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Richard S. Ireland (Henry County, Kentucky, store clerk and pvt 8th KY Cav CSA)

b. 1840 d. 1916

Henry County, Kentucky, store clerk and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Samuel Ireland and Elizabeth Ireland. Student in Henry County in 1850. Store clerk in Henry County in 1860. Served in the 8th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.) as a private from August 20, 1862, until reported as deserted on November 7, 1862.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, District 2, p. 445A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, Subdivision 1, p. 384.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky: Confederate Kentucky Volunteers War 1861-65, vol. 1 (Frankfort: Legislature of Kentucky, 1915), 742.

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0045.

Find A Grave, "Richard S. Ireland (1840-1916)," Memorial #9124097, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9124097 (accessed August 10, 2020).

Citation

Ireland, Richard S.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213300 (November 12, 2026).

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