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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department of Military Affairs 45th, 47th, 48th, and 49th Regiments Kentucky Infantry Muster Rolls KYR-0002-009-0029 Box 41, Bundle 8

Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky Noah Johnson (Bracken County, Kentucky, farm laborer and 2nd lieut 40th KY Inf USA) N00013192 1835 1920 Categories: People

Bracken County, Kentucky, farm laborer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Lewis Johnson and Hannah A. Johnson. Married to Sarah A. Hamilton Johnson in Bracken County in March 1864. Farm laborer in Bracken County in 1860. Served in the 40th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as second lieutenant from July 30, 1863, to February 6, 1864.

Relationships Military: John Gray Foster (Nashua, New Hampshire, major general (U.S.A.)) Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: William Pope Anderson (Cincy OH, assistant Adj General to General Ambrose Burnside) Military: 40th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Ordnance Department U.S. Army

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bracken County, Brooksville, p. 217. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Bracken County Marriages, Film #000344095, p. 3. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0433. Find A Grave, "Noah Johnson (1835-1920)," Memorial #59697683, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59697683 (accessed August 4, 2020). John Gray Foster (Nashua, New Hampshire, major general (U.S.A.)) N00005705 1823-05-27 1874-09-02 Categories: People

Nashua, New Hampshire, major general. Whitefield, New Hampshire, native. Graduate of the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, in 1847. Breveted a second lieutenant of Engineers. Served in Mexican-American War from 1847 to 1848. Worked on coastal survey office and as assistant to professor of engineering at West Point from 1855 to 1857. Worked on the construction of Fort Sumter in 1858. Commissioned as a full captain of engineers on July 1, 1860. Appointed brigadier general of U.S. Volunteers on October 23, 1861. Commanded the Department of North Carolina from July 1, 1862, to July 13, 1863. Breveted a major general of U.S. Volunteers on July 18, 1863. Commanded the Department of Ohio from December 12, 1863, to July 9, 1864.

Relationships Military: William M. Haley (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: Robert Morrow (Knoxville, TN, asst adjt gen'l to Gen JG Foster) Military: James R. Howard (Lebanon, Ky, sgt 1st Ky Cav & captain 13th Ky Cav USA) Military: William Perkins (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) Military: James H. Loh (Boyd County, Kentucky, 1st lieut, 45th Ky Mtd InfUSA) Military: United States War Department Military: Henry Curtis, Jr. (Assistant Adjutant General under General J.G. Foster. )

John Fiske and James Grant Wilson, ed., Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography, vol. 2, (New York: Appleton, 1889), 511-12. “John G. Foster (1823-1874)”, The Latin Library, http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/chron/civilwarnotes/foster.html (accessed on September 30, 2020). 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). Frankfort, Kentucky P00000308 Categories: Places

Capital of Kentucky. Seat of Franklin County, Kentucky. Located on the Kentucky River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 16, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 108. 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 Kentucky O00000388 1793 Categories: Organizations

The office of the chief military officer and advisor to the Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Resides in the Executive Branch of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Civil War-era Adjutant Generals: Scott Brown (1859-1861); John W. Finnell (1861-1863); John Boyle (1863-1864); Daniel W. Lindsey (1864-1867).

Relationships Military: Hall's Gap Battalion Political: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Military: John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) Military: John L. Lamb (Kentucky, soldier) Military: Douglas Jones (Union County, laborer and soldier) Military: Charles W. Quiggins (Hardin County, KY, carpenter and soldier) Military: Houston L. Keesee (Union County, farmer and soldier) Military: Alderson T. Keen (Major in 1st Ky Cavalry) Military: Silas Adams (Union Lt. Col, kentucky attorney.) Military: Francis M. Helveti (1st ky cavalry and professor) Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Political: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: Albert G. Huffman (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: George H. Norton (Private and hospital steward in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry ) Military: Granville Jasper Vaught (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: John Brent Fishback (Louisville/Garrard/Pulaski /1st KY Cav) Military: Josiah "Joe" D. Beatie (Pulaski Co, KY, corp, 2d Lieut, & Capt1st ky cav USA) Military: Thomas J. Graves (Russell County, KY, 1st sgt & 1st Lieut 1st Ky Cav USA) Military: James L. Pankey (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: Tilford N. Bruner (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: Phillip Roberts (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: George Watkins Drye (Casey County, KY, Major in 1st Ky Cavalry) Military: Thomas Rowland (Cumberland Co, Ky; sgt, lieut, maj in 1st Ky Cav USA) Military: William D. Carpenter (1st Ky Cavalry regiment) Military: Alexander C. Smith (Pvt-1st lieut - 1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: S. J. Layman (Assistant surgeon for 2nd regiment Kentucky Cavalry) Political: Reuben S. Darnall (Mason County, KY, mason's apprentice and military drummer, private & first sergeant) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Military: Robert Armstrong Athey (Kenton County, lawyer, asst. adjutant general for KY vols (U.S.A.)) Military: Joel H. Roach (Corporal, 3rd Kentucky Cavalry) Military: Robert L. Wilson (Crittenden County, KY, farmer) Military: Kentucky Home Guard Military: Kentucky State Militia Military: William Pope Anderson (Cincy OH, assistant Adj General to General Ambrose Burnside) Military: Thomas McCurdy Vincent (US Assistant adjutant general, Brigadier General (U.S.A.) ) Military: Kentucky Volunteers Political: John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) 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: Julius Fosses (Louisville, Kentucky, aide-de-camp, asst inspector general of cavalry, and Bvt Maj. of Vols. (U.S.A.)) Military: Alexander Wake Holeman (Owen County, Kentucky, machinist, hotelkeeper, and Maj OH River Batt KSG; capt, maj, lt col in 12th KY Cav, Col. 11th KY Cav (USA)) Military: Milton J. Graham (Washington County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. 4th Inf and 11th Cav (U.S.A.)) Military: William Owsley Boyle (Boyle County, Kentucky, soldier - Lt. Col. 11th Ky. Cav.)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), vii. 40th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00009883 1863-07-30 1864-12-30 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Grayson, Kentucky, and Falmouth, Kentucky. Mustered in on July 30, 1863, and mustered out on December 30, 1864. Commander(s): Colonel Clinton J. True and Lieutenant Colonel Mathew Mullins.

Relationships Military: Kentucky Central Railway

Frederick Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines: The Dyer Publishing Company, 1908), 1211. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 442. Ordnance Department U.S. Army O00012696 1812-05-14 Categories: Organizations

Agency of the War Department responsible for supplying the United States Army with military stores. Commander(s): John Wolfe Ripley (April 23, 1861, to September 15, 1863), G. D. Ramsay (September 15, 1863, to September 12, 1864), A. B. Dyer (September 12, 1864, to May 20, 1874).

"Ordnance Department," The Army of the US Historical Sketches of Staff and Line with Portraits of Generals-in-Chief, https://history.army.mil/books/R&H/R&H-OD.htm, (accessed May 19, 2020). Francis B. Heitman, ed., Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, from its Organization, September 29, 1789, to March 2, 1903, vol. 1 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1903), 44. United States Department of the Treasury O00010587 1789-09-02 Categories: Organizations

Department located in Washington, D.C. Formulates, recommends, and administers domestic and international financial, economic, and tax policies. Manages the public debt. Serves as financial agent for the United States government. Manufactures coins and currency. Oversees the administration of the U.S. Mint, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Bureau of Public Debt, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, U.S. Customs Service, U.S. Secret Service, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Internal Revenue Service, and U.S. Savings Bonds Division. Established September 2, 1789. Administered by the Secretary of the Treasury. Civil War-era Secretaries of Treasury: Philip R. Thomas (December 12, 1860-January 14, 1861), John A. Dix (January 15, 1861-March 6, 1861), Salmon P. Chase (March 7, 1861-June 30, 1864), William P. Fessenden (July 5, 1864-March 3, 1865), Hugh McCulloch (March 9, 1865-March 3, 1869).

Relationships Economic: Charles David Pennebaker (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, KY state rep & senator; col 27th KY Inf USA & state military agent)

The National Archives "General Records of the Department of the Treasury." https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/056.html#56.1 (accessed April 23, 2019). U.S. Department of the Treasury "Prior Secretaries" https://home.treasury.gov/about/history/prior-secretaries (accessed June 6, 2019). 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). 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. Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky 1864-02-06 Order English 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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Department of the Ohio, ASSISTANT ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Lexington, Ky., February 6th, 1864. Special Orders, No. 37 [Extract.]

3,, The resignation of 2nd. Lieutenant Noah Johnson Co. "B" 40th Ky. Volunteers for the good of the Service is hereby accepted, to take effect Feb. 6", 1864, with the condition that he shall receive no final payments until he exhibits satisfactory evidence from the head of the Ordnance Department, and the proper accounting officers of the Treasury, that he has made all prescribed returns, and is in no wise indebted to the Government.

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

Gov. Ky, FrankfortKy. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5 June 19. 1863

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40 Infy,

Johnson Noah 2' Lieut. Coy B.
Resignation
accepted for the good of the service.
Recd at A. G. O. Feby 8. 1864