J. T. Farris

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"J. T. Farris" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00002618, (accessed April 29, 2024).

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Louisville, Kentucky, detective and soldier. Served in the 5th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as first lieutenant and regimental quartermaster from October 1861 to February 1862. Served in the 9th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment from as major from August 1862 to March 1863. Commander of Barracks No. 1 in Louisville, Kentucky, from March 1863 to October 1863. Detective in Louisville from 1863 to 1864.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0052, 0096.
"Contingent Expenses of the War Department," Executive Document, No. 78, House of Representatives, 41st Congress, 2d Session, p. 29-30.
"THE ESCAPE OF JOHN MORGAN.; The Report that He is in Toronto Discredited Recapture of Two of His Companions," Times (New York, NY), December 3, 1863.

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