Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Louisville, Kentucky, newspaper reporter and German-language interpreter. German native. Immigrated to Louisville. Served in the 1st Kentucky Cavalry Regiment during the Mexican-American War. Returned to Germany to fight in the revolutions of 1848 and 1849. Returned to Louisville. German-language interpreter for the Louisville City Court. Reporter for the Louisville Anzeiger. Lieutenant Colonel of the 4th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment from December 13, 1861 to May 8, 1863.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Find A Grave, "LTC Jacob Ruckstuhl (1826-1866)," Memorial #67301482, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=67301482&ref=acom (accessed April 13, 2017). "In Memoriam," Louisville Daily Journal, September 3, 1866. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, Vol. 1 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 81.

Citation

Ruckstuhl, Jacob. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209436 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
J. Henin and Charles Dupré to Thomas E. Bramlette
1863-09-07

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