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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department of Military Affairs 1st - 20th Regiments Kentucky Infantry Primary Source Documents KYR-0002-024-0031 Box 7, Folder 7th Ky. Inf. - Misc.

Fort Jefferson, Monroe County, Florida 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. Nasby Mills (Knox County, Kentucky, farmer, pvt 7th Ky Inf.) N00013390 1832? Categories: People

Knox County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Nicia Mills. Father of James Mills and Joseph Mills. Farmer in Barbourville, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the 7th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as private from September 22, 1861. Reported as deserted from Jackson, Mississippi, on July 10, 1863. Court martialed on April 24, 1864, and sentenced to confinement at Fort Jefferson, Florida, until May 29, 1865.

Relationships Military: 7th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, Payne's District, p. 67. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 766. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0216. Fort Jefferson P00013388 Categories: Places

Union fort located in the Dry Tortugas Islands in the Florida Keys. Served as a Union confinement prison and labor camp from September 1861.

24.628, -82.873 Craig M. Bennett, Jr., "Rebuilding the Walls of Fort Jefferson," Structure Magazine (May 2013), 30-33. Thomas Reid, America's Fortress, (Gainesville: University Press of Florida), 10–14. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Fort Jefferson, Florida," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on September 3, 2020). Florida P00002512 Categories: Places

State in the extreme southeast of the United States. Capital at Tallahassee. Located on the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean.

30.4383, -84.2807 Robert H. Fuson and Robert J. Norrell, "Florida" in Encyclopedia Britannica, (https://www.britannica.com/place/Florida) (accessed on June 26, 2017). USGS: Earth Explorer, “Tallahassee, Florida," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on February 17, 2021). Dry Tortugas, Florida P00013389 Categories: Places

Unincorporated chain of islands in Monroe County, Florida. Located in the Gulf of Mexico.

24.6333, -82.92 National Park Service, "Dry Tortugas was a Part of American History," April 14, 2015, https://www.nps.gov/drto/learn/historyculture/dry-tortugas-a-part-of-american-history.htm (accessed on February 17, 2021). USGS: Earth Explorer, "Dry Tortugas, Florida," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on September 3, 2020). 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. 7th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00006406 1861-09-22 1866-03-11 Categories: Organizations

Originally organized as the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment, but subsequently renamed as the 7th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Organized at Camp Dick Robinson in Garrard County, Kentucky. Mustered into service on September 22, 1861. Mustered out of service on March 11, 1866. Commander(s): Colonel T. T. Garrard and Colonel Reuben May.

Relationships Military: Samuel P. Kincaid (Owsley County) Military: Henry H. Franklin (Owsley County) Military: William C. Bowman (Owsley County) Military: William T. Eager (Owsley County) Military: George W. Daniel (Booneville, Ky attorney and infantry first lieutenant) Military: William C. Judd (Owsley County farmer and infantry private) Military: Archibald B. McGuire (Owsley County, KY, store clerk and circuit Court Clerk) Military: Gale S. Dowis (Knox County, Kentucky, pvt, sgt, lieut 7th Ky Inf USA) Military: Andrew H. Clark (Owsley County, Kentucky, farmer and lt col/colonel 47th Ky Mtd Inf (U.S.A.)) Military: Henry J. Clark (Jackson County, Kentucky, farmer and 7th KY Inf USA pvt, corp, 1st sgt, capt) Military: Peter Hinkle (Knox County, Kentucky, farmer and 1st lieut & capt 7th Ky Inf USA) Military: William A. Dozier (Knox County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Military: Samuel "Hampton" Flanery (Jackson County, Kentucky, farmer and sgt & lieut 7th Ky Inf USA) Military: Thomas H. Wilson (Jackson County, Kentucky, merchant; sgt, lieut, & capt 7th KY Inf USA) Military: William W. Watkins (Whitley County, Kentucky, pvt & commissary sgt 7th Ky Inf USA) Military: William H. Jackson (Laurel County, Kentucky, blacksmith, QM and first lieut. 7th Ky Inf. USA) Military: Joseph H. Frisbee (Laurel County, Kentucky laborer; sgt & lieut 7th Ky Inf USA) Military: Theophilus Toulmin Garrard (Clay County, Ky, farmer, commissioner, Ky rep & senator, and general (U.S.A.)) Military: Chauncey McKeever (Assistant AG USA) Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky

Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Compiled and Arranged from Official Records of the Federal and Confederate Armies Reports of the Adjutant Generals of the Several States, the Army Registers and Other Reliable Documents and Sources (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Company, 1908), 1200. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 748-69. 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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Fort Jefferson Fla October 2d 1864 To his honor The Governor of the State of Kentucky

Believing that you have a great interest in the wellfare of every Kentucky Soldier I make bold to write you this letter trusting that you will kindly help me in this matter, as I well know that you have the power to befriend me if you see fit

I am a soldier of the 7th Kentucky Infantry and have served honestly with them since the organization of the Regiment

I was court martialed on the 24th day of April/64 charged with desertion and was sentenced to Tortugusfor the period of time of the war. In the charges against me it was alleged that the offence was committed July the 10th/63 and I have been in arrest since that date and although on three different occasions I demanded a trial it was not granted me till nearly one year after the offence was committed

The facts in the case are these I was absent from my Regiment for a period of 9 days during which time I was so unwell

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as to be totally unable to join the Regt and at the time was returned to the Regt in arrest was immediately sent to hospital. I believe that these facts are sufficient to fully exonerate me from the charge of desertion on which charge I have been unjustly condemned.

After being returned to the Regt from the hospitol I demanded a trial instead of a trial I was furnished with a gun and returned to duty. I was doing duty till the 22d feby/64 when I was ordered to confinement and was kept in confinement till the time of trial

Hoping that your honor will will not consider this impertinent in me and that you will do what is in your power for a native of your state and one who has always been a good citizen, and has a motherless and friendless child at home

I remain your honors most obdt humble sevt Nasby Mills 7th Kentucky Infantry

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Adjt Genl

Fort Jefferson Fla Oct 2" 1864 --

Mills Nasby 7" Ky Infty --

To The Gov --

He was sentenced by Court Martial, on charge of desertion to the Tortugas until end of War -- He was sick and unable to join the regiment -- Desires your assistance in his behalf --

Recd A. G. O. Oct 31" 1864 --