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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. | ||
Company A - Many men mustered in from Camp Dick Robinson, [[Garrard_County,_Kentucky|Garrard County]], Kentucky.<br>Company B - Many men mustered in from Louisville, [[Jefferson_County,_Kentucky|Jefferson County]], Kentucky.<br>Company C - Many men mustered in from Lebanon, [[Marion_County,_Kentucky|Marion County]], Kentucky. Company D - Many men mustered in from Lebanon, [[Marion_County,_Kentucky|Marion County]], Kentucky. <br>Company E - Many men mustered in from Lebanon, [[Marion_County,_Kentucky|Marion County]], Kentucky. <br>Company F - Many men mustered in from Lebanon, [[Marion_County,_Kentucky|Marion County]], Kentucky.<br>Company G - Many men mustered in from Lebanon, [[Marion_County,_Kentucky|Marion County]], Kentucky.<br>Company H - Many men mustered in from Lebanon, [[Marion_County,_Kentucky|Marion County]], Kentucky.<br>Company I - Many men mustered in from Lebanon, [[Marion_County,_Kentucky|Marion County]], Kentucky.<br>The 8th Kentucky Infantry was organized at Estill Springs, Kentucky under Colonel S.M. Barnes, and was mustered into the United States service on the 15th day of January, 1862. at Lebanon, Kentucky., by Captain C.C. Gilbert, 1st United States Infantry. | |||
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> | |||
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