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Benjamin F. Lewis (Hancock County, Kentucky, soldier - 2nd Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.)

b. 1837?

Hancock County, Kentucky, soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Abel Lewis and Frances Lewis. Attended school in Hancock County, Kentucky, in 1850. Served in the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private, first sergeant, and second lieutenant from October 3, 1863 to October 25, 1864. Served in the 12th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a second lieutenant from October 25, 1864 to August 23, 1865.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 270A.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 109.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 119.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 308.

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Lewis, Benjamin F.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197956 (November 12, 2026).

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