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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-0001-003-0040 BR5-67 to BR5-68

Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee 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. Andrew Jackson Smith (United States Army career soldier and commander) N00006952 1815-04-28 1897-01-30 Categories: People

United States Army career soldier and commander. Berks County, Pennsylvania, native. Graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1838. Member of the First U.S. Dragoons from 1838 to 1861. Veteran of the Mexican-American War. Colonel of the 1st California Cavalry in 1861. Brigadier-general of United States Volunteers from March 1862 to May 1864. Major-general of United States Volunteers from May 1864 to 1866. Commander of the Thirteenth Corps and Sixteenth Corps of the United States Army.

Relationships Legal: John S. Nixon (Covington, Kentucky, attorney and soldier) Political: John S. Nixon (Covington, Kentucky, attorney and soldier) Military: Provost Marshal General's Office Military: District of Columbus

Ezra J. Warner, Generals in Blue: Lives of Union Commanders (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1964), 454-55. Robert S. Lanier, ed., The Photographic History of the Civil War in Ten Volumes: Volume Ten: Armies and Leaders (Springfield, MA: Patriot Publishing Co, 1911), 222-24. Find A Grave, "Andrew Jackson Smith (1815-1897)," Memorial #18502, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18502 (accessed June 10, 2017). Robert M. Ekings (Burlington County, New Jersey, machinist and soldier.) N00018378 1839 1896 Categories: People

Burlington County, New Jersey, machinist and soldier. Native of Scotland. Son of John Eckings and Elizabeth Eckings. Machinist in Burlington County, New Jersey, in 1860. Served in the 23rd New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a first lieutenant from September 13, 1862 to June 27, 1863. Served in the 34th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a captain and major from September 21, 1863 through December 31, 1865.

Relationships Military: Island Number Ten

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, New Jersey, Burlington County, Northampton, p. 528. Record of Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Civil War, vol I, 1861-1865 (Trenton, NJ: John L. Murphy, 1876), 794. Record of Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Civil War, vol II, 1861-1865 (Trenton, NJ: John L. Murphy, 1876), 1004. "Robert Mitchell Ekings (1839-1896)," Find A Grave, Memorial #9484949, accessed August 5, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9484949. 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). Memphis, Tennessee P001003 Categories: Places

Seat of Shelby County, Tennessee. Located on the Mississippi River.

35.1495, -90.049 John E. Harkins, "Memphis" in Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2016, http://www.tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=889 (accessed July 19, 2016). USGS: Earth Explorer, "Memphis, Tennessee" https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on February 18, 2020). Tennessee P001001 Categories: Places

State in the southeastern United States. Capital at Nashville. Located on the Cumberland River.

35.5175, -86.5804 Paul H. Bergeron, Stephen V. Ash, and Jeanette Keith, Tennesseans and Their History (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1999), 69. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Tennessee," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on August 14, 2019). 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). 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. Island Number Ten P00018233 Categories: Places

Island in the Mississippi River. Located near Tiptonville, Tennessee and New Madrid, Missouri.

36.475, -89.477 "Tiptonville Quadrangle," Geological Survey_(Washington, D.C.: Department of the Interior, 1983), Accessed August 5, 2022. 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). District of Columbus O00018377 1862-10-26 1864-07 Categories: Organizations

Military district in the Department of the Tennessee that included Paducah, Kentucky and all of Kentucky and Tennessee west of the Tennessee River and north of a line running from Big Sandy west through Paris, Tennessee to the Obion River, and then along that river to the Mississippi River. Principal posts in the district were Columbus, Clinton, and Hickman in Kentucky; Cairo, Illinois; Fort Pillow and Fort Heiman in Tennessee; and Island Number 10 in the Mississippi River. The district was discontinued in early 1864, only to be revived and then permanently dissolved in July of that year. Commander(s): Brigadier General Thomas A. Davies, Brigadier General Alexander Asboth, Brigadier General Andrew J. Smith, and Brigadier General Henry Prince.

Frank J. Welcher, The Union Army, 1861—1865: Organization and Operations, vol. 2, The Western Theatre (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993), 145-146. Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee 1864-01-13 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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#38."D." -- 1864. Head-Quarters 16th Army Corps, Memphis, Tenn. January 13 1864. His Excellency Thomas E. Bramlette, Governor of Kentucky Frankfort Kentucky Sir,

I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of Your telegram, dated "Frankfort," and have repeated my previous orders, on the Subject of citizens of Kentucky impressed into the Military Service of the United States, to Brig. Genl, A. J. Smithcommanding District of Columbus, at the same time instructing the commanding officer at Island Ten to at once release any such persons.

Very respectfully, Your obdt, Servt. S. A. Hurlbut Major General Com'dg. 16th, Army Corps.