William K. Irwin

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c1838

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1864-08-15

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"William K. Irwin" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00013892, (accessed April 26, 2025).

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U.S. Army sergeant and lieutenant. Pennsylvania native. Ship carpenter in 1861. Served in the 1st Kentucky Light Artillery Regiment (U.S.A.) as sergeant and lieutenant from September 9, 1861. Died of smallpox in Nashville, Tennessee, on August 15, 1864.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Rolls 0144, 0479.
Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, Compiled 1861-1865, NARA RG 94, Kentucky, Surname Range: A-K, p. 160 of 182 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com).
Find A Grave, "LT William K Irwin (Unknown-1864)," Memorial #3191787, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3191787 (accessed January 8, 2021).

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