Hezekiah Tipton and Martha L Shipp
Hezekiah Tipton Shipp was born 15 May 1838 in Kentucky. He enlisted on 30 Sep 1861 in the Civil War Company H, Kentucky 3rd Cavalry regiment. He became a Corporal Surgeon on 13 Dec 1861 and mustered out on 15 July 1865 at Lexington North Carolina. This regiment began to assemble in Sept. and Oct., 1861, at Owensboro and Calhoun, and before it was mustered into service, was actively engaged in contests with Confederate cavalry then operating in that part of the state. In October, a portion of the regiment skirmished with the enemy at Woodbury, Ky. and in November another portion was engaged at Brownsville.
On Dec. 31 it was mustered into the U. S. service at Calhoun, Ky., by Maj. W. W. Sidell, being a full regiment of cavalry, both officers and men of the finest material. Three days prior to the muster in, Maj. E. H. Murray, with 168 men, was attacked while on a scout by Col. Forrest, with 300 men, at Sacramento. The fight was fierce, but Murray's men, being greatly outnumbered, gave way. The loss was severe, Capt. Bacon being killed, Capt. Davis captured, 8 soldiers killed and others wounded. After the capture of Fort Donelson the Federal troops advanced into Tennessee and the 3d cavalry proceeded to Nashville as part of Crittenden's division.
It marched with Buell's army to Pittsburg
landing and a portion of the regiment was engaged in the second day's battle at
Shiloh and received high commendation from Gen. Crittenden. After the battle the
regiment continued with Crittenden's division, Buell's army,
in the movements on Corinth and Iuka. It was on constant duty all the summer in
Tennessee and Alabama, being at Huntsville Florence, Athens and other points.
From Athens, Ala., it moved to Decherd, Tenn.,
and thence proceeded with Buell's army into Kentucky. On Aug. 11, 1862, Gen.
Negley, then at Columbia Tenn., reported a fight near Kinderhook, in which Maj.
Megowan's battalion of the
regiment behaved most gallantly, fighting fiercely for 4 hours, and "driving the
enemy in every direction." In December the 3rd Ky., 7th Pa. and 4th Mich., under
Col. Ed McCook, made a reconnaissance to Franklin, Tenn., where it drove off the
enemy in a severe fight. Later the regiment was engaged on Wild Cat creek, and
in the Stone's River campaign and battle it bore a conspicuous part. A
successful charge made by the regiment is mentioned in Stanley's report, and
Col. Minty says: "Col. Murray, with a handful of men,
performed service that would do honor to a full regiment."
After the engagement at Stone's River the
regiment was sent back to Kentucky. On Dec. 21, 1863 Gen. Boyle wrote to Gen.
Grant that he had "ordered the 3d Ky. cavalry to report to Gen. W. S. Smith at
Nashville, as you ordered." Returning to Nashville, the regiment about the last
of Dec. 1863, entered the veteran organization, and after the usual furlough
joined
the cavalry organized for the Atlanta campaign under Gen. Sherman. On May 13,
Col. Murray, then commanding the division of
cavalry to which the regiment belonged, under instruction from Gen. Sherman,
moved from Resaca to Lay's ferry, Gideon and
Calhoun. At each place there was lively fighting. On Aug. 18 the cavalry left
Sandtown for an expedition southward,
encountering the enemy constantly the regiment fighting at Camp creek and
Stevens' cross-roads.
It bore its part in the great movement to the sea and reached Savannah in
December, having fought at Buckhead Creek and
Waynesboro. It then crossed the Carolinas with Sherman's army, participating in
all the labors of that memorable
campaign, in which it had many encounters among them being Blackville,
Lancaster, Taylor's cross-roads and Fayetteville.
In April it was near Lexington, N. C., where it was mustered out July 15, 1865,
the officers and men having proved
themselves everywhere worthy of their first brilliant and heroic leader, James
S. Jackson.
Hezekiah Shipp married Martha L Herbert in 15 Aug 1865 in Gubser Mill.
Children of Hezekiah Tipton Shipp and Martha L Herbert
1. Jasper Newton Shipp b-18 Dec 1864 in Gubser
Mill; d-8 May 1925 in New Richmond Oh; br-Green Mound Cemetery in New Richmond;
m-Grace Belle Yelton
2. Sylvia O Shipp b-1866 in Gubser Mill
3. Justin E Shipp b-28 Mar 1868 in Gubser Mill; d-8 May 1950 in Bedford, Laporte,
Indiana; br-Green Hill Cemetery in Bedford; married Alice May Barnes
4. Martha A Shipp b-1870 in Gubser Mill; died before 1880 in Gubser Mill; br-Grandview
Cemetery
5. Rosa Grace Shipp b-1870 in Gubser; d-1933 in New Richmond Oh; br-Green Mound
Cemetery; m-Harvey Weaver
6. Effie Blanche Shipp b-20 June 1872 in Gubser Mill; d-19 July 1898 in Gubser
Mill; br-Grandview Cemetery; m-Nelson
7. Arthur L Shipp b-6 May 1882 in Gubser Mill; d-7 Sep 1901 in Gubser Mill; br-Grandview
Cemetery
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Children of Jasper Newton Shipp and Grace Belle Yelton
1. Mattie Shipp b-11 Sep 1894 in Gubser Mill;
d-27 Sep 1943 in Bellevue Ky. br-New Richmond Oh; m-Wm Kimber
2. William Arthur Shipp b-21 Aug 1897 in Gubser Mill
3. Jasper Rupert Shipp b-1906 in Gubser Mill; d-23 Mar 1969 in Cincinnati
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Martha L Shipp was born 30 Oct 1842 in Campbell Co Ky. the daughter of Meredith and Easter Herbert. She died 1 Nov 1915 in Clermont Co Oh and was buried in Grandview Cemetery in Mentor. Hezekiah died 21 June 1917 in Clermont Co and was buried in the Grandview Cemetery.