Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 8/15/1862 at Mt Sterling, KY as a Private.
On 11/6/1862 he mustered into "A" Co. KY 14th Cavalry
He was Mustered Out on 9/16/1863 at Maysville, KY
He was listed as:
* Wounded 6/13/1863 (place not stated)
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky
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James W. Wood, age 23, Private, Capt. Finnell's Company, 14th Regiment, Kentucky Mounted Volunteers*, enlisted August 15, 1862 at Clark, Kentucky for 12 months, captured at Mt. Sterling, Ky. March 22/23, 1863, paroled by ?? March 22/23, 1863, injured in action June 13, 1863 near Mud Lick Springs, Bath County, Ky., mustered out September 16, 1863 at Maysville, Ky.
* This company subsequently became Company A, 14th Regiment Kentucky Cavalry, USA
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Fourteenth Cavalry
KENTUCKY
(3-YEARS)
Fourteenth Cavalry. -- Col., Henry C. Lilly; Lieut.-Col.,
Andrew Herd; Majs., Joseph W. Stivers, Alfred Smith, John C.
Eversole, Robert T. Williams.
The organization of this regiment was begun in the summer of
1862, the companies being promptly recruited in the counties
of Estill Owsley, Bath, Montgomery, Clark, Madison, Rockcastle
and Powell. They assembled at Mt. Sterling in July, but
before any organization had been effected, or arms obtained
the Confederate forces under Gen. Kirby Smith came into the
state.
The fighting which took place at Big Hill and Richmond caused
the unarmed men of the regiment to abandon their camp at Mt.
Sterling and for a time the organization was practically
disbanded, though some of the men were held together and
fought against Morgan at Brookville, Ky., as he retreated from
Augusta, in September.
After the Confederates left the state the men of the regiment
reassembled at Mt. Sterling, where four companies -- A, B, C,
and D -- were organized and mustered into service Nov. 6, and
the regiment was completed in Feb. 1863, the other companies
being mustered in at Irvine Feb. 13. The services of the
regiment were almost entirely in eastern Kentucky.
In Jan. 1863, Maj. Stivers, with 150 men of the regiment,
dashed upon a band in Powell county, captured its leader and
11 men, and took their horses, guns, etc. The regiment was
engaged in numerous skirmishes, and was continuously marching.
Among its battles was the one at Dutton's Hill in Pulaski
county, near Somerset, when Confederate Gen. Pegram, with
about 2,500, was attacked by the Federal troops under Gen.
Gillmore. It also went on the East Tennessee campaign under
Gen. Burnside in Sept. 1863, and participated in the hardships
and dangers of that campaign.
The 1st battalion was mustered out Sept. 6, 1863, and the
remainder of the regiment in March 1864.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 4, p. 356
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14th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, U.S.A: Companies "A," "B," "C" and "D" organized at Mt. Sterling. Ky., and mustered in November 6, 1862. Other Companies organized at Irvine, Ky., August 21, 1862, to February 13, 1863. Attached to District of Central Kentucky, Dept. Ohio, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, to July, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, to August, 1863. District North Central Kentucky, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, to January, 1864. District Southwest Kentucky to March, 1864.
SERVICE:---Assigned to duty scouting in mountains of Eastern Kentucky and operating against guerrillas ununtil January, 1864. Owensburg September 19-20, 1862. Brookville September 28. Operations in Bath, Esununtil, Powell. Clark. Montgomery and Boonsborough Counties October 16-25. Perry County, Kentucky River, November 8. Johnson County December 1. Floyd County December 4. Powell County December 26, 1862, and January 26, 1863. Mt. Sterling March 22. Slate Creek, near Mt. Sterling, June 11. Mud Lick Springs, Bath County, June 13. Operations against Everett's Raid in East Kentucky June 13-23. Triplett's Bridge June 16. Operations against Scott in Eastern Kentucky July 25-August 6. Irvine, Esununtil County, July 30. Lancaster and Paint Lick Bridge July 31. Lancaster August 1. Mustered out September 16, 1863, to March 24, 1864.
Regiment lost during service 14 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 64 Enlisted men by disease. Total 80.
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