Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 9/16/1862 at Owenton, KY as a Corporal.
On 9/16/1862 he mustered into "I" Co. KY 6th Cavalry
(date and method of discharge not given)

Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Confederate Kentucky Volunteers War 1861-65

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G. W. Gains [sic], Corporal, Company I, 6th Kentucky Cavalry,
Cards are filed with: G. W. Gans

G. W. Gans, 4th Corporal, Captain J. L. Hill's Company, Grigsby's Regiment, Buford's Brigade Cavalry, * enlisted September 6, 1862 for 3 years or the war, last recorded present on the February 28, 1863 muster roll** where they were stationed at Beech Grove

* This company subsequently became Company I, 6th Regiment Kentucky Cavalry

** This is the only company muster roll in the records

M319: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky

6th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry

6th Cavalry Regiment was organized during the summer of 1862 with men from the central and eastern section of Kentucky. It was mustered into Confederate service in September. For a time the unit skirmished in Kentucky attached to Buford's Brigade, then it fought with J.H. Morgan. Most of its members were captured at Buffington Island on July 19 and the remaining part at New Lisbon on July 26, 1863. The regiment was not reorganized. Its commanders were Colonel J. Warren Grigsby, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas W. Napier, and Major William G. Bullitt.
http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm