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    3. Found this in a book in the Powell County Library, forgot to get the name. Clay City Times - June 29, 1911 Reunion 8th Kentucky. The following are the survivors of the 8th regiment Ky., Vol. Inf., according to the memory of Ed Smith: E.B. Smith Fincastle, KY James Johnson Winchester, KY Pleas Boodis Millers Ck., KY Lyttleton Horn Winston, KY Thos. Hamilton Irvine, KY Coleman Benton Miss. Frank Park So. Irvine, KY Ike Tolson Campton, KY John D. Jameson Campton, KY John L. Rice Jackson Co., KY John G. Smith Patsey, KY Dock Johnson Winston, KY Aaron Hall Beattyville, KY William Hughes Irvine, KY John Hamilton High Bridge, Ky Hutson Elliott So. Irvine, KY Jake Tipton So. Irvine, KY B.D. Cox Campton, KY Ira G. Profitt Vortex, KY J.G. Brigham Jackson Co., KY Sid Lainhart Jackson Co., KY Hiram Lunceford Wisemantown, KY Thos. Kidwell Station Camp, KY Frances Thompson Paris, Ky Alford Bailey Fillmore, Ky Milton Smith Proctor, KY Wm. Ross Travelers Rest, KY John Creed Irvine, Ky W.L. Tipton Georgetown, KY John Rudd Lee City, Ky Geo. Jewell Winchester, KY G.W. Hollen New Kirk, OK Ambrose Townsend Whynott, KY W.J. Childers Fillmore, KY Asberry Stamper St. Helens, KY W.M. Graham Calla, KY Wm. Thacker Donnely, Ky Jesse Lunceford Wisemantown, KY S.R. Lucas Primrose, KY W.C. Lutes Crab Orchard, KY Husrum Smith Cob Hill, KY Wm. Hall Proctor, KY Frank Edwards McKee, KY A.P. Hays Berea, KY Wm. Cornealious Proctor, KY Hugh Johnson Stanton, KY W.S. Mann Oakdale, KY John Townsend Beattyville, KY M.E. Shackelford Fincastle, KY Jackson Estes Cob Hill, KY Ballanger Ledford Old Furnace, KY J.C. Vanderpool Lee City, KY Steve Frailey Fincastle, KY. This 8th Ky. Inft. Vol. has the historic reputation of having taken part in and doing valient service in the following battles in the Civil War. Laurel Hill, Snow Hill, Dobbins Ferry, Stone River or Murfeesboro, Chicamauga, Buzzard Roost, Whites Ferry, Raccoon Valley and Lookout Mountain and about 200 veterans who reinlisted were transferred to the 4th KY mounted troops and operated in SHERMAN's right wing on his famous MARCH TO THE SEA. Their starting point was Waterloo, Ala. They met frequently with the enemy under Gen. WHEELER, Gen. FOREST, JACKSON, ADAMS and thousands of Georgia cadets, who would take shelter in swamps where the cavalry could not pursue them. On this march they swam the following rivers; Yazoo, Black, Pearl Tuskaloo, Alabama, Coosa, Talapoosa, Chattahochee, Cipsy Flint and Tombgsbee. Fifty years ago this September, the 8th Reg. Ky. Vol. Infantry rendezvoused at the Estill Springs Camp ground and all members still living and able to do so, are invited to a reunion there in September. Dr. B.D. Cox, Campton, Ky.

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