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Correspondence

James W. Wilkins, Otway Waddell, and J. M. Compton to Thomas E. Bramlette

1863-10-15

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Date of Creation: October 15, 1863
Place of Creation: Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky
Document Genre: Correspondence
Repository: Kentucky Department of Military Affairs
Collection: 37th - 76th Regiments Enrolled Militia Primary Source Documents (1861-1866)
Box / Folder: Box 80, Folder 863 HOPKINS COUNTY Recomendations for Nominations (Commissions) 47th Rgt. Ky. Militia
CWGK Accession Number: KYR-0002-022-0035
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FTP Identifier: 32212302

Mentioned in this document

People: Compton, James M.; Wilkins, James W.; Boyle, John; Waddill, Otway; Peyton, Richard L.; Bramlette, Thomas Elliott; Campbell, Thomas Walter
Places: Hopkins County, Kentucky; Madisonville, Kentucky
Dates: 1863-10-15; ---09; 1863-10-15

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James W. Wilkins, Otway Waddell, and J. M. Compton to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1863-10-15, 37th - 76th Regiments Enrolled Militia Primary Source Documents (1861-1866), Kentucky Department of Military Affairs. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0002-022-0035 (November 12, 2026).

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Madisonville Hopkins County Ky 15^th Octr 1863
His Excellency Thos E. Bramlett Governer of Ky
Dear Sir

In your proclamation of the 9^th Int you request some friend of his country to recommend some suitable persons for colonel and Lieutenant Col for there county

We the undersigned would respectfully recommend Thomas W. Campbell for Colonel of this Hopkins County Ky and Richard L. Peyton for Lieutenant Colonel we are respectfully

yours

James W. Wilkins

Otway Waddell

J M Compton

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Hopkins Co Oct 15/63

Recm"dg for this county
Tho^s W Campbell as Colonel
Richard L Peyton Lt Col
Citizens

Issue,
Boyle
Issued 47, 284