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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-0001-003-0076 BR5-115 to BR5-116

Smithland, Livingston County, Kentucky Edward Rumsey Weir, Jr. (Muhlenberg, County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier.) N00018098 1839 1906-03-30 Categories: People

Muhlenberg, County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier. Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, native. Son of Edward R. Weir and Harriet R. Weir. Married to Eliza Tripplett Johnson Weir in 1864. Father of Frank Weir. Resident of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, in 1850. Merchant in Muhlenberg County in 1860. Served in the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A) as a captain from December 9, 1861 to January 9, 1863. Resigned with a certificate of disability on January 9, 1863. Served in the 35th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry as lieutenant colonel from October 2, 1863 to December 29, 1864.

Relationships Military: United States Army Military: 35th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Edmund A. Starling (Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, resident and Colonel (U.S.A.))

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Subdivision 2, p. 272A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 2, p. 731. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Greenville, p. 446A. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0251. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0416. "IN UNION ARMY," Twice-A-Week Messenger(Owensboro, Kentucky), April 3, 1906, p. 7. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 826 Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 352. Lineage Book of the Members of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, eds. Mary S. Lockwood and Susan Riviere Hetzel (Washington, D. C.: National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 1891-1939) vol. 12, 1896, 355. Lineage Book of the Members of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, eds. Mary S. Lockwood and Susan Riviere Hetzel (Washington, D. C.: National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 1891-1939) vol. 118: 1915, p. 56. Thomas Johnson (Indiana, resident and colonel (U.S.A.)) N00011757 Categories: People

Indiana, resident and soldier. Indiana native. Served in 24th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as captain in August 1861. Assigned to 65th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as lieutenant colonel and colonel from August 16, 1862 to August 29, 1864. Discharged for disability.

Relationships Military: John Watson Foster (Evansville, Indiana, attorney and colonel (U.S.A.)) Military: 65th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Volney Baker (McLean County, Kentucky, farmer and Captain (U.S.A.))

Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Volume 1 (Des Moines: The Dyer Publishing Company, 1908), 1143. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana: Indiana Kentucky Volunteers War 1861-65, vol. 2 (Indianapolis: W.R. Holloway, State Printer, 1865), 598. “Thomas Johnson Civil War Memoir, 1880-1925,” Manuscript and Visual Collections Department, William Henry Smith Memorial Library, Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, Indiana. John Watson Foster (Evansville, Indiana, attorney and colonel (U.S.A.)) N00011754 1836-03-02 1917-11-15 Categories: People

Evansville, Indiana, attorney and soldier. Indiana native. Son of M.W Foster. Married to Mary P. Foster. Resident in Vanderburgh County, Indiana in 1850. Graduated from Indiana State University in 1855. Attended Harvard Law School. Attorney in Evansville, Indiana in 1860. Employed Louisa Lickmeyer in Evansville, Indiana in 1860. Served in the United States Army as a major in 1861. Served in 65th Indiana Volunteer Regiment (U.S.A.) as colonel from August 24, 1862 to March 10, 1864. Resigned for health reasons. Served in the 136th Indiana Volunteer Regiment (U.S.A.) as colonel from May 21, 1864 to August 29, 1864.

Relationships Military: 65th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Thomas Johnson (Indiana, resident and colonel (U.S.A.))

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Indiana, Vanderburgh County, Evansville, p. 386A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Indiana, Vanderburgh County, Pigeon War 4, p. 43-44. Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Volume 1 (Des Moines: The Dyer Publishing Company, 1908), 534, 1143. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana: Indiana Volunteers War 1861-65, vol. 2 (Indianapolis: W.R. Holloway, State Printer, 1865), 598. Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute, United States Department of the State, “Biographies of Secretary of the State: John Watson Foster (1836-1917),” https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/foster-john-watson. Volney Baker (McLean County, Kentucky, farmer and Captain (U.S.A.)) N00011758 1839? 1877-01-22 Categories: People

McLean County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of David Baker and Mahala Baker. Resident in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky in 1850. Farmer in McLean County in 1860. Served in 35th Regiment Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.) as a captain from October 2, 1863 to December 29, 1864.

Relationships Military: Cicero Maxwell (Ohio County, Kentucky, farmer, attorney and soldier) Military: Thomas Brooks Fairleigh (Brandenburg, Kentucky, attorney; capt, major, lieut col 26th KY Inf, asst adj genl, Dept of Ohio USA) Legal: Thomas Johnson (Indiana, resident and colonel (U.S.A.)) Military: John Watson Foster (Evansville, Indiana, attorney and colonel (U.S.A.))

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 1, p. 195B-196A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McLean County, p. 100-1. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 356. Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1861-1904, NARA RG 92, M1845. 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. Stephen Gano Burbridge (Logan County, Kentucky, attorney, farmer; col 26th Ky Inf; general of Mil Distr Ky in Dpt OH) N001014 1831-08-19 1894-11-30 Categories: People

Logan County, Kentucky, attorney, farmer, and soldier. Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky, native. Son of Robert Burbridge and Elizabeth Barnes Burbridge. Married to Elizabeth "Lizzie" M. Burbridge. Father of Albert G. Burbridge, Maggie L. Burbridge, and Lizzie Burbridge. Attended Georgetown College in Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky. Read law with Senator Garrett Davis in Bourbon County . Attended the Frankfort Military Institute. Merchant in Georgetown, District of Columbia, from 1849 to 1853. Farmer in Logan County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Logan County in 1860. Served in 26th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a colonel from August 1861 to June 1862. Promoted to brigadier general of Volunteers on June 9, 1862. Brevetted major general of Volunteers on July 4, 1864. Commander of the Military District of Kentucky in the Department of the Ohio from August 1864 to February 1865. Resigned on December 1, 1865.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District No. 2, pp. 654-55. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District No. 2, p. 407A. John Fiske and James Grant Wilson, ed., Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography, vol. V, (New York: Appleton, 1889), 449. Aloma Williams Dew, "Burbridge, Stephen Gano" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 142. Ezra J. Warner, Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1964), 54-55. John D. Bertolette (Pennsylvania soldier.) N00018102 1839-06-11 1881-04-17 Categories: People

Pennsylvania soldier. Pennsylvania native. Son of John Bertolette and Margaret Bertolette. Resident of Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, in 1850. Law student in Reading in 1860. Served as a second lieutenant in the 6th Pennsylvania Infantry (U.S.A) from April 22, 1861 to July 26, 1861. Served as a first lieutenant and adjutant in the 48th Pennsylvania Infantry (U.S.A.) from October 1, 1861 until February 25, 1862. Promoted to captain and assistant adjutant general of volunteers on February 25, 1862. Subsequently brevetted to the ranks of major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel. Wounded on August 29, 1862, at the Second Battle of Bull Run.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Pennsylvania, Berks County, Reading Northwest Ward, p. 235A Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Pennsylvania, Berks County, Reading Northwest Ward, p. 1090. "From the County Seat," Carbon Advocate(Lehighton, Pennsylvania), April 23, 1881, p. 3. Francis Bernard Heitman, Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, from its Organization, September 29, 1789 to March 2, 1903 Volume 1, Part 2 (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1903), 215. Edmund A. Starling (Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, resident and Colonel (U.S.A.)) N00010911 1827? 1880-06-14 Categories: People

Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, soldier (U.S.A.). Kentucky native. Served in the 35th Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.) as colonel from October 2, 1863 to December 29, 1864.

Relationships Military: 35th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) Military: United States Army

Find A Grave, "Edmund Alexander Starling (November 22, 1826- June 14, 1880)," Memorial #89740062, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89740062 (accessed July 23, 2019). Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 352. KYR-0003-072-0001. Smithland, Kentucky P00004802 Categories: Places

Seat of Livingston County, Kentucky. Located at the junction of the Ohio River and Cumberland River.

37.1389, -88.4034 H. Lee Wallace, "Smithland" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 832. USGS: Earth Explorer, " Smithland, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on September 23, 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). 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. Russellville, Kentucky P00002479 Categories: Places

Seat of Logan County, Kentucky.

36.8453, -86.8872 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 259. "Russellville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 14, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. 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. Cave City, Kentucky P00000559 Categories: Places

City in Barren County, Kentucky.

37.1367, -85.9569 “Cave City, Kentucky,” Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer, http://www.kyatlas.com/ky-cave-city.html (accessed December 13, 2016). 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). 48th Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00008607 1863-10-26 1864-12-19 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Princeton, Kentucky. Mustered in on October 26, 1863, and mustered out on December 19, 1864. Officer(s): Colonel Hartwell T. Burge and Lieutenant Colonel William W. Hester.

Relationships Military: John F. Lay (Breckinridge, KY, soldier)

Frederick Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines: The Dyer Publishing Company, 1908), 1211. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2 1861-1866, (Frankfort, KY: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1867), 475. Confederate States of America O00003030 1861-02-08 1865-05 Categories: Organizations

Governing and administrative body of the Confederate States. Capitals at Montgomery, Alabama, and Richmond, Virginia.

Relationships Military: Army of Mississippi (C.S.A.) Military: Department of the Mississippi Military: Department (Army) of the Potomac Military: George Baird Hodge (Kentucky attorney, soldier CSA, Rep to congress (prov gov & CSA)) Military: Humphrey Marshall (Confederate Gen. & Rep.) Political: Humphrey Marshall (Confederate Gen. & Rep.) Military: Provisional Council Political: Provisional Government of Kentucky Political: Committee on Foreign Relations Political: Horatio Washington Bruce (Jefferson County, KY, Representative (Confederate), attorney) Political: Provisional Council Military: Provisional Government of Kentucky Military: Confederate States Army Military: The People's Bank of Kentucky Military: Branch Bank of the Farmers' Bank at Princeton Military: Bank of Kentucky Branch at Hopkinsville Military: Committee on Banks Military: Northern Bank of Kentucky Branch at Glasgow Military: Bank of Kentucky Branch at Bowling Green

Emory M. Thomas, The Confederate Nation, 1861-1865 (New York: Harper & Row, 1979). Provisional Government of Kentucky O00003448 1861-11-18 1865 Categories: Organizations

Confederate provisional government of Kentucky. Formed at Russellville, Kentucky, on November 18, 1861. Recognized by the Confederate States of America on December 10, 1861. Operated from Bowling Green, Kentucky, until February 1862. Administered by a governor and council of ten. Governor(s): George W. Johnson (1861-1862) and Richard Hawes (1862-1865). Secretary of State: Robert McKee. Treasurer: John Burnam. Auditor: Josiah Pillsbury.

Relationships Political: Confederate States of America Political: Congress of the Confederate States of America Political: Robert Y. Thomas, Sr. (Logan Co, Ky, Methodist minister and prov govt chaplain) Political: Robert McKee (Louisville, KY, newspaper editor and prov govt sec of state) Political: Philip Burton Thompson, Sr. (KY prov govt, attorney ) Political: Joshua A. Penton (Louisville, Ky, merchant and prov govt) Political: L. H. Chilton (Christian Co, Ky, prov govt) Political: James Preston Bates (Barren Co, Ky, attorney, postmaster, and prov govt) Political: Henry Cornelius Burnett (Trigg County, Kentucky, attorney and politician, colonel CSA, prov govt rep & senator) Political: Provisional Council Political: Luke P. Blackburn (Kentucky, Mississippi, and Louisiana, physician and special envoy) Political: William Emmett Simms (Kentucky Confederate soldier and politician) Political: William Preston (Kentucky politician, attorney, and soldier.) Political: Eli Metcalfe Bruce (Kentucky merchant, philanthropist, soldier, Representative (Confederate)) Political: Horatio Washington Bruce (Jefferson County, KY, Representative (Confederate), attorney) Political: John Watkins Crockett, Jr. (McCracken & Henderson cos, KY, attorney and representative (Confederate)) Political: G. Malcolm (Jefferson County, prov govt) Political: A. Frank Brown (Bourbon County, KY, attorney and clerk of prov govt ) Political: Willis Benson Machen (Lyon County, KY, attorney, farmer, iron manufacturer, and politician (KY & Confederate)) Economic: Horatio Washington Bruce (Jefferson County, KY, Representative (Confederate), attorney) Economic: Simon Bolivar Buckner (Kentucky inspector general and general CSA) Economic: Bank of Kentucky Branch at Bowling Green Economic: Albert Sidney Johnston (Commander Dept of Pacific, US Army and general & commander western dept CSA) Economic: Provisional Council Political: George Baird Hodge (Kentucky attorney, soldier CSA, Rep to congress (prov gov & CSA)) Political: George W. Johnston (Louisville, KY, attorney, politician, and judge) Political: Samuel S. Scott (Boone Co, KY, physician & surgeon, Prov govt ) Political: James William Moore (Montgomery Co, KY, attorney, judge.Representative (Confederate)) Political: The People's Bank of Kentucky Political: Branch Bank of the Farmers' Bank at Princeton Political: Bank of Kentucky Branch at Hopkinsville Political: Northern Bank of Kentucky Branch at Glasgow Political: Bank of Kentucky Branch at Bowling Green Military: The People's Bank of Kentucky Military: Branch Bank of the Farmers' Bank at Princeton Military: Bank of Kentucky Branch at Hopkinsville Military: Northern Bank of Kentucky Branch at Glasgow Military: Bank of Kentucky Branch at Bowling Green Economic: James M. Lester (Lyon County, Kentucky, merchant.) Political: James M. Doty (Barren County, Kentucky, farmer)

J. P. Burnside and P. B. Thompson, eds., Proceedings of the Convention Establishing Provisional Government of Kentucky (Augusta, GA: Steam Press of Chronicle and Sentinel, 1863). Lowell H. Harrison, "George W. Johnson and Richard Hawes: The Governors of Confederate Kentucky" Register of the Kentucky Historical Society 79, no. 1 (Winter 1981): 3-39. Ron D. Bryant, "Confederate State Government" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 222. KYR-0004-033-0003. Military District of Kentucky O00000273 1863-05-22 1865-01-17 Categories: Organizations

Military district in the Department of the Ohio. Commanders: Jeremiah T. Boyle (1863); Jacob Ammen (1863-1864); Stephen G. Burbridge (1864); Edward H. Hobson (1864); and Stephen G. Burbridge (1864-1865).

Relationships Legal: William Wilcox (Hopkins County, Kentucky, soldier) Legal: Austin P. Smith (Hopkins County, Kentucky, soldier) Legal: Ervin Ray (Private in the 35th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry) Economic: Jeremiah Tilford Boyle (Union general, Boyle Co, KY attorney, pres Lou City Railway Co) Economic: Stephen Edward Jones (provost marshal general of the Military District of Kentucky) Military: Stephen Edward Jones (provost marshal general of the Military District of Kentucky) Military: Julius Fosses (Louisville, Kentucky, aide-de-camp, asst inspector general of cavalry, and Bvt Maj. of Vols. (U.S.A.)) Military: Alexander Wake Holeman (Owen County, Kentucky, machinist, hotelkeeper, and Maj OH River Batt KSG; capt, maj, lt col in 12th KY Cav, Col. 11th KY Cav (USA)) Military: Milton J. Graham (Washington County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. 4th Inf and 11th Cav (U.S.A.)) Military: William Owsley Boyle (Boyle County, Kentucky, soldier - Lt. Col. 11th Ky. Cav.)

Ezra J. Warner, Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1964), 132-34. 35th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00001586 1863-10-02 1864-12-29 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Owensboro, Kentucky. Mustered in on October 2, 1863 and mustered out on December 29, 1864. Commander(s): Colonel Edmund A. Starling.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 368. Military District of Southwest Kentucky O00012463 1862-08-19 Categories: Organizations

Military district in the Department of the Ohio (U.S.A). Headquarters located in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Commanders: Cicero Maxwell (Oct. 1863-Apr. 1864)

Roger D. Hunt, Colonels in Blue--Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee: A Civil War Biographical Dictionary (Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland Press, 2014), 174-175. Smithland, Livingston County, Kentucky 1864-02-18 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Head Qts U, S Forces Smithland Ky Feb 18 1864 Leut Col, E, R, Weir Commanding Post Hopkinsville Col:

A matter was brought before me to day, which I think surely demands our consideration: especially when it is in this section of country, where treason has in the past, and even now, showes itself so plain --

Court is now in session, and a reble Court, out, and out, Judge and all -- I came very near having some trouble with the court about 2 men belonging to the 48th Ky Vols, who were in jail and had been demanded by the military at Russellville, whereupon they pointedly refused to give them up; And in consequence of their stubborn, secesh nature I had to call out about half the company The men were then acquited, and peace restord, But now, I find that all the Judges who were over the poles at august election, have

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been indited by the Grand Jury, by this court simply, for conforming to Col Johnsons orders which were the same as Col Festers, and not allowing notraitor to cast a vote, or a man who had intentionally, and wilfully aided the so, called Confederate States, of America, or Provisional Government of Ky

The Judges only conformed to military and as the state is under MartialLaw, above civil law I cant see how the Civil Court can indite, the Judges of the Election; And as such was occasioned by the Military. I think that the Military ought to support, the ones who have been wronged by the civil authorities -- I would like to interfere, if I can reasonably do so, in behalf of the Judges of the Election, and consequently consult your better Judgement, and will await your approval or disapproval, of my ideas

Your Obdt Servt Volney Baker Capt Commanding Post

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Head Qrs U. S. Forces Smithland Ky. Feb. 18" 64

Baker Volney Capt Comdg' Post.

Represents that a Court now in session at Post is constitued of rebl Judges &c. that all the Judges over the Polls of August election have been indited by the Grand Jury for conforming with Col. Johnson's orders not allowing traitors to vote -- asks that the military authorities interfere in the case of the Judges for having complied with military orders.

Head quarters Dist. of Kentucky, Louisville Ky. March 7. 1864.

Respectfully referred to His Excellency Thos. E. Bramlette Gov. of the state of Ky.

By order of Brig. Genl. Burbridge,

Jno. D. Bertolette. A. A. G.

L R B -- No -- 36 S C K 1864

Head Quarters 35th Ky Hopkinsville Ky Feb 24 1864

Respectfuly referred to Col. E. A Starling Comd South Western District of Kentucky for instructions

Edward R. Weir Jr Lt Col Comd 35th Ky Vol

Head Qurs Dist S. C. Ky Cave City Mch 1, 64

Respectfully referred to Dist Hd Qurs

E. A. Starling Col. 35th Ky Inf. Comdg

Re'cd Hd. Qr D S. C. K. Mar. 1" 1864