Company A

John Henry Jackson was largely instrumental in recruiting this, the first company raised for Chenault's regiment. It was recruited from Clark county, at a meeting and barbecue given on the farm of Mr. Jackson's mother, at Jackson's Ferry, on Friday, Sept. 2, 1862, where Lt. Col. Tucker and Major McCreary made speeches. An eye witness of the scene writes: "When Col. Tucker and Major McCreary spoke at Jackson's Ferry, they stood on the balcony of the residence of the venerable Mrs. Anna Jackson. A beautiful daughter of this historic family, Miss Mary Virginia Jackson, waved over their heads a Confederate flag. Full of life, beauty and enthusiasm, her cheering voice ring out: 'Fall in boys, the South needs you' and the boys fell in. Mrs. Jackson and her lovely daughter were afterwards arrested for giving aid and comfort to the Rebellion and were incarcerated in a military prison. On their release they were put under heavy bonds." Miss Mary Virginia Jackson married the late William H. Ecton of Winchester, where she now lives. It is said that she practically raised Company A. John Henry Jackson had good reason to expect to be elected Captain. He was made Seargeant Major of the regiment, which he soon resigned to serve in the ranks.

Miss Mary Virginia Jackson

There is only one known roll of this company in existance, and it covers the period from Sept. 10, 1862 to Dec 31, 1862. Information given below of a later date than Dec. 31, 1862, has been gathered from various sources. Total listed, 92 officers and enlisted men

(Source: Anderson Chenault Quisenberry, article in the April 21, 1907, "The Lexington Herald")
Much help for this page and others comes from Mr. Tom Milton, who has been compiling records
of the regiment and has generously shared his information to be posted on this website.

The following is the roll (Co. A):

Captain Gordon C. Mullins (or Mulling). Froze to death in the Ohio Penitentiary, Jan 1, 1864, the coldest night of the war.

1st Lt. Allen Armstrong Rankins

2nd Lt. Wm. W. Baldwin, Killed at the battle of Green River Bridge, July 4, 1863.

2nd Lt. Sidney P. Cunningham (later served as Adjutant of Second Brigade). It is also recorded that Lt. Cunningham was elected Lt. Col. of Lyons Brigade, Forrest Cavalry Corps.

2nd Lt. Rodney Haggard (Captured at Salineville, Ohio July 26, 1863; Confined at Camp Chase, Ohio July 28, 1863; Released on amnesty Oath February 28, 1865.)

1st Serg. Joel Tandy Quisenberry

2nd Serg. John David Reid

3rd Serg. John Doyle, (Died of camp fever, Nov 25, 1862)

Corporal Ellis G. Baxter, (Captured at Cheshire, Ohio July 20, 1863. Paroled May 1, 1865. Complexion: Fair, Hair: Brown, Eyes: Brown, Height: 5'8", Age:22)

Corporal Andrew J. Dorton, (Captureed at Cloyds Mt., Virginia May 9, 1864. Took Oath of Neutrality (British Subject)

Corporal Sanford Haggard (Captured near Buffington Island, Ohio July 19 1863; Confined at Camp Douglas, Illinois August 22, 1863; Transferred to Point Lookout, Maryland Feb 24, 1865. Complexion: Fair Hair: Light, Eyes: Gray, Height: 5'11', Age: 23)

1st Corporal Wm. A. Tolliver

2nd Corp. Josephus Oliver

3rd Corp. Robert Quisenberry

Teamster: Joe R. Ackerson

Privates of Co A:

Richard Ackerson

James H. Artenan, (Captured near Elizabethtown, KY Dec. 24, 1864 by 1st Wisconsin and 4th Indiana Cavalry. Paroled at Camp Chase. Transferred to Point Lookout, MD Feb 17 1865.)

Thomas Baber, (Died of camp fever, Oct. 10 1862)

Pleasant Baber, (Enlisted at Richmond, KY Sept. 10 1862. Captured at Cheshire, on July 20th 1863. Transferred to Camp Chase, Ohio. Died of Variola Feb 9, 1864.)

Stanley Baber, (Enlisted at Richmond, KY Sept. 10, 1862. Captured at Cheshire, on July 20th, 1863. Transferred to Cincinnatti, Ohio then to Camp Chase, took Oath of Alligence, Feb 1, 1865. Residence: Winchester, Clark Co., KY.)

Allen Brock

Wm. Brock

Clifton Busch

John W. Baldwin

W.W. Baldwin, Sr.

Samuel Baldwin

William W. Baldwin, Sr. (Promoted to Sergeant)

Willis L. Baldwin, (Left sick in East Tennessee, Nov 19, 1862)

Henry [can't read name]

William Barnes, (Captured at Overton, TN May 14, 1864. Enlist in US Army March 20, 1865)

Luke Baxter, (Enlisted September 10, 1862. Deserted to Federal lines Nov 17, 1862)

Allen Brock, (Left sick in Kentucky. Captured in Clark County.)

Francis Brock (Enlisted at Richmond, KY Sept. 10 1862. Captured at Cheshire, OH July 20, 1863. Released at Camp Douglas, IL Jan 1 1865. Residence: Clark Co., KY Complexion: Light, Hair: Gray, Eyes: Light, Height: 6')

William Brock (Enlisted at Richmond KY Sept. 10, 1862. Captured at Cheshire, OH July 7, 1863. Took Oath of Allegiance and released at Camp Chase, OH Jan 31 1865.)

Sanford Brooks (Captured near Elizabethtown, KY Dec 18, 1864. Transferred to Camp Chase, OH Jan 2, 1865)

Harden Brown (Enlisted at Richmond, KY Sept 10, 1862)

Henry Brown (Enlisted at Richmond, KY Sept. 10, 1862)

Thomas Buckhannan (Killed in Battle of Hartsville, TN, Dec 7, 1862)

Clifton Bush (Enlisted at Richmond, KY Sept. 10 1862. Captured at Cheshire, OH July 20, 1863. Released from Camp Douglas, IL Jan 31 1865.)

Thomas Callicutt, (died at Camp Douglas, Nov 15, 1863, small pox)

Wm. Chisholm , (Enlisted at Richmond, Kentucky, Sep 10, 1862. Captured near Buffington Island, Ohio. Released from Camp Douglas, Ill., Jan 31, 1865).

Edward Collins, (Enlisted at Richmond, Kentucky on Sep 10 1862. Captured in Clark Co, KY. transferred to Vicksburg, Mississippi on Nov 12, 1862. Complexion: Light, Hair: Dark, Eyes: Hazel, Height: 6' 11", age 22.

John Collins

E. Waller (or Walter) Combs

John Cooper, (Enlisted at Richmond, KY on Sep 10, 1862; Captured near Buffington Island, Ohio on July 19, 1863. Died in Camp Douglas, March 6, 1864, of small pox.)

McGowen (or McGowin) Cooper ( Enlisted at Richmond, KY on Sep 10, 1862.)

Dr. Cummins

Wm. Dixon (or Dickson) (Enlisted at Richmond, Kentucky Sept 10, 1862. Captured near Buffington Island, Ohio on July 19, 1863)

Thomas Eads

William Eads

James Freeman, (Captured near Buffington Island, Ohio Jul 19, 1863. Died in Camp Douglas, Feb. 25, 1864, smallpox)

James Glover, (Captured at Cheshire, Ohio on July 19, 1863)

John Glover , (Enlisted at Richmond, KY Sep 10, 1862. Captured at Cheshire, Ohio on July 19, 1863. Confined at Camp Chase, Ohio July 26, 1863; Transferred to Cincinnati, OH, Aug 14, 1863; Transferred to Rock Island, Illinois Jan 22, 1864; Released on oath, Feb 1 1865.)

David N. Gordon (Enlisted at Richmond, Kentucky Sep 10 1862; Captured near Buffington Island, OH Jul 19, 1863.)
James P. Haggard (Enlisted at Richmond, KY Sep 10 1862; Captured near Buffington Island, OH July 19, 1863; Confined at Camp Morton, Indiana Jul 23 1863. Complexion: Dark; Hair: Dark; Eyes: Gray; Height: 5' 8"; Residence: Clark Co, KY)

W. L. Haggard

Edward Haggard ("Hunker")

William S. Haggard (Enlisted at Richmond Kentucky Sept. 10, 1862; Captured near Buffington Island, OH July 19, 1863. Transported to Camp Douglas, Ill. Transferred to Point Lookout, Maryland. Complexion: Fair; Hair: Light; Eyes: Gray; Height: 5'11", Age 23.)

Sanford Haggard

John Hall (Wounded in Battle of Hartsville, Tenn. Dec 7, 1862)

Ezekiel Hampton (Enlisted at Richmond, KY Sep 10, 1862; Left sick at Smithville, Tenn. Dec 30, 1862)

Jesse Hampton, (Enlisted at Richmond KY Sep 19, 1862; Captured near Buffington Island, OH July 19, 1862; Transferred to Camp Douglas, IL Aug 1863; Died in Camp Douglas, Dec 19, 1864, smallpox. Buried at Camp Douglas )

Joseph Hampton (Enlisted at Richmond, KY Sep 10, 1862; Wounded Nov 17, 1862, died Nov 30, 1862.)

Akilis Haul (Enlisted at Richmond, KY Sep 10, 1862)

______ Haybrook

John Henry Jackson, (Enlisted at Richmond, Sep 10, 1862; promoted to Sergeant Major)

James Johnson

Robert D. King (Enlisted at Richmond, KY Sep 10, 1862; Captured at Cheshire, OH July 20, 1863; Confined at Camp Douglas, Ill. Aug 22, 1863.)

Jefferson C. King (Enlisted at Richmond, KY Sep 10, 1862; Captured at Cheshire, OH July 20, 1863; Confined at Camp Douglas, Ill. Aug 22, 1863; Transferred to Point Lookout, Maryland Feb 21, 1865)

James Kelley, (wounded and taken prisoner at Battle of Hartsville, TN, Dec 7, 1862, lost leg, amputated.)

Wm. C. Kearney

Brayton Lyle (or Lisle) (Enlisted at Richmond, KY Sept 10, 1862, captured at Cheshire, OH; Transferred to Camp Chase; Transferred to Camp Douglas, IL; Escaped from Camp Douglas, IL Oct 19, 1863)

J. Braxton Lyle (or Lisle) (Enlisted at Richmond, KY Sep 10, 1862)

Joseph C. Lyle (or Lisle)

James Henry Mullins, (died in Camp Douglas, Sept. 18, 1864, heart disease. )

Henry S. Meredith

James Oliver, (died in Camp Douglas, IL, Nov. 17th 1864, Chronic diarrhea)

Minor Perkins

Colby Pardo

John Pardo, (died at Camp Douglas, Aug 26, 1864, dysentery)

Ezekiel B. Pyles (Enlisted September 1862. "He accompanied Gen. John Hunt Morgan on Great Ohio Raid, and
escaped capture by swimming the Ohio River at Buffington Island, Ohio. He joined with the remnants of Morgan's command in Company D of Dortch's 2nd Battalion Kentucky Cavalry in August 1863 at Knoxville, Tennessee..."
transferred to Gen. Basil W. Duke's Brigade captured at Kingsport, Tennessee, on December 13, 1864. He was taken to Camp Chase, Ohio, where he was imprisoned until February 17, 1865, when he was transferred to Point Lookout, Maryland, for exchange. After his exchange, he was admitted to a Confederate military hospital at Richmond, VA, on February 26,1865. He was furloughed from hospital for 30 days on March 6,1865, and returned to southwest Virginia where he re-joined his command. When the rest of his command disbanded on April 12,1865, he refused to surrender and made his way to Greensboro, North Carolina, where he became part of the final escort for Confederate President Jefferson Davis. After being released from service by President Davis, he surrendered at Washington, Georgia, May 10, 1865. He went to Brazil and was still alive in 1913, age 66.
(source: "Os Confederados", Sons of Confederate Veterans, Camp 1653 from Americana, Brazil.)

William F. Pyles (brother of Ezekiel, Enlisted September 1862. "He accompanied Gen. John Hunt Morgan on Great Ohio Raid, and escaped capture by swimming the Ohio River at Buffington Island, Ohio. He joined with the remnants of Morgan's command in Company D of Dortch's 2nd Battalion Kentucky Cavalry in August 1863 at Knoxville, Tennessee..." transferred to Gen. Basil W. Duke's Brigade and was captured at Kingsport, Tennessee, on Dec 31,1864. He was taken to Camp Chase, Ohio, where he remained until transferred to Point Lookout, Maryland for exchange on February 17, 1865. He rejoined his command in southwest Virginia. He refused to surrender when his unit disbanded near Christiansburg, VA, on April 12, 1865...he became part of final escort for Confederate President Jefferson Davis. After being released from the service by President Davis, he surrendered at Washington, Georgia, on May 10, 1865. He went to Brazil and was still alive in 1913, age 67." (source: "Os Confederados", Sons of Confederate Veterans, Camp 1653 from Americana, Brazil.)

Wm. J. Quisenberry

Elkanah Ragland

Nathaniel Ragland, (died in Tennessee of "brain fever" )

Thomas Ragland

Milton Ragland

Harry Ragland

A. Clay Rash

David Railsback (Promoted to Sergeant)

James Rutledge

Andrew Rogers

Richard Simpson

Solomon Stevens

Benj. Stevens

Michael Berry Stevens

Edward Stokely

John Schooler (or Schuyler)

Hiter Shockley

Rizen Sympson

Nep Thomas, (died Jan 11, 1863, "brain fever")

Lewis Tead Trussell

Dr. G. Wash. Taylor, (promoted as Assistant Surgeon )

Wm. Waller

Lewis Woolsey

Wm. Wickerson

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