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=== Brief History === | === Brief History === | ||
The 20th Kentucky Infantry was organized in the fall and winter 1861, by Colonel Sanders D. Bruce and was mustered into the United States service on the 6th day of January, 1862, at Smithland, Kentucky. It mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky, January 17th., 1865, the veterans and recruit being transferred to the 6th Kentucky Veteran Cavalry. (This information is from the Kentucky Adjutant General Report.)<ref>Kentucky. Adjutant General, ''Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky'', Vol. 2, 1861-1866, (Frankfort, KY: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), pg. 67. {{ | The 20th Kentucky Infantry was organized in the fall and winter 1861, by Colonel Sanders D. Bruce and was mustered into the United States service on the 6th day of January, 1862, at Smithland, Kentucky. It mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky, January 17th., 1865, the veterans and recruit being transferred to the 6th Kentucky Veteran Cavalry. (This information is from the Kentucky Adjutant General Report.)<ref>Kentucky. Adjutant General, ''Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky'', Vol. 2, 1861-1866, (Frankfort, KY: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), pg. 67. {{FSC|51081|title-id|disp=FS Library US/CAN book 976.9 M2r}}</ref> | ||
For more information on the history of this unit, see: | For more information on the history of this unit, see: | ||
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The [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database] lists 1,548 men on its roster for this unit. [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm?submitted=1&SDunitCode=UKY0020RI Roster]. | The [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database] lists 1,548 men on its roster for this unit. [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm?submitted=1&SDunitCode=UKY0020RI Roster]. | ||
Company A - Many men mustered in from Smithland, [[Livingston County, Kentucky Genealogy|Livingston County]].<ref name="AGO">Kentucky. Adjutant General, ''Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky'', Vol. 2, 1861-1866, (Frankfort, KY: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), pg. 67. {{ | Company A - Many men mustered in from Smithland, [[Livingston County, Kentucky Genealogy|Livingston County]].<ref name="AGO">Kentucky. Adjutant General, ''Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky'', Vol. 2, 1861-1866, (Frankfort, KY: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), pg. 67. {{FSC|51081|title-id|disp=FS Library US/CAN book 976.9 M2r}}</ref><br>Company B - Many men mustered in from Smithland, [[Livingston County, Kentucky Genealogy|Livingston County]].<ref name="AGO" /><br>Company C - Many men mustered in from Smithland, [[Livingston County, Kentucky Genealogy|Livingston County]].<ref name="AGO" /><br>Company D - Many men mustered in from Smithland, [[Livingston County, Kentucky Genealogy|Livingston County]].<ref name="AGO" /><br>Company E - Many men mustered in from Smithland, [[Livingston County, Kentucky Genealogy|Livingston County]].<ref name="AGO" /><br>Company F - Many men mustered in from Smithland, [[Livingston County, Kentucky Genealogy|Livingston County]] and [[Jefferson County, Kentucky Genealogy|Jefferson County]].<ref name="AGO" /><br>Company G - Many men mustered in from Smithland, [[Livingston County, Kentucky Genealogy|Livingston County]] , Kentucky.<br>Company H - Many men mustered in from Smithland, [[Livingston County, Kentucky Genealogy|Livingston County]] and [[Jefferson County, Kentucky Genealogy|Jefferson County]].<ref name="AGO" /><br>Company I - Many men mustered in from Smithland, [[Livingston County, Kentucky Genealogy|Livingston County]] and [[Jefferson County, Kentucky Genealogy|Jefferson County.]]<ref name="AGO" /><br>Company K - Many men mustered in from Smithland, [[Livingston County, Kentucky Genealogy|Livingston County]] and [[Jefferson County, Kentucky Genealogy|Jefferson County]].<ref name="AGO" /> Also from Jessamine County.<ref>Bennett H. Young, ''A History of Jessamine County, Kentucky, from its Earliest Settlement to 1898,'' Louisville, KY: Courier-Journal Job Printing Co., 1898, pg. 136-137</ref> | ||
=== Other Sources === | === Other Sources === | ||
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