William E. Hobson

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1844

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1909

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"William E. Hobson" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00018208, (accessed April 28, 2024).

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Warren County, Kentucky, soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Atwood G. Hobson and Juliet Hobson. Resident of Warren County in 1850. Household owned five enslaved persons in Warren County in 1850. Resident of Warren County in 1860. Household owned twenty-one enslaved persons in Warren County in 1860. Served in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel from January 1, 1862 to January 12, 1865. Commanded a brigade in the XXIII Corps of the Union Army.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 1, p. 35A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 1.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 2, p. 572.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 2, p. 444.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 855.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0265.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0485.
"William Edward Hobson (1844-1909)," Find A Grave, Memorial 28021515, accessed July 19, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28021515.

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