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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-0001-003-0024 BR5-41 to BR5-42

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. 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. Thomas McCurdy Vincent (US Assistant adjutant general, Brigadier General (U.S.A.) ) N00005761 1832-11-15 1909-11-30 Categories: People

Washington, District of Columbia, soldier. Harrison County, Ohio, native. Married to Laura L. Vincent. Father of Thomas N. Vincent. Graduated from the United State Military Academy in 1853 as a second lieutenant. Served in the United States 2nd Artillery Regiment until 1859. Appointed assistant professor of chemistry at the United States Military Academy in August 1859. Served in the Army of Northwestern Virginia (U.S.A.) as an assistant adjutant general, captain, and major from July 1861 to 1865.

Relationships Military: United States War Department Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Legal: Joseph Holt (Washington, D.C., Judge Advocate General (U.S.A.)) Legal: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Legal: Judge Advocate General Corps (U.S.A.) Legal: United States War Department Legal: Robert Buffum (Louisville, Kentucky, lieutenant (U.S.A.)) Military: William Berry (McLean County, Kentucky, physician &surgeon 7th KY Inf USA) Political: William Berry (McLean County, Kentucky, physician &surgeon 7th KY Inf USA) Military: William Robert Davidson (Madison, Indiana, physician and surgeon 22nd & 7th KY Inf) Military: 7th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Kentucky Volunteers Political: 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Political: 12th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Political: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) Political: United States War Department Military: 55th Kentucky Mounted Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 26th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 12th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) Military: Lewis B. Vimont (Bourbon County, Kentucky, clerk and 2nd lieut 7th Inf USA) Political: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: Nelson C. Lawrence (Indiana & KY musican; pvt 7th IN Inf & 8th Ky Cav; maj 17th Ky Cav (all USA)) Military: Columbus H. Martin (Muhlenberg County, Ky, farm laborer and captain in the 11th Ky Inf (U.S.A.)) Military: Enoch George Jacobs (Hamilton Co. OH, blacksmith apprentice, 1st Lieut. 12th Ky Inf.) Military: Robert B. Herron (Highland County, Ohio, student and chaplain 14th Ky Inf. USA) Military: William R. Holbrook (Morgan County, Kentucky, farmer and private in 14th Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.)) Military: Benjamin F. Pumphrey (Garrard Co, Ky, house carpenter, pvt thru capt 27th Ky Inf. USA) Military: William Morgan Pollitt (Mason County, Kentucky, physician; ass't surgeon 12th Ky Inf USA) Military: John S. Thompson (Lawrence County, Ky, farmer; 2nd lieut.14th Ky Inf USA) Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Leonidas S. Sullivan (Indiana resident and captain in 5th Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.A.)) Military: Green C. Freeman (Pulaski County, Kentucky, farmer and 1st lieut 12th Ky Inf USA) Military: Robert L. Beckham (McLean County, Kentucky, physician and captain in 17th Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.)) Military: Joseph Ballow (Pulaski County, Kentucky, resident and captain in 12th Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.)) Military: William H. Norton (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and 2nd lieutenant in 11th Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.A.)) Military: Charles H. Harris (Louisville, Kentucky, clerk and 2nd lieutenant in 11th Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.A.)) Military: Joseph Gill Roberts (Frankfort, Kentucky, physician and soldier) Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: 5th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 40th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 17th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Lorenzo Thomas (Washington, District of Columbia, adjutant general of the U.S. Army) Military: John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) Military: Provost Marshal General's Office

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Washington, District of Columbia, Ward 2, p. 386B. John Fiske and James Grant Wilson, ed., Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography, vol. V, (New York: Appleton, 1889), 300. "Thomas MacCurdy Vincent (1832-1909)," Find A Grave, Memorial #10652259, accessed June 5, 2019, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10652259. KYR-0002-033-0014. 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). 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00005136 1861-10-28 1865-09-20 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Liberty, Kentucky; Burkesville, Kentucky; and Monticello, Kentucky. Mustered into service on October 28, 1861. And mustered out of service on September 20, 1865. Commander(s): Colonel Frank Wolford, Colonel Silas Adams, Lieutenant Colonel John W. Letcher, and Lieutenant Colonel Francis N. Helveti.

Relationships 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: John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) Military: William D. Carpenter (1st Ky Cavalry regiment) Military: William C. Root (First Kentucky Cavalry Regiment.) Military: Alexander C. Smith (Pvt-1st lieut - 1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: John R. Foster (Washington County soldier, murdered by guerillas) Military: Samuel Green (Washington County soldier) Military: Archibald J. Alexander (Louisville, Kentucky, lumber merchant and soldier.)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 2. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, vol. 1 (Des Moines: The Dyer Publishing Company, 1908), 1189-90. Washington, District of Columbia 1863-12-21 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": 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., Dec 21, 1863. His Excellency, The Governor of Kentucky, Frankfort, Ky. Sir:

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 9'th instant requesting permission to re-commission George W. Sweeney, late Captain 1'st regiment Kentucky Cavalry.

In reply, I am directed to inform you that he was discharged by Special Orders No. 86, series of 1862, from this office upon an adverse report of an Examining Board, convened under Section 10, Act July 22'd, 1863, and the disability cannot be removed.

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I am, Sir, Very respectfully, Your Obedient Serv't Thomas M Vincent Asst Adjutant Gen'l.