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1863

Dissolution Date

1864

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Organization

"District of Cairo" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/O00000935, (accessed May 30, 2025).

KYR-0002-022-0017

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A military district headquartered in Columbus, Kentucky. Extant in 1863 and 1864. Commander: General Hugh Thompson Reid (October 1863 – March 16, 1864).

Ezra J. Warner, Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1964), 292-93.

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