John W. Finnell to Nathaniel Gaither, Jr.
1861-12-18
- Date of Creation
- December 18, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Correspondence
- Repository
- Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
- Collection
- Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Appointments, 1859-1862
- Box / Folder
- MG6-260-1
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-018-0156
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32207970
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Citation
John W. Finnell to Nathaniel Gaither, Jr., 1861-12-18, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Appointments, 1859-1862, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-018-0156 (November 14, 2026).
Adjt Genls Office
Frankfort, KY:
Hon
Nat Gaither Jr
Sec: of State
Sir
I send thirty six Commissions, which you will please return, when arranged by you viz:
| 1861 Dec |
|
George T. Shackelford | Adjutant | 1 |
| Michael Billing | Qr. Mas. | 2 | ||
| Joseph S. Drane | Surgeon | 3 | ||
| Abner B. Coons | Asst Surgeon | 4 | ||
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Marc Munday | Colo | 5 | |
| John B. Jackson | Lt Colo | 6 | ||
| Lewis Voight | Captain | 7 | ||
| Augustus C. Paul | Do | 8 | ||
| Harvey W. Sutton | Do | 9 | ||
| Wm Green Holden | Do | 10 | ||
| Wm P. Eagan | Do | 11 | ||
| James C. Foy | Do | 12 | ||
| Henry Speier | Do | 13 |
| 1861 Decr |
|
Charles R. Cotton | Captain | 14 |
| Tho J. Williams | — | 15 | ||
| Geo. W. Northup | — | 16 | ||
| Claudius Tifft | 1st Lieut | 17 | ||
| Tho. W. Hardiman | — | 18 | ||
| Francis Jukes | — | 19 | ||
| Wm Boden | — | 20 | ||
| Joseph Green | — | 21 | ||
| John Barnes | — | 22 | ||
| Ryland Willett | — | 23 | ||
| Wm Wilson | — | 24 | ||
| Douglass Pritchard | — | 25 | ||
| Wm Seiter | — | 26 | ||
| Wm Hudson | 2d — | 27 | ||
| James Barker | — | 28 | ||
| Jephron P. Duke | — | 29 | ||
| Charles Theis — | — | 30 | ||
| Joseph C. Hoffman | — | 31 | ||
| Tho. S. Lukins — | — | 32 | ||
| Elbridge B. Holden | — | 33 | ||
| James Giffin — | — | 34 | ||
| Frank A. Black | — | 35 | ||
| Henry G. Shiner — | — | 36 |
Very Respy
John W Finnell
Adjt Genl