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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-0001-003-0070 BR5-101

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. James Murrell Shackelford (Hopkins County, KY, attorney, colonel 25th Inf, 8th Ky Cav, and brig gen. in 1863) N00007836 1827-07-07 1909-09-07 Categories: People

Hopkins County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Danville, Kentucky, native. Son of Edmund Shackelford and Susan Thompson Shackelford. Married to Marion Ross Shackelford in Union County, Kentucky, in November 1850. Father of Emma Shackelford, Addison Shackelford, Ross Shackelford, and Nora Shackelford. Married to Henrietta Shackelford. Attorney in Hopkins County in 1860. Served in the 4th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment as a second lieutenant and first lieutenant in the U.S.-Mexico War. Attorney in Louisville. Served in the 25th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a colonel from January 1, 1862, to March 24, 1862. Served in the 8th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a colonel from September 13, 1862 to January 2, 1863. Appointed brigadier general of Volunteers on January 2, 1863. Commanded forces that captured General John Hunt Morgan at Salineville, Ohio, on July 26, 1863. Resigned his commission on January 18, 1864.

Relationships Military: Washington Seawell (Union Army, colonel and mustering officer) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: John Feland (Christian Co, Ky, attorney and quarter master (U.S.A.)) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Military: 25th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 813. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Indiana, Vanderburgh County, Evansville Ward 2, p. 180B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Union County Marriages, Film 000562200. Michigan Death Certificates, 1897-1920, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, MI, File 633. "Shackelford, James M.," Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography, vol. 5, eds. John Fiske and James Grant Wilson (New York: Appleton, 1889), 479. Spencer C. Tucker, "James Murrell Shackelford" in American Civil War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection, eds. Spencer C. Tucker, James Arnold, Roberta Weiner, and Paul G. Pierpaoli, Jr. (Oxford: ABC-CLIO, 2013), 1749-50. Thomas B. Boyd (Christian County, Kentucky, resident and soldier.) N00018387 1840? Categories: People

Christian County, Kentucky, soldier. Tennessee native. Son of N. H. Boyd and E. Boyd. Resident of Christian County, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the 25th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as second lieutenant from November 13, 1861 to April 15, 1862. Resigned April 15, 1862. Served in the 8th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a second lieutenant from September 6, 1862 to February 7, 1863. Resigned February 7, 1863. Served in the Frankfort Battalion of Kentucky State Troops (U.S.A.) as a first lieutenant and captain from February 24, 1865 to August 9, 1865. Mustered out August 9, 1865.

Relationships Military: 25th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 8th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: James Murrell Shackelford (Hopkins County, KY, attorney, colonel 25th Inf, 8th Ky Cav, and brig gen. in 1863)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, p. 565. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0373. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 214. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 822-823. Fort Donelson P00018129 Categories: Places

Confederate fort constructed along the Cumberland River in Stewart County, Tennessee, in 1862.

36.4873, -87.8609 "Fort Donelson National Battlefield," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 13, 2022, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Fort Donelson National Battlefield U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, https://www.nps.gov/fodo/index.htm. Hardin County, Tennessee P00018495 Categories: Places

County located in southwestern Tennessee. Site of the Battle of Shiloh.

35.0704, -88.2739 "Hardin County, Tennessee," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed November 8, 2022, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Hopkinsville, Kentucky P00002431 Categories: Places

Seat of Christian County, Kentucky.

36.8656, -87.4886 "Hopkinsville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 21, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. William T. Turner, "Hopkinsville," in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 2015), 440-41. Madisonville, Kentucky P00002614 Categories: Places

Seat of Hopkins County, Kentucky.

37.3281, -87.4989 "Madisonville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed September 5, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 185. 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). 25th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00013857 1862-01-01 1865-01-23 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Calhoun, McLean County, Kentucky. Mustered into service on January 1, 1862. Consolidated with the 17th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) on April 13, 1862. Mustered out of service at Louisville on January 23, 1865. Commander(s): Colonel J.M. Shackleford (as the 25th), Colonel Jonathan H. McHenry Jr. (as the 17th), Colonel Alexander M. Stout (as the 17th).

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 940, 985. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 196-197. Frederick H. DyerA Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Compiled and Arranged from Official Reports of the Federal and Confederate Armies, Reports of the Adjutant Generals of the Several States, the Army Registers, and Other Reliable Documents and Sources(DeMoines, IA: Dyer Publishing Company, 1908), p. 1208. 8th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00008608 1862-08-13 1863-09-23 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Russellville, Kentucky. Mustered in on August 13, 1862, and mustered out on September 23, 1863. Officer(s): Colonel Benjamin H. Bristow, Lieutenant Colonel James H. Holloway, and Colonel James M. Shackleford.

Relationships Economic: Louisville & Nashville Railroad 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: United States Army Military: James W. Weatherford (Colonel in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment ) Military: John Feland (Christian Co, Ky, attorney and quarter master (U.S.A.)) Military: Robert M. Martin (Muhlenberg County, KY. laborer and soldier (C.S.A.))

Frederick Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines: The Dyer Publishing Company, 1908), 1193. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky Volume 2 1861-1866, (Frankfort, KY: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1867), 209. 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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Gov Bramlette Sir if you want any more Proof then this Gen ShackelfordKnowes me and Knowes that I was in his Regiment and Served as Second Lieut in comp H. of the 25th Ky. Infentry at Donnelson & at Shilow. after which I Rezined and went in too the 8th Ky Cav for twelve months.

If you can grant me permission just write me word wether to sweare them in or not as I recruit them or not,

If Permission is granted I would like too Rendevooze foen at Hopkinsville& Madensonville Ky these two Plases are very good Plases to get men, I think I can get them in ^a^ hurrie

You will find becids this a nother letter in closed, which will will give the first of my dissires of you

Pleas approve these fiew bad written Requests

Lieut Thomas. B. Boyed