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Correspondence

John W. Finnell to Nathaniel Gaither, Jr.

1861-12-31

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Date of Creation: December 31, 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: MG6-272
CWGK Accession Number: KYR-0001-018-0167
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FTP Identifier: 32207981

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John W. Finnell to Nathaniel Gaither, Jr., 1861-12-31, 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-0001-018-0167 (November 15, 2026).

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{UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL.
KENTUCKY.}
Head-Quarters Kentucky Militia,
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Frankfort, 31 Decr 1861.

Hon: Nat Gaither Jr:

Sec: of State — I send fifteen Commissions, please arrange same & return.

1861 Dec	13 —	Matthew N. Lasley	Chaplain	1
	" —	Sam^l L. Adams	Surgeon	2
	" —	David P. Middleton	Ass^t Sur.	3
	" —	Charles Kenfiss	Q^r Mas:	4
	" —	Moses C. Bayles	Adjutant	5
	" —	Jesse Bayles	Col^o	6
	" —	Jacob Ruckstuhl	L^t Col^o	7
	" —	John F. Gimkle	Major	8
	" —	Casper Blume —	Captain	9
	23 —	Hiram W. Egleston —	"	10
	14 —	Gabriel Netter —	"	11
	23 —	David Boyd —	1^st Lieut	12
	13 —	John Sailer	"	13
	23 —	Benjamin Tho^s Riggs	2^d Lieut	14
	11 —	H. K. Milward	Adjutant	15

— Commission which issued 4 Dec^r 1861 to Zachariah L. Taylor — should be Zachary L. Taylor. Q^r Master.
— Commission which issued to G. W. Netter Captain 14 Dec^r 1861 — should be Gabriel Netter.
— Commission to Jacob Ruckstuhl Captain — 26 Octo 1861

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will be marked promoted — as he is now Lieut: Colonel — & Commission same date to Henry A. Schaeffer ^1^st Lieutenant,^ will be marked promoted as he is now Captain.

Very Resp^y
Tho. S. Page for
John W. Finnell
Adj^t Genl

Entered Dec^r 31. 1861