<title type="main">George D. Ruggles to William H. Sidell

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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-0001-003-0018 BR5-31 to BR5-32

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky William Henry Sidell (Kentucky soldier) N001021 1810-08-21 1873-07-01 Categories: People

Kentucky soldier. New York native. Graduate of the U.S. Military Academy in 1833. Chief engineer in Illinois in 1850. Served in the U.S. Army as major from May 14, 1861 to May 1863. Served as assistant provost marshal for the Commonwealth of Kentucky from May 1863 to May 6, 1864. Served in the 10th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a colonel and brigadier general from May 6, 1864 to March 30, 1865.

Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography, vol. VI, eds. John Fiske and James Grant Wilson (New York: Appleton, 1889), 523. Find A Grave, "William Henry Sidell (1810-1873)," Memorial #5955933, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5955933 (accessed December 30, 2020). James Barnet Fry (Union Provost Marshal General) N00003045 1827-02-22 1894-07-11 Categories: People

Illinois soldier. Carrollton, Illinois, native. Married to Caroline Fry. Graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1847. Served garrison duty during the U.S.-Mexican War. Adjutant of the United States Military Academy at West Point from 1854 to 1859. Chief of staff for General Irvin McDowell and General Don Carlos Buell. Provost marshal general of the United States from November 1862 to August 1866. Brevet major general of the United States Army.

Relationships Military: United States War Department Military: George David Ruggles (Missouri US Army lieut, chief of staff and adjutant general ) Military: Provost Marshal General's Office Military: Thomas McCurdy Vincent (US Assistant adjutant general, Brigadier General (U.S.A.) )

Ezra J. Warner, Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1988), 162-63. "James Barnet Fry" in Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, vol. 2, p. 557. 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. Ulysses Simpson Grant (U.S. General and President) N00011819 1822-04-27 1885-07-23 Categories: People

Ohio soldier and commander of the Union armies. Point Pleasant, Ohio, native. Born Hiram Ulysses Grant. Son of Jesse Root Grant and Hannah Simpson. Married to Julia Boggs Dent in 1848. Father of Frederick Grant, Ulysses Grant, Ellen W. Grant, and Jessie Grant. Graduate of U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1843. Served in the 4th U.S. Infantry as brevet second lieutenant in 1843, promoted to first lieutenant during the Mexican-American War, assigned to Oregon Territory in 1852. Promoted to captain in 1853 and resigned in April 1854. Farmer in White Haven, Missouri, in 1855. Leather merchant in Galena, Illinois, in 1860. Employed Emily Hodkins as a house servant in Galena in 1860. Appointed colonel of the 21st Illinois Volunteers in 1861. Appointed brigadier general and commander of the District of Southeastern Missouri in August 1861. Promoted to major general of volunteers in March 1862. Appointed lieutenant general and given command of all U.S. armies in March 1864. Accepted the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on April 9, 1865, at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Illinois, Jo Daviess County, Galena Ward 3, p. 415. John Y. Simon, "Ulysses S. Grant," Encyclopedia Brittanica (accessed January 14, 2020). Stephen Augustus Hurlbut (Belvidere, Illinois, lawyer, representative, and soldier) N00017344 1815-11-29 1882-03-27 Categories: People

Belvidere, Illinois, lawyer, representative, and soldier. Charleston, South Carolina, native. Son of Martin Luther Hurlbut and Lydia Bunce Hurlbut. Married to Sophronia R. Hurlbut in 1847. Father of George Hurlbut. Lawyer in Belvidere, Illinois in 1845. Presidential Elector for the Whigs from Boone County in 1848. Lawyer in Belvidere, Illinois in 1850. Member of the House of Representatives of Illinois from 1859 to 1861. Lawyer in Belvidere, Illinois in 1860. Served in U.S. Volunteers as a brigadier general from May 17, 1861 to Dec. 1862. Served in 16th Corps, Army of the Tennessee (U.S.A.) as a brigadier general from Dec. 1862 to Sept. 1862. Served in the Army of the Gulf (U.S.A.) as a major general from Sept. 1862 to June 1865. Commander of the Department of the Gulf from 1864 to 1865.

Relationships Military: United States War Department Military: Henry Wager Halleck (U.S. Army soldier) Military: Ulysses Simpson Grant (U.S. General and President) Military: William Tecumseh Sherman (U.S. Army soldier) Military: Department of the Mississippi Military: Provost Marshal General's Office Military: Andrew Jackson Smith (United States Army career soldier and commander) Military: Robert M. Ekings (Burlington County, New Jersey, machinist and soldier.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Illinois, Boone County, Belvidere, p. 7A-7B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Illinois, Boone County, Belvidere, p. 475. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Boone County, IL, July 1863, p. 140. Grand Army of the Republic Membership Records, State Historical Society of Iowa, State Archives, Des Moines, Iowa, RG099. Letters Received by the Office of the Adjutant General,1861-1870, National Archives, RG 94, Roll 0028. U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925, National Archives and Records Administration, Roll 0635, Certificates: 47000-47249, Nov. 1918. "Stephen Augustus Hurlbut (1815-1882)," Find A Grave, Memorial #5894568, accessed April 1, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5894568. "Stephen Augustus Hurlbut," Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography, vol. III, eds. John Fiske and James Grant Wilson (New York: Appleton, 1889), 328. Henry H. Hurlbut,The Hurlbut Genealogy (Albany, N.Y.: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1888), 176. Jeffrey Lash,A Politician Turned General: The Civil War Career of Stephen Augustus Hurlbut(Kent & London: The Kent State University Press, 2003). Henry Wager Halleck (U.S. Army soldier) N00002653 1815-01-16 1872-01-09 Categories: People

U.S. Army soldier. Westernville, New York, native. Married to Elizabeth Halleck. Father of Harry Halleck. Attended the Hudson Academy. Attended Union College. Graduate of the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, in 1839. Officer in the Corps of Engineers. Secretary of state of California under a temporary military government. A framer of the constitution of California. Resigned from the U.S. Army. Attorney in California from 1854 to 1861. Rejoined the U.S. Army as a major general on August 19, 1861. Commander of the Department of the Missouri in November 1861. Commander of the Department of the Mississippi. General-in-chief of the U.S. Army from July 1862 to March 1864. Chief of staff of the U.S. Army from March 1864 to 1865. Commander of the Military Division of the James until August 1865. Served in San Francisco, California, from August 1865 until 1869.

Relationships Military: Department of the Mississippi Military: John C. Kelton (United States assistant adjutant general) Military: Henry C. Carr (2nd Lieutenant in Company B in 2nd regiment Kentucky Cavalry. ) Military: United States War Department Military: Provost Marshal General's Office

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 6, p. 134. Ezra J. Warner, Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1964), 195-97. Find A Grave, "Henry Wager Halleck (January 16, 1815-January 9, 1872)," Memorial #3300, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3300 (accessed November 8, 2018). George David Ruggles (Missouri US Army lieut, chief of staff and adjutant general ) N00013000 1833-09-11 1904-10-19 Categories: People

Missouri soldier and assistant adjutant general. New York native. Cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1855. Served in the United States Army as a lieutenant in St. Louis County, Missouri, in 1860. Served in the United States Army as adjutant general and chief of staff to General John Pope. Served in the United States Army as adjutant general to General George Gordon Meade.

Relationships Political: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) Military: United States War Department

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Missouri, St. Louis County, Carondelet, p. 646. New York, State Census (1855), Second Election District, Orange County, p. 37. "Death of a Veteran,"Stevens Point Journal (Stevens Point, Wisconsin), October 20, 1904, p. 2. Find A Grave, "George David Ruggles (1833-1904)," Memorial #11572117, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11572117 (accessed July 3, 2020). George Minot Lane (Detroit, Michigan, student, upholsterer, and soldier) N00017411 1833-05-28 1917-08-10 Categories: People

Detroit, Michigan, student, upholsterer, and soldier. Michigan native. Son of M. T. Lane and Ruth F. Lane. Married to Mary Lane. Father of Florence Lane and Mary L. Lane. Graduate from the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1853. Upholsterer in Detroit in 1860. Served in the 1st Michigan Engineers and Mechanics (U.S.A.) as a captain. Served in the Invalid Corps (U.S.A.) as captain from June 15, 1863 to January 12, 1864. Served in the 17th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps (U.S.A.) as a captain and brevet major from January 12, 1864 to April 23, 1866.

Relationships Military: George David Ruggles (Missouri US Army lieut, chief of staff and adjutant general ) Military: Ulysses Simpson Grant (U.S. General and President) Military: Veteran Reserve Corps (U.S.A)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Michigan, Wayne County, Detroit Ward 6, p. 517-8. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Michigan, Wayne County, Detroit Ward 8, p. 137A. Index to the Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Michigan, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M545, Roll 0023. _Official Army Register of the Volunteer Force of the United States Army for the Years 1861-65, Vol. VIII (Washington D.C., 1867), 58. The University Palladium Vol. Vi, No. 1, (Ann Arbor: The Secret Societies, 1864), 8. "George Minot Lane (1833-1917)," Find A Grave, Memorial #107138509, accessed April8, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107138509. KYR-0001-003-0018. KYR-0001-003-0019. KYR-0001-003-0023. 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). Louisville, Kentucky P00000337 Categories: Places

Seat of Jefferson County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2527, -85.7585 "Louisville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 12, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 179. 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). Provost Marshal General's Office O00017412 1863-03-03 1866-08-28 Categories: Organizations

Created in March 1863 upon passage of the Enroll Act of March 3, 1863. Responsible for the enrollment of drafted soldiers, enlistment of volunteers, arrest of deserters, compilation of statistics on recruits, and reporting of U.S. Army Casualties. Resided within the War Department of the United States Government. Led by the Provost Marshal General. Civil War-era Provost Marshal General: James Barnet Fry (1863-1866).

Relationships Military: George David Ruggles (Missouri US Army lieut, chief of staff and adjutant general ) Military: Stephen Augustus Hurlbut (Belvidere, Illinois, lawyer, representative, and soldier) Military: James Barnet Fry (Union Provost Marshal General) Military: United States Army

Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau, accessed April 8, 2022, https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/110.html. Michael Brown, William Drake, and Terry Kelley, History of the Provost Marshal General of the Army, accessed April 8, 2022, https://api.army.mil/e2/c/downloads/287488.pdf. 15th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A) O00008812 1861-12-14 1865-01-14 Categories: Organizations

Organized at New Haven, Nelson County, Kentucky. Mustered into service on December 14, 1861. Mustered out of service on January 14, 1865. Commander(s): Colonel Curran Pope, Colonel James B. Forman, Colonel Marion C. Taylor, and Lieutenant Colonel George P. Jouett.

Relationships Military: Thomas McCurdy Vincent (US Assistant adjutant general, Brigadier General (U.S.A.) ) Military: Chauncey McKeever (Assistant AG USA) Military: Curran Pope (Louisville, KY, attorney, trustee, and colonel 5th KY Inf)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 892, 925. Frederick Henry Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, (Des Moines: Dyer Publishing Company, 1908), p. 1204. 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. Department of the Mississippi O00000737 1862-03-11 1865-08-06 Categories: Organizations

This department existed in three separate periods. This department was created on March 11, 1862. Consisted of the Departments of Kansas, the Missouri, and the Ohio. The Department of Kansas was removed to form its own department on May 2, 1862, along with the Indian Territory west of Arkansas and the Nebraska, Colorado, and Dakota territories. Kentucky west of the north-south line passing through Knoxville, Tennessee, was attached to this department on June 8, 1862. At this point the department consisted of all or part of twelve states—Missouri, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Michigan, and Ohio. On July 16, 1862, District of Ohio was transferred from the department. On August 19, 1862, several parts of the department were transferred to the Department of the Ohio—including Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, parts of Ohio and Michigan west of the north-south Knoxville line, the part of Kentucky east of the Tennessee River. On September 6, 1862, Iowa and Minnesota became part of the Department of the Northwest. This department was disbanded on September 19, 1862, transferring several entities to the Departments of the Missouri and the District of Ohio. Commander(s): Henry W. Halleck and Ulysses S. Grant.

The second was created on November 28, 1864. It was geographically defined by the state of Mississippi and the parts of Tennessee west of the Tennessee River. On January 17, 1865, this department consisted of the state of Mississippi—minus parts controlled by the troops of George H. Thomas. On February 10, 1865, the part of Mississippi controlled by Federal forces on the Mississippi River was added to this department. This department was disbanded on May 17, 1865. Commander(s): Napoleon J. T. Dana and Gouverneur K. Warren.

The third was created on June 27, 1865. It was geographically defined by the state of Mississippi and assigned to the Military Division of the Gulf. This department was disbanded on August 6, 1866. Commander(s): Henry W. Slocum.

Relationships Military: John C. Kelton (United States assistant adjutant general) Military: Ulysses Simpson Grant (U.S. General and President)

Frank J. Welcher, The Union Army, 1861—1865: Organization and Operations, vol. 2, The Western Theatre (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993), 78-88. Veteran Reserve Corps (U.S.A) O00013253 1863-04-28 1866-08-28 Categories: Organizations

Created on April 28, 1863, as the United States Invalid Corps. Name changed to the Veteran Reserve Corps on March 18, 1864. Employed physically disabled soldiers in noncombatant roles such as garrison and hospital duty, though some engaged in combat as well. Disbanded on August 28, 1866. Commander(s): General Winfield Scott Hancock (November 1864-August 1866).

Relationships Military: James B. Farran (Cincinnati, Ohio machinist and soldier) Military: Valentine Melcher (Louisville, Kentucky, potter and soldier) Military: John D. Shepard (Kentucky soldier) Military: George Minot Lane (Detroit, Michigan, student, upholsterer, and soldier)

“War Department. Provost Marshal General's Bureau. Invalid Corps. 4/28/1863-3/18/1864 Organization Authority Record,” National Archives Catalog, NARA, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/10461967 (accessed March 31. 2021). Official Army Register of the Volunteer Force of the United States for the Years 1861–1865, part 8 (Adjutant General’s Office, 1867), p. 30–119. Margaret E. Wagner, Gary W. Gallagher, Paul Finkelman, eds., The Library of Congress Civil War Desk Reference (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002), 441-42. Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky 1863-12-19 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.

War Department, Provost Marshal General's Office. Washington D. C. Dec, 19" 1863. Major, W. H. Sidell. 15th Infy. Actg Asst Provost Marshal General. Louisville Kentucky. Major:

I am directed by the Provost. Marshal. General, to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 9th inst. enclosing a letter of His Excellency Governor Bramlette of Kentucky, of the 8th inst, and a copy of your communication to Major General U. S. Grant, Commanding Military Division of the Mississippi, of the 9th inst relative to a conscription order issued by Major Genl Hurlbut, which is in conflict with the law and orders governing the Provost Marshal General's Bureau.

In reply I am instructed to inform you that your communication was referred to the General in Chief who has returned the same with the instformation that has directed Major Genl Hurlbut to So modify his order as to make it conform with the law and orders governing this Bureau.

I am Major, Very Respectfully Your Obedient Servant Geo. D. Ruggles Asst. Adjt. Genl,

A true Copy Geo M Lane Capt I, C, and Adjt