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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department of Military Affairs 37th - 76th Regiments Enrolled Militia Primary Source Documents (1861-1866) KYR-0002-022-0040 Box 80, Folder 864 HARDIN COUNTY Correspondence - Drafted Men 49th Rgt. Ky. Militia

Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky Tom [unknown] (Hardin Co?) N00009161 Categories: People

Addressee of a letter from Horatio G. V. Wintersmith in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, on OCtober 24, 1864.

Relationships Social: Horatio Gates Valance Wintersmith (Hardin County, KY, merchant, attorney, judge)

KYR-0002-022-0040. 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. James Barnet Fry (Union Provost Marshal General) N00003045 1827-02-22 1894-07-11 Categories: People

Illinois soldier. Carrollton, Illinois, native. Married to Caroline Fry. Graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1847. Served garrison duty during the U.S.-Mexican War. Adjutant of the United States Military Academy at West Point from 1854 to 1859. Chief of staff for General Irvin McDowell and General Don Carlos Buell. Provost marshal general of the United States from November 1862 to August 1866. Brevet major general of the United States Army.

Relationships Military: United States War Department Military: George David Ruggles (Missouri US Army lieut, chief of staff and adjutant general ) Military: Provost Marshal General's Office Military: Thomas McCurdy Vincent (US Assistant adjutant general, Brigadier General (U.S.A.) )

Ezra J. Warner, Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1988), 162-63. "James Barnet Fry" in Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, vol. 2, p. 557. Horatio Gates Valance Wintersmith (Hardin County, KY, merchant, attorney, judge) N00003031 1828-02-14 1883-10-15 Categories: People

Hardin County, Kentucky, merchant, judge, and attorney. Hardin County native. Married to Elmira Bland Wintersmith in Hardin County, Kentucky, on November 26, 1850. Father of Maria J. Wintersmith, William H. Wintersmith, and Laura Wintersmith. Merchant in Hardin County in 1860. Presiding judge of Hardin County Court in 1862. Presiding judge of Hardin County Court in 1864.

Relationships Legal: C D. Shaw (mentioned in West Point, KY) Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Political: Hardin County Court Political: Charles W. Quiggins (Hardin County, KY, carpenter and soldier) Military: Charles W. Quiggins (Hardin County, KY, carpenter and soldier)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hardin County, Elizabethtown District 1, p. 95. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862, Legislative Document Series, No. 24 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 305. "Horatio Gates Valance Wintersmith (1828-1883)," Find A Grave, Memorial #96422839, accessed May, 23, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorialcgi-bin/96422839. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Hardin County Marriages, Film #000390788. KYR-0003-101-0002. KYR-0003-101-0003. Elizabethtown, Kentucky P00002906 Categories: Places

Seat of Hardin County, Kentucky.

37.7031, -85.8649 “Elizabethtown,” The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 290. "Elizabethtown, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed January 3, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 90-91. Indiana P001818 Categories: Places

State in the midwestern United States. Capital at Indianapolis. Located on the Ohio River and Lake Michigan.

39.7684, -86.158 Encyclopedia of Indianapolis, ed. David J. Bodenhamer and Robert G. Barrows (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1994), 52. William Vincent D'Antonio and Robert L. Beck, "Indiana," Encyclopædia Britannica, accessed September 11, 2017, https://www.britannica.com/place/Indiana-state. "Indianapolis, Indiana," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed October 4, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. 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. 2nd Congressional District of Kentucky O00003024 1792 Categories: Organizations

Comprised of the following counties in 1861: Henderson, Daviess, Hancock, Breckinridge, McLean, Ohio, Grayson, Muhlenberg, Butler, and Christian. The district was expanded to include Hopkins County in 1863 and 1865. Representative(s): Samuel O. Peyton (1857-1861), James S. Jackson (1861), Vacant (1861-1862); George H. Yeaman (1862-1865), and Burwell C. Ritter (1865-1867). Provisional Government representative to Congress of the Confederate States of America: John Watkins Crockett, Jr.

Relationships Military: James Barnet Fry (Union Provost Marshal General)

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, (http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp); See Congressional District maps. "Chapter 913," Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1861, 1862 and 1863), 348-49. KYR-0004-033-0003. United States Army O00001186 1775 Categories: Organizations

The organization of infantry, cavalry, and artillery military units in the United States government. Commander(s): Winfield Scott, George B. McClellan, Henry W. Halleck, and Ulysses S. Grant.

Relationships Military: James Olney (possible U. S. soldier) Military: Joel Adams (Lincoln County, KY, farmer & pvt 19th KY Inf USA) Military: Joseph Innes (possible Lincoln County, KY, soldier) Military: Richard D. Cunningham (Colonel, U.S. Army) Military: Edward Baker, Jr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, soldier and saloon owner) Military: Crawford C. Adams (Paulding County, Ohio, resident and soldier.) Military: 14th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A) Military: Office of the Quartermaster General of Kentucky Military: J. K. Edwards (Kentucky, aid to Bramletter, "colonel") Military: Jeremiah Tilford Boyle (Union general, Boyle Co, KY attorney, pres Lou City Railway Co) Military: Marcellus Mundy (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and soldier) Military: Army of the Ohio Military: Military District of Kentucky Military: Luther Thayer Thustin (Louisville US Army Paymaster) Military: Hartwell T. Burge (Muhlenberg, Kentucky, Meth minister; chaplain 3rd KY Cav; colonel 48th KY Inf; comd'r Dpt of OH 1864) Military: Alexander Magruder (Jefferson County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier) Military: Charles David Pennebaker (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, KY state rep & senator; col 27th KY Inf USA & state military agent) Military: John F. Lay (Breckinridge, KY, soldier) Military: James Murrell Shackelford (Hopkins County, KY, attorney, colonel 25th Inf, 8th Ky Cav, and brig gen. in 1863) Military: Washington Seawell (Union Army, colonel and mustering officer) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: Edmund A. Starling (Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, resident and Colonel (U.S.A.)) Military: 35th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Military: Thomas McCurdy Vincent (US Assistant adjutant general, Brigadier General (U.S.A.) ) Military: William Forman (Clark County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier.) Military: Presley Kimbrell (Powell County, Kentucky, carpenter and soldier.) Economic: William Bird Holeman (Frankfort City Marshal and KY Public Printer) Political: Government of the United States of America Military: Marion Larrison (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav) Military: John W. Houze (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav USA) Military: John Royalty (Barren County, Kentucky, barkeeper) Military: Henry W. Royalty (Barren County, KY, resident) Military: John Mason Marcus (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Military: Edward Davis Townsend (Assistant Adjutant General (U.S.Army)) Military: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) Military: Office of Quartermaster of U. S. Army Military: United States War Department Military: Horatio Phillips Van Cleve (Todd County, Minnesota, farmer and soldier (2nd Minn. and General U.S. A.)) Military: [Unknown] Johnson () Military: Wiley Taul Poynter (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer, banker, and soldier) Military: Lowdy Howard (Jefferson County, Kentucky, apprentice ship carpenter, tobacconist and soldier) 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: Robert Crooke Wood (Washington D.C., assistant surgeon general, 1854-1865) Military: Madison Mills (New York County, New York, surgeon. US army medical director in St. Louis, MO) Military: Charles Carroll Gray (Ontario County, New York, surgeon. ) Military: Henry Wager Halleck (U.S. Army soldier) Military: Andrew Jackson Smith (United States Army career soldier and commander) Military: Thomas Harvey Harris (Jefferson County, Indiana, book rubber and soldier. Military mayor of Memphis, 1864-1865.) Military: Stephen Augustus Hurlbut (Belvidere, Illinois, lawyer, representative, and soldier) Military: Edward H. Green (Dearborn County, Indiana, attorney and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav)

Richard W. Stewart, ed. American Military History (Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 2009). 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.)

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ElizabethTown Ky Oct 24 1864, Friend Tom

I write you to suggest to you the propriety and even necesssity of calling the attention of Gov Bramlette to the recent decision of Genl Fry. Pro Marr Gen'l U S requiring the Deficit for Draft Men who have Left the country or failed to Report to be made up out of The Names in The original Draft enrollment out of which the Draft was made.

Our citizens who have had a chance to be drafted regard this a violation of law and a great injustice to them. The U S Law holds all Drafted men as in Service from the time of drafted and publishes them as Deserters:

I wish you also to call attention of The Governor to recent order of

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Gen Fry allowing to 2nd Cong Dist Ky credits for negroes who have beaen run off to other states and also credits for men consrcripltded by the Rebels.. and request the Gen to procure an extension of the Same order to the whole state.

It is a matter of great Doubt with me whether the U S army has gained by the Draft in our County So many have gone off probably to Southern army- A farther Draft might have the effect to fill the woods with guerillas.

Enquire How we can obtain credits for our county for those who have enlisted in Indiana Regiments If it is necessary for me to come up to Frankfort in regard to these matters you can Telegraph me at my Expense. Tuesday Eving I will go to Louisville & will be U S Hotel ion next Wednesday & thursday

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Please ascrertain whether our Dist Pro Mar has returned to Adj Gen office the no of negro recruits for Aug; Sept, & Oct- also whether any have been reported from offices of Recruiting in Louisville,

Please answer as soon as possible & oblige Yours Truly

H. G. V. Wintersmith

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Elizabethtown Ky Oct 24" 1864 --

Wintersmith H. G. V --

His citizens regard the recent order of Genl Fry Pro. Mar. Genl U. S. requiring deficit for drafted men, who have left the country or failed to report to be made up from original enrollment as unjust How can they obtain credits for those who enlisted in Indiana regts- Has his Dist. Pro. Mar- returned the No of Negro regcts for Aug, sept & Oct- have any been reported from Louisville- Will his presence at Frankfort in regard to these matters be necessary --

Recd A. G. O. Oct 27, 1864-