Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Wisconsin attorney. Yarmouth, Massachusetts, native. Graduate of Dartmouth College in 1850. Graduate of Harvard Law School in 1852. Admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1853. Moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1857. United States District Attorney for Wisconsin from 1861 to 1866.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee, p. 110; John Bear Doane Cogswell Papers, American Antiquarian Society, Manuscript Collections, ( http://www.americanantiquarian.org/Findingaids/john beardoane_cogswell.pdf) (accessed May 10, 2017).

Citation

Cogswell, John B. D.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201749 (November 12, 2026).

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Correspondence
A. G. Miller et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
1865-03-01

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