Person

George Ridgeway (Jefferson County, Kentucky, soldier and petty criminal.)

b. 1839?

Jefferson County, Kentucky, resident, brick moulder, and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Reuben Ridgeway and Martha Ridgeway. Resident in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1850. Brick molder in Louisville in 1860. Served in the 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a corporal and private from June 13, 1861. Reported as deserted in June 1862. Returned from desertion in August 1863. Reported as deserted in September 1863. Arrested for desertion on April 8, 1864. Served in the 34th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.), also known as the Louisville Provost Guard, from September 20, 1862. Reported as under arrest by Louisville authorities in November 1862. Reported as deserted in Nashville, Tennessee, in April 1863. Served in the 4th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from April 25, 1863 to October 1863. Court martialed for desertion and dishonorably discharged. Served in the 6th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A) as a private from February 11, 1864 to February 1865. Reported as deserted in February 1865.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 438B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 1, p. 50.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0046.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0071.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0167.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0410.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 490.

"Deserters," Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), February 14, 1865, p. 3.

"A Bogus Detective," Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), October 21, 1864, p. 3.

KYR-0001-029-0080.

Citation

Ridgeway, George. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197710 (November 12, 2026).

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