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Oscar J. Somes (McCracken County, Kentucky, bank teller and capt 3rd Ky Inf (C.S.A))

b. 1831?

McCracken County, Kentucky, bank teller and soldier. Massachusetts native. Clerk in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1850. Bank teller in McCracken County, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the 3rd Kentucky Infantry Regiment (C.S.A.) as captain from July 5, 1861, to June 16, 1862.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, New Hampshire, Rockingham County, Exeter, p. 204A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, Paducah, p. 909.

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0066.

Citation

Somes, Oscar J.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32196962 (November 12, 2026).

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