Rodrick Hamilton and Thomas Rigdon to Thomas E. Bramlette
1866-05-15
- Date of Creation
- May 15, 1866
- Place of Creation
- Washington 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
- BR5-144
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-003-0087
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32202826
- People
- Askins, Erasmus Dow
- Rogers, John
- Rogers, Mahala Jane Farris
- Goatly, Mason James
- Ridgon, Micajah "Cager"
- Hamilton, Rodrick
- Bramlette, Thomas Elliott
- Rigdon, Thomas
- Rogers, [Unknown]
- [Unknown], [Unknown]
- Places
- Anderson County, Kentucky
- Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Kentucky
- Lebanon, Kentucky
- Philadelphia, Tennessee
- Springfield, Kentucky
- Walker County, Georgia
- Washington County, Kentucky
Citation
Rodrick Hamilton and Thomas Rigdon to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1866-05-15, 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-0001-003-0087 (February 16, 2026).
Washington County Ky
To his Excellency the Govenor ^of Ky^
Dear Sir we received yours of the 3,d inst instructing what to do we Sent to Springfield and got a copy of the Indictment it was not the indictment we Supposed tho it was all done the Same time we was on our way to our Commands and there ^was^ two Soldiers on foot and we went to John Rogers and asked him to loan us the horse which he refused then I pressed the horse and took the Soldiers to Lebanon and Sent him the horse Back the next day by my Brother who went to take Back the rest of the horses indeed the horse was not his legally for his Son took the horse from a widow of Anderson County and paid her nothing and gave the horse to his mother Mrs Rogers all Rogerses grown Son was in the rebel Service and took horses in this Neigborh^ood^ and Keep them at their fathers John Rogerses we can Send you a Volume of Testimony, that I was captured on the and/63
Gentleman as much so any man in Kentucky that I advised Tho,s Rigdon to let the horse alone But he tol,d John Rogers he would take, the horse and send him Back as soon as he got to Lebanon which he did and here the Indictment Shows the Testimony to Be Maliciously false let me Show you what the grand Jury did, their was man well a rebel who Stole a watch from a Union man the Jury pass By the indictment and Said it was a wild Irish Trick and of cours found him not guilty of any crime tho it was proved By good Testamony, But no Union Soldier Escaped a True Bill no difference how Trivial the crime if you wish any Testamony as to our Being at our Reg,, at the time specified in the indictment that we took the hors we can send you any amount of it Except Thos, Ridgon who was prisoner from the
Please Drop us a few lines if Your clemency sees, fit to relieve us as a Safe guard that if the officer Should distress us we can have Your Voucher with which to defend our selves Diret to Antioch washington Ky County Ky and we Shall Ever feel gratfull
Yours Obtly
Rodrick Hamilton
Thomas Rigdon
[B] E D Askinwas ^not^ their at the time and was one of the Bigest rebel in this county and Brother in law to John Rogers and was a commissioned Doct,, in Braxton Braggs army
