R. L. Wilson to Thomas E. Bramlette
1864-05-05
- Date of Creation
- May 5, 1864
- Place of Creation
- Princeton, Caldwell County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Correspondence
- Repository
- Kentucky Department of Military Affairs
- Collection
- Guerilla Letters
- Box / Folder
- Document Box 1, Folder G. L. 1864
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0002-225-0038
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- 32213111
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Citation
R. L. Wilson to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1864-05-05, Guerilla Letters, Kentucky Department of Military Affairs. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0002-225-0038 (November 12, 2026).
Princeton Ky
Gov. Thos E. Bramlett.
Sir.
By the time this reaches you you will have seen accounts in the papers of the plundering this part of the country by bands of Guerrillas, this should not be. & if you will commission me to raise 60 men & you agree to mount them & supply me with the Henry rifle & other necessaries I pledge you that I will keep them out of Lyon Caldwell Hopkins. Crittenden & Trigg Counties. I select the Henry rifle because with that it would require fewer men & consequently less expensive, if you think my offer worth attention let me hear from you.
Believe obediently
R. L. Wilson
Princeton Ky
Wilson R. L
To the Governor asking authority to recruit a company of 60 men to be mounted and armed with the Henry rifle. Says he could protect the counties Lyon, Caldwell Crittenden Hopkins and Trigg from guerrilla raids
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Recd A. G. O.