Bushart Branches - Military Records
The Descendants of Jacob Bushart, Sr. and Ann Fulenwider
Bushart Military Records
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR - NORTH CAROLINA
It does not appear that John Bushart (born ABT 1720)
did any fighting in the Revolutionary War. He was probably
in his fifties in 1776, too old to fight, whereas his son
Jacob, born in 1766, was too young. By the time of the War
of 1812, Jacob was 46, too old to fight, while his oldest
son was only 12. The first known military service records
for the Bushart family are from the Civil War, and they are
all Confederate. However, some relatives of the Busharts
did fight in the Revolution:
Mathias Barringer - husband of Margaret Bushart (daughter
of John Bushart), a militia Captain in Lincoln Co, NC,
killed while fighting Indians who were allied with the
British. See Early North Carolina for more details.
Conrad Tippong - Margaret (Bushart) Barringer, widow of
Mathias, married again to Conrad Tippong, a Revolutionary
War veteran.
[Conrad Tippong fought in the North Carolina Line, Pension
#57729. He applied 10 Feb 1833 in Lincoln Co, NC at the
age of 88. He was born 3 or 4 miles from Philadelphia, PA
and he lived in Lincoln Co, NC at enlistment.]
Henry Fullenwider - father of Ann Fullenwider (wife of
Jacob Bushart, Sr.), listed as an ensign in the
Revolutionary War, also a Henry Fullenwider is listed as a
soldier in Maryland, though it may not be the same man.
John Fullenwider - brother of Henry, according to his
biography, "during the American Revolution, he was a Whig
and a member of the Rowan County militia, fought at
Ramsour's Mill and Kings Mountain." John is listed in a
directory of Revolutionary graves, buried in Lincoln Co,
NC. See the chapter on Early North Carolina History for
more details.
WAR OF 1812 - NORTH CAROLINA
Soldiers from Cabarrus Co, NC
Daniel Mooss [Moose] - son of Jacob and Barbara (Bushart)
Moose
Daniel Ritengous [Ridenhour] - husband of Elizabeth
Bushart, daughter of Jacob, Sr. and Ann (Fullenwider)
Bushart
[Daniel Ridenhour has a War of 1812 pension file.]
CIVIL WAR - ARKANSAS
[All the Bacchus men were sons of Asa and Sarah (Bushart)
Bacchus. William J. Rogers was the son of Bethel and Ann
(Bushart) Rogers and Robert Jasper Deats was the son of
Frederick and Ann (Bushart/Rogers) Deats.]
Index to Arkansas Confederate Pension Applications
Bacchus, A.W.; widow Mary W; Co C, 1 Ark Volunteers; she
applied 1901 Columbia Co, he died 1884.
Bachus, William; widow Mary A; Co D, Col Harris's AR Inf;
she applied 1920 Pope Co, he died 24 Jun 1916
Cranford, H. G.; widow Mrs. H. G.; Co H, 3 AR Cav; she
applied 1914, Ouachita Co; he died 3 Dec 1911.
Criner, W. C; widow Susan; Co Richardson's - AR or LA
scouts; she applied 1918, Ouachita Co; he died 1884.
Deets, R. J.; Co I, 1 AR Inf; he applied 1919 Garland Co
Monroe, James; widow Mary F. (Adams); Gordon's MO
Artillery; she applied 1918, Garland Co; de died 20 Nov
1889.
Rogers, William J.; widow Corneilia E,; Co C, 1 AR Inf; he
applied 1895, she applied 1901, Garland Co
Thompson, Henry G.; widow Sarah; Co I; 16 AR Inf; she
applied 1913, Washington Co; he died 13 Feb 1912
Wilson, T. E.; widow Ella; AR; she applied ? (rejected),
Garland Co.
Yarbrough, N. C.; widow Mary F.; Co B, 33 AR Inf; she
applied 1915; Ouachita Co; he died 18 Jul 1901.
Index to Arkansas Confederate Soldiers
Busheart, W. H.; Co I, 35 Ark Infantry; Pvt/Cpl
Bacchus, Adolph W.; Co C, 1 (Colquitt's) Ark Infantry; Pvt/Pvt
Bacchus, John; Co C, 1 (Colquitt's) Ark Infantry; --/--
Bacchus, Robert B; Co C, 1 (Colquitt's) Ark Infantry; Pvt/Pvt
Bacchus, W. M.; Co C, 1 (Colquitt's) Ark Infantry; Pvt/Pvt
Bacchus, William; Co D; Harrell's Batt'n, Ark Cav.;
Pvt/Pvt; See also Adam's Reg't, Ark Inf.
Cranford, H. G.; Co H, 3 Ark Calvary, 2Lt/Pvt
Deitz, R. J.; Co C, 1 (Colquitt's) Ark Infantry; Pvt/--
Rogers, Wm J,; Co C, 1 (Colquitt's) Ark Infantry; Pvt/Pvt
Tyson, U. N.; Co I, 18 Ark Infantry; Pvt/Sgt
Wilson, T. E.; Co D, 1 (Monroe's) Ark Cavalry; Pvt/Pvt
Yarbrough, Nathan C.; Co B, 33 Ark Infantry; Sgt/Pvt
CIVIL WAR - KENTUCKY
[In the following Kentucky records for Bushart men, W. J.
is Wiley J., J. B. is John B., and R. N. is Robert Newton;
all three were sons of Jacob Bushart, Jr. Also serving in
Company L, 3rd Kentucky Infantry, was their cousin, N. J.
or Newton Jasper, son of Caleb Bushart. Another of
Caleb's sons, James Franklin Bushart, also served, but he
was in a Tennessee unit.]
From "Muster Roll of Kentucky Volunteers, CSA"
3rd Regiment Mounted Infantry, Company L
W. J. Bushart 2nd Corporal, 3rd Lieutenant, 2nd Lieutenant
J. B. Bushart 3rd Seargent
N. J. Bushart 2nd Corporal
R. N. Bushart Private
Index of Confederate Pension Applications, Kentucky
Bushart, Ellen Kindred (John) Hickman 4 Jun 1912
#100
Bushart, Ermine Turner (James F) Fulton 19 Oct 1915
#3437
From "Report of the Adjutant General of the State of
Kentucky"
Vol I, p.132-5
# Name Rank Unit Muster Date Place
9 Bushart, W J 2LT 3INF, Co L 2 Jun 1861 Jackson, TN
13 Bushart, W J 3LT 3INF, Co L 4 Sep 1861 Union City, TN
18 Bushart, J B 2SGT 3INF, Co L 2 Jun 1861 Jackson, TN
21 Bushart, J B 3SGT 3INF, Co L 2 Jun 1861 Jackson, TN
31 Bushart, W J 2CPL 3INF, Co L 2 Jun 1861 Jackson, TN
32 Bushart, N J 2CPL 3INF, Co L 2 Jun 1861 Jackson, TN
48 Bushart, J B Pvt 3INF, Co L 2 Jun 1861 Jackson, TN
49 Bushart, R N Pvt 3INF, Co L 10 Sep 1861 Columbus, KY
55 Bushart, N J Pvt 3INF, Co L 2 Jun 1861 Jackson, TN
Vol II, p.92-3
# Name Rank Unit Muster Date Place
92 Bushart, W J 2LT 3INF, Co L 2 Jun 1861 Jackson, TN
93 Bushart, W J 3LT 3INF, Co L 4 Sep 1861 Union City, TN
[promoted 25 Jun 1863, wounded in action at Brice's Cross Roads]
Article from "Confederate Veteran" Vol. XV No. 11,
Nov 1907, p.501
Dare of Some of Forrest's Men
In the latter part of March, 1865 - when the War
between the states was on the verge of collapse, when
Gerneral Grant had closed in on Richmond, when Sherman was
burning his way through our homes, when Hood had been
driven out of Tennessee, and when Gen. N. B. Forrest, with
about three thousand men, was camped at West Point, Miss. -
a feat of dash and dare occured which showed the mettle of
his men.
Ben Brown of Company L, 3d Kentucky (now dead), and
Tom J. Milner, of Company I, 12th Kentucky (now a leading
phsician at Greenville, Tex.), having failed to secure
fresh horses at their homes in Kentucky, as ordered to do
by their officers, came back into Mississippi and forced
some farmers to give them some good horses for their
broken-down ones. This would have been all right and no
crime in Kentucky, simply a war necessity; but not so in
Mississippi. Our boys needed those horses in defending
Mississippi against the Federal invaders. Ben and Tom were
followed, arrested, and put into the guardhouse by some of
Forrest's Mississippi Cavalry and charged with stealing.
The prison was very close to Forrest's headquarters,
was surrounded by many regiments of soldiers, companies of
scouts, field artillery, etc., and was guarded by thirty
soldiers, who kept about twenty prisoners in an upper room,
with a stairway on the outside. Four guards stood at the
foot of these steps, two at the top, and twenty-four were
in reserve in the lower story, with double doors open at
the stairway. Our Kentucky troops, Buford's Brigade, were
camped some nine miles northeast, and pickets guarded every
road.
Our prison comrades wrote to us and told us the whole
story. We, through our officers, who freely sympathized
with them, tried hard to get them released but utterly
failed. Ben and Tom were good, true soldiers; therefore
fourteen veterans - namely, Add Brown, John Bushart, Bob
Bushart, Newt Bushart, Rufus Johnson (all dead), Bill
Murphy, Sam Stone, George Strather, John Smith, James H.
Saunders, Don Singletary, Jap Nall, Mike Ward, W.P. Butler
- hastily volunteered to go to the release of our comrades
at any hazard.
After a hasty caucus, John Bushart and Don
Singletary were sent to the prison to see the situation,
warn our comrades of our intentions, and make arrangements
for our move that night at 11 PM. After going into the
prison and talking with Ben and Tom, Comrades Bushart and
Singletary took in the lay of troops, Forrest's quarters,
batteries, etc., and then went back to camp, some five
miles and met their comrades. This squad of fourteen
reached West Point in due time, and rode in between a fence
and a small clump of hazel bushes within fifty yards of the
prison and Forrest's headquarters. Add Brown and John
Smith held all horses, John Bushart and Jap Nall took
charge of a small cabin of jolly folks, who seemed to be
dancing, and the rest of the men went quickly in the
darkness of the night to the prison, surprising and
capturing the guards on post. Each one of the rescuers was
armed with two revolvers, and ready for war, if war must
come. We knew our business. But little was said. It took
us perhaps three minutes. The reserve guards were aroused,
surprised, and confused; but they caught up their guns, and
we had a hand-to-hand encounter, and barely escaped war to
the finish. One shot or casualty would have meant the
death and destruction of many.
One of our men ordered them to be quiet and no harm
would occur, and they obeyed. In the meantime James H.
Saunders and Bill Murphy had secured Ben and Tom, and had
warned the guards that we were taking one of their men
along, and would kill him if they made an alerm; but had
not taken either of their man. They were afraid to alarm
until they called their roll and found no one missing. So
our tactics worked to perfection. Every one was at his
best and acted well his part. We escaped with our
comrades, flanked all pickets, got into camp, cleaned the
mud off our horses, hid our two comrades, and lay down just
before a courier from Forrest's quarters dashed up and
ordered roll call and absentees noted.
Capt. J. E. Morris (now Dr. Morris, of Madisonville,
Tex.) was happy that all were present. But alas! our
greatest trouble was yet to come. We had committed mutiny
and the penalty was death.
The next morning, Gen. B. H. Lyon had Companies L,
3rd Kentucky, and I, 12th Kentucky, arrested and put in the
very prison we raided the night before; and the day
following Generals Forrest, Lyon, and Jackson sat as a
court of inquiry to find out the leaders or men who were
guilty; but we were up to our business, and played a little
tactics. We held a council and agreeded that in this court
we were not to tell anything on each other. We were to
know nothing about our comrades, to forget it all, but to
tell whatever we wanted about ourselves except the truth of
our trips. This worked well; we outgeneraled the generals,
and all were released except Bob and John Bushart and
John Beard. Yet the generals got no proof against them. A
little later Captain Morris assisted in getting these
released and exonerated. Ben Brown (now dead) and T. J.
Milner (now a leading physician at Greenville, Tex.) were
hid out near our camp and cared for.
General Forrest soon moved for a raid. We were on
the scout when the war closed, and made our way home
without ever being paroled.
In Memphis, Tenn., soon after the war First Lieut.
Wiley Bushart talked over the facts with General Forrest;
and when the General learned that fourteen men had done
this feat and outwitted his court, he said: "Lieutenant
Bushart, that was the only time I was ever outgeneraled;
and if I ever go into war again, I want every one of those
men as my staff officers or couriers."
In 1906, (Capt.) Dr. Morris, of Madisonville, Tex.,
wrote to this scribe concerning this West Point raid in
part as follows: "I am free to state that you were a brave
good gallant soldier, and a gentleman possessing the
highest type of manhood. The release of Ben Brown and Tom
Milner (now Dr. Milner, of Greenville, Tex.) from the West
Point Prison was, in my opinion, an honorable, manly, and
valorous deed. I endorsed it. I was at Meridian, Miss.,
when Ben Brown was recaptured and brought there and thrown
in the stockade in irons. In the meantime three of the
Bushart boys were sent there by General Forrest on
suspicion. We succeeded in freeing Ben Brown from cuffs
and turning him loose; and as there were no charges against
the Bushart boys, I demanded of the provost marshall their
trial or release. He turned them over to me, and we
returned to camp. Not only our regimental and brigade
officers commended the raid, but, you remember, General
Forrest himself after the surrender complimented you boys
who were engaged on their bravery. You were all
exonerated. Ben and Tom had obeyed orders in obtaining
fresh horses. Your chivalry should go down in history
among the brillaint of our victories. You fought a good
fight."
Article from "Confederate Veteran" Vol. XXI No. 3,
Mar 1913, p.100
For a Meeting of Rock Island Survivors. -- P.A. Elliott, of
Moundville, Ala., makes the following suggestion: "During
the reunion of Confederate Comrades at Chatanooga I think
it would be a good idea for the survivors of Rock Island
Prison to meet at a certain place and have a reunion among
themselves. Mrs. Kate Perry-Mosher will be there and will
make the occasion one of intense interest. Most of the
prisoners were captured in the Tennessee Army, and no doubt
there will be a large number of them at this gathering. I
was captured on Missionary Ridge in November and was taken
to Rock Island Prison, and remained there till the last of
June, 1865, about nineteen months in all. I would like to
hear of or from some personal friends I met there: James
Busheart, of Kentucky; Frank Darnelle, of Nashville; A.J.
Eason, of East Alabama; Collinsworth, of South Alabama;
Bunyard of Mississippi. All were members of Barrack 15."
CIVIL WAR - NORTH CAROLINA
From "North Carolina Trops 1861-1865"
[Sons, son-in-laws, and grandsons of Daniel and Elizabeth
(Bushart) Ridenhour.]
Company H, 8th Regiment, NC State Troops, CSA
Bangle, H. W., Private. Born in Cabarrus County
where he resided prior to enlisting in Cabarrus County at
age 40, May 1, 1863 for the war. Present or accounted for
until he died in camp near Petersburg, Virginia, on or
about March 16, 1864. Cause of death not reported.
Bost, Anthony Graeber, Private. Enlisted in Cabarrus
County on March 25, 1864. Present or accounted for until
wounded at Cold Harbor, Virginia on or about June 1, 1864.
Reported absent sick through October 1864. Admitted to
hospital at Charlotte on January 17, 1865 with a gunshot
wound of the "lower extremities left" and returned to duty
on February 3, 1865. No further records.
Cline, Archibald, Private. Resided in Cabarrus
County where he enlisted at age 42, September 11, 1863 for
the war. Present or accounted for through October 1864.
Cline, W. H., Private. Place and date of enlistment
not recorded. Killed at Plymouth on April 20, 1864.
Ridenhour, Daniel H., Musician. Born in Cabarrus
County, where he resided as a farmer prior to enlisting in
Cabarrus County at age 21, August 6, 1861, for the war.
Mustered in as Sergeant. Captured at Roanoke Island on
February 8, 1862, and paroled at Elizabeth City on February
21, 1862. Exchanged in August 1862. Reduced to ranks on
April 1, 1863, but promoted to Musician in November-
December, 1863. Present or accounted for through October,
1864.
Ridenhour, L. A. S., Private. Resided in Cabarrus
County where he enlisted at age 18, September 11, 1863, for
the war. Present or accounted for through October, 1864.
Ridenhour, Rufus C., Private. Born in Cabarrus
County where he resided as a farmer prior to enlisting in
Cabarrus County at age 19, August 6, 1861, for the war.
Captured at Roanoke Island on February 8, 1862, and paroled
at Elizabeth City on February 21, 1862. Present or
accounted for until captured at City Point, Virginia, May
5, 1864. Exchanged at Aiken's Landing, James River,
Virginia. Present or accounted for through October 1864.
CIVIL WAR - TENNESSEE
"A History of the Henry County Commands which Served
in the Confederate States Army" by Lieut. Edwin H.
Reynolds
[all sons of John Bushart]
Company G, 5th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry
William C. Bushart -- killed and buried at Shiloh, TN
Newton Jasper Bushart -- killed in railroad accident at
Rienzi, MS
Company E, 20th Regiment, Tennessee Calvary
J. F. Bushart -- served two years or more [John F. Bushart]
J.F. Bushart
Enlisted December 20, 1863, at Paris, TN, by Capt. Hallum for 3 years. Sorrel horse valued at $800. Present on roll for
March/April 1864. On roll for May/June 1864, "Deserted at Saltillo 19 June 1864."
Source: Compiled Service Records
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CIVIL WAR - UNITED STATES
From Index to Confederate Records for the entire
United States
[Since these records used lots of initials, I gave the
man's full name in parentheses to the right. Also, two
different Newton Jasper Busharts fought in the Civil War.
They were first cousins; one was the son of John Bushart
and the other was the son of Caleb Bushart.]
Company I, 10th (De Moss') TN Calvary
Bushart, James F. Sgt/Sgt
Bushart, John F. Sgt/Sgt
Company D, 7th KY Calvary
Bushart, J. B. Sgt/Sgt [John B. Bushart]
Bushart, N. J. Sgt/Sgt [Newton J. Bushart, son of Caleb]
Bushart, R. N. Pvt/Pvt [Robert Newton Bushart]
Company L, 3rd KY Mounted Infantry
Bushart, J. B. Sgt/Sgt [John B. Bushart]
Bushart, W. J. 1Lt/1Lt, 2Lt/2Lt [Wiley J. Bushart]
Bushart, N. J. Cpl/Cpl [Newton J. Bushart, son of Caleb]
Bushart, R. N. Pvt/Pvt [Robert Newton Bushart]
Company E, 12th TN Infantry
Bushart, J. B. Pvt/Pvt [John B. Bushart]
Bushart, N. J. Pvt/Pvt [Newton J. Bushart, son of Caleb]
Bushart, R. N. Pvt/Pvt [Robert Newton Bushart]
Bushart, W. J. Pvt/Pvt [Wiley J. Bushart]
Company E, 20th (Russell's) TN Calvary
Bushart, J. F. Pvt/Pvt [John F. Bushart]
2nd Company I, 5th TN Infantry
Bushart, N. J. Pvt/Pvt [Newton J. Bushart, son of John]
Bushart, W. C. Pvt/Pvt [William C. Bushart]
Company I, 35th AR Infantry
Bushart, W. H. Pvt/Cpl [William H. Bushart]
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