Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Winchester, Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Winchester native. Son of Samuel Hanson and Matilda Hanson. Married to Caroline Wheeler Hanson. Graduate of the University of Louisville law school in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1851. Attorney in Winchester in 1860. Lieutenant colonel of the 20th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) from October 1, 1861 to December 29, 1863. Colonel of the 37th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) from December 29, 1863 to March 6, 1865. Wounded and captured at the battle of Saltville, Virginia, on October 2, 1864. Imprisoned at Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, Winchester, District No. 2, p. 80. Roger D. Hunt, Colonels in Blue—Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee: A Civil War Biographical Dictionary (Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2014), 163. Find A Grave, "Charles Sims Hanson (1829-1875)," Memorial #25028369, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25028369 (accessed January 31, 2018).

Citation

Hanson, Charles S.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204494 (November 12, 2026).

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Correspondence
A. L. Haggard to Beriah Magoffin
1861-02-19
Proclamation/Legislation
James F. Robinson, Funeral Ceremonies of John J. Crittenden
1863-07-27

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