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Gabriel Caldwell Wharton (Springfield, Washington County, Kentucky, lawyer and soldier U.S.A.)

b. 1839-06-13 d. 1887-02-21

Springfield, Washington County, Kentucky, lawyer and soldier. Springfield, Kentucky native. Son of John Wharton and Sarah Caldwell Wharton. Attended the University of Louisville department of law in 1856. Lawyer in Springfield, Kentucky in 1860. Served in the 10th Kentucky infantry (U.S.A.) as a Major. Promoted to lieutenant colonel on March 11, 1863. Mustered out on December 7, 1864 in Louisville, Kentucky.

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Find A Grave, "Col Gabriel Caldwell Wharton ( June 13, 1838 - February 21, 1887)," Memorial #110430347, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110430347 (accessed June 26, 2017).;
Dennis W. Belcher, The 10th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War: A History and Roster (Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2009), 7;
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, District 1, p. 101.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 806.

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Wharton, Gabriel Caldwell. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210131 (November 12, 2026).

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