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I have spent several months setting
at this computer and many hours in libraries, State Archives and
the Family History Center at the Mormon Church reading old census,
military records, marriage records and Civil War Pension records
and any other record I can find, all in an effort to find, “where
I come from”. In the process of this search I have found
several of our kin served, from The Revolutionary War, to the
present in making this country of ours what it is today.This project
is and will always remain a work in process.
When listing Military Units in The Civil War, or The War of Northern
Aggression as some Southern sympathizers prefer to call it, I
have found it to be possible for one person to be listed in several
different units, especially in the south.. As the war progressed
some of the units lost so many people they were not enough men
to form a unit and they were absorbed into other units or companies.
Some men simply returned home to plant crops or to take care of
the family and returned later only to find their units moved or
no longer exist and joined other units. I have found most of our
family were in The Southern Army, with the exception of Bird Lane
who, records indicate, was in both armies. You figure this one
out.
Personal record of individual soldiers are hard to find and in
most cases non-existing. In most cases I have listed histories
or engagements their units were known to be in. This does not
mean the soldier was there that day but it helps to visualize
what they might have experienced.
It is well to remember that when the soldiers were off fighting,
it was the women who, without help of any kind, in many cases,
stayed home and shouldered the huge responsibility of running
the farm and raising the children.
When listing kinship I will use Luther D. Layne for his side of
the family and Sarah W. [Collier] Layne for her side of the family.
You can find your kinship from there. The names and records appear
at random.
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Thomas McSpadden | French and Indian War, between 1754--1763 | Virginia | G-G-G-G-G-Grandfather | |
Thomas McSpadden Jr. | Revolutionary War | Virginia | G-G-G-G-Grandfather | |
Samuel King McSpadden | Civil War, Colonel, 19th. Alabama | C.S.A, Alabama | Grand uncle | |
Samuel M. McSpadden | Civil War, Co. B, McCarver's 14th Ark. Inf. | C.S.A., Arkansas | Grand uncle | |
John D. McSpadden | Civil War, Co. B, McCarver's 14th, Ark. Inf. | C.S.A. Arkansas | Grand uncle | |
Thomas A. McSpadden | Civil War, Co. D. Troup 1., Dobbin's 1st. Ark. Calvary | C.S.A., Arkansas | Grand uncle | |
George A.S. McSpadden | Civil War, Co. A, Freeman's Missouri Calvary | C.S.A., Arkansas | Grand uncle | |
John I. M. Dobbs | Civil War,Morgan's 2nd. Ark., Dobbin's 1st. Ark., Freeman's Mo. Calvary | C.S.A., Arkansas, Missouri | Grandfather | |
Marcus Dobbs | Civil War, Freeman's Mo. Calvary | C.S.A., Arkansas, Missouri | Grand uncle | |
*William Vance | Civil War,1st. Ark. Mounted Rifles- Freestone's Reg. of Partisans | C.S.A., Arkansas | G-Grandfather | |
Byrd Lane | Civil War, Shaver's Reg. 38th. Ark. Inf.-CSA--4th Ark. Mounted Inf. USA | C.S.A. & U.S.A., Arkansas | Grandfather | |
Alfred Gay | Civil War, 38th Ark. Inf. | C.S.A. Arkansas | Great-Grandfather | |
* Andrew K. Metcalf | Civil War | C.S.A., Arkansas | Great-Grandfather | |
Isaac Norman | Civil War, 38th. Ark. Inf. | C.S.A., Arkansas | G-G-Grand uncle | |
Anderson H.Vance | Civil War, 38th. Ark. Inf. | C.S.A., Arkansas | G-Grand uncle | |
*Ganesboro V.B.Vance | Civil War, McCarvers 21st. Inf. | C.S.A., Arkansas | G-Grand uncle | |
Samuel Lewis Vance | Civil War, McCarver's 21st. Inf. | C.S.A., Arkansas | G-Grand uncle | |
*George W. Vance | Civil War, | C.S.A., Arkansas | G-Grand uncle | |
* John Lee Vance | Civil War, McCarver's 21st, Inf. | C.S.A., Arkansas | G-Grand uncle | |
* Allen D. Metcalf | Civil War, 38th. Ark. Inf. | C.S.A., Arkansas | Grand uncle | |
Joseph Metcalf | Civil War, 38th. Ark., 21st. Ark., Freeman's Reg. Mo. Calvary | C.S.A., Arkansas | Grand uncle | |
William W. Metcalf | Civil War, 38th. Ark. | C.S.A., Arkansas | Grand uncle | |
Thomas J. Gay | Civil War, 7th Ark., 38th Ark. | C.S.A., Arkansas | Grand uncle | |
George H. Lane | WWII, See Bees | U.S.A. | Brother | |
Luther D. La(y)ne | WWII, Army Air Force | U.S.A. | Self |
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William Vance, great grandfather to Luther D. La(y)ne, first entered service as Pvt. William Vance, Company B. First Arkansas Regiment, 30-Day Volunteers, CSA. This company was organized at Mount Tabor Church, Lawrence (now Sharp) County, Arkansas, by Captain John W. Peter. The company enlisted for 30 days on November 19, 1861, and was discharged on December 18, 1861, at Camp Borland, near Pocahontas, Arkansas. Next we find Pvt. William Vance, in The First Arkansas Confederate Mounted Rifles. and the last place I found him was in, Capt. Hudleston's, Company D, Freestone's Regiment of Partisans, CSA. It was with this company and Regiment that he gave the ultimate sacrifice, his life. Pension records filed by Nancy Vance, widow of William Vance, found at the Arkansas History Commission show he was killed in action near the Big Blue River in Missouri during General Sterling Price’s second invasion of Missouri. This family gave 4 sons to the cause. George W. died near Pocahontas, Gainsboro V.B., died while serving in McCarver's 21st Infantry, John Lee was killed at Corinth Mississippi, while serving with McCarver's 21st Infantry, and William Vance was killed near the Big Blue River in Missouri, while serving in Freestone's Regiment of Partisans. |
1ST. ARKANSAS MOUNTED RIFLES Organized at Little Rock, Arkansas on June 16, 1861 under the command of Colonel Thomas J. Churchill. Company A was the "Chicot Rangers"; Company B the "Des Arc Rangers"; Company C the "Johnson Cavalry"; Company D the "Augusta Guards"; Company E the "Conway Cavalry"; Company F the "Pulaski Lancers"; Company G the "Napoleon Cavalry"; Company H the "Dardanelle Rangers" of Yell county; Company I the "McCulloch Rangers"; Company K the "Independence Cavalry"; and Company L the "Desha Cavalry". Initially assigned to McCulloch's Brigade near Fayetteville, Arkansas, the regiment participated in the campaign to reinforce General Sterling Price's Missouri State Guard in southwestern Missouri in July and August, 1861, fighting in the battles at Neosho and Wilson's Creek (called "Oak Hills" by the Confederates). Returned to Arkansas after Wilson's Creek and served in the Indian Territory against a number of Unionist Cherokee units in September and October, 1861. Wintered near Strickler's Station, and marched with the Army of the West in late February, 1862, fighting in a number of small skirmishes culminating in the Battle of Pea Ridge on March 7-8, 1862. Retreated with the Army of the West to Van Buren, and from there marched east to join the Confederate forces massing at Corinth, Mississippi. Dismounted at DeValls Bluff, Arkansas, in April 1862 and fought as infantry for the remainder of the war. Reorganized at Corinth, MS on May 1, 1862, re-enlisting for three years or the duration of the War. Colonel Churchill was promoted to brigade command at Corinth, and the regiment was assigned to his brigade in McCown's Division, which accompanied Kirby Smith's army in an attempt to re-occupy Kentucky in the summer and early fall of 1862. General Churchill was reassigned to a command in Arkansas in July, and General McNair assumed command of the brigade. The brigade fought in the battle of Richmond, KY on August 29-30, 1862. Following the Battle of Perryville fought by Bragg's army in October, Kirby Smith's army followed Bragg back into middle Tennessee where it was merged with Bragg's Army of Tennessee. The regiment fought at the battle of Murfreesboro on December 30, 1862 - January 2, 1863. In the early summer of 1863, McNair's brigade was detailed to General Joe Johnston's forces in an attempt to relieve the federal siege of Vicksburg, and fought in the siege of Jackson, MS. Following the fall of both Vicksburg and Jackson, the brigade returned to Bragg's Army of Tennessee near Tullahoma, and fought in all of that army's battles for the remainder of the war... at Chickamauga; Chattanooga, the Atlanta Campaign including Dug Gap, Resaca, Peachtree Creek, Atlanta, Ezra Church, the siege of Atlanta, Jonesboro, Lovejoy's Station and Moon's Station; the battles of Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville, Sugar Creek, the Carolinas Campaign, and Bentonville. Consolidated with the 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles, 4th Arkansas Infantry Battalion, and the 4th, 9th, and 25th Arkansas Infantry regiments and the consolidated unit renamed as the 1st Mounted Rifles Regiment (Consolidated)(Dismounted) at the last reorganization of the Army of Tennessee near Smithville, North Carolina on April 9, 1865. Surrendered with the Army of Tennessee near Durham Station, North Carolina on April 26, 1865. Officers: Colonel Thomas J. Churchill. Field Officers: Major William P. Campbell; Lt. Col. Morton G. Galloway; Major (later Colonel) Robert W. Harper; Major (later Lt. Col.) George S. Laswell; Lt. Col. Charles H. Matlock; Major (later Lt. Col. and Col.) Leander M. Ramsaur; Major (later Lt.Col., Col., and Brigadier General) Daniel H. Reynolds; Major (later Lt. Col.) George W. Wells References: Robert H. Dacus, Reminiscences of Company "H", First Arkansas Mounted Rifles |
Other Names: Big Blue River Location: Jackson County Campaign: Price's Missouri Expedition (1864) Date(s): October 22-23, 1864 Principal Commanders: Maj. Gen. James G. Blunt and Maj. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton [US]; Brig. Gen. Joseph Shelby and Brig. Gen. John S. Marmaduke [CS] Forces Engaged: 1st Division, Army of the Border and provisional cavalry division [US]; Shelby and Marmaduke's Divisions [CS] Estimated Casualties: Unknown Description: Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's Army of Missouri was headed west towards Kansas City and Fort Leavenworth. Maj. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis's Army of the Border, in and around Westport, was blocking the Confederates' way west and Maj. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton's provisional cavalry division was pressing Price's army's rear. Price had nearly 500 wagons with him and required a good ford over the Big Blue River to facilitate the passage of his supplies. Byram's Ford was the best ford in the area and became a strategic point during the fighting around Westport. On October 22, Maj. Gen. James G. Blunt's division held a defensive position on the Big Blue River's west bank. Around 10:00 am on the 22nd, part of Brig. Gen. Joseph O. Shelby's Confederate division conducted a frontal attack on Blunt's men. This attack was a ruse because the rest of Shelby's men flanked Blunt's hasty defenses, forcing the Federals to retire to Westport. Price's wagon train and about 5,000 head of cattle then crossed the Big Blue River at Byram's Ford and headed southward toward Little Santa Fe and safety. Pleasonton's cavalry was hot on the tail of Price's army. Brig. Gen. John S. Marmaduke's Rebel division held the west bank of the Big Blue at Byram's Ford to prevent Pleasonton from attacking Price's rear. Pleasonton assaulted Marmaduke at Byram's Ford, around 8:00 am, on the 23rd. Three hours later, Marmaduke's men had enough and fell back toward Westport. With Pleasonton across the river, he was now an additional threat to Price who was fighting Curtis's Army of the Border at Westport. Price had to retreat south. Result(s): Union victory CWSAC Reference #: MO026 |
PFC. BIRD LANE--grandfather to Luther D. La(y)ne 38th Arkansas Infantry Regiment |
REPORT of THE ADJUTANT GENERAL OF ARKANSAS for the period of THE LATE REBELLION, AND TO NOVEMBER 1, 1866. PRIVATE BIRD LANE enlisted in COMPANY A, FOURTH ARKANSAS MOUNTED INFANTRY VOLUNTEERS . ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. January 25, 1864. 4th REGIMENT INFANTRY. |
2nd REGIMENT INFANTRY. This is an exert from a book written by Goodspeed in the
1890s; STEELE’S GUARD at JENKIN’S FERRY, ARKANSAS(Byrd
Lane) |
Article: ELLIOTT'S REPORT Recent dispatches indicate that while following Steele's column within twenty miles of Little Rock, Confederate Major Elliott was unable to cut off any stragglers and return to Pratt's Ferry by way of Benton. He reported passing the smoldering wreckage of ten wagons and the carcasses of sixty-five mules which had been destroyed to keep them from falling into enemy hands. |
A curious account was related to us by a traveler from Camden following the evacuation of that city by General Steele's army. It seems that the Confederat Army was without its pontoon bridge and was required to cross the Ouachita Rive on a crude raft bridge formed from anything in the area that would float. The men could only walk in single file and ten feet apart, so the crossing was slow and tedious. Jut below this floating bridge the steam boat, Homer, had been scuttled and was lying up to her cabin deck in water. Here was an opportunity for plunder not to be disregarded, so a number of the soldiers drew off their clothes and swam out to the wreck. Everything protable, however, had been carried away but a large mirror, some two feet by six, in a gilt frame. This was safely towed ashore and set against a tree where the soldiers swarmed around it to look at themselves, while the discoverer of the glass put on his clothes, after which he placed the mirror on his back and carried it eight miles before convincing himself that it was too unhandy a thing to steal! "Copied from a Special Edition of "THE MERRY GREEN PRESS" Grant County Museum in Sheridan, Arkansas printed in observance of the 125th Anniversary of the Civil War Battle of Jenkins' Ferry that was fought April 29-30th, 1864 in what was then Hot Springs and Saline County Territory...later incorporated into Grant County in 1869." |
Freeman's Regiment, Missouri Cavalry JOHN IRA McMELLON DOBBS - SARAH WILLYNE COLLIER Layne--GRAND FATHER Arkansas Confederate pension applications list John I.
Dobbs in Company I, Coronel Dobbins' Arkansas Cavalry. He applied
for pension in 1901, he died July 19, 1932. |
2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Regiment (Morgan's) Organized with 12 companies on December 24, 1863 by renaming the 5th Arkansas Cavalry regiment and assigning the remnants of Dobbin's 1st Arkansas Cavalry to bring the companies up to authorized strength. Commanded by Colonel Thomas J. Morgan; field officers were Lt. Col. John W. Coarser, Major (later Lt. Col.) John P. Bull, and Major William N. Portis. Assigned to Cabell's Brigade in December, 1863, the regiment fought through most of the Camden Expedition, including the battles at Poison Springs and Marks' Mills in March and April of 1864, and served on Price's Missouri Raid in September and October of 1864, including the battle of Marais des Cygnes. Surrendered with General Kirby Smith on May 26, 1865. |
Freeman's Regiment, Missouri Cavalry Dobbs, J.I. - CO E - Pvt.
- Independence, Co. |
Colonel Freeman CSA Born in Benton, Missouri on February 22, 1829, to James
and Rebecca (Roberts) Freeman. Thomas spent most of his youth
growing up in Crawford County, Missouri and attending subscription
schools. He learned the blacksmith trade and also engaged in
raising livestock. In his spare time he read law and was admitted
to the bar in St. Louis. He practiced law off and on until the
Civil War broke out. |
Samuel M. McSpadden Exerts from a letter recieved from fellow McSpadden researcher and 3rd cousin twice removed, Brian Robertson. { "George Acton Steele McSpadden(another brother) served in Fristoe's Missouri Cavalry. Samuel M. McSpadden served with brother (John Dillard) in the 8th Arkansas. Samuel and John both enlisted Sept. 23, 1861 in Pocahontas. Samuel was 18 and John was 22 at time of enlistment. They both enlisted in Co. B of the 14th McCarver's Regiment (which later became the 9th Infantry Battalion before being combined because of losses into the 8th Arkansas). Both of them were in new Co. F of the 8th Arkansas. Samuel was severely wounded in the battle of Murfreesboro, TN on December 31, 1862. He was captured in the battle at Jonesboro, GA on September 1, 1864 and exchanged at Rough and Ready, GA on Sept. 19/22, 1864. There is a good chance that John was also captured at Jonesboro (since they were in the same Co.) but I can't prove it. Samuel and John were both paroled at Greensboro, NC near the end of April 1865. They were part of the 1st Arkansas Regiment of Consolidated Volunteers. This regiment was composed of several different Arkansas regiments who were consolidated into one regiment because of losses."} |
14th (McCarver's) Arkansas
Infantry Regiment Organized and mustered into Confederate service for 12 months at Pocahontas on September 23, 1861 under the command of Col. John S. McCarver, Lt. Col. Samuel J. Mason, and Major John H. Kelly. Companies A, B, E, and H were detached from the regiment under Major Kelly's command and designated as the 9th Arkansas Infantry Battalion in January, 1862. The remainder of the regiment was then often referred to as the 18th Arkansas Infantry Battalion. Assigned to Rust's Brigade, Jone's Division, in Earl Van Dorn's Army of the West, where it served in the Corinth Campaign from April to June, 1862. The remaining six companies were consolidated into four on May 14, 1862, and were subsequently consolidated with the 17th (Lemoyne's) Arkansas Infantry on May 14, 1862, and the new organization renamed as the 21st Arkansas Infantry Regiment. Also Known As: 9th (McCarver's) Arkansas Infantry; 18th Arkansas Infantry Battalion (after January, 1862). |
9th Arkansas Infantry
Battalion Organized in January, 1862 by grouping four companies from McCarver's 14th Arkansas Infantry in January, 1862. Assigned with Wood's Brigade, Hardee's Division in Kentucky from January to March, 1862. Fought at Shiloh with Wood's Brigade on Apr 6-7, 1862. Casualties at Shiloh caused the battalion to be consolidated into two companies on May 6, 1862, whereupon it was further consolidated to become the new Company F and G of the 8th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. Officers: Maj. John H. Kelly The 8th Arkansas Infantry Regiment, CSA |
The 8th Arkansas Volunteer Infantry Regiment was organized under state service at Camp Price, near Jacksonport
(just south of present-day Newport, AR) on July 13, 1861. Companies
of the 8th Ark. mustered in at Camp Price, Oil Trough, West Point,
and Pocahontas. The 8th Arkansas was mustered into Confederate
service for a period of 12 months (later extended "for the
war") on September 10, 1861. |
Civil War From page 169 of: "Alabama, Her History, Resources,
War Records and Public Samuel King McSpadden of this
county, was born near McMinnville, Tennessee, From notes provided by Robert J. Moon, a Samuel K. descendant: "Abstract of Personal and Military Service 1. Order of promotion: 2. On August 31, 1863, at Chickamauga he was absent because of illness. 3. Before capture he had received a twenty day leave (Shelbyville)
from 4. He was captured at the Battle of Resaca on May 14, 1864.
The report of 5. A report of May 18, 1864, reports him as a prisoner
of war on list at the 6. He was sent to Johnson's Island, Ohio on May 21, 1864
from Louisville - the 7. He appears on roll of prisoners at Depot of Prisoners
of War, near Sandusky,
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Revolutionary War THOMAS McSPADDEN The 2nd
THOMAS C. MCSPADDEN II Born 3 /12 / 1748 near Lexington, VA. married Mary or Amanda
Scott. Died 5 / 11 / 1833 MT Juliet, Wilson Co. TN. Rev. War
Vet. from "Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots,
Vol. 3" |
Thomas J. Stroud Quote ; by Oliver Henry Perry Stroud [son ] Thomas J. Stroud served in the War of 1812, under [General Andrew] Jackson, and was in the battle of New Orleans, his father also being in service in that war. Gen. Jackson was an intimate friend of the Strouds, and made their house his home a great portion of the time, and lived with them during the period he was making the race for the presidency. Thomas Stroud became a wealthy man, and to his marriage, which occurred in 1813, a family of fourteen children were born, ten of whom are now alive: |
George
Acton Steel McSpadden Fristoe's Missouri Cavalry, Confederate States of America. John Stroud Company B. Fristoe's Missouri Cavalry Regiment. Confederate States of America. In May, 1864 Colonel Edward T. Fristoe of Rappahannoch,
VA, was appointed commander of a band of Confederate soldiers
that were to be known as Fristoe's Regiment. The 35 year old
Colonel took command of a unit that had began organizing in Southern
Missouri and Northern Arkansas in the late 1863 and early 1864.
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George Henry Lane joined the 804th Engineers, Aviation
Construction Battalion--Seabee, September 19, 1942 and spent
the next 33 months and 17 days in the service of his country. |
At the ripe "old age" of 33, Luther D. Layne enlisted in the United States Army Air Force May 4, 1944 at Marked Tree, Poinsett County, Arkansas and was immediately sent to Camp Robertson Arkansas and after indoctrination, inoculation and according to him a bit of inebriations, he traveled by train to Laughlin Field, home of the famed AAF Pilot School in Del Rio, Texas. After "basic" he was trained as a Supply Clerk and was transferred to Hammer Field, Fresno, California and was waiting to be "shipped out" when the War ended. He entered the AAF Regional Station Hospital and was declared physicialy disable by Colonel Louis K. Pohl M.D, Medical Corps. and given a Honorable Discharge November 16, 1945. While in service to his country he received The Good Conduct Medal, The American Theater Medal and The Marksman Medal {Carbine}. |
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