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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-0001-027-0027 R2-43 to R2-44

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. David Tod (Governor of Ohio) N00005318 1805-02-21 1868-11-13 Categories: People

Ohio, twenty-fifth governor. Youngstown, Ohio native. Son of George Tod and Sarah Isaacs Tod. Married to Maria Smith Tod. Attended Burton Academy in Geauga County, Ohio. Went on to study law, and in 1827 was licensed to practice. Served as a one-term member of the Ohio State Senate in 1838. Served as ambassador to Brazil from 1847 to 1851. Elected governor by a popular vote in the 1861 general election. Served as governor of Ohio from 1862 to 1863.

Relationships Political: S. E. Smith (Jail in Lexington) Political: State of Ohio

Sobel, Robert, and John Raimo, eds. Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789-1978, Vol. 3, Westport, Conn.; Meckler Books, 1978. 4 vols. Smith, Joseph Patterson. History of the Republican Party in Ohio, Vol. 1, Chicago, Ohio; Lewis Publishing Company, 1898. Find A Grave, "David Tod (February 21, 1805-November 13, 1868)," Memorial #21713, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21713 (accessed January 23, 2018). William H. H. Taylor (Cincinnati, Ohio, Merchant, Colonel USA) N00009477 1827 1908 Categories: People

Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, merchant, and colonel. Ohio native. Married to Catherine Taylor. Employed Mary Egan in 1860. Merchant in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, in 1860. Colonel of the 5th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry (U.S.A.) from 1861 to 1865.

Relationships Military: S. E. Smith (Jail in Lexington) Military: 5th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry (U.S.A.)

Find A Grave, "William H. H. Taylor (1827-1908)," Memorial #17923680, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17923680 (accessed October 08, 2018). Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati Ward 14, p. 343. Civil War in Ohio "5th Ohio Cavalry by Larry Stephens," http://www.ohiocivilwar.com/cwc5.html Edwin Bearss, Unvexed to the Sea: The Vicksburg Campaign, Volume III, 1995 (New York: Morningside House Inc), p.1141. Reuben B. Munday (Major in the 6th Kentucky Cavalry.) N00005774 1809-10-03 1880-04-10 Categories: People

Madison County, Kentucky, farmer. Madison County native. Married to Nancy Taylor Munday in Madison County on October 31, 1832. Father of William H. H. Munday. Farmer in Madison County in 1860. Major and lieutenant colonel in the 6th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) from October 11, 1861, to March 24, 1863.

Relationships Military: 6th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: S. E. Smith (Jail in Lexington)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 136-37. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Division 1, p. 89. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Madison County Marriages, Film #000183302, p. 188-89. Find A Grave, "Col Reuben Munday (October 3, 1809-April 10, 1880)," Memorial #18958872, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18958872 (accessed October 31, 2018). George Washington Morgan (Brig Gen'l USA, Minister to Portugal, Ohio) N00009384 1820 1893 Categories: People

Mount Vernon, Ohio, minister to Portugal and brigadier general. Pennsylvania native. Married to Sarah H. Morgan. Appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to Portugal by President James K. Polk from 1858 to 1861. Commissioned a Brigadier General on November 12, 1861. Commander of the Seventh Division of the Army of the Ohio, resigned on June 8, 1863.

Relationships Military: Edmund Kirby Smith (Confederate General) Military: S. E. Smith (Jail in Lexington)

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present "George Washington Morgan (1820-1893)" Index #M000950, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000950 (accessed September 24, 2018) Find A Grave, "George Washington Morgan (1820-1893)," Memorial #5893676, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5893676/george-washington-morgan(accessed September 24, 2018). Ohio in the War: Her Statesmen Generals and Soldiers, vol.1: The History of Ohio During the War and the Lives of her Generals, 1895 (Cincinnati, Ohio: The Robert Clarke Company, p. 923. Major Garber (Major (USA) Ohio ) N00009735 Categories: People

Arrested S. E. Smith in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1862.

Relationships Military: S. E. Smith (Jail in Lexington)

KYR-0001-027-0027 S. E. Smith (Jail in Lexington) N00009746 Categories: People

Served in the 5th Ohio Cavalry in 1862. Transferred to the 6th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry in 1862. Arrested in Cincinnati and jailed in Lexington in 1862.

KYR-0001-027-0027 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/. Ohio P001036 Categories: Places

State in the midwestern United States. Capital at Columbus. Located on the Ohio River and Lake Erie.

39.9612, -82.9988 "Columbus, Ohio," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed October 4, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Jeff Wallenfeldt, Francis R. Aumann, and George W. Knepper, "Ohio," Encyclopedia Britannica, accessed May 22, 2017, https://www.britannica.com/place/Ohio-state. Cincinnati, Ohio P00001208 Categories: Places

Seat of Hamilton County, Ohio. Located on the Ohio River.

39.1031, -84.512 "Cincinnati, Ohio," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 13, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio; Their Past and Present, Including Biographies and Portraits of Pioneers and Representative Citizens (Cincinnati: S.B. Nelson, 1894), 17. 5th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry (U.S.A.) O00009476 1861-08 1865-10-30 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Camp Dick Corwin in Ohio. Mustered in in August 1861, and mustered out on October 30, 1865. Commander(s): Colonel William H. H. Taylor and Captain George H. Rader.

Relationships Military: S. E. Smith (Jail in Lexington)

Edwin Bearss, Unvexed to the Sea: The Vicksburg Campaign, Volume III, 1995 (New York: Morningside House Inc), p.1141. Civil War in Ohio "5th Ohio Cavalry by Larry Stephens," http://www.ohiocivilwar.com/cwc5.html 6th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00009378 1861-12-23 1865-07-14 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Camp Irvine in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Companies A, B, C, D, and E mustered into service on December 23, 1861. Companies F, G, H, I, K, L, and M mustered into service on in August 1862. All companies mustered out of service on July 14, 1865. Commander(s): Colonel Dennis J. Halisy and Colonel Lewis D. Watkins.

Relationships Military: George Washington Morgan (Brig Gen'l USA, Minister to Portugal, Ohio) Military: Edmund Kirby Smith (Confederate General) Military: S. E. Smith (Jail in Lexington) Military: Reuben B. Munday (Major in the 6th Kentucky Cavalry.)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 136-179. Quartermaster General of Ohio O00009680 Categories: Organizations

Chief supply officer of the State of Ohio.

Relationships Military: S. E. Smith (Jail in Lexington)

Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866. (Cincinnati: Ohio, Wilstach, Baldwin & Co, 1886). Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky 1862-08-28 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "4": 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 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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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Lexington Ky Aug 28th 1862 Hon Govener Robinson Sir

I am Here under arrest in this Place I wrote a letter to Govenor Todd, of Ohio as I Live in that State His answer to address you and you would attend to my Case as it is out of His Jurisdiction I will state- to you as to my arrest I Belong to the 5th Ohio cav Col Taylor commanding He was anchious For me to Get A Better Posision in another Regement So he Transfered me to the 1st Bat of Ky Cavalry under Col Rubin Munday I Remained with this command for some 7 months

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The Pay Master came and Refused to Pay me, as my Transfer was of no account and I would Have to Report my self Back to my Regement 5th Ohio Cavalry I then went to Cincinnati By the consent of General Geo Morgan and col Munday and Reported to the Quarter Master General of Ohio for Transportation to my Regement it was sent to me I intended agoing The Next Day when I was arrested By Major Garber of General Morgan's Division and Brought Here have been Here 35 days I Have Called for a trial some 4 or 5 Diffirant The Provost Marshal is anchious for me to Get out of Here and think that they ought to Give me a trial I am A good Soldger Sober and it is A shame to keep

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me in Here when they Brave Men on the Battle Field so Bad I Can Give the Best of Refferance to my moral Caracter Govener I wish you to Take me out Have me Released so as I can Join my Regement Emediatly Govener tells me it is in your Power and you will confer A Great Favor on A Good Soldger

I am yours S E Smith

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S E Smith in Jail Lexington