John Foster to Thomas E. Bramlette
1864-01-23
- Date of Creation
- January 23, 1864
- Place of Creation
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Document Genre
- Correspondence
- Repository
- Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
- Collection
- Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Appointments by the Governor, Military Appointments, 1863-1867
- Box / Folder
- BR5-331 to BR5-332
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-002-0014
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32202728
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- Dates
- 1864-01-23
Citation
John Foster to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1864-01-23, Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Appointments by the Governor, Military Appointments, 1863-1867, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-002-0014 (November 15, 2026).
War Department,
Provost Marshal General's Office,
Washington, D. C., 34
Gov. Thomas E. Bramlette
Sir:
I have the honor to apply to you for a Lieutenant's commission in some Kentucky Regiment now organising, or to be organised, for the defense of the State. I claim to be a citizen of Kentucky, having been connected with her press, as Editor of the Georgetown Journal, for some five or six years. I held a Lieutenant's commission in the State Guard from its organization to the time it was betrayed into the hands of Secessionists, when the company to which I was attached disbanded, and I resigned my commission.
I respectfully refer you to Ex-Gov. Robinson, Gen. John M. Harlan, Hon. D. C. Wickliffe and Dr. S. F. Gano.
I am, Sir, very respectfully
Your Obedient Servant
Jno. Foster
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