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KENTUCKY.</ab></figure><lb/>
Head-Quarters Kentucky Volunteer Militia,<lb/>
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,<lb/>
Frankfort, <date when='1862-02-12'>12 Feb 1862</date>.
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Sec of State.
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Francis Montgomery- Captain<lb/>
Daniel B. Good- 1<hi rend='underline'><hi rend='sup'>st</hi></hi> Lieut<lb/>
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The Com: which is, issued <date when='1862-02-01'>1 Feb 1862</date> to <hi rend='underline'>Francis Maximillian Taylor</hi> Asst Surg: should be <hi rend='underline'>Frederic Maximillian Taylor</hi>.
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