WHITED, Sylvester
Sylvester Whited
Source: Database: American Civil War Soldiers
Name: Sylvester Whited,
Enlistment Date: 01 July 1861
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Kentucky
Unit Numbers: 813 813
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 01 July 1861
Enlisted in Company K, 5th Infantry Regiment Kentucky on 09 September 1861.
Deserted Company K, 5th Infantry Regiment Kentucky on 01 November 1862 in Bowling Green, KY
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Source: Service Record (in Civil War) for Sylvester WHITED
1. Company Muster-in Roll
Jeffersonville, IN, Sept. 9, 1861
Age 27
Joined for duty & enrolled:
July 1, 1861
East Joe Holt, Jeffersonville, IN
Period 3 Years
2. Company Muster Roll
June 1862
Absent
Sick at Nashvillle, TN
Source: Per Joe Rheinhart (who did a book on the KY 6th Regiment that the 5th Regiment traveled with much of the time. )- 10-22-00: Muster rolls in National Archives list every two months. The soldiers were supposed to be paid enery two months. $13 per month for privates. Howevr, they sometimes did not receive their pay on time, some even went 4 or more months without pay.
3. Nov & Dec. 1862
Deserted November 1st, 1862 at Bowling Green, KY
4. Co. Muster-Out Roll,
Dated Louisville, KY
Sep. 14, 1864
Age: 30
Muster out date left blank
Last paid to Aug. 31, 1862
Clothing account:
Last settled June 30, 1862
Am't for clothi'g in kind or money adv'd $ 104. 46
Remarks: Deserted at Bowling Green Ky, Nov. 1/62
Source: Per Joe Rheinhart - 10--22-00:
He was last paid for August 31, 1862 then is shown as deserting at Bowling Green. His company mustered out of service on 9/14/1864. Since he was listed as deserted, there was no date listed for muster out. Soldiers were given an annual allowance for clothing. Apparently he did not pay for his or he deserted
and took the clothing and equipment with him (he owed Govt. for it). He was one of 18 men in his company listed as deserting. I have found that the list of deserter in the Ky. Adjutant General's Report
is not correct in every instance. A good portion were listed because of paperwork foul ups. Some men were discharged and because the regiment had moved to a new camp word did not get back to the regiment. The 5th was also known as the Louisville Legion.
---Submitted by: cool_n_clover56@yahoo.com M L Hazelrigg