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Joseph C. Bontecou (Hamilton County, Ohio, music teacher; lieut 2nd Ky Inf & 10th OH Lt Artil USA)

b. 1838? d. 1904?

Hamilton County, Ohio, music teacher and soldier. Rhode Island native. Son of James Bontecou and Mary A. Bontecou. Professor of music in Hamilton County, Ohio, in 1860. Served in the 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as first lieutenant from May 6, 1861, to August 6, 1863. Served in the 10th Ohio Light Artillery (U.S.A.) as second lieutenant from January 15, 1864, to July 17, 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Hamilton County, Columbia, p. 335.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 911.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 479.

1890 Veterans ScheduleMichigan, Emmet County, Petoskey, p. 6.

U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Application #803968, Certificate #947756.

Find A Grave, "Lieut. Joseph C. Bontecou (1838-1904)," Memorial #11705162, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11705162 (accessed July 5, 2020).

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Bontecou, Joseph C.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197339 (November 12, 2026).

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