20th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry

Roll of Company K



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Roll of Company K


ALBERTSON, Adam, CPL, Prom to CPL 1 Sep 1863

ALLISON, Andrew, PVT, Died Spring Hill, TN 29 Mar 1862

ALLISON, Robinson C., PVT, Trans to Co A 6 KY Vet Cav

ALVY, Anthony D., PVT, Deserted 2 Sep 1862 near Bowling Green, KY

ANDERSON, Samuel M., 2LT, CPL Co C 21 KY to 2LT Co K 20 KY 29 Sep 1862, resigned 28 Nov 1862


BAILEY, Hayden E., PVT, Sentenced by GCM for mutiny, forfeit all pay, etc and to work on public works for one year

BAILEY, Robert J., PVT, Sentenced by GCM for mutiny, forfeit all pay, etc and to work on public works for one year

BAKER, Benedict, PVT, Discharged 15 Jan 1863, Bowling Green, KY, disability

BAKER, George W., 1LT, Resigned 13 Jul 1862

BALDRIDGE, John, PVT, Trans to Co I 20 KY Inf

BARNES, David, PVT, Discharged 16 Jan 1862, Louisville, KY, disability

BARNES, George W., PVT, Discharged 2 Sep 1863, Louisville, KY, disability

BOWEN, Francis, PVT, Died Nicholsville, KY 1 Dec 1861

BRIGHT, Benjamin F., PVT

BRIMME, John, PVT, Charges for desertion

BROWN, Christopher C., PVT, Trans to Co A 6 KY Vet Cav

BROWN, Samuel S., PVT, Deserted Oct 1862, arrested and returned May 1863, tried GCM, sentence unknown

BRUMFIELD, James, PVT

BURGESS, William, PVT, Deserted Sep 1862, arrested and returned May 1863, tried GCM sentenced loss of pay

BURK, John T., SGT, Killed at Battle of S tone River, TN 3 Jan 1863

BURTON, Allen A., 1LT, Prom to 1LT 10 May 1864


CHAPMAN, William T., PVT, Trans to Co A 6 KY Vet Cav

COLEMAN, Francis M., PVT, Reduced in rank from SGT 15 Oct 1862

COOLEY, Adolphus, PVT, Trans to Co A 6 KY Vet Cav

COOPER, Wickliffe, SGT, Trans as 2LT to Co H 20 KY Inf

CORN, S. Thompson, 2LT, Resigned 23 Apr 1862

COURTNEY, Ephraim, PVT, Died Louisville, KY 11 Feb 1864

COURTNEY, John F., PVT,

COURTNEY, Marcus C., PVT, Sentenced by GCM for mutiny, forfeit pay etc, one year hard labor, unexpired portion of sentence remited per Special Order War Department 18 May 1865

CRAIG, Samuel, CPL, Died bowling Green, KY 8 Apr 1863


DAVIS, David, PVT, Deserted 3 May 1863, Lebanon , KY

DAVIS, Oliver, SGT, Prom to SGT 1 Sep 1863

DODSON, Pleasant M., PVT, Under sentance of GCM for desertion

DODSON, James J., PVT

DOUGHERTY, John, PVT, Trans to Co A 6 KY Vet Cav


EAGAN, John, PVT, Killed at Battle of Shiloh, TN 7 Apr 1862

ELLIOTT, William, PVT, Trans to Co A 6 KY Vet Cav

ENGLISH, William T., PVT, Discharged 1 Jul 1862, Louisville, KY disability


FAIN, John, Sr., PVT, AWOL from Oct 1862 to 15 Apr 1863, tried GCM, loss of pay and ball and chain

FAIN, John J., PVT, Died Corinth, MS 24 Jun 1862


GATELY, George W., PVT, Died Hickman, KY 15 Aug 1864

GIFFORD, Jabez, PVT, AWOL from 14 Oct 1862, arrested May 1863, records lost

GILLRIDE, Thomas, PVT

GREGORY, Hardin J., PVT, Trans to C o A 6 KY Vet Cav

GREGORY, Riley, PVT, Died Camp Nelson, KY 9 Aug 1864

GREEN, Corydon B., CPL, Prom to CPL 1 Sep 1863


HAIR, Francis A., PVT, Trans to Co A 6 KY Vet Cav

HAYDEN, Green F., PVT, Trans to Co A 6 KY Vet Cav

HENDERSON, Samuel M., PVT, Deserter from 18 Aug 1863 to 9 Mar 1864, sentenced by GCM, forfeit pay, etc, confined at hard labor 12 months from 15 Oct 1864

HINCH, Patrick, PVT, Died Smithland, KY 14 Jan 1862

HOBBS, Joseph, PVT, Died Marion Co., KY 23 Oct 1862

HOLLY, John, PVT, Deserted 14 Oct 1862, Danville, KY

HOUSE, Benjamin, CPL, Prom to CPL 1 Sep 1863

HOUSE, John, CPL, Killed at Battle of Lebanon, KY 5 Jul 1863

HOWARD, James W., PVT, Discharged 24 Feb 1862, Bardstown, KY sentence of GCM


LACKEY, Andrew, PVT, Deserted 17 Oct 1862, Somerset, KY

LAND, James, PVT

LAND, Robert, PVT

LAND, Willis, PVT, Died Louisville, KY 4 Feb 1864

LETCHER, Alexander, PVT, Discharged 20 Nov 1862, Louisville, KY disability


MC CAMPBELL, Andrew, CPT, Resigned 6 Feb 1863

MC CAMPBELL, Jas. A., 2LT, Prom to ADJ 29 Sep 1862

MC KAINE, James H., PVT, Discharged 29 Jul 1862, Paducah, KY disability


MASTER, Eli, PVT, Trans to Co A 6 KY Vet Cav

MASTERS, Henry, PVT, Accidentally killed near Pumpkin Vine Creek, GA 28 May 1864

MURPHY, Charles, CPL, Discharged 24 Jan 1862, Louisville, KY disability

MURPHY, James, PVT, Deserted 17 Oct 1862, Somerset, KY


NOLAN, John B., PVT, Trans to Co A 6 KY Vet Cav


OATS, Henry C., PVTTrans as 1LT to Co I 20 KY


PARKER, James W., PVT, Trans to Vet Reserve Corps, date unknown

PLUMBLEE, Samuel C., SGT, Died at Chattanooga, TN, unknown

PLUMBLEE, Wesley, PVT, Discharged 15 Jul 1862, Murfreesboro, TN disability

PLUMBLEE, Wm. T., 1SGT, Prom to 1SGT 1 Sep 1863

PROSTON, Samuel, PVT


RAMSEY, John F., CPL, Prom to CPL 1 Oct 1862

RAMSEY, Samuel B., PVT

REYNOLDS, James P., PVT

REYNOLDS, John R., PVT

REYNOLDS, Levi, SGT, Prom to SGT 6 Nov 1862

REYNOLDS, Henry, PVT, Discharged 16 Jun 1862, Louisville, KY disability

REYNOLDS, James P., PVT

REYNOLDS, John R., PVT

REYNOLDS, William, PVT, Trans to Co A 6 KY Vet Cav

REYNOLDS, William H., PVT, Discharged 24 Dec 1862, Louisville, KY disability

RILEY, Henry F., PVT, AWOL from Oct 1862 to 4 May 1863, arrested, GCM los of pay etc during absence

RILEY, Michael, PVT, Died Louisville, KY 7 Jul 1862

ROBERTS, Joseph W., PVT, Deserted 16 Oct 1862, Perryville, KY


SEWILL, William H., PVT, Trans to Co A 6 KY Vet Cav

SEWILL, George W., PVT, Trans to Co A 6 KY Vet Cav

SHARP, Thomas, PVT, Discharged 16 Jan 1862, Louisville, KY disability

SHARP, William H., PVT, Trans to Co A 6 KY Vet Cav

SHERROR, George W., PVT, Trans to Co A 6 KY Vet Cav

SHORT, James M., PVT

SMITH, Frederick, PVT, Discharged 24 Sep 1862, Louisville, KY disability

SPECE, Joseph A., PVT, Trans to Co A 6 KY Vet Cav

STEELEY, Hezekiah, PVT, Discharged 19 Jul 1862, Louisville, KY disability

STEELEY, John M., PVT, Discharged 19 Jul 1862, Louisville, KY disability

STINNETT, Reuben, PVT, Killed at skirmish line near Marietta, GA 24 Jun 1864


THORNBROUGH, Benj. F., 1LT,Prom 1LT 1 Sep 1863, died 10 FEb 1864, Louisville, KY, small pox

THORNBROUGH, Robert W., PVT, Sentenced GCM for mutiny, forfeit all pay, etc, work on public works for one year

TREADWAY, David W., PVT, Died Nashville, TN 14 Dec 1862

TREADWAY, James, PVT, Trans to Co A 6 KY Vet Cav

TREADWAY, William, PVT, Died Louisville, KY 4 Jun 1862

TURPIN, John, PVT, Reduced in rank from CPL 15 Feb 1862, AWOL from Oct 1862 to 15 Apr 1863, sentenced to ball and chain, loss of pay


WANDELL, Isham, PVT, Deserted 9 Dec 1861, Frankfort, KY

WEST, Charles R., CPT, Prom to CPT 7 Feb 1863

WHITE, Jonathan J., CPL, Prom to CPL 10 Jul 1862

WHITLEY, George W., PVT, Trans to Co A 6 KY Vet Cav