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Capt. R.A.Thompson

Need to know Capt.R.A.Thompson's full name and genealogical information and place of burial? The Louisville Daily Journal, Tues.Aug.19,1862,P.3,C.2."The Mammoth Cave Prisoners-Captain A.L.Mercer, of the Litchfield Hone Gurards... In the fight R.A.Thompson, the leader of the rebel band, was killed... Captain Thompson receive three shots, one through the head, which proved fatal. His body was sent to his home, near Big Spring,{KY.} The rebel gang had rendezvoused at Big Spring and had been recrited in Hardin, Meade, and Breckinridge counties. Pleas help!!