J W. Samples
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 1/9/1863 at West Liberty, KY as a Private.
On 1/9/1863 he mustered into "B" Co. KY 14th Cavalry
He died of wounds (date not stated)
He was listed as:
* Wounded 10/10/1863 (place not stated)
* POW 3/1/1864 (place not stated)
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Confederate Kentucky Volunteers War 1861-65
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James W. Samples, Private, Company B, May's Battalion, Kentucky Mounted Rifles,* enlisted January 9, 1863 at West Liberty, Ky, by Capt. W. W. Cox for 3 years, wounded at the Battle of Blue Spring, E. T., October 10, 1863, recorded absent, wounded, etc, on the January & February, 1864 muter roll, captured at West Liberty, Morgan County, Ky. March 1, 1864, sent to Military Prison, Louisville, Ky., transferred August 10 to Camp Chase, Ohio prison camp, listed on rolls as "Guerilla," died of Variola February 19, 1865, buried grave no. 343, 1/3'd mile South of ?. ?.
* This company subsequently became B, 10th Regiment (Diamond's) Kentucky Cavalry
M319: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky