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Alpheus Kendall
- Private
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Contact Name: Debbie Fain
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Date Added: 12/22/2012

Company C
Charles N Percy
- Private
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Contact Name: Steve Schell
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Date Added: 11/5/2010

Company D
John Alexander Birdwell (Burdwell)
- Bugler
Bugler, 'D' Company 5th KY Cavalry Union Volunteers. Enlisted at Gallatin, Tn. on 10/10/1861. He mustered in on 3/31/1862. He was discharged for disability 3/15/1863. Born, 1822 in Monroe County,Ky. Died 1/29/1870 in Jackson, Clay County, Tennessee. Son of Alexander Birdwell & Elizabeth Copas.
Contact Name: Glenn Land
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Date Added: 6/12/2019

Company E
Elzy Bond
- Corporal
(Federal Records list as Elvy/Eloy Bond. Elzia is name on tombstone; He went by Elzy)
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Kentucky
Unit Numbers: 756 756 756
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 04 October 1861
Enlisted in Company E, 5th Cavalry Regiment Kentucky on 31 March 1862.
Reenlisted in Company E, 5th Cavalry Regiment Kentucky on 25 January 1864
Transfered in 3rd Cavalry Regiment Kentucky on 09 April 1865.
Transferred Company E, 5th Cavalry Regiment Kentucky on 03 May 1865
From a Declaration For Original Invalid Pension dated March 24, 1902
Elzia Bond, who was enrolled on the 4th day of October 1861 in the Company E of the 5th Regiment of The Kentucky Cavalry, commanded by John A.P. Flores and was honorably discharged at Nashville, TN on the 24th day of January 1864. That his personal description is as follows: Age 22, Height 5 feet 6 inches, Complexion dark, Hair dark, Eyes blue.
That while a member of the organization aforesaid in the service and in the line of his duty at or near Augusta in the State of Georgia, on or about the 17th day of February, 1865, he was seriously injured in the left breast and shoulder which resulted in rheumatism in the shoulders in limbs, that he was in Sherman's Raid and helping to destroy the Confederate Rail Road to cut off their re-enforcement.

That he was treated in hospitals as follows: at Columbia, TN for mumps in 1862 and at Nashville, TN in 1863 for chills and fever, and was near no hospital when he was infirmed.

That he re-enlisted in Company E. 5th Regiment Kentucky Cavalry, January 25th 1864 and served to August 7th 1865 at the rank of Corporal.

Service Detail:
American Civil War Soldiers
about Elvy Bond
Name: Elvy Bond
Enlistment Date: 4 Oct 1861
Enlistment Place: Gallatin, Tennessee
Side Served: Union
State Served: Kentucky
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 4 October 1861.
Enlisted in Company E, 5th Cavalry Regiment Kentucky on 31 Mar 1862.
Transferred into 3rd Cavalry Regiment Kentucky on 9 Apr 1865.
Transferred out of Company E, 5th Cavalry Regiment Kentucky on 3 May 1865.

Sources: Ancestry.com


Contact Name: Jodie Necaise
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Date Added: 9/4/2007

Company E
James Madison Riddle
- Other
Enlisted as Farrier. Died 25 Nov 1863 in Nashville. Buried on fathers farm in Cumberland Co KY. Widow Sarah Pruit/Prewit drew on him.
American Civil War Soldiers
about James Riddle
Name: James Riddle
Enlistment Date: 12 Oct 1861
Enlistment Place: Gallatin, Tennessee
Side Served: Union
State Served: Kentucky
Service Record: Enlisted as a Farrier on 12 October 1861.
Enlisted in Company E, 5th Cavalry Regiment Kentucky on 31 Mar 1862.
Died Company E, 5th Cavalry Regiment Kentucky on 25 Oct 1863 at Nashville, TN.

Contact Name: Jodie Necaise
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Date Added: 7/30/2008

Company E
Joseph F Riddle
- Private
Killed 10 March 1863 at Battle of Monroe Crossroads, South Carolina. Left Widow Nancy (Hughes) and several childrn.
Contact Name: Jodie Necaise
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Date Added: 7/30/2008

Company F
Anderson Biggerstaff
- Private
He is from Cumberland co. Ky, was captured in Kingsport, Ga exchanged and died of thyphoid fever buried in civil war graveyard in Marietta , Ga grave number 522 After the war his widow Jane Biggerstaff married William B Short who served in the CSA 3rd or 4th cavalry csa and father of Capt. George H (Beanie) Short a lengendary confederate guerilla . William Short and Anderson Biggerstaff lived close to one another.
Contact Name: Kem Dowell Coe
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Date Added: 9/19/2008

Company H
James Riley Ragland
- Private
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Contact Name: Bob Conner
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Date Added: 3/28/2014

Company I
George Barger
- Private
Died a prisoner 3 Aug 1864 at Andersonville, GA
Contact Name: Marty Craig
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Date Added: 1/19/2009

Company I
Oliver G Barger
- 1st Sergeant
Died 1 Oct 1864 at Sweetwater Creek, GA
Contact Name: Marty Craig
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Date Added: 1/19/2009

Company I
Elza Creel Shepherd
- Sergeant
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Contact Name: Themie Shepherd
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Date Added: 5/24/2013

Company K
Andrew Waupin Chapman
- Private
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Contact Name: Bob Conner
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Date Added: 3/27/2014

Company K
Hiram K Chapman
- Corporal
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Contact Name: Bob Conner
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Date Added: 3/27/2014

Company K
James M Chapman
- Private
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Contact Name: Bob Conner
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Date Added: 3/27/2014

Company K
William Clemons
- Private
There is a picture in the US Miltary files, but no information on him. Can anybody help?
Contact Name: Gary Allmyer
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Date Added: 2/14/2006

Company K
Henry Ruby Strode
- Private
Died from dysentery Aug 1864
Contact Name: Bob Conner
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Contact Homepage: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/24485855/family
Date Added: 3/28/2014

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