Virtual Cemeteries by Lyndon Comstock
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Simpsonville Massacre dead

A Virtual Cemetery created by Lyndon Comstock

28 memorials

On January 25, 1865, a number of soldiers from Companies E and G of the 5th U.S. Colored Cavalry were guarding a Union Army cattle drive en route to Louisville. Outside of Simpsonville, Kentucky, they were ambushed by Confederate guerrillas. The poorly armed 5th USCC soldiers, apparently abandoned by their white officers, were overrun and massacred. 22 men were killed at the ambush site and buried in a mass grave by local people. Their graves have only been marked since 2009. Six other men died of their injuries at the New Albany, Indiana military hospital and were buried at the New Albany National Cemetery.

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Pvt Walker Bailey

1836 – 25 Jan 1865

Farrier / Private; Company E, 5th U.S. Colored...

Simpsonville, Shelby County, Kentucky, USA

Plot info: MEMORIAL CENOTAPH

Lewis Baxter

1845 – 3 Feb 1865

Lewis Baxter enlisted in the 5th U.S. Colored...

New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, USA

Plot info: Section C , 1795

Pvt Allen Coleman

1845 – 25 Jan 1865

Enlisted 9 Sep 1864 in Company E, 5th U.S. Colored...

Simpsonville, Shelby County, Kentucky, USA

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Pvt Frank Ford

1844 – 25 Jan 1865

Private Co E 5th US Colored Cavalry Company E,...

Simpsonville, Shelby County, Kentucky, USA

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Pvt Anderson Gray

1834 – 25 Jan 1865

Private Co E 5th United States Colored Cavalry ...

Simpsonville, Shelby County, Kentucky, USA

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Pvt James Hackley

1846 – 25 Jan 1865

U.S., Colored Troops Military Service Records,...

Simpsonville, Shelby County, Kentucky, USA

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Pvt Henry Harrison

1847 – 25 Jan 1865

Served as a private in Company E, 5th U.S. Colored...

Simpsonville, Shelby County, Kentucky, USA

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Pvt Isaac Hodgers

1846 – 25 Jan 1865

Served as a private in Co. G, 5th U.S. Colored...

Simpsonville, Shelby County, Kentucky, USA

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Pvt Samuel Huff

1847 – 25 Jan 1865

Served as a private in Co. G, 5th U.S. Colored...

Simpsonville, Shelby County, Kentucky, USA

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PVT Franklin Jasper

1825 – 5 May 1865

New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, USA

Plot info: SECTION C SITE 2224

Pvt Lewis Jones

1846 – 25 Jan 1865

Served in Co. E, 5th United States Colored Cavalry...

Simpsonville, Shelby County, Kentucky, USA

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Sgt Harrison "Harry" Lampkins

1838 – 25 Jan 1865

Company E, 5th Regiment, United States Colored...

Simpsonville, Shelby County, Kentucky, USA

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SGT Benjamin Lewis

1841 – 25 Jan 1865

Served in Co. E, 5th U.S. Colored Troops Cavalry...

Simpsonville, Shelby County, Kentucky, USA

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Pvt Marcellus McCall

1845 – 25 Jan 1865

Private Co E 5th U.S. Colored Cavalry Served in...

Simpsonville, Shelby County, Kentucky, USA

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CPL Jerry Morton

1841 – 25 Jan 1865

He was born about 1840 in Fayette County,...

Simpsonville, Shelby County, Kentucky, USA

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Pvt Samuel Morton

1847 – 25 Jan 1865

Private Co E 5th United States Colored Cavalry On...

Simpsonville, Shelby County, Kentucky, USA

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