Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

Correspondence

George D. Ruggles to William H. Sidell

1863-12-19

Document details

Date of Creation: December 19, 1863
Place of Creation: Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
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: BR5-31 to BR5-32
CWGK Accession Number: KYR-0001-003-0018
Rights: This image and its transcription are freely available to the public. Images appear courtesy of Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Transcriptions and annotations were created by Kentucky Historical Society staff, volunteers, and interns. When referencing this document, please use our preferred citation.; The use of transcriptions, images, or annotations from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce any material on CWGK is required.
FTP Identifier: 32202757

Mentioned in this document

People: Ruggles, George David; Lane, George Minot; Halleck, Henry Wager; Fry, James Barnet; Hurlbut, Stephen Augustus; Bramlette, Thomas Elliott; Grant, Ulysses Simpson; Sidell, William Henry
Places: Kentucky; Louisville, Kentucky; Washington, District of Columbia
Organizations: 15th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A); Commonwealth of Kentucky; Department of the Mississippi; Provost Marshal General's Office; United States War Department; Veteran Reserve Corps (U.S.A)
Dates: 1863-12-19; 1863-12-09; 1863-12-08; 1863-12-09

Download (XML) Download (PDF)

Citation

George D. Ruggles to William H. Sidell, 1863-12-19, 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-0001-003-0018 (November 12, 2026).

[Page 1]

War Department,
Provost Marshal General's Office.
Washington D. C. Dec, 19" 1863.
Major, W. H. Sidell. 15th Infy.
Actg Asst Provost Marshal General.
Louisville Kentucky.
Major:

I am directed by the Provost. Marshal. General, to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 9^th inst. enclosing a letter of His Excellency Governor Bramlette of Kentucky, of the 8^th inst, and a copy of your communication to Major General U. S. Grant, Commanding Military Division of the Mississippi, of the 9^th inst relative to a conscription order issued by Major Genl Hurlbut, which is in conflict with the law and orders governing the Provost Marshal General's Bureau.

In reply I am instructed to inform you that your communication was referred to the General in Chief who has returned the same with the instformation that has directed Major Genl Hurlbut to So modify his order as to make it conform with the law and orders governing this Bureau.

I am Major, Very Respectfully
Your Obedient Servant
Geo. D. Ruggles
Asst. Adjt. Genl,

A true Copy
Geo M Lane
Capt I, C, and Adjt