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John Braxton Lisle (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier, 11, 7, 2nd Ky CSA Cav)

b. 1838-01-17 d. 1910-09-14

Clark County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of John E. Lisle and Mary Lisle. Student in Clark County in 1850. Farmer in Clark County in 1860. Served in Company A, 11th Kentucky Cavalry (C.S.A.) as a private from September 10, 1862, to July 1, 1863. Served in Company A, 7th Kentucky Cavalry, (C.S.A) as a private from July 1, 1863, to June 30, 1864. Captured on Morgan's Raid in Chester, Ohio, on July 19, 1863. Prisoner in Cincinnati, Ohio, from July 19, 1863 to August 20, 1863. Prisoner at Camp Chase, Ohio, on August 26, 1863. Escaped from Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois. Served in Company A, 2nd Battalion Kentucky Cavalry (C.S.A) as a private from August 16, 1864 to December 12, 1864. Captured in Rogersville, Tennessee. Prisoner in Knoxville, Tennessee, in December 1864. Prisoner in Nashville, Tennessee, on January 8, 1865. Prisoner in the Military Prison, Louisville, Kentucky, from January 8, 1865 to January 14, 1865. Prisoner at Camp Chase, Ohio, from January 14, 1865 to May 15, 1865. Took the Oath of Allegiance in Camp Chase, Ohio, on May 15, 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 2, p. 12B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 2, p. 844.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, Precinct 5, p. 106B.

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0019.

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0060.

"John Braxton Lisle (1838-1910)," Find A Grave, Memorial #25033295, accessed December 3, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25033295.

Citation

Lisle, John Braxton. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280384 (November 12, 2026).

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