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John Summers (pvt. 1st Ky Light Artillery)

b. 1842?

Kentucky soldier. Jackson County, Alabama native. Farmer in 1864. 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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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 510, 519.

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. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Application #986904, Certificate #773637.

Citation

Summers, John. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32279796 (November 13, 2026).

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