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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-0001-003-0089 BR5-136 to BR5-137

Louisville, Jefferson 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. John Watson (Jefferson County, Kentucky, book binder's apprentice and soldier. ) N00018468 1847? Categories: People

Jefferson County, Kentucky, book binder's apprentice and soldier. Ohio native. Son of Frances Watson. Book binder's apprentice in Jefferson County in 1860. Served in the Provost Guard of Louisville (U.S.A.) as a private and musician from October 3, 1861 to October 3, 1862. Mustered out on October 3, 1862. Served in the 34th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) as a private and musician from May 2, 1863 to February 7, 1864. Court martialed and sentenced to labor on fortifications in October 1863. Returned to duty in January 1864. Transferred with company on February 7, 1864. Served in the 5th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry (U.S.A.) as a private and musician from February 7, 1864 to July 16, 1865. Mustered out on July 16, 1865.

Relationships Military: William Y. Dillard (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, bricklayer and soldier) Military: 5th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 34th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Louisville Provost Guard (U.S.A)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 4, p. 61. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0058. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0412. Records of the Office of the Judge Advocate General (Army), 1792 - 2010, NARA RG153, Series: Court Martial Case Files, 12/1800 - 10/1894, ID1857721. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 332-334, 346, 964. Christopher C. Hare (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, tinner and soldier. ) N00009784 1831 1898 Categories: People

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, tinner and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Isadore Bethusen in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on April 14, 1852. Father of William Hare, Sydney Hare, Gracie Hare, and Frank Hare. Tinner in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Tinner in Louisville, Jefferson County, in 1860. Served in the Provost Guard of Louisville (U.S.A.) as a first lieutenant from October 8, 1861 to August 10, 1862. Promoted and transferred on August 10, 1862. Served in the 34th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a captain from August 10, 1862 to February 7, 1864. Transferred with company on February 7, 1864. Served in the 6th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry (U.S.A.) as a captain from February 7, 1864 to January 17, 1865. Resigned January 17, 1865.

Relationships Military: Thomas H. Stevens (Corporal (USA) Louisville Provost Guard) Military: William Blood (Captain (USA) Louisville Provost Guard) Military: William Y. Dillard (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, bricklayer and soldier) Military: John Watson (Jefferson County, Kentucky, book binder's apprentice and soldier. ) Military: 5th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 34th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 399B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville War 8, p. 681. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Missouri, Jackson County, Kaw, p. 4B. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0053. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0408. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0407. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000482707, p. 136. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 332, 347, 964. "Christopher C. Hare (1831-1898)," Find A Grave, Memorial 69965601, accessed September 9, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69965601 . Frances Watson (Jefferson County, Kentucky, resident.) N00018469 1798? Categories: People

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, resident. Native of England. Mother of Harry Watson and John Watson. Resident of Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1860.

Relationships Familial: John Watson (Jefferson County, Kentucky, book binder's apprentice and soldier. ) Social: William Y. Dillard (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, bricklayer and soldier)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 4, p. 61. William Y. Dillard (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, bricklayer and soldier) N00018460 1829? Categories: People

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, bricklayer and soldier. Tennessee native. Married to Fannie Dillard. Father of William Dillard, Lillie Dillard, and Fanny M. Dillard. Bricklayer in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the Provost Guard of Louisville (U.S.A.) a captain from October 3, 1861 to October 3, 1862. Transferred on October 3, 1862. Served in the 34th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) as a captain, major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel from October 3, 1862 to June 24, 1865. Commanded a brigade in the XXIII Corps of the Union Army.

Relationships Military: 34th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Louisville Provost Guard (U.S.A)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 804. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 11, p. 455B. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0407. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 316, 346. 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. 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). Provost Marshal General's Office O00017412 1863-03-03 1866-08-28 Categories: Organizations

Created in March 1863 upon passage of the Enroll Act of March 3, 1863. Responsible for the enrollment of drafted soldiers, enlistment of volunteers, arrest of deserters, compilation of statistics on recruits, and reporting of U.S. Army Casualties. Resided within the War Department of the United States Government. Led by the Provost Marshal General. Civil War-era Provost Marshal General: James Barnet Fry (1863-1866).

Relationships Military: George David Ruggles (Missouri US Army lieut, chief of staff and adjutant general ) Military: Stephen Augustus Hurlbut (Belvidere, Illinois, lawyer, representative, and soldier) Military: James Barnet Fry (Union Provost Marshal General) Military: United States Army

Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau, accessed April 8, 2022, https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/110.html. Michael Brown, William Drake, and Terry Kelley, History of the Provost Marshal General of the Army, accessed April 8, 2022, https://api.army.mil/e2/c/downloads/287488.pdf. Louisville Provost Guard (U.S.A) O00009785 1861 1863 Categories: Organizations

Organized in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. Mustered in on September 25, 1861 and mustered out in May 1863. Commander: Lieutenant Colonel Henry Dent.

Relationships Military: Christopher C. Hare (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, tinner and soldier. ) Military: William Blood (Captain (USA) Louisville Provost Guard) Military: Thomas H. Stevens (Corporal (USA) Louisville Provost Guard)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 347. 34th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00011956 1863-05-08 1865-08-24 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Louisville, Kentucky. Mustered in on October 2, 1863, and mustered out in Knoxville, Tennessee, on June 24, 1865. Commander(s): Colonel Henry Dent, Colonel Selby Harney, William Y. Dillard.

Relationships Military: William A. Dunn (KY soldier, 34th Infantry (USA)) Military: Bartholomew "Burl" M. Dunn (Tennessee/Kentucky, private (U.S.A.))

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 344-45. 5th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00005302 1862-03-31 1865-05-03 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Camp Sandidge in Gallatin County, Tennessee. Mustered into service on March 31, 1862. Mustered out of service on May 3, 1865. Commander(s): Colonel David R. Haggard, Colonel William P. Sanders, and Colonel Oliver L. Baldwin.

Relationships Military: George H. Travis (Louisville, Kentucky, soldier) Military: Oliver Leonard Baldwin (Louisville, Kentucky, colonel (U.S.A.)) Military: Charles W. Quiggins (Hardin County, KY, carpenter and soldier) Military: Fleming W. Faris (Fleming County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier) Military: David Rice Haggard (Colonel 5th Ky Cavalry; Cumberland Co, KY, physician and farmer) Military: John L. Carter (Russell County, Kentucky, resident and captain of the 5th Kentucky Cavalry. ) Military: Elijah Blankenship (Macon County, Tennessee, farmer and soldier.) Military: Milton E. Robinson (Morgan County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier.)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 108-37. 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)

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Head-Quarters Provost Marshal, Louisville, KyMar 9th 1864. To his Exelency Gov Tho E. Bramlette,, Gov

In 1861 when the Provost Guard was first organised, a youth about 14th years old by the name of John Watsonenlisted in my company as a Drummer, and served in that Capasity until a portion of the Battalion was mustered out of the Service, he being one of the Party that was mustered out, Subsequently he reenlisted in Capt Flares Mounted company 34th Ky Vols, That company as you are aware has recently been transfered to the 5th Ky Cav,, My object Gov, in addressing you is for the perpus of trying to get him transfered back to the 34th Ky in order to make him Drum Major of my Regt,, having no such Musician in the Regt, he being an

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Excelent Drummer. I would respectfully request that this be done if Posable,, There is another reason reason why I would like for this to be done, I promised his widowed Mother to take care of him, So long as I remain in the service, hoping Gov, that you will use your influence for the accomplishment of the above request,, I wish your attention to the above at you earlyest convenience,,

I hav the honor to remain Yous Very Respectfully You Obt Sevt W. Y. Dillard Col Comd 34th Ky Inft