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=== Introduction === | === Introduction === | ||
During the War of 1812, Kentucky furnished 11,882 infantry men, 8,285 cavalry men, and 72 men to miscellaneous troops for a total of 20,239 men.<ref name="kremer">Wesley Potter Kremer. ''100 Great Battles of the Rebellion;...Also, All the Battles of the Revolution, War of 1812-5, Mexican War, Indian Battles, American-Spanish War, and Naval Battles.'' (Hoboken, N.J.: s.n., 1906), p. 326. [http://archive.org/stream/100greatbattleso00krem#page/326/mode/2up Internet Archive].</ref> | During the War of 1812, Kentucky furnished 11,882 infantry men, 8,285 cavalry men, and 72 men to miscellaneous troops for a total of 20,239 men.<ref name="kremer">Wesley Potter Kremer. ''100 Great Battles of the Rebellion;...Also, All the Battles of the Revolution, War of 1812-5, Mexican War, Indian Battles, American-Spanish War, and Naval Battles.'' (Hoboken, N.J.: s.n., 1906), p. 326. [http://archive.org/stream/100greatbattleso00krem#page/326/mode/2up Internet Archive].</ref> The backwoods "hunters of Kentucky and Tennessee" defeated the professional British army at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815. | ||
=== Explanation of the Major Record Types === | === Explanation of the Major Record Types === | ||
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*Kentucky. Adjutant General. ''Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky. Soldiers of the War of 1812''. 1891. (Reprint, Greenville, South Carolina: Southern Historical, 1992). This book lists by company all soldiers who served, giving their name, rank, enlistment and termination dates. Digital version at [http://archive.org/stream/kentuckysoldier00reporich#page/n5/mode/2up Internet Archives] (this edition lacks an index). Book version {{FHL|638037|title-id|disp=FHL book 976.9 M2ke; film 1463598 item 2.}} An index is included with the book.<br> | *Kentucky. Adjutant General. ''Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky. Soldiers of the War of 1812''. 1891. (Reprint, Greenville, South Carolina: Southern Historical, 1992). This book lists by company all soldiers who served, giving their name, rank, enlistment and termination dates. Digital version at [http://archive.org/stream/kentuckysoldier00reporich#page/n5/mode/2up Internet Archives] (this edition lacks an index). Book version {{FHL|638037|title-id|disp=FHL book 976.9 M2ke; film 1463598 item 2.}} An index is included with the book.<br> | ||
:*''Index to Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, Soldiers of the War of 1812''. Frankfort, Kentucky: Kentucky Historical Society, 1968. (Family History Library film {{FHL|523857|title-id|disp=FHL film 1463598}}.)<br> | :*''Index to Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, Soldiers of the War of 1812''. Frankfort, Kentucky: Kentucky Historical Society, 1968. (Family History Library film {{FHL|523857|title-id|disp=FHL film 1463598}}.)<br> | ||
*Ancestry. [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4281 ''War of 1812 Service Records'']. ($). Database gives name, company, rank at time of induction and at time of discharge of men mustered into the armed forces between 1812 and 1825. (Accessed 11 May 2012).<br> | *Ancestry. [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4281 ''War of 1812 Service Records'']. ($). Database gives name, company, rank at time of induction and at time of discharge of men mustered into the armed forces between 1812 and 1825. (Accessed 11 May 2012).<br> | ||