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William B. Bush (Caldwell County, Kentucky, student and second lieutenant (U.S.A))

b. 1838? d. 1862-12-05

Caldwell County, Kentucky, student and soldier (U.S.A). Caldwell County, Kentucky, native. Son of Reuben R. Bush and Louisa Williams Bush. Student in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned one enslaved person in Caldwell County in 1850. Served in the 15th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry (U.S.A.) as second lieutenant from August 14, 1862, to December 5, 1862. Died in military service in Paducah on December 5, 1862.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 310b.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 828.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #004261077.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 397.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 398.

Registers of Death of Volunteers, 1861-1865, Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1780s-1917, Kentucky A-K, NARA RG 94, p. 22.

Citation

Bush, William B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198149 (November 12, 2026).

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