William P. Campbell

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1826-04-25

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1862-10-08

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"William P. Campbell" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00009036, (accessed April 27, 2024).

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Louisville, Kentucky, tobacco broker and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah Jane Smith Campbell in Jefferson County on November 13, 1849. Father of Daniel S. Campbell, William P. Campbell, and Lilly Campbell. Tobacconist in Louisville in 1850. Tobacco broker in Louisville in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in 1860. Major in the 15th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) from December 1861 to October 1862.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 2, p.218A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 2, p. 260. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 2, p. 5. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000819589. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 281. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 894-895.

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