Correspondence
John W. Finnell to Nathaniel Gaither, Jr.
1862-06-06
- Date of Creation
- June 6, 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
- MG6-429 to MG6-430
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-018-0316
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32208130
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- Dates
- 1862-06-06
- 1861-09-09
- 1862-04-10
- 1862-02-28
- 1861-11-09
- 1861-11-10
- 1862-01-21
- 1861-11-19
- 1862-01-21
- 1862-02-10
- 1861-10-22
- 1861-11-26
- 1861-10-11
- 1862-01-22
- 1861-11-11
- 1861-12-15
- 1861-11-12
- 1861-10-09
- 1862-01-12
- 1862-02-22
- 1861-09-09
- 1862-04-14
- 1862-05-21
- 1861-10-28
- 1861-09-09
- 1861-12-09
- 1862-01-25
- 1862-01-01
- 1861-11-11
- 1862-02-16
- 1861-10-04
- 1861-10-08
- 1861-10-21
- 1862-04-15
- 1861-11-12
- 1861-11-30
- 1861-11-16
- 1861-11-20
- 1861-11-13
- 1861-12-30
- 1861-11-29
- 1861-11-26
- 1861-11-23
- 1861-09-27
- 1861-12-12
- 1861-11-01
- 1862-01-18
- 1861-11-18
- 1861-10-22
- 1861-10-28
- 1861-10-08
- 1862-04-05
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John W. Finnell to Nathaniel Gaither, Jr., 1862-06-06, 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-0001-018-0316 (November 15, 2026).
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{UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL.
KENTUCKY.}
Head-Quarters Kentucky Militia,
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Frankfort,
Hon: Nat Gaither Jr
Sec: of State — I send you a list of promotions, resignations &c for record viz:
| } date of Com: | |||
| John L. Treinor | Capt: | promoted — | |
| Wm W. Roland | Lieut — | " | " " " |
| Theo. F. Cummings | " | " | " " " |
| Joseph Frost | Major | Resigned | |
| Tho. B. Fairleigh | Capt: | promoted | |
| James H. Ashcraft | Lieut: | " | " " " |
| Saml D. Brown | " | " | " " " |
| R. E. Hackett | " | " | |
| W. W. Ranney | " | " | " " " |
| Fred. Guy | " | " | |
| James Carlile | Lt Colo | Dead |
|
| Saml I. Coyne | Capt: | promoted | |
| W. W. Brady | Lieut: | " | |
| Ben W. Cleaver | " | " | " " " |
| George Hammer | " | " | 19 Nov '61 |
| Peterson Roff | " | " | " " " |
| Geo. W. Williams | " | resigned | |
| Preston Morton | Capt — | Killed — | |
| Wm Keith | Lieut — | promoted | " " " |
| Tho. R. Brown | " | " | |
| Henry S. Barnett | Capt: | Dead |
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| date of Com: | |||
| Jon Natt | Lieut | promoted | 11 Oct 1861 |
| David M Dryden | " | " | |
| Alfred M. Smith | " | " | " " " |
| Moses L. Nowell | " | dead | |
| Demetrius B. Coyle | " | promoted | " " " |
| Henry W. Mazer | " | Mustered out of Service } | " " " |
| Charles A. McCue | " | " " | " " " |
| Geo. H. Cram | Capt — | promoted | " " " |
| Charles D. Bailey | Lieut — | " | |
| Allen J. Roark | Lt Colo | Dead | 11 Nov " |
| John H. Grider | Adjt — | promoted | |
| Speed S. Fry — | Colo | " | |
| John T. Croxtin | Lt Colo | " | " " " |
| P. B. Hunt | Major | " | " " " |
| Rob. M. Kelly | Capt | " | " " " |
| Danl B. Waggener | Adjt | resigned | |
| James L. Burch | Capt — | dead | |
| Henry C. Dunlap | Adjt | resigned |
William Raines — Capt: heretofore reported as mustered out U.S. service by order of the U.S. Military Board & approved by President U.S.
| Capt: Rains | resigned |
|
|
| Geo. W. Richardson | Lieut: | resigned | |
| James H. Howard | " | " | |
| Herman Horst | " | " |
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| date of Com | |||
| Theo. F. Cummings | Lieut — | resigned — | |
| David Pool — | " | promoted — |
|
| Isaac W. Sketo — | Capt: | Killed in Battle at Shiloh — } | " " " |
| Jesse K. Freeman — | Lieut — | promoted | " " " |
| Addison Turner | " | " | " " " |
| Elijah C. Phelps | Capt: | Dead | " " " |
| Oliver P. Johnson | Lieut: | pro: | " " " |
| Wm R Willis | " | " | " " " |
| James R Wise | " | " | " " " |
| Geo. W. Roberts | Qr Mas. | " | |
| John W. Tuttle | Lieut | " | |
| James W. Bristow | " | " | |
| B. F. Powell | " | " | " " " |
| W. H. Tyree | " | resigned | |
| Fon T. Fox Jr | Major | " | |
| Ben V. Banks | Lieut | Promoted | |
| Wm L. Lee | " | Killed in Battle | |
| Patrick G. Fisher | " | Promoted | " " " |
| Giles A. Gallup | " | " | |
| Wm H. Stratton | " | " | " " " |
| Berry M. Webb | " | Deceased | 12 " " |
| Isaac T. Hizer | " | " | |
| Tho. A. Lowe | " | Killed in Battle | " " " |
| Samuel H. Murrell | " | resigned | |
| James M. Anderson | " | Promoted | |
| James Blue | " | " | |
| John Kinney | " | " |
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| Date of Com | |||
| Wm B. Johnson | Lieut: | Promoted | |
| Henry C. Carr | — | resigned — | |
| Isaac Singleton | " — | do — | |
| L. P. Ellis — | Capt — | do — | |
| J. P Jones — | Q. M. — | do — | |
| Walter O. Woods | Capt — | do — | |
| Oliver D. Botner — | " — | do — | |
| Ben H. Milton | Lieut — | do — | |
| Saml McKee — | Capt — | promoted — | |
| James T. Bramlette | Lieut — | declined acc: |
Very Resply
John W. Finnell
Adjt Genl