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John "Anton" Unkelbach (Louisville bookbinder and pvt. 1st Ky Light Artillery )

b. 1819?

Louisville, Kentucky, bookbinder and soldier. Native of Bavaria, Germany. Married to Bilhildus Wilhemina "Mary" Young Unkelbach in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on December 9, 1847. Father of Gertrude Unkelbach, Therese Unkelbach, and Emma Unkelbach. Bookbinder in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1850. Bookbinder in Louisville in 1860. Served in the 2nd Kentucky Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a first class musician from July 3, 1861, to August 1862. Served in the 1st Kentucky Light Artillery Regiment (U.S.A.) as a 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, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 2, p. 204B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 1, p. 49.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000818486, p. 368 of 382 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com).

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 511, 519, 558.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0148, 0168.

Citation

Unkelbach, John "Anton". Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32279805 (November 13, 2026).

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