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Cynthiana, Harrison County, Kentucky, captain. Served in the 20th Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.) from 1862 to 1865. Mustered in as captain on January 6, 1862, in Smithland. Relieved of command by court martial from May to July 1862. Provost marshal in Louisville from November 1863 to December 1863. Provost marshal in Louisville from May 1864 to December 1864.On duty at military prison in Louisville in December 1864. Dishonorably dismissed on May 6, 1865.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 50, 919.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 398.

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Dunn, William B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32205205 (November 12, 2026).

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Thomas B. Waller et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
1863-10-15

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