John Boyle to Lorenzo Thomas
1864-05-23
- Date of Creation
- May 23, 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
- 463
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0002-117-0010
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32212662
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- Dates
- 1864-05-25
Citation
John Boyle to Lorenzo Thomas, 1864-05-23, 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-0002-117-0010 (November 12, 2026).
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Genl L. Thomas
Adjutant Genl U. S. A.
Washington D C.
General
I am instructed by the Governor to request that Private John P. Watts Compy A. 10th Ky Infy be discharged to enable him to accept a Commission tendered him as 2nd Lieut. Compy E [7] mounted Infy Vols. There are sufficient numbers of men in said Compy E to entitle said Watts, to a command
Respy.
Your obedt Servt
John Boyle
Adjt Genl of Ky