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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-0001-027-0057 R2-89

Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio 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. Reuben Hitchcock (Ohio, attorney) N00009750 1806-09-02 1883-12-09 Categories: People

Painesville, Lake County, Ohio, attorney. Ohio native. Son of Peter Hitchcock and Nabby Cowles. Attended Yale University in New Haven, CT. Married to Sarah Marshall Hitchcock in 1834. Father of Peter Hitchcock, Eliza Hitchcock, Edward Hitchcock, and Hellen H. Hitchcock. Admitted to the bar in 1830. Judge of Common Pleas from 1851 to 1855. Vice president of the Cleveland and Mahoning Railroad. Special commissioner to review the cases of political prisoners incarcerated at Camp Chase, Ohio, from August 13, 1862, to October 30, 1862.

Relationships Legal: Edward Stevenson (Minister, Russellville, Logan County) Political: David Tod (Governor of Ohio) Legal: Camp Chase

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland Ward 2, p. 208A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Lake County, Painesville Village, p. 418. _Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College Deceased during the Academical Year ending in June 1884, presented at the meeting of alumni, June 28, 1884, p. 168. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 128 vols. (Washington, D.C., 1880-1901), series 2, vol. 4: 380, 690. 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). Edward Stevenson (Minister, Russellville, Logan County) N00009503 1797-09-03 1864-06-06 Categories: People

Russellville, Kentucky, Methodist minister and teacher. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth B. Stevenson. President of Russellville Collegiate Institute in 1858. Methodist minister in Russellville in 1860.

Relationships Familial: Milton Stevenson (Scott County Lawyer) Political: James Fisher Robinson, Jr. (QMG of KY, Gov's son) Legal: Jeremiah Tilford Boyle (Union general, Boyle Co, KY attorney, pres Lou City Railway Co) Legal: Reuben Hitchcock (Ohio, attorney) Political: David Tod (Governor of Ohio) Legal: Camp Chase Political: Russellville Committee on Safety Social: Camp Chase

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, Russellville, District 1, p. 138. Find A Grave, "Rev. Edward Stevenson (September 3, 1797- July 6,1864)," Memorial #58266882, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58266882 (accessed October 15, 2018). Columbus, Ohio P00004819 Categories: Places

Capital of Ohio.

39.9612, -82.9988 Charles C. Cole Jr., A Fragile Capital: Identity and the Early Years of Columbus, Ohio (Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 2001). Washington, District of Columbia P00001134 Categories: Places

Seat of government of the United States of America. Located on the Potomac River.

38.9072, -77.0369 Jeane Mason Fogle, "Washington, D.C." in Encyclopedia Britannica, (https://www.britannica.com/place/Washington-DC) (accessed May 22, 2017). USGS: Earth Explorer, "Washington, D.C.," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on August 8, 2019). United States War Department O00005118 1789 Categories: Organizations

Created in 1789 upon the inauguration of President George Washington. Responsible for oversight of all military departments. Led by the Secretary of War. Civil War-era secretaries of war: John B. Floyd (1857-1860), Joseph Holt (January-March 1861), Simon Cameron (March 1861-January 1862), and Edwin M. Stanton (January 1862-May 1868).

Relationships Military: William Henry Seward (New York governor, attorney and politician) Military: Boston Dillion (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: Francis B. Alexander (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: William A. Coffey (Major in 1st Ky Cavalry) Military: Daniel A. Kelley (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: William N. Owens (Major in 1st Ky Cavalry) Military: Archibald J. Alexander (Louisville, Kentucky, lumber merchant and soldier.) Military: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Military: Edward Davis Townsend (Assistant Adjutant General (U.S.Army)) Military: William H. Eifort (Carter County, Kentucky, clerk and1st Lieutenant in Company C, 2nd regiment Kentucky Cavalry. ) Military: 68th Regiment Kentucky Enrolled Militia Military: Horatio Gouverneur Wright (Union General, commander of Dept of OH) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: Henry Wager Halleck (U.S. Army soldier) Military: Thomas McCurdy Vincent (US Assistant adjutant general, Brigadier General (U.S.A.) ) Military: 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 12th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Eli Houston Murray (Breckenridge County, KY, soldier) Political: William Harrison Randall, Sr. (Laurel County, Kentucky, attorney, clerk, and politician.) Political: Brutus Junius Clay (Representative) Political: Lucian Anderson (Graves County, KY, attorney and politician) Political: Green Clay Smith (Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky attorney, politician, and soldier) Military: Edward H. Green (Dearborn County, Indiana, attorney and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav)

Kenneth W. Munden and Henry Putney Beers, The Union: A Guide to the Federal Archives Relating to the Civil War (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962, reprinted 1986), 242-44. L. D. Ingersoll, A History of the War Department of the United States (Washington, D.C.: Francis B. Mohun, 1880). Frank J. Welcher, The Union Army, 1861—1865: Organization and Operations, vol. 1, The Eastern Theatre (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1989). Frank J. Welcher, The Union Army, 1861—1865: Organization and Operations, vol. 2, The Western Theatre (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993). Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio 1862-10-11 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Columbus, O, Octtr 11th, 1862. His Excellency J. F. Robinson- Governor of Kentucky-

Dear Sir- pardon me for again intruding on your attention. But "all that a man hath will he give for his life". Judge Hichcock, special Comr from Washington, has considered my case, and has recommended my release to the War Department, with the endorsement of Governor Tod- In consideration of which, and my greatly infeebeld health, I have been paroled to this city, for tendays- I feel fully satisfide that the Department will affirm the Decision of the Judge; but it may be delayed beyond the peariod of my parole, which expires on the 18th Govenr Tod has the right, I learn, to extend paroles- Will you do me the favor to request Govnr Tod, should it become necessary, to extendmyparole, and notpermitmetobesentbacktoprison? An other weeks confinement and exposure in that place will terminate my earthly existence. I am anxious to get Home and die in the bosom of my the little remnant of my once hapy, but now deeply afflicted family.

Very truly and respectfully. Edward Stevenson