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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department of Military Affairs 37th - 76th Regiments Enrolled Militia Primary Source Documents (1861-1866) KYR-0002-022-0081 Box 81, Folder 66th Regiment 1863-1864 Commissions and Oaths

Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky Anson Stager (Cleveland, Ohio, and Washington, D.C., telegraph superintendent) N00007342 1825 1885-03-26 Categories: People

Cleveland, Ohio, and Washington, D.C., telegraph superintendent. Ontario County, New York, native. Married to Rebecca Sprague Stager on November 14, 1847. Father of Emma L. Stager, Anna Stager, Charles Stager, and Ellen S. Stager. Printer in Rochester, New York, in 1841 under telegraph pioneer Henry O'Reilly. Telegraph operator in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1846. Telegraph clerk in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1850. Telegraph superintendent for the New York and Mississippi Valley Company in Cincinnati in 1852. Telegraph Superintendent of Western Union Telegraph Company in Cleveland in 1860. Organized the U.S. military telegraph lines under General George B. McClellan. Commissioned a captain and assistant quartermaster from November 1861. Appointed chief of the United States Military Telegraph by the Secretary of War. Promoted to colonel and aide-de-camp during the war. Breveted brigadier general and mustered out in September 1865.

Relationships Economic: Western Union Telegraph Company Economic: Norvin Green (Owen County, Kentucky, farmer and Louisville, Kentucky, telegraph executive.) Economic: Isaac Russell Elwood (Rochester, New York, attorney and telegraph treasurer and secretary) Familial: Western Union Telegraph Company

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati, 10th Ward, p. 121B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, 2nd Ward, p. 301. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, 3rd Ward, p. 331. "Gen. Anson Stager Dying: The Busy Career of the Prominent Western Electrician," The New York Times (New York, N.Y.), March 23, 1885, p. 1. "Gen. Stager's Funeral," The New York Times (New York, N.Y.), March 29, 1885, p. 9. A. T. Andreas, History of Chicago: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, vol.2 (Chicago: The A. T. Andreas Company, 1885), 126. Find A Grave, "Anson Stager (1825-1885)," Memorial #68017391, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68017391/anson-stager (accessed March 6, 2018). Isaac Russell Elwood (Rochester, New York, attorney and telegraph treasurer and secretary) N00007357 1804? 1863-02-27 Categories: People

Rochester, Monroe County, New York, attorney and telegraph officer. Otsego County, New York, native. Married to Elizabeth H. Gold Elwood on June 14, 1849. Father of Frank W. Elwood, Agnes R. Elwood, and Elizabeth H. Elwood. Resident of Rochester, Monroe County, New York, in 1850. Attorney in Rochester in 1860. Secretary of the New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company. Treasurer and Secretary of the Western Union Telegraph Company in 1861.

Relationships Economic: Anson Stager (Cleveland, Ohio, and Washington, D.C., telegraph superintendent) Economic: Western Union Telegraph Company

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, New York, Monroe County, Rochester, 5th Ward, p. 188A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, New York, Monroe County, Rochester, 5th Ward, p. 11. "The Death of Isaac R. Elwood, Esq.," The New York Times (New York, N.Y.), March 2, 1863, p. 2. The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, vol. 53, John Reynolds Totten, ed. (New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1922), 7-8. "Isaac Russell Elwood (1800-1863)," Find A Grave, Memorial 6761628, accessed April 11, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6761628. 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. Thomas J. Walker (Lewis County, KY, saddler and farmer) N00009499 1804-11-25 1880-06-01 Categories: People

Lewis County, Kentucky, saddler and farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth G. Walker. Father of Mary E. Walker, Edward E. Walker, Francis M. Walker, Madison M. Walker, Joseph J. Walker, Sarah A. E. Walker, Jerusha A. Walker, and Frances S. Walker. Saddler in Lewis County in 1850. Farmer in Lewis County in 1850. Farmer in Lewis County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, District 2, p. 178B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, p. 785. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, Tollesboro, p. 512A. Find A Grave, "Col Thomas Jefferson Walker (1804-1880)," Memorial #31843967, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31843967# (accessed October 15, 2018). Amos J. Means (Maysville, KY, blacksmith) N00009498 1825-12-26 1898-08-02 Categories: People

Maysville, Kentucky, blacksmith. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah Jane Cooper Means in Mason County in March 1852. Father of Clarke A. Means and Leslie C. Means. Blacksmith in Maysville in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 2 East Maysville, p. 166. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, Concord, p. 10. Find A Grave, "Amos Jefferson Means (1825-1898)," Memorial #171756919, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/171756919# (accessed October 15, 2018). Marriage Records: Kentucky Marriages, (Richmond, KY: Madison County Courthouse), film no. 000281844 p. 29. Francis B. Trussell (Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky, farmer and mayor) N00008307 1827-09-29 1906? Categories: People

Maysville, Kentucky, farmer and mayor. Lewis County, Kentucky native. Son of John Trussell and Rebecca Clancy Trussell. Married Ellen M. Robinson Trussell in 1864. Attended Richland Academy in Mason County, Kentucky. Farmer in Lewis County in 1850. Read law with Harrison Taylor in Maysville. Admitted to the bar in Maysville in September 1858. Mayor of Maysville from 1861 to 1864. Deputy Provost Marshal of the Ninth Congressional District of Kentucky. Commissioner of the Board of Enrollment in Mayesville and Greenup County, Kentucky, in 1865. Member of the Presbyterian Church.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Military: Thomas J. Walker (Lewis County, KY, saddler and farmer) Military: Amos J. Means (Maysville, KY, blacksmith) Military: Office of the Inspector General of Kentucky

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, District No. 2, p. 159A. W. H. Perrin, J. H. Battle, and G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State, 8th ed. (Louisville and Chicago: F. A. Battey and Company, 1888), 996. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1874), 111. KYR-0001-029-0371. Cleveland, Ohio P00007358 Categories: Places

Seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Located on Lake Erie. Located at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River.

41.4993, -81.6944 "Cleveland" in Encyclopedia Britannica, (https://www.britannica.com/place/Cleveland-Ohio) (accessed March 6, 2018). USGS: Earth Explorer, "Cleveland, Ohio," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on February 17, 2020). Rochester, New York P00007359 Categories: Places

City in Monroe County, New York. Located at the mouth of the Genesee River. Located on Lake Ontario.

43.161, -77.6109 "Kenton County" in The Encyclopedia of New York State, Peter R. Eisenstadt, ed. (Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 2005), 1316-18. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Rochester, New York," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on June 17, 2020). Maysville, Kentucky P00001219 Categories: Places

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

38.6412, -83.7444 Jean W. Calvert, "Maysville" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 621-22. " Maysville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed October 21, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Lewis County, Kentucky P00009514 Categories: Places

County in northeastern Kentucky. Seat at Clarksburg from 1809 to 1864. Seat at Vanceburg from 1864. Located on the Ohio River.

38.5851, -83.366 "Clarksburg, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 2, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 171. Ron D. Bryant, “Lewis County,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 548-49. Western Union Telegraph Company O00007356 1856 Categories: Organizations

Founded in 1856, following the consolidation of various regional telegraph companies operated by the New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Company and the acquisition of Samuel Morse's telegraph patent. Created the first transcontinental telegraph service in the nation. Founder: Ezra Cornell.

Relationships Economic: Anson Stager (Cleveland, Ohio, and Washington, D.C., telegraph superintendent) Economic: Isaac Russell Elwood (Rochester, New York, attorney and telegraph treasurer and secretary) Economic: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Economic: South-western Telegraph Company Economic: Benjamin James Adams (Louisville merchant) Economic: Richard Apperson, Jr. (11th District Circuit Judge) Economic: Horatio Gouverneur Wright (Union General, commander of Dept of OH) Economic: George Brinton McClellan (New York army general (U.S.A.)) Economic: John Milton Johnson, Sr. (Kentucky physician, scientist, writer, and surgeon (CSA)) Economic: Samuel Gill (Louisville, Kentucky, railroad superintendent and vet of Mex-Am War) Economic: Larz Anderson (Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio attorney) Economic: Charles S. Marshall (Ballard County, Kentucky, attorney and circuit judge)

Robert MacDougall, Western Union and the Creation of the American Corporate Order, 1845-1893 (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013). 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. Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky 1863-10-19 Telegram English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. 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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WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY.

NO. 1.] TERMS AND CONDITIONS ON WHICH MESSAGES ARE RECEIVED BY THIS COMPANY FOR TRANSMISSION.

The public are notified that, in order to guard against mistakes in the transmission of messages, every message of importance ought to be repeated, by being sent back from the station at which it is to be received, to the station from which it is orginally sent. Half the usual price for transmission will be charged for repeating the message; and while this Company will, as heretofore, use every precaution to ensure correctness, it will not be responsible for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery of repeated messages, beyond an amount exceeding five hundred times the amount paid for sending the message; nor will it be responsible for mistakes or delays in the tranmission of unrepeated messages from whatever cause they may arise, nor for delays arising from interruptions in the working of its Telegraphs, nor for any mistake or omission of any other Company, over whose lines a message is to be sent to reach the place of destination. All messages will hereafter be received by this Company for transmission, subject to the above conditions.

A. STAGER, Gen. Sup't, Cleveland, Ohio. I. R. ELWOOD, Sec'y, Rochester, N. Y.

Oct 19 1863 To His Excellency Gov Bramlette By Telegraph from Maysville 19 1863

Please commission at once T. J. Waller as Col & amos means as Lieut Col under the State Guard Law for the County of Lewis By request of many Citizens

T B Trussell

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Lewis Co Oct 19 1863

Recom'dg, of this county T J Waller as Colonel Amos Means " Lt Col citizens

Recd I. G, O. Oct. 24 1863