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William Y. Dillard (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, bricklayer and soldier)

b. 1829?

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, bricklayer and soldier. Tennessee native. Married to Fannie Dillard. Father of William Dillard, Lillie Dillard, and Fanny M. Dillard. Bricklayer in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the Provost Guard of Louisville (U.S.A.) a captain from October 3, 1861 to October 3, 1862. Transferred on October 3, 1862. Served in the 34th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) as a captain, major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel from October 3, 1862 to June 24, 1865. Commanded a brigade in the XXIII Corps of the Union Army.

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Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 804.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 11, p. 455B.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0407.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 316, 346.

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Dillard, William Y.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199435 (November 12, 2026).

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