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Richard P. Redding (Shelby co. tavern keeper and pvt 1st ky light artillery)

b. 1830? d. 1890-10-11

About

Shelby County, Kentucky, tavern keeper and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Merit Redding and Patsy Jane Redding. Student in Shelby County, Kentucky, in 1850. Hotel clerk in Shelby County in 1860. Tavern keeper in Shelby County in 1863. Served in the 1st Kentucky Light Artillery (U.S.A.) as a private from September 10, 1863, to July 26, 1865.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, District 2, p. 342A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, District 2, p. 7.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Shelby County, KY, 1863, p. 411 (accessed via Ancestry.com).

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.

U.S., National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series M1749 Roll 282, Dayton, Ohio, p. 15472.

Citation

Redding, Richard P.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32279772 (November 13, 2026).

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James E. Hensley et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
1864-09-07

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