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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-0001-003-0079 BR5-121

Newport, Campbell County, Kentucky 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. Thomas Leonidas Crittenden (Oldham County, KY, attorney, merchant, and U. S. Army general ) N00009778 1819-05-15 1893-10-23 Categories: People

Oldham County, Kentucky, attorney, merchant, and soldier. Russellville, Kentucky, native. Son of John Jordan Crittenden and Sarah "Sally" Lee Crittenden. Married to Katherine "Kittie" Todd Crittenden. Father of John J. Crittenden. Admitted to the Kentucky bar in 1840. Elected commonwealth’s attorney in Kentucky in 1842. Served in the Kentucky Infantry as a private from August 17, 1836, to September 18, 1836. Served in the 3rd Kentucky Infantry in the U.S.-Mexican War from October 4, 1847, to July 21, 1848. Consul to Liverpool, England, from 1849 to 1853. Merchant in Oldham County, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the U.S. Army as brigadier general and major general from September 27, 1861, to December 13, 1864.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, p. 888. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Dakota Territory, Fort Scully and Vicinity, p. 189. Ezra J. Warner, Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders, (Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press, 1964), 100-01. Francis B. Heitman, Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, from its Organization, September 29, 1789, to March 2, 1903, vol. 1 (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1903), 339. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 960. "Thomas Leonidas Crittenden (1819-1893)," Find A Grave, Memorial #5894064, accessed September 9, 2019, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5894064. The Union army: a history of military affairs in the loyal states, 1861-65—records of the regiments in the Union army—cyclopedia of battles—memoirs of commanders and soldiers Vol. 8 (Madison, WI: Federal Publishing Company, 1908), 63. John W. Jordan (Major in 57th Indiana infantry) N00008513 1832? Categories: People

Newport, Kentucky, soldier. Major in the 57th Indiana Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) from October 18, 1861, to November 20, 1862. Captain in the 12th Regiment, U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps from June 1864 to November 1864. Transferred to the 13th Regiment, U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps on November 25, 1864. Brevetted to lieutenant colonel on March 13, 1865.

Relationships Military: 57th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Kentucky Volunteers Military: Veteran Reserve Corps (U.S.A)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, vol. 2, 1861-1865 (Indianapolis: W. R. Holloway, State Printer, 1865), 548. Asbury L. Kerwood, Annals of the Fifty-Seventh Regiment Indiana Volunteers: Marches, Battles, And Incidents of Army Life (Dayton: O. W. J. Shuey, 1868), 326. _Field Record of Officers of the Veteran Reserve Corps, from the Commencement to the Close of the Rebellion (Washington, D.C.: Scrivner & Swing, 1865), 9. United States Adjutant General’s Office, _ Official Army Register of the Volunteer Force of the United States Army for the Years 1861, '62, '63, '64, '65_, vol 8, (Washington, D.C.: 1867), 49-50. Newport, Kentucky P00000862 Categories: Places

Co-seat of Campbell County, Kentucky, along with Alexandria, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River and Licking River.

39.0914, -84.4958 Will Frank Steely, "Newport" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 680. Commonwealth of Kentucky O001025 1792 Categories: Organizations

Administrative body of the state of Kentucky. Capital at Frankfort, Kentucky. Governor(s): Beriah Magoffin (1859-1862), James F. Robinson (1862-1863), and Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-1867).

Paul Blanchard, "Office of Governor" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 380. Malcolm E. Jewell, "General Assembly" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 366. Paul J. Weber, "Court System" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 233. Veteran Reserve Corps (U.S.A) O00013253 1863-04-28 1866-08-28 Categories: Organizations

Created on April 28, 1863, as the United States Invalid Corps. Name changed to the Veteran Reserve Corps on March 18, 1864. Employed physically disabled soldiers in noncombatant roles such as garrison and hospital duty, though some engaged in combat as well. Disbanded on August 28, 1866. Commander(s): General Winfield Scott Hancock (November 1864-August 1866).

Relationships Military: James B. Farran (Cincinnati, Ohio machinist and soldier) Military: Valentine Melcher (Louisville, Kentucky, potter and soldier) Military: John D. Shepard (Kentucky soldier) Military: George Minot Lane (Detroit, Michigan, student, upholsterer, and soldier)

“War Department. Provost Marshal General's Bureau. Invalid Corps. 4/28/1863-3/18/1864 Organization Authority Record,” National Archives Catalog, NARA, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/10461967 (accessed March 31. 2021). Official Army Register of the Volunteer Force of the United States for the Years 1861–1865, part 8 (Adjutant General’s Office, 1867), p. 30–119. Margaret E. Wagner, Gary W. Gallagher, Paul Finkelman, eds., The Library of Congress Civil War Desk Reference (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002), 441-42. 57th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00008514 1861-11-18 1865-12-14 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, and Richmond Indiana. Mustered in on November 18, 1861, and mustered out December 14, 1865. Commander(s): John W. T. McMullen, Cyrus C. Hines, George W. Lennard, Willis Blanch, and John S. McGraw.

Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: The Dyer Publishing Company, 1908), 137, 1140-41. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, vol. 2, 1861-1865 (Indianapolis: W. R. Holloway, State Printer, 1865), 548. Asbury L. Kerwood, Annals of the Fifty-Seventh Regiment Indiana Volunteers: Marches, Battles, And Incidents of Army Life (Dayton: O. W. J. Shuey, 1868), 325. Newport, Campbell County, Kentucky 1864-02-27 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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Newport Ky Feby 27th 1864. His Excellency Thos E. Bramlette Governor of Ky. Dear Sir

I have the honor to request of you the favor of calling Genl Crittendens attention to my letter of the 26th in which in accordance with the rules regulating such matters, I have requested his letter in behalf of my application for a Lt Colonelcy in the Invalid Corps.

It is important, I should have at least a kind word, from my Corps Commander, and consequently have taken this method of obtaining same --

Hoping to hear of your favorable action in the matter I am

Very Sincerly Your Obt Svt Jno W. Jordan formerly Major 57 Ind