Eli Houston Murray

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1843-02-10

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1896-11-18

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"Eli Houston Murray" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00013530, (accessed November 30, 2023).

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Breckenridge County, Kentucky, soldier. Kentucky native. Son of David R. Murray and Anna M. Murray. Student in Breckenridge County, Kentucky in 1850. Student in Breckenridge County in 1860. Served in 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a major and colonel from November 26, 1861 to April 1864. Commanded the 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Cumberland (U.S.A.) from April 1864 to November 1864. Absent in Kentucky by order of Major General William T. Sherman from December 1864 to May 1865. Breveted a brigadier general on detached duty in 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckenridge County, District No. 1, p. 96B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckenridge County, Cloverport, p. 533.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 33.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 474.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 63.
"Eli Houston Murray (1843-1896), Find A Grave, " Memorial 5988408, accessed September 27, 2020, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5988408.

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