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Correspondence

John W. Finnell to Nathaniel Gaither, Jr.

1862-01-29

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Date of Creation: January 29, 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: MG6-333
CWGK Accession Number: KYR-0001-018-0223
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John W. Finnell to Nathaniel Gaither, Jr., 1862-01-29, 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-0001-018-0223 (November 15, 2026).

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{UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL.
KENTUCKY.}
Head-Quarters Kentucky Volunteer Militia,
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Frankfort, 29 January 1862.

Hon:
Nat Gaither Jr
Sec: of State_

Thomas R. M^cBeath 1^st Lieut: & W^m W. Brady 2^d Lieut: have been promoted. please note same. (date of Comms: 13 Nov 1861)

I send 45 Comms: for record viz

1862 Jan 1_	1	Harvey M. Buckley —	Col:	1
	"	W^m W. Berry	L^t Col.	2
	"	Henry C. Dunlap	Adj^t	3
	"	John Matthews	Surg	4
	"	Tho. S. Swain	Ass^t Surg	5
	"	Tho. C. Perrin	Q^r Mas	6
	"	James H. Bristow	Chap:	7
	"	John D. Brent	Capt	8
	"	W^m Mangan	"	9
	"	August Schweitzer	"	10
	"	Asaph H. Speed	"	11
	"	John M. Huston	"	12

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1861 Jan	1-	John L. Treanor-	Capt —	13
	"	Lafayette P. Lovett	— —	14
	"-	Alexander B. Fergeson —	" —	15
	"-	John E. Vansant	—	16
	"-	Charles L. Thomasson	—	17
	"-	Geo. W. Richardson	— 1^st Lieut	18
	"-	John W. Smith	—	19
	"-	Stephen Lindenfelson	—	20
	"-	Richard Jones	—	21
	"-	David Q. Rousseau	—	22
	"-	W^m W. Rowland	—	23
	"-	John P. Hurley	—	24
	"-	Upton Wilson	—	25
	"-	John Lucas	—	26
	"-	Norman B. Moninger	—	27
	"-	Geo. Wyatt	— 2^d Lieut —	28
	"-	Tho. Foreman	— —	29
	"-	Frank Dissell	—	30
	"-	Christopher Leonard	—	31
	"-	Theodore E. Elliott	—	32
	"-	Theodore F. Cummins	—	33
	"-	Thomas J. M^cManen	—	34
	"-	Wilson J. Green	—	35
	"-	John Martz	—	36
	"-	Edw^d W. Johnstone	—	37
	20-	Ben W. Cleaver	—	38
	"-	W. W. Brady	— 1^st —	39
1861 Dec	12-	Sam S. Sumner	— Chap —	40
Aug	12-	Matthew H. Turner	-2^d L^t —	41
Oct-	"-	Allen A. Ellsworth	—	42
Aug-	"-	John W. Wall	— 1^st —	43
	"-	G W Nall	— - —	44
	"-	John M Hewitt	— Capt —	45

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

Entered Jany 29. 1862