Robert Pickens, 22 Kentucky Infantry

Headstone, Grandview Cemetery

Robert Pickens was a member of Company F of the 22nd Kentucky Infantry. This unit formed in eastern Kentucky in early 1862. It spent much of the year in that region, including at Middle Creek, near Prestonburg moving to western Tennessee late in the year. Here it took part in Sherman's movements, including the Yazoo Expidition, movement to Chickasaw Bluff and action at Arkansas Post in early 1863. They fought in more actions in this area, including Champions Hill, leading up to the Siege of Vicksburg.

They later served in New Orleans and other areas in Louisiana, and mustered out in January 1865. Some of this units veterans joined the 7th Kentucky Infantry, but Pickens apparently was not among them. This link shows him as being "discharged" but with no other details.

I have not yet been able to uncover any more information about Pickens' personal life, but he is buried in Grandview Cemetery on Smith Road, a small country lane in southern Campbell County.

Rest in peace, soldier