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Thomas Edgar Burns (Fleming Co., KY, merchant and lieut. col. 16th Inf (U.S.A.))

b. 1837?

Fleming County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier. Nicholas County, Kentucky, native. Son of Alvin Burns and Amanda J. Burns. Student in Nicholas County in 1850. Merchant in Fleming County, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the 16th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A) as lieutenant, captain, major and lieutenant colonel from October 14, 1861, to June 15, 1864.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 448A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, District 2, p. 648.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 924.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0487.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0289.

Citation

Burns, Thomas Edgar. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32279705 (November 12, 2026).

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