Bartholomew-Harrison County IN Archives Military Records.....FLORA, John, V P, Daniel & John A August 20, 1861 Civilwar 6th Erg IN Infantry Vol ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~USGENWEB/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~USGENWEB/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGENWEB Archives by: Bill Boggess billboggess@webtv.net July 22, 2006, 7:53 am Summary CIVIL WAR SERVICE:   http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~       FLORAs in Civil War: 50 of "1.05 million CSA", and 117 of "2.21 million USA"    Most likely unknown to the three German, Indiana born, FLORA brothers, that they were very involved in defeat of 300 pound, General Sterling Price's attempt to take his prize, Fort Scott, Kansas between 24 and 26 October 1864. It is written; "October 25th and The Battle of Mine Creek" by Lumir F Buresh, that the Union's Cavalry attack at MINE CREEK was one of the most successful of the entire Civil War, with Union forces outnumbered many times, bravely attacking and defeating their enemy. Involved in this battle, besides Price having been governor of Missouri twice (1853-57), 5 future state governors fought; John L Beveridge, IL, Samuel Crawford, KS, T T Crittenden, MO, John S Marmaduke, MO, and Thomas Moonlight,WY, while General Cabell became Mayor of Dallas, Texas,visit;    Captured were Confederate Generals, Cabell who earlier was with his family and Marmuduke (promoted to Major-General while in prison at Fort Warren, Massachusetts 18 March 1865), had,to displeasure of Virginia Davis GRAY's written in 2 September 1864 published diary entry, cut his hair and beard in Princeton before leaving. Bartholomew Indiana County Clerk's Mary Ellen reported: (8/05/05): "I have the Bartholomew County Draft list (ordered by Lincoln to see how many men would be available to go to war [".... demanding enrollment of males ages 20-45 in the Union Army."]) and in Hawcreek Twp there are these names and the regiment they were in...This census was taken in August 1862...reporting what was happening August 1862 by local folks who knew the folks they were listing. (Unlike the Federal census) Jessie and Jacob Crisler 21 & 19...oldest listed a Teacher and youngest listed as student both in Indiana 33rd. (These are Sarah [John's 2nd wife] Mobley Fix Crisler's step sons.) Also John Flora Sr 62, [??]Daniel R B Flory (Flora) 23, and [??]John A Flory (Flora)17 all members of 6th Indiana Reg. Both John Flora's are listed as Carpenters and Daniel as a farmer. There are certainly "PENSION" records for each of them. One John Flora was discharged 1863 as disabled but I do not know which one.." (8/24/05): "John Flora's (Co C 6th regiment) wife collected a pension from US Government for her husband's service even tho he was mustered in 20 Sept 1861 and discharged 14 Feb 1863 with a disability. John Flora m Sarah Mobley Fix Crisler 17 Feb 1863."       We secured copies of pension papers for John and Daniel R B FLORA (donating them to Bartholomew county), found none for "V P" (Volney Pulaski) nor John Andrew FLORA. Kansas State Historical Society (KSHS), and Mine Creek Battle Site furnished information that "V P" & John A were in the 11th Kansas State Militia's Cavalry, under Colonel A J Mitchell, attached to Colonel Thomas Moonlight during October 1864. State of Kansas was under Martial Law because of being invaded by General Price. Brother Daniel Rice Boon FLORA, was a Corporal in Company C, 7th Kansas Cavalry, and Buffalo Bill Cody in Company H, pursuing Price across Missouri, October 1864 at Mine Creek, said to be one of the greatest Union Cavalry Charges, of the entire Civil War.    John A Flora's future (1886) son-in-law's, Carl Raymond GRAY, mother maintained a diary in Princeton, Dallas county, Arkansas with an entry of 2 September 1864, having General Price, Marmaduke, Cabell among seven Generals and others in Princeton leaving Tuesday, 30 August, for the Missouri-Kansas Campaign, also noting Price's defeat in her 13 November entry. Her diary, years 1863-1865, was published summer of 1983 in Arkansas Historical Quarterly and summer of 2005 donated by the Gray Family Archives, to be housed at Special Collections of University of Arkansas, with other historically interesting items and art included therein, of Virginia LaFayette (Davis) GRAY (1834ME-1886AR), 1st Chair of Art Department at what is now University of Arkansas,1874-1881, wife of Colonel Oliver Crosby GRAY (1832ME-1905AR), he 1st Chair of Civil Engineering 1874-1879, more widely and much better known for his Chairmanship of Mathematics 1874-1895, before assuming Superintendency of The Arkansas School for the Blind, each institution had once dedicated buildings honoring Colonel Gray, both now gone and replaced, 1869 ASB's 1st brick building in 1948 for Governors Mansion, 1906 UA's "GRAY HALL", in 1966 for Mullins Library. See: & ending with Carl Raymond & Harriette Amanda Gray's story. Gray's college classmate Colonel Parrington is in Americus . 1)- Father: Reverend John FLORA, blue eyed, 5 foot - 6-1/2 inches tall, enlisted in the 6th Regiment Indiana Infantry Volunteers 20 August 1861 in Columbus, Bartholomew county, Indiana giving age as 45 (maximum allowed to serve) when 61. "Ordered to Louisville, Ky., September 20. Duty at Muldraugh's Hill till October 14. ;Moved to Nolin River, Ky. Duty at Bacon Creek and Green River till February, 1862. Attached to 1st Brigade, McCook's Command, at Nolin, Ky., October-November,1861. 4th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to December,1861. 4th Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of the Ohio, to September,1862. 4th Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November,1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Right Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863." SERVICE. "March to Nashville, Tenn., February 14-March 3, 1862. March to Duck River, thence to Savannah, Tenn., March 16-April 6. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May30. Duty at Corinth till June 10. March to Iuka, Miss., thence to Tuscumbia, Florence, Huntsville and Stevenson, Ala., June 10-July 5. Expedition to Tullahoma July 14-18. March to Pelham July 24, thence to Altamont August 28. Reconnoissance toward Sequatchie Valley August 29-30. March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg, August 30-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-15. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 16-November 7, and duty there till December26. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863." Honorable disability discharge issued at Louisville, Kentucky, 14 February1863. 2)- Daniel Rice Boon FLORA, blue eyed, 5 foot - 7 inches tall, 25-1/3 y/o, enlisted in Company "C", 7th Regiment Kansas Cavalry, "Veteran" Volunteers, 20 February 1864 at Fort Leveanworth, Kansas and promoted to Corporal, with Honorable Discharge, 29 September1865. "February, 1864 Unattached, 1st Cavalry Division, 16th Corps, to June,1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, District of West Tennessee, to September, 1864. District of St. Louis, Mo., Dept. of Missouri, to July,1865. Dept. of Kansas to September,1865." SERVICE. "Veterans on furlough February 4-March 4; then moved to St. Louis, Mo., March 12. Moved to Memphis June 6. Near Memphis May 2 (Detachment). LaFayette June 9. Smith's Expedition to Tupelo, Miss., July 5-18. King's Creek July 9. Pontotoc July 11-12. Tupelo July 13-14. Oldtown Creek July15. Ellistown July 16. Tupelo July 25. Smith's Expedition to Oxford, Miss., August 1-30. Tallahatchie River August 7-9. Hurricane Creek, Oxford, August 9. Hurricane Creek August 13, 14, 16 and19. "Moved to St. Louis, Mo., arriving September 17. Pursuit of General Price through Missouri September 20-November 26. Little Blue October 21. Independence October 22. Big Blue and State Line, Westport, October 23. Mine Creek, Little Osage River, October 25. "Duty by Detachments in St. Louis District till July 18, 1865. Moselle Bridge, near Franklin, December 7, 1864 (Co. "E"). Expedition from Bloomfield into Dunklin County March 3-7, 1865. Skirmishes near Bloomfield March 3 and 7. Dunklin County March 4. Skirmish, McKinzie's Creek, near Patterson, April 15. "Ordered to Omaha, Neb., July 18; thence to Fort Kearney and duty there till September. Moved to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, arriving September14. Mustered out September 29, 1865." Traveled over 15,000 miles & Buffalo Bill Cody was in Company H. 3)- Volney, "V P", age 29+ and John Andrew FLORA, barely 19, served with some 300 others from Lyon County when needed, in Company F, of Kansas State Militia's 11th Regiment Cavalry, during October 1864. Both issued horse and rigging, "V P" lost his horse while on duty. SOURCE: Kansas State Historical Society, microfilm reel # 817, p 89, 11th KSM, Muster Rolls, Records of KS Adj Gen. The search for pensions failed to reveal such for either. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/USGENWEB/in/bartholomew/military/civilwar/other/flora2mt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/infiles/ File size: 9.4 Kb