Amos Kelley

Amos served as a corporal in the 11th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry, Co. A., in the War Between the States. He was mustered into service on Aug. 20, 1862, and was discharged in Richmond, VA, on June 17, 1865. From Charles Kelley of Chattanooga, TN, in a note to Brian Brooks on April 4, 2001:

Amos was discharged from the Union army on June 17th of 1865 in Richmond, Va., at the rank of Corporal. Also, at some period during the war he was a prisoner, but I don't know where or when the South captured him or when released. He is buried in Chesterville, WV, in the County of Wood. It was where he lived when he died, but I don't have the date of his death. He was born in 1829.

The information also says he was born in Wirt County, WV, but there was no WV in 1829. I imagine it was a county in Virginia at that time. He probably did see Lee surrender, and your information also spoke of Richmond. In 1997, when Rosie and I went to WV to look for the Kelley history we were unable to find Chesterville, If you ever locate it, let us know.

Here is the service record of Amos Kelley's unit during the war:

11th Regiment Infantry

Organized at Wheeling, Elizabeth, Burning Springs, Parkersburg, Ravenswood, Kanawha Station and Point Pleasant, W. Va., October 29, 1861, to October 8, 1862. At Ceredo and Parkersburg, W. Va., until October 1862. Attached to Railroad District, West Virginia, Dept. of the Mountains and Middle Department, to January, 1863. Parkersburg, W. Va., to March, 1863. 6th Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Army Corps, Middle Department, to June, 1863. Wilkinson's Brigade, Scammon's Division, Dept. West Virginia, to December, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, West Virginia, to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, West Virginia, to July, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, West Virginia, July, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, West Virginia, to December, 1864. 3rd Brigade, Independent Division, 24th Army Corps, Army of the James, to June, 1865.

SERVICE.--Duty at Parkersburg and guarding Baltimore & Ohio Railroad through counties south of line from Jackson County to Lewis County until June, 1863. Skirmishes at Arnoldsburg and Camp McDonald, W. Va., May 6, 1862. Scout to Roane and Clay Counties May 8-21. Big Bend June 4. Mouth West Fork June 10. Glenville September 1. Spencer Roane Court House September 2. Operations against Jones' Raid on Baltimore & Ohio Railroad April 21-May 21, 1863. Duty on the Upper Potomac until August. West Union May 6, 1863 (1 Co.). Elizabeth Court House May 16. At Parkersburg, Clarksburg, Grafton, Sutton, Bulltown and Beverly guarding Baltimore & Ohio Railroad until April, 1864. Operations against Morgan July 2-26, 1863. Glenville August 21, 1863 (Cos. "C," "H"). Near Glenville August 27, 1863 (Cos. "C," "H"). Skirmish at Beech Fork, Calhoun County, September 8, 1863. Roane County September 12. Bulltown, Braxton County, October 13. Salt Lick Bridge October 14. Ravenswood October 26. Sandy River near Elizabeth October 27. Hurricane Creek December 3 (Detachment). Crook's Raid on Virginia & Tennessee Railroad May 2-19, 1864. Princeton May 6. Battle of Cloyd's Mountain May 9. Cove Mountain or Grassy lack near Wytheville and New River Bridge May 10. Salt Pond Mountain and Gap Mountain May 12-13. Hunter's Expedition to Lynchburg May 26-July 1. Panther Gap June 4. Middlebrook and Brownsville June 10. Lexington June 11. Otter Creek near Liberty June 16. Spencer June 16. Diamond Hill June 17. Lynchburg June 17-18. Retreat to Charleston, W. Va., June 19-July 1. Buford's Gap June 19. About Salem June 21. Moved to Shenandoah Valley July. Sandy Hook, Md., July 8. Snicker's Ferry or Gap July 17-18. Battle of Kernstown, Winchester, July 24. Flintstone Creek, Md., August 1. Cumberland, Md., August 1 (4 Cos.). Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Berryville September 3. Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Skirmishes at Cedar Creek October 1 and 13. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty in Shenandoah Valley at Camp Russell until December 19. Moved to Washington, D.C., thence to Bermuda Hundred, Va., December 19-23. Duty in the trenches before Richmond until March, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Moved to front of Petersburg March 28-29. Hatcher's Run March 30-31 and April 1. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Rice's Station April 6. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. March to Lynchburg April 12-15, thence to Farmville and Burkesville Junction April 15-19, and to Richmond April 22-25. Duty near Richmond until June, 1865. Mustered out June 17, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 63 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 148 Enlisted men by disease. Total 215.

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In the 1870 Wood County census, a child named John C. Deem[s] (listed as 9 years old and born in OH) was living with Amos and Mariah Kelley.

NAME: Book, West Virginia, Wood County 1900 Census (Slate District), West Virginia, Wood County 1900 Census (Slate District), Wes Cochran, April 1995

BIRTH: Book, West Virginia, Wood County 1870 Census, West Virginia, Wood County 1870 Census, Wes Cochran

Living in Jackson Co., VA, at 1860 census. Occupation: farm laborer. Age shows as 24, which would mean he was abt. 1836 rather than 1839. Living with him were wife Maria (Mariah), son William. G. and daughter Sarah E.

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Obituary:

Amos Kelley, an old soldier, and one of the pioneer residents of this county, died quite suddenly at four o'clock last evening, at his home near this city. He had been an invalid for some years, with stomach trouble, but had recently grown better. The im- mediate cause of death is supposed to have been heart trouble, as he passed away without warning, while sitting in his chair, in the yard, in front of his home The deceased was seventy-one years of age, and was a native of Wood County, although living for some years at Burning Springs, where he was a Participator in the stirring scenes of the early oil excitement there. He was all through the Civil War, being a member of Company A, Eleventh West Virginia Volunteers. For years after the war he was a resident of Tygart District, where he owned a large farm. He was married twice, and is survived by a wife and seven children- W.G. Kelley, O.E. Kelley, and Mrs C.W. Deem, of this city; Mrs Katie Allman of Slate Creek; Mrs J.W. Wilson and Irwin Kelley, of Akron, Ohio, and G.A. Kelley, of Belleville, Kansas. All but the latter are either here or expected here to at- tend the funeral, which will be held tomorrow from the home of Mrs. C. W. Deem, in this city. The remains will be taken at 7:30 a.m. tomorrow to Chesterville, out the Elizabeth Pike for burial. Members of Andrew Math- er Post will be in attendance, if the post can be gotten together in time.

The Parkersburg Daily State Journal July 9, 1908 Page 5, Column 4