Robert B. McNary

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c1838

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"Robert B. McNary" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00015922, (accessed April 25, 2024).

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Caldwell County, Kentucky, medical student and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of William C. McNary and Ann B. McNary. Student in Muhlenberg County in 1850. Medical student in Caldwell County in 1860. Household owned sixteen enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1860. Served in the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a hospital steward from December 13, 1861, to June 1862. Served in the 20th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a second lieutenant and acting quartermaster from June 28, 1862, to February 1, 1863. Served in the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as an assistant surgeon from April 10, 1863, to July 15, 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 1, p. 175A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 37.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 223A.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0032.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0331.

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