Correspondence

Thomas M. Vincent to Thomas E. Bramlette

1863-12-21

Date of Creation
December 21, 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
BR5-41 to BR5-42
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-003-0024
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32202763
People
Sweeney, George Washington
Bramlette, Thomas Elliott
Vincent, Thomas McCurdy
Places
Frankfort, Kentucky
Kentucky
Washington, District of Columbia
Organizations
1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.)
Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.)
United States War Department
Dates
1863-12-21
1863-12-09
1862
1863-07-22
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Citation

Thomas M. Vincent to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1863-12-21, 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-0001-003-0024 (November 12, 2026).

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War Department,

ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington, D. C., Dec 21, 1863.
His Excellency,
The Governor of Kentucky,
Frankfort, Ky.
Sir:

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 9'th instant requesting permission to re-commission George W. Sweeney, late Captain 1'st regiment Kentucky Cavalry.

In reply, I am directed to inform you that he was discharged by Special Orders No. 86, series of 1862, from this office upon an adverse report of an Examining Board, convened under Section 10, Act July 22'd, 1863, and the disability cannot be removed.

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I am, Sir,
Very respectfully,
Your Obedient Serv't
Thomas M Vincent
Asst Adjutant Gen'l.