Age 22 Height 5'10 1/2" Complexion Fair Eyes Blue Hair Light
Born Mason Co. Ky.
Occupation Farmer
Returned from desertion March 1863 at Lebanon, Ky.
Enlisted Jan. 1, 1864 at Mossy Creek, Tenn.
Veteran; Killed at Battle of Resaca Ga. May 14, 1864.
-Compiled Service Records
∼Son of John and Malinda Dawson Kennard; He was 5 ft, 10 1/2 inches, Blue eyes, Light hair, Fair complexion. His occupation was a farmer. Enlisted on 10/1/1861 at Camp Lee, KY as a Private; On 12/17/1861 mustered into Co. A, 16th Kentucky Infantry, US for 3 years; Re-enlisted on 1/1/1864 for another 3 years at Mossy Creek, TN by Lt. Hutchins; Died of wounds received during the Battle of Resaca, GA on 5/14/1864 (bullet fracture of thigh, middle third; fracture of femur; Amputated upper third; died same day). His regiment was part of the 23rd Army Corps, 3rd Division of the Army of the Ohio. He is buried in the Cattanooga National Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN; Section K, Site 10129.
Civil War Service Records can be found at www.footnote.com image numbers: 229299514 to 229299539.
Age 22 Height 5'10 1/2" Complexion Fair Eyes Blue Hair Light
Born Mason Co. Ky.
Occupation Farmer
Returned from desertion March 1863 at Lebanon, Ky.
Enlisted Jan. 1, 1864 at Mossy Creek, Tenn.
Veteran; Killed at Battle of Resaca Ga. May 14, 1864.
-Compiled Service Records
∼Son of John and Malinda Dawson Kennard; He was 5 ft, 10 1/2 inches, Blue eyes, Light hair, Fair complexion. His occupation was a farmer. Enlisted on 10/1/1861 at Camp Lee, KY as a Private; On 12/17/1861 mustered into Co. A, 16th Kentucky Infantry, US for 3 years; Re-enlisted on 1/1/1864 for another 3 years at Mossy Creek, TN by Lt. Hutchins; Died of wounds received during the Battle of Resaca, GA on 5/14/1864 (bullet fracture of thigh, middle third; fracture of femur; Amputated upper third; died same day). His regiment was part of the 23rd Army Corps, 3rd Division of the Army of the Ohio. He is buried in the Cattanooga National Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN; Section K, Site 10129.
Civil War Service Records can be found at www.footnote.com image numbers: 229299514 to 229299539.
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