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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department of Military Affairs 37th - 76th Regiments Enrolled Militia Primary Source Documents (1861-1866) KYR-0002-022-0115 Box 81, Folder 72nd Regiment 1865-1867 Officers' Correspondence

Richmond, Madison 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. Frank Lane Wolford (Casey County, Kentucky, attorney and colonel 1st KY cav (USA)) N00005137 1817-09-02 1895-08-02 Categories: People

Casey County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Adair County native. Married to Nancy Dever Wolford in Casey County on November 2, 1849. Married to Elizabeth Walford. Father of George Walford, Mary Walford, John Walford, Kate Walford, Samuel Walford, and Jermia Walford. Attorney in Liberty, Kentucky. Member of the State House of Representatives in 1847, 1848, and 1865. Served in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as colonel from October 28, 1861, to 1864. Dishonorably discharged in 1864 for vehement protest against recruitment of black soldiers.

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: William D. Carpenter (1st Ky Cavalry regiment) Military: Samuel Duncan (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: James G. Dick (First Kentucky Cavalry Regiment.)

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Casey County, Jenkins, p. 10. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Casey County Marriages, Film #000907997, p. 61. "Wolford, Frank Lane," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000681 (accessed May 6, 2017). Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T289, Roll 170. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 2-3. Find A Grave, "Frank Lane Wolford (September 2, 1817-August 2, 1895)," Memorial #6727116, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6727116 (accessed October 9, 2018). Marion B. Lucas, A History of Blacks in Kentucky: From Slavery to Segregation, 1760-1891 (Frankfort, KY: Kentucky Historical Society, 1992 and 2003), 153. William P. Ballard (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, 2nd lieut in 1st Ky Cav USA) N00005159 1841? Categories: People

Rockcastle County, Kentucky, resident and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of J. D. Ballard and Susan Ballard. Resident in Rockcastle County in 1860. Second lieutenant in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) from August 16, 1861, to December 31, 1864.

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Frank Lane Wolford (Casey County, Kentucky, attorney and colonel 1st KY cav (USA)) Political: Pleasant Palestine Ballard (Madison County, Ky, hotelkeeper) Political: David Russell (Madison County, Ky, merchant. Captain, 21st KY Vol. Inf. USA) Political: James M. Kindred (Madison County, Ky, schoolteacher, sgt, QM sgt, and QM, 8th KY Vol. Inf. USA) Political: William C. Goodloe (Fayette and Madison co , KY, circuit court judge) Political: Thomas Rowland (Cumberland Co, Ky; sgt, lieut, maj in 1st Ky Cav USA)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, p. 103. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 18-19. Thomas Rowland (Cumberland Co, Ky; sgt, lieut, maj in 1st Ky Cav USA) N00005140 1832? Categories: People

Cumberland County, Kentucky, resident and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Winneford Rowland. Resident in Cumberland County in 1850. First sergeant, second lieutenant, captain, and major in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) from September 12, 1861, to December 31, 1864.

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Silas Adams (Union Lt. Col, kentucky attorney.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Cumberland County, Cumberland District, p. 334A. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 2-3. James M. Kindred (Madison County, Ky, schoolteacher, sgt, QM sgt, and QM, 8th KY Vol. Inf. USA) N00009956 1837? Categories: People

Madison County, Kentucky, teacher and soldier. Kentucky native. Common school teacher in Madison County, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the 8th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a sergeant, quartermaster sergeant, and regimental quartermaster from January 30, 1862, to November 17, 1864.

Relationships Military: 8th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, District no. 3, p. 249. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, District no. 1, p. 278. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 783. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 223. David Russell (Madison County, Ky, merchant. Captain, 21st KY Vol. Inf. USA) N00009957 1837? Categories: People

Madison County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier. Kentucky native. Merchant in Madison County in 1860. Served in the 21st Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a captain from January 2, 1862, until his resignation in May 1863.

Relationships Military: 21st Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Richmond, p. 142. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1867), 76. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 342. William C. Goodloe (Fayette and Madison co , KY, circuit court judge) N00005270 1805-10-07 1870-08-14 Categories: People

Fayette County, Kentucky, judge. Kentucky native. Son of William Goodloe and Susan Woods Goodloe. Married to Almira Owsley Goodloe. Father of Archibald Henry Goodloe and Mary Goodloe. Circuit judge of the 13th Judicial District in Fayette and Madison Counties from 1859 to 1862.

Relationships Social: George Payne (Fayette County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: John B. Norton (Fayette County, Kentucky, court clerk) Legal: Charles F. Lowry (Fayette County, Kentucky merchant and deputy clerk) Legal: Francis M. Searcy (Madison County, Ky, farmer) Legal: Madison Circuit Court Economic: Madison Circuit Court Social: Woods Caperton (Madison County, KY, attorney) Legal: William S. Taylor (Madison County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Elijah K. Howard (Madison County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Legal: James Bennett McCreary (Madison County, KY, attorney&major & Lt col in 11th KY Cav CSA, POW) Legal: Madison County Court Legal: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: Fayette Circuit Court Social: Jesse J. Hunt (Fayette County, Kentucky, merchant and clerk. ) Social: James B. Beck (Fayette County, Kentucky, attorney) Social: William Campbell Preston Breckinridge (Fayette County, Kentucky, lawyer, slaveholder, and colonel of 9th KY Cav (CSA))

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Division 1, p. 376. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1859 (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1860), 289. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1860, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1861), 304. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 304. 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), 299. Pleasant Palestine Ballard (Madison County, Ky, hotelkeeper) N00009958 1818 1907 Categories: People

Madison County, Kentucky, hotelkeeper and postmaster. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Ann Francis Ballard in Madison County, Kentucky, on April 16, 1840. Father of Sally Ballard, Bettie Ballard, Catharine Ballard, John Ballard, Rosa Ballard, Bland Ballard, Walter Ballard, and Palestine Ballard. Hotelkeeper in Richmond in 1860. Postmaster of Richmond from April 13, 1861, to December 16, 1864.

Relationships Political: John Bennett (Madison County, Kentucky, attorney) Political: James W. Caperton (Richmond, KY, attorney and soldier) Social: Richard H. Johnson (Madison County, Kentucky, grocer and magistrate ) Social: Thomas H. Barnes (Madison County, Kentucky, county court clerk) Social: John Bennett (Madison County, Kentucky, attorney)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Richmond, p. 145-46. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Richmond, p. 257A. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #22325. Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Madison County Marriages, 1786-1877, Film #000183302, p. 220. "Pleasant Palestine Ballard (1818-1907)," Find A Grave, Memorial #71580526, accessed December 22, 2018, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71580526. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Madison County, Kentucky, vol. 28, p. 131. William Hercules Hays (Colonel of 10th KY Infantry, Inspector Gen'l of KY) N00001581 1820-08-26 1880-03-07 Categories: People

Washington County, Kentucky, attorney, soldier, and judge. Washington County native. Son of William Hays and Eleanor Burcham Hays. Educated in Washington County schools. Read law in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, under James W. Hays and attended law lectures in Glasgow, Kentucky. Admitted to the bar in 1845. Attorney in Springfield, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned twenty-seven enslaved persons in Washington County in 1850. Elected county judge of Washington County in 1851. Elected county judge of Washington County in 1854. Owned thirty enslaved persons in Washington County in 1860. Elected as a member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1861. Served in the 10th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as lieutenant colonel and colonel from March 11, 1861, to December 6, 1864. Inspector general of Kentucky from March 1865 to November 1865.

Relationships Military: 10th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Political: Winford Green Bailey (Lincoln County, Kentucky, farmer, politician and county judge) Political: Reuben S. Darnall (Mason County, KY, mason's apprentice and military drummer, private & first sergeant) Military: Office of the Inspector General of Kentucky Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Military: William E. Cox (Franklin County, Kentucky, clerk and soldier.) Military: Charles W. Quiggins (Hardin County, KY, carpenter and soldier) Economic: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Legal: William E. Cox (Franklin County, Kentucky, clerk and soldier.) Legal: Charles Julian Clarke (Franklin Co, KY, clerk & engineer, Ky National Legion, aide-de-camp & 1st lieut) Military: General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Military: Kentucky National Legion Political: Office of the Inspector General of Kentucky Military: John Seaton (Greenup County, KY, judge) Military: Department of the Cumberland

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, Springfield, p. 238A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, p. 507. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, District 2, p. 470B. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 806. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Film 7007127, Jefferson County Deaths, p. 17. The Biographical Encyclopædia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century, vol. 1 (Cincinnati: J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878), 281. "Death of Judge Hays," Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), March 8, 1880, p. 4. Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) N00000873 1835-10-04 1917-08-04 Categories: People

Kentucky soldier, attorney, and politician. Son of Thomas N. Lindsey. Married to Catherine McIlavain Fitch Lindsey. Father of Antoinette Dumesnill Lindsey, Thomas Noble Lindsey, Jr., Henry Fitch Lindsey, Daniel Weisiger Lindsey, Jr, and Catherine F. Lindsey. Educated by B. B. Sayre in Frankfort, Kentucky. Graduated from the Kentucky Military Institute in 1854. Attorney with Thomas N. Lindsey in Frankfort. Graduated from the University of Louisville Law School in Louisville in 1857. Member of the Protestant Episcopal Church and the Masonic Lodge in Frankfort. Captain in the Kentucky State Guard in 1861. Appointed as chief of staff to General Thomas L. Crittenden in September 1861. Served in the 22nd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a Colonel from 1861 to 1863. Inspector general of Kentucky from 1863 to 1865. Adjutant general of Kentucky from August 1, 1864 to 1867.

Relationships Military: Charles Hayden (Frankfort, Kentucky, clerk and soldier) Military: John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) Legal: William Wilcox (Hopkins County, Kentucky, soldier) Legal: Austin P. Smith (Hopkins County, Kentucky, soldier) Legal: Ervin Ray (Private in the 35th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry) Legal: Military District of Kentucky Military: James Lawson (Mercer County, KY, captain, Hall's Gap Battalion) Military: Harvey Jackson Burns (Mercer County, KY, farmer and captain 9th KY Cav (USA)) Military: Emory B. Harlan (Ohio, lieut & assist adj general of Second Division, 49th Illinois Inf) Military: Samuel G. Suddarth (Adair Co, KY, atty, Quarter-master general of KY) Military: William Hercules Hays (Colonel of 10th KY Infantry, Inspector Gen'l of KY) Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: Office of the Inspector General of Kentucky Military: James Reynolds (1st lieutenant, 10th Kentucky Infantry (Co. A)) Military: George B. Baum (Louisville, Kentucky, resident.) Military: Daniel W. Suddarth (Assistant surgeon, Capital Guard Regiment) Political: Benjamin Daniel Lacy (Owingsville, Kentucky, attorney & county atty) 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: Alexander C. Smith (Pvt-1st lieut - 1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: Henry E. Reynolds (private in 2nd Regiment Kentucky Cavalry) Military: Thomas McKinster (Lawrence County, KY, farmer and soldier) Military: James W. Caperton (Richmond, KY, attorney and soldier) Political: Reuben S. Darnall (Mason County, KY, mason's apprentice and military drummer, private & first sergeant) Military: Capital Guard Regiment Military: Albert Bayless (Kentucky, soldier) Military: Kentucky State Militia Familial: John B. Lindsey (Versailles, Kentucky, farmer, paymaster & organizer for KY militia) Economic: John B. Lindsey (Versailles, Kentucky, farmer, paymaster & organizer for KY militia) Economic: William Stewart (Clerk for Kentucky Inspector General) Military: Jesse J. Craddock (Hart County, KY, farmer and lieutenant colonel) Military: William J. Aulsebrook (Louisville, Kentucky, painter and private Frankfort Battal Cap Guard (U.S.A.)) Military: George Trulove (Trimble County, Kentucky, resident and private (U.S.A.)) Military: Arthur J. Harrington (Jefferson County, KY, printer and soldier) Economic: Kentucky State Militia Economic: Office of the Inspector General of Kentucky Military: H. C. Burriss (Kentucky) Military: [Unknown] Thomas (Colonel incarcerated in Louisville Military Prison, ) Military: William Scott Botts (Fleming County, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Political: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: Kentucky Volunteers Military: 57th Regiment Kentucky Militia Military: Columbus B. Saunders (Nicholasville, Kentucky, resident and lieutenant colonel) Military: James C. Guess (Fredonia, Caldwell County, Kentucky, soldier) Political: United States War Department Political: Robert C. Hewett (Louisville, KY, physician ) Military: United States War Department Military: 2nd Regiment Kentucky Enrolled Militia Political: Office of the Inspector General of Kentucky Legal: William Hercules Hays (Colonel of 10th KY Infantry, Inspector Gen'l of KY) Political: John McAuley Palmer (Military Governor of Kentucky) Military: John McAuley Palmer (Military Governor of Kentucky) Political: Marion Cartright Taylor (Shelby County, Ky, attorney; capt & colonel 15th KY Inf USA) Political: James W. Wilkins (Hopkins County, Kentucky, merchant) Political: John H. Frost (Hopkins County, KY, farmer and pvt of 25th, corp thru capt 17th KY Infantry USA) Military: Department of the Cumberland Political: Oliver Otis Howard (Major General (U.S. Army) and Commissioner of Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands) Political: Clinton Bowen Fisk (St. Louis, Missouri, Brevet Major General (U.S.A.)) Political: Charles Warren Foster (Capt, maj, lt col, col, asst adjt genl of Vols (U.S. Army); chief Bureau of USCT) Political: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Political: Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (Freedmen's Bureau) Political: John Brennan (Louisville, Kentucky, clerk; capt & maj 3rd Ky Inf USA) Political: Sanders Dewees Bruce (Fayette County, KY, china merchant, county court clerk, col 20th Ky Inf, commander 22nd Brig Army of Cumb USA) Political: John J. Hawes (Louisville, Jefferson county, Kentucky, attorney, judge advocate + capt. 1st Ky Lt.Art.) Political: Thomas McCurdy Vincent (US Assistant adjutant general, Brigadier General (U.S.A.) ) Political: Charles David Pennebaker (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, KY state rep & senator; col 27th KY Inf USA & state military agent) Military: Kentucky State Guard Military: Joseph T. Wheeler (Cincinnati, Ohio farmer and capt 1st KY Inf USA) Military: Frederick Slater, Jr. (Dearborn County, Indiana, merchant and soldier - major, 11th Ky. Cav) Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Department of the Gulf Military: 22nd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Samuel P. Debaun (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier - 1st Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Charles H. Edwards (Kentucky soldier - 11th Kentucky Cavalry) Military: William Owsley Boyle (Boyle County, Kentucky, soldier - Lt. Col. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Thomas W. Hewitt (Frankfort, Kentucky, medical student and surgeon (U.S.A.). ) Military: Solomon B. Bennett (Wayne County, Tennessee, farm laborer and soldier) Military: Howard Warren (Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier.) Military: Tennis W. Wade (Covington, Kentucky, painter apprentice and soldier. ) Military: Harrison Franklin Davis (Mercer County, Kentucky, farm hand and soldier (U.S.A.) ) Military: William H. Ritchey (Owen County, KY, trader and soldier - 11th Ky Cav) Military: John J. Curtis (Mason County, Kentucky, soldier - 1st. Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Sabritt Scruggs (Washington County, Kentucky, soldier - 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: James F. Peyton (Lincoln County, Kentucky, physician and soldier - Surgeon 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Benjamin F. Lewis (Hancock County, Kentucky, soldier - 2nd Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Joseph M. Willemin (Covington, Kentucky, tailor and soldier) Military: Harry Gee (Louisville, Kentucky, soldier.) Military: Abraham W. Stone (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier - 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: John J. Rose (Mercer County, Kentuck, merchant and soldier - 2nd Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Solomon Huffman (Dearborn County, IN, farmer and soldier - 11th Ky Cav) Military: William Perry Pierce (Garrard County, Kentucky, soldier - Cpt. 11th + 12th Ky. Cav.) Military: Milton J. Graham (Washington County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. 4th Inf and 11th Cav (U.S.A.)) Military: Joseph Lawson (Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav.)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort District, No 1, p. 237. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 162A. The Biographical Encyclopædia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century, vol. 1 (Cincinnati: J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878), 468. H. Levin, The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1897), 126-28. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), vii. “Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (1835-1917),” Find A Grave, Memorial 13775691, accessed February 7, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13775691. Richmond, Kentucky P00009682 Categories: Places

Seat of Madison County, Kentucky.

37.7479, -84.2947 Fred Allen Engle, “Richmond” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber, (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 771-72. "Richmond, Kentucky,"USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed September 12, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Kentucky P001800 Categories: Places

State in the upper south of the United States. Capital at Frankfort. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 14, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992). Madison County, Kentucky P00006506 Categories: Places

County in central Kentucky. Seat at Richmond, Kentucky.

37.7479, -84.2947 Lavinia H. Kubiak, "Madison County" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber, (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 602-3. "Richmond, Kentucky,"USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed September 12, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Estill County, Kentucky P00004776 Categories: Places

County in east central Kentucky. Seat at Irvine, Kentucky. Located on the Kentucky River.

37.6975, -83.9744 Ron D. Bryant, "Irvine" in The Encyclopedia of Kentucky, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 2002), p. 298. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Estill County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on November 12, 2019). Jackson County, Kentucky P00003363 Categories: Places

County in eastern central Kentucky. Seat at McKee.

37.4304, -83.9934 "Jackson County" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 460. "McKee, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed May 6, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Rockcastle County, Kentucky P00000906 Categories: Places

County in south-central Kentucky. Seat at Mount Vernon, Kentucky.

37.3743, -84.3121 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1988), 253. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Rockcastle County, Kentucky" https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on February 10, 2020). 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. Commonwealth of Kentucky O001025 1792 Categories: Organizations

Administrative body of the state of Kentucky. Capital at Frankfort, Kentucky. Governor(s): Beriah Magoffin (1859-1862), James F. Robinson (1862-1863), and Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-1867).

Paul Blanchard, "Office of Governor" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 380. Malcolm E. Jewell, "General Assembly" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 366. Paul J. Weber, "Court System" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 233. 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00005136 1861-10-28 1865-09-20 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Liberty, Kentucky; Burkesville, Kentucky; and Monticello, Kentucky. Mustered into service on October 28, 1861. And mustered out of service on September 20, 1865. Commander(s): Colonel Frank Wolford, Colonel Silas Adams, Lieutenant Colonel John W. Letcher, and Lieutenant Colonel Francis N. Helveti.

Relationships Military: Boston Dillion (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: Francis B. Alexander (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: William A. Coffey (Major in 1st Ky Cavalry) Military: Daniel A. Kelley (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) Military: William D. Carpenter (1st Ky Cavalry regiment) Military: William C. Root (First Kentucky Cavalry Regiment.) Military: Alexander C. Smith (Pvt-1st lieut - 1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: John R. Foster (Washington County soldier, murdered by guerillas) Military: Samuel Green (Washington County soldier) Military: Archibald J. Alexander (Louisville, Kentucky, lumber merchant and soldier.)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 2. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, vol. 1 (Des Moines: The Dyer Publishing Company, 1908), 1189-90. Kentucky National Legion O00009343 1865? 1865? Categories: Organizations

Kentucky State Militia unit composed of three companies: Captain Greenbery Reid’s, Captain H. H. Johnson’s, and Lieutenant George W. Burchett’s.

Relationships Military: William P. Ballard (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, 2nd lieut in 1st Ky Cav USA) 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: William Hercules Hays (Colonel of 10th KY Infantry, Inspector Gen'l of KY)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 901-03. 8th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00008608 1862-08-13 1863-09-23 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Russellville, Kentucky. Mustered in on August 13, 1862, and mustered out on September 23, 1863. Officer(s): Colonel Benjamin H. Bristow, Lieutenant Colonel James H. Holloway, and Colonel James M. Shackleford.

Relationships Economic: Louisville & Nashville Railroad 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: United States Army Military: James W. Weatherford (Colonel in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment ) Military: John Feland (Christian Co, Ky, attorney and quarter master (U.S.A.)) Military: Robert M. Martin (Muhlenberg County, KY. laborer and soldier (C.S.A.))

Frederick Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines: The Dyer Publishing Company, 1908), 1193. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky Volume 2 1861-1866, (Frankfort, KY: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1867), 209. 21st Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00009038 1861-12-30 1865-01-23 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Camp Ward and Camp Hobson, Kentucky. Mustered into service between December 30, 1861, and January 2, 1862. Mustered out of service at Huntsville, Morgan County, Alabama, on January 23, 1865. Commander(s): Colonel Ethelburt L. Dudley, Colonel Samuel W. Price, Lieutenant Colonel Basil A. Wheat, and Lieutenant Colonel James C. Evans.

Relationships Military: Chauncey McKeever (Assistant AG USA) Military: Horatio Phillips Van Cleve (Todd County, Minnesota, farmer and soldier (2nd Minn. and General U.S. A.))

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 68-96. Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky O00000388 1793 Categories: Organizations

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

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

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), vii. Kentucky Volunteers O00000870 1861 1865 Categories: Organizations

The official organization of Kentucky military forces under the command of the Adjutant General of Kentucky. Organized into infantry, cavalry, and artillery regiments. 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: George Reid Barber (Captain Barber's Company) Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Military: Fleming County State Guard (Captain Barber's Company) Military: Charles Hayden (Frankfort, Kentucky, clerk and soldier) Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: Samuel G. Suddarth (Adair Co, KY, atty, Quarter-master general of KY) Military: George B. Baum (Louisville, Kentucky, resident.) Military: Kentucky Central Railway Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: James Fisher Robinson, Jr. (QMG of KY, Gov's son) Military: J. K. Edwards (Kentucky, aid to Bramletter, "colonel") Military: Arthur J. Harrington (Jefferson County, KY, printer and soldier) Military: Charles W. Quiggins (Hardin County, KY, carpenter and soldier) Military: Jesse J. Craddock (Hart County, KY, farmer and lieutenant colonel) Military: Alexander James Umphrey (NYC, NY, private(U.S.A.)) Military: Charles R. Griffith (Louisville, Kentucky, clerk and treasurer ) Economic: Louisville & Nashville Railroad Military: Robert G. Purdy (Marion County, KY, blacksmith and soldier (U.S.A.)) Military: Frank P. Cahill (Cincinnati, Ohio, hotelkeeper & capt, maj, & lt col 1st KY Inf USA) Military: William H. Taylor (Kenton County, Kentucky, clerk, 1st lieut & pvt 2nd Ky Inf, ) Military: Samuel L. Christie (Cincinnati, Ohio,1st lieut & capt 1st Ky Inf USA) Military: Thomas Foreman (Jeffersonville, Indiana, lieut & capt 5th Ky Inf USA) Military: Robert Stuart (Lincoln County, Tennessee, physician and asst surg 2nd Ky Cav USA) Military: George A. Little (Daviess, KY, capt 17th Ky Inf USA) Military: John D. Lenahan (Louisville, Kentucky painter and soldier) Military: John Francis Wisnewski (Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio glycerin maker and soldier) Military: Henry Frederick Kalfus (Bullitt County, Kentucky, physician, major (U.S.A.)) Military: George A. Richardson (Louisville, Kentucky pilot and soldier) Military: Abram P. Brown (Kentucky soldier) Military: Oscar D. Kress (Clark County, Kentucky soldier) Military: George A. Hanniford (Kentucky 1st lieut 49th Ky Inf USA) Military: James M. Bailey (Logan County, Kentucky, physician and surgeon 26th Ky Inf USA, acting chief surgeon of US forces 1863) Military: Frederick Guy (Clark County, Indiana, clerk, farmer, 26th Ky Inf USA) Military: Milton A. Sivey (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky soldier) Military: Emory R. Harrington (Boyle County, Kentucky silversmith, 4th Ky Mtd Inf USA) Military: Allen S. Whetstone (Ohio soldier) Military: Henry P. Merrill (Michigan soldier) Military: Alvin O. Pattee (Kentucky butcher and soldier) Military: Edmund B. Randolph (Kentucky soldier) Military: William W. Sanders (Boyle County, Kentucky, 1st lieut & capt 4th KY Inf USA) Military: James A. Moores (Estill County, Kentucky laborer and soldier) Military: John W. Combs (Monroe County, Kentucky, constable and soldier) Military: James Peter Hiatt (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Military: Peter Hinkle (Knox County, Kentucky, farmer and 1st lieut & capt 7th Ky Inf USA) Military: Hugh White Adams (Knox County, KY, clerk and lt thru maj 7th KY Inf USA) Military: David C. Thurman (Lewis County, Kentucky, farmer and sgt. ;ieut 22nd KY Inf USA) Military: Shadrach L. Mitchell (Lewis County, Kentucky, artist and soldier) Military: Joseph H. Davis (Livingston County, Kentucky, farmer and lieut 7th Ky Inf USA) Military: William Sears (Whitley County, Kentucky, farmer, boat builder, and capt 7th Ky Inf USA) Military: James H. Tinsley (Knox County, Kentucky, sgt, lieut & adj in 3rd Ky Inf, 7th Ky Inf, 49th Ky Inf USA) Military: John B. Stivers (Bourbon County, KY, carpenter and 2nd lieut 7th Ky Inf USA) Military: Thomas H. Wilson (Jackson County, Kentucky, merchant; sgt, lieut, & capt 7th KY Inf USA) Military: Elhannon W. Murphy (Clay County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Military: William Berry (McLean County, Kentucky, physician &surgeon 7th KY Inf USA) Military: Edward R. Palmer (Louisville, KY, physician, army surgeon, VT clerk) Military: William. T. Morrow (Bullitt County, Kentucky, farm laborer & 28th KY Inf corporal, 1st lieut & commissary sgt) Military: Williamson W. Bacon (Jefferson County, KY, 22nd Inf: 1st sgt, 2nd lieut, & capt; 7th Inf: capt) Military: Thomas McCurdy Vincent (US Assistant adjutant general, Brigadier General (U.S.A.) ) Military: 55th Kentucky Mounted Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 28th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 7th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 16th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 19th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 20th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866). Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866). 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. Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky 1865-09-25 Correspondence English Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": 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 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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Richmond Ky. Sep 25. 1865. To His Excellency, Thomas E. Bramlette

Governor of Ky-

I am Captain of Company in the Regt Ky National Legion -- my Company was raised in this County (Madison) but the men live partly in this County -- partly in Estill -- partly in Jackson & partly in Rockcastle. -- and of course are very much scattered when permitted to dispense & go at large. -- they could not be assembled upon an emergency under a week or ten days time -- Troops have been Kept here pretty much all the time & are necessary, but there are none here now. -- but a company of troops straggling about through the country as mine are, are not only of no benifit but are a nuisance -- I served over three years in Wolfords Regt & know well the influence of allowing men to straggle & roam without control

I respectfully request your Excellency to issue such orders as will authorize me to assemble my men, go into camp at or near Richmond, and thus enable me to Keep them together as a body -- otherwise I repeat the organization is worse than useless

I have the honor to be Very respectfully W. P. Ballard. Capt

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We concur fully in the within views & request of Capt. Ballard.

Thos Rowland Late Maj 1st Ky Cavl Jas M Kindred Late Lieut S R Q M 8th Ky I V now S M C David RussellLate Capt 21st Ky Inty W C Goodloe P. P. Ballard

Referred to the Adjutant General

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Richmond Ky Sept 25th 1865

Ballard W. P Capt
To Gov

Says he has a Co of the National Legion in Madison Co: And they are inefficient in their present condition. Requests an order to assemble his company and go into Camp at Richmond.

LB No 17 -- 1865 P160

Recd A G O Ky 28 Sep 1865

Hd Qrs Ky Volunteers Adjt Genls Office Frankfort Ky Sept 28" 1865

Respectfully referred to Maj W H Hays Insp Gen Ky.

D W Lindsey Adj Genl Ky

Ans. Sep. 29/65. Lt. Bk B, pp. 290-91

Rec. I. G. O. Sep. 29, 1865.