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CAPT Preston Morton

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CAPT Preston Morton Veteran

Birth
Kentucky, USA
Death
6 Apr 1862 (aged 27)
Shiloh, Cumberland County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Hartford, Ohio County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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American Civil War Soldiers
Name: Preston Morton
Side Served: Union
State Served: Kentucky
Service Record: Enlisted as a Captain.
Commission in Company A, 17th Infantry Regiment Kentucky on 3 Jan 1862.
Killed Company A, 17th Infantry Regiment Kentucky on 6 Apr 1862 at Shiloh, TN
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Union soldier in Civil War, commanded Company A, 17th KY Regiment, killed at Battle of Shiloh on 6 Apr 1862. Monument erected at his grave in Hartford on 30 May 1891.
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Son of Isaac and Sarah H Morton

American Civil War Soldiers
Name: Preston Morton
Side Served: Union
State Served: Kentucky
Service Record: Enlisted as a Captain.
Commission in Company A, 17th Infantry Regiment Kentucky on 3 Jan 1862.
Killed Company A, 17th Infantry Regiment Kentucky on 6 Apr 1862 at Shiloh, TN
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Union soldier in Civil War, commanded Company A, 17th KY Regiment, killed at Battle of Shiloh on 6 Apr 1862. Monument erected at his grave in Hartford on 30 May 1891.
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Son of Isaac and Sarah H Morton


Inscription

PRESTON MORTON
CAPT. CO. A 17 KY.
BORN AUG. 28, 1884
KILLED AT SHILOH
APR. 6, 1862

Gravesite Details

Erected by Preston Morton Post #4, Dept of KY G A R


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