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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-0001-003-0030 BR5-52

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky Madison Mills (New York County, New York, surgeon. US army medical director in St. Louis, MO) N00018023 1810-10-15 1873-04-28 Categories: People

New York surgeon. New York City, New York County, New York, native. Married to Margaret Halsey Mills in Tompkins County, New York, on December 23, 1840. Father of Ellen Mills, Emma Jane Mills Brewer, George Madison Mills, Frank Halsey Mills, Clara Mills , and Margaret Mills. Served in the United States Army as an assistant surgeon, surgeon (major), and medical director (colonel) from April 1, 1834 through December 31, 1865. Served as medical director of the Department of the Missouri during the Civil War. Subsequently brevetted brigadier general.

Relationships Military: Office of the Surgeon General of the United States of America Military: United States Army Medical Department Military: United States Army Military: St. Louis, Missouri Military: Robert Crooke Wood (Washington D.C., assistant surgeon general, 1854-1865) Military: Department of the Missouri

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kansas, Leavenworth County, Fort Leavenworth Reservation, p. 49. Census of the State of New York(1865), Population Schedules, Tompkin County, Ithaca, District 11, p. 35. "Married,"Evening Post(New York, NY), January 14, 1841, p. 3. "Widow of Officer Dies at Bath," Star Gazette (Elmira, NY), June 25, 1936, p. 14. Francis B Heitman, Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, from its Organization, September 29, 1789, to March 2, 1903 vol. 1, pt. II (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1903), 713. "Madison Mills (1810-1873)," Find A Grave, Memorial #19885466, accessed July 6, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19885466. KYR-0001-003-0030. Robert Crooke Wood (Washington D.C., assistant surgeon general, 1854-1865) N00018032 1799-09-23 1869-03-28 Categories: People

Washington, D.C., assistant surgeon general. Newport County, Rhode Island, native. Son of John Wood and Rebecca Wickham Wood. Married to Ann Taylor Wood at Fort Snelling, Michigan Territory, in 1829. Father of John Taylor Wood, Robert Crooke Wood, Sarah Knox Wood, and Nina Wood Grabow. Graduated from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City, New York County New York, in 1821. Physician in Utica, Oneida County, New York, from 1821-1825. Served in the Untied States Army as an assistant surgeon, surgeon (major), and assistant surgeon general (colonel) from 1825 through December 31, 1865. Stationed in the Michigan Territory, Florida, New York, Texas, Mexico, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. Resident of Washington, D.C., in 1860. Employed James Polkitz, Elizabeth Polkitz, and Elizabeth Chase as servants in Washington, D.C., in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Washington, D.C in 1860. Served as the United States Army director of medical affairs in the Department of the West from June 14, 1862 to October 31, 1865. Subsequently brevetted to brigadier general.

Relationships Military: United States Army Medical Department Military: United States Army Military: Office of the Surgeon General of Kentucky

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, District of Columbia, Washington Ward 1, p. 355. Eight Manuscript Census of the United States(1860), Slave Schedules, District of Columbia, Washington Ward 1, p. 30B. "General Taylor's Daughter's Will,"New Orleans Republican(New Orleans, LA), May 26, 1877, p. 4. Francis B Heitman, Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, from its Organization, September 29, 1789, to March 2, 1903 vol. 1, pt. II (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1903), 1055. Emma C. Brewster Jones, The Brewster Genealogy 1566-1907: A Record of the Descendents of William Brewster of the “Mayflower,” Ruling Elder of the Pilgrim Church Which Founded Plymouth Colony in 1620 (New York: The Grafton Press, 1906), 357. James M. Phalen, Robert Crooke Wood, Brevet Brigadier General, U.S. Army (Carlisle, PA: Army Medical Bulletin, 1939), 92-95. "Dr Robert Crooke Wood (1799-1869)," Find A Grave, Memorial #71161491, accessed July 7, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71161491. 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. 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). St. Louis, Missouri P00003268 Categories: Places

City in east-central Missouri. Located on the Mississippi River.

38.627, -90.1994 USGS: Earth Explorer, "St. Louis, Missouri," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on May 4, 2020). 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. Office of the Surgeon General of the United States of America O00013208 1798? Categories: Organizations

Office of Medical Administration of the United States Army. Established in 1798 as the administrative office of the United States Marine Hospital Service by the United States Congress.

Relationships Military: Edward Swift Dunster (Massachusetts soldier and assistant surgeon general U.S. Army)

"History,"Office of the Surgeon Generalhttps://www.hhs.gov/surgeongeneral/about/history/index.html, viewed on August 6, 2020. Department of the Missouri O00000735 1861-11-09 1865-05-27 Categories: Organizations

This department existed in two separate periods. This department was created on November 9, 1861. It was geographically defined by the state of Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Arkansas, and the part of Kentucky west of the Cumberland River. This department was disbanded on March 11, 1862 and combined with the Department of the Mississippi. Commander(s): Henry W. Halleck. The second was created on September 19, 1862. It was geographically defined as the states of Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas and the bordering Indian Territory, and Alton, Illinois. The Colorado and Nebraska territories were added on October 11, 1862. On January 22, 1863, part of eastern Arkansas controlled by Federal forces was removed from this department. On January 1, 1864, the state of Kansas, the territories of Nebraska and Colorado, the Indian Territory, and Fort Smith, Arkansas were transferred to the Department of Kansas. Arkansas was removed from this department to the Department of Arkansas on January 6, 1864. On January 12, 1864, Alton, Illinois was transferred to the Northern Department and then transferred back on February 15, 1864. On May 27, 1864, the department became part of the Military Division of West Mississippi. On January 30, 1865, the Military Division of Missouri was created to include the Departments of Missouri and the Northwest. The Department of Missouri also expanded to include remnants of the Department of Kansas. On February 17, 1865, the department gained the Utah Territory and part of Nebraska Territory. This department was disbanded on May 27, 1865 and became part of the Military Division of the Mississippi. Commander(s): Samuel R. Curtis, John M. Schofield, William S. Rosecrans, Grenville M. Dodge, and John Pope.

Frank J. Welcher, The Union Army, 1861—1865: Organization and Operations, vol. 2, The Western Theatre (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993), 88-107. 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). Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky 1863-12-12 Correspondence English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 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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Assistant Surgeon Generals Office, Louisville, Ky. Decr 12 1863. Sir

I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 9th inst. requesting me to authorize the transfer of Kentucky Soldiers from the Hospitals in St Louis to Louisville.

A copy of the inspections to Surgeon Mills, Medical Director Dept. of the Missouri in conformity with your desire, is enclosed for your information.

I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, Your obedient Servant, R. C. Wood Asst Surgeon General U. S. Army.

His Excellency, T. E. Bramlette Governor of Kentucky, Frankfort, Ky.

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Asst Surgeon General's Office Louisville Ky. Decr 12th 1863.

Col. R. C. Wood Asst Surgeon General U. S. Army.

Relative to transfer of Kentucky sick from St Louis to Louisville Ky.