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Correspondence

Louis H. Pelouze to Thomas E. Bramlette

1864-05-19

Document details

Date of Creation: May 19, 1864
Place of Creation: Washington, District of Columbia
Document Genre: Correspondence
Repository: Kentucky Department of Military Affairs
Collection: 37th - 76th Regiments Enrolled Militia Primary Source Documents (1861-1866)
Box / Folder: Box 81, Folder 68th Regiment 1864-1877 Militia Claims and Expenses
CWGK Accession Number: KYR-0002-022-0097
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FTP Identifier: 32212362

Mentioned in this document

People: Stanton, Edwin McMasters; Gallup, George W.; Pelouze, Louis Henry; Bramlette, Thomas Elliott; Andrews, Timothy Patrick
Places: Washington, District of Columbia
Organizations: 68th Regiment Kentucky Enrolled Militia; Government of the United States of America; Office of the Inspector General of Kentucky; United States War Department
Dates: 1864-05-19; 1864-04-28; --04; 1864-05-19; 1864-04-28; 1864-05-24

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Louis H. Pelouze to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1864-05-19, 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-0002-022-0097 (November 12, 2026).

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War Department,
Washington City,
May 19^th, 1864
His Excellency
Thomas E. Bramlette.
Governor of Kentucky.
Louisville.
Kentucky.
Sir:

I am instructed by the Secretary of War to acknowledge the receipt of your Excellency's communication of the 28^th ultimo, asking if any arrangements can be made for the payment, by the United States, of the 68th Regiment Enrolled Militia of Kentucky, called out in April last by Colonel Gallup, Commanding the District of East Kentucky, for the purpose of protecting his depots and lines of communication, when threatened by the rebels; and, in reply, to state, that the Paymaster General has been ordered to pay these troops for the time they were actually in service.

Very Respectfully,
(over)

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Your Obedient Servant.
Louis H Pelouze
Ass't. Adj't. Gen'l.

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War Department
Washington City
May 19^th 1864

Louis H. Pelouze A. A. G. is instructed by Secty War to acknowledge receipt of the Gov's communciation of the 28^th ultimo and to state that the PayMaster Gen^l has been instructed to pay the 68^th Regt Ky E. M. for the time they were actually in service.

Rec^d I. G. O. May 24^th 1864
Letter from War Dept relative to pay of 68' Enrolled Militia.