Friday, October 02, 2009

Men Of The Cavalry.

These men were of the cavalry and for those of you looking for a ancestor who may have been in the cavalry I hope you will find him here? There may be some additional information on them.

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William Vails.

In 1872, there was Bill, in Congress for William Vails who had been a private in the Indiana, Third Regiment Volunteer Cavalry, Company . C., he was asking for a honorable discharge from the Army. With-out loss of pay or emoluments.

William F. Scott.

William F. Scott, had been a adjutant of the Fourth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry, William F. Scott held the rank of sergeant major of the cavalry, even though his duty’s were of that of a adjutant of the cavalry. In 1870, he was asking for back pay, for not having been actually mustered as such, adjutant by reason of the non-receipt of his commission.

Abednego B. Rowden.

Abednego B. Rowden, was a second lieutenant of the Eleventh Regiment Tennessee Cavalry, In 1863 he had been at a lower rank and was captured sometime in 1863, and could not be commissioned a second lieutenant till his release 1864, and is now asking for back pay of a second lieutenant from August 31, 1863 Through December 5, 1864, with the deducting of his lower rank pay.

Henry Willman.

Henry Willman, was a private in the Third regiment of Indiana volunteer cavalry. While in a battle in Virginia, he lost two horses and some equipments, and is now asking to be paid for the loss.

James J. Hiles.

James J. Hiles., was a private of the Third Missouri Cavalry, and was honorably Discharged. He served 3, years and four days and is now asking for the extra bounty that the law allows, which was in his case the sum of one hundred dollars.

Daniel S. Webb.

In 1870, Eliza Webb, late wife of Daniel S. Webb, who was a private in the Eighth Tennessee Cavalry, company G., who has now passed his wife Eliza is asking to be placed on the pension rolls at eight dollars per month.

Samuel Hibben.

Samuel Hibben, was the chaplain of the fourth cavalry regiment, Illinois volunteers, he held the rank of captain, he died of a disease contracted in the service, leaving, his wife Elizabeth G. Hibben, and son John Grier Hibben, who was born April 19, 1861, for want she is asking to be placed on the pension rolls at 20, dollars per month.

Barney McCabe.

Barney McCabe, was a private in company I, tenth regiment New York cavalry volunteers, and who died July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, leaving behind his wife Roslinda McCabe, and three children who were; William born October 20, 1859, Charles Edwin, born January 29, 1861 and Emily Jane McCabe, born May 14, 1863. Roslinda McCabe was asking to be placed on the pension rolls, which she was at the rate of eight dollars per month.

James Ferguson.

James Ferguson, was a private in company C., of the first Kentucky cavalry, and is now passed his wife Malinda Ferguson, is now asking for a pension for her and children.

Alois Smith.

Alois Smith, was a Second Lieutenant of Company L, Second Arkansas Cavalry, and is asking for back pay.

Samuel C. Hodgman.

Samuel C. Hodgman, was a first lieutenant and adjutant for the Seventh Michigan Cavalry, has lost a horse and equipage will in the service, and is asking to be paid $214 dollars for his loss.

William Boorlin.

William Boorlin, was a captain of Company L, Second Arkansas Cavalry, he is asking for back pay.

John B. Hogue.

John B. Hogue, was a first Lieutenant of Company I, Fourth Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry Volunteers, he is asking full pay and allowances of a second 1ieutenan of cavalry volunteers.

A. H. von Luettwitz.

A. H. von Luettwitz is asking to be re-appointed a first lieutenant of cavalry, with pay from the day of his dismissal, said A. H. von Luettwitz he has since established his innocence of the charge upon which he was dismissed, and is asking for his back pay.

Leonard N. Hohnburgh.

Leonard N. Hohnburgh was from Sweadal, McPherson County, Kansas, late first lieutenant of Company D, First Illinois Cavalry, he is asking for a pension at the rate of a three-fourths pension for a total disability.

F. A. Patterson.

F. A. Patterson, was a captain, of the third Virginia cavalry.

James R. Grant.

James R. Grant, was a Lieutenant of the Pennsylvania Fourth Regiment Cavalry, Company K.

Duran T. Hunt.

Duran T. Hunt, was from Clarinda, Page County, Iowa, was of the Iowa Fourth Regiment Veteran Volunteer Cavalry, Company A.

James Audenried.

James Audenried, was a First Lieutenant of the Second Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry Volunteers, Company E.

John Mix.

John Mix, was Captain of the United States Cavalry, Company M, lost a horse in the fire in the stables at Fort Sedgwick, Colorado Territory, on February 12, 1868, and is asking to be paid for the loss.

Randolph Norwood.

Randolph Norwood. Was a First Lieutenant of the United States Cavalry, Company M, lost a horse in the fire in the stables at Fort Sedgwick, Colorado Territory, on February 12, 1868, and is asking to be paid for the loss.

George E. Grisham.

George E. Grisham, was from Tennessee, and was a Captain of the eighth Tennessee, volunteer cavalry, Company I.

Benjamin Farley.

Benjamin Farley, was a Captain of the Fifth Regiment of Indiana Cavalry, Company C.

D. B. Vondersmith.

D. B. Vondersmith, was a Captain of the Twenty-first Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company C.

Justus F. Jones.

Justus F. Jones, was a private of the Seventh Iowa Cavalry Volunteers, Company E.

William Freshour.

William Freshour, was a Captain of the Eighth Regiment of Cavalry Ohio Volunteers.

Jefferson Miller.

Jefferson Miller, was of the Twelfth Missouri United States Volunteer Cavalry, Company E., was given a honorable discharge from the service.

Thomas Reilly.

Thomas Reilly was a private of the Second United States Cavalry, Company H.

John E. Hall.

John E. Hall, was a private of the Second Regiment Wisconsin Cavalry, Company C., his wife was Mary E. Hall.

James A. Waymire.

James A. Waymire, was a second lieutenant of First Cavalry, United States Army, Company M.

George A. Armes.

George A. Armes, was a Captain of the Tenth United States Cavalry, was given a honorable discharge on June 18, 1870.

Samuel Tipton.

Samuel Tipton, was from Carter County, Tennessee, a private of the Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry, his wife was Nancy Tipton.

Daniel C. Boggs.

Daniel C. Boggs, was a Second lieutenant of the Fourth Regiment of Pennsylvania Cavalry Volunteers, Company G, looking for back pay for acting as a Second lieutenant while a sergeant and had yet had not been mustered in as a Second lieutenant, back pay to be from May 17, 1863 to May 6, 1864, will acting Second lieutenant

William H. Retherford.

William H. Retherford, was of the First Michigan Cavalry Volunteers. He was paid $325, dollars, to travel from his place of discharge to the point of his enrollment.

George Kains.

George Kains, was of the First Michigan Cavalry Volunteers. He was paid to travel from his place of discharge Denver City, Colorado, to the point of his enrollment Camp Douglas, Utah.

The following names were from the Thirteenth and Eleventh Tennessee Cavalry and had the charges of desertion removed from Their names.

Jeremiah Woodby, Company B, Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry.
Evans hughes, Company B, Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry.
John W. Wright, Company B, Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry.
David N. Morton, Company B, Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry.
Henry Lineback, Company C, Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry.
Waitsell Aldridge, Company C, Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry.
William II. Caloway, Company C, Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry.
Joseph M. Burlison, Company C, Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry.
James B. Presnell, Company C, Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry.
Starling P. Green, Company C, Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry.
David Gwin, Company C, Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry.
Thomas Green, Company C, Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry.
George Grooms, Company K, Eleventh Tennessee Cavalry.
Levi Sutton, Company K, Eleventh Tennessee Cavalry.
Jonas Sutton, Company K, Eleventh Tennessee Cavalry.
James A. Waters, Company K, Eleventh Tennessee Cavalry.
Jacob Ottinger, Company K, Eleventh Tennessee Cavalry.
Christopher Ottinger, Company B, Eleventh Tennessee Cavalry.

Alvin J. Rose.

Alvin J. Rose, was a sergeant veteran in second regiment of Ohio cavalry volunteers company A, was killed in action at Five Forks, Virginia, April one, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, his pension was given to his father Chauncey P. Rose.



Here is a List of more men of the Cavalry.



Colonels by brevet.

1. Bvt. Lieut. Col. Julius W. Mason, captain, Fifth Cavalry, for gallant conduct at Muchos Canyons, Arizona Territory, to date from September 25, 1872.

2. Bvt. Lieut. Col. William H. Brown, captain, Fifth Cavalry, for gallant conduct in the closing campaign against the Tonto Apache Indians in Arizona Territory, to date from April 9, 1873.

3. Bvt. Lieut. Col. John Green, major, First Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious conduct at the lava beds and during the whole Modoc war, to date from April 17, 1873.

Lieutenant-colonels by brevet.

1. Bvt. Maj. William H. Brown, captain, Fifth Cavalry, for gallant conduct at The Caves, Arizona Territory, to date from December 28, 1872.

2. Bvt. Maj. James Burns, captain, Fifth Cavalry, for gallant conduct in the closing campaign against the Apache Mojave Indians in Arizona Territory, to date from July 15, 1873.

3. Bvt. Maj. John B. Babcock, first lieutenant, Fifth Cavalry, for gallant conduct at Tonto Creek, Arizona Territory, to date from June 16, 1873.

4. Bvt. Maj. James Jackson, captain, First Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious conduct at Lost River, Oregon, and during the whole of the Modoc war, to date from November 29, 1872.

5. Bvt. Maj. Charles C. Cresson, first lieutenant, First Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious conduct at the lava beds and during the Modoc war, to date from April 17, 1873.

Majors by brevet.

1. Capt. Thomas McGregor, First Cavalry, for gallant conduct at Santa Maria Mountain, Arizona Territory, to date from May 6, 1873.

2. Capt. Camillo C. C. Carr, First Cavalry, for gallant conduct against the Apache Indians on the Verde River, Arizona Territory, to date from January 1, 1873.

3. Capt. Emil Adam, Fifth Cavalry, for gallant conduct at Muchos Canyons, Arizona Territory, to date from September 25, 1872.

4. Capt. John M. Hamilton, Fifth Cavalry, for gallant conduct in the closing campaign against the Tonto Apache Indians in Arizona Territory, to date from April 9, 1873.

5. Capt. Alfred B. Taylor, Fifth Cavalry, for gallant conduct at The Caves, Arizona Territory, to date from December 28, 1872.

6. Capt. Robert H. Montgomery, Fifth Cavalry, for gallant conduct at Muchos Canyons, Arizona Territory, to date from September 25, 1872.

7. Capt. James Burns, Fifth Cavalry, for gallant conduct at The Caves, Arizona Territory, to date from December 28, 1872.
8. Capt. George F. Price, Fifth Cavalry, for gallant conduct in the campaign against the Apache Indians in the Tonto Basin, Arizona Territory, to date from January 1, 1873.

Captains by brevet.

1. First Lieut. Max Wesenorff, First Cavalry, for gallant conduct at Squaw Peak, Arizona Territory, to date from September 30, 1872.

2. First Lieut. Alexander Grant, First Cavalry, for gallant conduct in the campaign against the Apache Indians, to date from December 31, 1872.

3. First Lieut. Thomas Garvey, First Cavalry, for gallant conduct at Gum Creek, Arizona Territory, to date from December 11, 1872.

4. First Lieut. Albert E. Woodson, Fifth Cavalry, for gallant conduct in the campaign against the Apache Indians in the Red Rock country, Arizona Territory, to date from December 31, 1872.

5. First Lieut. Alfred B. Bache, Fifth Cavalry, for gallant conduct at Muchos Canyons, Arizona Territory, to date from September 31, 1872.

6. First Lieut. Jacob Almy, Fifth Cavalry, for gallant conduct at The Caves, Arizona Territory, to date from December 12, 1872.

7. First Lieut. Earl D. Thomas, Fifth Cavalry, for gallant conduct at he Caves, Arizona Territory, to date from December 28, 1872.

8. First Lieut. Charles H. Rockwell, Fifth Cavalry, for gallant conduct in the closing campaign against the Tonto Apache Indians in Arizona Territory, to date from April 9, 1873.

9. Bvt. First Lieut. John G. Bourke, second lieutenant, Third Cavalry, for gallant conduct in the closing campaign against the Tonto Apache Indians in Arizona territory, to date from April 9, 1873.

10. Bvt. First Lieut. Walter S. Schuyler, second lieutenant, Sixth Cavalry, for gallant conduct at Lost River, Arizona Territory, to date from June 26, 1873.

11. Bvt. First Lieut. Frank Michler, second lieutenant, Fifth Cavalry, for gallant conduct at Head of Tonto Creek, Arizona Territory, to date from January 22, 1873.

12. First Lieut. Henry N. Moss, First Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious conduct at the lava beds and during the Modoc war, to date from April 17, 1873.

First lieutenants by brevet.

1. Second Lieut. Alexander O. Brodie, First Cavalry, for gallant conduct at Diamond Butte, Arizona Territory, to date from April 22, 1873.

2. Second Lieut. Peter S. Borons, First Cavalry, for gallant conduct at Mazatzal Mountain, Arizona Territory, to date from December 13, 1872.

3. Second Lieut. Otto L. Hein, First Cavalry, for gallant conduct in the campaign against the Apache Indians on the Verde River, Arizona Territory, to date from January 1, 1873.

4. Second Lieut. John G. Bourke, Third Cavalry, for gallant conduct at The Caves, Arizona Territory, to date from December 28, 1872.

5. Second Lieut. Charles Morton, Third Cavalry, for gallant conduct in the campaign against the Apache Indians in the Tonto country, in the Territory of Arizona, to date from June, 1871.

6. Second Lieut. Walter S. Schuyler, Fifth Cavalry, for gallant conduct at Muchos Canyons, Arizona Territory, to date from September 25, 1872.

7. Second Lieut. Frank Michler, Fifth Cavalry, for gallant conduct at Muchos Canyons, Arizona Territory, to date from September 25, 1872.

8. Second Lieut. Charles D. Parkhurst, Fifth Cavalry, for gallant conduct in the campaign against the Apache Indians in the Tonto Basin, Arizona Territory, to date from January 1, 1873.

9. Second Lieut. Charles A. Watts, Fifth Cavalry, for gallant conduct in the closing campaign against the Tonto Apache Indians in Arizona Territory, to date from April 9, 1873.

10. Second Lieut. Edward L. Keyes, Fifth Cavalry, for gallant conduct in the closing campaign against the Tonto Apache Indians in Arizona Territory, to date from April 9, 1873.

11. Second Lieut. Frazier A. Boutelle, First Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious conduct at Lost River, Oregon, and during the Modoc war, to date from November 29, 1872.

12. Second Lieut. George R. Bacon, First Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious conduct at the lava beds and during the Modoc war, to date from April 17, 1873.

13. Second Lieut. John G. Kyle, First Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious conduct at the lava beds and during the Modoc war, to date from April 17, 1873.

14. Second Lieut. William H. Miller, First Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious conduct at the lava beds and during the Modoc war, to date from April 17, 1873.

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