Person:Commodore Barker (1)

COMMODORE PERRY BARKER was born in 1844 in Logan County, Kentucky.

The 1850 census shows Commodore living with his parents in District No. 1, Logan County, Kentucky.

The 1860 census shows Commodore living with his parents in District No. 1, Logan County, Kentucky.

Commodore served during the Civil War with the Union Kentucky Volunteers, 8th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry. They were organized at Russellville, Kentucky, and he was mustered in August 13, 1862. He was attached to District of Louisville, Kentucky, Department of the Ohio, to November,1862. Unattached, Bowling Green, District of Western Kentucky, Department of the Ohio, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of Ohio, to August, 1863. Unassigned, Bowling Green, Kentucky. 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps to September, 1863.

Service - Duty at Russellville, Bowling Green and Hopkinsville, Kentucky, District of West Kentucky, and at Clarksville, Tennessee, operating against guerrillas, till September, 1863. Actions at Morganfield, Kentucky. August 3, 1862. Madisonville August 25, Morganfield September 1. Gieger's Lake September 3. Near Madisonville September 4. Ashbysburg September 25, Henderson County November 1. Greenville Road November 5. Garrettsburg November 6. Rural Hill, Tennessee, November 18. Near Nashville, Tennessee, January 28, 1863. Expedition from Bowling Green, Kentucky to Tennessee State Line May 2 - 6. Operations against Morgan July 2 - 26. Buffington's Island, Ohio, July 19, Mustered out September 23, 1863.