John Boyle to Henry S. Steele
1864-05-25
- Date of Creation
- May 25, 1864
- Place of Creation
- Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Correspondence
- Repository
- Kentucky Department of Military Affairs
- Collection
- Adjutant General Letter Book - No. 3 ; 9 April - 25 May 1864
- Box / Folder
- 493
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0002-117-0002
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32212654
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Citation
John Boyle to Henry S. Steele, 1864-05-25, Adjutant General Letter Book - No. 3 ; 9 April - 25 May 1864, Kentucky Department of Military Affairs. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0002-117-0002 (November 12, 2026).
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Henry S. Steele
Care Ferguson, Grain and Smith
No 24- Pine Street — New York.
Sir,
Your communication to His Excellency Govr Bramlette — of the
It is an established custom to commission only those who recruit the men, and so avowed in the General Orders calling for six months troops. While His Excellency appreciates a patriotic spirit — wherever found, he deems the faith of the State pledged by the premises and terms of his General Orders, and cannot depart from them.
Respectfully
Your obt serv't
John Boyle
Adjt. Gen. of Ky.