Pulling things together in the family tree, and found these two gentlemen:
William Oakley- Enlisted in
Company A, 2nd Battn Cavalry Regiment Kentucky on 1 Mar 1863.
James Oakley- Enlisted in Company E, Kentucky 35th Infantry Regiment on 02 Oct 1863.Mustered out on 29 Dec 1864 at Louisville, KY.
There's some Tennessee kin who wore gray as well, but their records are either on Fold3 or the identification needs to be firmed up...
Meanwhile, the
other side of the family were Pennsylvania 35th Inf Rgt and other assorted Union outfits. So my maternal grandparents and paternal grandparents' families were actively engaged in doing each other in- a habit they continued in the post-war period, where the maternal line took up train/bank robbery (resulting in an Uncle Jesse and an Uncle Frank, for some reason...) while the paternal line became marshals and Texas Rangers. No wonder I'm confused!
Thirty-fifth Infantry (mounted)
KENTUCKY
(1-YEAR)
Thirty-fifth Infantry (mounted). -- Col., Edmund A. Starling;
Lieut.Col., Edward R. Weir, Jr.; Maj., Frank H. Bristow.
This regiment was organized on Sept. 26, 1863, at Owensboro,
Ky., under Col. Starling, and was mustered into the U. S.
service on Oct. 2, 1863, by Capt. Knight. During the month of
Aug., 1864, after a long and tedious march with other troops
and various skirmishes, it succeeded in driving the
Confederate Gen. Adam Johnson out of Kentucky into Tennessee
by way of Cadiz.
From Cadiz it returned via Hopkinsville to Lexington and on
Sept. 15 moved in Gen. Burbridge's command in the first
expedition on Saltville, Va. It returned to Lexington on Nov.
5 and from there was ordered to Louisville, where it was
mustered out Dec. 29, 1864.
It participated in the battle of Saltville, Va., and in
numerous skirmishes with guerrillas in various portions of
Kentucky. On May 7, 1864 Cant. Baker, commanding a detachment
of the regiment, had a fight in Meade County, in which he
routed a Confederate band under Capt. Hinkle, who was killed.
In the first expedition to Saltville the regiment lost 21 men.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 4, p. 340
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MAY 5, 1864.--Scout in Meade and Breckinridge Counties, Ky.
Reports of Capt. Hendrick D. Baker, Thirty-fifth Kentucky Infantry.
HDQRS. DETACH. COMPANY B, THIRTY-FIFTH KENTUCKY,
Meadville, Ky., May 7, 1864.
GEN.: My advance guard encountered a small squad of Capt.
Hinkle's recruits on Beaver Creek, between this point and Hardinsburg,
on the 5th instant. Hinkle made a strong resistance, but after firing
twelve shots he and his friend Cunning were wounded, Cunning making
his escape, but could be traced by the blood. Hinkle died in a few
hours. Hinkle was an escaped prisoner from Camp Douglas, and has
been engaged for six weeks recruiting a company for the C. S.
Army. I have also captured two others, G. A. Hardesty and J. H.
Kennady, whom I forward to Louisville this morning. Forage is so very
scarce in this vicinity that I am compelled to send Sergeant Parris and
twenty-five of my men, via Elizabethtown, with orders to report to
Lieut. Hayslip at Cave City. I will not be in for four or five days,
as I am of the opinion I can capture the remainder of Hinkle's recruits.
I have the honor to be, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
H. D. BAKER,
Capt., Cmdg. Detachment.
P. S.--Sergeant Kincade, of my company, was slightly wounded in leg
and hip.
H. D. B.
Brig. Gen. H. EWING,
Cmdg. Second Division, District of Kentucky.
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HDQRS. COMPANY B, THIRTY-FIFTH KENTUCKY VOLS., Cave
City, Ky., May 13, 1864.
GEN.: In accordance with Special Orders, No. 14, from your
headquarters, I have the honor to report the success of my scouting
expedition in the counties north of Green River.
On the 4th [5th] instant the advance guard of small squad of my
company came in collision with two guerrillas at Jacob Neff's house,
near Sinking Creek bridge, Breckinridge County, Ky., killing Capt.
J. B. Hinkle, and wounding Cunning, the latter making his escape.
Sergt. A. P. Kincade, of my company, received a flesh wound in the right
leg and hip. I also captured two guerrillas the same days at Big Spring,
Ky., viz, Hardesty and J. H. Kennady. Lieut. Hardesty and Kennady
had stopped to rest at William Turpin's, half a mile from Neff's, on the
road leading from Hardinsburg to Big Spring, and after hearing the
firing between my scout and Hinkle, came to Big Spring, with the
intention of making their escape. My opinion is that Neff and Turpin
were harboring them. I also chased the guerrillas Birch, Reed, and
Crutcher from Garnettsville to West Point, where they crossed Salt
River and went in the direction of Louisville. The aforesaid Reed Birch,
and Crutcher are notorious horse-thieves, and Birch was arrested a few
weeks ago by the civil authority for stealing horses, and placed under
guard at West Point, where Charles Brown, West Point, where Charles
Brown, West Carleton, and William Robinson (who are notorious
rebels), who reside at that place, went with pistols in hand and
demanded the guard to release Birch; the guard being overpowered was
compelled to submit. The loyal men of that country have had many
horses, pistols, guns, &c., taken from them by those guerrillas, and
some of them entirely robbed of money, &c. There are fifteen or twenty
guerrillas still lurking through the counties of Meade and
Breckinridge, and it is very clear that the rebel sympathizers are
harboring them and keeping them concealed.
I have the honor to be, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
H. D. BAKER,
Capt. Company B, Thirty-fifth Kentucky Volunteers.
Brig.-Gen. EWING,
Cmdg. Second Div., Dist. of Kentucky, Munfordville, Ky.
Source: Official Records
PAGE 11-77 KY., SW. VA., TENN., MISS., ALA., AND N. GA. [CHAP. LI.
[Series I. Vol. 39. Part I, Reports. Serial No. 77.]
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JULY 13-15, 1864.--Scout from Munfordville to Big Spring, Ky.
Report of Capt. Hendrick D. Baker, Thirty-fifth Kentucky Infantry.
HDQRS. DETACH. THIRTY-FIFTH KENTUCKY VOLUNTEERS,
Big Spring, Ky., July 21, 1864.
LIEUT.: I have the honor to make the following report of the
scout sent out under my charge on the 13th instant:
I arrived at this place on the 13th instant and found the country full of
guerrillas, who were committing all kinds of outrages on the loyal
citizens of this neighborhood. Capt. Duposter has recruited thirty of
forty men in this county, and has some men in his command who are
deserters from the U. S. Army. I have succeeded in capturing 7
guerrillas, 1 of whom is too badly wounded to move. There have also
been 2 or 3 killed, and 11 horses and equipments captured. One of the
prisoners came and surrendered, and has reported everything he knew
on his friends. He says Capt. Duposter is acting under orders from
Gen. Morgan, and that he receives communications from him almost
daily. He received a letter from Morgan the other day and read it to his
command, which was as follows: There will soon be re-enforcements
sent him, and to hold possession of this part of the State at all hazards.
He also has the assurance that there are 200 guerrillas in the vicinity of
Haynesville and 400 at Owensborough. Capt. Duposter has disbanded
his men, with orders for them to hide in the brush until his
re-enforcements come; but my opinion is that his re-enforcements will
be a long time coming, and that his command will be captured when
they meet again, as I am posted as to the place and time of their
meeting. As I have been very busy I have had not time to arrest rebel
citizens, though there are a number of them whom I will arrest. This
whole country is engaged in harboring and recruiting guerrillas. I send
Lieut. Phelps in charge of the prisoners and unserviceable horses to
camp. I am confident I can clear this county of guerrillas in one more
week. Please excuse this badly written letter, as I have no conveniences
for writing.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
H. D. BAKER,
Capt., Cmdg. Detachment.
Lieut. E. B. HARLAN,
Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen., Second Div., District of Kentucky.
Source: Official Records
PAGE 358-77 KY., SW. VA., TENN., MISS., ALA., AND N.
You and I are definitely related!
Must have been a mess for some folks keeping track all those years ago. New York has the same thing, amazing, with the added benefit of being able to 'click-n-buy' the record you find. That gets risky because if there's a few men of the same name, how the heck do you know which is the correct Joe Jahoosawitz?
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