TOM:

The monument the State of Kentucky erected in 1902, to commemorate the Confederate cemetery at Perryville Battlefield, is inscribed with the names of those 444 fallen combatants Henry P. Bottoms was able to identify from their effects. Your men are listed on the monument as the 37th MS, a designation which did not happen until March of 1863. But the following men are known to rest here:

E.L. Hill, Co. "A"

William Jordan "

Lewis Jordan "

Lenard Kogan "

C.W. Little "

James Vernon Co. "B"

Thomas Vernon Co. "D"

John Bowen Co. ?

Samuel Fenderbank Co. "E"

A. Molden Co. "G"

Cathley Cordds 1st Sgt

Thomas Hargis Co. "G"

James Upton Co. "I"

Newton Brown Co." I"

James C. Nunally Co. "K"

Additionally, the following members of the 34/37th MS have been interred

in the town of Harrodsburg, eight miles north of Perryville:

Sgt. L. Martin Co. "H"

Pvt Green Simpson Co. "K"

Pvt John Strong Co. "K"

Pvt. Wm. Walker Co. "?"

Pvt James White Co. "D"

Ten miles east of Perryville, at Danville, Pvt. W. Hadren is at rest.

From the known 24 KIA, 125 WIA and 1 MIA Col. Benton's Rgt incurred here (50%), that leaves 3 KIA and 1 MIA, from our list, still unaccounted for, from the 34th MS at Perryville.

Hope this will help.

regards, Chuck Lott

Interpretive Specialist

Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site