Correspondence

McKeerans to Oliver A. Patton

1865-06-22

Date of Creation
June 22, 1865
Place of Creation
Hillsboro, Fleming 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, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867
Box / Folder
BR14-216
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-2040
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FTP Identifier
32204925

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McKeerans to Oliver A. Patton, 1865-06-22, Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's official correspondence file, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 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-0001-004-2040 (December 16, 2025).

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Hillsboro Ky
June 22/65
Oliver A Patton Esqr.
Sir

Yours19t. is to hand. you wish to Know of me if you were dressed in a Grey Conf. Uniform. "I think You were

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I have no recollection of You Saying you had intercepted Evans but you Said you had no Control of him or his Men

3.
You told me you had been ordered to Ky. by Gen Breckinr to suppress This Guerilla System of Warfare.

4 You Said they Should be punished for what They had done

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You Ordered Some of Evans Men not to take any Thing I believe if it had not have been for you we would have Suffered more than we did as They said They had come to. Gouge us for which Im Under Obligations

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You and Some Two or Three bot. Tobacco and offered to pay for it in Greenbacks but I had not The change. Closeabout Just Then

These are all answered correct to the best of my Recollection

Your Respect
McKeerans