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Note: This Benjamin L[ogan] Rhodes IS NOT the Benjamin L[inton] Rhoads who enlisted in the CONFEDERATE Army as a Private on 5 Jan 1862 at Todd County, Ky, in Company D of the 2nd Unit (Woodward's Kentucky Cavalry). He IS INSTEAD the Benj. L Rhodes who enlisted on the UNION side. The confusion between the two is caused because they were the same age, both from Kentucky, and each served in the Civil War. However, they served on different sides in the war.
It had been thought that perhaps there was just one Benj L who had enlisted on one side and later switched to the other side. However, this has been disproved. The proof that they were different individuals is that they appear in separate locations in the same (Kentucky) 1870 US Census.
In 1870, the [other] Benj L who had been on the CONFEDERATE side, lived in Logan County [Clay Precinct, Auburn PO, P. 307(b)], with his parents, Jacob and Elizabeth (Vaught) Rhoads. That Rhoads family, which is not related to this family, is the one for which the town of Rhoadsville, now called Calhoun, was named. It was Henry Rhoads (from PA) of that family, who in 1798, as a state legislator, proposed the name of Muhlenberg for the county. For more info about Henry Rhoads see Roadside Marker info at:
http://www.oriscus.com/khs/countysearch.asp?county=Muhlenberg
Also see the info on that family shown at Rootsweb.com [database - damonjeffeson - contact, Damon Jefferson - email: betsywetsy31@@aol.com].
In that same 1870 Census [this] Benj L, who had enlisted on the UNION side, is shown residing in Ohio County near his brother Samuel G. [Bartlett District - Page 324 - Dwelling 136]. Therefore they had to have been different individuals.
On 15 Aug 1862, [this] Benj L, at age 21, joined for duty and enrolled at Hartford (Ohio Co), Ky in Company E of the 12th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment of the UNION side. He enlisted as a private, deserted, was taken prisoner in Sept 1862 - not exchanged - was paroled Sept [19], 1862 near Owensboro, failing to report to his company. His brother, Samuel G. Rhodes, and [their] brother-in-law, Ludwell Grigsby, also served on the UNION side in Company E of the 12th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment.
See the military info taken from the General Index Cards as shown at The National Park Service website at:
http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm
which shows Benjamin L. Rhodes, as being in Company E of the 12th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment, the UNION side, ranking-in a Private, and ranking-out a [ ___ ]. [Film Number M386 roll 22].
"The 12th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry: Organized at Caseyville and Owensboro, Ky., November 17, 1862 [dated from the 16th day of August, 1862, though not mustered in until the 17th day of November, 1862]. Attached to District of West Kentucky, Dept. Ohio, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to August, 1863. Independent Cavalry Brigade, 23rd Army Corps, to November, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Dept. Ohio, to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, Cavalry Division, District Kentucky, Dept. Ohio, May, 1864. 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, 23rd Army Corps, to June, 1864. Detached Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to August, 1864. Dismounted Brigade, Cavalry Division, 23rd Army Corps, to September, 1864. 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, 23rd Army Corps, September, 1864. District of Louisville, Ky., to November, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, to March, 1865. 2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division, District East Tennessee, to July, 1865. Cavalry Brigade, District East Tennessee, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.-Action at Owensboro, Ky., September 18, 1862. Sutherland Farm September 19. Action at Calhoun, Ky., November 25, 1862. Operations against Morgan's Raid into Kentucky December 22, 1862, to January 2, 1863. Bear Wallow, Ky., December 23, 1862. Near Glasgow December 24. Bear Wallow and near Munfordsville December 25. Bacon Creek near Munfordsville December 26. Johnson's Ferry, Hamilton's Ford, Rolling Fork, December 29. Boston, Ky., December 29. Duty in District of Western Kentucky till April, 1863. Creelsborough April 19. Expedition to Monticello and operations in Southeastern Kentucky April 26-May 12. Narrows, Horse Shoe Bottom, April 28-29. Horse Shoe Bend, Greasy Creek, May 10. Pursuit of Morgan through Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio July 2-26. Marrowbone July 2. Buffington's Island, Ohio, July 19. Surrender of Morgan near Cheshire, Ohio, July 20. New Lisbon, Ohio, July 26. Ordered to Glasgow, Ky., August 4. Burnside's march into East Tennessee August 16-October 17. Operations about Cumberland Gap September 7-10. Carter's Station September 20-21. Jonesboro September 21. Watauga River Bridge September 21-22. Philadelphia October 20. Knoxville Campaign November 4-December 23. Little River November 14-15. Stock Creek November 15. Near Knoxville November 16. Siege of Knoxville November 17-December 4. Clinch Mountain December 6. Rutledge December 7. Bean's Station December 9-17. Rutledge December 16. Blain's Cross Roads December 16-19. Bean's Station and Rutledge December 18. Bend of Chucky Road near Dandridge January 16-17. About Dandridge January 16-17. Dandridge January 17. About Dandridge January 26-28. Flat Creek and Muddy Creek January 26. Fair Garden January 27. Dandridge January 28. Moved to Lebanon, Ky., February 3-12. At Mt. Sterling till April. March from Nicholsville, Ky., to Dalton, Ga., April 29-May 11. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 11-September 8. Verneil Station May 11. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Pine Log Creek May 18. Cassville May 19-22. Eutaw River May 20. About Dallas May 25-June 5. Burned Church May 26-27. Mt. Zion Church May 27-28. Allatoona May 30. Pine Mountain June 10. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Lost Mountain June 11-17. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. McAffee's Cross Roads June 20. Cheyney's Farm June 22. Olley's Cross Roads June 26-27. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Lost Mountain July 1-2. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochie River July 6-17. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Ordered to Louisville, Ky., September 14. Duty there at Lexington and Camp Nelson, Ky., till November. Rally Hill November 29. Burbridge's Saltsville Expedition December 10-29. Kingsport December 13. Bristol December 14. Near Glade Springs December 15. Marion and capture of Wytheville, Va., December 16. Mt. Airey December 17. Near Marion December 17-18. Capture and destruction of Salt works at Saltsville, Va., December 20-21. Operations against Sue Monday's guerrillas near Elizabethtown, Ky., and in Green River Counties January and February, 1865. Moved to Knoxville, Tenn., March 20 and join General Stoneman. Stoneman's Raid in Southwest Virginia and Western North Carolina March 20-April 27. Boone, N. C., March 28. Statesville April 10-11. Shallow Ford and near Mocksville April 11. Grant's Creek and Salisbury April 12. Catawba River near Morgantown April 17. Howard's Gap, Blue Ridge Mountains, April 22. Near Hendersonville April 23. Asheville April 25. Return to East Tennessee and duty at Sweetwater till August. Mustered out August 23, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 22 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 204 Enlisted men by disease. Total 233." [end info].
Some other links related to Union Regiments...
The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Kentucky Department, Official Website at:
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Bunker/1827/
[Donald L. Hackel, Historian, 623 E. Ormsby Ave, Lou., Ky 40203 Ph: 637-3326].
See more info on the 12th Regiment at:
http://www.unionregimentsofkentucky.com/thomasspeed/cavalry/12kycav.html
After the war Benjamin and family lived near his brother, Samuel, as shown in the 1870 US Census - Kentucky - Ohio County - Bartlett District - Page 324 - Dwelling 136 [ancestry.com - image 19 of 408]. The census was enumerated on 24 June 1870 and shows:
[all born in Kentucky]
Benjamin Roads, age 31, Farmer
Emily Roads, age 31, House Keeper
Harvey C. Roads, age 6 months
Dwelling 135 in said census shows:
[all born in Kentucky]
Benjamin Roads, age 54, Farmer [father]
Elizabeth Roads, age 52, Keeping house [mother]
Barney N. Roads, age 26, Farming
Henry C. Roads, age 23, Farming
Mahlen S. Roads, age 19, Works on farm
Butler C. Roads, age 14, Works on farm
Elizabeth Grigsby, age 14, At home
Dwelling 133 in said census shows:
[all born in Kentucky]
Samuel Mills, age 66, Farmer [this may be Emily's uncle].
Melinda Mills, age 54, House Keeper
Amanda Mills, age 24, At home
Benjamin F. Mills, age 23, Farming
Willa (?) Mills, (F), age 18, At home
Warner (?), (M), age 15, Works on farm
Shown on page 326 of said census, at Dwelling 168, Benjamin's brother, Samuel Rhodes and family also resided:
[all born in Kentucky]
Samuel Roads, age 28, Farmer
Racheal Roads, age 19, Keeping house
Leona Roads, age 1
Ohio County Kentucky Circuit Court Case #E478 was a lawsuit "in equity" in which Emma Rhodes, plaintiff, sued Benjamin L. Rhodes, defendant, for recover of $25 in attorney's fees. A judgment in favor of the plaintiff was entered on 29 March 1871.
"Berthy R. Rhodes, female, born 1 Mar 1875 in Spencer County, father Benjamin L. Rhodes, mother's maiden name Emily Mills, parents born in Spencer, and residing there."
It has been said that Benj. L. and Emily Rhodes divorced (possibly in 1878 in Spencer County). However, if they were divorced it must have been after Mar 1875. If they did divorce they must have remarried by June 1880 as they are shown as husband and wife in the following 1880 Census. And I find no (re)marriage of either Benj or Emily in the Spencer Co records from 1874 to 1880.
1880 US Census - Kentucky - Ohio County - ED 189 - Bartlett District - Page 672 - Dwelling 22 [ancestry.com - image 3 of 43]. The census was enumerated on 2 June 1880 and shows:
[all born in Kentucky]
Benjamin L. Rhoades, age 40, Farmer
Emily A. Rhoades, age 34, wife, Keeping House
Benjamin H. Rhoades [Benjamin Harvey], age 10, son, Farm Hand
Emma Rhoades, age 8, daughter, at home
Marshall Rhoades, age 6, son.
Death certificate has info about DOB, POB, DOD etc (not parents).
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