Tenney, Chester S.

1826 - 1864  (38 years)

• Name	Tenney, Chester S.  [1, 2, 3]
  	From: Richard Johnson [mailto:rj47@frontier.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:16 PM To: wetzupdoc@me.com Subject: FTDNA Family Finder match Hello, A bit of a puzzle. I am a descendant of Christina Wetzel who married Nicholas Woolf (var. spellings). I believe they were in Frederick Co., Maryland. Their daughter Margaret Woolf born about 1766 married John Westfall. That probably happened in the area that would become Harrison Co., Virginia and later would be part of West Virginia. Their son Stephen Westfall married Elizabeth 'Betsy' Morrison, 18 Jul 1818, in what was then Mason Co., Virginia. That area became part of Jackson Co., (West) Virginia in 1831. Their daughter, Jemima Westfall, married Chester S. Tenney on 2 March 1856 in Jackson Co., West Virginia. Chester died at the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain/Farm in May of 1864. Their daughter Elizabeth Ellen Tenney was my great grandmother. She had my grandfather by a Shamblin and then married William Henry Riffle 22 Nov 1888 in Jackson Co., West Virginia. She appears to have died between 1896 and 1900. I've never found a grave or death record for her. All that said there must be a much more recent relationship to explain the strength of our match. Hope to hear from you, Richard Johnson
  Birth	1826	Dutchess County, New York, USA   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1860	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA   [3]
  	Jackson, Virginia, United States
  Death	May 1864
  	Battle of Cloyd's Mountain
  	From: Richard Johnson [mailto:rj47@frontier.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:16 PM To: wetzupdoc@me.com Subject: FTDNA Family Finder match Hello, A bit of a puzzle. I am a descendant of Christina Wetzel who married Nicholas Woolf (var. spellings). I believe they were in Frederick Co., Maryland. Their daughter Margaret Woolf born about 1766 married John Westfall. That probably happened in the area that would become Harrison Co., Virginia and later would be part of West Virginia. Their son Stephen Westfall married Elizabeth 'Betsy' Morrison, 18 Jul 1818, in what was then Mason Co., Virginia. That area became part of Jackson Co., (West) Virginia in 1831. Their daughter, Jemima Westfall, married Chester S. Tenney on 2 March 1856 in Jackson Co., West Virginia. Chester died at the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain/Farm in May of 1864. Their daughter Elizabeth Ellen Tenney was my great grandmother. She had my grandfather by a Shamblin and then married William Henry Riffle 22 Nov 1888 in Jackson Co., West Virginia. She appears to have died between 1896 and 1900. I've never found a grave or death record for her. All that said there must be a much more recent relationship to explain the strength of our match. Hope to hear from you, Richard Johnson
  Civil War	May 1864  [1, 4]
  	killed at the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain
  Battle	9 May 1864  [4]
  	of Cloyd's Mountain
  	... Their son Stephen Westfall married Elizabeth 'Betsy' Morrison, 18 Jul 1818, in what was then Mason Co., Virginia. That area became part of Jackson Co., (West) Virginia in 1831. Their daughter, Jemima Westfall, married Chester S. Tenney on 2 March 1856 in Jackson Co., West Virginia. Chester died at the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain/Farm in May of 1864. ... _____________ Battle of Cloyd's Mountain From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Coordinates: 37°10?28.5?N 80°42?32.4?W American Civil War Map of Virginia highlighting Pulaski County.svg Pulaski County, location of the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain Date May 9, 1864 Location Pulaski County, Virginia Result Union victory Belligerents: United States United States (Union) Confederate States of America CSA (Confederacy) Commanders and leaders George Crook Albert G. Jenkins † Strength 6,100 2,400 Casualties and losses 688 538 [hide] v t e Crook-Averell Raid on the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad Cloyd's Mountain Cove Mountain The Battle of Cloyd's Mountain was a Union victory in western Virginia on May 9, 1864 that allowed the Union forces to destroy the last railroad connecting Tennessee to Virginia. Contents [hide] 1 Background 2 Battle 3 Results 4 The opposing forces 4.1 Union 4.2 Confederate 5 See also 6 References Background[edit] Brigadier General George Crook commanded the Union Army of West Virginia, made up of three brigades from the Division of the Kanawha. When Ulysses S. Grant launched his spring offensive of 1864, two Union armies marched towards Richmond and a third moved into the Shenandoah Valley. Crook's troops were also involved in the offensive and began to march through the Appalachian Mountains into southwest Virginia. His objective was to destroy the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad, working in conjunction with William W. Averell's offensive, which had similar objectives. Brig. Gen. Albert G. Jenkins was in command of a few scattered Confederate units protecting the rail lines. Jenkins had only assumed command a day before Crook's army began to approach the railroad. During the 1863 Gettysburg Campaign, Jenkins' Brigade formed the cavalry screen for Richard S. Ewell's Second Corps. Jenkins led his men through the Cumberland Valley into Pennsylvania and seized Chambersburg, burning down nearby railroad structures and bridges. He accompanied Ewell's column to Carlisle, briefly skirmishing with Union militia at the Battle of Sporting Hill near Harrisburg. During the subsequent Battle of Gettysburg, Jenkins was wounded on July 2 and missed the rest of the fighting. He did not recover sufficiently to rejoin his command until autumn. He had spent the early part of 1864 raising and organizing a large cavalry force for service in western Virginia. By May, Jenkins had been appointed Commander of the Department of Western Virginia with his headquarters at Dublin. Battle[edit] Jenkins, having decided to make a stand at Cloyd's Mountain, set up a strong defensive position. When Crook arrived he decided against a frontal assault, concluding that the Confederate works were too strong and such an attack would decimate his army. The surrounding area was heavily forested so Crook used this as cover and swung his brigades around to the Confederate right flank. Crook began the battle with an artillery barrage, then sent in his brigade of green West Virginians under Colonel Carr B. White. Crook's remaining two brigades under Colonel Horatio G. Sickel and future president Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes were to launch a frontal assault as soon as the West Virginians had gotten under way. Serving as a major under Hayes was another future U.S. President named William McKinley. White's brigade, in its first fight ever, advanced to within 20 yards before heavy casualties in its exposed position forced it back. Crook, moving with Hayes' Ohio brigade, had to dismount and traverse the slopes on foot because they were so steep. Still wearing his jack boots, he sank in a small stream the troops were crossing and his boots filled with water. Nearby soldiers rushed back to their general and pulled him out. Hayes' brigade spearheaded the main assault around 11 a.m. The troops fought their way to the Confederate works and severe hand-to-hand fighting ensued. Sparks from the musket fire ignited the thick blanket of leaves on the ground and many men from Sickel's and Hayes' brigades were pinned down and burned alive. The two brigades began to fall back when Crook sent in two fresh regiments into Hayes' front. The West Virginians finally advanced against the cannon that had plagued them throughout the battle and overran its crew. Now the Ohio troops began to overwhelm the Confederate center. Jenkins tried desperately to shift troops to the threatened areas, but fell mortally wounded and was captured by Union soldiers. His second-in-command, John McCausland, took command and conducted a rear-guard action as he withdrew his troops. The Battle of Cloyd's Mountain was fought on the Back Creek Farm property. The farmhouse served that day as a hospital and as headquarters for the Union General George Crook.[1] Results[edit] The battle of Cloyd's Mountain was short and involved few troops, but contained some of the most severe and savage fighting of the war. The whole engagement lasted a little over an hour with much of that being hand-to-hand combat. Casualties were high for the modest number of troops involved. Crook lost 688 men, roughly 10% of his force. The Confederates lost fewer men-538-but that totaled 23% of their total force. The battle is considered a Union victory because Crook was able to continue on and destroy the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad at Dublin, Virginia, and Averell was also able to destroy several railroad bridges along the same line, severing one of the Confederacy's last vital lifelines and its only rail connection to East Tennessee. The day after the battle, remnant Confederate troops unsuccessfully defended a railroad bridge over the nearby New River. In the melee, a soldier who refused to take cover until Col. Hayes did so was mortally wounded. While undergoing first aid, the soldier was found to be a woman. (Page 163-164, Rutherford B. Hayes: Warrior & President by Ari Hoogenboom, University Press of Kansas, 1995) The opposing forces[edit] Union Kanawha Division - Brig. Gen. George Crook 1st Brigade - Col. Rutherford B. Hayes 23rd Ohio Infantry - Lt. Col. James M. Comly 36th Ohio Infantry - Col. Hiram F. Devol Detachment, 34th Ohio Infantry - (attached to 36th Ohio) 5th West Virginia Cavalry (Dismounted) - Colonel A. A. Tomlinson 6th West Virginia Cavalry (Dismounted) 2nd Brigade - Col. Carr B. White 12th Ohio Infantry - Col. J. D. Hines 91st Ohio Infantry - Col. John A. Turley 9th West Virginia Infantry - Col. Isaac H. Duval 14th West Virginia Infantry - Col. D. D. Johnson 3rd Brigade - Col. Horatio G. Sickel 3rd Pennsylvania Reserve Regiment - Capt. J. Lenhart 4th Pennsylvania Reserve Regiment - Colonel R. H. Woolworth (killed) 11th West Virginia - Col. Daniel Frost 15th West Virginia - Lt. Col. Thomas Morris Artillery - Capt. James R. McMillin 1st Ohio Battery - Lieut. G.P. Kirtland 1st Kentucky Battery - Capt. David W. Glassie Confederate Department of Southwestern Virginia - Brig. Gen. Albert G. Jenkins (mortally wounded and captured); John McCausland 4th Brigade - Col. John McCausland 45th Virginia Infantry - Col. W.H. Browne 60th Virginia Infantry - Col. B.H. Jones 36th Virginia Infantry - Lt. Col. Thomas Smith (wounded) Maj. William E. Fife 400 dismounted 10th Kentucky Cavalry (Diamond's)(May's) 45th Virginia Infantry Battalion - Lt. Col. H.M. Beckley Home Guards Artillery - Capt. T.A. Bryan (wounded) Botetourt (Va.) Artillery - Capt. H.C. Douthat Bryan's (Va.) Battery - Lieut. G.A. Fowlkes Ringgold (Va.) Battery - Capt. Crispin Dickenson Morgan's Brigade - Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan (brigade arrived late and took part only in the retreat) 5th Kentucky Cavalry - Col. D. Howard Smith See also[edit] Portal icon American Civil War portal Valley Campaigns of 1864 References[edit] Jump up ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (February 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Back Creek Farm". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Kennedy, Frances H., editor, The Civil War Battlefield Guide: Second Edition (1998) National Park Service battle description Description of forces
  		Pulaski_County, VA.svg (1) Battle of Cloyd's Mountain From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Coordinates: 37°10?28.5?N 80°42?32.4?W Battle of Cloyd's Mountain Part of American Civil War Map of Virginia highlighting Pulaski County.svg Pulaski County, location of the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain Date May 9, 1864 Location Pulaski County, Virginia Result Union…
  Death	9 May 1864	Pulaski County, Virginia, USA   [3]
  	From: Richard Johnson [mailto:rj47@frontier.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:16 PM To: wetzupdoc@me.com Subject: FTDNA Family Finder match Hello, A bit of a puzzle. I am a descendant of Christina Wetzel who married Nicholas Woolf (var. spellings). I believe they were in Frederick Co., Maryland. Their daughter Margaret Woolf born about 1766 married John Westfall. That probably happened in the area that would become Harrison Co., Virginia and later would be part of West Virginia. Their son Stephen Westfall married Elizabeth 'Betsy' Morrison, 18 Jul 1818, in what was then Mason Co., Virginia. That area became part of Jackson Co., (West) Virginia in 1831. Their daughter, Jemima Westfall, married Chester S. Tenney on 2 March 1856 in Jackson Co., West Virginia. Chester died at the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain/Farm in May of 1864. Their daughter Elizabeth Ellen Tenney was my great grandmother. She had my grandfather by a Shamblin and then married William Henry Riffle 22 Nov 1888 in Jackson Co., West Virginia. She appears to have died between 1896 and 1900. I've never found a grave or death record for her. All that said there must be a much more recent relationship to explain the strength of our match. Hope to hear from you, Richard Johnson _____________ Cloyds Farm, at the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain
  Person ID	I58728	WetzelFANcestry

  
  

  Father	Tenney, James Jr,   b. 6 Jan 1786, Charlemont, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA d. 10 Oct 1871, Braxton County, West Virginia, USA (Age 85 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Packard, Abigail,   b. 1793, Rensselaer, Rensselaer, New York, USA d. 10 May 1870, Braxton County, West Virginia, USA (Age 77 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F40728	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Westfall, Jemima,   b. 1836, West Virginia, USA d. 14 Dec 1915, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	2 Mar 1856	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA   [1, 3]
  	From: Richard Johnson [mailto:rj47@frontier.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:16 PM To: wetzupdoc@me.com Subject: FTDNA Family Finder match Hello, A bit of a puzzle. I am a descendant of Christina Wetzel who married Nicholas Woolf (var. spellings). I believe they were in Frederick Co., Maryland. Their daughter Margaret Woolf born about 1766 married John Westfall. That probably happened in the area that would become Harrison Co., Virginia and later would be part of West Virginia. Their son Stephen Westfall married Elizabeth 'Betsy' Morrison, 18 Jul 1818, in what was then Mason Co., Virginia. That area became part of Jackson Co., (West) Virginia in 1831. Their daughter, Jemima Westfall, married Chester S. Tenney on 2 March 1856 in Jackson Co., West Virginia. Chester died at the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain/Farm in May of 1864. Their daughter Elizabeth Ellen Tenney was my great grandmother. She had my grandfather by a Shamblin and then married William Henry Riffle 22 Nov 1888 in Jackson Co., West Virginia. She appears to have died between 1896 and 1900. I've never found a grave or death record for her. All that said there must be a much more recent relationship to explain the strength of our match. Hope to hear from you, Richard Johnson
  FTDNA jt	Richard Morgan Johnson; R-M269; R1b1a2; cf source for expanded tree  [5]
  	From: Richard Johnson [mailto:rj47@frontier.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:16 PM To: wetzupdoc@me.com Subject: FTDNA Family Finder match Hello, A bit of a puzzle. I am a descendant of Christina Wetzel who married Nicholas Woolf (var. spellings). I believe they were in Frederick Co., Maryland. Their daughter Margaret Woolf born about 1766 married John Westfall. That probably happened in the area that would become Harrison Co., Virginia and later would be part of West Virginia. Their son Stephen Westfall married Elizabeth 'Betsy' Morrison, 18 Jul 1818, in what was then Mason Co., Virginia. That area became part of Jackson Co., (West) Virginia in 1831. Their daughter, Jemima Westfall, married Chester S. Tenney on 2 March 1856 in Jackson Co., West Virginia. Chester died at the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain/Farm in May of 1864. Their daughter Elizabeth Ellen Tenney was my great grandmother. She had my grandfather by a Shamblin and then married William Henry Riffle 22 Nov 1888 in Jackson Co., West Virginia. She appears to have died between 1896 and 1900. I've never found a grave or death record for her. All that said there must be a much more recent relationship to explain the strength of our match. Hope to hear from you, Richard Johnson _____________ myFTDNA - GEDCOM Browser GEDCOM for Richard Morgan Johnson Richard Morgan Johnson b. 04 January 1947, Centralia, Marion, IL RJ47@mediacombb.net SHORTHAND Y-DNA HAPLOGROUP R-M269 R1b1a2 (Rice?), ?, Auers, Bale [Ky], Bogaert, Bonnett, Brashear [Mo], Brooks [Ky], Bruster, Burton [Mo], Cabel, Casto, Chestnut, Claiborne, Cook, de Duyster, Desreux, Foley, Gandee, Gentry, Gordon, Greathouse, Green [Va>Ky/SC/Tn>Mo], Greens, Guntermann, Hardin, Harpole, Herendeen, Holtzclaw, Hopper [Ky>Mo], Hornbeck, Jansen, Johnson, King, Kool, Leach, Lorentz, Louden, Mears, Meredith [Ky], Moredock, Morrison, Mullinar, Neal [Ky>Mo], Neel [Ky>Mo], Neil [Ky>Mo], Owens, Packard, Parsons, Province, Rice, Saling [Ky], Sanders [Ky], Scott, Shafer [WV>Mo], Shamblin, Shippee, Skaggs, Skippen, Smith [Mo], Snook, Stivers, Stroud, Tenney [NE/NY>WV], 'Terry', Thear, Thompson, Tinney, Vanmatre, VanMeter [Ky], Vincent [Ky], Vollmer, Watson, Wells, Westfall [NY>WV], Westphal, Wetherholt, Wetzel, Wilton, Woolf 1. Richard Morgan Johnson, b. 04 January 1947, Centralia, Marion, IL 2. William Laurence Johnson, b. 24 July 1914, Renick, Randolph, MO d. 04 June 1992 Carbondale, Jackson, IL 4. Richard Laurence Johnson, b. 18 February 1888 Ripley, WV d. 19 January 1965 Irvington, Washington, IL 8. Unknown 9. Elizabeth Ellen 'Lizzie' Tenney 18. Chester S. Tenney 36. James Tenney 72. James Tenney 144. Josiah Tinney 145. Avis Bruster 73. Thankfull 'Mary' Shippee 146. Peter Shippee 147. Zerniah 'Sophia' Herendeen 37. Abigail Packard 19. Jemima Westfall 38. Stephen Westfall 76. John Westfall 152. Cornelius Bogaert Westfall 304. Abel John Westphal 608. Johannes Jurrianz Westphal 1216. Jurian Westphal 1217. Marretje Jansen 2434. Hans Jansen 2435. Unknown 609. Marietje Jacobz Kool 305. Annetje Anne Bogaert 610. Cornelius Bogaert 611. Iffje 'Evetje' Hornbeck 153. Elizabeth Westfall 306. Jacob Westphal 612. Johannes Jurrianz Westphal 1224. Jurian Westphal 1225. Marretje Jansen 2450. Hans Jansen 2451. Unknown 613. Marietje Jacobz Kool 307. Margariette de Duyster 77. Margaret Woolf 154. Nicholas Woolf 155. Christena Wetzel
  Children	1. Tenney, Elizabeth Ellen,   b. 7 Dec 1860, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA d. Abt 1898 (Age 37 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Tenney, Minerva,   b. 14 Jan 1857   d. 1 Oct 1913, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Tenney, James Newton,   b. 7 Sep 1859, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA d. 1935, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F40729	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Rowan, Olive,   b. 1820   d. 1852 (Age 32 years)
  Marriage	1848  [3]
  Family ID	F40730	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 1826 - Dutchess County, New York, USA Marriage - 2 Mar 1856 - Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Residence - Jackson, Virginia, United States - 1860 - Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Death - 9 May 1864 - Pulaski County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  From: Richard Johnson [mailto:rj47@frontier.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:16 PM To: wetzupdoc@me.com Subject: FTDNA Family Finder match Hello, A bit of a puzzle. I am a descendant of Christina Wetzel who married Nicholas Woolf (var. spellings). I believe they were in Frederick Co., Maryland. Their daughter Margaret Woolf born about 1766 married John Westfall. That probably happened in the area that would become Harrison Co., Virginia and later would be part of West Virginia. Their son Stephen Westfall married Elizabeth 'Betsy' Morrison, 18 Jul 1818, in what was then Mason Co., Virginia. That area became part of Jackson Co., (West) Virginia in 1831. Their daughter, Jemima Westfall, married Chester S. Tenney on 2 March 1856 in Jackson Co., West Virginia. Chester died at the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain/Farm in May of 1864. Their daughter Elizabeth Ellen Tenney was my great grandmother. She had my grandfather by a Shamblin and then married William Henry Riffle 22 Nov 1888 in Jackson Co., West Virginia. She appears to have died between 1896 and 1900. I've never found a grave or death record for her. All that said there must be a much more recent relationship to explain the strength of our match. Hope to hear from you, Richard Johnson _____________

  
  

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  [S1667] e-mail: Richard Johnson, 20120304 re: Betsy Morrison; Ahnentafel of richard Morgan Johnson, ca 10 generations. re-entered, to (this) empty Source Reference: (27) facts 20181003HAv- 20181003HAv- re-entered, to (this) empty Source Reference: From: Richard Johnson Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:16 PM To: wetzupdoc@me.com Subject: FTDNA Family Finder match Hello, A bit of a puzzle. I am a descendant of Christina Wetzel who married Nicholas Woolf (var. spellings). I believe they were in Frederick Co., Maryland. Their daughter Margaret Woolf born about 1766 married John Westfall. That probably happened in the area that would become Harrison Co., Virginia and later would be part of West Virginia. Their son Stephen Westfall married Elizabeth 'Betsy' Morrison, 18 Jul 1818, in what was then Mason Co., Virginia. That area became part of Jackson Co., (West) Virginia in 1831. Their daughter, Jemima Westfall, married Chester S. Tenney on 2 March 1856 in Jackson Co., West Virginia. Chester died at the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain/Farm in May of 1864. Their daughter Elizabeth Ellen Tenney was my great grandmother. She had my grandfather by a Shamblin and then married William Henry Riffle 22 Nov 1888 in Jackson Co., West Virginia. She appears to have died between 1896 and 1900. I've never found a grave or death record for her. All that said there must be a much more recent relationship to explain the strength of our match. Hope to hear from you, Richard Johnson ______________ 20181003HAv- re-entered, to empty (this) Source Reference: From: Richard Johnson Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:16 PM To: wetzupdoc@me.com Subject: FTDNA Family Finder match Hello, A bit of a puzzle. I am a descendant of Christina Wetzel who married Nicholas Woolf (var. spellings). I believe they were in Frederick Co., Maryland. Their daughter Margaret Woolf born about 1766 married John Westfall. That probably happened in the area that would become Harrison Co., Virginia and later would be part of West Virginia. Their son Stephen Westfall married Elizabeth 'Betsy' Morrison, 18 Jul 1818, in what was then Mason Co., Virginia. That area became part of Jackson Co., (West) Virginia in 1831. Their daughter, Jemima Westfall, married Chester S. Tenney on 2 March 1856 in Jackson Co., West Virginia. Chester died at the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain/Farm in May of 1864. Their daughter Elizabeth Ellen Tenney was my great grandmother. She had my grandfather by a Shamblin and then married William Henry Riffle 22 Nov 1888 in Jackson Co., West Virginia. She appears to have died between 1896 and 1900. I've never found a grave or death record for her. All that said there must be a much more recent relationship to explain the strength of our match. Hope to hear from you, Richard Johnson ______________ From: Richard Johnson Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2012 1:00 AM To: John Wetzel Subject: Re: FTDNA Family Finder match John, Here's the ten generation Ahnentafel you wanted. It falls a bit short of ten generations in some lines. Richard At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. [S394] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online., Skinner/Schinzel-Ahlemeyer/Haines Tree J_Ahlemeyer. Record for Jemima Westfall [S394] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online., Skinner/Schinzel-Ahlemeyer/Haines Tree J_Ahlemeyer. Record for Chester S Tenney [S1180] Wikipedia. Battle of Cloyd's Mountain Part of American Civil War Pulaski County, location of the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain Date May 9, 1864 Location Pulaski County, Virginia Result Union victory Commanders and leaders George Crook Albert G. Jenkins † Strength 6,100 2,400 Casualties and losses 688 538 - Chester S. Tenney Battle of Cloyd's Mountain From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Coordinates: 37°10?28.5?N 80°42?32.4?W Battle of Cloyd's Mountain Part of American Civil War Map of Virginia highlighting Pulaski County.svg Pulaski County, location of the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain Date May 9, 1864 Location Pulaski County, Virginia Result Union victory Belligerents: United States United States (Union) Confederate States of America CSA (Confederacy) Commanders and leaders George Crook Albert G. Jenkins † Strength 6,100 2,400 Casualties and losses 688 538 [hide] v t e Crook-Averell Raid on the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad Cloyd's Mountain Cove Mountain The Battle of Cloyd's Mountain was a Union victory in western Virginia on May 9, 1864 that allowed the Union forces to destroy the last railroad connecting Tennessee to Virginia. Contents [hide] 1 Background 2 Battle 3 Results 4 The opposing forces 4.1 Union 4.2 Confederate 5 See also 6 References Background[edit] Brigadier General George Crook commanded the Union Army of West Virginia, made up of three brigades from the Division of the Kanawha. When Ulysses S. Grant launched his spring offensive of 1864, two Union armies marched towards Richmond and a third moved into the Shenandoah Valley. Crook's troops were also involved in the offensive and began to march through the Appalachian Mountains into southwest Virginia. His objective was to destroy the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad, working in conjunction with William W. Averell's offensive, which had similar objectives. Brig. Gen. Albert G. Jenkins was in command of a few scattered Confederate units protecting the rail lines. Jenkins had only assumed command a day before Crook's army began to approach the railroad. During the 1863 Gettysburg Campaign, Jenkins' Brigade formed the cavalry screen for Richard S. Ewell's Second Corps. Jenkins led his men through the Cumberland Valley into Pennsylvania and seized Chambersburg, burning down nearby railroad structures and bridges. He accompanied Ewell's column to Carlisle, briefly skirmishing with Union militia at the Battle of Sporting Hill near Harrisburg. During the subsequent Battle of Gettysburg, Jenkins was wounded on July 2 and missed the rest of the fighting. He did not recover sufficiently to rejoin his command until autumn. He had spent the early part of 1864 raising and organizing a large cavalry force for service in western Virginia. By May, Jenkins had been appointed Commander of the Department of Western Virginia with his headquarters at Dublin. Battle[edit] Jenkins, having decided to make a stand at Cloyd's Mountain, set up a strong defensive position. When Crook arrived he decided against a frontal assault, concluding that the Confederate works were too strong and such an attack would decimate his army. The surrounding area was heavily forested so Crook used this as cover and swung his brigades around to the Confederate right flank. Crook began the battle with an artillery barrage, then sent in his brigade of green West Virginians under Colonel Carr B. White. Crook's remaining two brigades under Colonel Horatio G. Sickel and future president Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes were to launch a frontal assault as soon as the West Virginians had gotten under way. Serving as a major under Hayes was another future U.S. President named William McKinley. White's brigade, in its first fight ever, advanced to within 20 yards before heavy casualties in its exposed position forced it back. Crook, moving with Hayes' Ohio brigade, had to dismount and traverse the slopes on foot because they were so steep. Still wearing his jack boots, he sank in a small stream the troops were crossing and his boots filled with water. Nearby soldiers rushed back to their general and pulled him out. Hayes' brigade spearheaded the main assault around 11 a.m. The troops fought their way to the Confederate works and severe hand-to-hand fighting ensued. Sparks from the musket fire ignited the thick blanket of leaves on the ground and many men from Sickel's and Hayes' brigades were pinned down and burned alive. The two brigades began to fall back when Crook sent in two fresh regiments into Hayes' front. The West Virginians finally advanced against the cannon that had plagued them throughout the battle and overran its crew. Now the Ohio troops began to overwhelm the Confederate center. Jenkins tried desperately to shift troops to the threatened areas, but fell mortally wounded and was captured by Union soldiers. His second-in-command, John McCausland, took command and conducted a rear-guard action as he withdrew his troops. The Battle of Cloyd's Mountain was fought on the Back Creek Farm property. The farmhouse served that day as a hospital and as headquarters for the Union General George Crook.[1] Results[edit] The battle of Cloyd's Mountain was short and involved few troops, but contained some of the most severe and savage fighting of the war. The whole engagement lasted a little over an hour with much of that being hand-to-hand combat. Casualties were high for the modest number of troops involved. Crook lost 688 men, roughly 10% of his force. The Confederates lost fewer men-538-but that totaled 23% of their total force. The battle is considered a Union victory because Crook was able to continue on and destroy the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad at Dublin, Virginia, and Averell was also able to destroy several railroad bridges along the same line, severing one of the Confederacy's last vital lifelines and its only rail connection to East Tennessee. The day after the battle, remnant Confederate troops unsuccessfully defended a railroad bridge over the nearby New River. In the melee, a soldier who refused to take cover until Col. Hayes did so was mortally wounded. While undergoing first aid, the soldier was found to be a woman. (Page 163-164, Rutherford B. Hayes: Warrior & President by Ari Hoogenboom, University Press of Kansas, 1995) The opposing forces[edit] Union Kanawha Division - Brig. Gen. George Crook 1st Brigade - Col. Rutherford B. Hayes 23rd Ohio Infantry - Lt. Col. James M. Comly 36th Ohio Infantry - Col. Hiram F. Devol Detachment, 34th Ohio Infantry - (attached to 36th Ohio) 5th West Virginia Cavalry (Dismounted) - Colonel A. A. Tomlinson 6th West Virginia Cavalry (Dismounted) 2nd Brigade - Col. Carr B. White 12th Ohio Infantry - Col. J. D. Hines 91st Ohio Infantry - Col. John A. Turley 9th West Virginia Infantry - Col. Isaac H. Duval 14th West Virginia Infantry - Col. D. D. Johnson 3rd Brigade - Col. Horatio G. Sickel 3rd Pennsylvania Reserve Regiment - Capt. J. Lenhart 4th Pennsylvania Reserve Regiment - Colonel R. H. Woolworth (killed) 11th West Virginia - Col. Daniel Frost 15th West Virginia - Lt. Col. Thomas Morris Artillery - Capt. James R. McMillin 1st Ohio Battery - Lieut. G.P. Kirtland 1st Kentucky Battery - Capt. David W. Glassie Confederate Department of Southwestern Virginia - Brig. Gen. Albert G. Jenkins (mortally wounded and captured); John McCausland 4th Brigade - Col. John McCausland 45th Virginia Infantry - Col. W.H. Browne 60th Virginia Infantry - Col. B.H. Jones 36th Virginia Infantry - Lt. Col. Thomas Smith (wounded) Maj. William E. Fife 400 dismounted 10th Kentucky Cavalry (Diamond's)(May's) 45th Virginia Infantry Battalion - Lt. Col. H.M. Beckley Home Guards Artillery - Capt. T.A. Bryan (wounded) Botetourt (Va.) Artillery - Capt. H.C. Douthat Bryan's (Va.) Battery - Lieut. G.A. Fowlkes Ringgold (Va.) Battery - Capt. Crispin Dickenson Morgan's Brigade - Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan (brigade arrived late and took part only in the retreat) 5th Kentucky Cavalry - Col. D. Howard Smith See also[edit] Portal icon American Civil War portal Valley Campaigns of 1864 References[edit] Jump up ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (February 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Back Creek Farm". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Kennedy, Frances H., editor, The Civil War Battlefield Guide: Second Edition (1998) National Park Service battle description Description of forces Pulaski_County, VA.svg (1) Battle of Cloyd's Mountain From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Coordinates: 37°10?28.5?N 80°42?32.4?W Battle of Cloyd's Mountain Part of American Civil War Map of Virginia highlighting Pulaski County.svg Pulaski County, location of the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain Date May 9, 1864 Location Pulaski County, Virginia Result Union… [S1398] FTDNA my.familytreeDNA.com, Richard Morgan Johnson RJ47@mediacombb.net R-M269SHORTHAND R1b1a2 Y-DNA HAPLOGROUP shared CM jcw/RMJ 62.27. Richard Morgan Johnson RJ47@mediacombb.net R-M269SHORTHAND R1b1a2 Y-DNA HAPLOGROUP shared CM jcw/RMJ 62.27 20181003HAv (23) facts

  
  

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