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James Henry McCollum (Caldwell / Lyon Co., pvt 48th Ky Mtd Vol.)

b. 1837-12-21 d. 1887-01-16

Caldwell County, Kentucky, soldier. Kentucky native. Resident in Caldwell County in 1850. Served in the 1st Kentucky Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.) as private from October 15, 1861. Reported as deserted from Fort Donelson, Tennessee. Served in the 48th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as private and corporal from October 26, 1863, to December 18, 1864.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 396B.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 484.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky: Confederate Kentucky Volunteers War 1861-65, vol. 1 (Frankfort: Legislature of Kentucky, 1915), 516-17.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0446.

Find A Grave, "James H. McCollum (1837-1887)," Memorial #173022770, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/173022770 (accessed March 4, 2021).

Citation

McCollum, James Henry. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206348 (November 12, 2026).

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