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Webster County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Alex Cates and Nancy Cates. Married to Lucy A. Cates. Father of Louisiana Cates. Student in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Webster County in 1860. Served in the 25th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U. S. A.) as a private from January 1, 1862 to April 13, 1862. Served in the 17th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U. S. A.) as a private from April 13, 1862 to January 1865. Reported as captured September 19, 1863. Paroled October 2, 1863. Discharged from wounds received at the Battle of Chickamauga, January 1865.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 141B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 610.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0299, 0373.

Citation

Cates, Charles H.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208812 (November 12, 2026).

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Edward Bumpass et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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