Henry V. P. Kabrick was born in 1841 in Morrisonville, Loudoun County, Virginia. Kabrick was living in Oak Grove, Missouri, when he enlisted on August 14,1862, as a private in Company C, 12th Missouri Cavalry, commanded by Col. Upton Hays (according to McGhee often referred to unofficially as 2d Missouri Cavalry). One day later, Kabrick found himself fighting in the middle of the Battle of Lone Jack. During Price’s 1864 invasion of Missouri, Kabrick’s regiment was commanded by Lt. Col. William H. Erwin and part of Shelby’s Division. McGhee does not show Kabrick in hi list of company officers for the regiment. Webb’s biographical sketch refers to Kabrick as a captain, but the sole record in the Soldiers and Sailors Database shows Kabrick entered service as a private and left service as a private.
After the war, Kabrick returned home to his parent’s farm in Oak Grove where he worked on the farm. He also learned carpentry and worked at that trade until 1876. At this time, Kabrick bought his own 80 acre farm.
McGhee, James E. Guide to Missouri Confederate Units, 1861-1865. Fayetteville, AR: University of Arkansas Press, 2008.
Soldiers and Sailors Database. “Kabrick, H. P. V.” Accessed April 10, 2022. Link.
Union Historical Company. “Henry V. P. Kabrick.” In The History of Jackson County, Missouri, 920. Kansas City: Union Historical Company, 1881.
Webb, William L. “Capt. Henry V. P. Kabrick.” In Battles and Biographies of Missourians, or, the Civil War Period of Our State, 334–35. Kansas City: Hudson-Kimberly Pub. Co., 1900.