Samuel Kennard
American businessman and Confederate Army officer
Samuel Mummey Kennard (1842-1916) was a St. Louis, Missouri, businessman and Confederate Army officer. He was active in civic affairs and had an elementary school named after him.
Early life
Kennard was born in Lexington, Kentucky, on January 11, 1842, the son of John Kennard and Rebecca Owings.
He was educated in Lexington schools and moved to St. Louis at the age of 15 with his father, who established a carpet business.
Civil War
When the war broke out, Kennard joined the Confederate Army and became a member of the Landis' Missouri Battery, attached to Cockrell's Brigade. He saw active service in the Siege of Vicksburg before 1863, then became a prisoner of war. He was exchanged and became a lieutenant in Henry Guibor's Battery, of which he commanded a section during the battle of Franklin, Tennessee, on October 30, 1864.
During the last six months of the war, he was with the army of
General John Bell Hood in Georgia and Tennessee.
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