James Nealens, 53 KY Infantry

Headstone, Evergreen Cemetery

James Nealens was a member of Company G of the 53rd Kentucky Infantry regiment. This unit formed in Covington, Kentucky in September 1864 and spent time guarding railroads between Covington and Lexington. This regiment did later participate in George Stoneman's raid into Virginia, and fought at the battle of  Saltville It then returned to Kentucky, serving in various posts until mustering out in September 1865.

Kentucky Times Star

November 1, 1919

James Nealeans, 81, veteran of the Civil War and former well-known resident of Newport, died Friday at the Soldier’s Home in Dayton, O. He was a brother of Miss Alice Nealeans, former teacher in the Newport high school. The body arrived Saturday morning and was removed to the chapel of Charles A.Smith and Son. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at the residence of his sister, 131 West Eleventh Street. Another sister, Mrs. Lydia Martin, resides in Cincinnati.

Rest in peace, soldier

John J Caldwell, 53 KY Infantry

Headstone, section 28, evergreen Cemetery

John J Caldwell was a member of Company C of the 53rd Kentucky Infantry. This regiment formed in September 1864, served at various places in Kentucky, then participated in the December 1864 raid at Saltville. This unit mustered out in September 1865.

Kentucky Post, January 14, 1905

John J Caldwell, 66, died at his home 225 East Eighth St yesterday. The funeral will take place Sunday afternoon from the residence. Burial will be at Evergreen Cemetery

         

The 1890 Campbell County Veterans Census shows that he enlisted on September 15 1864 and mustered out exactly one year later. His residence was at 342 Monmouth Street in Newport, Kentucky.

Rest in peace, soldier

Gabriel Price, 53 KY Infanry

Headstone, section 28, Evergreen Cemetery

Gabriel Price was a member of Company D of the 53rd Kentucky Infantry, a regiment formed in late 1864. It served throughout Kentucky, then participated in the raid on Saltville in late 1864. It mustered out of service in September 1865.

Kentucky Post July 13, 1905   

Dayton “Gabriel Price, 71, who died yesterday, will be buried tomorrow at 10 a.m. from the home of his daughter, Mrs. Hutchinson, of 734 Third-av.

Rest in peace, soldier

William A. "Uncle Billy" Sprague, 53 KY Infantry

Headstone in Oakland Cemetery, Grant's Lick, KY

William A. Sprague was born April 15, 1843 and passed away May 1, 1932. He enlisted in the 53rd Ky Infantry on September 15, 1864 and was discharged, apparently with a disability according to the 1890 Veterans Census, on September 15, 1865. He resided in Grant's Lick.

Below is an obituary I found for him. The 53rd Kentucky Infantry regiment was formed in September 1864 in Covington. It served in the central part of the state before taking part in General George Stoneman's Raid on Saltville. This raid occurred  in December 1864 against one of the Confederate's primary sources of salt, which was especially valuable in those days when the use of salt was the primary way of preserving meat. 

Rest in peace, soldier

KY Post  5-3-1932

Funeral services be held for William Alfred “Uncle Billy” Sprague., 89, Civil War veteran, Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the First Baptist Church Grant’s Lick, KY. Burial also will be at Grant’s Lick.

“Uncle Billy” was a member of the 53^rd Mounted Infantry, Company C. He took part in the Stoneman raid and the Saltville expedition to Abbingdon and Bristol, VA.

Sprague is survived by five sons, Daniel Sprague, Dry Ridge, Ky.; Ross, William M. and Shirley Sprague, all of Persimmon Grove and Henry Sprague, Pond Creek, Ky, and two daughters, Mrs. Robert Smith, Dayton Ky., and Mrs. Thomas Darlington, Persimmon Grove; 31 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Nellie Grant and Martha Rebell, both of Newport, and a brother, Taylor Sprague, Mentor, Kentucky.