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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department of Military Affairs 45th, 47th, 48th, and 49th Regiments Kentucky Infantry Muster Rolls KYR-0002-009-0038 Box 42, Bundle 1

Camp Nelson, Jessamine County, Kentucky 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. William Baker Swisher (Kansas Territory physician and soldier) N00012925 1825 1914 Categories: People

Kansas Territory physician and soldier. Virginia native. Married to Frances H. Swisher and Isadora J. Swisher. Father of Linneus V. Swisher. Physician in Breckenridge County, Kansas Territory, in 1860. Served in the 2nd Ohio Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private, sergeant and regimental hospital steward from October 8, 1862, to November 28, 1863. Served in the 49th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as assistant surgeon from November 28, 1863, to December 26, 1864.

Relationships Military: 2nd Ohio Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 49th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kansas Territory, Breckenridge County, Fremont, p. 522. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Ohio, Montgomery County, Butler, p. 20A. Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, vol. 11, 1861-1866 (Akron, Werner Printing, 1891), 100. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 451. U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Application #1030.413, Certificate #788,057. Find A Grave, "Dr. William Baker Swisher (1825-1914)," Memorial #11202090, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial11202090 (accessed June 22, 2020). Speed Smith Fry (Boyle County, KY, general, abuser of refugee families at Camp Nelson) N00008693 1817-09-09 1892-08-01 Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Thomas W. Fry and Elizabeth Fry. Attended Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. Graduated from Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana, in 1840. Married to Mildred T. Smith in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on November 4, 1847. Married to Cynthia Fry. Father of Walker Fry, Thomas Fry, and Speed S. Fry. Admitted to the bar in 1843. Served in the 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a captain from June 9, 1846 to June 9, 1847. Merchant in Boyle County in 1850. County judge of Boyle County from 1857 to 1861. Served in the 4th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a colonel from October 9, 1861, to March 21, 1862. Served in the Army of the Ohio (U.S.A.) as a brigadier general from March 21, 1862, to August 24, 1865. Commandant of Camp Nelson from 1863 to November 29, 1864. Relieved of command at Camp Nelson after expelling over 400 black women and children from the camp in November 1864.

Relationships Political: Boyle County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, District 2, p. 353B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, p. 891. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, Danville, p. 182A. “Among His Comrades: Death of General Speed S. Fry at Soldiers’ Home,” Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), August 2, 1892, p. 6. _Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, 1842-1853, Film 000482707, p. 176. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 628-29. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1867), 921, 960. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky: Mexican War Veterans (Frankfort: John D. Woods, Public Printer, 1889), 36. Frederick Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, vol. 1 (New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959), 66. Ezra J. Warner, Jr., Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders, (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1964), 163-64. Richard D. Sears, Camp Nelson, Kentucky: A Civil War History (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2002), 3, 111. Walter M. Prentice (Cuyahoga County, Ohio, physician and soldier) N00012957 1824? 1864-05-28 Categories: People

Cuyahoga County, Ohio, physician and soldier. Unionville, Ohio, native. Son of Noyes B. Prentice and Athalia Prentice. Married to Sarah Prentice. Father of Frank Prentice and Thalia Prentice. Physician in Canfield, Ohio, in 1850. Physician in partnership with his brother, Noyes Billings Prentice, in Cuyahoga County in 1860. Served in the 49th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as major and surgeon from July 21, 1863, to May 28, 1864. Died of disease in military service at Stanford, Kentucky, on May 28, 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Mahoning County, Canfield, p. 493A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland Ward 9, p. 878. "Prentice, Walter M.," Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, Case Western Reserve University, 2021, https://case.edu/ech/articles/p/prentice-walter-m (accessed June 27, 2020). Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 450. U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Application #61802, Certificate #49849. Find A Grave, "Walter Mead Prentice (1824-1864)," Memorial #6826810, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6826810 (accessed June 27, 2020). Philos Stratton (Madison County, Kentucky artist; adjutant, major, & lt col USA ) N00012926 1826-11-05 1878-12-14 Categories: People

Madison County, Kentucky, artist and soldier. Vermont native. Married to Eliza Boswell Stratton in Preble County, Ohio, on October 12, 1856. Artist in Madison County in 1860. Served in the 49th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as adjutant, major, and lieutenant colonel from June 20, 1863, to December 26, 1864.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Division 1, p. 420. Ohio County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Ohio, Preble County Marriages, Film #000564963, p. 470. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 490. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 451. Find A Grave, "Col. Philos Stratton (1826-1878)," Memorial #73746551, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73746551 (accessed June 22, 2020). Isaac Jones Black (Knox County, Kentucky, farmer; agent, 1st lieut & capt 49th KY Inf USA) N00012953 1828-08-05 1866-10-22 Categories: People

Knox County, Kentucky farmer, agent, and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of John C. Black and Clarissa Black. Married to Mildred Black. Father of John Black, Meala Black, and David Black. Laborer in Knox County in 1850. Household owned five enslaved persons in Knox County in 1850. Farmer in Knox County in 1860. Agent authorized to retrieve fugitive William Foster from Tennessee in 1861. Served in the 49th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as first lieutenant and captain from July 18, 1863, to December 26, 1864.

Relationships Military: Stephen Golden (Knox County, Kentucky, captain 49th KY Inf USA ) Military: Francis Christopher Catron (Knox County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff) Military: Augustus B. Culton (Knox County, Kentucky, captain & 1st lieut USA) Military: Jesse Mattingly (Clay County, KY, farmer;1st lieut 1st Harlan co Battalion and 49th KY Inf USA) Military: Philos Stratton (Madison County, Kentucky artist; adjutant, major, & lt col USA )

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, p. 389A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, p. 135. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, Payne, p. 69. "An Act for the Benefit of Samuel Black and Isaac J. Black," Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, (Frankfort, Ky.: John B. Major, State Printer, 1861-1863), 218. "Isaac Jones Black (1828-1866)," Find A Grave, Memorial #57887163, accessed June 27, 2020, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57887163. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 501. Jesse Mattingly (Clay County, KY, farmer;1st lieut 1st Harlan co Battalion and 49th KY Inf USA) N00012942 1831? 1894? Categories: People

Clay County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of William Mattingly and Alice Mattingly. Married to Mary "Mollie" Asher Mattingly in Clay County on February 1, 1855. Father of Joseph Mattingly, Nancy Mattingly, Moses G. Mattingly, John Mattingly, Sally Mattingly, and Jemima Mattingly. Student in Clay County in 1850. Farmer in Clay County in 1860. Employed Elizabeth Amet as a servant in Clay County in 1860. Served in the 1st Harlan County Battalion (U.S.A.) as first lieutenant from October 13, 1862, to January 13, 1863. Served in the 49th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as first lieutenant from September 19, 1863, to December 26, 1864.

Relationships Military: Philos Stratton (Madison County, Kentucky artist; adjutant, major, & lt col USA )

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, p. 118A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, p. 61. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, Precinct 5, p. 206A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Clay County Marriages, Film #001904623, p. 1855. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 501, 886. U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Application #604,195, Certificate #409, p. 987. Stephen Golden (Knox County, Kentucky, captain 49th KY Inf USA ) N00012952 1845? 1897-05-14 Categories: People

Knox County, Kentucky, soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Thomas Golden and Maryan Golden. Served in the 49th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as captain from June 27, 1863, to December 26, 1864.

Relationships Military: Francis Christopher Catron (Knox County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff) Military: Augustus B. Culton (Knox County, Kentucky, captain & 1st lieut USA) Military: Jesse Mattingly (Clay County, KY, farmer;1st lieut 1st Harlan co Battalion and 49th KY Inf USA) Military: Philos Stratton (Madison County, Kentucky artist; adjutant, major, & lt col USA )

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, Stinking Creek, p. 91. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 491. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 449. U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1825-1963, "1925-1941, Gilmore, Edward S.-Good, VG, p. 3011 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com). John M. Cook (Clay County, KY, farmer; pvt 6th KY Cav US, cpt 49th KY Inf USA, capt 6th KY Cav USA) N00012959 1841? 1911-07-16 Categories: People

Clay County, Kentucky, farmer and solder. Kentucky native. Son of Thomas Cook and Ann Cook. Farmer in Clay County in 1860. Served in the 6th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from October 11, 1861, to January 1, 1863. Served in the 49th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as captain from January 1, 1863, to December 26, 1864. Served in the 6th Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.A.) as captain from July 1865 to September 6, 1865.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, p. 2. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Rolls 62, 77, and 448. U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938 Sawtelle, Registers, E, p. 3104, p. 52 of microfilm. Benjamin F. Howard (Magoffin County, Kentucky, farmer, deputy sheriff; 1st lieut & capt 49th KY Inf USA) N00012679 1830-03-10 1904-02-11 Categories: People

Magoffin County, Kentucky, farmer, deputy sheriff, and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of William Slusher Howard and Elizabeth Howard. Farmer in Harlan County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Magoffin County, Kentucky, in 1860. Deputy sheriff of Magoffin County in 1863. Served in the 49th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as first lieutenant and captain from September 19, 1863, to December 26. 1864.

Relationships Legal: John Higgins (Magoffin County, Kentucky, farmer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harlan County, District 1, p. 40B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Magoffin County, Licking Station, p. 48. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0449. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 496. Find A Grave, "Benjamin F. Howard (1830-1904)," Memorial #10857970, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10857970 (accessed May 14, 2020). KYR-0001-004-0332. William T. Bryant (Laurel County, Kentucky farm laborer; 2nd lieut & capt 49th KY Inf USA) N00012958 1840-10-03 1915-05-10 Categories: People

Laurel County, Kentucky, farm laborer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Pascal T. Bryant and Margaret Bryant. Married to Virginia Anderson Bryant in Pulaski County, Kentucky, on July 7, 1864. Resident of Knox County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farm laborer in Laurel County in 1860. Served in the 49th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as second lieutenant and captain from May 4, 1863, to December 26, 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, p. 323A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Laurel County, p. 433. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Pulaski County Marriages, Film #000804052, p. 42 of microfilm. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 448. Find A Grave, "Cpt. William Thomas Bryant (1840-1915)," Memorial #26678727, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26678727 (accessed June 28, 2020). William W. Woodward (Montgomery County, Ohio, fruit tree producer; 2nd lieut & capt 2nd OH Cav USA; col 116th USCT Inf ) N00012960 1834? Categories: People

Montgomery County, Ohio, soldier. Ohio native. Married to Jane M. Zinn Woodward in Shelby County, Ohio, on September 10, 1856. Father of Anna H. Woodward and Charles P. Woodward. Fruit tree producer in Montgomery County in 1860. Employed Margaret Deitzer and Lydia Hintzel as servants in Montgomery County in 1860. Served in the 2nd Ohio Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as second lieutenant and captain from October 6, 1862, to July 15, 1864. Served in the 116th U.S.C. Infantry (U.S.A.) as colonel from July 15, 1864, to December 15, 1865.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Montgomery County, Dayton Ward 3, p. 201. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Ohio, Montgomery County, Dayton Ward 2, p. 125B. Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Ohio, Shelby County Marriages, Film #000562859, p. 28. _Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, vol. 11, 1861-1866 (Akron: Werner Printing, 1891), 99. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Belonging to the 56th through 138th Infantry Units, United States Colored Troops, (USCT), 1864-1866, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series 300398, Roll RG94-USCT-116-Bx60. John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) N00000879 1839-08-16 1913-12-13 Categories: People

Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General. Illinois native. Son of James Madison Boyle and Sarah Ann Decker Boyle. Married to Jane "Jennie" Porter Looney Boyle in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, on September 17, 1863. Attended school in Edgar County, Illinois, in 1850. Attended Centre College in Boyle County, Kentucky, in 1858. Attorney in Edgar County in 1860. Served in the Army of the Ohio (U.S.A.) as assistant adjutant general. Served in the 9th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as lieutenant colonel from August 22, 1862, to August 21, 1863. Adjutant General of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from September 1, 1863, to August 1, 1864.

Relationships Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Military: Jeremiah Tilford Boyle (Union general, Boyle Co, KY attorney, pres Lou City Railway Co) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Military: Kentucky Volunteers Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: William E. Hobson (Warren County, Kentucky, soldier.) Military: Madison Conyers Johnson (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney and banker, RR director, pres of UK Law Dept) Political: Madison Conyers Johnson (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney and banker, RR director, pres of UK Law Dept) Political: G. T. Spillman (Captain, Franklin County) Military: G. T. Spillman (Captain, Franklin County) Military: Louis W. Little (2nd Regiment Kentucky Cavalry) Military: Thomas McKinster (Lawrence County, KY, farmer and soldier) Military: James W. Caperton (Richmond, KY, attorney and soldier) Military: [unknown] Shanks (Major, U.S.A.) Military: Cornelius G. Bradshaw (Douglas County, Illinois, chaplain (U.S.A.)) Military: 13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: James W. Weatherford (Colonel in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment ) Economic: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: William W. Woodward (Montgomery County, Ohio, fruit tree producer; 2nd lieut & capt 2nd OH Cav USA; col 116th USCT Inf ) Military: Robert C. Hewett (Louisville, KY, physician ) Military: William Baker Swisher (Kansas Territory physician and soldier) Military: Benjamin F. Howard (Magoffin County, Kentucky, farmer, deputy sheriff; 1st lieut & capt 49th KY Inf USA) Military: John M. Cook (Clay County, KY, farmer; pvt 6th KY Cav US, cpt 49th KY Inf USA, capt 6th KY Cav USA) Military: William T. Bryant (Laurel County, Kentucky farm laborer; 2nd lieut & capt 49th KY Inf USA) Military: Speed Smith Fry (Boyle County, KY, general, abuser of refugee families at Camp Nelson) Military: Walter M. Prentice (Cuyahoga County, Ohio, physician and soldier) Military: Stephen Golden (Knox County, Kentucky, captain 49th KY Inf USA ) Military: Jesse Mattingly (Clay County, KY, farmer;1st lieut 1st Harlan co Battalion and 49th KY Inf USA) Military: Isaac Jones Black (Knox County, Kentucky, farmer; agent, 1st lieut & capt 49th KY Inf USA) Military: Philos Stratton (Madison County, Kentucky artist; adjutant, major, & lt col USA ) Military: 2nd Regiment Kentucky Enrolled Militia Military: William Jackson Atkins (Adair County, Kentucky, farmer. Pvt, sgt, & lieut 13th KY Vol Inf USA) Military: Joseph T. Wheeler (Cincinnati, Ohio farmer and capt 1st KY Inf USA) Military: Leonidas Metcalfe (Nicholas County, KY, farmer and colonel 7th KY Cav (USA)) Military: Richard J. C. Bocking (Indianapolis, Indiana resident and former soldier) Military: Thomas T. Sharp (Covington, KY, capt 7th KY Cav USA) Military: Andrew S. Bloom (Hamilton, Ohio, daguerreotype artist and soldier (52nd OH Inf and 7th KY Cav)) Military: Green Clay Smith (Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky attorney, politician, and soldier) Military: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Military: 47th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: United States Army Military: John J. Rose (Mercer County, Kentuck, merchant and soldier - 2nd Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Samuel P. Debaun (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier - 1st Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: William H. Norton (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and 2nd lieutenant in 11th Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.A.)) Military: William E. Riley (Washington County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier.) Military: Archibald J. Alexander (Louisville, Kentucky, lumber merchant and soldier.) Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Illinois, Edgar County, District 19, p. 146B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Illinois, Edgar County, Buck Township, p. 675. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Edgar County, Paris, p. 170A. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0095. John Boyle, Boyle Genealogy: John Boyle of Virginia and Kentucky (St. Louis, MO: Perrin & Smith Printing Co., 1909), 63-65. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. vii. The Thirty-Fourth Annual Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Centre College, at Danville, Kentucky, 1858 (Frankfort, KY: Frankfort Commonwealth Office, 1858), 9. "Youngest General," Kentucky Advocate (Danville, KY), December 17, 1913, p. 1. Robert C. Hewett (Louisville, KY, physician ) N00004347 1812-10-09 1891-12-22 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, physician. New York native. Married to Joanna Sidney Anderson Hewett in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on October 21, 1847. Father of Mary S. Hewett and Edward A. Hewett. Physician in Louisville in 1850. Physician in Louisville in 1860. Chairman of the Kentucky Medical Board in 1865.

Relationships Political: Medical Commissioner's Office

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 3, p. 248B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 6, p. 364. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000482707, p. 174. "Dr Robert Carson Hewett (1812-1891)," Find A Grave, Memorial #13529066, accessed December 15, 2020, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13529066. KYR-0002-161-0032. Jessamine County, Kentucky P00003416 Categories: Places

County in the inner Bluegrass region of central Kentucky. Seat at Nicholasville.

37.8806, -84.573 "Nicholasville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed December 11, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Ron D. Bryant, "Jessamine County" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 469. 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. Louisville, Kentucky P00000337 Categories: Places

Seat of Jefferson County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2527, -85.7585 "Louisville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 12, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 179. Camp Nelson, Kentucky O00010592 1863 1865 Categories: Organizations

Organized in 1863 near Nicholasville, Kentucky, for the Department of the Ohio (U.S.A.). Measured 4,000 acres and contained quartermaster commissary depot, ordnance depot, recruitment center, prison, and hospital in 1865. Third largest U.S. Colored Troops (U.S.C.T.) recruiting center in the United States. A "Home for Colored Refugees" at Camp Nelson opened in January 1865. Superintendent(s): Captain Theron E. Hall, Col. Bierbower. Commandant(s): Col. Speed S. Fry, Col Frederick H. Bierbower, Col. James F. Jaquess.

"Camp Nelson" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 158. "Camp Nelson," History and Culture, National Parks Service, accessed April 26, 2019, https://www.nps.gov/cane/learn/historyculture/index.htm. Richard D. Sears, Camp Nelson, Kentucky: A Civil War History (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2002). 49th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00008685 1863-09-19 1864-12-26 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Camp Nelson in Jessamine County, Kentucky. Mustered in on September 19, 1863, and mustered out on December 26, 1864. Officer(s): Colonel John G. Eve and Lieutenant Colonel Philos Stratton.

Relationships Military: Kentucky Central Railway Military: Isaac Jones Black (Knox County, Kentucky, farmer; agent, 1st lieut & capt 49th KY Inf USA) Military: Stephen Golden (Knox County, Kentucky, captain 49th KY Inf USA ) Military: Francis Christopher Catron (Knox County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff) Military: Augustus B. Culton (Knox County, Kentucky, captain & 1st lieut USA) Military: Jesse Mattingly (Clay County, KY, farmer;1st lieut 1st Harlan co Battalion and 49th KY Inf USA) Military: Philos Stratton (Madison County, Kentucky artist; adjutant, major, & lt col USA ) Military: William W. Woodward (Montgomery County, Ohio, fruit tree producer; 2nd lieut & capt 2nd OH Cav USA; col 116th USCT Inf ) Military: William Baker Swisher (Kansas Territory physician and soldier) Military: Benjamin F. Howard (Magoffin County, Kentucky, farmer, deputy sheriff; 1st lieut & capt 49th KY Inf USA) Military: John M. Cook (Clay County, KY, farmer; pvt 6th KY Cav US, cpt 49th KY Inf USA, capt 6th KY Cav USA) Military: William T. Bryant (Laurel County, Kentucky farm laborer; 2nd lieut & capt 49th KY Inf USA) Military: Walter M. Prentice (Cuyahoga County, Ohio, physician and soldier) Military: Speed Smith Fry (Boyle County, KY, general, abuser of refugee families at Camp Nelson)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 490. Frederick Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines: The Dyer Publishing Company, 1908), 1212. Medical Commissioner's Office O00012970 Categories: Organizations

Kentucky military board for approving the fitness of physicians to serve on the surgical staff of U.S. Army regiments. Headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky.

Relationships Military: Robert C. Hewett (Louisville, KY, physician )

KYR-0002-009-0038. Camp Nelson, Jessamine County, Kentucky 1863-10-26 Petition English Version 1 of page "5": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "5": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "5": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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 "2": 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 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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Head-Quarters Camp Nelson, Jessamine Co. Ky. Oct 26th 1863 To his Excellency Thos E Bramlett Frankford Ky

The Undersigned officers of the 49th Ky volRespectfully request that You appoint Dr S B Swisher asst Surgeon of the 49 Ky vol The Doctor has been acting as asst having been detailed by Genl Fry He has done his duty faithfully and it is the wish of the Regiment that he remain with them-- He is a Graduate and well qualified

W M Prentice Surg 49 Ky

Philos Stratton Major Comdg Regt I. J. Black 1st Lt. Co. H. J. Mattingly 1st co G Stephen Golden Capt Co A John M Cook Capt Comp D B. F. Howardcomd. co )E( William. T. Bryant. Capt. Comd,g. Co (C) W. W. Woodward Capt and Act I Genl

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W. B. Swisher com Assistant Surgeon, 49' Infy Octr 26. 1863.

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49 Infy

Asst Surg. Swisher
Com issd & forwdNovr 11. 1863

Issue -- and send to Camp Nelson -- Care of Gen Fry.

Boyle

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Med. Commission: Office LouisvilleNov. 10th 1863 To John Boyle Adj't Gen'l Ky. vols. Sir

The Medical Commission have examined Dr W. B. Swisher and recommend him as well qualified for a commission as Assistant Surgeon --

Respectfully &c R. C. Hewitt Mem-- of Comm-- & Recorder