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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department of Military Affairs 45th, 47th, 48th, and 49th Regiments Kentucky Infantry Muster Rolls KYR-0002-009-0015 Box 41, Bundle 2

Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky Erastus M. Gates (Illinois, student & 2d lieut. 45 KY Mtd Inf USA) N00012850 1842? 1920? Categories: People

Illinois student and soldier. Ohio native. Son of Samuel E. Gates and Lucinda A. Gates. Student in Jackson County, Ohio, in 1850. Attended McKendree College in Lebanon, Illinois, in 1860. Served in the 45th Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as second lieutenant from November 30, 1863, to March 1, 1864.

Relationships Military: John McAllister Schofield (West Point, New York, instructor & major general) Military: 45th Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: John Mason Brown (Frankfort, Ky, attorney & major 10th KY Cav USA, asst inspector genl, colonel of 45th Mtd Inf USA)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Jackson County, Madison, p.249B. Fourteenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1920), Population Schedules, Illinois, Adams County, Riverside, Enumeration District 27, p. 567A. Catalogue of the Officers and Students of M’Kendree College, 1859-60, (St. Louis, MO: R. P. Studley & Co, Printers and Binders, 1859), 11. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 453. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 436. Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Illinois, 1862-1866, NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M764, Roll 27, Utica Township, Illinois, January 1864 - April 1865, p. 1 of 530 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com). Find A Grave, “Erastus M. Gates (1842-1920)," Memorial # 91851025, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91851025/erastus-m.-gates (accessed February 16, 2021). KYR-0002-009-0015. John McAllister Schofield (West Point, New York, instructor & major general) N00012695 1831-09-29 1906-03-04 Categories: People

New York, soldier and professor. Chautauqua County, New York, native. Son of James Schofield and Carolina McAllister Schofield. Married to Harriet Bartlett Schofield in June 1857. Father of John Rathbone Schofield, William Bartlett Schofield, and Mary Campbell Schofield. Graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, Orange County, New York, in 1853. Served in the 1st Regiment of Artillery (U.S.A.) as a second lieutenant from 1853 to 1855. Assistant professor at the United States Military Academy at West Point from 1855 to 1860. Professor of physics at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, from 1860 to April 1861. Served in the 1st Missouri Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a major in 1861. Served in the United States Army as a major, brigadier general, major general, and lieutenant general from 1861 to 1895.

Relationships Military: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) Military: Samuel A. Miller (Olmsted County, Minnesota, pvt 2nd MN Inf, lieut and captain 1st KY Lt Art USA) Military: William Pope Anderson (Cincy OH, assistant Adj General to General Ambrose Burnside) Military: James William Finnie (Union County, Kentucky, farmer, judge, soldier, and politician. ) Military: United States Army Military: United States War Department Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Jonathan Bates Dickson (Illinois, lieut 12th Ill Vols, capt in US AGO)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, New York, Orange County, Cornwall, p. 173B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, New York, Orange County, Cornwall and West Point, p. 13. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kansas, Leavenworth County, Fort Leavenworth Reservation, p. 197A. "To the Great Commander," The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), March 5, 1906, p. 1. "Schofield, John McAllister," Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography, vol. V, eds. John Fiske and James Grant Wilson (New York: Appleton, 1889), 424. The Civil War in America: Biographies, Library of Congress, accessed May 19, 2020, https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/civil-war-in-america/biographies/john-m-schofield.html. Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Necrology of the Commandery of District of Columbia, 1908: Companion John McAllister Schofield, Lieutenant General, United States Army (Washington, D.C.: Press of Gibson Brothers, 1908). "John McAllister Schofield (1831-1906)," Find A Grave, Memorial 1917, accessed October 9, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1917. William Pope Anderson (Cincy OH, assistant Adj General to General Ambrose Burnside) N00005941 1840-09-10 1897-11-20 Categories: People

Cincinnati, Ohio, civil engineer and soldier. Ohio native. Son of Larz Anderson and Catharine Longworth Anderson. Married to Julia Worthington Anderson on July 21, 1863. Father of Vachel W. Anderson. Resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1850. Civil engineer in Cincinnati in 1860. Served in the 6th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U. S. A.) as a corporal from April 20, 1861 to August 27, 1861. Served in the in the Department of the Ohio as a captain and assistant adjutant general from 1862, to March 18, 1864.

Relationships Military: Robert Prudy (Sergeant in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment) Military: Ambrose E. Burnside (Union general, Rhode Island rifleworks owner) Military: Horatio Gouverneur Wright (Union General, commander of Dept of OH) Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Ohio Military: Government of the United States of America Military: John McAllister Schofield (West Point, New York, instructor & major general) Military: Erastus M. Gates (Illinois, student & 2d lieut. 45 KY Mtd Inf USA) Military: Paymaster Department Military: Ordnance Department U.S. Army Military: 40th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: John Gray Foster (Nashua, New Hampshire, major general (U.S.A.)) Military: 45th Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Joseph Kirby (Nelson County, KY, stage driver. 11th) Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Political: Robert Morrow (Knoxville, TN, asst adjt gen'l to Gen JG Foster)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati Ward 1, p. 37A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati Ward 1, p. 52. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati, Enumeration District 125, pp. 462B-463C. Official Army Register for 1867, United States Adjutant General's Office, (Washington, D.C.: August 1, 1867), p. 97. Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, vol. I, 1861-1866 (Akron: The Werner Company, 1893), 108. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Louisville, KY, National 68752, State “William Pope Anderson (1840-1897)," Find A Grave, Memorial 33352225, accessed September 28, 2020, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33352225. KYR-0002-033-0033. Thomas Elliott Bramlette (KY governor 1863-67, atty, D.A., col 3rd KY Inf) N001000 1817-01-03 1875-01-12 Categories: People

Twenty-third governor of Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Cumberland County, Kentucky, native. Married to Sallie Travis Bramlette in September 1837. Father of James T. Bramlette, William L. Bramlette, Eugene Bramlette, and Corrina Bell Bramlette. Practiced law in Clinton County, Kentucky, and Columbia, Kentucky. Represented Cumberland and Clinton counties in the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1841 to 1843. Commonwealth's attorney of the 8th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1848 to 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in 1850. Circuit judge of the 6th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1856 to 1861. Owned nine enslaved persons in 1860. Served as colonel of the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) from 1861 to 1862. District attorney of the United States District Court for Kentucky in 1863. Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from September 1, 1863, to September 3, 1867. Owned law firm of Bramlette & Van Winkle in partnership with Ephraim L. Van Winkle.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District No. 1, p. 181A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District No. 1, p. 335 (p. 2 of 2 on microfilm). Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, The Town of Columbia 1st Division, p. 13 (p. 2 of 3 on microfilm). Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 83B. Ross A. Webb, “Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-1867)” in Lowell H. Harrison, ed., Kentucky’s Governors (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2004), 93-97 Lowell H. Harrison, "Bramlette, Thomas Elliott" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 112-13. 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/. 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). Department of the Ohio O001001 1861-05-09 1866-08-06 Categories: Organizations

This department existed in three separate periods. This department was created on May 3, 1861. It was geographically defined by the states of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. On May 9, 1861, the department was expanded to include portions of Western Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. The department was reconfigured to include Indiana, Ohio, and a portion of Western Virginia, removing the state of Illinois and portions of Pennsylvania and Maryland. On September 19, 1861, the department was redefined as the states of Indiana and Ohio, and the area of Kentucky within fifteen miles of Cincinnati, Ohio. And on November 9, 1861, the department was redefined as the states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Tennessee, and the portions of Kentucky east of the Cumberland River. This department was disbanded on March 11, 1862 and combined with the Mountain Department and the Department of the Mississippi. Commander(s): George B. McClellan, William S. Rosecrans, Ormsby M. Mitchel, and Don Carlos Buell.

The second was created on August 19, 1862. It was geographically defined as the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, the portion of Kentucky east of the Tennessee River, and inclusive of Cumberland Gap and all Federal forces operating in its vicinity. Wisconsin transferred to the Department of the Northwest on September 6, 1862. On September 19, 1862, Alton, Illinois transferred to the Department of Missouri and all of Western Virginia joined the Department of the Ohio. Cairo, Illinois transferred to the Department of the Tennessee on October 16, 1862. On March 16, 1863, all of Western Virginia moved to the Middle Department. Gallipolis, Ohio and the Ohio shoreline opposite the mouth of Kanawha River joined the Middle Department on June 9, 1863. On June 9, 1863, Columbiana, Jefferson, and Belmont Counties in Ohio joined the Department of the Monongahela. On June 23, 1863, Monroe, Athens, Washington, Meigs, Gallia, and Lawrence Counties in Ohio joined the Middle Department. The department joined the Military Division of the Mississippi on October 16, 1863, joining the Departments of the Cumberland and the Tennessee. On November 16, 1863, the department was reconfigured to include the portions of Kentucky east of the Tennessee River and parts of East Tennessee under the control of the Army of the Ohio. Jeffersonville, Indiana joined the department on February 8, 1864. Covington, Kentucky and the surrounding fifteen mile radius joined the Northern Department. This department was disbanded on January 17, 1865 and joined the Department of the Cumberland. Commander(s): Horatio G. Wright, Ambrose E. Burnside, John G. Foster, John M. Schofield, and George Stoneman.

The third was created on June 27, 1865. It was geographically defined as the states of Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana, with the exception of Jeffersonville and New Albany, Indiana. The state of Wisconsin was added to the department on October 30, 1865. On June 5, 1866, the Department of Kentucky—along with Jeffersonville and New Albany, Indiana—were added to the department. This department was disbanded on August 6, 1866 and consolidated into the Department of the Lakes. Commander(s): Edward O. C. Ord and Orlando B. Wilcox.

Frank J. Welcher, The Union Army, 1861—1865: Organization and Operations, vol. 2, The Western Theatre (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993), 126-37. Office of the Adjutant General of Ohio O00005246 1803 Categories: Organizations

The office of the chief military officer and advisor to the Governor of the State of Ohio. Resides in the Executive Branch of the State of Ohio. Civil War-era adjutants general: Henry B. Carrington (1857-1861); Catharinus P. Buckingham (1861-1862); Charles W. Hill (1862-1864); and Benjamin R. Cowen (1864-1868).

Relationships Military: United States War Department Military: William N. Owens (Major in 1st Ky Cavalry)

The Biographical Annals of Ohio 1906-1907: A Handbook of the Government and Institutions of the State of Ohio, ed. A. P. Sandles and E. W. Doty, State of Ohio, 590. 45th Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00009601 1863-10 1865-02-14 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Ashland, Kentucky. Placed on active duty in October 1863, and formally mustered into service in January 1864. Mustered out in battalions at Catlettsburg, Kentucky: Companies A-F on December 24, 1864, and Companies G, H, I, and K on February 14, 1865. Commander(s): Colonel John Mason Brown, Lieutenant Colonel Lewis M. Clark.

Relationships Military: John Mason Brown (Frankfort, Ky, attorney & major 10th KY Cav USA, asst inspector genl, colonel of 45th Mtd Inf USA) Military: Nathan Asbury Brown (Morgan County, Kentucky, postmaster, farmer, 2nd lieut & maj 45th KY Inf USA) Military: Joseph W. Cottingham (Lewis Co., captain in 23rd and 45th KY Vol. inf.) Military: Kentucky Central Railway Military: John C. Henderson (Boyd County, Kentucky, QM sgt, 1st lieut, & maj 14th KY Inf USA) Military: Lewis M. Clark (Kenton County, Ky, painter, 2nd lieut 16th KY Inf, capt 10th KY Cav, 45th KY Inf (all USA)) Military: David Woodard German (Louisville, Kentucky agent and soldier)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1867), 443-59. Paymaster Department O00018493 1775-06-16 Categories: Organizations

Paymaster Department of the United States Army. Paymasters Generals: Colonel Benjamin F. Larned, Colonel Timothy P. Andrews, Colonel Benjamin W. Brice.

Colonel A. B. Carey, “The Army of the US Historical Sketches of Staff and Line with Portraits of Generals-in-Chief, The Pay Department,” The Army of the US Historical Sketches of Staff and Line with Portraits of Generals-in-Chief ed. Theophilus Francis Rodenbough and William L. Haskin (New York: Maynard, Merrill, & Co., 1896), 100-110. 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)

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Department of the Ohio, Branch Office,Adjutant General's Department, Lexington, Kentucky, February, 29th, 1864. Special Orders, No. 58

[Extract.]

6,, The resignation of 2nd Lieutentant E. M. Gates 45th Ky, vol. Mt'd Infantry is hereby accepted, to take effect March 1st, 1864, with the condition that he shall recieve no final payments until he has satisfied the Pay Department that he is in no wise indebted to theGovernment.

By Command of Major General Schofield: W P Anderson Assistant Adjutant General.

Gov. Ky, 1. 2. 3. 4

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45 Infy

Gates E. M. 2 Lieut
Order accepting resignation
Recd at A G. O. Mar. 4. 1864