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Christian County, Kentucky, farmer. Christian County, Kentucky, native. Son of James T. Woosley and Ruth Woosley. Resident of Christian County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Christian County in 1860. Household owned one enslaved person in Christian County in 1860. Served in 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) from December 15, 1861, to April 1865. Captured near Sacramento on December 28, 1861, and imprisoned at Camp Chase, Ohio, until February 1863.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 1, p. 469A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, p. 756-57.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, p. 302.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 474.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 64.

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Woosley, Moses W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198221 (November 12, 2026).

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William M. Wells et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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