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8th Kentucky Infantry      
Company A
Robert Henry Frazier - Private   
Robert Henry Frazier was born on March 8, 1842 in Claiborne, TN. to Fleming and Elizabeth (Saunders) Frazier. He was the second oldest child in a family of eight children.

Sometime between 1842-1850, the Fraziers moved to Knox County, Kentucky. They remained there through to the Civil War era.

In his mid teens, Robert went to Estill Springs, Kentucky to enlist in the Eighth Kentucky (Union) Volunteer Infantry. He was a private in companies A & E (consolidated).
On November 5, 1862, Robert deserted for reasons yet unknown (EDITED 2/23/11: I am assuming, through research, that the reason for Robert's desertion would be due to farm work. Preparing the farm for warmer seasons) Through extended research I've found that he wasn't the only soldier to desert. The men listed below also left with him on Novemeber 5, 1862:

Richard Merida
Madison Lewallen
John Cox
John Woolem

There are many others who deserted as well around this time.

Robert returned from his desertion on October 27, 1863 and was restored to duty by competent authority without trial.
All his pay was forfeited for times absent including $10 transportation money by order of General Stanly.
Robert got an honorable discharge when his service was over.

After the war Robert got married to a lady named Sarah Jane Oaks. They had four children. Sarah passed away on November 8, 1884 of unknown reasons (presumably illness of some kind.) His second wife, Delila Padgett Frazier also died before Robert on December 3, 1918 of pneumonia.
On Christmas day, December 25, 1923, Robert passed away in Crab Orchard, Kentucky of Chronic Bronchitis.
Contact Name:  Brian Denney
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Date Added:  2/13/2010
Company A
Siler Lambdin - Corporal   
The above name as typed 'Siler' is not in the muster roll of co. A 8 Ky, it is written as 'Salis'. However you find that actually it was Siler Lambdin b.28 jan 1834 whitley county ky d: 14 jul 1910 caldwell ka.who had enlisted, of whom I am a desendant. The proof I have for this is that 'Siler' Lambdin is listed as a civil war pensioner who lost his right arm at the battle Chickamauga in Sep 1863. Second after the regiment was consolidated and companies A and F were combined you will find only a 'Siler' Lambdin.
Contact Name:  Wayne Lambdin
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Date Added:  9/1/2009
Company A
William Wesley Matlock - Private   
William Wesley Matlock is my great grandfather. He enlisted in Co. A, 8th Kentucky Infantry, on Sept 2, 1861 in Barboursville, Kentucky in Captain Mayhew's Company, 1st Brigade. He served with the regiment until mustering out at Chattanooga, TN on Nov 17, 1864 (which by then he was in Company E). He fought in all battles the regiment was engaged in with the last battle being Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga. He married three times, had 15 children, and my grandmother, Lucy Matlock, was his youngest. As of 4/03/06 she is still living in Tennessee at age 94. She is one of the very few living daughters of a civil war vet today.
Contact Name:  William Craig Roberts
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Date Added:  4/2/2006
Company B
Abel Carter Gabbard - Private   
Abel Carter Gabbard with his 8 brothers served within this unit.

Thomas B. Gabbard died of his wounds at the Battle of Stones River, TN.
Contact Name:  Wayne Wehrheim
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Date Added:  5/14/2016
Company B
Henry Martin Johnston - Private   
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Contact Name:  Terrie Johnson Lambert
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Date Added:  7/23/2010
Company B
JORDAN NEAL - 1st Lieutenant   
JORDAN NEAL WAS BORN DEC.1, 1826 IN ESTILL CO. KY.HE DIED ON AUG.13,1899.HE IS BURIED BESIDE HIS WIFE IN THE NEAL CEMETERY LOCATED BEHIND THE SMYTH SAWMILL ON THE BEATTYVILLE ROAD IN ESTILL CO.KY.JORDAN NEAL WAS A FARMER,HE WAS A MAGISTRATE OF THE COUNTY FOR SEVERAL YEARS,HE WAS A FORMER SHERIFF OF ESTILL COUNTY, AND A ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE IRVINE MASONIC LODGE.HE WAS FIRST LIEUTENANT IN CO B OF THE EIGHTH KENTUCKY VOLUNTEER INFANTRY WHICH WAS ORGANIZED AT ESTILL SPRINGS IN 1861 UNDER COLONEL SIDNEY M.BARNES.HE TOOK PART IN SEVERAL BATTLES INCLUDING THE BLOODY BATTLE OF CHICKAMAUGA,GEORGIA IN SEPTEMBER 1863.HE IS MY GREAT GRANDFATHER.
Contact Name:  GERALD DANIEL
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Date Added:  5/6/2008
Company D
Moses Dunaway - Private   
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Contact Name:  Jim Schebell
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Date Added:  11/11/2007
Company D
Julius C. Gabbard - Private   
Julius and 8 brothers served within this unit.

Before Perryville, Julius was attached from CO D., to General Rosecrans New Pioneer Brigade. It appears Julius was attached as a Pioneer for his remaining time with the 8th KY INF.

Thomas B. Gabbard died of his wounds at the Battle of Stones River, TN.
Contact Name:  Wayne F Wehrheim
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Date Added:  4/14/2018
Company D
Lewis Cox Gabbard - Private   
Lewis Cox and his 8 brother's served within this unit.

Lewis was captured. He either escaped or was paroled the same day he was captured.

Thomas B. Gabbard died of his wounds at the Battle of Stones River, TN.
Contact Name:  Wayne F Wehrheim
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Date Added:  4/14/2018
Company D
Mathias J. Gabbard - Private   
Mathias and his 8 brothers served within this same unit.

Thomas B. Gabbard died of his wounds at the Battle of Stones River, TN.
Contact Name:  Wayne F Wehrheim
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Date Added:  4/14/2018
Company D
Michael Gabbard - Private   
Michael 'Drunk Mike' Gabbard was chosen to escort President Abraham Lincoln's funeral train from Chicago to Springfield, IL.

After the Battle of Perryville, Michael was attached to Camp Chase Ohio to guard Confederate Prisoners.

Michael and his 8 brothers served within the 8th KY INF.

Thomas B. Gabbard of D Company was killed at Stones River TN. Buried in Stones River National Cemetery, TN.
Contact Name:  Wayne Wehrheim
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Date Added:  5/14/2016
Company D
Peter B. Gabbard - Private   
Peter and his 8 brothers served within the 8th KY INF.
Thomas B. Gabbard died of his wounds at the Battle of Stones River, TN.
Contact Name:  Wayne F Wehrheim
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Date Added:  4/14/2018
Company D
Thomas B. Gabbard - Private   
Thomas and his 8 brothers served within the 8th KY INF. Thomas B. Gabbard died of his wounds at the Battle of Stones River, TN. He's buried in Stones River National Cemetery. His headstone has his name misspelled. I sent corrected information to the Veterans Administration. See his Find A Grave Memorial for additional facts.
Contact Name:  Wayne F Wehrheim
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Date Added:  4/14/2018
Company D
edmund houp - Sergeant   
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Contact Name:  mike houp
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Date Added:  12/22/2006
Company D
robert david houp - Private   
wounded in the leg at the battle of chicamauga. lied about his age and enlisted into the army at age 15. His father Edmund was a SGT. in the same company. MR.Houp was the last surviving civil war veteran in jessamine county and one of the last in Kentucky. Died in 1942 at the age of 96.
Contact Name:  mike houp
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Date Added:  12/22/2006
Company E
Stephen B ALLEN/ALLEX - Private   
I believe the following to be true of Stephen Allex (MUST be a transcripton error and should have been ALLEN). In 1850 Estill County census. In 1860 census Breathitt Co., Ky. In 1870 census Bartholomew Co., Ind census. In 1880 Clay Co., Ind census. Also served in 138th Indiana Infantry. Married Ellen Lovlis/Lovelace of Estill Co. Children: Phoebe, James, William, Loucinda, Stephen. John, Clinton, and Caroline. At least, Stephen, John, and Clinton lived in Vermillion Co., Ind.
Contact Name:  Stephen Allen Leeper
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Date Added:  6/21/2008
Company E
David Houston Hopkins - Private   
My great grandfather is listed in both Co. E and F. He was born in Hancock Co. TN in 1844 and died in 1916. There is some debate whether he resided in Bowie Co. Texas or near Hot Springs AR at the time of his death. He married Elizabeth Parker in either Knox or Clay Co. KY soon after the conclusion of the war and they had 4 sons and a number of daughters. Many of the family moved to Bowie Co. TX in 1900 or 1901. Elizabeth died in 1913 and she and several of her children are buried at Old Salem cemetery in Bowie Co. There is no marker for David Houston and at least one family member says that he remarried and moved near Hot Springs AR.
Contact Name:  Michael Hopkins
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Date Added:  6/14/2010
Company E
William Conway Mastin ( or Masters ) - Private   
Son of William Masters ( or Mastin ) & Nancy Land of Scott Co. Ky. Grandson of John Land & Elizabeth Barlow :
Enlisted on 10/3/1861 at Lebanon, KY as a Private.

On 1/15/1862 he mustered into 'E' Co. KY 8th Infantry The 8th was mustered out at Chattanooga, Tn. June, 1865.

Contact Name:  Glenn Land
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Date Added:  9/6/2007
Company F
Harrison Hickey Blackwell - Private   
The only information that I have is that Harrison mustered on 24 Oct 1861 and died on June 25 1862.
Contact Name:  Tina Brown
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Date Added:  11/16/2006
Company F
Nimrod Columbus Jones - 2nd Lieutenant   
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Contact Name:  Neil S. Jones
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Date Added:  8/30/2006
Company F
Alfred Keck - Corporal   
You can find him listed as Alfred or Alford, with the last name as 'Keek' or 'Keck'. He enlisted with his father, Henry, and his brother, Madison. He had another brother, Joseph, that enlisted about a month earlier with the 7th Kentucky Infantry. Enlisted as Privates on 17 September 1861 in Lebanon, KY. Enlisted in Company F, 8th Infantry Regiment Kentucky on 15 January 1862. (Source: Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky. (KYRoster) Published in 1866 by Harney). Alfred Keck is buried in the James A. Farris Cemetery located in Gray, Knox County, Kentucky.
Contact Name:  Ed Elam
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Date Added:  3/14/2006
Company F
Henry Keck - Private   
GGG Grandfather, he enlisted with two his sons, Alfred & Madison. Another son, Joseph, enlisted about a month earlier with the 7th Kentucky Infantry. You will find listed as 'Keek' or 'Keck' in regimental rosters. Enlisted as Privates on 17 September 1861 in Lebanon, KY. Enlisted in Company F, 8th Infantry Regiment Kentucky on 15 January 1862. (Source: Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky. (KYRoster) Published in 1866 by Harney). Henry Keck contracted the 'Soldier's Flu' and died 16 Feb 1862 at the Lebanon Military Hospital in Lebanon, Kentucky. He is buried in the Lebanon National Cemetery in Lebanon, Marion County, Kentucky.
Contact Name:  Ed Elam
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Date Added:  3/14/2006
Company F
Madison Keck - Private   
You can find him listed as 'Keek' and 'Keck' on regimental rosters.

He enlisted with his father, Henry, and brother, Alfred. He had another brother that enlisted about a month earlier with the 7th Kentucky Infantry.

Madison Keck was wounded in the leg at the Battle of Chickamauga.
Contact Name:  Ed Elam
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Date Added:  3/14/2006
Company F
Isaac Oaks - Private   
Isaac was my Great Grandfather. The family stories say that he was shot in the hand at the Battle of Lookout Mountain. He was married twice, his second wife, Rossana Barton, was the mother of my Grandfather Leslie Oaks. The family is from Whitley County. I have found Isaac in the 1860 census living with his parents Hezikiah and Martha. He was born in 1845 which means he was 16 or 17 when he inlisted.
Contact Name:  George S. Oaks
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Date Added:  12/28/2008
Company G
Green Berry Gabbard - Private   
Green and his 8 brothers served in the Civil War. Thomas B. Gabbard, his brother, of the 8th KY INF died of his wounds at the Battle of Stones River, TN.
Contact Name:  Wayne F Wehrheim
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Date Added:  4/14/2018
Company G
Henry Harrison Gabbard - Sergeant   
Henry and 8 brothers served during the Civil War.

Near the end of the war Henry was transferred to another unit, holding the rank of Lieutenant. See Fold 3 for this information.

Thomas B. Gabbard, his brother, died of his wounds at the Battle of Stones River, TN.
Contact Name:  Wayne F Wehrheim
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Date Added:  4/14/2018
Company I
Wollery Eversole - Private   
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Contact Name:  Michael Dickerson
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Date Added:  12/28/2005
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