Correspondence

John W. Finnell to Nathaniel Gaither, Jr.

1862-01-28

Date of Creation
January 28, 1862
Place of Creation
Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky
Document Genre
Correspondence
Repository
Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
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Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Appointments, 1859-1862
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MG6-329
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-018-0219
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John W. Finnell to Nathaniel Gaither, Jr., 1862-01-28, 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-0001-018-0219 (November 15, 2026).

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{UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL.
KENTUCKY.}
Head-Quarters KentuckyVolunteer Militia,
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE.
Frankfort, 28 January 1862.

Hon:
Nat Gaither Jr
Sec of State-

Please cancel the following on your record, same being improperly issd viz:

1862 Jan 9- Ralph Robinson- Adjt.
3_ Wm P. Boone_ Lt Colo
"- Abraham G. Johnson- Major
"_ John Rowan- Adjutant
"_ Alfred W. Hines_ Surgeon
"_ Joseph Habernahl Asst Surg:
"_ Hiram G. Hunter Chaplain

I send eight Comm: for record viz:
1862 Jan 9- Ralph Robinson Matiby ✓ Adjutant 1
3_ Theodore B. Hays ✓ Do 2
" Hiram A. Hunter ✓ Chap 3
" Joseph Habermehl ✓ Asst. Surg 4

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Alfred W. Hynes- Surgeon ✓ 5
John Rowan Boone- Adjt ✓ 6
Absalom Y. Johnson Major ✓ 7
Wm P. Boone Lt. Colo✓ 8

Very Respy
John W. Finnell
Adjt Genl