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WILLIAM WALTER BUSH son of ISAAC BUSH and MATILDA DOUGLAS PARKER was born 09 October 1836 in Barren County, Kentucky and died 20 May 1908. He is buried in Geary, Blaine County, Oklahoma. He married VIRGINIA HOUSTON 07 January 1864 in Barren County, Kentucky daughter of ABRAM SAVAGE HOUSTON and AMANDA JEWELL. She was born about 1841 in Simpson, Kentucky and died 28 February 1907 in Geary, Blaine County, Oklahoma. She is buried in Geary, Blaine County, Oklahoma. William Walter Bush served as a private in Company I, 6th Regiment Kentucky Mounted Infantry of the Confederate States Army.
Submitted by: Diedre Bush West
CONFEDERATE ~ KENTUCKY TROOPS
CONFEDERATE KENTUCKY TROOPS 6th Regiment, Kentucky Mounted Infantry 6th Infantry Regiment was organized at Cave City, Kentucky, in November, 1861, and included in Cofer's 1st Kentucky Infantry Battalion. Its members were raised in the counties of Nelson, Spencer, Hardin, Franklin, Barren, Green, Allen, Anderson, Bullitt, and Simpson. It became part of the Orphan Brigade or Louisville Legion. This regiment lost 108 killed and wounded at Shiloh, sustained 18 casualties at Baton Rouge, then was active at Vicksburg. During the war it was assigned to General Hanson's, Helm's, and J.H. Lewis' Brigade. It fought with distinction at Murfreesboro and Chickamauga, then saw action in the Atlanta Campaign. In the fall of 1864 the unit was mounted, and aided in the defense of Savannah and the campaign of the Carolinas. It lost seventeen percent of the 269 engaged at Murfreesboro and 220 saw action at Chickamauga. The unit totalled 263 men and 221 arms in December, 1863. The 6th surrendered with the Army of Tennessee on April 26, 1865. The field officers were Colonels Martin H. Cofer and Joseph H. Lewis, Lieutenant Colonel William L. Clarke, and Majors Thomas H. Hays and George W. Maxson.

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