Company C, 5th Kentucky Mounted Infantry, Confederate States Army

As Researched by Stephen D. Bowling

Son of John P. and Juda (Christian) Lemaster

Born about 1835 in Johnson County, Kentucky

1850 Morgan County, Kentucky Federal Census
Line 36, Dwelling Number 1114, Family Number 1114
John Lemaster			36
Elizabeth Lemaster		34
	Winston Lemaster	15
	Amanda Lemaster	        9
	Meredith Lemaster	5
	Francis Lesmaster	4
	Sarah Lemaster	        1

1860 Morgan County, Kentucky Federal Census
Line 20, Dwelling Number 266, Family Number 266 
Post Office: Licking Station
Hugh Stacy			36
Anna Stacy			46
	Greenville Stacy	15
	Roseline Stacy		13
	William R. Stacy	3
	Winston Lemaster	25    Son-In-Law
	Nancy E. Lemaster	17

Married to Nancy Emaline Stacy (1843 – 1927) on December 8, 1859, in Morgan County, Kentucky.  She was the daughter of Hugh and Anna (Gevedon) Stacy.

Military Service
Company C, 5th Kentucky Mounted Infantry, Confederate States Army
Enlisted: 1862, September 8 at Salyersville in Magoffin County, Kentucky for three years by Major William Mynhier.
Mustered In: 1862, September 8 at Salyersville, in Magoffin County, Kentucky
Transferred by Consolidation: 1862, November 18 from Captain Lykins’s Company to Company C at Camp Nash
Present for Duty: 1862, September 26 to February 8, 1863
Left Sick: 1863, February 8 at Jonesville, Virginia
Paid: 1863, February 22 by Captain William Wells
Present for Duty: 1863, March and April 
Paid: 1863, March 24 by Captain William Wells a total of $34 for money owed
Paid: 1863, April 30
Present for Duty: 1863, May and August
Rank Reduced: 1863, August 1 from 2nd Sergeant to Private at his own request
Paid: 1863, August 31 by Captain Wells
Present for Duty: 1863, September and December 2, 1863
Deserted: 1863, November 23
Captured: 1863, December 3 at Maynardville, Union County, Tennessee (another source states he was captured in Anderson County, Tennessee)
Sent to: Camp Chase Prison at Columbus in Franklin County, Ohio by order of Colonel W. C. Lemont
Received at Camp Chase: 1863, December 16
	Description:
	Height: 5 feet, 8 inches		
        Age: 20
	Eyes: Gray				
        Hair: Dark
Highest Rang: 2nd Sergeant

Died of pneumonia on February 20, 1865, at Camp Chase at Columbus in Franklin County, Ohio.

Buried on February 20, 1865, in the Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery at Columbus in Franklin County, Ohio, in grave number 1359.

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