Adopt-A-Soldier Program

At this time we are modifying our adopt-a-soldier program to accept donations for cleaning solution and flags. With 100 soldiers adopted we are encountering some difficulty in placing a new flag each year (we need your help!). However, we want to keep cleaning stones, including those soldiers listed to the right who have not been adopted. Please consider a donation of only $10.00 as we work to honor these civil war veterans. Thank you!

The Civil War Augusta mission is to promote, preserve, and interpret the Civil War story of Augusta. Our Adopt-A-Soldier program preserves the memory of Civil War soldiers in Bracken County by dignifying their final resting place with a grave marker and an appropriate flag. From the original plan of doing just the two cemeteries in Augusta proper, we have expanded the program to other Bracken County locations. We offer to you a way to honor these men through our Adopt-A-Soldier program.

The program is a way for you to provide funds that will be used for purchasing a Grand Army of the Republic or Confederate Veteran marker and an appropriate flag to be placed at the soldier’s grave. The fee is $25.00 per soldier and will provide a grave marker and a flag, and we will clean the veteran’s stone.

Adopting a soldier is easy. Simply pick an available veteran from the list and click the ADOPT button below. Complete details and send your payment securely using PayPal. Or contact us using the form below with the soldier’s name and we will let you know how to send in the fee to purchase the marker and flag. (soldiers marked in bold have been adopted)

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ONGOING ADoptions

CONCORD METHODIST

Hillside

  • Bateman, Ephraim M. - 2nd Kentucky Cavalry

  • Brengarter, Charles - 16th Kentucky Infantry

  • Craig, Benjamin S. - 59th Ohio infantry

  • Doniphan, William W. - 10th Kentucky Cavalry (USA)

  • Kautz, Samuel - 2nd Ohio Heavy Artillery

  • McKibben, George H. - 59th Ohio Infantry

  • Reese, George L. - Union Home Guard, later 2nd United States Infantry

    HIGHLAND

  • Byar, Samuel - 7th Kentucky Cavalry (CSA)

  • Day, Elias - Home Guard

  • Nash, William J. - 183rd Ohio Infantry

    Fairview Odd Fellows (Johnsville)

  • Meyer, Frederick - 16th Kentucky Infantry

  • Rice, John W. - 7th Kentucky Mounted Infantry Battalion (CSA)

Completed Adoptions

Coburn-Baker

  • Taylor, Burr - 81st Ohio Infantry - adopted by Angela Dial (Tennessee)

  • Unknown Confederate (does not have a stone) - 2nd Kentucky Cavalry - adopted by Angela Dial (Tennessee)

CONCORD Methodist

  • Conley, Vervaine - 16th Kentucky Infantry - adopted by Mindy Sticklen (Highland Heights, Kentucky)

  • Cummins, Nelson - 16th Kentucky Infantry - adopted Gary & Katrina Gill (Dover, Kentucky)

  • Cummins, Nelson C. - 18th Kentucky Infantry - adopted by Greg Cummins (Augusta, Kentucky)

  • Fronk, James M. - 16th Kentucky Infantry - adopted Gary & Katrina Gill (Dover, Kentucky)

  • Holton, Charles L. - 7th Kentucky Mounted Infantry Battalion (CSA) - adopted by Connie Frasier (Chandler, Arizona)

  • Lea, Harry - 54th Kentucky Infantry - adopted Gary & Katrina Gill (Dover, Kentucky)

  • McClanahan, Thomas J. - 16th Kentucky Infantry - adopted by Sharon Teegarden (Brooksville, Kentucky)

  • Moyer, Phillip - 10th Kentucky Cavalry - adopted by Mindy Sticklen (Highland Heights, Kentucky)

  • Story, John W. - 18th Kentucky Infantry - adopted by Eric Deardorff (California, Kentucky)

  • Thompson, Lyman - 55th Kentucky Infantry - adopted Gary & Katrina Gill (Dover, Kentucky)

Fairview Odd Fellows (Johnsville)

  • Bussell, Philo - 16th Kentucky Infantry - adopted by Gary Vaughn

  • Cann, Zadoc - 4th Ohio Cavalry - adopted by Barb & Jim Antell (Kentucky)

  • Cooper, Samuel T. - 16th Kentucky Infantry - adopted by Heather Brumley (Milford, Kentucky)

  • Craycraft, Zedikiah - 24th Kentucky Infantry - adopted by Karen King (Brooksville, Kentucky)

  • Curtis, Edward - 40th Kentucky Infantry - adopted by Diana West (Brooksville, Kentucky)

  • Dowdney, John C. - 12th Ohio Infantry - adopted by Barbara Jones Coyne (Winchester, Ohio)

  • Estle, Daniel - 10th Indiana Cavalry - adopted by Jennifer Bonar Gray (Arlington, Virginia)

  • Hiles, George H. - 34th Ohio Infantry - adopted by Mindy Sticklen (Highland Heights, Kentucky)

  • Hiles, Robert L. - 189th Ohio Infantry - adopted by Jennifer Bonar Gray (Arlington, Virginia)

  • Jackson, Benjamin F. - 16th Kentucky Infantry - adopted by Johnny & Jenny Free (Brooksville, Kentucky)

  • Jackson, William T. - 16th Kentucky Infantry - adopted by Teron Bay (Maysville, Kentucky)

  • Jones, Doughty U. - 12th Ohio Infantry - adopted by Barbara Jones Coyne (Winchester, Ohio)

  • Kinnett, Arthur M. - 18th Ohio Infantry - adopted by Mindy Sticklen (Highland Heights, Kentucky)

  • Lowrey, Jonathan - 16th Ohio Infantry - adopted by Heather Brumley (Milford, Kentucky)

  • Lytle, Christian - 16th Kentucky Infantry - adopted by Sandy Craddock (Falmouth, Kentucky)

  • McKee, William B. - 175th Ohio Infantry - adopted by Mindy Sticklen (Highland Heights, Kentucky)

  • Meyer, Frederick W. - 16th Kentucky Infantry - adopted by Mindy Sticklen (Highland Heights, Kentucky)

  • Sroufe, Adam M. - 16th Kentucky Infantry - adopted by Mindy Sticklen (Highland Heights, Kentucky)

  • Thomas, William - 16th Kentucky Infantry - adopted by the Sharp Family (Kentucky)

  • Thompson, Samuel W. - 54th Kentucky Infantry - adopted by Mindy Sticklen (Highland Heights, Kentucky)

  • Unknown - adopted by the Jones Family (Kentucky)

  • Waller, Ethender - 21st Kentucky Infantry - adopted by Teron Bay (Maysville, Kentucky)

  • Wilson, Stephen D. - 16th Kentucky Infantry - adopted by Mindy Sticklen (Highland Heights, Kentucky)

  • Yelton, Johnson T. - 16th Kentucky Infantry - adopted by Nick & Jennifer Free (Brooksville, Kentucky)

HIGHLAND

  • Byar, John - 3rd Kentucky Cavalry (CSA) - adopted by Teron Bay (Maysville, Kentucky)

  • Fronk, William H. - 7th Kentucky Cavalry - adopted by Connie Frasier (Chandler, Arizona)

  • Knoedler, Louis P. - 2nd Kentucky Cavalry Battalion (CSA) - adopted by Connie Frasier (Chandler, Arizona)

  • Owens, John W. - 16th Kentucky Infantry - adopted by Mindy Sticklen (Highland Heights, Kentucky)

  • Robbins, John W. - 18th Kentucky Infantry - adopted by Tim Cooper (Auburn, Kentucky)

  • Yates, James H. - 59th Ohio Infantry - adopted by Darryl Smith (Cincinnati, Ohio)

  • Yates, Henry C. - 16th Kentucky Infantry - adopted by Connie Frasier (Chandler, Arizona)

Hillside

  • Barker, Thomas Jefferson - 16th Kentucky Infantry - adopted by Susan Waters (California, Kentucky)

  • Bradford, Dr. Joshua Taylor - Home Guard commander - adopted by Debi Blattmann (Newport, Kentucky)

  • Case, Charles O. - 23rd Ohio Infantry - adopted by Daniel & Faith Greer (Augusta, Kentucky)

  • Cleveland, Francis L. - Home Guard and aide to J. Taylor Bradford - adopted by Allen & Joaleene Miranda (Chicago, Illinois)

  • Cox, William P. - 16th Kentucky Infantry - adopted by Mary Ann Kearns (Augusta, Kentucky)

  • Crumbaugh, David B. - 1st Arkansas Cavalry/Buckner’s Guards (CSA) - adopted by Marie England (Augusta, Kentucky)

  • Doniphan, Joseph - 16th Kentucky Infantry - adopted by Judy Lindsey (Brooksville, Kentucky)

  • Evans, Henry J. - 27th Ohio Infantry - adopted by Russel Egbert (Austin, Indiana)

  • Gregston, James J. - 16th Kentucky Infantry - adopted by Ronald and Phyllis Thornbury (Brooksville, Kentucky)

  • Hafer, James H. - 12th & 172nd Ohio Infantry - adopted by Mary Ann Kearns (Augusta, Kentucky)

  • Holmes, David T. - 150th Indiana Infantry - adopted by Daniel & Faith Greer (Augusta, Kentucky)

  • Holten, Andrew J. - 59th Ohio Infantry - adopted by Darryl Smith (Cincinnati, Ohio)

  • Jones, William H. - 16th Kentucky Infantry - adopted by John Yingling (Augusta, Kentucky)

  • Landen, Charles A. - Union Home Guard - adopted by Caroline Miller (Augusta, Kentucky)

  • Louderback, Anderson - Home Guard - adopted by Marie England (Augusta, Kentucky)

  • McKibben, Alpheus - Union Home Guard - adopted by Greg Cummins (Augusta, Kentucky)

  • McKibben, Charles T. - 82nd Indiana Infantry - adopted by Dana & Alison Bach (Augusta, Kentucky)

  • Myers, Alfred N. - Union Home Guard - adopted by Deborah R. Cortner (Brooksville, Kentucky)

  • Powers, James A. - 11th Virginia Infantry/42nd Virginia Infantry (CSA) - adopted by Theresa Gertz-Kelsey (Cincinnati, Ohio)

  • Reese, Cary A. - possible musician 2nd United States Infantry - adopted by Julie Egbert (Austin, Indiana)

  • Steen, Albert P. - 55th Massachusetts Infantry - adopted by Darryl Smith (Cincinnati, Ohio)

  • Taylor, Dr. B. W. H. - Union Home Guard - adopted by Lucinda Martin

  • Weimer, Benjamin F. - 16th Kentucky Infantry - adopted by Daniel & Faith Greer (Augusta, Kentucky)

  • Weimer, John W. - U.S. Navy - adopted by Connie Frasier (Chandler, Arizona)

  • Weimer, William T. - 40th Kentucky Infantry - adopted by Marie England (Augusta, Kentucky)

  • Wilson, James R. - (CSA) - adopted by Debbie & Scott Musick (Brooksville, Kentucky)

  • Wittmeier, Leon H. - 9th Ohio Infantry - adopted by Jake Schulte (Cynthiana, Kentucky) of The Ninth Ohio: A Living History

Old Johnsville Pioneer

  • Dougherty, Alfred - 16th Kentucky Infantry - adopted by Phil Hedges (Maysville, Kentucky)

  • Jordan, Hiram T. - 16th Kentucky Infantry - adopted by Phil Hedges (Maysville, Kentucky)

  • Pepper, Andrew J. - 175th Ohio - adopted by Scott Savory (Dayton, Ohio)

Payne

  • Bradley, John S. - 8th Kentucky Cavalry (CSA) - adopted by Gary & Sharon Hay (Augusta, Kentucky)

  • Gregston, George P. - 16th Kentucky Infantry - adopted by Jennifer Bonar Gray (Arlington, Virginia)

  • Harry, William A. - 10th Kentucky Cavalry - adopted by Mindy Sticklen (Highland Heights, Kentucky)

  • Kerans, George T. - 189th Ohio Infantry - adopted by Mindy Sticklen (Highland Heights, Kentucky)

  • McKeown, John - 5th Kentucky Infantry - adopted by Jennifer Bonar Gray (Arlington, Virginia)

  • Ryan, Thomas D. - 7th Kentucky Cavalry - adopted by Mindy Sticklen (Highland Heights, Kentucky)

  • Smith, William M. - 10th Kentucky Cavalry - adopted by Mindy Sticklen (Highland Heights, Kentucky)

  • Story, William B. - Union Home Guard - adopted by Joe & Carol Hammer (Grayson, Kentucky)

  • Unknown Confederates - 2nd Kentucky Cavalry (CSA) - two adopted by Julie Stephens (Wildwood, Missouri), four adopted by Gary & Katrina Gill (Dover, Kentucky), two adopted by Tina Duncan (Georgetown, Ohio)

  • Willis, Henry P. - 7th Kentucky Mounted Infantry Battalion (CSA) - adopted by Teron Bay (Maysville, Kentucky)

  • Yates, Nathaniel - 59th Ohio Infantry - adopted by Darryl Smith (Cincinnati, Ohio)