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 November 12, 2025 Kentucky Department of Military Affairs 37th - 76th Regiments Enrolled Militia Primary Source Documents (1861-1866) KYR-0002-022-0079 Box 81, Folder 65th Regiment 1863-1864 Commissions and Oaths

Louisa, Lawrence 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. George W. Brown (Morgan County, Kentucky, merchant and capt 45th KY Mtd Inf USA, lieut col 65th Reg KY Militia USA) N00006287 1836? Categories: People

Morgan County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Eliza Brown. Father of John C. Brown. Merchant in Morgan County in 1860. Served in the 45th Kentucky Mounted Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a captain from December 1863 to February 1864. Served in the 65th Regiment of Kentucky Militia (U.S.A.) as a lieutenant colonel from May 21, 1864, to June 21, 1864.

Relationships Military: Office of the Inspector General of Kentucky Military: 65th Regiment of Kentucky Militia (U.S.A.) Military: Burgess M. Preston (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Military: Kentucky State Militia Military: 45th Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: William Pope Anderson (Cincy OH, assistant Adj General to General Ambrose Burnside) Military: John Gray Foster (Nashua, New Hampshire, major general (U.S.A.))

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County, District 1, p. 53. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0496. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 894. William W. Howes (Rowan County, farmer, attorney, and soldier) N00009478 1827? Categories: People

Rowan County, Kentucky, farmer, attorney, and solider. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Susan Witten Howes on January 18, 1849. Father of Charles Howes and Harvy Howes. Married to Mary Kelly Howes on December 16, 1854. Father of Sarah J. Howes, Purmeld Howes, Amanda Howes, James Howes. Step-father of S. J. Kelly. Farmer in Johnson County, Kentucky in 1850. Farmer in Rowan County in 1860. Attorney in October 1863. Served in the 65th Regiment of Kentucky Militia in Johnson County as adjutant from May 21, 1864 to June 21, 1864.

Relationships Military: Office of the Inspector General of Kentucky Military: 65th Regiment of Kentucky Militia (U.S.A.) Military: Burgess M. Preston (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, p. 107B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rowan County, p. 54. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Magoffin County, Salyersville, p. 3. Marriage Records: Kentucky Marriages, (Richmond, KY: Madison County Courthouse), film no. 001912950, p. 200. Marriage Records: Kentucky Marriages, (Richmond, KY: Madison County Courthouse), film no. 001912950, p. 43. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 894. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau), Ninth Congressional District, KY, October 163, p. 72, (Accessed via ancestry.com). James Nibert (Johnson County, farmer and soldier) N00009479 1820? Categories: People

Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Virginia native. Married to Arminta Auxier Nibert in Johnson County on November 26, 1849. Father of Martha A. Nibert, Sarah K. Nibert, Samuel L. Nibert, Mary A. Nibert, James Nibert, and John H. Nibert. Farmer in Johnson County in 1850. Farmer in Johnson County in 1860. Served as quartermaster in the 65th Regiment of Kentucky Militia in Johnson County from May 21, 1864 to June 21, 1864.

Relationships Military: Office of the Inspector General of Kentucky Military: 65th Regiment of Kentucky Militia (U.S.A.) Military: Burgess M. Preston (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, p. 120. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, p. 64. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, Tom’s Creek, p. 20. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Johnson County Marriages, Film #001912950, p. 35. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 894. Hamilton S. Sweatnam (Johnson County, physician and soldier) N00009481 1818-06-01 1893-09-20 Categories: People

Johnson County, Kentucky, physician and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Sweatnam. Father of Cordelia Sweatnam, John Sweatnam, Rosabell Sweatnam, Mary T. Swearnam, and William B. Sweatnam. School teacher in Morgan County in 1850. Physician in Johnson County in 1860. Served in the 65th Regiment of Kentucky Militia in Johnson County as surgeon from May 21, 1864 to June 21, 1864.

Relationships Military: Office of the Inspector General of Kentucky Military: 65th Regiment of Kentucky Militia (U.S.A.) Military: Burgess M. Preston (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County, p. 174. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, p. 2-3. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 894. Find A Grave, "Dr Hamilton Steven ‘Uncle Doctor’ Swetnam (1818-1893)," Memorial #39609205, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39609205# (accessed October 9, 2018). Burgess M. Preston (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) N00007997 1817? Categories: People

Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Preston. Father of Samuel W. Preston, Mar H. Preston, Winfield M. Preston, John H. C. Preston, Alice A. Preston, Clayton R. Preston, and Josephine Preston. Farmer in Johnson County in 1850. Farmer in Johnson County in 1860. Served in the 65th Regiment of Kentucky Militia (U.S.A.) as a colonel from May 21, 1864, to June 21, 1864.

Relationships Military: Sidney Coop (Confederate guerrilla.) Military: Christopher Columbus Price (Johnson County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier) Military: Samuel Auxier (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer, Corporal 65th Regiment of Kentucky Militia) Military: William Wiley Howes (Johnson, Rowan, Magoffin co, KY, farmer, atty, Adjutant in the 65th Regiment of Kentucky Militia) Military: Asa J. Fairchild (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer, 2nd lieut 65th Reg Ky Militia USA) Military: William Vanhoose (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Military: Nathaniel PSimer (Johnson County, Kentucky farmer and solider) Military: John Hilman (First lieutenant in the 65th Regiment of Kentucky Militia) Military: Jesse Murry (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Military: John S. Miller (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Military: John Turner (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Military: William E. Hill (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff) Military: Charles G. Rule (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Military: Elexious H. Walker (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Military: George W. Brown (Morgan County, Kentucky, merchant and capt 45th KY Mtd Inf USA, lieut col 65th Reg KY Militia USA) Military: United States Army Military: 65th Regiment of Kentucky Militia (U.S.A.) Military: Office of the Inspector General of Kentucky Military: Kentucky State Militia

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, p. 118B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, Paintsville, p. 82. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, Paintsville, p. 18. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 894. Louisa, Kentucky P00000553 Categories: Places

Seat of Lawrence County, Kentucky. Located on the Big Sandy River.

38.1143, -82.6032 George Wolfford, “Louisa,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 574. "Louisa, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 22, 2019, 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. Johnson County, Kentucky P00002566 Categories: Places

County in Kentucky. Seat at Paintsville.

37.8048, -82.8641 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), p. 154. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Johnson County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on August 8, 2019). Lawrence County, Kentucky P00000552 Categories: Places

County in northeast Kentucky. Seat at Louisa. Located on the Big Sandy River.

38.1143, -82.6032 George Wolfford, “Lawrence County” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 537. "Louisa, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 22, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. 65th Regiment of Kentucky Militia (U.S.A.) O00006283 1864-05-21 1864-06-21 Categories: Organizations

Composed of militia from Johnson County, Kentucky. Commander(s): Burgess Preston.

Relationships Military: Burgess M. Preston (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Military: Christopher Columbus Price (Johnson County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier) Military: Samuel Auxier (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer, Corporal 65th Regiment of Kentucky Militia) Military: William Wiley Howes (Johnson, Rowan, Magoffin co, KY, farmer, atty, Adjutant in the 65th Regiment of Kentucky Militia) Military: Asa J. Fairchild (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer, 2nd lieut 65th Reg Ky Militia USA) Military: William Vanhoose (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Military: Nathaniel PSimer (Johnson County, Kentucky farmer and solider) Military: John Hilman (First lieutenant in the 65th Regiment of Kentucky Militia) Military: Jesse Murry (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Military: John S. Miller (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Military: John Turner (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Military: William E. Hill (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff) Military: Charles G. Rule (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Military: Elexious H. Walker (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Military: George W. Brown (Morgan County, Kentucky, merchant and capt 45th KY Mtd Inf USA, lieut col 65th Reg KY Militia USA) Military: Office of the Inspector General of Kentucky

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 894-897. 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). Kentucky State Militia O00000916 1792 Categories: Organizations

The Kentucky State Militia consisted of two principal branches, active and enrolled. From its founding, the Commonwealth of Kentucky operated a county-based, universally enrolled militia consisting of all white males of military age. The active militia, consisting of volunteer companies, was organized in 1860 as the Kentucky State Guard.

Relationships Military: Alexander W. Nickell (Morgan County, Kentucky, farmer, laborer and soldier) Military: 65th Regiment of Kentucky Militia (U.S.A.) Military: Office of the Inspector General of Kentucky Military: Military Board of Kentucky Military: Sebastian C. Vick (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, carpenter and soldier.) Military: [Unknown] Mitchell (Mason County, Captain of State Guard Unit) Economic: John B. Lindsey (Versailles, Kentucky, farmer, paymaster & organizer for KY militia) Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Military: Samuel G. Suddarth (Adair Co, KY, atty, Quarter-master general of KY) Economic: James F. Tureman (Kenton County, KY, bookkeeper and Quartermaster 22nd Infty USA) Military: James F. Tureman (Kenton County, KY, bookkeeper and Quartermaster 22nd Infty USA) Economic: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Economic: William Stewart (Clerk for Kentucky Inspector General) Military: J. K. Edwards (Kentucky, aid to Bramletter, "colonel") Military: Thomas Hall (Washington County, KY, farmer and soldier) Military: James W. Wilkins (Hopkins County, Kentucky, merchant) Military: John H. Frost (Hopkins County, KY, farmer and pvt of 25th, corp thru capt 17th KY Infantry USA) Military: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Military: Goldman H. Goodman (Anderson County, KY, physician) Military: James A. Hawkins (Anderson County, KY, paymaster ) Military: William Morrison (Clinton County, KY, farmer) Military: William C. Wood (Clinton County, KY, farmer) Military: George W. Mathews (Anderson County, Kentucky, police judge) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Richard G. Stone, “Kentucky State Guard,” The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 513. Office of the Inspector General of Kentucky O00000920 1793 Categories: Organizations

The office of the military officer in charge of “the better organization of the Militia, and the collection and preservation of the public arms and other property” and to “convene a court of inquiry to examine into the qualifications of persons holding any office in the Active Militia, or in the Active Reserves; and in the Enrolled Militia when in the service of the State.” Resides in the Executive Branch of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Civil War-era inspectors general: Simon Bolivar Buckner (1860-1861); unoccupied (1861-1863); Daniel W. Lindsey (1863-1865); William H. Hays (1865); and James T. Bramlette (1865-1866).

Relationships Political: John Mason Brown (Frankfort, Ky, attorney & major 10th KY Cav USA, asst inspector genl, colonel of 45th Mtd Inf USA) Military: Burgess M. Preston (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Military: Thomas J. Walker (Lewis County, KY, saddler and farmer) Military: Amos J. Means (Maysville, KY, blacksmith) Military: William H. Faris (Christian County, KY, pvt, corp, QM sgt 3rd Ky Cav USA) Military: William T. King (Muhlenberg County, Ky, tinner and sgt, lieut 17th Ky Inf USA) Political: Reuben S. Darnall (Mason County, KY, mason's apprentice and military drummer, private & first sergeant) Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Economic: William Stewart (Clerk for Kentucky Inspector General) Military: William Stewart (Clerk for Kentucky Inspector General) Economic: John B. Lindsey (Versailles, Kentucky, farmer, paymaster & organizer for KY militia) Military: Thomas E. Henderson (Trigg County, KY, farmer) Military: Joseph H. Garrett (Caldwell County) Military: Rodolphus B. Ratliff (Caldwell County, KY, gunsmith, farmer, and sheriff) Military: A. Reynolds (Caldwell County, KY, hotel keeper) Military: Collins D. Bradley (Trigg County, Kentucky, attorney, circuit judge, and commonwealth's attorney.) Military: John Newt Turner (Caldwell County, KY, merchant and county judge) Military: Edward P. Campbell (Caldwell County, Ky, 1865 Hopkinsville, Ky, attorney Comwlth Atty in late 1860) Military: William P. Ballard (Madison County resident and Union soldier) Military: H. H. Johnson (Lexington Captain) Military: Stephen Nethercutt (Carter County farmhand and soldier) Military: James Johnson (Breathitt County farmhand and soldier) Military: Bennett Spear, Jr. (Monroe County farmer, soldier (U.S.A.)) Military: William H. McDonald (Ballard County master tailor and soldier) Military: Samuel G. Rogers (Nicholas County constable, farmer, soldier) Military: Daniel Campbell (Perry County laborer ) Military: Greenberry Reid (Bourbon County, KY, farmer and soldier) Military: George C. Hallet (Fulton Co, KY, colonel, county atty, and city judge) Military: Ward Boyd (McCracken County, Kentucky, attorney) Military: William Hercules Hays (Colonel of 10th KY Infantry, Inspector Gen'l of KY)

“An Act for the Better Organization of the Kentucky Militia,” Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Passed, vol 1 (Frankfort: J. B. Major, State Printer, 1860), 28-33. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), vii. Louisa, Lawrence County, Kentucky 1864-06-07 Correspondence English Version 2 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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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Headquarters 65th Ky, E, M,

Louis Ky, June 7" 1864 Thos. E Bramlitt,, Govr Frankfort Ky

Dear Sir, There has occured a vacancy, in the office of Lieutenant Colonel of the 65th Ky, Enrolled Malitia. by the former incumbent Joining the united states army, And accepting a position in the Quartermasters Department; We are ^now^ in the active Service and have no Lt Collonel I therefore recommend George W Brown, as a suitable person to fill Said position. whose appointment dates the 26th of may 1864 --

I have, appointed Wiley W Howes, adjutant of the 65th and recommend that he be commisioned, to have date from 26" of may 1864

I have also appointed James Nibert Quartermaster and recommend that he be commisioined to bare date the 31st of May, 1864,

I also recommend H. S. Sweatnam to be commisioined as surgeon

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of the 65th E M whose appaintment hous date 26" of May 1864, all of the abov, nominees are now in the active Service, & performing the duties of their serveral offices,

I suppose the Quartermaster will have to Execute bond. If so send form of bond, & amount to be Executed I have appointed a Paymaster, but am at a loss to know whether or not their is such an officer for the regiment being in the united States service for the present, inform me on the subject.s

On the 27" of February 1864 the malitia of Johnson Co, was organized under me as their Collonel= and Captins and Lieutenants Elected for the various companies- and the certificates of their Elections wrote out and forwarded to you, but as yet there has been no commisions received- I would like to know, If they have been forwarded If, not pleas forwarded them,

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Any communication you may have for our regement direct to care of the Post Commander. at this place.

I am verry Respectfully yours Respt yours

Burgess Preston Col. 65th Regt Ky, E, M

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Ky State Militia

Louisa. Lawrence Co Ky June 7- 1864

Preston Burgess Col. Comdg 65th E. M. Johnston Co

Recommends George W. Brown for Lieut Col vice who has joind the U. S. service- Has appointed various Staff officers- wants to know if he is entitled to a P. M. and if his Q. M. will have to execute bond &c.

On the 27th February'/64 he sent election returns, but the officers elected have not yet recd their comms &c

Ans. June 221st 1864. on letter book Page 424. and coms & duplicate coms ordered & forwarded to the place & care requested
Rec. I. G. O. June 18- 1864