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Lowdy Howard (Jefferson County, Kentucky, apprentice ship carpenter, tobacconist and soldier)

b. 1841?

Jefferson County, Kentucky, apprentice ship carpenter, tobacconist and soldier. Jefferson County, Kentucky native. Son of Elizabeth Howard. Student in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1850. Apprentice ship carpenter in Louisville in 1860. Tobacconist in Louisville in 1864. Served in the 28th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private and corporal from January 23, 1862 to April 10, 1862. Reported as deserted from Louisville, Kentucky, on April 10, 1862. Served in the 1st Kentucky Light Artillery (U.S.A.) as a private and sergeant from September 10, 1863 to July 26, 1865. Reported as deserted from Louisville in September 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 1, p. 82A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 2, p. 449.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Ward 4, p. 347A.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Rolls 0479, 039, 0147.

"Jefferson Circuit Court - Criminal Term," Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), May 14, 1862, p. 3.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 518.

Citation

Howard, Lowdy. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209590 (November 12, 2026).

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