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Ivy Mountain Casualties
Compared to battles fought later in the war, the Battle of Ivy Mountain produced light casualties. Our best evidence shows that six Union soldiers were killed during the battle and twenty-four were wounded. Confederate losses were ten killed, fifteen wounded, and forty missing.

Here is a list of the Union soldiers who were killed:

Peter Benez, Private, Company A, 16th Kentucky Infantry.
Edward Hall, Private, Company A, 16th Kentucky Infantry.
John McCarthy, Private, Company A, 16th Kentucky Infantry.
William Prather, Private, Company A, 16th Kentucky Infantry.
William M. Hartley, Private, Company B, 16th Kentucky Infantry.
Reuben Dennis, Private, Company G, 16th Kentucky Infantry.

Here is an incomplete list of the Confederate soldiers who were killed:

William Barker, Private, Company A, 5th Kentucky Infantry.
John Combs, Private, Company A, 5th Kentucky Infantry.
Ira Igo, Private, Company A, 5th Kentucky Infantry.
Thomas Lewis, Private, Company A, 5th Kentucky Infantry.
John Pieratt, Private, Company A, 5th Kentucky Infantry.
Lt. Henry M. Rust, Recruiting Officer, 5th Kentucky Infantry.
Dr. George M. Foster, Private, Company B, 1st Battalion, Kentucky Mounted Rifles.
Larkin M. Combs, Private, Company B, 1st Battalion, Kentucky Mounted Rifles.




More about Private William Barker
Ivy Mountain Main Page
Samuel May House Archive Main Page
The Man Behind the Monument
The Case of the Missing Memorial Arch
Henry Scalf's History of Ivy Creek