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Petition

Edmund T. Long et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette

1865-03-20

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Date of Creation: March 20, 1865
Place of Creation: Henry County, Kentucky
Document Genre: Petition
Repository: Kentucky Department of Military Affairs
Collection: 1st - 20th Regiments Kentucky Infantry Primary Source Documents
Box / Folder: Box 8, Folder 13th Ky. Inf.
CWGK Accession Number: KYR-0002-024-0055
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FTP Identifier: 32212447

Mentioned in this document

People: Long, Edmund T.; Humston, George T.; Webb, Isaac Newton; Clubb, Joel H.; Monfort, John C.; Rousseau, Lovell Harrison; Pearce, Morgan B.; Hunt, Silas W.; Bramlette, Thomas Elliott; Brewer, William J.; Rowlett, William Wirt
Places: Atlanta, Georgia; Henry County, Kentucky; Kentucky; Louisville, Kentucky; Murfreesboro, Tennessee; Perryville, Kentucky; Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee; Walker County, Georgia
Organizations: 13th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.); 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.); 6th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.); Commonwealth of Kentucky; Henry Circuit Court; Henry County Court; Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky
Dates: 1865-03-20; 1864-02; 1865-03-20; 1865; 1865-03-21

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Edmund T. Long et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1865-03-20, 1st - 20th Regiments Kentucky Infantry Primary Source Documents, Kentucky Department of Military Affairs. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0002-024-0055 (February 16, 2026).

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Henry Co Ky March 20" 1865
To his Excellency
Thos E Bramlett

Governor of Ky

The undersigned would respectfully State, that it is represented to us that there are at this time sixty five (65) reenlisted men formerly belonging to the thirteenth (13") Ky Regt now on detatched duty at Barracks No 1 Louisville Ky, the number Entitles them to a captain and as your Excellency will most likely be called on to appoint a corps of ~~commander~~officirs for them, We take pleasure in recommending our young County man Serg W. W. Rowlett for the office of Captain, this young man was one of the first to volunteer at Camp Joe Holt, and was transferred from Gen Rousseaus Comnd to the 2nd Ky Cav and was present and participated in the battles of Chilo — Stone River, Perryville Chickamauga., also in series of battles resulting in the Capture Atlanta, and reenlisted in Feby 1864, and returned for the first time on a short furlough

Serg^t Rowlett has for some months been on detached duty

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at Louisville Ky — We know him to be eminently qualified to take Command of a Company not only from his Experience in the army on the field, but also from his education and high moral qualities

E. T. Long,, late
Assit Surgeon 6 Ky Inft,
Joel. H Clubb
M B Pearce. Clerk
Henry County Court
W. J. Brewer Sheriff. H. Co
Geo. T. Humston Clerk
Henry Circuit Court
I N Webb Rep Henry Co

Jno. C. Monfort Judge of
Henry County Court
S. W Hunt Surveyor H. County

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Henry Co. Ky
Mar. 20. 1865

Long E. L.
Late Asst. Surg. 6" Ky Infy
And others-

Rowlett. W.W

Recommend Sgt. W. W. Rowlett for Captaincy of the Detachment of 13" Ky (65 re-enlisted men) now on duty at Barracks No. 1. Louisville Ky —

L B N^o 11 — 1865 P. 103

Rec^d A. G. O. Ky 21 Mar. 1865