Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Metcalfe County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Farmer in Metcalfe County in 1860. Election officer, as clerk, in Lafayette Precinct No. 5 in Metcalfe County in 1860. Second lieutenant in the 21st Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) from December 1861 to November 1862. First lieutenant in the 21st Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) from November 1862 to March 1863. Captain in the 21st Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) from March 1863 to May 1863.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

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

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0490.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 70-71, 911.

KYR-0001-023-0091.

Citation

Brownlee, John B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202113 (November 12, 2026).

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Correspondence
William B. Allen et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
1863-10-12

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