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Josiah Joseph Boitnott (Caldwell County, Kentucky, pvt 1st Louisiana Cav CSA POW)

b. 1839-06-08 d. 1918-07-10

Caldwell County, Kentucky, soldier. Virginia native. Son of Ferdinand Boitnott and Mary Beckner Boitnott. Married to Louisa A. Davis Boitnott. Father of Louisa J. Boitnott and Mary Boitnott. Resident in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the 1st Louisiana Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.) as a private. Captured January 28, 1863 in Caldwell County. POW at Camp Chase, Ohio, until sent to City Point, Virginia, for exchange on March 28, 1863.

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Bibliography

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Williams Mill, p. 541B.

"Josiah Boitnott (1839-1918)," Find A Grave, Memorial #136406100, accessed October 5, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136406100.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #485.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #22016.

War Department Collection of Confederate Records, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M598, vol. 57, p. 142-43.

Citation

Boitnott, Josiah Joseph. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211339 (November 12, 2026).

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