S. M. Letcher to Thomas E. Bramlette

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Accession Number

KYR-0002-024-0069

Document Genre

Correspondence

Repository

Kentucky Department of Military Affairs

Collection

1st - 20th Regiments Kentucky Infantry Primary Source Documents

Item Location

Box 8, Folder 16th Ky. Inf. - Misc.

Place of Creation

Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina

Date of Creation

13 July

Dates Mentioned

1865-07-13

1865-07-15

1865

1865-07-18

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July 15^th 186[ ]
For Gov T. E. Bramlette
By Telegraph from Raleigh 186[ ]
[ ]

I have the honor to report that Sixteenth (16) Infantry comprising twenty three commissioned officers & four hundred & ninety-eight 498 enlisted men was mustered out today & ordered to rendezvous at Louisville Ky

S. M. Letcher Maj & C

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Raleigh
July 15

Letcher S. M. Maj &c

Telegram to the Gov

I have the honor to report that sixteenth (16) Infty Comprising twenty three commissioned officers & four hundred & ninety eight (498) enlisted men was mustered out today & ordered to rendezvous at Louisville Kentucky

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L B N^o 15 — 1865 P. 216

Recd A G OJuly 18 1865

HEAD-QUARTERS KENT'Y STATE GUARD,
Inspector General's Office,
Frankfort Ky.,[ ], [ ]

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