Kentucky in the Civil War: Difference between revisions

*Kentucky. Adjutant General. ''Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, 1861–1866''. 2vols. 1866–1867. Reprint, Utica, Kentucky.: McDowell Publications, 1984 {{FHL|51081|item|disp=FHL films 1463599–600}}. This book contains background information on the war, brief information about each unit, and a list of soldiers by unit, with their rank and service dates. An index is included in the book but not in the film. These records contain the reports for troops serving with the Union.

*Kentucky. Adjutant-General’s Office. ''Report of the Adjutant General [1861–1865]''. Bethesda, Maryland.: University Publications of America, 1990. {{FHL|758835|item|disp=FHL fiche 6082379–80}}, {{FHL|758835|item|disp=FHL fiche 6082382–84}}. This record contains reports and rosters of units from Kentucky, with the names of officers by unit. It also contains their residence and dates of commission.  

*Speed, Thomas. ''The Union Regiments of Kentucky. 1897''. Reprint, Dayton, Ohio: Morningside House, [ca. 1984]. {{FHL|132958|item|disp=FHL film 1321096 item 6; book 976.9 M2st}}.This record includes a brief history of each unit and lists the names of all soldiers. The index lists only the names of the commissioned officers from Kentucky.  

*United States. Record and Pension Office. ''Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M0397''. Washington, DC: National Archives, 1962. {{FHL|499018|item|disp=FHL films 1487066–90057}}. These service records are arranged by company and regiment and then alphabetically by the name of the soldier. They include the soldier’s name, age, rank, service record, muster, enlistment, discharge and disability information, payment cards, and physical description.  

*Wright, Steven L.''Kentucky soldiers and their regiments in the Civil War : abstracted from the pages of contemporary Kentucky newspapers''.(Utica, Kentucky : McDowell Publications, c2009) {{FHL|1627352|item|disp=FHL 976.9 M2ws vols. 1-5}}

*Kentucky. Division of Archives and Records Management. ''Index of Confederate Pension Applications. Commonwealth of Kentucky''. Frankfort, Kentucky.: Archives Branch, Division of Archives and Records Management, Dept. of Library and Archives, 1981. {{FHL|51902|item|disp=FHL book 976.9 M2k}}. This index is arranged alphabetically and lists the applicant’s name and county of residence at the time the application was made, the date the application was received in the Confederate pension office, and the application number. The listings for the widow’s applications provide maiden names if stated on the application. The veteran husband’s name is listed in parentheses.  

*Kentucky. Adjutant General. ''Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, Confederate Kentucky Volunteers, War 1861–1865. 191–?''. Reprint, Utica, Kentucky.: McDowell Publishing, 1980. Vol. 1 on {{FHL|298961|item|disp=FHL film 467975 item 3}}; Vol. 2 {{FHL|636004|item|disp=FHL book 976.9 M2rc}}. The book contains brief histories of confederate units and includes a list of soldiers, with their rank and dates of service. There is an alphabetical list of commissioned officers on pg. 238 - 297. It is indexed. An index to the infantry soldiers in volume 1 is:  

*Cook, Michael L. ''Index to "Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky."'' Utica, Kentucky.: McDowell Publishing, 1979. {{FHL|453448|item|disp=FHL book 976.9 M2rca }}  

*United States. Record and Pension Office. ''Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky''. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M0319. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1960. {{FHL|352819|item|disp=FHL films 1447468–603}}. The compiled service records of Kentucky soldiers are arranged according to a complicated organizational breakdown, ending with either the regiment or independent battalion or company. Under each unit the service records are arranged alphabetically by soldiers’ surnames.  

*''A Guide to the Microfiche Edition of Civil War Unit Histories: Regimental Histories and Personal Narratives. Part 1, Confederate States of America and Border States''. Bethesda, Maryland.: University Publications of America, 1992. {{FHL|426900|item|disp=FHL book 973 M2cwu pt. 1}}. Kentucky units are listed on pages 33 to 38. The library has the large microfiche collection described in this guide. Use the library catalog to find individual items. This may include correspondence, diaries, memoirs, and regimental histories published before 1920. The guide shows the unit name, counties where it was raised, author, title, publication information, number of pages, and source repository. This guide includes an author index and a major engagements index.