Correspondence

Thomas E. Bramlette to Burgess Preston

1864-05-02

Date of Creation
May 2, 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
423 to 424
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0002-117-0016
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FTP Identifier
32212668

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Dates
1864-05-02
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Thomas E. Bramlette to Burgess Preston, 1864-05-02, 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-0002-117-0016 (November 12, 2026).

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May 2 [...]4
Col. Burgess Preston
Com'ding 65th Regt E M
Johnson County: Ky
Colonel.

You are hereby ordered to call out your entire command to serve for the period of thirty days, and report with it for duty to the U. S officer in command at Louisa Ky. A. state mustering officer will be there to muster in your companies —

If any of your command have enlisted for six months under the late call, you will not compel them to do service under this order, but require them to report at once to the state agent at the rendezvous mentioned in General Order No 3 from the Adjutant Genl' Office.

As the emergency is equally as great, it is hoped that your men and officers will be equally as as prompt in responding to this call, as Col McKinster

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of the 68th Regt E M of Lawrence county. was in the call recently made upon them by Col Gallup It being desired to present the claims growing out of this service to the U S. for payment, you will not require the 3d Lieutenants of companies to respond to this call and be mustered in.

Tho E. Bramlette
Govr of Ky