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  Tenth Judicial Circuit of Indiana

  1852 1867

  Judicial district located in northeastern Indiana from 1852 to 1867. Comprised of Adams, Allen, Elkhart, Huntington, Kosciusko, Lagrange, Noble, Steuben, Wabash, Wells, and Whitley counties.

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  Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

  1776

  Administrative body of the state of Pennsylvania. Capital at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Governor(s): William Fisher Packer (January 19, 1858, to January 15, 1861), Andrew Gregg Curtin (January 15, 1861, to January 15, 1867).

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  Gallatin Circuit Court

  Located in the 8th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): Elijah F. Nuttall and George C. Drane. Commonwealth's Attorney(s): Patrick U. Major and John L. Scott. Clerk(s): Fountain Perry, Jr. and Reuben L. Ireland.

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  Boone Circuit Court

  Located in the 8th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): Elijah F. Nuttall and George C. Drane. Commonwealth's Attorney(s): Patrick U. Major and John L. Scott. Clerk(s): Milton Hamilton and Albert G. Winston.

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  Uniontown Police Court

  1860-01-16

  Misdemeanor court presided over by the police judge of Uniontown, Kentucky. Judge(s): William Franklin Berry.

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  Uniontown Board of Councilmen

  1860-01-16

  Body charged with oversight of the town of Uniontown, Kentucky.

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  Indiana State Prison North

  1860

  Located in Michigan City, LaPorte County, Indiana. Housed inmates from northern Indiana between 1860 and 1897.

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  Daviess County Militia

  State militia organization from Daviess County. Commander(s): First Lieutenant John W. Boyd.

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  2nd Congressional District of Kentucky

  1792

  Comprised of the following counties in 1861: Henderson, Daviess, Hancock, Breckinridge, McLean, Ohio, Grayson, Muhlenberg, Butler, and Christian. The district was expanded to include Hopkins County in 1863 and 1865. Representative(s): Samuel O. Peyton (1857-1861), James S. Jackson (1861), Vacant (1861-1862); George H. Yeaman (1862-1865), and Burwell C. Ritter (1865-1867). Provisional Government representative to Congress of the Confederate States of America: John Watkins Crockett, Jr.

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  Green River Battalion

  1865-01 1865-08

  Military organization. Raised under act of legislation dated January 1864 that allowed Kentucky governor to raise forces in defense of the state. Operated between Ohio and Green rivers between January 1865 and August 1865. Commander (s): Major John W. Swinker.

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  Hancock County Home Guard

  1861 1865

  State militia organization from Hancock County, Kentucky. Organized in Hancock County with one infantry and one calvary company, comprised of 44 men each, in 1861. Operated from 1861 to 1865. Commander(s): Captain William F. Hawes, Sr. (Cavalry), Eldred E. Pate (acting colonel November 1862)

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  Johnson's Island

  1862-04 1865-09

  Prisoner of war camp (U.S.A.) for Confederate officers on Sandusky Bay of Lake Erie in Ohio. Operated from April 1862 to September 1865. Established by Col. William Hoffman. Commandant(s): William Pierson.

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  54th Kentucky Mounted Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.)

  1864-09 1865-09-01

  Organized at New Castle, Kentucky. Mustered in September 1864, and mustered out on September 1, 1865. Commander: Colonel Harvey M. Buckley.

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  Latonia Springs, Kentucky

  1830? 1910?

  Resort and Spa in Kenton County. Operated from c1830 to c1910. Owner(s): Stephen Mosher.

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  McLean County Court

  Located in Calhoun, McLean County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): Douglas Little. Clerk(s): Alfred C. Tanner, Louis L. Moore, and J. W. Overstreet.

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  J. B. Alexander, Baker & Co

  Referenced in a letter from [Unknown] Taylor to James F. Robinson in Cumberland County on August 25, 1862.

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  [unknown] Store

  Rockcastle County, Kentucky, retail store. Operated in 1862 and 1863. Owner(s): Lewis Butcher.

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  3rd Congressional District

  1861

  Consisted of Todd, Logan, Simpson, Warren, Edmonson, Allen, Monroe, Metcalf, Barren, and Hart counties between 1861 and 1863. Cumberland, Clinton, and Russel counties were added between 1863 and 1865. Represented by Henry Grider from 1861 to 1865. Provisional Government representative to Congress of the Confederate States of America: James Preston Bates.

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  Louisville Chancery Court

  Located in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. Chancellor(s): Caleb W. Logan (1861), Henry Pirtle, and Thomas P. Smith. Clerk(s): William R. Hervey (1861) and Harry Stucky. Deputy clerk(s): Joseph P. Gheen (1861).

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  Senate of the Confederate States

  1861-03-11 1865-03-18

  Chamber of Congress within the Confederate States government. Composed of two senators from each state in the Confederacy.

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  Somerset Board of Trustees

  1802? 1888?

  Body charged with oversight of the city of Somerset, Kentucky.

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  Independent Kentucky Scouts (U.S.A.)

  1865?

  Organized in Spencer County and Shelby County, Kentucky. Organized in early 1865. Commander: Captain Edwin Terrell. Engaged in guerrilla hunting operations in early 1865 around Spencer County, Kentucky.

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  7th Congressional District

  1861

  Consisted of Jefferson, Shelby, Oldham, Henry counties between 1861 and 1863. Consisted of Nicholas, Bourbon, Scott, Franklin, Woodford, Fayette, Clark, Jessamine, Mercer, Boyle, and Lincoln counties from 1863 to 1865. Represented by Robert Mallory from 1861 to 1865 and Brutus J. Clay from 1863 to 1865. Provisional Government representative to Congress of the Confederate States of America: Horatio Washington Bruce.

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  5th Congressional District

  1861

  Consisted of Meade, Hardin, LaRue, Bullitt, Nelson, Spencer, Marion, Washington, Anderson, and Mercer counties between 1861 and 1863. Consisted of Jefferson, Oldham, Henry, and Owen counties from 1863 to 1865. Represented by Charles A. Wickliffe from 1861 to 1865 and Robert Mallory from 1863 to 1865. Provisional Government representative to Congress of the Confederate States of America: Philip Burton Thompson, Sr.

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  Second Bank of Kentucky

  1835-04-29 1865-03-13

  Headquartered at Louisville, Kentucky. Established by the Kentucky General Assembly in 1834. Lexington branch established in April 1835. Closed in March 1865 and succeeded by the First National Bank of Kentucky.