Introductory letter addressed to members of the Tennessee CWRT and the Message Boards of Kentucky and tennessee:

From : James Samuel Bushart
kentuckycavalry2@hotmail.com

Age 70, St. Louis , Missouri. My father was Harold C. Bushart (1912) born in Hickman, Kentucky: my grandfather ( my namesake ) James Samuel Bushart (1854) born in Hickman, kentucky was a son of Jacob Bushart Jr a son of Jacob Bushart a son of John Bushart.

The military history and survey I completed is of the "Busharts of Kentucky 1861-1865". Some were my grandfathers brothers and some were his cousins. Nine were in the Forrest Cavalry Corps from 1864 until the end of the war. Two of the 5th Tennessee Infantry regiment were KIA; six were in the Union commands and three were KIA. All had good records. Most all in the South enlisted in Tennessee.

Legend has it that four brothers migrated from germany. One went South, the others went to northern states. Ironically, the politics of the Civil War caused their grandsons to oppose each other . They were listed on various rosters of major battles of the Western campaign from Belmont tp the Campaign of Nashville.

I am glad to communicate with North and South Civil War buffs and descendents and I am anxious to learn all I can.

Jim Bushart