant-General, Dept. of the Cumberland:
GENERAL: This morning a train was attacked near Cassville, and some 20 wagons burned, and about the same number driven off. The attacking forces were Wheeler's, and commanded by him. Twenty men killed and wounded are reported. Colonel S. A. Strickland, Fiftieth Ohio Infantry, gives me the information. He was engaged in driving them off. Two regiments from this post were ordered to the support, but were not engaged. I have sent dispatches to Colonel W. W. Lowe, commanding at Adairsville. The enemy having moved to the right, I suppose their object is to destroy or cut the road. Colonel A. W. Holeman, Eleventh Kentucky Cavalry, and Lieutenant Colonel S. Adams, First Kentucky Cavalry, also engaged, give the same facts and agree that Wheeler has a force of 5,000 to 7,000. All precaution has been taken at this post, and with the force now here can defend the post. Arrangements are making to ship to Resaca the ammunition now here, and wish for instructions as to amount of stores to be retained. Can a part of the forces that arrived to-day remain at this post?
I have the honor to be, general, your obedient servant,
H. A. HAMBRIGHT, Colonel Seventy-ninth Pennsylvania, Commanding.
-War of the Rebellion: Serial 075 Page 0306 THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN. Chapter L.
Three children received Minor's Pensions. Ira, born 8 May 1853. William, born 6 June 1856. Elkanah, born 6 June 1862. Another child, George b. 8 May 1859 and d. Aug 1866, was not included in the pension application. His widow, Mary Knight, and sons Ira and William lived in Chattanooga and were listed in the city directories in the 1880s.
Co F 37th Tennessee Infantry CSA
POW captured 18 Sep 1863 at Chattanooga, Tenn.
Enlisted in
Co I 11th Kentucky Cavalry USA
Joined at Louisville 24 Sep 1863, age 37.
Height 5'7. Light complexion. Blue eyes. Light hair.
Killed in action at Cassville Station, Ga.
One of four men of the 11th Kentucky Cavalry (James Kallaher, Samuel Kidwell, Alexander Knight, and John J Sweezee) who were killed in action on 24 May 1864 as described in the following report.
HEADQUARTERS POST,
Kingston, Ga., May 24, 1864.
Brigadier General W. D. WHIPPLE,
Assistant Adjutant-General, Dept. of the Cumberland:
GENERAL: This morning a train was attacked near Cassville, and some 20 wagons burned, and about the same number driven off. The attacking forces were Wheeler's, and commanded by him. Twenty men killed and wounded are reported. Colonel S. A. Strickland, Fiftieth Ohio Infantry, gives me the information. He was engaged in driving them off. Two regiments from this post were ordered to the support, but were not engaged. I have sent dispatches to Colonel W. W. Lowe, commanding at Adairsville. The enemy having moved to the right, I suppose their object is to destroy or cut the road. Colonel A. W. Holeman, Eleventh Kentucky Cavalry, and Lieutenant Colonel S. Adams, First Kentucky Cavalry, also engaged, give the same facts and agree that Wheeler has a force of 5,000 to 7,000. All precaution has been taken at this post, and with the force now here can defend the post. Arrangements are making to ship to Resaca the ammunition now here, and wish for instructions as to amount of stores to be retained. Can a part of the forces that arrived to-day remain at this post?
I have the honor to be, general, your obedient servant,
H. A. HAMBRIGHT, Colonel Seventy-ninth Pennsylvania, Commanding.
-War of the Rebellion: Serial 075 Page 0306 THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN. Chapter L.
Three children received Minor's Pensions. Ira, born 8 May 1853. William, born 6 June 1856. Elkanah, born 6 June 1862. Another child, George b. 8 May 1859 and d. Aug 1866, was not included in the pension application. His widow, Mary Knight, and sons Ira and William lived in Chattanooga and were listed in the city directories in the 1880s.
POW captured 18 Sep 1863 at Chattanooga, Tenn.
Enlisted in
Co I 11th Kentucky Cavalry USA
Joined at Louisville 24 Sep 1863, age 37.
Height 5'7. Light complexion. Blue eyes. Light hair.
Killed in action at Cassville Station, Ga.
One of four men of the 11th Kentucky Cavalry (James Kallaher, Samuel Kidwell, Alexander Knight, and John J Sweezee) who were killed in action on 24 May 1864 as described in the following report.
HEADQUARTERS POST,
Kingston, Ga., May 24, 1864.
Brigadier General W. D. WHIPPLE,
Assistant Adjutant-General, Dept. of the Cumberland:
GENERAL: This morning a train was attacked near Cassville, and some 20 wagons burned, and about the same number driven off. The attacking forces were Wheeler's, and commanded by him. Twenty men killed and wounded are reported. Colonel S. A. Strickland, Fiftieth Ohio Infantry, gives me the information. He was engaged in driving them off. Two regiments from this post were ordered to the support, but were not engaged. I have sent dispatches to Colonel W. W. Lowe, commanding at Adairsville. The enemy having moved to the right, I suppose their object is to destroy or cut the road. Colonel A. W. Holeman, Eleventh Kentucky Cavalry, and Lieutenant Colonel S. Adams, First Kentucky Cavalry, also engaged, give the same facts and agree that Wheeler has a force of 5,000 to 7,000. All precaution has been taken at this post, and with the force now here can defend the post. Arrangements are making to ship to Resaca the ammunition now here, and wish for instructions as to amount of stores to be retained. Can a part of the forces that arrived to-day remain at this post?
I have the honor to be, general, your obedient servant,
H. A. HAMBRIGHT, Colonel Seventy-ninth Pennsylvania, Commanding.
-War of the Rebellion: Serial 075 Page 0306 THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN. Chapter L.
Three children received Minor's Pensions. Ira, born 8 May 1853. William, born 6 June 1856. Elkanah, born 6 June 1862. Another child, George b. 8 May 1859 and d. Aug 1866, was not included in the pension application. His widow, Mary Knight, and sons Ira and William lived in Chattanooga and were listed in the city directories in the 1880s.
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