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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-0001-003-0010 BR5-12 to BR5-13

Washington, District of Columbia 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. 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. Ferdinand D. Rigney (Adair Co, Ky, farmer and major (U.S.A.)) N00011931 1821-07-07 1897-04-12 Categories: People

Adair County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Perlina Rigney. Farmer in Adair County, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in 13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry (U.S.A.) as a major from December 28, 1863, to January 10, 1865.

Relationships Military: United States Army Military: United States War Department Military: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) 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, Adair County, p. 13. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 352. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 944. "Ferdinand D. Rigney (1821-1897)," Find A Grave, Memorial 81058224, accessed January 17, 2020, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81058224. George Washington Sweeney (Casey County, KY, bricklayer and sold) N00005760 1822-12-26 1899-11-18 Categories: People

Casey County, Kentucky, bricklayer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Mildred Bailey Sweeney. Father of James W. Sweeney, Marion Sweeney, Allice Sweeney, Elvira Sweeney, Aliva Sweeney, and Edward Sweeney. Brickmason in Casey County in 1850. Bricklayer in Casey County in 1860. Served in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a captain from July 17, 1861, to April 14, 1862. Served in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a major from January 15, 1864, to January 10, 1865.

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: United States Army Military: James W. Weatherford (Colonel in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment ) Military: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) Military: United States War Department Military: Ferdinand D. Rigney (Adair Co, Ky, farmer and major (U.S.A.)) Military: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Military: 13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Casey County, District 2, p. 289A Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Casey County, District 1, p. 476. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Casey County, Jenkins Precinct, p. 199B. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 3229. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 2-3, 352-53. "George Washington Sweeney (1822-1899)," Find A Grave, Memorial 45169112, accessed October 25, 2018, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45169112. Edward Davis Townsend (Assistant Adjutant General (U.S.Army)) N00005757 1817-08-22 1893-05-10 Categories: People

Washington, D.C., soldier. Boston, Massachusetts, native. Son of David S. Townsend and Eliza Gerry Townsend. Married to Ann Overing Townsend on May 9, 1848. Father of Thomas Townsend, Edward Townsend, and Henrietta Townsend. Graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1837. Served in the 2nd United States Artillery as second lieutenant, first lieutenant, captain, and brevet major, from 1837 to 1861. Engaged in the forced removal of the Cherokee Nation to Indian Territory (Trail of Tears) in 1838. Transferred to the Adjutant General's Corps as lieutenant colonel and colonel. Chief of Staff to Lieutenant General Winfield Scott in Washington, D.C., from March 7, 1861, to November 1, 1861. Served as Assistant Adjutant General from November 1, 1861, to March 23, 1863. Served as Acting Adjutant General from March 23, 1863, to August 12, 1866.

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: United States War Department Military: William N. Owens (Major in 1st Ky Cavalry) Military: Archibald J. Alexander (Louisville, Kentucky, lumber merchant and soldier.) Military: William H. Eifort (Carter County, Kentucky, clerk and1st Lieutenant in Company C, 2nd regiment Kentucky Cavalry. ) Military: 40th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) Military: James M. Gilbert (Carter County, KY, farmhand and private USA) Military: 7th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 22nd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Political: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Military: Office of Quartermaster of U. S. Army Political: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) Political: Clements Vonderhaar (Cincinnati, Ohio, laborer and soldier) 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: George Washington Sweeney (Casey County, KY, bricklayer and sold) Military: Ferdinand D. Rigney (Adair Co, Ky, farmer and major (U.S.A.)) Military: United States Army Military: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Military: 13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Edward H. Green (Dearborn County, Indiana, attorney and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav) Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: Government of the United States of America Military: Phidello W. Hall (Limestone County, Texas, attorney and soldier. 11th Kentucky Cavalary) Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Paymaster Department Military: James A. Johnson (Grant County, Kentucky, physician and soldier. 11th Kentucky Cavalry) 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.) Political: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Political: United States War Department

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850)," Population Schedules, District of Columbia, Ward 1, p. 31A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, District of Columbia, Ward 1, p. 273. "General Edward D. Townsend," Boston Evening Transcript (Boston, MA), May 12, 1893, p. 5. Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, vol. VI, (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1889), p. 147. George W. Cullum, Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. from Its Establishment, in 1802, to 1890, with the Early History of the United States Military Academy, 3rd edition, vol. I (Cambridge, MA: The Riverside Press, 1891), 673-4. Francis S. Drake, Memorials of the Society of the Cincinnati of Massachusetts (Cambridge, MA: Press of John Wilson and Son, 1873), 484. Washington, District of Columbia P00001134 Categories: Places

Seat of government of the United States of America. Located on the Potomac River.

38.9072, -77.0369 Jeane Mason Fogle, "Washington, D.C." in Encyclopedia Britannica, (https://www.britannica.com/place/Washington-DC) (accessed May 22, 2017). USGS: Earth Explorer, "Washington, D.C.," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on August 8, 2019). 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. Kentucky P001800 Categories: Places

State in the upper south of the United States. Capital at Frankfort. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 14, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992). United States War Department O00005118 1789 Categories: Organizations

Created in 1789 upon the inauguration of President George Washington. Responsible for oversight of all military departments. Led by the Secretary of War. Civil War-era secretaries of war: John B. Floyd (1857-1860), Joseph Holt (January-March 1861), Simon Cameron (March 1861-January 1862), and Edwin M. Stanton (January 1862-May 1868).

Relationships Military: William Henry Seward (New York governor, attorney and politician) Military: Boston Dillion (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: Francis B. Alexander (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: William A. Coffey (Major in 1st Ky Cavalry) Military: Daniel A. Kelley (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: William N. Owens (Major in 1st Ky Cavalry) Military: Archibald J. Alexander (Louisville, Kentucky, lumber merchant and soldier.) Military: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Military: Edward Davis Townsend (Assistant Adjutant General (U.S.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) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: Henry Wager Halleck (U.S. Army soldier) Military: Thomas McCurdy Vincent (US Assistant adjutant general, Brigadier General (U.S.A.) ) Military: 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 12th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Eli Houston Murray (Breckenridge County, KY, soldier) Political: William Harrison Randall, Sr. (Laurel County, Kentucky, attorney, clerk, and politician.) Political: Brutus Junius Clay (Representative) Political: Lucian Anderson (Graves County, KY, attorney and politician) Political: Green Clay Smith (Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky attorney, politician, and soldier) Military: Edward H. Green (Dearborn County, Indiana, attorney and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav)

Kenneth W. Munden and Henry Putney Beers, The Union: A Guide to the Federal Archives Relating to the Civil War (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962, reprinted 1986), 242-44. L. D. Ingersoll, A History of the War Department of the United States (Washington, D.C.: Francis B. Mohun, 1880). Frank J. Welcher, The Union Army, 1861—1865: Organization and Operations, vol. 1, The Eastern Theatre (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1989). Frank J. Welcher, The Union Army, 1861—1865: Organization and Operations, vol. 2, The Western Theatre (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993). Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) O00010608 1775-06-16 Categories: Organizations

Chief administrative office of the U.S. Army. Operated from 1847 to 1964. Responsible for organizing recruits into companies and regiments with the assistance of state adjutant generals. Adjutant general during the Civil War: Lorenzo Thomas (1861-1869).

Relationships Political: Kentucky Volunteers Military: Kentucky Volunteers Military: 7th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 16th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 19th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Thomas McCurdy Vincent (US Assistant adjutant general, Brigadier General (U.S.A.) ) Military: 20th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Edward Davis Townsend (Assistant Adjutant General (U.S.Army)) Military: Edward H. Green (Dearborn County, Indiana, attorney and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav) Military: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war)

Stephen E. Bower, A Short History of the U.S. Army Adjutant General's Corps, 1775-2013, (Fort Jackson, SC: U.S. Army Soldier Support Institute, 2013). 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. United States Army O00001186 1775 Categories: Organizations

The organization of infantry, cavalry, and artillery military units in the United States government. Commander(s): Winfield Scott, George B. McClellan, Henry W. Halleck, and Ulysses S. Grant.

Relationships Military: James Olney (possible U. S. soldier) Military: Joel Adams (Lincoln County, KY, farmer & pvt 19th KY Inf USA) Military: Joseph Innes (possible Lincoln County, KY, soldier) Military: Richard D. Cunningham (Colonel, U.S. Army) Military: Edward Baker, Jr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, soldier and saloon owner) Military: Crawford C. Adams (Paulding County, Ohio, resident and soldier.) Military: 14th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A) Military: Office of the Quartermaster General of Kentucky Military: J. K. Edwards (Kentucky, aid to Bramletter, "colonel") Military: Jeremiah Tilford Boyle (Union general, Boyle Co, KY attorney, pres Lou City Railway Co) Military: Marcellus Mundy (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and soldier) Military: Army of the Ohio Military: Military District of Kentucky Military: Luther Thayer Thustin (Louisville US Army Paymaster) Military: Hartwell T. Burge (Muhlenberg, Kentucky, Meth minister; chaplain 3rd KY Cav; colonel 48th KY Inf; comd'r Dpt of OH 1864) Military: Alexander Magruder (Jefferson County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier) Military: Charles David Pennebaker (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, KY state rep & senator; col 27th KY Inf USA & state military agent) Military: John F. Lay (Breckinridge, KY, soldier) Military: James Murrell Shackelford (Hopkins County, KY, attorney, colonel 25th Inf, 8th Ky Cav, and brig gen. in 1863) Military: Washington Seawell (Union Army, colonel and mustering officer) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: Edmund A. Starling (Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, resident and Colonel (U.S.A.)) Military: 35th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Military: Thomas McCurdy Vincent (US Assistant adjutant general, Brigadier General (U.S.A.) ) Military: William Forman (Clark County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier.) Military: Presley Kimbrell (Powell County, Kentucky, carpenter and soldier.) Economic: William Bird Holeman (Frankfort City Marshal and KY Public Printer) Political: Government of the United States of America Military: Marion Larrison (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav) Military: John W. Houze (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav USA) Military: John Royalty (Barren County, Kentucky, barkeeper) Military: Henry W. Royalty (Barren County, KY, resident) Military: John Mason Marcus (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Military: Edward Davis Townsend (Assistant Adjutant General (U.S.Army)) Military: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) Military: Office of Quartermaster of U. S. Army Military: United States War Department Military: Horatio Phillips Van Cleve (Todd County, Minnesota, farmer and soldier (2nd Minn. and General U.S. A.)) Military: [Unknown] Johnson () Military: Wiley Taul Poynter (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer, banker, and soldier) Military: Lowdy Howard (Jefferson County, Kentucky, apprentice ship carpenter, tobacconist and soldier) Military: Thornton Williams (Scott County, Kentucky, soldier. Formerly enslaved by Urias Offutt, accused of attempted murder.) Political: Urias M. Offutt (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer. and slaveholder.) Military: Robert Crooke Wood (Washington D.C., assistant surgeon general, 1854-1865) Military: Madison Mills (New York County, New York, surgeon. US army medical director in St. Louis, MO) Military: Charles Carroll Gray (Ontario County, New York, surgeon. ) Military: Henry Wager Halleck (U.S. Army soldier) Military: Andrew Jackson Smith (United States Army career soldier and commander) Military: Thomas Harvey Harris (Jefferson County, Indiana, book rubber and soldier. Military mayor of Memphis, 1864-1865.) Military: Stephen Augustus Hurlbut (Belvidere, Illinois, lawyer, representative, and soldier) Military: Edward H. Green (Dearborn County, Indiana, attorney and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav)

Richard W. Stewart, ed. American Military History (Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 2009). Washington, District of Columbia 1863-10-14 Correspondence English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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War Department, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, D. C., Oct 134th 1863. His Excellency, The Governor of Kentucky,

Frankfort, Kentucky Sir:

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your telegram of yesterday's date asking authority to have a regiment of Cavalry, already raised, Mustered into service, and known as the 13'th Kentucky Cavalry.

In reply, I am directed by the Secretary of War to inform you that this will be authority to muster this regiment into the service of the United States.

The musters will be made in accordance with General Orders 110, current series,

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and par. 85, Revised Mustering Regulations, -- but the second Major will not be mustered in until eight Companies are complete to the Maximum Cavalry standard, nor the 3'rd Major until the whole Regiment is of the Maximum strength.

I am, Sir, Very respectfully, Your Obedient Servant E D Townsend Assistant Adjutant Gen'l