John Ficklin attempted to raise troops during the Kentucky Campaign, p. 143n
Oct. 2, 1862 - Col. Ficklin's regt (new one) in camp [Mt. Sterling], p. 152
Oct. 21, 1862 - Valley of Johnson Creek. Our road today was awful. Several wagons smashed up. Col. Ficklin's Regiment "growing
small by degrees & beautifully (shamefully) less". p. 164
Oct. 25 - Giltner's regiment of cavalry, & the remains of the 5th, Ky. & Mynheir's & Ficklin's corps accompanied us. We passed the
burning Spring & followed Licking almost to its source & crossed over onto Middle Creek retracing the very road we came, now apparently
twice as long as before. We passed the Battlefield about night & turned up the other fork of Middle Creek & camped in the night!!!
Awful! p. 167
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Levi Jones, Private, Company D, Ficklin's Battalion, captured November 24, 1862 at Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, sent from Louisville, Ky. to Vicksburg, Miss. via Cairo, Ill., for exchange on Steamboat Mary Crane, November 29, 1862, description: age 24, 5' 4", blue eyes, light hair, light complexion, no further records
Also in Co. D was Pvt. Joshua Jones, 18,
Ficklin's Battalion
John Ficklin, Major, Commanding
This Battalion appears to have been merged into the 5th Regiment Kentucky Infantry about November 18, 1862
M319: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, Roll 135