HALL’S GAP BATTALION

No battles were fought in the southern part of Lincoln County during the Civil War, but the protection of the area was important. The Hall’s Gap Battalion was organized for that purpose. Company A had its purpose to scout the area.

Company A — Hall’s Gap Battalion had the following members:

James H. Bridgewater, Captain; John Bridgewater, Captain; John L. Ball, 1 Lt; John C.Cogle, 1st Lt; C. C. Coyle, 2 Lt; Preston Sluder. 1st Sgt: Sgts. Thomas Ball. Thomas Ellis. Allen Baugh, John L. Gooch, George W. Baugh; Cpls. George W. Ball, Andy Leach, John B. Mason, Silas Baugh, A. A. Bastin, James Gibson, William Dudderrar; Bugler C. C. Carson; Privates Boneparte Adams, Joel Adams, James Adams, A. T. Aikens, Buford Ashley, Harvey Brock, James Bobbett, Robert Beal, James Bastin, George Berry, Robert Brown,Wm. N. Cundiff, James L. Camden, John C. Camden, George Collins, William Campbell, Albert Camden, William Coffey, John T. Carter, Isaac Daniel, William Eads, H. B. Fortenberry, William T. Farmer, William N. Glenn, George A. Gooch, William P. Gooch, Isaiah Graham,  Elias Gooch, Richard Gibson, William Harris, John M. Heath, M. M. Hodge, William Jordan, J. A. Lay, Richard Lay, James McKinney, Wil liam Mason, H. J. Mills, Thomas Martin, B. r. Martin, A. M. Martin, David Noaks, Thomas Prather, Samuel T. Powers, Edmund Raborn, Daniel Swinney, Richard Southerland, James H. Spiers, William B. Smith, N. L. Stone, Nathaniel Tuttle, John C. Todd, Solomon Tuttle, Samuel Uptigre, Elijah White James J. White, P. B. Walters, Greenberry Walters, S. G. Ware.

The second one, Company B, Hall’s Gap Battalion consisted of the following volunteers:

Abraham Dawes. Captaim Andrew J. Norris. 1st Lt; Samuel D. Pollack, 2 Lt; Sgts. James Johnson, L. J. Daws, Joseph Baston, James Rogers, J. W. Dismukes; Cpls. B. F. Warner, Samuel Freeman, W. D. Gooch, John Routen, Henry Gooch, G. A. Adams, J. C. Leach, Joseph Thacker. Privates Wilson Adams, Hamilton Adams, Richard Adams, W. H. Adams, Wm. Blankenship, J. R. Bryant, Benjamin Ball, F. M. Burkhart, William Crim, Thomas Chappel, Pres. Camden, Reuben Delaney, Marion Delaney, Samuel Dawes, David Dishon, William  Daugherty, Alexander Elliott, James T. Edwards, Isaac Frazier, Robert Frazier, Alexander Frazier, Merida Francis, James Freeman, Henry Farmer, John Foltz, Alexander Fletcher, James Green, William Gulsbery, B. A. Hyatt, John Haslett, B. D Hyatt, James Haslett, G. W. Hiatt, Stephen M. Hiatt, G. W. Harris, Jackson Heppard, Taylor Hicks, Robert Jenkins, John 0’ Keefe, A. B. Lasly, William Leach, Mathew Leach, Boney Leach, Zachariah T. Laury, John Mobley, William A. Moore, Zachariah Padgett, Solomon Padgett, Marion Routen, Greenup Raney, P. 0. Reynolds, John Smith, John Simms, W. H. Smiley, John T.Taylor, Bird Taylor, J. F. Thompson, G. W. Tubbs, George C. Vanhook, Wm. O’B. Vanhook, Harvey Walls, Green Walls, Nathaniel Walls, William Walls, Robert Walls, John Walls, Ezekial Warren, Anderson Whit, G. W.  eddle, GreenYoung, Dis charge: Bryant Ballard