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Correspondence

John W. Finnell to Nathaniel Gaither, Jr.

1862-01-04

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Date of Creation: January 4, 1862
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: MG6-300 to MG6-301
CWGK Accession Number: KYR-0001-018-0193
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FTP Identifier: 32208007

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Dates: 1862-01-04; 1861-11-16; 1861-11-13; 1861-11-05; 1861-11-12; 1861-11-07; 1861-11-12; 1861-09; 1861-11-12; 1861-11-19; 1861-11-13; 1862-01-04

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John W. Finnell to Nathaniel Gaither, Jr., 1862-01-04, 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-0001-018-0193 (November 15, 2026).

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Adjutant General's Office
Frankfort Ky:
4 Jan 1862
Hon: Nat Gaither Jr

Sec State — The following Commissions which issued 16^th November 1861 — should be charged to the 13^th November 1861 — viz:

John M. Harlan	Colonel	✓
W^m H Hays	L^t Colonel	✓
Gabriel Wharton	Major	✓
Seth P. Bevill	Captain	✓

Buford R. Pennington Captain ✓ name also to be changed to Buford R. Pendleton —

William Tweddle	Captain	✓
Franklin S. Hill	Captain	✓
William R. Hemter	Captain	✓
George W. Riley	Captain	✓
Andrew Thompson	1^st Lieut	✓
Clement Funk	2^d —	✓
W^m Shively	1^st —	✓
Henry W. Barry	2^d —	✓
W^m E. Kelly	1^st —	✓
John Myers	2^d —	✓

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Henry Walter 1^st Lieut: & name to be Changed to Henry Waller — ✓

Richard [Watts]	2^d Lieut	✓
Charles W. M^cKay	1^st Lieut	✓
Ben R Smith	2^d Lieut	✓
James M. Fiddler	1^st Lieut	✓
Ed K Fenill	2^d Lieut	✓
Wm Hupp	1^st Lieut	✓

Stephen N Dorsey 2^d Lieut ✓ and Commissions which issued 5^th November 1861 should be 12 November 1861 viz:

John T. Milburn

Captain

✓

Robert S. Short 1^stst Lieut: &x2713; and Commissions which issued 7^th November 1861 should be 12 November 1861 viz:

Edward Hilp

Captain

✓

William L. Messen ^1^st Lieut ✓^ & name should be changed to William L. Messon

James E. Sallie ^2^d Lieut. ✓^ & name should be changed to James E. Sallee.

Commissions which issued 9^th November 1861 should be 12^th November 1861.

Henry J. Davidson ^Cap^t ✓^ & name should be changed to Henry G. Davidson —

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John Reynolds 1^st Lieut: & name should be James Reynolds. ✓

James Estes 2^d Lieut: & name should be John Estes — ✓ and Commissions which issued 19 Novr 1861 to 13 Novr 1861 —

W^m Akisson Surgeon

Tho. M Knott Ass^t Surgeon

Sam^l Matlock ~~Adjuant~~ Quarter Mas

& W^m J. Lisle Adjutant —

This is a troublesome affair but I am pleased to say, it is not our fault —

I am
Resp^y
John W Finnell
Adj^t Gen^l

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Corrections made
4 Jany 1862