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  Kentucky River Battalion

  1864-10

  Capital City Guard battalion (U.S.A.) recruited in Irvine, Kentucky, in October 1864. Possibly never completed. Organized by Major Charles Q. Quiggins.

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  Mercantile Library

  1820

  Library in New York City, New York. Operated from 1820 to present. Operated as Mercantile Library Center for Fiction from 2005 to present.

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  H. & M. Yeaman

  1863

  Law firm in Henderson, Kentucky. Owners: Harvey Yeaman and Malcolm Yeaman.

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  Versailles Police Court

  Misdemeanor court presided over by the police judge of Versailles, Kentucky, with jurisdiction within the limits of the city. Judge(s): Preston B. Morrow (1861), David Pliney Robb (1861), Hezekiah H. Culbertson (1863).

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  St. Louis County Court

  Located in St. Louis, Missouri. Clerk(s): S. W. Euger, Jr.

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  United States Subsistence Department

  1818-04-14

  Created in 1818 by act of Congress to replace the United States Commissary's Department. Responsible for purchase and distribution of supplies that constitute military rations. Led during the Civil War by the Commissary-General of Subsistence: Bvt. Major General George Gibson ( until September 1861), Brigadier General Joseph P. Taylor (September 1861-June 1864), and Brigadier General Amos B. Eaton (June 1864-1865).

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  Louisville, Frankfort, & Lexington Railroad

  1857 1881

  Railroad company. In operation from 1857, by consolidation of Lexington & Frankfort and Louisville & Frankfort railroad lines, to 1881. Purchased by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad in 1881.

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  6th U.S. Infantry Regiment

  1812

  U.S. Army unit stationed at Fort Bragg, California, from January 1861 to April 1861. Stationed in Washington, D.C., from October 1861 to January 1862. Attached to the Army of the Potomac from January 1862 to June 1863. Attached to the 5th Army Corps from June 1863 to August 1863. Assigned to the Department of the East from August 1863 to May 1865. Assigned to the Department of the South from May 1865 to October 1865.

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  Bank of Kentucky Branch at Frankfort

  1834-02-22

  Headquarters of the State Bank of Kentucky. Chartered on February 22, 1834 and organized in June, 1835. Presidents: Isaac L. Hyatt, William Kendrick, and John W. Barr.

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  Smith & Smyser

  1860?

  Wholesale flour dealer in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Operated in 1861. Owners: Lewis Smyser, Jacob L. Smyser, and Joseph D. Smith.

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  43rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.)

  43rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) failed to complete organization, was merged with the 32nd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry.

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  John B. McIlvain & Son

  Wholesale flour dealer, commission merchants, and liquor dealers in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Operated in 1861. Owner(s): John B. McIlvain and J. Banks McIlvain.

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  Billing & Dreisbach

  Wholesale dealers in groceries, liquors, and wines in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Operated in 1861. Owners: Michael Billing and George Dreisbach.

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  John Snyder & Co.

  Wholesale flour dealer and commission merchant in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Operated in 1861. Owner: John Snyder.

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  Ohio State Militia

  1788

  The Ohio State Militia consisted of two principle branches, enrolled and active. The 1857 Militia Law of Ohio created twenty-three divisions of universally enrolled militia consisting of all white men between the ages of eighteen and forty-five who were subject to duty as called by the governor. The active militia, designated the Ohio Volunteer Militia (OVM), included those men of military age who volunteered for service.. Ohio's Militia Act of 1863 hreformed the OVM and mandated drilling in anticipation of Confederate incursions into the state.

  Following John Hunt Morgan's 1863 raid into Ohio, further hreform, in the form of the 1864 Act to Organize and Discipline the Militia, created the Ohio National Guard. In the spring of 1864, 38,000 Ohio National Guardsmen mustered into federal service for a period of 100 days.

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  Eminence College

  1857-09 1895

  A coeducational institution of learning in Eminence, Kentucky. Operated in Henry County, Kentucky, from September 1857 to 1895. President(s): S. G. Mullen (1857-1858), Rev. William S. Giltner (1858-1893).

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  Oldham County State Guard

  1862-09-17 1862-11-20

  Organized at Oldham County, Kentucky. Mustered in on September 9, 1862, and mustered out on November 20, 1862. Commander: Captain Richard J. Sparks.

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  Fourth Judicial District of Kentucky

  This Commonwealth of Kentucky judicial district included Butler, Logan, Edmondson, Warren, Simpson, Hart, Barren, Allen, Metcalfe, and Monroe Counties from 1860 to 1861. From 1862 to 1865, the district included Butler, Logan, Edmondson, Warren, Simpson, Hart, Barren, and Allen Counties. Judge(s): Asher W. Graham (1860-1865), John W. Ritter (Equity and Criminal Court) (1860-1865). Commonwealth's Attorney(s): William B. Jones (1860-1865).

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  Merchants Bank of Kentucky

  1860-09-01 1874-07-05

  Louisville, Kentucky, bank. President: H. C. Carruth.

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  First Judicial District of Colorado Territory

  1861

  This Colorado Territory judicial district included Arapahoe, Boulder, Douglas, Jefferson, Larimer, and Weld counties. Judge(s): Benjamin F. Hall.

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  A. B. Semple & Sons

  1836 1873?

  Wholesale hardware firm in Louisville, Kentucky. Operated from 1836 to c1873. Owned by Alexander B. Semple.

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  Lawrence County Court

  Located in Louisa, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailer, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): Samuel Short (1861-1862) and Pleasant M. Savage (1862-1863). Clerk(s): M. B. Goble (1861-1862) and Richard F. Vinson (1862-1865). Deputy clerk: George B. Poague.

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  Speed & Barret

  Law firm in Louisville, Kentucky. Partners: James Speed and William F. Barret.

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  Germantown Board of Trustees

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

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  2nd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (C.S.A.)

  1861-07-17 1865-05-06

  Organized at Camp Boone, Tennessee. Mustered in on July 17, 1861 and mustered out on May 6, 1865. Commander(s): Col. J. M. Hawes, Col. Roger W. Hanson, Col. Robert A. Johnson, Col. Philip Lightfoot Lee, Col. James W. Moss, Lt. Col. James W. Hewett, and Lt. Col. Hervey McDowell.