HARDING EDWARD
Lt. 2nd. Kentucky Infantry

Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 8/19/1861 at Camp Boone, TN as a Private.
On 8/19/1861 he mustered into "K" Co. KY 2nd Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)
He was listed as: Wounded 9/20/1863 Chickamauga, GA
Promotions:
Sergt
2nd Lieut

No Dates∼Lieutenant Harding was murdered by a bar patron at 9th and Walnut Sts. where he was investigating a report of trouble. After he entered the saloon a man immediately shot him in the shoulder and back with a gun. The fleeing shooter was then shot and killed by another police officer. Lt. Harding was a Civil War veteran and was survived by a wife and five children.

The following information was provided by Linda Delahanty Schrader & Dennis Schrader:
Mortuary Report for Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky for the year 1885: (No. 42 on Page 198 of Ky Mortuary Reports, December 1885) HARDING, EDWARD B. - Age: 55 years old. Male, White, Married. Born: Died: May 7, 1835. December 6, 1885. Police Officer. Cause of Death: Pistol Shot in Brain. Dr. H. C. Miller, Louisville, Ky. Place of Death: 539 Walnut Street, Louisville, Ky. Undertaker: Pearson & Son, Louisville, Ky. Burial on December 9, 1885 at Cave Hill Cemetery in the Highlands of Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky.

HARDING EDWARD
Lt. 2nd. Kentucky Infantry

Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 8/19/1861 at Camp Boone, TN as a Private.
On 8/19/1861 he mustered into "K" Co. KY 2nd Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)
He was listed as: Wounded 9/20/1863 Chickamauga, GA
Promotions:
Sergt
2nd Lieut

No Dates∼Lieutenant Harding was murdered by a bar patron at 9th and Walnut Sts. where he was investigating a report of trouble. After he entered the saloon a man immediately shot him in the shoulder and back with a gun. The fleeing shooter was then shot and killed by another police officer. Lt. Harding was a Civil War veteran and was survived by a wife and five children.

The following information was provided by Linda Delahanty Schrader & Dennis Schrader:
Mortuary Report for Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky for the year 1885: (No. 42 on Page 198 of Ky Mortuary Reports, December 1885) HARDING, EDWARD B. - Age: 55 years old. Male, White, Married. Born: Died: May 7, 1835. December 6, 1885. Police Officer. Cause of Death: Pistol Shot in Brain. Dr. H. C. Miller, Louisville, Ky. Place of Death: 539 Walnut Street, Louisville, Ky. Undertaker: Pearson & Son, Louisville, Ky. Burial on December 9, 1885 at Cave Hill Cemetery in the Highlands of Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky.