Joseph H. Glover to Thomas E. Bramlette
1863-12-05
- Date of Creation
- December 5, 1863
- Place of Creation
- Glasgow, Barren 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
- BR5-55 to BR5-56
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-003-0033
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- FTP Identifier
- 32202772
Citation
Joseph H. Glover to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1863-12-05, 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-0001-003-0033 (January 25, 2026).
Glasgow. Barren CoKy
Govenor Bramlet,
Sir I submit for your consideration a plan for a Battery of guns, which I consider a very formidable & Destructive wepon
I am Satisfied that with two of these Batteries & twenty five men I could Resist an attack of 500 Successfully, for the protection of Depots RailRoad & Bridge it will Surpass all others and if you think it advisable to Submit the plan to the Legislature & ^have^ Some of them Built, I think it would be time & money well Spent,
The Gun ins mounted on wheels like other guns, & can be Drawn By Horses in the Same way
it is pited in the Ground or Surrounded By Earth work or other fortification, the Soldiers that work it are also Secure all the time, under the Surface of the ground & have nothing to do But to Pull Down alternatly Each End of the walking Beam, which Rols the cilinders. Sets the trigers, & fires every time Each End is thourn above the Surface, as you See from the Dotted lines in the Draught, you Can take whativer Range that the Locality of the ground May Require verry Readily, without any fear of Panic or Reckless Shooting
it can be carried in the can which would Protect them against guerillers Each Battiry can be made with a Single or Double teer of guns, Each guns is provided with a cilinder containing from 5 to 10 chargdes Each Battery is fired at least 5 times in a minuit making 10 Shots to the minuit, which would then
from 2 to 5000 Shot to the minuit,
So you See that it would be impossible to Surround me with any hope of Success as the Shootigs is Spirrally
you See from the Draught on forth page that the cilenders are Roled with a cog wheel, I have left off the top plate, so that You could [...] See its inside
all the triger work is Secure inside of Iron plates
I would like to have the Command of Several of these guns, & a fiew men & go to the Cumberland Mountains to enduce Hamilton or Fergusonto make an attack on me
My Health will not permit me to go into the Regular Service But if the Ligislature will have some of these guns Built I will try it a while with your permision. or the presidents
we have Sufered much from the plunderg Bands of Robers we Dont Expect to make as much crop next year unless these gurrillers Band can be Broken up
you See from the letter marks, the guns & cilinder ffor guns & C. for cilinder
Yours Resply
Joseph. H. Glover
I have taken the nessary steps to Secure a pattent. But that wont make the guns
I will freely give the Right to the State if it will, assist in crushing this Damnable Rebellion
I Sometimes talk alittle about the Union, & on another Sheet I give you some of my opinions
