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Ralph W. Holbrook (Lawrence Co. KY, farmer and 2nd Lieut. 14th Ky Inf.)

b. 1832? d. 1891?

Lawrence County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Virginia native. Son of Ambrose Holbrook and Nancy Holbrook. Farmer in Lawrence County in 1850. Farmer in Lawrence County in 1860. Served in the 14th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as first sergeant and second lieutenant from December 10, 1861, to August 17, 1864. Captured at Lawrence County on February 15, 1863. Prisoner of war at Camp Chase, Ohio, until August 1863.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, 54B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, 529.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 874.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0275.

U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Application #506819, Certificate #381539.

Citation

Holbrook, Ralph W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208123 (November 12, 2026).

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