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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-0001-003-0043 BR5-88

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois Ambrose Bramlette Long (Lamar County, Texas, clerk and soldier (C.S.A.)) N00018385 1839-10-26 1921-09-20 Categories: People

Lamar County, Texas, clerk and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Samuel Long and Margaret Berry Long. Resident of Clinton County, Kentucky, in 1850. Clerk in Lamar County, Texas in 1860. Served in the 5th Texas Cavalry (C.S.A.) as a private from October 23, 1861 to unknown date. Signed a loyalty oath to the Government of the United States by February 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District 2, p. 209B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Texas, Lamar County, Precinct 6, p. 119. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Texas, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M323, Roll 0158. "Ambrose Bramlette Long (1839-1912)," Find A Grave, Memorial #37390119, accessed August 6, 2022. KYR-0001-003-0042. William Harrison Berry (Wayne County, Kentucky, farmer.) N00018459 1813-04-18 1864-09-11 Categories: People

Wayne County, Kentucky, farmer. Wayne County, Kentucky, native. Married to Elizabeth Ewing Carter Berry in Wayne County on February 21, 1837. Father of Mary Berry, George E. Barry, George E. Berry, Susan Berry, Viana Berry, Kate Berry, Emily J. Berry, Laura Berry, John C. Berry, James Berry, and Braxton Carter Berry. Farmer in Wayne County in 1850. Owned eight enslaved persons in Wayne County in 1850. Farmer in Wayne County in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Wayne County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, Division No. 2, p. 242A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, District No. 2, p. 568. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, p. 248. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, p. 474B. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #25700. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Wayne County Marriages, Film #000591550, p. 5. "William H. Berry (1813-1864)," Find A Grave, Memorial #140873580, accessed August 22, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140873580. William Kendrick Long (Lamar County, Texas, resident and soldier.) N00018434 1844? Categories: People

Lamar County, Texas, resident and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Samuel Long and Marguerite Berry Long. Resident of Clinton County, Kentucky in 1850. Resident of Lamar County, Texas in 1860. Served in the 32nd Texas Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.) as a private from February 17, 1862 to February 15, 1865. Captured at the Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia, on September 19, 1863. Prisoner of war at Camp Douglas, Illinois, from October 2, 1863 to February 15, 1865. Signed a loyalty oath to the Government of the United States on February 17, 1865.

Relationships Social: William Harrison Berry (Wayne County, Kentucky, farmer.) Military: Camp Douglas Military: 32nd Texas Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.) Familial: Ambrose Bramlette Long (Lamar County, Texas, clerk and soldier (C.S.A.)) Military: William Ward Orme (McLean County, Illinois, lawyer and brigadier general) Military: Edward Richard Sprigg Canby (U.S. Army brigadier general) Military: William Hoffman (New York, New York, soldier.) Military: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, 2nd District, p. 419A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Texas, Lamar County, Precinct No. 6, p. 119. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Texas, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M323, Roll 0158. Texas Death Certificates, 1903-1982, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Department of State Health Services, Austin, TX, File #24478. U.S. Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M598, War Department Collection of Confederate Records. Tom [Unknown] (Mentioned in a letter from William K. Long to Ambrose Bramlette Long on February 11, 1864.) N00018451 Categories: People

Mentioned in a letter from William K. Long to Ambrose Bramlette Long on February 11, 1864 as the uncle of William K. Long.

Relationships Familial: William Kendrick Long (Lamar County, Texas, resident and soldier.)

KYR-0001-003-0043. United States of America P001802 Categories: Places

Capital at Washington, District of Columbia.

38.8951, -77.0364 Karl Patterson Schmidt et al., "United States" in Encyclopedia Britannica, (https://www.britannica.com/place/United-States) (accessed May 26, 2017). USGS: Earth Explorer, "Washington, District of Columbia," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on September 29, 2020). Camp Douglas O00018448 1861-11? 1865 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Chicago, Illinois, in the fall of 1861. Served as a Union Army recruiting center from November 1861 until March 1862. Served as a military prison for Confederate prisoners of war from March 1862 until November 1865.

Theodore J. Karamanski, “Camp Douglas,” Encyclopedia of Chicago, accessed August 19, 2022, http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/207.html. Kelly Pucci, Camp Douglas: Chicago’s Civil War Prison (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2007). 32nd Texas Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.) O00018447 1862-05 1865-05-09 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Corinth, Mississippi, from several companies of Crump's Texas Cavalry Battalion in May 1862. Surrendered on May 9, 1865. Commander(s): Colonel Julius A. Andrews.

Tim Bell, “Thirty-Second Texas Cavalry,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed August 24, 2022, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/thirty-second-texas-cavalry. Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 1864-02-11 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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(Copy) Headquarters Post of Chicago, Camp Douglas Ill Feby 11th 1864 CHICAGO, ILLS., 1864. A. B. Long Dear Brother

I received your letter this morning was glad to hear from you you say you are here for the purpose of having me released provided I take the oath and I say that I would see the U.S. sunk into H -- l before I would disgrace myself in that way I am sorry that you have taken so much trouble as to come after me but it cannot be remedied now. Please dont get angry with me. Give William B -- my best respects. I remain your Rebel Brother &c.

W. K. Long

(Copy) Camp Douglas Ill. Feby 11" 1864 A. B. Long Dear Brother

I received your very kind letter this morning in which you said you was in Chicago on purpose to have me released provided I take the Oath which I refuse. I would take a parole for a certain length of time (say 12 mo.) and respect it but I do positively refuse to take the oath of Allegiance to U. S. I am truly sorry that you and Unkle Tom have taken so much trouble and all of no use, Give my respects to Willie B -- tell him to write to me no more at present -- I remain yours affectionately

W RK Long

Co. "G" 32 Texas Cavy.