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John W. Huston (Louisville, KY, blacksmith and 1st Lieut. 5th Ky. Vol. Inf.)

b. 1842? d. 1863-09-20

Louisville, Kentucky, blacksmith and soldier. Indiana native. Son of John M. Huston and Emily M. Huston. Resident of Louisville in 1850. Blacksmith in Louisville in 1860. Served in the 5th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as third sergeant, second lieutenant, and first lieutenant from September 9, 1861. Killed at the Battle of Chickamauga in Georgia on September 20, 1863.

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Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 448B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 591.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0196.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 704-5.

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Huston, John W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32279714 (November 12, 2026).

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