John M Richard Duvall, commonly known as "Richard", was born 26 Oct 1841 in Grayson County, Kentucky, the oldest child of Jonathan Duvall and Nancy J. Ray. He married Mary J. "Polly" Whobrey on 11 May 1865 in Grayson County, Kentucky, shortly after the Civil War ended. Richard and Polly had at least 9 children, one of whom was Ellis Duvall (see previous blog). Richard enrolled in the military on 20 Dec 1861 and was mustered out 29 Mar 1865 (some records indicate 4 Jun 1865, but that is probably not correct as he and Polly married 11 May 1865), serving for over three years. During his years of service he was hospitalized in Louisville for illness in May and June 1864; he may also have been "absent" due to illness Apr to Oct 1862 and hospitalization in Grayson Springs 22 Feb 1862 (this is probably correct as the first Company Muster Roll on which his name appears was for Nov/Dec 1862).
Richard served as a Private in Company A of the 27th Regiment Kentucky Infantry which was organized 21 Mar 1862 and with a muster (ending) date of 29 Mar 1865. The 27th Regiment was organized 16 Dec 1861; Richard enlisted four days later.
The 27th Regiment participated heavily in the war. Due to his illnesses, Richard would not have participated in all of the battles but certainly would have participated in many, including those in Georgia that led to the fall of Atlanta. He probably did not participate in the Battle of Perryville as it occurred in October 1862, and Richard did not return to battle until about November 1, 1862.
"About Sept. 20, 1861, Maj. Ward opened camp for recruits at
Greensburg, within 24 miles of Gen. Buckner's Confederate
forces at Munfordville, with whom he had many encounters,
losing men in killed, wounded and prisoners before he had a
regimental organization and often before the company to which
the men were attached had been organized.
"Many of the recruits came from inside the Confederate lines,
or very near to them, and had to fight on the way to camp.
Under these difficulties, with the name of Gen. Ward to
assist, Lieut.-Col. Ward and Maj. Carlisle recruited from the
counties of Casey, Green Taylor, Hart and Nelson, five
companies; Col. Pennebaker, with the aid of Col. Alfred Allen
and Larkin Proctor, recruited five other companies in Hardin,
Grayson, Breckinridge and Meade counties, a few men were sent
from about Covington, some of them coming from Madisonville
Ohio.
"The regiment was with Gen. Nelson's division when it occupied
Corinth; thence moved to Iuka and Rienzi, Miss., thence to
Tuscumbia and Florence and Athens, Ala., and was on the march
of Buell's army to Louisville, Ky., in the summer of 1862. It
was at the battle of Perryville with Gen. Crittenden's corps,
but was only engaged in skirmishing as the fight was to its
left. After Bragg's retreat it returned with Buell to the
south via Glasgow, Ky., and Gallatin, Tenn., and with the army
to Stone's River.
"It was sent from there back to Munfordville, Ky., to recruit
and was engaged in fights about that place. In Sept. 1863, it
was mounted and sent to join Burnside in East Tennessee. In
October it joined the cavalry forces and other mounted
infantry in an attack on Philadelphia, but found there a
strong force of infantry and artillery upon which it could
make no impression.
"In the fight at Leiper's ferry the regiment suffered severely.
During the siege of Knoxville, with other troops and
artillery, it sustained a charge the same morning that the
Confederates met with the famous defeat at Fort Sanders. At
Bean's station the regiment was fiercely engaged after which
it marched on foot to Cumberland Gap and then into Lee County,
Va., where it camped for a time, when it was ordered to Mt.
Sterling, Ky., to be remounted.
"The regiment joined the army at Pumpkin Vine creek, GA, and
was with it in its almost continued battle from there until
the fall of Atlanta, being in Strickland's brigade, Hascall's
division, 23rd corps. After the fall of Atlanta, as the
regiment had already served over three years, it was sent back
to Owensboro, Ky., to drive out the guerrillas in that part of
the state and reduce the country to order.
The loss of the regiment in the Atlanta campaign was 66 in
killed and wounded.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 4, p. 336
Battles Fought
Fought on 13 Aug 1862 at Murfreesboro, TN.
Fought on 19 Oct 1862 at Nelson County, KY.
Fought on 20 Oct 1862.
Fought on 16 May 1863.
Fought on 29 Aug 1863.
Fought on 4 Sep 1863 at Munfordville, KY.
Fought on 30 Oct 1863 at Liepers Ferry, TN.
Fought on 31 Oct 1863 at Lupers Ferry, TN.
Fought on 31 Oct 1863 at Lowe's Ferry, TN.
Fought on 14 Dec 1863 at Bean's Station, TN.
Fought on 5 Jan 1864.
Fought on 15 May 1864 at Hospital, Burnt Hickory, GA.
Fought on 30 May 1864 at Corinth, MS.
Fought on 1 Jun 1864.
Fought on 10 Jun 1864.
Fought on 2 Jul 1864 at Lost Mountain, GA.
Fought on 17 Jul 1864 at Lost Mountain, GA.
Fought on 8 Aug 1864 at Athens, GA.
Fought on 28 Aug 1864 at Athens, GA.
Fought on 4 Oct 1864 at Atlanta, GA."
Source Information:
Historical Data Systems, comp..
American Civil War Regiments [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations Inc, 1999.
Original data: Data compiled by Historical Data Systems of Kingston, MA from the . Copyright 1997-2000
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The best description of the 27th Regiment and it's battles can be found in Thomas Speed, The Union Regiments of Kentucky, Courier Journal Job Printing Company, 1897.
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