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Correspondence

John W. Finnell to Nathaniel Gaither, Jr.

1861-12-06

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Date of Creation: December 6, 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: MG6-286 to MG6-287
CWGK Accession Number: KYR-0001-018-0181
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John W. Finnell to Nathaniel Gaither, Jr., 1861-12-06, 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-0001-018-0181 (November 15, 2026).

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Adj^t Gen^ls Office
Frankfort 6 Dec^r 1861.
Hon: Nat. Gaither Jr
Sec: of State —

I send you forty four Commissions, which please arrange & return as soon as you can viz:

1861	Dec^r	3 —	Curran Pope	Colonel	1
	Novr	30 —	Edw^d H. Hobson	D^o	2
	Dec	3 —	Geo. P. Jouett	L^t Col^o	3
	Novr	30 —	John B. Carlisle	D^o	4
		"	W^m E. Hobson	Major	5
	Dec^r	3 —	W^m P. Campbell	D^o	6
		" —	John W. Clarke	Q^r Master	7
	Novr	30 —	W^m B. Craddock	D^o	8
	Dec^r	1 —	Thompson Burnham Jr.	D^o	9
		3 —	Jeremiah J. Talbott —	Chaplain	10
	Novr	30 —	Isaac W. Emmerson	D^o	11
	Dec	3.	Luther P. Weatherby	Surgeon	12
	Novr	30 —	Charles D. Moore	D^o	13
	Dec^r	3 —	Richard Logan	Ass^t Surgeon	14
	Novr	30	Isaac G. Ingram	D^o	15
	Dec	3 —	W^m P. M^cDowell —	adjutant	16
	Novr	30 —	W^m W Woodruff	D^o	17

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1861	Dec^r	2 —	W^m G. Halpin	Captain	18
	Nov	30 —	Peter S. Rush	D^o	19
		28 —	Lafayette North	D^o	20
		29 —	Peter J. Hodges	D^o	21
		"	James A. Hawkins	D^o	22
		26 —	Green V Hall	D^o	23
		27 —	Geo. R. Barber	D^o	24
		"	James Carey	D^o	25
		21	Isaac Miller	D^o	26
	Dec	2	Geo. Wilson	1^st Lieut	27
	Nov	30 —	W^m L Lee	D^o	28
		28 —	John Gill	D^o	29
		29 —	John J Sewell	D^o	30
		" —	W^m H Norris	D^o	31
		26 —	Joseph L Judy	D^o	32
		27 —	Matthias T. S. Lee	D^o	33
		"	Washington J M^cIntire	D^o	34
		21 —	Elisha Baker	D^o	35
	Dec	2 —	Nelson C Boyd	2 Lieut	36
	Novr	30	Patrick Gilbert Fisher	D^o	37
		28	Wilkins Warren	D^o	38
		29	John C Padgett	D^o	39
		"	James Blue	D^o	40

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1861	Novr	26.	John Kinney	2^d Lieut	41
		27	Lander Barber	D^o	42
		"	John Henry	D^o	43
		21 —	Leonard Pearler	D^o	44

Very Resp^y
John W. Finnell
Adj^t Gen^l

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Hon:
Nat Gaither Junr
Sec: State —

Entered 6. Dec^r 1861