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Manuel Garcia (Mercer County, KY, tailor and soldier (CSA))

b. 1815? d. 1883-08

Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky, tailor and soldier. Native of Oaxaca, Mexico. Married Sarah Selch Garcia in Mercer County, Kentucky in March 1861. Father of George Thomas Garcia, Sarah Garcia, and Elizabeth Garcia. Veteran of the U.S. - Mexico War. Captured by the American army at the Battle of Chapultepec in 1847. Immigrated to Kentucky c1848. Tailor in Harrodsburg in 1860. Served in Byrne's Battery under John Hunt Morgan (C.S.A.) as an artillerist until 1863.

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 704.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, City/District, p. 724.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 604B.

Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 147C.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mercer County Marriages, Film #000191864, p. 237.

Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7016167, Mercer County Deaths, File #21910.

Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7020448, Mercer County Deaths, File #31316.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky: Confederate Kentucky Volunteers War 1861-65, vol. 1 (Frankfort: Legislature of Kentucky, 1915), 462-463.

The Courier-Journal (Louisville), 1883-08-12, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11910946/don-manuel-garcia-aug-1883-obituary/ (Accessed via newspapers.com April 30, 2020).

The Courier-Journal (Louisville), 1898-12-22, "Speaking of War Matters: The Story of Emanuel Garcia," https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11911574/don-manuel-mex-garcia/ (Accessed via newspapers.com April 29, 2020).

KYR-0001-004-0348.

Citation

Garcia, Manuel. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210184 (November 12, 2026).

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