John Boyle to John Mason Brown
1864-05-05
- Date of Creation
- May 5, 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
- 219
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0002-117-0064
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32212713
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- Dates
- 1864-05-05
Citation
John Boyle to John Mason Brown, 1864-05-05, 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-0002-117-0064 (November 12, 2026).
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Col John M. Brown.
Comm'd'g 45th Regt. Ky. Vols.
Lexington- Ky.
Colonel,
It has been reported to this office that Lieut. Milton J. Smith- of Co "I"- of your regiment, has been placed in arrest by you, for recruiting men of your command for three years' service. I am instructed by his Excellency- Gov. Bramlette to ask that you make a statement of the facts of the case to this office. It is the policy of the authorities of both the national and State Governments, to enlist twelve months troops into three years regiments — and it is our duty to enquire into the causes which may hinder and retard such transfers
Respectfully
Your obt Servt,
John Boyle
Adjt. Gen of Ky.