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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-0001-003-0091 BR5-145 to BR5-146

Lexington, Fayette 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. Cicero Maxwell (Ohio County, Kentucky, farmer, attorney and soldier) N00003696 1831-11-21 1865-02-17 Categories: People

Ohio County, Kentucky, farmer, attorney, commonwealth's attorney and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Elizabeth Maxwell. Farmer in Ohio County, Kentucky in 1850. Commonwealth's attorney for the 3rd Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1859 to 1861. Attorney in Ohio County in 1860. Served in the 26th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a lieutenant colonel and colonel from March 5, 1862 to January 12, 1865. Commander of the Military District of Southwest Kentucky from October 1863 to April 1864.

Relationships Legal: Breckinridge Circuit Court Legal: Henry B. Margolyes (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, tavern and stable owner) Military: 26th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Military District of Southwest Kentucky Legal: Hezekiah Alexander Jr. (Meade County, Kentucky, resident. ) Legal: Meade Circuit Court Legal: William Branch Clarke (Simpson County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: Beverly Leonidas Clarke (Simpson County, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Legal: McLean Circuit Court Legal: John Funk (Meade County, Kentucky, master shoe maker. ) Legal: James Stuart (Meade County, Kentucky, attorney and circuit court judge)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ohio County, District 2, p. 94A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ohio County, Hartford, p. 783. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1859 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1860), 289. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1860, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1861), 355. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 304. Roger D. Hunt, Colonels in Blue--Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee: A Civil War Biographical Dictionary (Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland Press, 2014), 174-175. "Col Cicero Maxwell (1831-1865)," Find A Grave, Memorial 38618350, accessed August 20, 2019, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38618350. Thomas Brooks Fairleigh (Brandenburg, Kentucky, attorney; capt, major, lieut col 26th KY Inf, asst adj genl, Dept of Ohio USA) N00003145 1837-01-27 1890-11-02 Categories: People

Brandenburg, Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Brandenburg native. Son of William Fairleigh and Elizabeth Fairleigh. Student in Brandenburg in 1850. Household owned six enslaved persons in Brandenburg in 1850. Graduate of the University of Louisville Law School in 1858. Attorney in Brandenburg in 1860. Served in the 26th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a captain, major, and lieutenant colonel from February 1862 to August 1862. Served under Stephen G. Burbridge as Acting Assistant Adjutant General in August 1862. Served in the Army of the Ohio, 2nd Army Corps, as the Acting Assistant Adjutant General from October 7, 1862, to November 26, 1862. Commanded Bowling Green post from August 1863 to January 1864. Served on the staff of General Burbridge from March 1864 to May 1864. Commanded Louisville post from May 1864 to January 1865. Colonel of the veteranized 26th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) from 1864 to July 1865. Attorney in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Volney Baker (McLean County, Kentucky, farmer and Captain (U.S.A.)) Military: Cicero Maxwell (Ohio County, Kentucky, farmer, attorney and soldier) Military: 26th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Meade County, Kentucky District, p. 208B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Meade County, Kentucky District, p. 811, p. 9 of 19 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com). Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Meade County, Brandenburg, p. 379. Roger D. Hunt, Colonels in Blue--Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee: A Civil War Biographical Dictionary (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2014), 155. "Col. Fairleigh Dead," Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), November 3, 1890. 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. Lexington, Kentucky P001002 Categories: Places

Seat of Fayette County, Kentucky.

38.0406, -84.5037 John D. Wright, "Lexington (City)," in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 549-51. "Lexington, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 21, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. 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). Bowling Green, Kentucky P00000560 Categories: Places

Seat of Warren County, Kentucky. Located on the Barren River. Seat of Kentucky's provisional government from November 18, 1861, to February 1862.

36.9685, -86.4808 Ron D. Bryant, “Bowling Green,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), p. 106-107. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Bowling Green, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on August 21, 2019). 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. 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. 26th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00009777 1862-03-05 1865-07-10 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Calhoun, McLean County, Kentucky. Mustered into service on March 5, 1862. Consolidated with the 33rd Kentucky Infantry on April 1, 1864. Veteranized in the Department of the Tennessee until December 1864, when it joined the Army of the Potomac. Mustered out of service in North Carolina on July 10, 1865. Commander(s): Colonel Stephen B. Burbridge, Colonel Cicero Maxwell, and Colonel Thomas B. Farleigh.

Relationships Economic: Louisville, Frankfort, & Lexington Railroad Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 198, 233, 733. Frederick Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines: The Dyer Publishing Company, 1908), 1208. 33rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00009912 1862-09-13 1864-04-01 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Munfordville, Kentucky. Mustered in on September 13, 1862, and consolidated with the 26th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) on April 1, 1864. Commander(s): Lieutenant Colonel J. F. Lauck.

Relationships Economic: Louisville, Frankfort, & Lexington Railroad Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney)

Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Vol. I (Des Moines, IA: The Dyer Publishing Company, 1908), 1210. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 316. 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. Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky 1864-05-22 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": 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 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-Quarters District of Kentucky, 5TH DIVISION, 23D ARMY CORPS, Lexington, May 22nd 1864. Governor --

You will soon have drafted men at your disposal for assignment to three years Regiments --

I recommend that the 26th Ky. Veteran Vols be at once filled up to the Maximum -- It has done Much service, and has received less favors, and far less consideration than any army regiment sent from the state, by the authorities of Kentucky -- It has fought well, and has behaved itself well in the field, in the camps and in the garrison -- The officers and Men of the Regt. feel that the state authorities have neglected them, and whilst they have concealed it from the public, have expressed it to their

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The Regiment as you are aware, after enlisting as veterans consolidation with the 33rd Ky. Many Men were recruited by the officers of the 26th and now they number something over 700 men --

The Regt has been under orders for some days to proceed to the front -- I have detached it by authority until troops can be had to suply its place -- This will give time to drill and decepline the drafted men assigned to it, before going to the front Col Maxwell of this Regt is at Bowling Green with four Companies andLeut Col Fairleigh at Louisville with six companies, to either of which place you would much oblige me, and them, and the Regiment by sending what men you can --

I am Sir Very Respt &C S. G. Burbridge Brigr Gen

His Excellency Thos E Bramlett Gov of Ky

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S, G, Burbridge

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