James O'Brien

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c1839

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"James O'Brien" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00013904, (accessed November 4, 2025).

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Kentucky soldier. Native of Dublin, Ireland. Married to Mary O'Brien. Laborer in 1864. Served in the 1st Kentucky Light Artillery Regiment (U.S.A.) as private from October 6, 1863. Reported as deserted from Lexington, Kentucky, on September 7, 1864.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 11, p. 446B.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 398.

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