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Then the Corporals, eight in number: Robert Baugh, and James T. Dollens, A. T. Conn, and James D. Adams, J. H. Anderson, James Perkins, G. W. Dollens, A. J. Hammock, John F. Kennedy, the farrier, And James Sims, the company's saddler. See the Privates, forty-seven, In Appendix of my ditty. Of the first Kentucky Cavalry, Company G had two commanders, First, was Captain Thornton Hackley, Then came Captain Irvine Burton. William Carpenter, First Lieutenant, Second Lieutenant, Henry Robson, Second Lieutenant, Daniel Murphy, Sergeants: James F. Spratt, T. Wherritt, Eugene Miller, W. B. Saddler, J. H. Kennedy, James Ross, and A. M. Saddler, William Sherod. Corporals: John L. Pond, R. Hukle, Joseph Hicks, and Miles M. Chandler, John E. Wright, and Hiram Roberts, James O. Lynn, and Robert Rainey, John T. Brooks, the ninth in number. Fifty-seven private soldiers, Filled the columns. (See Appendix.) General Lovell H. Rousseau[7] was Yet another gallant warrior, Of whose glittering escutcheon, All the city's pride is boastful; Lawyer, politician, soldier, He in Congress represented Louisville and all the district, And won military prowess, In the nation's civil combats. Colonel William Hoskins glories In unsullied reputation, Both as citizen and soldier, Both as friend and as companion. Served the Union in its struggle, Served his county's legislature; Is a genial, polished courtier, Ever welcome at the fireside, Ever welcome in all circles. Whether lifting up his voice in Measures for the public welfare, Whether shouldering the bayonet, For the bloody field of battle, Whether drawing strains of music, From the violin's sweet echoes, Colonel Hoskins wins a greeting, Claims a welcome in all circles. Major M. H. Owsley, leader In "the Cavalry" of Kentucky, Was advanced from rank of Captain In eighteen hundred one and sixty. Since those times of manly trial, He has step by step ascended, From the youthful lawyer's office, Up the grade of politicians, To the bench of legal power. A. G. Daniel, Junior, Captain Of the Home Guard nightly patrol, Served the Government thereafter, In responsible positions. W. A. Yantis ranked Lieutenant, Led the military music On the march of Wolford's cavalry. R. L. Cochran was Lieutenant, Also, R. Leslie McMurtry, Officers
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