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Richard N. Finley (Hopkins County, Ky, farm laborer, pvt 25th/17th Ky Inf)

b. 1838? d. 1862-04-25

Hopkins County, Kentucky, farm laborer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Thomas H. Finley and Maria Finley. Student in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farm laborer in Hopkins County in 1860. Mustered in to the 25th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a corporal on January 1, 1862. Served in the 17th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from January 1, 1862 to April 25, 1862. Died from wounds received at the Battle of Shiloh on April 25, 1862.

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Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 72B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 709.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 962-63.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0373.

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Finley, Richard N.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204368 (November 12, 2026).

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