Correspondence

Ira Stout to Leslie Coombs

1862-10-25

Date of Creation
October 25, 1862
Document Genre
Correspondence
Repository
Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
Collection
Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons, Remissions, and Respites, 1862-1863
Box / Folder
R3-157
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-029-0101
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FTP Identifier
32211303
People
Stout, Ira Hart
Robinson, James Fisher
Combs, Leslie
Places
Hancock County, Kentucky
Hawesville, Kentucky
Kentucky
Organizations
Kentucky State Guard
United States Army
Dates
1862-10-25
1862-10-27
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Ira Stout to Leslie Coombs, 1862-10-25, Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons, Remissions, and Respites, 1862-1863, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-029-0101 (November 12, 2026).

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Oct 25 62
Gen Lesly Coombs

Dear Friend I have just received a line from home the Devils are committing all kinds of devilment — I leave on the 3 oclock train — I leave all the papers with you for God and our countries sake get from the Governor authority for me to raise men to expell these fiends from our land we are forty miles from any Union troops — I can rais sufficient men to exterminate these theives and trators do any thing get a commission to rais a regiment a brigade a company any authority to rais even a Company either as State Guardsnine months men — any kind of araisso I can act,if the Governor does not do it we are lost — as I told you a price is set on my head — they may get it I would rather live but am not a fraid to loose my life in this cause but will try to make these hill hound pay for yelping on my trail

I am your old
friend Ira Stout

Direct an answer to me at HawsvillHancock Co Ky in haste

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Stout Ira

RedOct 27/62
Issd 29th will write again —

Memo

The Gov will please read & consider this letter with the other papers handed him

Leslie Combs