E. D. Townsend to Thomas E. Bramlette
1863-10-14
- Date of Creation
- October 14, 1863
- 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: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Correspondence, 1863-1867
- Box / Folder
- BR5-12 to BR5-13
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-003-0010
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32202749
Citation
E. D. Townsend to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1863-10-14, Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Correspondence, 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-0001-003-0010 (November 12, 2026).
War Department,
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington, D. C., 34th 1863
His Excellency,
The Governor of Kentucky,
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your telegram of yesterday's date asking authority to have a regiment of Cavalry, already raised, Mustered into service, and known as the 13'th Kentucky Cavalry.
In reply, I am directed by the Secretary of War to inform you that this will be authority to muster this regiment into the service of the United States.
The musters will be made in accordance with General Orders 110, current series,
and par. 85, Revised Mustering Regulations, — but the second Major will not be mustered in until eight Companies are complete to the Maximum Cavalry standard, nor the 3'rd Major until the whole Regiment is of the Maximum strength.
I am, Sir, Very respectfully,
Your Obedient Servant
E D Townsend
Assistant Adjutant Gen'l