William H. Hays, General Orders, No. 1

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KYR-0002-181-0002

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Kentucky Department of Military Affairs

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General Orders No. 2

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Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky

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30 March 1865

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1865-03-30

1865-03-04

William H. Hays, General Orders, No. 1, 30 March 1865, General Orders No. 2, , Kentucky Department of Military Affairs, Frankfort, KY. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0002-181-0002, (accessed December 30, 2024).

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Headquarters Kentucky State Guard,
INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Frankfort, Ky., March, 30, 1865.
GENERAL ORDERS
No. 1.

I. Having been appointed and commissioned by his Excellency, the Governor, Inspector General for the State of Kentucky, and having entered upon the discharge of the duties of the same, with my Headquarters at Frankfort, Ky., all communications in regard to the organization of the Enrolled Militia, and of companies of Active Militia in each regimental district, to form the Kentucky National Legion, will be addressed to these Headquarters.

II. An act of the Legislature to organize and discipline the Militia of Kentucky, approved March 4, 1865, directs that the Active Militia shall be styled the "Kentucky National Legion," and shall be composed of all companies organized in the different regimental districts in the State.

For the purpose of organizing the Active Militia, and having them ready for active duty in the field, the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Militia orders that one company of Active Militia be immediately organized in each regimental district.

The first and second wards of Louisville will compose a regimental district; the third and fourth wards a regimental district; the fifth and sixth wards a regimental district; the seventh, eighth, and ninth wards a regimental district; the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth wards a regimental district. The other districts in the State will remain as heretofore ordered, each county being considered a regimental district, except where two or more have been formed into one district.

The "Kentucky National Legion" should be composed of the best men in the State. They elect their own officers, and it is hoped and believed that they will elect such only as will reflect credit upon the State and upon themselves.

WM. H. Hays,
Inspector General of Kentucky.

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