Saturday, November 29, 2014

Kentucky Soldiers Killed in a Personal Diffculty.

The phrase; ( Killed in a personal difficulty ),could mean anything from a suicide to an accident.All these soldiers were killed by some personal difficulty.In most cases the record does not state what the difficulty was.
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From the Kentucky Adjutant General Report

Names and Regiments are not in any order.

Charles P.Allen, Private,Co.D.,Kentucky First Infantry,Enlisted April 23,1861,at Louisville,Kentucky;was promoted to First Sergeant; Killed Christopher Fraley at Winchester,Virginia, July 12, 1861; was arrested at Winchester and deserted October 30, 1861.

Daniel Clancey, Private, Co. B.Second Kentucky Infantry; Enlisted July 3,1861,at Camp Boon, Tennessee; Taken prisoner at Fort Doneison, February 15, 1862; Killed in a personal difficulty at Vicksburg,Mississippi.

B. F. Clark, Private, Co. G., Kentucky Second Infantry; Enlisted July 23,1861,at Camp Boon; Killed in a private quarrel, at Nashville, Tennessee,1861.

S. P. Hrdee, Private, Co. C.,Seventh Kentucky Infantry; Enlisted April 15, 1864,at Blandville,Kentucky; Killed himself,reason unknown.

David C.  Hart, Private, Co. H. Seventh Kentucky Infantry; Enlisted September 18, 1861 at Columbus Kentucky, November 1861; Killed in a personal difficulty.

Martin Rafter, Private,Cobb's Battery Kentucky Artillery;Enlisted October 12, 1861,at Memphis,Tennessee; Killed in personal difficulty.

Joel Tolliuer, Private,Co.D. Ninth Kentucky Cavalry; Enlisted September 15, 1862, at Kentucky; Killed accidentally at Mt. Sterling Kentucky,October 10,1862.

Charles Carter,Private, Co. K.,Ninth Kentucky Cavalry; Enlisted November 20, 1852,at Murfr' sb"ro, Tennessee; Killed accidentally.

Robert True, Private,Co. A. 12th.,Kentucky Cavalry;Enlisted January 1, 1864, at Northern Mississippi; Accidentally at Corinth, Mississippi, May 21, 1864.

Robert C. Slavghter, Captain,Co. A.,8th., Kentucky Infantry;Enlisted October9,1861, at Hopkinsville,Kentucky;Killed in a Railroad accident, September 28, 1863.

Kentuckians who served with other commands
Milton Elbert,residence Lexington,Kentucky, Private,  Co.I., First Louisiana Cavalry;Enlisted in 1862;Killed by steamboat disaster, 1868.

N. B. Hughes, Private, Co. C.,Jessee's Mount Rifles;Enlisted May 26,1862,at Richmond,Kentucky: Deserted March 21, 1863,having killed Thomas Goodwin.

Fletcher Smith,First Sergeant, Buckner Guards; Enlisted October , 1861,Bowling Green,Kentucky;Promoted Captain,CO.G.,Ninth KentuckyCAvalry;Killed in a explosion.

R. A. Alston, A. A. G.,Captain,Field & Staff of Brigadier General John H. Moran;Killed in a private quarrel at Atlanta,Georgia,in 1868.

Stephen Estell, Private, Co. H. Second Kentucky Infantry;Enlisted August 9, 1861, at Camp Boon;Hospital Nurse;Accidentally at West Point,Georgia,October 27, 1864.

Campbell Cole, Private, Co. B.,Fifth Kentucky Infantry; Enlisted September 11,1862,at Jackson Kentucky; Accidentally killed in Breathill County,Kentucky,October 16, 1862.

John C. Little, Private, Co. B., Fifth Kentucky Infantry; Enlisted September 7, 1862,at  Jackson Kentucky; Transferred to Captain Brad Shaw;s Cavalry; December 1, 1862; Killed by Bushwhackers.

John Fulks, Third Sergeant, Co. I.,Fifth Kentucky Infantry;Enlisted October 25, 1861, at Prestonsburg, Kentucky; Killed by "State Guards",in Owsley County, Kentucky, September, 1862.

William Bridges,Private, Co.E.,Seventh Kentucky Infantry; Enlisted September 15, 1861, at Mayfield,Kentucky;Killed by Railway accident near Goodwin Mississippi, June 27, 1862.

John Jones, Private, Co.E.,Seventh Kentucky Infantry; Enlisted September 15, 1861, at Mayfield,Kentucky;Killed by Railway accident near Goodwin Mississippi, June 27, 1862.

J. W. Stowers, Private, Co. D., First Kentucky Cavalry;Killed by Bushwhackers.

William Russell, Private, Co. E., First Kentucky, Cavalry;Killed by Bushwhackers.

W. B. Carter, Private,Co. A., Second Kentucky Cavalry;Enlisted February 20, 1862, at La Verqne, Tennessee; Promoted to First Lieutenant,Co. D.,Eight Kentucky Cavary, October 14, 1862; Killed by Bushwhackers in Tennessee.

William Diamukes, Private, Co. C.,Second Kentucky Cavalry; Enlisted August 10, 1862,at Sparts,Tennessee; Killed by Bushwhackers.

J. P. Caines, Private, Co. C.,Seventh Kentucky Cavalry; Enlisted September 22,1862, at Taylor County, Kentucky;Killed by Bushwhackers, October 22, 1862.

Frank P. Stone, Secon Lieutenant, Co. A.,Sixth, Kentucky Cavalry; Enlisted August 25, 1861,at Shelby County, Kentucky; Killed in Carter County,Kentucky, by Bushwhackers, September, 1863.

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