Correspondence

William D. Carpenter to Thomas E. Bramlette

1864-06-05

Date of Creation
June 5, 1864
Place of Creation
Allatoona, Bartow County, Georgia
Document Genre
Correspondence
Repository
Kentucky Department of Military Affairs
Collection
1st - 2nd Regiments Kentucky Cavalry Muster Rolls
Box / Folder
Box 45, Bundle 1
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0002-033-0002
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32212494
People
Grubb, Abraham
Keen, Alderson T.
Smith, Alexander C.
Campbell, Andrew Alexander
Murphy, Daniel
Carr, Dulaney Richardson
Cox, Elijah
Helveti, Francis M.
Wolford, Francis M.
Wolford, Frank Lane
Stoneman, George
Drye, George Watkins
Brown, Hawkins
Chilton, James E.
Dick, James G.
Humphrey, James
Pankey, James L.
Boyle, John
Fishback, John Brent
Kimbrell, John
McClain, John
Beatie, Josiah "Joe" D.
Blackford, Mathew H.
Dodson, Oliver M.
Roberts, Phillip
Huffman, Richard E.
Blain, Robert C.
Belden, Samuel
Duncan, Samuel
Adams, Silas
Bramlette, Thomas Elliott
Rowland, Thomas
Bruner, Tilford N.
Peyton, Vincent
Lamme, Warren
Adams, William
Root, William C.
Carpenter, William D.
Everett, William
Owens, William N.
Ballard, William P.
Places
Allatoona, Georgia
Organizations
1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.)
Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky
Dates
1864-06-05
1864-06-05
1864-06-05
1864-06-16
1864-06-15
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Citation

William D. Carpenter to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1864-06-05, 1st - 2nd Regiments Kentucky Cavalry Muster Rolls, Kentucky Department of Military Affairs. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0002-033-0002 (November 12, 2026).

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Lt. Col Silas Adams com Colonel 1st cavalry June 5. 1864 vice Frank Wolford dismissed


1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Hd Qrs 1st Ky Cav

Allatoona Geo
June 5" 1864.

Gov Bramlette
Sir —

As a vacancy exists in this Regiment as Colonel= we the undersigned officers of said Regiment do Resptly petition your Exciellency to Commission Lt Col Silas Adams as Colonel of the 1st Ky Cav vice Col Wolford out of service. Col Adams is so well known as as Cavalry officer. he needs no recommendation from us, a like petition was sent you some time since, but we have heard nothing from it. Our Regiment numbers over one Thousand men, and are is entitled to all the officers allowed a Cavalry Regiment.

signed
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F. M Helveti Major
W D Carpenter Adjt
M H Blackford Q M
E. Cox Commissary

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James S Pankey Lt Co I
John McClain " " J
J A. S. Smith " " "
Phillip Roberts " " K
Tilford. N. Bruner " " "
Joseph Batie " " L.

I have copied this from the original petition signed by every officer, And I Certify that we have on the Regimental Rolls over one thousand men, we have here in the front over five hundred men mounted Twice as many as any other Cavalry Regiment in Genl Stoneman's Command. we need more field officers in the Regiment. Col Adams is Commanding a Brigade. Major Owens is a prisoner. Maj Drye is at home wounded and we have only one Field officer with the Regiment.

I am very Resptly
Your obt Servt
W D Carpenter
adjt 1st Ky Cav,

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Hd qrs 1s Ky Cavl
Alltoona Ga
June 5th 1864

1 Cavy

Carpenter W. D
adjt & others

To the Governor asking the Lt Col Silas Adams be commissioned Colonel vice Woolford out of the service.

Issue commission to Col Adams.

Tho E Bramlette

Com issd & forwd
June 16 1864

Issue.

Boyle

Recd A G O 15 June 1864