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  Calloway Circuit Court

  Located in the 1st Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): R. K. Williams and Charles S. Marshall. Commonwealth's Attorney(s): Thomas H. Corbett, Phillip D. Yeiser, and W. W. Tice. Clerk(s): R. L. Ellison and N. Bowman.

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  Trimble County Court

  Located in Bedford, Kentucky. Contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judges: James M. Staten. Clerks: William Samuel, Silas Gatewood, and W. F. Peak.

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  Medical Commissioner's Office

  Kentucky military board for approving the fitness of physicians to serve on the surgical staff of U.S. Army regiments. Headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky.

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  38th Regiment Kentucky Militia

  Composed of militia from Floyd County, Kentucky.

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  Western Military Asylum

  1853-03-03 1858-10-19

  Harrodsburg, Kentucky, home for aged and infirm U.S. military veterans. Established by U.S. Statute. An act was further passed to sell the buildings and grounds during 1860-61.

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  Bank of Tennessee

  1839 1869

  The first Bank of Tennessee was chartered on November 20, 1811, and closed when its charter ended in 1841. The second Bank of Tennessee coexisted with the first, from 1820 to 1832. The third Bank of Tennessee was established in 1838, with branches in Athens, Clarksville, Columbia, Memphis, Rogersville, Shelbyville, Somersville, Sparta, and Trenton. Relocated to Chattanooga in February 1862 due to the Civil War. Records later moved to Georgia and South Carolina, until confiscated by the U.S. Army in 1865. Granville C. Torbett was bank president from 1861 to the end of the Civil War.

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  Louisville Courier

  1843? 1868

  Established as a moderate Whig newspaper by Walter Newman Haldeman. Expressed strong Confederate sympathies with the start of the Civil War. Printed the records of the Provisional Government of Kentucky in 1861. Headquarters moved to Nashville in September 1861 after U.S. troops seized the newspaper office in Louisville. Newspaper ceased printing with U.S. occupation of Nashville in February 1862. Resumed publication after the war. Combined with the Louisville Journal and became the Louisville Courier-Journal in 1868.

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  10th Congressional District of Kentucky

  1861 1863

  Consisted of Trimble, Carroll, Gallatin, Owen, Grant, Pendleton, Bracken, Boone, Kenton, Campbell counties from 1861 to 1863. Represented by John W. Menzies from 1861 to 1863. Provisional Government representative to Congress of the Confederate States of America: Samuel S. Scott.

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  McDowell Guard

  1861-01-26 1861-07-16

  State militia organization from Cynthiana, Harrison County, Kentucky. Organized in Cynthiana, Kentucky, from January 26, 1861, to July 16, 1861. Mustered as Company F, 2nd Kentucky Infantry (C.S.A.) on July 16, 1861. Commanders: Captain, W.S. Rogers; Captain, R.M. Kelley; 1st lieutenant, James S. Withers; 1st lieutenant, J.M. Givens; 2nd lieutenant, A. Welsh; 3rd lieutenant, O. Kennard.

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  McCracken Circuit Court

  Located in the 1st Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): R. K. Williams and Charles S. Marshall. Commonwealth's Attorney(s): Thomas H. Corbett, P. D. Yeiser, and W. W. Tice. Clerk(s): Braxton Small.

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  Union Executive Committee of Kentucky

  A committee headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky, and comprised of D. S. Goodloe (Chairman), Hiram Shaw, Tucker Woodson, J. P. Jackson, J. J. Bradford, Robert F. Baird, J. W. Calvert, George D. Blakey, and Thomas Z. Morrow in 1865.

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  Lincoln Circuit Court

  Located in the 6th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): Thomas E. Bramlette and Fontaine T. Fox. Commonwealth's Attorney(s): Ephraim L. Vanwinkle and Michael H. Owsley. Clerk(s): George H. McKinney, James Huffman, and S. S. McRoberts.

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  Deposit Bank of Cynthiana

  Deposit bank located in Cynthiana, Harrison County, Kentucky. President: John W. Peck (1859, 1860); Bank Cashier: J.S. Withers (1859, 1860).

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  Committee on Enrollments

  1861-11-28 1865

  Committee of the Provisional Government of the State of Kentucky responsible for enrolling and reviewing legislature. The Provisional Government and its committees were recognized by the Confederate States of America on December 10, 1861. Chairman: Joseph B. Burnside. Members: Philip Burton Thompson and Horatio W. Bruce.

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  Office of the Adjutant General of Ohio

  1803

  The office of the chief military officer and advisor to the Governor of the State of Ohio. Resides in the Executive Branch of the State of Ohio. Civil War-era adjutants general: Henry B. Carrington (1857-1861); Catharinus P. Buckingham (1861-1862); Charles W. Hill (1862-1864); and Benjamin R. Cowen (1864-1868).

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  District of Cairo

  1863 1864

  A military district headquartered in Columbus, Kentucky. Extant in 1863 and 1864. Commander: General Hugh Thompson Reid (October 1863 – March 16, 1864).

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  Western Lunatic Asylum of Kentucky

  1848

  Public mental health institution. Located in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Created in February 1848. First patients arrived in 1854. Main building destroyed by fire on November 30, 1861. Superintendent(s): Dr. S. Annan and Dr. James Rodman.

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  Louisville City Railway Company

  1859

  Streetcar company in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. Chartered in 1859. President: Jeremiah Tilford Boyle (1864-1866).

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  Smith & Wesson

  1856

  Firearm producers for the Union Army during the Civil War in Connecticut and Massachusetts. Founder(s): Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson.

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  Illinois loser

  1818

  Capital at Springfield, Illinois. Bordered by the Ohio River, Mississippi River, and Lake Michigan.

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  Whitley County Court

  Located in Williamsburg, Whitley County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): C. L. Creekmore. Clerk(s): J. C. Watkins, Terrill Foley, and J. W. Siler.

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  Harlan Circuit Court

  Located in the 12th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): Granville Pearl. Commonwealth's Attorney(s): John Dishman and Hugh F. Finley. Clerk(s): J. B. A. T. Mills and Jonathan K. Bailey.

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  United States Cavalry

  The branch of the United States Army comprised of soldiers mounted on horseback. Included regular army, volunteer state units, and partisan rangers.

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  1st Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (C.S.A.)

  1861-08 1862-05-13

  Kentucky military organization (C.S.A.). Organized August 1861 from the merger between 1st Battalion of Kentucky Infantry commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Blanton Duncan and a battalion commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Thomas H. Taylor. Mustered out on May 13, 1862. Commander: Colonel Thomas H. Taylor.

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  Committee on Common Schools

  1861-12-06 1865

  Committee of provisional government of the State of Kentucky responsible for overseeing education in common schools. Kentucky's provisional government and its committees were recognized by Confederate States of America on December 10, 1861. Chairman(s): James W. Moore. Members: John W. Crockett, H.W. Bruce.