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Arnold Kimble

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Arnold Kimble Veteran

Birth
Hardy County, West Virginia, USA
Death
18 Jun 1864 (aged 28–29)
Grant County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Kline, Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Son of James and Jane Porter Kimble. Husband of Mary Ellen Riggleman. Arnold was killed in battle at Johnson Run in Civil War. Stone has Alt's Co. W.Va State Troops.
Arnold enlisted as a private in Capt. Isaac Alt's company of Pendleton County Home guards. On June 18, 1864 at Johnson Run, near Petersburg a skirmish developed between a Confederate Calvary unit commanded by Lieutenant Bernard J. Dolan and a unit of Union Army troops commanded by Capt. John Bond. The Skirmish lasted throughout night and into the following day. When it was over seven of Captain Bond's men, Henry Harman, John Ours, Godfrey Kesner, Arnold Kimble, John Yokum, William Shreve and John Hartman lay dead. Three others, Ezra Borror, Nimrod Borror and Isaac Murphy were taken prisoner and either died or was killed in captivity. Lieutenant Dolan, the commander of the Confederate Calvary also died in this action. Arnold Kimble and Henry Harman are both buried in this cemetery. John Ours is buried in Alt cemetery at Landes. Brothers and sisters are Lydia, Christina, John, David, Adam, Jacob, Emily, Hannah, Mary, Susan and Caroline.
Son of James and Jane Porter Kimble. Husband of Mary Ellen Riggleman. Arnold was killed in battle at Johnson Run in Civil War. Stone has Alt's Co. W.Va State Troops.
Arnold enlisted as a private in Capt. Isaac Alt's company of Pendleton County Home guards. On June 18, 1864 at Johnson Run, near Petersburg a skirmish developed between a Confederate Calvary unit commanded by Lieutenant Bernard J. Dolan and a unit of Union Army troops commanded by Capt. John Bond. The Skirmish lasted throughout night and into the following day. When it was over seven of Captain Bond's men, Henry Harman, John Ours, Godfrey Kesner, Arnold Kimble, John Yokum, William Shreve and John Hartman lay dead. Three others, Ezra Borror, Nimrod Borror and Isaac Murphy were taken prisoner and either died or was killed in captivity. Lieutenant Dolan, the commander of the Confederate Calvary also died in this action. Arnold Kimble and Henry Harman are both buried in this cemetery. John Ours is buried in Alt cemetery at Landes. Brothers and sisters are Lydia, Christina, John, David, Adam, Jacob, Emily, Hannah, Mary, Susan and Caroline.


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