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William C. McDowell (Louisville, Kentucky, 2nd lieut, 1st lieut, and capt)

b. 1839?

Louisville, Kentucky, soldier. New Jersey native. Married to Mary Fitzsimmons McDowell in Jefferson County on May 19, 1860. Father of Anna McDowell, Marguerette McDowell, and Mary McDowell. Served in the 28th Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.) as 2nd lieutenant, 1st lieutenant, and captain from January 23, 1862, to June 15, 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 10, p. 301B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Bullitt County Marriages, 1797-1876, Film #000482708, p. 221, p. 48 of 471 of microfilm.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 395.

U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Application #1,042,571, Certificate #782,715.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 938.

Find A Grave, “William C. McDowell (1840-1925)," Memorial #67053999, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67053999/william-c-mcdowell (accessed September 28, 2020).

Citation

McDowell, William C.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208726 (November 12, 2026).

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