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Alexander Magruder (Jefferson County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier)

b. 1829? d. 1890

Jefferson County, Kentucky, merchant and major. Kentucky native. Married to Margaret A. Wilson Magruder in Louisville, Kentucky, on October 12, 1858. Merchant in Louisville in 1860. Served in the 27th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as adjutant and major from February 12, 1863, to March 29, 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 7, p. 466.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000482708, p. 106

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 232.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 387.

U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Application #486396, Certificate #292375.

Citation

Magruder, Alexander. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206173 (November 12, 2026).

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