Henry K. Davenport b. Abt. 1844 Jefferson County, Kentucky, U.S.A. d. 18 Mar 1865 Behind enemy lines, Confederate States of America: FamRoots.Org

Abt 1844 - 1865 (~ 21 years)

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Name	Henry K. Davenport
Born	Abt. 1844	Jefferson County, Kentucky, U.S.A.
Gender	Male
Died	18 Mar 1865	Behind enemy lines, Confederate States of America
	"Died behind enemy lines," in a Confederate Prison. Roy Elmer Thomas thought he heard his mother, Addie Davenport Thomas, talk about Libby Prison in Richmond, rather than Andersonville, GA. The following supports the belief that Henry K. Davenport died 18 Mar 1865 in the Richmond, VA area: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-789 "By August 1864 the prison population [at Andersonville] reached its greatest number, with more than 33,000 men incarcerated in the camp. But as Sherman's troops moved deeper into Georgia, the threat of attacks on Andersonville led to the transfer of most prisoners to other camps, particularly Camp Lawton, near Millen, and Camp Sorghum, in Columbia, South Carolina. By November the prison population was a mere 1,500 men. Transfers back to Andersonville in December brought the number back up to 5,000 prisoners, where it remained until the war's end five months later."
Notes	Enlisted 19 Aug 1861, Private, Co. G, 25 Inf., Indiana; transfered, Sergeant, Co. F, 67th Inf., Indiana, under Capt. John W. Poole. Civil War Soldiers: "Henry K. Davenport, Co. G, 25 Indiana Inf Regt, Private in and out." "Died March 18, '65 in enemy's hands, Residence: Medora," Carr, IN (p. 578, roster, "Twenty-fifth Regiment Infantry, Indiana Volunteers") Roy Elmer Thomas told his son, Roy Richard Thomas, that his mother, Addie Davenport, told him that a relative had died in Libby Prison, Richmond, VA, but he did not know the relative's name. However, officers were held at Libby Prison and enlisted men were held at Andersonville, GA prison, so between the two, it is likely that Henry K. Davenport was held and died at Andersonville, GA rather than Libbey Prison, Richmond, VA. Roy Richard Thomas January 2008 Jackson County, Indiana in the Civil War as described in the "History of Jackson County" (1886), pp. 541-542: "During the spring and summer [of 1861] enlisting continued active throughout the county. In the months of July and August, two more full companies were organized and mustered into the service.These were Company B of the Twenty-second Regiment, and Company G of the Twenty-fifth. . . . Company G of the Twenty-fifth Regiment was organized at Medora, and the second that left the county for active service. It was recruited early in May, 1861, and left for the camp of redezvous [sic] on the 10th of that month. On the day of their departure a beautiful flag was presented to the company by Miss Fenie Robinson, on behalf of the ladies of Medora, accompanied by an appropriate and patriotic speech, which was responded to byHon. John F. Carr. A large crowd had assembled to bid fare-well to the brave boys who had volunteered to defend their country's flag. It was a tearful scene when wives, mothers and daughters said farewell to husbands, fathers and sons, some of them perhaps for the last time. Upon the organization John W. Pool was elected captain, and Jesse Patterson and Azrial W. Flinn, first and second lieutenants. Their commissions were dated July 17, 1861. The later officers were: Captains William H. Crenshaw, September 29, 1862; John Nelson, January 1, 1865. First Lieutenants, W. H. Crenshaw, April 10, 1862; Daniel L. Eversole, September 29, 1862; John Nilson, August 18, 1864; Jacob L. Hinkle, January 1, 1865. Second Lieutenants, W. H.Crenshaw, March 25, 1862; William Guthrie, April 10, 1862; D.L. Eversole, May 1, 1862; John Daley, September 29, 1862; Jacob L. Hinkle, November 8, 1864; Mahlon E. Williamson, February 4, 1865. Capt. Pool afterward became major of theNinety-third Regiment, and Capt. Crenshaw was promoted major of his own regiment. This company started out with an enrollment of ninety-seven men and was recruited with a total of fifty-seven. It lost in all thirty-one by death, and five by desertion." National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers & Sailors: "UNION INDIANA VOLUNTEERS. 25th Regiment, Indiana Infantry. Organized at Evansville, Ind., and mustered in August 19, 1861. Moved to St. Louis, Mo., August 26; thence to Jefferson City, Mo., September 14; thence to Georgetown, Mo. Attached to Army of the West and Dept. of Missouri to December, 1861. St. Louis, Mo., to February, 1862. 4th Brigade, 2nd Division, Military District of Cairo, February, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, District of Memphis, Tenn., to September, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, District of Jackson, Tenn., to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, Right Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 17th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to January, 1863. District of Memphis, Tenn., 16th Army Corps, to March, 1863. 2nd Brigade, District of Memphis, 5th Division, 16th Army Corps, to December, 1863. 3rd Brigade, Cavalry Division, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 16th Army Corps, to September, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 17th Army Corps, to July, 1865. SERVICE.-Fremont's Campaign against Springfield, Mo., September 22-November 3, 1861. Duty at Otterville and at LaMine Bridge till December. Pope's Expedition to Warrensburg December 16-20. Action on the Blackwater, Milford, December 18. Conduct prisoners to St. Louis, and duty at Benton Barracks till February 2, 1862. Expedition up the Tennessee against Fort Donelson, Tenn., February 2-11. Investment and capture of Fort Donelson February 12-16. Expedition to Clarksville, Tenn., March 19-21. Moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., March 5-18. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. March to Memphis, Tenn., via Grand Junction June 1-July 21. Duty at Memphis till September 6. Action at Nonconah Creek August 3. Forced march to Bolivar, Tenn., September 6-9, and duty there till October 4. Battle of Hatchie River, Metamora, October 5. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign November, 1862, to January, 1863. Action with Van Dorn at Davis Mills December 21 (Cos. "A," "C," "D," "F," "H" and "I"). Moved from Davis Mills to Memphis, Tenn., January 14, 1863. Provost duty there till November, 1863. Railroad guard duty from Grand Junction to Moscow November, 1863, to January, 1864. Moved to Memphis January 28; thence moved to Vicksburg, Miss. Meridian Campaign February 3-March 2. Marion Station February 15-17. Re-enlisted at Canton February 29. Veterans on Furlough March and April. Moved to Decatur, Ala., April 24, and duty there till August. Action at Fletcher's Ferry, Flint River, May 18. Pond Springs near Courtland, Ala., May 27. Pond Springs June 29. Expedition to Moulton July 25-28. Decatur July 27. Moved to Atlanta, Ga., August 4-8. Atlanta campaign August 8-September 8. Siege of Atlanta August 8-25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Montieth Swamp December 9. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Reconnoissance to Salkehatchie River January 20. Salkehatchie Swamp, S. C., February 2-3. River's and Broxton's Bridges, Salkehatchie River, February 2. Binnaker's Bridge February 9. Orangeburg February 11-12. Columbia February 16-17. Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 19-21. . . . [Henry K. Davenport died 18 Mar 1865 'behind enemy lines,' but when and where he was captured is not known.] Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 81 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 270 Enlisted men by disease. Total 361."
Person ID	I12975	Complete
Last Modified	15 Jan 2018

Father	Benjamin F. Davenport, b. Abt. 1815, Chorley, Lancashire, England , d. 8 Mar 1884, Frankfurt, Clinton County, Indiana, U.S.A. (Age ~ 69 years)
Mother	Margaret Abel, b. Abt. 1819, Kentucky, U.S.A. , d. Mar 1862, Medora, Carr, Jackson County, Indiana, U.S.A. (Age ~ 43 years)
Married	18 May 1843	Jefferson County, Kentucky, U.S.A.
	Kentucky Marriages, 1783-1865: "Margaret Abel & Benjamin Davenport, m. 18 May 1843, Jefferson County."
Family ID	F5776	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

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Henry K. Davenport (1844-1965)

U.S.Census 1860 Flinn, Lawrence County, IN 1860:

"G[eorge] W. Goldsmith, age 52 b. Abt. 1808 Kentucky, farmer, wife Phoebe, age 54 b. abt. 1806 Kentucky. Henry Davenport, age 16 b. Abt. 1844 Kentucky, day laborer [one of five on farm; no other Davenport on farm]." "The township once known as 'Flinn' in now included in portions of Shawswick, Pleasant Run and Guthrie Townships."