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Breckinridge County, Kentucky, farm laborer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Eliza Jane Swink Morris in Breckenridge County, Kentucky, on September 27, 1855. Father of George M. Morris, Francis Morris, and Mary E. Morris. Farm laborer in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from December 31, 1861 to April 28, 1864. Captured at the Battle of Huff's Ferry, Roane County, Tennessee, on November 14, 1863. Died from typhoid fever at Camp Parole, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, on April 28, 1864.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge County, District 1, p. 525.

Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War Veterans, ca. 1861 – ca. 1910, NARA RG 15, Application WC43912.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0266.

Citation

Morris, William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207499 (November 12, 2026).

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Correspondence
William E. Hobson to John Boyle
1863-11-20

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