Thomas Rigdon

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c1841

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"Thomas Rigdon" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00018433, (accessed February 5, 2025).

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Washington County, Kentucky, soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Francis Rigdon and Rosannah Rigdon. Resident of Washington County, Kentucky, in 1850. Resident of Washington County in 1860. Served in the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry (U.S.A.) as a private from September 22, 1862, to July 11, 1865. Captured at Loudon County, Tennessee, on October 20, 1863. Escaped from military prison at Charleston, South Carolina, in December 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, p. 305.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, District 2, p. 34.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0111.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 284-285.
U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Application 242126, Certificate 302351.

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