Corporal Charles Peck, 54 Ky Inf

Headstone, Evergreen Cemetery

Charles Peck served in Company K of the 54th Kentucky Infantry, joining as a private and apparently leaving as a Corporal. This unit formed in Kentucky in late 1864 and served in Kentucky and Virginia, including a raid on Saltville, Virginia.

According to the Kentucky Post of June 15, 1901, he died of cancer at the age of 55 at his home at 304 Columbia Street in Newport, Ky.

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

James R. Reed , Co. K 54 KY Infantry

Headstone in Oakland Cemetery, Grant's Lick, KY

James Reed enlisted in Company K of the 54th Kentucky Infantry in September of 1864 and served for about one year before his discharge on September 1 of 1865. He was discharged with a disability due to rheumatism and chest trouble.

The 54th Kentucky spent most of its time (after being organized in September 1864) in its native state, fighting against guerrillas, but did participate in the Saltville Raid led by George Stoneman in late 1864.

In his post war years, Reed was active with the James Albert post of the Grand Army of the Republic.

Rest in peace, soldier

William Murphy, Co. H, 54 KY Inf

In Civil War Union Soldiers section at Evergreen Cemetery

William Murphy was a private in Company H of the 54th KY Infantry regiment. This regiment came together in September 1864 and participated in the George Stoneman's raid on Saltville, VA  (See a previous entry about William Sprague), another soldier who took part on that raid.) 

The 54th then spent time fighting guerrillas throughout Kentucky before mustering out in September of 1865. 

Rest in peace, soldier

Kentucky Times Star
September 11, 1914

War Romance Anniversary – Covington Soldier Left Bride to Go to Battlefield

Mr. and Mrs. William H. Murphy of 537 Main street, Friday celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage. The marriage took place during the stirring times of the civil war, the bridegroom joining his regiment immediately after the ceremony was solemnized at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Janice Tranier, on the Madison Pike, Mrs. Tranier, being a sister of Mrs. Murphy, who was formerly Miss Leolitia Worreoster. After the war was over, Mr. and Mrs. Murphy made their home in Covington, where they have lived ever since. Until his retirement from business, Mr. Murphy was connected for many years with the Mitchell Tranier Rolling Mill company. Mr. and Mrs. Murphy have three children, Mrs. Eva Murphy, Walter H Murphy and Leslie J. Murphy. 

(Please note that some of the names in the article may be misspelled - this article was hard to read on the microfilm.)

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.