Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Nicholas County, Kentucky, engineer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Susan Buchanan. Father of James T. Buchanan. Engineer in Nicholas County in 1860. Captain in the 6th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.).

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 30-31.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 148-49.

Citation

Buchanan, John B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198021 (November 12, 2026).

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The people, organizations, and places listed below appear in the same documents as John B. Buchanan (1st Battalion Kentucky Cavalry. ). They are sorted by the number of documents they share.

Documents (2)

Petition
F. W. Asbury, Peter Mann, and Alexander Curtis to James F. Robinson
1862-12-19
Petition
Isaac Taylor et al. to James F. Robinson
1862-12-17

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