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Independent Kentucky Scouts (U.S.A.)

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c1865

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"Independent Kentucky Scouts (U.S.A.)" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/O00010853, (accessed March 30, 2025).

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Organized in Spencer County and Shelby County, Kentucky. Organized in early 1865. Commander: Captain Edwin Terrell. Engaged in guerrilla hunting operations in early 1865 around Spencer County, Kentucky.

Matthew Christopher Hulbert, "The Rise and Fall of Edwin Terrell, Guerrilla Hunter, U.S.A." Ohio Valley History Vol. 18, No. 3 (Fall 2018), 42-61. “Terrell: Death of a Notorious Kentucky Guerilla,” Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.),December 14, 1868, p. 4. KYR-0001-004-1942

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