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*[[Kentucky Confederate Pension Applications (FamilySearch Historical_Records)|Kentucky Confederate Pension Applications]] (FamilySearch)
*[[Kentucky Confederate Pension Applications (FamilySearch Historical_Records)|Kentucky Confederate Pension Applications]] (FamilySearch)


==== Other Confederate Records ====
==== Other Confederate Records ====


*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. (Family History Library {{FHL|976.9 M2k|disp=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. 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. (Family History Library {{FHL|976.9 M2k|disp=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.  
*The Kentucky Historical Society produced a second index to Kentucky Confederate Pension Applications. Both the index and the pension applications are available at the Family History Library. (Family History Library {{FHL|1670795|film|disp=films beginning 1670795}}.) The pensions are organized by pension number.  
*The Kentucky Historical Society produced a second index to Kentucky Confederate Pension Applications. Both the index and the pension applications are available at the Family History Library. (Family History Library {{FHL|1670795|film|disp=films beginning 1670795}}.) The pensions are organized by pension number.  
*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 Family History Library {{FHL|636004|title-id|disp=}}; Vol. 2 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. It is indexed. An index to the infantry soldiers in volume 1 is:  
*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 Family History Library {{FHL|636004|title-id|disp=}}; Vol. 2 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. (Family History Library {{FHL|453448|title-id|disp=book 976.9 M2rca }}index.)  
*Cook, Michael L. ''Index to "Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky."'' Utica, Kentucky.: McDowell Publishing, 1979. (Family History Library {{FHL|453448|title-id|disp=book 976.9 M2rca }}index.)  
*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. (Family History Library {{FHL|352819|title-id|disp=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.  
*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. (Family History Library {{FHL|352819|title-id|disp=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.  
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