Person

John S. McDonald (Lauderdale co. AL, artificer 1st Ky Light Artillery )

b. 1837? d. 1896?

Lauderdale County, Alabama, soldier. Alabama native. Son of John McDonald and Margaret McDonald. Resident in Lauderdale County, Alabama, in 1850. Blacksmith in 1864. Served in the 1st Kentucky Light Artillery (U.S.A.) as artificer and private from September 10, 1863, to July 26, 1865.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Alabama, Lauderdale County, District 1, p. 301B.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 510.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0148.

"John Scruggs McDonald Sr. (1837-1896)," Find A Grave, accessed November 17, 2020, Memorial #16887410, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16887410.

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McDonald, John S.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32279766 (November 13, 2026).

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