Correspondence

John W. Finnell to Nathaniel Gaither, Jr.

1862-03-29

Date of Creation
March 29, 1862
Place of Creation
Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky
Document Genre
Correspondence
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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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MG6-380
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-018-0268
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John W. Finnell to Nathaniel Gaither, Jr., 1862-03-29, 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-0001-018-0268 (November 14, 2026).

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

Hon:
Nat Gaither Jr
Sec: of State
Sir

The following Officers have resigned viz:

Capt: Jesse Stepleton (date of Com: 22 Jan 1862)
Lieut: Joseph L Judy (date of Com: 26 Nov 1861)
Lieut: Wm G. Howard (date of Com: 21 Dec 1861)
Capt: Milton Frazer (date of Com: 8 Octo 1861)
Capt: Isham Boling (date of Com: 8 Octo. 1861)

I have just received a letter from the War Department & send you a copy of the same viz:

"War Department
"Adjutant Generals' Office
"Washington, March 20th 1862.
"Special Order No. 60- Extract
"4.....The following Volunteer Officers having

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"been reported on, adversely, by a Board of Examination, and the President of the United States having approved the report, are discharged the service, to take effect March 15. 1862-

"Colonel Jesse Bayles, 4th Kentucky Vol. Cavalry
"Captain George Walling- 4th " " "
"Captain Casper Blume- 4th " " "
"2d Lieut: Wm M. Nichols- 4th " " "
"By order of the Secretary of War
"(Signed) [...] "L. Thomas
"Adjutant General

"Head Quarters
"Department of the Mississippi
"Saint Louis, March 26, 1862_
"Official [...] "W. H. McLean
"Assistant Adjutant General
"Govenor of Kentucky_"

Resply Yours
John W. Finnell
Adjt Genl