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Twenty-second governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, banker, and legislator. Son of Jonathan Robinson and Jane Black Robinson. Married to Susan D. Mansell Robinson on December 26, 1821. Father of Emilie Jane Robinson and James F. Robinson, Jr. Married Willina S. Herndon Robinson on May 30, 1842. Father of Scott Herndon Robinson, John McCracken Robinson, George Sidney Robinson, Madison Johnson Robinson, Stephen Gano Robinson, Willa Ewing Robinson, Philip Eldon Robinson, and Stephen Gano Robinson. Educated at Forest Hill Academy and Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky. Trustee of Georgetown College. President of the Farmers' Bank of Georgetown. Represented Fayette and Scott Counties in the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1851 to 1855. Owned thirty-five enslaved persons in 1860. Represented Fayette and Scott Counties in the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1861. Speaker of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from September 3, 1861, to September 5, 1861. Speaker of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from August 16, 1861, to August 18, 1862. Governor of Kentucky from August 18, 1862, to September 1, 1863. Returned to practicing law and farming on retiring from politics in 1863.
Ohio soldier. Ohio native. Graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1852. Served in the 3rd Infantry in 1852. Instructor of tactics at West Point in the late 1850s. Colonel of the 1st Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) from April 1861 to September 1861. Promoted to brigadier general of volunteers on September 3, 1861. Promoted to major general of volunteers in July 1862. Command taken away after Battle of Chickamauga in 1863 and not reassigned to command troops until November 1864.
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Confederate general. Warrenton, North Carolina, native. Married to Eliza Brooks Ellis Bragg on June 7, 1849. Graduated from the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, in 1837. Served in the 3rd U. S. Artillery Regiment in Florida as a lieutenant during the Second Seminole War and later with the same unit in the U.S.-Mexican War. Resigned his commission on December 31, 1855. Sugar plantation owner near Thibodaux, Louisiana. Appointed to the Louisiana state military board on December 12, 1860. Served in the Confederate States Army as major general, brigadier general, full general, from February 20, 1861, to June 17, 1862, when he assumed command of the Army of Mississippi. Reorganized his forces after the battle of Perryville and established the Army of Tennessee until relieved of command on November 29, 1864. Military adviser to Jefferson Davis until taking command of coastal defenses in North Carolina, Georgia, and South Carolina, and a corps in North Carolina, from October 1864 until his capture and parole on May 9, 1865.
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Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Frances Sleet on March 9, 1829. Father of James A. Peter, Sarah A. Peter, Jesse C. Peter, Lucy A. Peter, Mallory M. Peter, Richard Peter, and Isabella Peter. Farmer in Boyle County in 1850. Owned eleven enslaved persons in Boyle County in 1850. Farmer in Boyle County in 1860.
Oldham County, Kentucky, attorney, merchant, and soldier. Russellville, Kentucky, native. Son of John Jordan Crittenden and Sarah "Sally" Lee Crittenden. Married to Katherine "Kittie" Todd Crittenden. Father of John J. Crittenden. Admitted to the Kentucky bar in 1840. Elected commonwealth’s attorney in Kentucky in 1842. Served in the Kentucky Infantry as a private from August 17, 1836, to September 18, 1836. Served in the 3rd Kentucky Infantry in the U.S.-Mexican War from October 4, 1847, to July 21, 1848. Consul to Liverpool, England, from 1849 to 1853. Merchant in Oldham County, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the U.S. Army as brigadier general and major general from September 27, 1861, to December 13, 1864.
Florence, Lauderdale County, Alabama, lawyer, politician, and soldier. Florence, Alabama native. Married to Lelia E. Leftwich Wood on April 10, 1849. Father of William J. Wood, Rosa E. Wood, Lilla E. Wood, Beulah H. Wood, Lelia E. Wood, and Sam Wood. Graduated from St. Joseph’s College in Bardstown, Kentucky in 1841. Lawyer in Florence, Alabama in 1850. Lawyer in Florence, Alabama in 1860. Owned ten enslaved persons in Florence, Alabama in 1860. Served as attorney of Alabama’s fourth judicial circuit from 1851 to 1857. Served in the Alabama state legislature from 1857 to 1860. Editor of the Florence Gazette newspaper in Lauderdale County in 1860. Served in the 7th Alabama Volunteer Infantry Regiment (C.S.A.) as captain and colonel from April 3, 1861 to January 1862. Served as brigadier general in the Confederate Army from January 7, 1862 to October 17. 1863.
General (C.S.A.). St. Augustine, Florida, native. Graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1845. Served in the U.S.-Mexican War. Mathematics instructor at the United States Military Academy from 1849 to 1852. Served in the United States military as a lieutenant, captain and major until 1860. Served as a lieutenant colonel, brigadier general, and major general in the C. S. A. army from 1861 to 1865.
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Christian County, Kentucky, attorney, soldier, and politician. Fayette County, Kentucky, native. Married to Martha "Patty" Buford Jackson in Scott County, Kentucky, in 1847. Father of David Jackson, James Berryman Jackson, Etta Jackson, and Juliet Jackson. Educated at Centre College in Danville. Graduated from Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1844. Graduated from Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, with a law degree in 1845. Admitted to the bar in 1845. Served in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment as a private and third lieutenant in the U.S.-Mexican War. Attorney in Greenup County in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Greenup County in 1850. Attorney in Christian County in 1860. Owned thirteen enslaved persons in Christian County in 1860. Unionist member of the House of Representatives of the United States from the second Congressional District of Kentucky from March 4, 1861, to December 13, 1861. Served in the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as colonel from December 13, 1861, to August 13, 1862. Served in McCook's Corps of the Army of the Ohio (U.S.A.) as brigadier general from July 16, 1862, to October 8, 1862. Killed at the Battle of Perryville on October 8, 1862.
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Virginia, U.S.A. soldier. Covington, Virginia native. Son of William H. Terrill and Elizabeth Pitzer Terrill. Married to Emily Henry Terrill. Graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1853. Assistant professor of mathematics at the U.S. Military Academy from 1853 to 1854. Served in the U.S. Artillery from 1853 to 1861. Served in the 5th U.S. Regular Artillery Regiment as captain from August 14, 1861 to September 1862. Served in the Union Army as brigadier general of volunteers from September 9, 1862 to October 8, 1862.
Steubenville, Ohio, lawyer, court clerk, and soldier. Butler County, Ohio native. Son of John Webster. Married to Mary E. V. McAdams on January 11, 1848. Father of John M. Webster, Thomas M. Webster, Ella M. Webster, George W. Webster, and Charles B. Webster. Served as deputy clerk of court in Hamilton, Ohio from c1841 to c1843. Served in 1st Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment from 1846 to c1847. Lawyer in Steubenville in 1850 and 1860. Served as clerk of court. Served in the 25th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as major. Served in the 98th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as lieutenant colonel and colonel from May 1862 to October 8, 1862.
Cincinnati, Ohio, lawyer and soldier. Ohio native. Son of Robert T. Lytle and Elizabeth H. Lytle. Lawyer in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1860. Served as Colonel of the 10th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) on May 3, 1861. Served as Brigadier General U. S. Volunteers (U.S. A.) in November 29, 1862. Died on September 20, 1863 from wounds at Chickamauga, Georgia.
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Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, soldier, and politician. Stanford, Kentucky, native. Married to Maria Antoinett Rousseau. Admitted to the bar in 1841. Member of the House of Representatives of the State of Indiana from 1844 to 1845. Served in the U.S.-Mexican War as a captain. Member of the the Senate of the State of Indiana from 1847 to 1849. Practiced law in Louisville after 1849. Attorney in Louisville in 1860. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1860 to 1861. Confirmed as a notary public for Jefferson County, Kentucky, on February 5, 1861. Resigned his position in the Kentucky Legislature to raise troops for the Union. Served in the 5th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as colonel from September 9, 1861, until promoted to brigadier general on October 5, 1861. Promoted to major general on October 22, 1862. Commanded a division in the Army of the Ohio and in the Army of the Cumberland until November 17, 1865. Elected as an unconditional Unionist to the 39th United States Congress and served from March 4, 1865, to July 21, 1866.
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Kentucky soldier. Hart County, Kentucky, native. Graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1844. Assistant professor of geography, history and ethics at the United State Military Academy at West Point from 1845 to 1846. Lieutenant in General Worth’s Division during the Mexican-American War. Instructor of military tactics at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Inspector General of Kentucky under Governor Beriah Magoffin. Commissioned a Brigadier General in the Confederate Army. Prisoner of war at Fort Warren in Boston, Massachusetts, from February 1862 to August 1862. Exchanged at Richmond, Virginia. Promoted to major general and commanded Hardee's Corps of Bragg's Army. Promoted to lieutenant general and served as chief of staff for General Edmund Kirby Smith in the Western Theater from September 1864 to April 1865.
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Nelson County, Kentucky, attorney and judge. Spencer County, Kentucky native. Son of Thomas Newman and Susan Prewitt Newman. Married to Marion Olin Newman in Livingston County on May 22, 1847. Father of Susan Newman, Thomas Newman, Richard Newman, William Newman, Mary Newman, and John Newman. Studied law under Martin McHenry in Taylorsville, Kentucky. Began legal practice in Spencer County in 1842. Attorney in Nelson County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Nelson County in 1850. Attorney in Nelson County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Nelson County in 1860. Judge of Nelson Circuit Court from 1862 to 1868.
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Seat of Jefferson County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River.
Seat of Nelson County, Kentucky.
Town in Boyle County, Kentucky.
Seat of Mercer County, Kentucky.
Organized at Stanford, Kentucky. Mustered in on September 8, 1862. Commander(s): Colonel J. Warren Grigsby and Lieutenant Colonel Thomas W. Napier.
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Walnut. St. th Oct 1862
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accurately known but is supposed to be about fifteen hundred 1,500 Killed and wounded. The enemys loss being greater- among the killed are
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