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Richard A. Darnell (Marion County, Kentucky, farmhand and soldier.)

b. 1840-10-24 d. 1911-03-10

Marion County, Kentucky, farmhand and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Charles Darnell and Mary Eliza Beauchamp Darnell. Attended school in Green County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmhand in Marion County in 1860. Served in the 7th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.) as a sergeant and private from September 17,1862, to May 22, 1865. Captured in Gallia County, Ohio, on July 20, 1863. Prisoner at Camp Chase, Franklin County, Ohio, from July 26, 1863, to August 20, 1863. Prisoner at Camp Douglas, Cook County, Illinois, from August 22, 1863, to March 2, 1865. Signed a loyalty oath to the U.S. government on May 22, 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, District 2, p. 142B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, Raywick p. 563.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, Precinct 1, p. 414A.

"Darnell, Richard," Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0036.

"Darnell, R.," Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0040.

"Richard A. Darnell," Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 6400.

"Richard A 'Dick' Darnell (1840-1911)," Find A Grave, Memorial 141561755, accessed March 3, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141561755.

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Darnell, Richard A.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204499 (November 12, 2026).

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