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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Appointments, 1859-1862 KYR-0001-018-0316 MG6-429 to MG6-430

Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky 1862-06-06 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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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UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL. KENTUCKY.
Head-Quarters Kentucky Militia, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Frankfort, 6 June 1862.

Hon: Nat Gaither Jr

Sec: of State -- I send you a list of promotions, resignations &c for record viz:

} date of Com:John L. TreinorCapt:promoted -- 9 Sep. 1861Wm W. RolandLieut -- "" " "Theo. F. Cummings""" " "Joseph FrostMajorResigned10 ap: 1862Tho. B. FairleighCapt:promoted28 Feb "James H. AshcraftLieut:"" " "Saml D. Brown""" " "R. E. Hackett""9 Nov 1861W. W. Ranney""" " "Fred. Guy""10 " "James CarlileLt ColoDead15 Ap ^21 Jan^ '62Saml I. CoyneCapt:promoted19 Oct Novr '61W. W. BradyLieut:"21 Jan '62Ben W. Cleaver""" " "George Hammer""19 Nov '61Peterson Roff""" " "Geo. W. Williams"resigned10 Feb '62Preston MortonCapt -- Killed -- 22 Oct '61Wm KeithLieut -- promoted" " "Tho. R. Brown""26 Nov "Henry S. BarnettCapt:Dead11 Oct "

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date of Com:Jon NattLieutpromoted11 Oct 1861David M Dryden""22 Jan 1862Alfred M. Smith""" " "Moses L. Nowell"dead11 Nov 1861Demetrius B. Coyle"promoted" " "Henry W. Mazer"Mustered out of Service }" " "Charles A. McCue"" "" " "Geo. H. CramCapt -- promoted" " "Charles D. BaileyLieut -- "15 Dec -- "Allen J. RoarkLt ColoDead11 Nov "John H. GriderAdjt -- promoted12 " "Speed S. Fry -- Colo"9 Oct "John T. CroxtinLt Colo"" " "P. B. HuntMajor"" " "Rob. M. KellyCapt"" " "Danl B. WaggenerAdjtresigned21 Jan 1862James L. BurchCapt -- dead19 Ap: ^22 Feb^ "Henry C. DunlapAdjtresigned9 Sep '61

William Raines -- Capt: heretofore reported as mustered out U.S. service by order of the U.S. Military Board & approved by President U.S. 14 April 1862 & it is now reported here, that

Capt: Rainsresigned 21 May 1862x 28 Oct '61 -- Geo. W. RichardsonLieut:resigned9 Sep. '61James H. Howard""9 Dec '61Herman Horst""25 Jan '62

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date of ComTheo. F. CummingsLieut -- resigned -- 1 Jan '62David Pool -- "promoted -- 25 Ap. 62 ^11 Nov '61 -- ^Isaac W. Sketo -- Capt:Killed in Battle at Shiloh -- }" " "Jesse K. Freeman -- Lieut -- promoted" " "Addison Turner""" " "Elijah C. PhelpsCapt:Dead" " "Oliver P. JohnsonLieut:pro:" " "Wm R Willis""" " "James R Wise""" " "Geo. W. RobertsQr Mas."16 Feb '62John W. TuttleLieut"4 Oct '61James W. Bristow""8 Oct '61B. F. Powell""" " "W. H. Tyree"resigned20 " "Fon T. Fox JrMajor"15 ap: '62Ben V. BanksLieutPromoted12 Nov '61Wm L. Lee"Killed in Battle30 " "Patrick G. Fisher"Promoted" " "Giles A. Gallup""16 " "Wm H. Stratton""" " "Berry M. Webb"Deceased12 " "Isaac T. Hizer""20 " "Tho. A. Lowe"Killed in Battle" " "Samuel H. Murrell"resigned13 " "James M. Anderson"Promoted30 Dec "James Blue""29 Nov "John Kinney""26 " "

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Date of ComWm B. JohnsonLieut:Promoted23 Nov '61Henry C. Carr -- resigned -- 27 Sep. "Isaac Singleton" -- do -- 12 Dec "L. P. Ellis -- Capt -- do -- 1 Nov "J. P Jones -- Q. M. -- do -- 18 Jan '62Walter O. WoodsCapt -- do -- 18 Nov '61Oliver D. Botner -- " -- do -- 22 Oct '61Ben H. MiltonLieut -- do -- 28 -- " -- " -- Saml McKee -- Capt -- promoted -- 8 -- " -- " -- James T. BramletteLieut -- declined acc:5 ap. '62 --

Very Resply John W. Finnell Adjt Genl