William Gardner Capps

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c1843

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"William Gardner Capps" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00014757, (accessed June 7, 2025).

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Rockcastle, County, Kentucky, student and soldier (U.S.A). Kentucky native. Son of William Capps and Margaret Capps. Married to Sally Capps. Father of John R. Capps. Resident of Rockcastle County, Kentucky, in 1850. Student in Rockcastle County in 1860. Served as corporal in the 14th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry (U.S.A.) from August 10, 1862, to September 16, 1863. Served as a corporal in the 146th Indiana Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) from February 6, 1865, to August 31, 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, Southern District, p. 176B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, City, District, p. 490.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Douglas County, Bowdre, p. 254B.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 398.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 375.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, vol. 7, 1861-1865 (Indianapolis: Samuel M. Douglass, State Printer, 1867), 508.
_U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Application #1009484, Certificate #1054783.

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