Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Hustonville, Kentucky, farm laborer and soldier. Tennessee native. Sergeant, second lieutenant, and first lieutenant in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment from July 27, 1861, to December 31, 1864.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 10-11.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lincoln County, Hustonville Precinct, p. 4.

Citation

Root, William C.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207831 (February 11, 2026).

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Correspondence
W. D. Carpenter to Thomas E. Bramlette
1864-06-01
Correspondence
William D. Carpenter to Thomas E. Bramlette
1864-06-05

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