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Joseph H. Sidebottom (Green County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier in the 33rd and 26th KY)

b. 1837? d. 1865-03-27

Green County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Felix Sidebottom and Fanny Sidebottom. Married to Amanda Frances Chelds Sidebottom in Green County, Kentucky, on December 2, 1858. Father of Felix J. Sidebottom. Student in Green County in 1850. Farmer in Green County in 1860. Served in Company D 33rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) as a Private from September 13, 1862, to April 1, 1864. Served in Company K 26th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) as a Private from April 1, 1864, to March 27, 1865. Died in a field hospital near Moseley Hill, North Carolina, of apoplexy on March 27, 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, District 2, p. 152B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, District 1, p. 693.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 382.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 405.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994036, Green County Marriages.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 230-1, 233.

U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Application #99353, Certificate #146849.

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Sidebottom, Joseph H.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280446 (November 12, 2026).

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