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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Correspondence, 1862-1863 KYR-0001-027-0013 R2-18 to R2-19

Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky James Fisher Robinson (governor, state senator, businessman, attorney, and farmer) N001004 1800-10-04 1882-10-31 Categories: People

Twenty-second governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, banker, and legislator. Son of Jonathan Robinson and Jane Black Robinson. Married to Susan D. Mansell Robinson on December 26, 1821. Father of Emilie Jane Robinson and James F. Robinson, Jr. Married Willina S. Herndon Robinson on May 30, 1842. Father of Scott Herndon Robinson, John McCracken Robinson, George Sidney Robinson, Madison Johnson Robinson, Stephen Gano Robinson, Willa Ewing Robinson, Philip Eldon Robinson, and Stephen Gano Robinson. Educated at Forest Hill Academy and Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky. Trustee of Georgetown College. President of the Farmers' Bank of Georgetown. Represented Fayette and Scott Counties in the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1851 to 1855. Owned thirty-five enslaved persons in 1860. Represented Fayette and Scott Counties in the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1861. Speaker of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from September 3, 1861, to September 5, 1861. Speaker of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from August 16, 1861, to August 18, 1862. Governor of Kentucky from August 18, 1862, to September 1, 1863. Returned to practicing law and farming on retiring from politics in 1863.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District No 1, p. 216B, 230A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District No 2, pp. 235, 236, 252. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 4, p. 266. John David Smith, “James F. Robinson (1862-1863),” ed. Lowell H. Harrison, Kentucky’s Governors (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2004), 89-92. William Henry Engle, Pennsylvania Genealogies: Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg: Lane S. Hart, 1886), 553, 556-7. Samuel Maguire (Fleming County, Kentucky, physician) N00009363 1818? 1892? Categories: People

Fleming County, Kentucky, physician. Pennsylvania native. Married to Eliza J. Maguire. Father of John J. Maguire, William F. Maguire. Physician in Bath County in 1850. Assistant Surgeon in the 10th Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.A.) from September 10, 1862, to September 17, 1863. Surgeon in the 45th Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.from November 14, 1863, to December 24, 1864.

Relationships Familial: William Fleming (Fleming County, Kentucky, tanner)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, 2nd Division, p. 97. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 250. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 443, 934, 935. Humphrey Marshall (Confederate Gen. & Rep.) N00000845 1812-01-13 1872-03-28 Categories: People

Kentucky soldier, attorney, farmer, and politician. Married to Frances McAlister Marshall. Father of Nelly Nichol Marshall McAfee. Appointed to and graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1832. Resigned from the army in 1833. Studied law and admitted to the bar in 1833. Practiced law in Frankfort, Kentucky, from 1833 to 1834 and in Louisville, Kentucky, from 1834 to 1846. Member of the Louisville City Council. Served in the Kentucky State Militia. Served as a colonel of Volunteers in the First Kentucky Cavalry in the Mexican War. Engaged in agriculture business in Henry County, Kentucky.Served the Seventh Congressional District of Kentucky as a Whig Party member of the United States House of Representative from 1849 to 1852 and again as an American “Know Nothing” Party member from 1855 to 1859. Served as minister to China from 1852 to 1854. Canvassed for John C. Breckinridge in the 1860 presidential election. Served in the Confederate State Army as a brigadier general during the Civil War from 1861 to 1863, resigning on two occasions. Moved to Richmond, Virginia, to continue his law practice. Served the Eighth Congressional District as a member of the Second Confederate Congress in the House of Representatives from 1864 to 1865. Moved to New Orleans, Louisiana.

Ezra J. Warner and W. Buck Yearns, Biographical Register of the Confederate Congress (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1975), 167-168. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, s.v. “Marshall, Humphrey,” (http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000894) (accessed January 18, 2017). Lewis Collins and Richard Collins, History of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Collins & Company, 1882), 353. The Biographical Encyclopædia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century, vol. 1 (Cincinnati: J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878), 648. Charles Lanman, Biographical Annals of the Civil Government of the United States (Washington: J. M. Morrison, 1887), 319. “Marshall, Humphrey,” The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 610. Find A Grave, “Humphrey Marshall (1812-1872)," Memorial 8930, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8930 (accessed January 18, 2017). “Humphrey Marshall,” Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), March 29, 1872. William Fleming (Fleming County, Kentucky, tanner) N00007133 1806-05-01 1887-04-28 Categories: People

Fleming County, Kentucky, tanner. Kentucky native. Married to Eliza Power Fleming. Father of Cybel Fleming, Martha J. Fleming, Malvina Fleming, James Fleming, Richard H. Fleming, Franklin Fleming, John Fleming, Walter Fleming, Hugh Fleming, Ida Fleming, and Florence Fleming. Farmer in Fleming County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in 1850. Tanner in Fleming County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in 1860.

Relationships Social: Madison Conyers Johnson (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney and banker, RR director, pres of UK Law Dept)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, District 1, p. 334. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, District 1. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, District 1, p. 855. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, District 1. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, Flemingsburg, p. 393. Find A Grave, "William Fleming (1806-1887)," Memorial #113856027, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113856027 (accessed June 16, 2017). Fleming County, Kentucky P00000542 Categories: Places

County in northeastern Kentucky. Seat at Flemingsburg. Located on the Licking River.

Relationships Military: William Fleming (Fleming County, Kentucky, tanner) Political: William Fleming (Fleming County, Kentucky, tanner)

38.4223, -83.7338 “Fleming County” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), p.324-25. "Flemingsburg, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 15, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Bath County, Kentucky P00000478 Categories: Places

County in northeastern Kentucky. Seat at Owingsville.

38.1058, -83.7199 "Bath County" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 60. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Bath County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on August 23, 2019). Morgan County, Kentucky P00005286 Categories: Places

County in eastern Kentucky. Seat at West Liberty, Kentucky.

37.9146, -83.2934 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1988), 202. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Morgan County, Kentucky" https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on April 16, 2020). Carter County, Kentucky P00000564 Categories: Places

County in northeastern Kentucky. Seat at Grayson, Kentucky.

38.3205, -83.0361 George Wolfford, "Carter County" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 167-68. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Carter County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on October 23, 2019). Lawrence County, Kentucky P00000552 Categories: Places

County in northeast Kentucky. Seat at Louisa. Located on the Big Sandy River.

38.1143, -82.6032 George Wolfford, “Lawrence County” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 537. "Louisa, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 22, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Poplar Plains, Kentucky P00007210 Categories: Places

Settlement in Fleming County, Kentucky.

38.3609, -83.6744 Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, History of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Covington, KY: Collins and Co., 1878), p. 230. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 240. USGS: Earth Explorer, “Poplar Plains, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on July 15, 2020). 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). 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/. Fleming County Home Guard O00013622 1862? Categories: Organizations

State militia organization from Fleming County, Kentucky. Organized in Poplar Plains, Kentucky. Commander(s): Captain Samuel Maguire.

KYR-0001-027-0013. 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. Government of the United States of America O00002945 1776-07-04 Categories: Organizations

Administrative body of the United States of America. Comprised of the Legislative Branch, Judicial Branch, and Executive Branch. Capital at Washington, District of Columbia.

Relationships Military: 68th Regiment Kentucky Enrolled Militia Economic: Hiram Barney (New York attorney and customs collector) Political: Leonard B. Cox (Fleming County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Political: William Scott Botts (Fleming County, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Political: George Jackson (Bullitt County, Kentucky, laborer) Political: Hillary G. Jackson (Bullitt County, Kentucky, laborer & private 26th KY Inf USA) Legal: William J. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. ) 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: George W. Rasure (Floyd County, Indiana, resident and soldier.) Military: Amaziah "Samuel" Rasure (Washington County, Indiana, resident and soldier.) Military: David Rasure, Jr. (New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, resident and soldier.) Political: Nelson Trusler (Connersville, Indiana, attorney, politician, and soldier) Political: Robert Alexander Dowell (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Oliver P. Morton (Fourteenth governor of Indiana, attorney, judge, and politician.) Political: John Walter Rutherford (Crittenden County, Kentucky, barkeeper and merchant)

"America's Founding Documents," https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs (accessed on December 1, 2017). Confederate States of America O00003030 1861-02-08 1865-05 Categories: Organizations

Governing and administrative body of the Confederate States. Capitals at Montgomery, Alabama, and Richmond, Virginia.

Relationships Military: Army of Mississippi (C.S.A.) Military: Department of the Mississippi Military: Department (Army) of the Potomac Military: George Baird Hodge (Kentucky attorney, soldier CSA, Rep to congress (prov gov & CSA)) Military: Humphrey Marshall (Confederate Gen. & Rep.) Political: Humphrey Marshall (Confederate Gen. & Rep.) Military: Provisional Council Political: Provisional Government of Kentucky Political: Committee on Foreign Relations Political: Horatio Washington Bruce (Jefferson County, KY, Representative (Confederate), attorney) Political: Provisional Council Military: Provisional Government of Kentucky Military: Confederate States Army Military: The People's Bank of Kentucky Military: Branch Bank of the Farmers' Bank at Princeton Military: Bank of Kentucky Branch at Hopkinsville Military: Committee on Banks Military: Northern Bank of Kentucky Branch at Glasgow Military: Bank of Kentucky Branch at Bowling Green

Emory M. Thomas, The Confederate Nation, 1861-1865 (New York: Harper & Row, 1979). Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky 1862-08-21 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "3": 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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Hon. James. F. Robinson My dear Sir

I write you at the earnest solicitation of my My Bro-Inlaw Dr Samuel Maguire of Fleming County, who is Capt of some 65 home guards -- who are the most Loyal men of the State, and who are entirely without arms. They have in two instances been called upon to meet a rebel force passing through their County & the County of Bathto join -- Humphrey Marshall -- many of them shouldered what squirrel rifles they could borrow from their neighbours with a warning of only a few hours -- many of them travelling on foot a distance of 40 miles in order to disperse the enemy, many of them applied to me in

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person a few days sinse and desire if possible to have arms placed in their hands, so they can fight the battles of their Government & State,

I know many of them personally, & know that a truer or braver people does not inhabit this beautiful world of ours. Can you send them 50 stand of arms at once -- they are in my opinion entitled to them & should receive them.

My Brother Inlaw Dr. Maguire will be responsible for theme, safe return of the arms sent. They are wanted for a section of Country lying in the direction of. Morgan, Carter. & Lawrence Counties where many rebels pass to join theSouthern Confideracy-- excuse me for thus troubling you -- but my apology must be the exigency of

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the case.

Congratulating you & our State upon the position you have been called upon to occupy

I am my dear Sir Your attached friend Wm. R. Fleming

P S, The boxes containing the guns mark.

Dr Samuel Maguire Poplar. Plains Fleming County Ky

Lexington Ky Aug. 21. 1862

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Will. R Fleming Lex arms 50 asked for home guard in Fleming