Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Princeton, Caldwell County, Kentucky, teacher and lieutenant. Kentucky native. Son of Thomas E. Young and Melinda Young. School teacher in Caldwell County in 1860. Served in the 20th Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.) from January 6, 1862, to January 17, 1865. Promoted from private to 1st sergeant on February 28, 1862. Promoted to 2nd lieutenant on March 1, 1863. Mustered out on January 17, 1865, in Louisville.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 48, 957.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District No. 1, p. 103.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 35.

Citation

Young, James D.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32205954 (November 12, 2026).

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

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