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William H. Carter (Caldwell County, KY, laborer)

b. 1833-11-03 d. 1920-05-06

Caldwell County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier. Kentucky native. Laborer in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Resident of Caldwell County in 1861. Served in the 3rd Kentucky Mounted Infantry Regiment (C.S.A.) as a third lieutenant and second lieutenant from July 10, 1861, to June 16, 1865. Captured at Hopkinsville, Kentucky, on October 1, 1864. Prisoner of war at Louisville in November 1864. Prisoner of war at Johnson's Island, Ohio, from November 15, 1864, to June 16, 1865. Released on loyalty oath to the U. S. government on June 16, 1865.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 314B.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky: Confederate Kentucky Volunteers War 1861-65, vol. 1 (Frankfort: Legislature of Kentucky, 1915), 98.

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0022.

Find A Grave, "W. H. Carter (1833-1920)," Memorial #28247553, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28247553 (accessed May 27, 2020).

KYR-0001-020-0007.

Citation

Carter, William H.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201785 (November 12, 2026).

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