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John Mosby Bacon (Franklin County, Kentucky, soldier. )

b. 1844-04-17 d. 1913-03-19

Woodford and Franklin County, Kentucky, soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Sarah Jane Bacon. Resident of Woodford County, Kentucky, in 1850. Resident of Frankfort, Franklin County in 1860. Served in the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a second lieutenant from September 27, 1862 to November 5, 1862. Served in the 4th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a second lieutenant, first lieutenant, captain, and major from November 5, 1862 to August 21, 1865. Mustered out August 21, 1865.

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Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, District 1, p. 427A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 397.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0038.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0105.

Francis B Heitman, Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, from its Organization, September 29, 1789, to March 2, 1903 vol. 1, pt. II (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1903), 179.

"John Mosby Bacon (1844-1913)," Find A Grave, Memorial #19954991, accessed July 12, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19954991.

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Bacon, John Mosby. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208146 (November 12, 2026).

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