Field Officers

 

Original Commander:

Col. David Waller Chenault

 

Killed at Battle of the Green River Bridge., July 4th, 1863

"He was one officer who has no superior in bravery and devotion to the cause for which he fought."

--General Basil Duke

 

 


Second Commander:

Col. Joseph T. Tucker

 

Promoted from Lt. Colonel after Chenault's death.

 

 


Field Commander:

Lt. Col James Bennett McCreary

 

Formerly served as Major, promoted to Lt. Colonel following Battle of Green River Bridge.

"You may kill me, freeze me, or starve me, but I will not betray the man who gave me the knife!"--McCreary speaking to his torturers as a P.O.W.

After the war, became Governor of Kentucky (twice) and U.S. Senator.

 


 

Other Field and Staff Officers

Adjutant: Capt. William Lewis Hickman

Commissary of substance: Capt. R. Williams

Quartermaster: Capt. Buford Allen Tracy

Surgeon: Dr. G.M. Webb

Asst. Surgeon: Dr. Aylett Raines

Asst. Surgeon: Dr. B. Washington Taylor

Chaplain: Rev. William L. Riddle

Sgt. James Royall Price

Sgt. John Henry Jackson

(Sgt. Jackson later "resigned to serve in the ranks.")

Special thanks to: Mr. Sam Flora, Morgan's Men Association, for the 1907 Lexington Herald article

 

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