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| Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first. | | Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first. |
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| Company A - Many men mustered in from Camp Dick Robinson, [[Garrard County, Kentucky Genealogy|Garrard County]], Kentucky.<br>Company B - Many men mustered in from Louisville, [[Jefferson County, Kentucky Genealogy|Jefferson County]], Kentucky.<br>Company C - Many men mustered in from Lebanon, [[Marion County, Kentucky Genealogy|Marion County]], Kentucky. Company D - Many men mustered in from Lebanon, [[Marion County, Kentucky Genealogy|Marion County]], Kentucky. <br>Company E - Many men mustered in from Lebanon, [[Marion County, Kentucky Genealogy|Marion County]], Kentucky. <br>Company F - Many men mustered in from Lebanon, [[Marion County, Kentucky Genealogy|Marion County]], Kentucky.<br>Company G - Many men mustered in from Lebanon, [[Marion County, Kentucky Genealogy|Marion County]], Kentucky.<br>Company H - Many men mustered in from Lebanon, [[Marion County, Kentucky Genealogy|Marion County]], Kentucky.<br>Company I - Many men mustered in from Lebanon, [[Marion County, Kentucky Genealogy|Marion County]], Kentucky.<br> | | Company A - Many men mustered in from Camp Dick Robinson, [[Garrard County, Kentucky Genealogy|Garrard County]], Kentucky.<br>Company B - Many men mustered in from Louisville, [[Jefferson County, Kentucky Genealogy|Jefferson County]], Kentucky.<br>Company C - Many men mustered in from Lebanon, [[Marion County, Kentucky Genealogy|Marion County]], Kentucky. Company D - Many men mustered in from Lebanon, [[Marion County, Kentucky Genealogy|Marion County]], Kentucky. <br>Company E - Many men mustered in from Lebanon, [[Marion County, Kentucky Genealogy|Marion County]], Kentucky. <br>Company F - Many men mustered in from Lebanon, [[Marion County, Kentucky Genealogy|Marion County]], Kentucky.<br>Company G - Many men mustered in from Lebanon, [[Marion County, Kentucky Genealogy|Marion County]], Kentucky.<br>Company H - Many men mustered in from Lebanon, [[Marion County, Kentucky Genealogy|Marion County]], Kentucky.<br>Company I - Many men mustered in from Lebanon, [[Marion County, Kentucky Genealogy|Marion County]], Kentucky.<br> |
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| The records for this Regiment's Companies are from the book, Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, Vol. 1-1861-1866 <ref>Kentucky. Adjutant General, ''Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky'', Vol. 1, 1861-1866, (Frankfort, KY: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866).pg. pg. 787 {{FHL|51081|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN book 976.9 M2r}}</ref> <br> | | The records for this Regiment's Companies are from the book, Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, Vol. 1-1861-1866 <ref>Kentucky. Adjutant General, ''Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky'', Vol. 1, 1861-1866, (Frankfort, KY: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866).pg. pg. 787 {{FHL|51081|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN book 976.9 M2r}}</ref> <br> |
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| *[[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865|United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865]] describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc. <br> | | *[[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865|United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865]] describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc. <br> |
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| *Duke, Basil Wilson. ''History of Morgan's Cavalry.'' (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1983), {{FHL|375915|item|disp=FHL film 1033973 Item 4}} also on [http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=no%3A865715683 World Cat ]and (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1990), {{FHL|784276|item|disp=FHL fiche 6082245}} | | *Duke, Basil Wilson. ''History of Morgan's Cavalry.'' (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1983), {{FHL|375915|item|disp=FHL film 1033973 Item 4}} also on [http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=no%3A865715683 World Cat ]and (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1990), {{FHL|784276|item|disp=FHL fiche 6082245}} |
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| *Fletcher, Virginia Billingsley. 'More Kecks of Claiborne County, Tennessee : William, Henry, and Matthew Kerk, son of John Keck Sr. and Anna Ousley : and Jacob Sowder, soldier at Valley Forge, and his descendants thru Adam Sowder, who married Anna Dunn.' (Fort Lauderdale, Florida : V.B. Fletcher, c1992), {{FHL|568394|item|disp=FHL book 929.273 K234fa digitized}}. | | *Fletcher, Virginia Billingsley. 'More Kecks of Claiborne County, Tennessee : William, Henry, and Matthew Kerk, son of John Keck Sr. and Anna Ousley : and Jacob Sowder, soldier at Valley Forge, and his descendants thru Adam Sowder, who married Anna Dunn.' (Fort Lauderdale, Florida : V.B. Fletcher, c1992), {{FHL|568394|item|disp=FHL book 929.273 K234fa digitized}}. |
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| *Wright, T.J. ''History of the Eighth Regiment Kentucky Vol. Inf. During Its Three Years Campaigns: Embracing Organization, Marches, Skirmishes, and Battles of the Command, with Much of the History of the Old Reliable Third Brigade, Commanded by Hon. Stanley Matthews, and Containing Many Interesting and Amusing Incidents of Army Life.'' St. Joseph, Mo.: St. Joseph Steam Print Co., 1880. Digital version at [http://www.archive.org/details/historyofeighthr00wrigh Internet Archive]; {{FHL|759209|item|disp=FHL Fiche 6082394 (3 fiche)}} and ([S.I.]: W. N. Gremilion, c1986), {{FHL|627229|item|disp=FHL book 976.9 M2w}}and ''History of the Eighth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment : during its three years campaigns.'' (Ravenna, Kentucky : Estill County Historical and Genealogical Society (KY), 1996), {{FHL|1052860|item|disp=FHL book 976.9 M2wt}} | | *Wright, T.J. ''History of the Eighth Regiment Kentucky Vol. Inf. During Its Three Years Campaigns: Embracing Organization, Marches, Skirmishes, and Battles of the Command, with Much of the History of the Old Reliable Third Brigade, Commanded by Hon. Stanley Matthews, and Containing Many Interesting and Amusing Incidents of Army Life.'' St. Joseph, Mo.: St. Joseph Steam Print Co., 1880. Digital version at [http://www.archive.org/details/historyofeighthr00wrigh Internet Archive]; {{FHL|759209|item|disp=FHL Fiche 6082394 (3 fiche)}} and ([S.I.]: W. N. Gremilion, c1986), {{FHL|627229|item|disp=FHL book 976.9 M2w}}and ''History of the Eighth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment : during its three years campaigns.'' (Ravenna, Kentucky : Estill County Historical and Genealogical Society (KY), 1996), {{FHL|1052860|item|disp=FHL book 976.9 M2wt}} |
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| === References === | | === References === |