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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 Correspondence, 1859-1862 KYR-0001-019-0089 MG5-162

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky Luke P. Blackburn (Kentucky, Mississippi, and Louisiana, physician and special envoy) N00002591 1816-06-16 1887-09-14 Categories: People

Kentucky, Mississippi, and Louisiana, physician and special envoy. Woodford County, Kentucky, native. Married to Ella Boswell Blackburn. Graduated from the Medical Department at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky in 1835. Physician in Lexington. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1843 to 1845. Physician in Frankfort, Kentucky, in 1844. Moved to Natchez, Mississippi, in 1847. Physician in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1858. Special envoy representing Governor Beriah Magoffin in New Orleans to purchase arms and ammunition in 1861. Aide-de-camp for Sterling Price in Mississippi. Appointed by Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to relocate the military casualties in the state. Traveled to Canada in August 1863, to smuggle items through the blockade into the Confederacy.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: Mortimer O. H. Norton (New Orleans, Louisiana, cotton merchant and railroad executive) Economic: South-western Telegraph Company Economic: Mortimer O. H. Norton (New Orleans, Louisiana, cotton merchant and railroad executive) Political: Benjamin James Adams (Louisville merchant) Military: Benjamin James Adams (Louisville merchant) Military: Mortimer O. H. Norton (New Orleans, Louisiana, cotton merchant and railroad executive) Military: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Economic: Hewitt, Norton & Co. Social: Thomas H. Hunt (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, Rope & Bag Factory Owner, CSA Colonel ) Political: William Emmett Simms (Kentucky Confederate soldier and politician) Political: William Preston (Kentucky politician, attorney, and soldier.) Political: George Baird Hodge (Kentucky attorney, soldier CSA, Rep to congress (prov gov & CSA)) Political: Eli Metcalfe Bruce (Kentucky merchant, philanthropist, soldier, Representative (Confederate)) Political: James Stone Chrisman (Wayne Co, KY, Prov gov council member, Rep (CSA), attorney) Political: James Preston Bates (Barren Co, Ky, attorney, postmaster, and prov govt) Political: John Watkins Crockett, Jr. (McCracken & Henderson cos, KY, attorney and representative (Confederate)) Political: Willis Benson Machen (Lyon County, KY, attorney, farmer, iron manufacturer, and politician (KY & Confederate)) Political: Philip Burton Thompson, Sr. (KY prov govt, attorney ) Political: Provisional Government of Kentucky Political: Robert Y. Thomas, Sr. (Logan Co, Ky, Methodist minister and prov govt chaplain) Political: Henry Cornelius Burnett (Trigg County, Kentucky, attorney and politician, colonel CSA, prov govt rep & senator)

Nancy Disher Baird, "Luke Pryor Blackburn," in Kentucky’s Governors Lowell H. Harrison, ed. (Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 2004), 111 - 114; Nancy Disher Baird, Luke Pryor Blackburn: Physician, Governor, Reformer (University Press of Kentucky, 1979). Abraham O. Brannin (Louisville, Kentucky, merchant) N00000403 1819-11-19 1903-06-30 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, merchant. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth A. Brannin. Father of James R. Brannin, Elizabeth Brannin, Laura Brannin, Owen Brannin, Alice B. Brannin, and Mattie Brannin. Merchant in Louisville in 1850. Owned five enslaved persons in Louisville in 1850. Commission merchant in Louisville in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Louisville in 1860. Partner in the firm of Brannin & Summers with John S. Brannin and Edwin H. Summers in Louisville in 1861.

Relationships Political: Benjamin James Adams (Louisville merchant) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Economic: Benjamin James Adams (Louisville merchant) Economic: Western Union Telegraph Company Economic: South-western Telegraph Company

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 2, p. 387. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 3. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, 2nd Ward Louisville, p. 126. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, 5th Ward Louisville, p. 15. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, 7th Ward Louisville, p. 89. Tanner's Louisville Directory, and Business Advertiser for 1861, Henry Tanner, comp. (Louisville: Henry Tanner, 1861), 40. Find A Grave, "Abraham Owen Brannin (1918-1903)," Memorial #101120040, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101120040/abraham-owen-brannin (accessed March 6, 2018). John Jones Pettus (Mississippi Governor) N00006279 1813-09-09 1867-01-28 Categories: People

Twenty-third governor of the State of Mississippi. Tennessee native. Married to Permelia Wilson Pettus. Father of John Pettus, Mary Pettus, Allis Pettus, William Pettus, and Virginia Pettus. Married to Susan Hewell Pettus in 1861. Attorney in Scooba, Mississippi c1840. Served as Representative in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1844. Served as Senator in the Mississippi State Senate in 1848. Served as Governor of Mississippi in 1854. Elected as Governor of Mississippi in 1859. Re-Elected as Governor of Mississippi from 1861-1863. Refused to surrender after the Battle of Appomattox. Moved to Arkansas in 1867.

Relationships Political: Abraham O. Brannin (Louisville, Kentucky, merchant) Political: Luke P. Blackburn (Kentucky, Mississippi, and Louisiana, physician and special envoy)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Mississippi, Kemper County, p. 215A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Mississippi, Hind County, Jackson, p. 502. Robert W. Dubay, John Jones Pettus, Mississippi Fire-eater: His Life and Times, 1813-1867 (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1975)24, 55; Ben Wynne, Mississippi's Civil War: A Narrative History (Macon: Mercer University Press, 2006), 18, 20; David G. Sansing, "John Jones Pettus: Twentieth and Twenty-third Governor of Mississippi: January 5, 1854 to January 10, 1854; 1859-1863." Mississippi History Now December 2003. http://www.mshistorynow.mdah.ms.gov (accessed April 16, 2019) Thomas H. Hunt (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, Rope & Bag Factory Owner, CSA Colonel ) N00010551 1815-01-02 1884-05-06 Categories: People

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, rope & bag factory owner and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Hunt. Father of Alex T. Hunt, Anna F. Hunt, Edward Hunt, and Henrietta Hunt. Rope & Factory Owner in Louisville in 1860. Served as Colonel in the 9th Kentucky Infantry (C.S.A.) from October 1, 1861 to April 22, 1863.

Relationships Economic: Abraham O. Brannin (Louisville, Kentucky, merchant) Social: John Jones Pettus (Mississippi Governor)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 4, p. 64. Find A Grave, "Thomas H. Hunt (January 02, 1815- May 06, 1884)," Memorial #6266777, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6266777 (accessed April x, 2019). Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky: Confederate Kentucky Volunteers War 1861-65, vol. 1 (Frankfort: Legislature of Kentucky, 1915), 410-411. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky: Confederate Kentucky Volunteers War 1861-65, vol. 2 (Frankfort: Legislature of Kentucky, 1915), 262-263 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. Mississippi P00000918 Categories: Places

State in the southern United States. Capital at Jackson, Mississippi. Located on the Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico.

32.2988, -90.1848 The Mississippi Encyclopedia, Ted Ownby, Charles Reagan Wilson, et al, eds. (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2017). “Jackson, Mississippi," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed February 26, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. 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). Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky 1861-06-15 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Private Louisville June 15' 1861 My Dear Sir

There are 198 muskets of a lot sent to me by Doctor Blackburn when he was in Mississippithat ought to be retained in the State if possible and I don't see why they should get into the hands of the Union party -- They are first rate guns and in fine order- Smooth bore but heavy barrels and suitable for rifling -- When they arrived supposing them to belong to the State I collected of Mr Brannin about $160 to pay freight &c -- The Doctor wants to turn part of them over to a company going South and I have told him he must get your order for them which is not treating him very cleverly as all the State is out on them is the $160 above named -- He of course is entitled to the guns provided he returns the $160, under Gov.Pettis of Mississippi meant them as a present to the State- about that you may know --

Yours trulyTho H Hunt

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Tho H. Hunt