Images of the 39th Kentucky Mounted Infantry
People
Colonel John Dils, Jr.
Colonel David A. Mims
Lieutenant Colonel Stephen M. Ferguson
Major John F. Stewart
Major John B. Auxier
Captain David V. Auxier, Company A
Quarter-master Lindsey Layne
Lieutenant James M. Thornsbury, Company H
Lieutenant Dr. Isaac Goble, Company A
Sergeant Allen H. Miller, Co. G
Sergeant Johnson Hatfield, Co. E
Corporal Decauter Mainard, Co. C
Corporal Benjamin Maynard, Company C (identification may be incorrect)
Private James M. Akers, Co. B
Private Andrew "Andy" Baker, Company H
Private William Preston Baker, Company D
Private Peyton Blackburn, Jr., Co. E
Private Anderson Boyd, Co. G
Private Amos Castle, Co. G
Private Alexander Childers, Co. I
Private Benjamin Hall, Company K
Private James C. Hopkins, Company D
Joel D. "Dusty Pants" Long
Private Robert Newsom, Company K
Private John R. Patton, Company F
Private Richard P. Robison (Robinson), Company B
Private Thomas W. Rose, Co. K
Places
The Aldine Hospital, Ashland, Kentucky
A Late 1864 map of Louisa and Fort Bishop
An 1865 map of East Kentucky and the Big Sandy Valley from Johnson's Atlas (Marlitta Perkins).
An 1874 map of East Kentucky
A woodcut of what is alleged to be the Battle of Middle Creek, January 1862, from Harper's Magazine, February, 1862
From Frank Leslie's Illustrated Magazine - Illustration of the First Battle of Cynthiana, showing the covered bridge and the town itself.
General Stephen G. Burbridge at the head of his troops at Fort Hindman, Ark.
Things
The Enfield-pattern Rifled Musket
Another Enfield Rifle, with Bayonet
Cartridge Box, Belt, and Bayonet Scabbard
A newspaper account from New York mentioning the Battle of Half Mountain.
A pushboat, the major means of conveyance when the water was high enough.
Miscellaneous
Brigadier General Stephen G. Burbridge
Milton J. Ferguson, Commander of the Confederate Cavalry which attacked the 39th at Turman's Ferry
Rebel Bill Smith, John Dils' nemesis
William Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield, another of John Dils' nemeses
General Alvan C. Gillem
General Edward H. Hobson
Colonel Charles S. Hanson
Lieutenant Colonel Rhys M. Thomas
General George W. Gallup, Brigade Commander at Louisa
General George Stoneman
Colonel John T. Toland
The Handwriting on the Wall: Signatures of the 39th's Veterans
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