Lieutenant Ralph Marshall Horton is a 3rd Great Grand Father of John B. Carberry.  Ralph was born in Rye, Westchester, New York in 1829.  He enlisted in the U.S. Army on 11 Feb 1849 and served with several units during his army career.

·     Served with Companies B and G, 6th Infantry Regiment in the western frontier from 04 May 1854 to 04 May 1859.  

·     Re-enlisted with Company I, 1st Regt. Ohio Vol. Cavalry on 25 Aug 1861.  Ralph was 32 at time of enlistment. Appointed 1st Lt. on 23 Sep 1861 and resigned his commission on 12 March 1862.

·     Re-enlisted with Company H, 1st Battalion, 18th U.S. Infantry at Columbus, Ohio on May 4, 1862.  Sgt. Horton was recommended for promotion by Major J.D. Caldwell for bravery and meritorious conduct at the battle of Stones River, Murfreesboro, Tennessee on December 31, 1862.  Sgt. Horton was medically discharged March 12, 1863 at Cincinnati, Ohio due to injuries received during the Battle of Stones River.

·     Re-enlisted with Company D, 2nd Battalion, 18th U.S. Infantry at Columbus, Ohio on August 15, 1863.  In August 1864, during the Battle of Atlanta, Sgt. Horton suffered gunshot wounds to the neck and leg and was transported to Camp Thomas, North Columbus, Ohio for medical treatment and subsequently discharged on November 18, 1864.

·     Re-enlisted with Company A, 1st Veteran Volunteer Infantry on December 7, 1864 and served until discharge from service as a First Sergeant on July 10, 1865.

·     By order of the War Department, commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant with Company B, 5th U.S. Veteran Volunteers on September 27, 1865, where he served until his discharge from service on March 14, 1866.

Ralph became a member of the Kansas Grand Army of the Republic on March 6, 1886.  Ralph died of pleural pneumonia in Ward 2 of the Western Branch Hospital at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas on 03 Jan 1902 at 0325 hours.  His funeral was held on 04 Jan 1902 at 1500 hours and was conducted with usual military ceremonies.  His headstone bears the unit he served in, as well as the rank he held, during the Battle of Stones River.

Four of Ralph's sons enlisted in the U.S. Army, serving in the southwestern United States and engaging in battles with Indians.  

·     Private James W. Horton, Provo Guards, served in the army from 1868 to 1883.  James died on 01 Jan 1919 in Waldron, Arkansas.  

·     Corporal John Horton, 22nd Infantry, died of small pox at Fort Marcy, Santa Fe, NM in 1883.  

·     Private Isaac Horton, 22nd Infantry, died of pneumonia at The Post at San Antonio, Texas (now Ft. Sam Houston) on 16 May 1881.  

·     Private Ralph Edward Horton, 22nd Infantry, served from 1879 to 03 Aug 1884 at various locations including Ft. Clark in Brackettville, Texas and then at The Post at San Antonio, where he was discharged after completion of service.  Ralph moved his family to Houston where he remained until his death on 16 Nov 1936.  

·     Brothers Ralph and Isaac are buried together and share the same headstone at the Old National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas.

Sources:

Carberry-Horton-Miller family records.

Four Years in the Saddle, History of the First Regiment Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, War of the Rebellion 1861-1865, W.L. Curry.  

Kansas Grand Army of the Republic Bound Post Records 1866 to 1931.

Official Army Register of the Volunteer Force of the U.S. Army, 1861-1865, Parts 1-8, pg. 945.

U.S. Army Register of Enlistments 1789-1914, Oct 1850 – Dec 1854, A-Z, pg. 353.

U.S. Army Register of Enlistments 1789-1914, 1859-1863, A-D, pg. 490.

U.S. Army Register of Enlistments 1789-1914, 1863-1864, A-Z, pg. 7.

U.S. Army Register of Enlistments 1789-1914, 1866, A-O, pg. 374.

U.S. National Homes for Disabled Soldiers, 1866-1938, pg. 460.

U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca. 1775-2006.

U.S. Army Center of Military History, The Sixth Regiment of Infantry, Lt. Chas. Burney,

U.S. Army Center of Military History, Eighteenth Regiment of Infantry, Lt. C.H. Cabaniss, Jr.,