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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Correspondence, 1863-1867 KYR-0001-003-0001 BR5-1

Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) N00002647 1814-12-19 1869-12-24 Categories: People

Ohio attorney, politician, and Secretary of War. Son of David Stanton and Lucy Latham Norman Stanton. Married to Mary A. Lamson Stanton in Franklin County, Ohio, on December 31, 1836. Father of Lucy Lamson Stanton and Edwin Lamson Stanton. Married to Ellen Maria Hutchison Stanton on June 25, 1850. Father of Eleanor A. Stanton, Lewis Hutchinson Stanton, and Bessie B. Stanton. Attended Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. Studied law with Daniel L. Collier. Admitted to the bar in Ohio in 1836. Attorney in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1847 to 1856. Attorney in Washington, District of Columbia, from 1856 to 1860. Attorney General of the United States of America from December 1860 to March 1861. Secretary of War of the United States of America from January 1862 to May 1868.

Relationships Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: Edward Davis Townsend (Assistant Adjutant General (U.S.Army)) Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: John A. Brady (Washington County, Kentucky, physician and surgeon. 1st Kentucky Cavalry) Military: Department of the Cumberland Military: United States War Department Military: Archibald J. Alexander (Louisville, Kentucky, lumber merchant and soldier.) Military: United States Army Military: William H. Eifort (Carter County, Kentucky, clerk and1st Lieutenant in Company C, 2nd regiment Kentucky Cavalry. ) Military: 68th Regiment Kentucky Enrolled Militia Military: Horatio Gouverneur Wright (Union General, commander of Dept of OH) Political: United States War Department Military: Catharinus P. Buckingham (Ohio, manufacturer and Union general) Military: Joseph Holt (Washington, D.C., Judge Advocate General (U.S.A.)) Military: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Military: Military Board of Kentucky Military: Samuel F. Johnson (Leavenworth Count, Kansas, druggist and soldier) Military: Hartwell T. Burge (Muhlenberg, Kentucky, Meth minister; chaplain 3rd KY Cav; colonel 48th KY Inf; comd'r Dpt of OH 1864) Military: Joseph K. Pitts (Lewis County, Kentucky, farmer; sergeant 16th Ky Inf (U.S.A.)) Military: 8th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps (U.S.A.) Military: Veteran Reserve Corps (U.S.A) Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A) Military: Arthur Erenburgh (Allegheny County, PA, engineer, lieut. 1st Ky Ind. Battery & 1st Ky Inf USA) Military: John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) Military: James Barnet Fry (Union Provost Marshal General) Military: Kentucky Volunteers Military: 47th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) Military: 13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Edward H. Green (Dearborn County, Indiana, attorney and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav) Political: United States Army Political: Government of the United States of America Political: Edward Davis Townsend (Assistant Adjutant General (U.S.Army)) Political: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Political: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) Military: Government of the United States of America Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Jacob Cozatt (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and miller. ) Military: William Perry Pierce (Garrard County, Kentucky, soldier - Cpt. 11th + 12th Ky. Cav.) Military: Presley F. Hansbrough (Grant County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier - Capt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Paymaster Department Political: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Jefferson County, Steubenville City, p. 57B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, District of Columbia, Washington, Ward 4, p. 375. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, District of Columbia, Washington, Ward 2, p. 270A. Ohio Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Franklin County, Film 000285142, p. 163. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Louisville, KY, National 74014, State 904. Walter Stahr, Stanton: Lincoln's War Secretary (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2017). William L. Barney, The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Civil War (New York: Oxford University Press, 2011), 301-2. Joseph Fassett Hawley (Louisville, Kentucky, resident and soldier (28th KY Inf, LT and acting assistant QM)) N00017432 1837-01-03 1905-04-03 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, resident and soldier. Louisiana native. Son of Charles Hawley and Nancy Hawley. Married to Sarah E. Lawson Hawley in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on June 26, 1860. Father of John L. Hawley and Maggie Hawley. Resident of Louisville in 1860. Served in the 28th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a second lieutenant, acting adjutant, and acting assistant quartermaster from January 23, 1862 to January 1865.

Relationships Military: 13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 687. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 11, p. 464A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000482708, p. 229. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0393. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 266-7. "Joseph Fassett Hawley (1837-1905)," Find A Grave, Memorial #151871857, accessed April 15, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151871857. Thomas Elliott Bramlette (KY governor 1863-67, atty, D.A., col 3rd KY Inf) N001000 1817-01-03 1875-01-12 Categories: People

Twenty-third governor of Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Cumberland County, Kentucky, native. Married to Sallie Travis Bramlette in September 1837. Father of James T. Bramlette, William L. Bramlette, Eugene Bramlette, and Corrina Bell Bramlette. Practiced law in Clinton County, Kentucky, and Columbia, Kentucky. Represented Cumberland and Clinton counties in the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1841 to 1843. Commonwealth's attorney of the 8th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1848 to 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in 1850. Circuit judge of the 6th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1856 to 1861. Owned nine enslaved persons in 1860. Served as colonel of the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) from 1861 to 1862. District attorney of the United States District Court for Kentucky in 1863. Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from September 1, 1863, to September 3, 1867. Owned law firm of Bramlette & Van Winkle in partnership with Ephraim L. Van Winkle.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District No. 1, p. 181A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District No. 1, p. 335 (p. 2 of 2 on microfilm). Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, The Town of Columbia 1st Division, p. 13 (p. 2 of 3 on microfilm). Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 83B. Ross A. Webb, “Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-1867)” in Lowell H. Harrison, ed., Kentucky’s Governors (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2004), 93-97 Lowell H. Harrison, "Bramlette, Thomas Elliott" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 112-13. Frankfort, Kentucky P00000308 Categories: Places

Capital of Kentucky. Seat of Franklin County, Kentucky. Located on the Kentucky River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 16, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 108. Commonwealth of Kentucky O001025 1792 Categories: Organizations

Administrative body of the state of Kentucky. Capital at Frankfort, Kentucky. Governor(s): Beriah Magoffin (1859-1862), James F. Robinson (1862-1863), and Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-1867).

Paul Blanchard, "Office of Governor" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 380. Malcolm E. Jewell, "General Assembly" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 366. Paul J. Weber, "Court System" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 233. 13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00009471 1863-12-23 1865-01-10 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Columbia, Kentucky. Mustered into service on December 23, 1863, and mustered out on January 10, 1865. Officer(s): Colonel James W. Weatherford.

Relationships Military: John R. Curry (Adair County, Kentucky, farmer and Captain, 13th KY Cavalry (USA)) Military: Cambell Rousey (Boyle County, Kentucky, resident and soldier) Military: Thomas Rousey (Boyle County) Military: James W. Weatherford (Colonel in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment ) Military: Jesse Chappell Newell (Pulaski County, Kentucky, blacksmith and First Lieutenant (U.S.A.)) Military: Joseph Cartwright (Adair County, Kentucky, farm laborer and 2nd lieut (U.S.A.) ) Military: Benjamon F. Branson (Casey Co, Ky, farmer and first lieut (U.S.A.)) Military: Thomas Wood (Jamestown, Ky, captain (U.S.A.)) Military: James M. Giboney (Casey Co, Ky, captain (U.S.A.)) Military: William D. Lowe (Monticello, Ky, laborer and first lieut (U.S.A.)) Military: William M. Northrip (Russell Co, Ky, farmer and captain (U.S.A.)) Military: James R. Howard (Lebanon, Ky, sgt 1st Ky Cav & captain 13th Ky Cav USA) Military: Moses Hudleston (Cumberland Co, Ky, farm laborer and second lieutenant) Military: George T. Rigney (Casey County, Ky, farmer and second lieutenant (U.S.A.)) Military: Thomas Watson (Adams' Mills, Ky, captain (U.S.A.)) Military: Harrison M. Hurt (Clinton County, Kentucky, captain (U.S.A.)) Military: F. Rolly W. Chapman (Adair County, Kentucky, carpenter and Second Lieutenant (U.S.A.)) Military: Ferdinand D. Rigney (Adair Co, Ky, farmer and major (U.S.A.)) Military: William G. Gabbert (Russell Co, Ky, farmer and second lieut (U.S.A.)) Military: John A. B. Morrison (Clinton Co, Ky, lieut col) Military: George Washington Sweeney (Casey County, KY, bricklayer and sold) Military: Daniel S. Parker (Ky, captain and adj gen (U.S.A.))

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 352-373. Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky 1863-10-13 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL. KENTUCKY.
Commonwealth of Kentucky, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, Frankfort, Oct 13th 1863. Hon Edwin M Stanton Secty of War Washington

The 13th Ky Cavalry was raised for one (1) year to meet guerillas The term of service not being specified in your telegram the A. Q. M. wishes special orders sent to me for mustering them -- Answer.

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