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  Office of the Auditor of Public Accounts of Kentucky

  1792

  Agency responsible for auditing the state's general accounts and the accounts of all state agencies and county governments; all private and semiprivate agencies receiving or handling any state funds; and all state revenue collections. The 1850 Constitution of the Commonwealth of Kentucky made the Auditor an elected position, with a four-year term. The Auditor of Public Accounts served as the official accountant, comptroller, and tax collector for the commonwealth. Civil War-era auditors: Grant Green (1859-1863); A. T. Samuels (1863-1867).

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  23rd Indiana Battery Light Artillery

  1862-11-08 1865-07-02

  Organized and mustered into service at Indianapolis, Indiana, on November 8, 1862, its main duty to guard rebel prisoners. Attached to the District of Louisville, Kentucky, Department of the Ohio, in July 1863. Mustered out on July 2, 1865. Commander: Captain James H. Myers.

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  Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.)

  1775-06-16

  Chief administrative office of the U.S. Army. Operated from 1847 to 1964. Responsible for organizing recruits into companies and regiments with the assistance of state adjutant generals. Adjutant general during the Civil War: Lorenzo Thomas (1861-1869).

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  United States Department of State

  1789-09-15

  The Department is responsible for planning and implementing American foreign policy. The Secretary of State is the President's chief advisor for foreign affairs. Civil War-era Secretaries of State are: Jeremiah S. Black (1860-March 1861), William H. Seward (March 1861-March 1869).

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  Mercer County Home Guard

  1861-06

  State militia organization from Mercer County, Kentucky. Organized at Harrodsburg, Kentucky. Included one company of infantry and one company of cavalry. Commander(s): John W. Cardwell and Charles Hunter May.

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  Peoria Circuit Court

  1825

  Circuit Court of Peoria County, Illinois. Judges: Elihu N. Powell (1856-1861), Amon L. Merriman (1861-1867).

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  Wolfe County Court

  Located in Campton, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailer, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): Moses B. Lacey. Clerk(s): William F. Hanks, George W. Cox (1861), James Williams (1862), and Andrew P. Lacey (1865).

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  Allen Circuit Court

  Located in the 4th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): Asher W. Graham. Commonwealth's Attorney(s): W. B. Jones. Clerk(s): John E. Moore and Robert F. Pulliam.

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  Fayette Circuit Court

  Located in the 13th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): William C. Goodloe. Commonwealth's Attorney(s): William S. Downey. Clerk(s): John B. Norton.

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  12th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.)

  1861-09-26 1865-07-11

  12th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.): Organized at Camp Clio, Pulaski County, Kentucky. Mustered in on September 26, 1861. Mustered out on July 11, 1865. Commander(s): Colonel William A. Hoskins, Lieutenant Colonel Laurence H. Rosseau.

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  13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.)

  1863-12-23 1865-01-10

  Organized at Columbia, Kentucky. Mustered into service on December 23, 1863, and mustered out on January 10, 1865. Officer(s): Colonel James W. Weatherford.

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  Casey County State Guards

  1865-02-25 1865-10-21

  State militia organization from Casey County, Kentucky. Organized at Rolling Fork. Mustered in February 1865 and mustered out on October 21, 1865. Commander(s): Captain George W. Penn.

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  68th Regiment Kentucky Enrolled Militia

  1864-05-21 1864-06-22

  Comprised of militia from Lawrence County, Kentucky. Commanders: Col. Thomas McKinster, Lt. Col. Martin H. Johns, and Major William M. Jones.

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  C. N. Warren & Company

  1860 1865

  Exchange and banking office in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Operated from 1860 to 1865. Partners: Charles Newell Warren and J.P. Curtis.

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  Steamboat Belle Creole

  1862?

  Steamboat on the Mississippi River. Operated from 1862. Operated by Captain Harry McDougal.

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  [Unknown] Grocery Store

  Grocery in Louisville, Kentucky. Operated in 1862. Owner: Marshall Woodson.

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  B. F. Corlies & Macy

  Stationary company in Brooklyn, New York. Partner(s): Benjamin F. Corlies.

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  Richland Circuit Court

  Circuit court in Richland County, Illinois.

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  Camp Nelson, Kentucky

  1863 1865

  Organized in 1863 near Nicholasville, Kentucky, for the Department of the Ohio (U.S.A.). Measured 4,000 acres and contained quartermaster commissary depot, ordnance depot, recruitment center, prison, and hospital in 1865. Third largest U.S. Colored Troops (U.S.C.T.) recruiting center in the United States. A "Home for Colored Refugees" at Camp Nelson opened in January 1865. Superintendent(s): Captain Theron E. Hall, Col. Bierbower. Commandant(s): Col. Speed S. Fry, Col Frederick H. Bierbower, Col. James F. Jaquess.

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  Louisville Democrat

  1843? 1868

  Louisville, Kentucky, newspaper with a Democratic, antislavery focus. Publisher(s): John Hopkins Harney (1844 to 1868), William E. Hughes (1860). Editor(s): J. H. Harney(1844 to 1868), J. H. Harney, William E. Hughes and William Wallace Harney (1860).

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  Shelby Circuit Court

  Located in the 7th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): Peter B. Muir and George W. Johnston. Commonwealth's Attorney(s): Edwin S. Craig and James Robert Dupuy. Clerk(s): William A. Jones and John Robinson.

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  United States Marshal's Office

  1789

  Federal Law Enforcement Agency headquartered in Washington D.C. Created as the first federal law enforcement agency by the Judiciary Act of 1789.

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  Fifth Judicial District of Kentucky

  This Commonwealth of Kentucky judicial district included Anderson, Nelson, Washington, Mercer, Marion, Taylor, and Green Counties from 1860 to 1861. From 1862 to 1865, the district included Anderson, Nelson, Washington, Mercer, Marion, and Taylor Counties. Judge(s): George Kavanaugh (1860-1861) and John E. Newman (1862-1865). Commonwealth's Attorney(s): Andy Barnett (1860-1861) and Lazarus H. Noble (1862-1865).

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  Morgan County Court

  Located in West Liberty, in Morgan County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): R. T. Day. Clerk(s): William H. Taulbee, James S. Turner, J. T. Hazelrigg, and W. T. Havens.

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  Bracken County Court

  Located in Brooksville, Bracken County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): George W. Hamilton. Clerk(s): Richard J. Hughey and George B. Poage.