John Green Gray

American Civil War Soldiers Record

Name: John G Gray

Enlistment Date: 10 June 1863

Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE

Side Served: Union

State Served: Kentucky

Unit Numbers: 789 789 756 756

Service Record: Absent, sick

Enlisted as a Private on June 10, 1863

Enlisted in Company G, 34th Infantry Regiment Kentucky Union on June 27, 1863. Transferred Company G, 34th Infantry Regiment Kentucky on February 7, 1864. Transfered in Company L, 5th Cavalry Regiment Kentucky Union on February 7, 1864.

Mustered out Company L, 5th Cavalry Regiment Kentucky Union on May 31, 1865.

Military: 1861-1864 Served in Civil War Oct 15, 1861 enlisted in Co. B, Cobb's Bn, 1st Ky Cav at Hopkinsville, KY; later trsf'd to Howard Smith's Regmt, Morgan's Command (Co. B or L - Cpt. Terry)

Apr 1, 1863 Captured at Lyon County, KY; sent to Sandusky, Ohio

May 20, 1863. Moved to Ft Monroe, VA for prisoner exchange

Aug 31, 1863. Shown on rolls of Co. D, Morgan's Men (KY) - Smith's Regiment Nov 1864. Retired from CSA at Withville (Wytheville?), Virginia. Served in Civil War under Gen. Forrest and Gen. John C. Breckenridge's command. May have initially enlisted in Co. G, 1st Ky Cav (Helms)

(source of military info: Kenneth Wayne Lynch)

Cottle County, Texas - Military: Confederate Pension Applications

Gray, John Green # 38881

Cause of Death: Tuberculosis