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Phillip Shockley was born about 1824 and Peter Shockley. He is my 1st​ cousin 6 times removed. He passed away about 1865.

I am still researching Peter Shockley. Nothing in Find a Grave.

Military Story​


Phillip Shockley (1824-1865) Sgt. CSA, son of Samuel and Arminda Dorcas (Hoodenpyle) Shockley. He married Elizabeth J. Rhodes. He was a member of the 16th Infantry Tennessee Regiment, Company I, organized on 6-10-1861 under the command of Col. John H. Savage.

Phillip enlisted with his brother Peter Shockley and a nephew Hickman Shockley. Peter was killed at the Battle of Perryville. Phillip tracked down deserters and was murdered on his way home after the Civil War very near his home. He is buried in Long Cemetery, Spencer, TN next to two sons, Ashford Shockley and Samuel Shockley.

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Phillip Shockley was born about 1824 and Peter Shockley. He is my 1st​ cousin 6 times removed. He passed away about 1865.

I am still researching Peter Shockley. Nothing in Find a Grave.

Military Story​


Phillip Shockley (1824-1865) Sgt. CSA, son of Samuel and Arminda Dorcas (Hoodenpyle) Shockley. He married Elizabeth J. Rhodes. He was a member of the 16th Infantry Tennessee Regiment, Company I, organized on 6-10-1861 under the command of Col. John H. Savage.

Phillip enlisted with his brother Peter Shockley and a nephew Hickman Shockley. Peter was killed at the Battle of Perryville. Phillip tracked down deserters and was murdered on his way home after the Civil War very near his home. He is buried in Long Cemetery, Spencer, TN next to two sons, Ashford Shockley and Samuel Shockley.

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Sixteenth Tennessee Infantry


Stone's River after battle report:

Report of Col. John H. Savage, Sixteenth Tennessee Infantry.

JANUARY 8, 1863.
The following report of the conduct of the Sixteenth Tennessee
Regt. in the battle before Murfreesborough, December 31, 1862, is
respectfully submitted:

When the advance was ordered, my regiment being the right of
Cheatham's division, I was directed by Gen. Donelson (through his
aide, Capt. [John] Bradford) to move along the railroad, but two
companies to its right and eight on its left, taking the guide to the right.
The advance was made under a heavy cannonade, and the line of battle
and direction maintained, although serious obstructions impeded the
march. The eight left companies advanced between the railroad and the
turnpike in front of the Cowan house without the slightest protection,
engaging a battery and the enemy's infantry in the woods at a distance
of less than 150 yards. The right companies advanced through a
stalk-field to the edge of a cotton-patch. Here the enemy opened a heavy
fire at short range from a line extending to the right as far as I could
see. This killed Capt. Spurlock, who fell while leading his men in the
most gallant manner. At this moment it seemed to me that I was without
the expected support on my left, and that the line had divided and gone
off in that direction. My men shot the horses and gunners of the battery
in front, but I could not advance without being outflanked and ----by
the enemy on my right; I therefore ordered them to halt and fire. In a
few moments my acting lieutenant-colonel (L. N. Savage) fell by my
side, supposed mortally wounded, and my acting major (Capt.
Womack) had his right arm badly broken. There were batteries to the
right and left of the railroad which literally swept the ground. The men
maintained of fight against superior numbers with great spirit and
obstinacy. The left companies, being very near and without any
protection, sustained a heavy loss. Thirty men were left dead upon the
spot where they halted dressed in perfect line of battle. It was on the
day following a sad spectacle, speaking more eloquently for the
discipline and courage of the men than any words I can employ. Here
the Thirty-ninth North Carolina came up in my rear, and I ordered in
into line of battle to my right, but before it got into position the
lieutenant-colonel was shot down and was carried from the field. Under
the command of Capt. [A. W. Bell] it continued under my control and
did good service until driven from this position, after which I lost sight
of it.

Seeing a heavy force of the enemy crossing the field to my right and
rear, I ordered the line to fall back to the river, and formed two lines
to the front and right. To cover this space the men were deployed as
skirmishers. I also ordered forward a portion of Blythe's Mississippi
Regt. that had collected near the railroad, and was joined by
Lieut.'s [J. F.] Williamson and [T. W.] McMurry (Fifty-first
Regiment), with three companies, who continued with me and did good
service. This force checked and drove back the enemy advancing up the
river, and a column that attempted to cut off my whole party advancing
along the railroad, but not without loss. Lieut. [R. B.] Anderson,
of the Sixteenth, a valuable officer, while directing the skirmishers was
dangerously wounded and carried under the river bank by Privates
Thompson and Adcock, all of whom were captured by the enemy upon
his subsequent advance. When Adams' brigade advanced I drew back
my little force to let it move to the front, which it did in gallant style,
but
only for a short distance, when it broke and fled in confusion. Most of
the men I had been controlling moved with it. I collected the men of the
Sixteenth and Fifty-first, and moved to the front en echelon of
Chalmers' position, and remained during the heavy cannonade on the
enemy. While here two of my men were killed by a shell. I afterward
moved, in connection with Col. Stanton, near the burnt gin-house,
and, halting the regiment, went on foot to my first line of battle. About
dark I sent a party after the body of Capt. Spurlock, which captured
a Yankee captain from his lines.

I claim for my command great gallantry in action; that it engaged and
held in check superior forces of the enemy, who were attempting to turn
our right-forces that afterward drove Adams' and Preston's brigades.

My flag-bearer (Sergeant Marberry) was disabled early in the charge.
The flag was afterward borne by Private Womack, who was also
wounded. The flag-staff was broken and hit with balls in three places;
the flag literally shot to pieces. The fragments were brought to me at
night. I carried about 400 officers and men in action. The killed amount
to 36; the killed, wounded, and missing to 208, a list of which is
forwarded. My men did not strip or rob the dead.

The conduct of my recruits was most honorable. Many of them fell in
the front rank beside the veteran soldier of the Sixteenth. It is difficult
to make distinction where all act well. While others deserve nobly, I
feel that I ought not to fail to notice the courage and good conduct of
Private Hackett, whom I placed in command of the company after the
fall of Capt. Spurlock.

I am, major, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

JOHN H. SAVAGE,
Col., Cmdg. Sixteenth Tennessee.

Maj. J. G. MARTIN,
Assistant Adjutant-Gen.

Source: Official Records
PAGE 718-29 KY., MID. AND E. TENN., N. ALA., AND SW. VA. [CHAP. XXXII.
[Series I. Vol. 20. Part I, Reports. Serial No. 29.]

****************************************************************************************

Chickamagua after battle report:

Report of Col. D. M. Donnell, Sixteenth Tennessee Infantry.

HDQRS. SIXTEENTH TENNESSEE REGT.,
Missionary Ridge, October 6, 1863.
CAPT.: I have the honor to make the following report of the part
taken by my regiment (Sixteenth Tennessee) in the battle of
Chickamauga on September 19 and 20:

The line of battle having been formed we advanced, changing
direction slightly to the right, through a corn-field and a short
distance int o the woods beyond, when we found ourselves under
a very heavy fire from a battery of the enemy, about 150 yards
in front of the left wing of my regiment. This fire wounded a
considerable number of my men, who retired from the field, and
at the same time a number of others fell back 10 or 15 paces to
seek protection behind trees. This for a moment induced the
belief that the line was giving
way, but the men maintained their position, firing as
rapidly as they could through the thick undergrowth (which very
much obstructed the view of the enemy) for about three hours,
when I received an order form Brig.-Gen. Wright to retire,
which I did. A few moments before I received this order,
Strahl's brigade, having relieved Smith's, was in the act of
charging the enemy. Having notified Col. Anderson, on my left,
I commenced moving with Strahl's brigade, but had not advanced
more than 20 paces when the order from Gen. Wright (alluded
to above) came, and I retired.

During this time our loss was 67 wounded.

On the next morning, while lying in line of battle, 1 man was
mortally wounded.

During this day we changed position several times, and just
before night joined in the charge which drove the enemy from his
fortifications, thus ending the engagement.

On this occasion the officers and men under my command, with
few exceptions, conducted themselves with their usual gallantry.

I am particularly indebted to Lieut.-Col. Brown, Capt. Dillard
(acting major), and Adjutant Claywell for the invaluable
assistance they gave me in preserving order and inspiring
confidence in the minds of the men.

Capt. Dillard does not belong to my regiment, but is attached to
the Conscript Bureau. Knowing him to be a most excellent
officer, and being without a major, I invited him, on the
evacuation of Chattanooga, to act in that capacity. This he has
done on the march and in action with marked ability. I cannot
speak too highly of his cool gallantry and sound judgment.

I am, captain, yours, respectfully,

D. M. DONNELL,
Col. Sixteenth Tennessee Regt.

Capt. LEON TROUSDALE,
Assistant Adjutant-Gen., Wright's Brigade.

Source: Official Records
CHAP. XLII.] THE CHICKAMAUGA CAMPAIGN. PAGE 124-51
[Series I. Vol. 30. Part II, Reports. Serial No. 51.]

****************************************************************************************

Report of Capt. Benjamin Randals, Sixteenth Tennessee Infantry.

HDQRS. SIXTEENTH TENNESSEE REGIMENT,
April 9, 1864.
CAPT.: I have the honor to make the following report of the part
taken by the Sixteenth Tennessee Regt. in the battle of Missionary
Ridge November 24 an 25, 1863:

On the evening of the 24th, the regiment, with the other regiments
of the brigade, was marched down the east side of the Chickamauga,
Col. D. M. Donnell commanding. When near the mouth of the river
we were fired upon by infantry and artillery; surprised, as none were
anticipating an enemy. The same eagerness was manifested by the men
to engage the enemy that has ever characterized this regiment. There
were but few shots exchanged.

The regiments was ordered to fall back under cover of a hill. There was
no disorder or confusion among the men. All acted well the part of good
soldiers. They were cool, calm, and deliberate. We were then
withdrawn to the bridge across the Chickamauga with the loss of 1
killed and 8 wounded. Here we remained on our arms during the
remainder of the engagement, taking no further part in the engagement.

I am, captain, very respectfully,

BEN. RANDALS,
Capt., Cmdg. Sixteenth Tennessee.

Capt. LEON TROUSDALE,
Assistant Adjutant-Gen.

P. S.--I have omitted the different changes of positions during this time,
thinking it unimportant.

B. R.

Source: Official Records
PAGE 713-55 KY., SW. VA., TENN., MISS., N. ALA., AND N. GA. [CHAP. XLIII.
[Series I. Vol. 31. Part II, Reports. Serial No. 55.]
 
Peter Shockley, 16th TN Infantry, Co. I

This write-up and picture of the monument appears on ancestry.com:
"Perryville, Kentucky
Private Peter Shockley died in the Battle of Perryville Kentucky on October 8, 1862. I cannot find any known photos. He joined the Confederate Army in 1861 along with his Brother 1st class Sargent Phillip Shockley and his cousin Private Hickman Shockley. Phillip Shockley survived the war but was murdered on his way home in 1865. Their cousin Hickman Shockley died around 1882".

If this is your man. The information was given by another Ancestry member who I can contact via the site if you wish.
 
Added: Not knowing very much about Confederate genealogy, I looked up the Battle and found a good write-up by the Kentucky Historical Society (http://history.ky.gov/landmark/the-battle-of-perryville/). Reading this reminded me that a former vice president of a nearby historical society here in Maine has retired to Kentucky and has become active with Kentucky genealogy. Mike has been a great help to me--both with genealogy and with technology (I am a computer nerd) and--if this looks like your missing ancestor--I am happy to contact him.

And yet again: I made great use of letters, diaries, journals etc. and looked for something of the kind here. I found http://www.tennessee-scv.org/camp155/Dr Bradley,Civil War/cwrc/clark2.html If you scroll down to Article 15, you'll find some information (even easier, do a FIND search on "Shockley".

http://www.perryvillebattlefield.org/database/soldiers.php is a search site. Looks like there were two Shockleys in this battle
 
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WOW the more I look the more ancestors I am finding in Tenn.

Perryville, Ky.,
Oct. 8, 1862.


Army of the Ohio.

Early in August 1862, the Confederate forces under Gens. Bragg
and E. Kirby Smith united for an invasion of Kentucky, in the
hope of forcing the state to secede from the Union. Smith
entered Kentucky via of Cumberland gap and moved toward
Lexington.

Bragg's column crossed the Tennessee river at Chattanooga,
moved rapidly through middle Tennessee, and on Sept. 13 was at
Glasgow, Ky., the objective point being Louisville. If
Louisville could be seized and held the states north of the
Ohio river would be in danger of invasion. Leaving a
sufficient force to hold Nashville, Buell pushed forward with
the remainder of his army in a race with Bragg for Louisville,
where the Federal advance arrived on Sept. 25, and the rear
division four days later.

At Louisville Buell found a large number of raw recruits from
the states of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, and immediately set
about the reorganization of his army by intermixing the new
troops with the old without changing the old organization.
When reorganized the Army of the Ohio numbered about 60,000
men.

It was composed of the 1st, 2nd and 3d army corps respectively
commanded by Maj.-Gens. A. McD. McCook, T. L. Crittenden and C.
C. Gilbert. McCook's corps embraced the 3d and 10th divisions,
commanded by Brig.-Gen. L. H. Rousseau and Brig.-Gen. J. S.
Jackson; Crittenden's corps was composed of the 4th and 6th
divisions, commanded by Brig.-Gens. W. S. Smith and T. J. Wood,
Gilbert's corps consisted of the 1st, 9th and 11th divisions,
commanded by Brig.-Gens. Albert Schoepf, R. B. Mitchell and P.
H. Sheridan.

Opposed to this force was the Confederate Army of the
Mississippi under Gen. Braxton Bragg, the estimated strength of
which was about 68,000 men. The right wing, under Maj.-Gen.
Leonidas Polk, consisted of Cheatham's division and the cavalry
brigade of Col. J. A. Wharton. The left wing, commapded by
Maj.-Gen. W. J. Hardee, was made up of the infantry divisions
of Brig.-Gen. J. P. Anderson and Maj.-Gen. S. B. Buckner, and
the cavalry brigade of Col. Joseph Wheeler.

It was Buell's intention to start from Louisville on the last
day of September and move against Bragg, who was then at
Bardstown, about 45 miles south, but an order was received
relieving him of the command of the army and turning it over to
Maj.-Gen. George H. Thomas. The latter declined to accept,
however, and was made second in command.

This proceeding delayed the movement of the army for one day,
and on Oct. 1, it marched out in five columns. The left moved
toward Frankfort to hold in check the Confederates in that
vicinity, and the other four moved over the roads leading via
Shepherdsville, Mount Washington, Fairfeld and Bloomfield to
Bardstown. Each column encountered Confederate detachments a
few miles out from Louisville and the delay occasioned by the
almost constant skirmishing gave Bragg an opportunity to get
away from Bardstown, the last of his infantry retiring about
eight hours before Buell's advance entered the town.

A sharp skirmish occurred between the cavalry and artillery,
the pursuit of the Confederate rear-guard continuing for some
distance in the direction of Springfield. Believing that the
enemy would concentrate his forces about Danville, Buell
ordered McCook to move toward that point via Harrodsburg while
Crittenden proceeded on the Lebanon and Danville road and
Gilbert took the direct road to Perryville.

Shortly after leaving Bardstown Buell received information that
Kirby Smith had crossed the Kentucky river near Salvisa and was
moving to effect a junction with Bragg at Harrodsburg or
Perryville. Orders were therefore sent to McCook to move
directly to the latter place. Gilbert's corps arrived within 3
miles of Perryville on the afternoon of the 7th and was drawn
up in line of battle, as the enemy appeared to be in
considerable force and an attack was apprehended.

Capt. Gay pushed forward with his brigade of cavalry and a
battery, driving the Confederate rear-guard back about a mile
and developing the enemy's position, which was such that it
indicated he intended to make a stand at Perryville. As water
had been somewhat scarce during the last three days, Buell's
first step was to gain possession of Doctor's creek, a
tributary of the Chaplin river, and to accomplish this Col.
Daniel McCook's brigade of Sheridan's division was ordered to
seize and hold a position commanding the creek.

The enemy tried to prevent this, but McCook carried out the
order just before daylight on the morning of the 8th. Orders
were sent to commanders of the 1st and 2nd corps to move at 3
a. m. on the 8th and take positions on the right and left of
Gilbert. These orders did not reach McCook and Crittenden
until after 2 o'clock in the morning. The former marched at 5
o'clock and reached the field at 10:30 a. m., and the latter's
command was not in the engagement at all.

The battle on the 8th began with the attempt of the
Confederates to drive McCook from his position covering
Doctor's creek, and was opened with artillery. McCook ordered
Barnett's battery to the right of his line to reply, and after
about three-fourths of an hour Barnett succeeded in silencing
the enemy's guns. Buckner then commenced massing his troops in
the edge of the woods in which McCook had placed his
skirmishers.

Gay's cavalry started toward Perryville, but was stopped by
Buckner. Dismounting part of his command, Gay joined the
skirmishers of the 54th Ohio and soon became engaged with
Buckner's force, consisting of two brigades of infantry. The
2nd Mo. and 44th Ill. were then sent forward to the support of
the skirmish line, driving the enemy from the woods and back
across an open field.

In the meantime the divisions of Mitchell and Sheridan had been
moved to a position where they could come quickly to McCook's
support, with orders to hold their ground until the army was
prepared to attack in force. About the time that Buckner was
driven back across the field Rouscseau's division came up on
the Mackville road and formed in an open field on the left of
Gilbert, but with considerable space between the two commands.

At 2 p. m. the enemy made an attack on the skirmishers of the
33d Ohio. The remainder of that regiment and the 2nd Ohio were
sent to the support of the skirmish line and in a short time
the action became general, the heaviest assault falling on the
left of the line, where it was gallantly repulsed by
Starkweather's brigade.

Gen. Jackson was killed at the first fire, and this caused a
portion of his division to give way in some confusion. Brig.-
Gen. W. R. Terrill, commanding the 33d brigade lost his life
while trying to rally the men, and 1O pieces of his artillery
were left on the ground, though 8 of these were afterward
recovered.

The Confederates next took advantage of the gap between
Rousseau's right and Gilbert's left, pressing the attack at
that point with an overwhelming force. Rousseau's right was
turned and his line was being forced back, when Gooding's and
Steedman's brigades of Gilbert's corps came to his assistance,
driving back the enemy and reoccupying the ground near the
Russell house. Steedman posted his battery along with that of
Pinney's near the Russell house and opened a terrific fire on
the Confederate lines, while the batteries of Sheridan's
division caught the enemy on the left flank and poured in a
heavy enfilading fire from that direction.

Carlin's brigade of Mitchell's division now reinforced
Sheridan, a charge was made with such intrepidity that the
Confederates were completely routed and forced back through the
town, Sheridan capturing 2 caissons and 15 wagons loaded with
ammunition, as well as the guard with them consisting of 3
officers and 138 men. This ended the battle, though, the Union
commanders spent the greater part of the night in perfecting
their plans for a renewal of the fight on the following
morning.

At daylight on the 9th the Federal camps were astir and at 6
o'clock the corps of Crittenden and Gilbert moved forward to
attack the enemy's front and left flank. When the advance
reached the town it was discovered that the enemy had abandoned
his position during the night and fallen back toward
Harrodsburg. The Union losses in the battle of Perryville were
845 killed, 2,851 wounded and 515 missing. Bragg reported his
losses as being 510 killed, 2,635 wounded and 251 missing.

This engagement ended the Confederate invasion of Kentucky.
The effort to force the state to secede had failed. On Oct. 12
Bragg made a report from Bryantsville, in which he said: "The
campaign here was predicated on a belief and the most positive
assurances that the people of this country would rise in mass
to assert their independence.

No people ever had so favorable an opportunity, but I am
distressed to add there is little or no disposition to avail of
it. Willing, perhaps, to accept their independence, they are
neither disposed nor willing to risk their lives or their
property in its achievement."

In the same report he also says: "Ascertaining that the enemy
was heavily reinforced during the night, I withdrew my force
early the next morning to Harrodsburg and thence to this
point. * * * My future movements cannot be indicated, as they
will depend in a great measure on those of the enemy." The
only "reinforcement" added to Buell's army on the night of the
8th was Crittenden's corps, and this was near enough to have
been brought into the action at Perryville, had the commanding
general deemed it necessary.

As "the enemy" showed a disposition to act on the aggressive,
Bragg hurried to get out of Kentucky, retreating via Cumberland
gap into Tennessee, the Union army continuing the pursuit as
far as London Ky., harassing the rear-guard and capturing a
number of stragglers. (This engagement is sometimes called the
battle of Chaplin Hills.)


Source: The Union Army,Vol.,6 p.,672
 
Thanks, I wondered because I saw someplace where it was called tbe Mountain Regiment.
 
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