Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Louisville, Kentucky, engineer and soldier. Native of Ireland. Married to Catherine O'Brien. Father of William O'Brien and Mary O'Brien. Engineer in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the 6th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from December 23, 1861, to December 23, 1864.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 845.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 138.

KYR-0001-004-0400.

Citation

O'Brien, Patrick. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213698 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
J. W. Knight et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
1864-01-11

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