<title type="main">Lovell H. Rousseau to Thomas E. Bramlette

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November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department of Military Affairs 1st - 20th Regiments Kentucky Infantry Primary Source Documents KYR-0002-024-0042 Box 7, Folder 11th Ky. Inf - Misc.

Strawberry Plains, Jefferson County, Tennessee 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. John Gray Foster (Nashua, New Hampshire, major general (U.S.A.)) N00005705 1823-05-27 1874-09-02 Categories: People

Nashua, New Hampshire, major general. Whitefield, New Hampshire, native. Graduate of the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, in 1847. Breveted a second lieutenant of Engineers. Served in Mexican-American War from 1847 to 1848. Worked on coastal survey office and as assistant to professor of engineering at West Point from 1855 to 1857. Worked on the construction of Fort Sumter in 1858. Commissioned as a full captain of engineers on July 1, 1860. Appointed brigadier general of U.S. Volunteers on October 23, 1861. Commanded the Department of North Carolina from July 1, 1862, to July 13, 1863. Breveted a major general of U.S. Volunteers on July 18, 1863. Commanded the Department of Ohio from December 12, 1863, to July 9, 1864.

Relationships Military: William M. Haley (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: Robert Morrow (Knoxville, TN, asst adjt gen'l to Gen JG Foster) Military: James R. Howard (Lebanon, Ky, sgt 1st Ky Cav & captain 13th Ky Cav USA) Military: William Perkins (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) Military: James H. Loh (Boyd County, Kentucky, 1st lieut, 45th Ky Mtd InfUSA) Military: United States War Department Military: Henry Curtis, Jr. (Assistant Adjutant General under General J.G. Foster. )

John Fiske and James Grant Wilson, ed., Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography, vol. 2, (New York: Appleton, 1889), 511-12. “John G. Foster (1823-1874)”, The Latin Library, http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/chron/civilwarnotes/foster.html (accessed on September 30, 2020). Lovell Harrison Rousseau (Louisville, KY, attorney, Col. 5th KY, General Army of Ohio (USA)) N00002299 1818-08-04 1869-01-07 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, soldier, and politician. Stanford, Kentucky, native. Married to Maria Antoinett Rousseau. Admitted to the bar in 1841. Member of the House of Representatives of the State of Indiana from 1844 to 1845. Served in the U.S.-Mexican War as a captain. Member of the the Senate of the State of Indiana from 1847 to 1849. Practiced law in Louisville after 1849. Attorney in Louisville in 1860. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1860 to 1861. Confirmed as a notary public for Jefferson County, Kentucky, on February 5, 1861. Resigned his position in the Kentucky Legislature to raise troops for the Union. Served in the 5th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as colonel from September 9, 1861, until promoted to brigadier general on October 5, 1861. Promoted to major general on October 22, 1862. Commanded a division in the Army of the Ohio and in the Army of the Cumberland until November 17, 1865. Elected as an unconditional Unionist to the 39th United States Congress and served from March 4, 1865, to July 21, 1866.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Military: F. B. Russell (Louisville, Kentucky, petitioner) Military: Veteran Reserve Corps (U.S.A) Military: John Gray Foster (Nashua, New Hampshire, major general (U.S.A.)) Military: United States War Department Military: 12th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 6, p. 316. Ezra J. Warner, Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1964), 412-13. Find A Grave, "Maria Antoinette Dozier Rousseau (1826-1898)," Memorial #49305630, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49305630 (accessed June 28, 2021). Jack DeBerry, "Lovell Harrison Rousseau" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber, (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 783. Joseph G. Dawson, General Lovell H. Rousseau and Louisiana Reconstruction Louisiana History 20 (Fall 1979), 373-91. KYR-0001-017-0062. Strawberry Plains, Tennessee P00013358 Categories: Places

Town in Jefferson County, Tennessee. Located on the Holston River.

36.0631, -83.686 "History of Strawberry Plains & Its Surrounding Communities,"Jefferson County, Tennessee Genealogy & History, https://jefferson.tngenealogy.net/about-jefferson-county/44-history/90-history-strawberry-plains?showall=1&limitstart= (accessed August 29, 2020). USGS: Earth Explorer, "Strawberry Plains, TN," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on August 29, 2020). Tennessee P001001 Categories: Places

State in the southeastern United States. Capital at Nashville. Located on the Cumberland River.

35.5175, -86.5804 Paul H. Bergeron, Stephen V. Ash, and Jeanette Keith, Tennesseans and Their History (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1999), 69. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Tennessee," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on August 14, 2019). 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). 12th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00018244 1861-09-26 1865-07-11 Categories: Organizations

12th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.): Organized at Camp Clio, Pulaski County, Kentucky. Mustered in on September 26, 1861. Mustered out on July 11, 1865. Commander(s): Colonel William A. Hoskins, Lieutenant Colonel Laurence H. Rosseau.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 840-855. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 582-603. 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. United States War Department O00005118 1789 Categories: Organizations

Created in 1789 upon the inauguration of President George Washington. Responsible for oversight of all military departments. Led by the Secretary of War. Civil War-era secretaries of war: John B. Floyd (1857-1860), Joseph Holt (January-March 1861), Simon Cameron (March 1861-January 1862), and Edwin M. Stanton (January 1862-May 1868).

Relationships Military: William Henry Seward (New York governor, attorney and politician) 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: William N. Owens (Major in 1st Ky Cavalry) 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: William H. Eifort (Carter County, Kentucky, clerk and1st Lieutenant in Company C, 2nd regiment Kentucky Cavalry. ) Military: 68th Regiment Kentucky Enrolled Militia Military: Horatio Gouverneur Wright (Union General, commander of Dept of OH) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: Henry Wager Halleck (U.S. Army soldier) Military: Thomas McCurdy Vincent (US Assistant adjutant general, Brigadier General (U.S.A.) ) Military: 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 12th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Eli Houston Murray (Breckenridge County, KY, soldier) Political: William Harrison Randall, Sr. (Laurel County, Kentucky, attorney, clerk, and politician.) Political: Brutus Junius Clay (Representative) Political: Lucian Anderson (Graves County, KY, attorney and politician) Political: Green Clay Smith (Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky attorney, politician, and soldier) Military: Edward H. Green (Dearborn County, Indiana, attorney and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav)

Kenneth W. Munden and Henry Putney Beers, The Union: A Guide to the Federal Archives Relating to the Civil War (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962, reprinted 1986), 242-44. L. D. Ingersoll, A History of the War Department of the United States (Washington, D.C.: Francis B. Mohun, 1880). Frank J. Welcher, The Union Army, 1861—1865: Organization and Operations, vol. 1, The Eastern Theatre (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1989). Frank J. Welcher, The Union Army, 1861—1865: Organization and Operations, vol. 2, The Western Theatre (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993). Veteran Reserve Corps (U.S.A) O00013253 1863-04-28 1866-08-28 Categories: Organizations

Created on April 28, 1863, as the United States Invalid Corps. Name changed to the Veteran Reserve Corps on March 18, 1864. Employed physically disabled soldiers in noncombatant roles such as garrison and hospital duty, though some engaged in combat as well. Disbanded on August 28, 1866. Commander(s): General Winfield Scott Hancock (November 1864-August 1866).

Relationships Military: James B. Farran (Cincinnati, Ohio machinist and soldier) Military: Valentine Melcher (Louisville, Kentucky, potter and soldier) Military: John D. Shepard (Kentucky soldier) Military: George Minot Lane (Detroit, Michigan, student, upholsterer, and soldier)

“War Department. Provost Marshal General's Bureau. Invalid Corps. 4/28/1863-3/18/1864 Organization Authority Record,” National Archives Catalog, NARA, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/10461967 (accessed March 31. 2021). Official Army Register of the Volunteer Force of the United States for the Years 1861–1865, part 8 (Adjutant General’s Office, 1867), p. 30–119. Margaret E. Wagner, Gary W. Gallagher, Paul Finkelman, eds., The Library of Congress Civil War Desk Reference (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002), 441-42. Department of the Ohio O001001 1861-05-09 1866-08-06 Categories: Organizations

This department existed in three separate periods. This department was created on May 3, 1861. It was geographically defined by the states of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. On May 9, 1861, the department was expanded to include portions of Western Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. The department was reconfigured to include Indiana, Ohio, and a portion of Western Virginia, removing the state of Illinois and portions of Pennsylvania and Maryland. On September 19, 1861, the department was redefined as the states of Indiana and Ohio, and the area of Kentucky within fifteen miles of Cincinnati, Ohio. And on November 9, 1861, the department was redefined as the states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Tennessee, and the portions of Kentucky east of the Cumberland River. This department was disbanded on March 11, 1862 and combined with the Mountain Department and the Department of the Mississippi. Commander(s): George B. McClellan, William S. Rosecrans, Ormsby M. Mitchel, and Don Carlos Buell.

The second was created on August 19, 1862. It was geographically defined as the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, the portion of Kentucky east of the Tennessee River, and inclusive of Cumberland Gap and all Federal forces operating in its vicinity. Wisconsin transferred to the Department of the Northwest on September 6, 1862. On September 19, 1862, Alton, Illinois transferred to the Department of Missouri and all of Western Virginia joined the Department of the Ohio. Cairo, Illinois transferred to the Department of the Tennessee on October 16, 1862. On March 16, 1863, all of Western Virginia moved to the Middle Department. Gallipolis, Ohio and the Ohio shoreline opposite the mouth of Kanawha River joined the Middle Department on June 9, 1863. On June 9, 1863, Columbiana, Jefferson, and Belmont Counties in Ohio joined the Department of the Monongahela. On June 23, 1863, Monroe, Athens, Washington, Meigs, Gallia, and Lawrence Counties in Ohio joined the Middle Department. The department joined the Military Division of the Mississippi on October 16, 1863, joining the Departments of the Cumberland and the Tennessee. On November 16, 1863, the department was reconfigured to include the portions of Kentucky east of the Tennessee River and parts of East Tennessee under the control of the Army of the Ohio. Jeffersonville, Indiana joined the department on February 8, 1864. Covington, Kentucky and the surrounding fifteen mile radius joined the Northern Department. This department was disbanded on January 17, 1865 and joined the Department of the Cumberland. Commander(s): Horatio G. Wright, Ambrose E. Burnside, John G. Foster, John M. Schofield, and George Stoneman.

The third was created on June 27, 1865. It was geographically defined as the states of Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana, with the exception of Jeffersonville and New Albany, Indiana. The state of Wisconsin was added to the department on October 30, 1865. On June 5, 1866, the Department of Kentucky—along with Jeffersonville and New Albany, Indiana—were added to the department. This department was disbanded on August 6, 1866 and consolidated into the Department of the Lakes. Commander(s): Edward O. C. Ord and Orlando B. Wilcox.

Frank J. Welcher, The Union Army, 1861—1865: Organization and Operations, vol. 2, The Western Theatre (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993), 126-37. 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. Strawberry Plains, Jefferson County, Tennessee 1864-01-10 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "4": 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 "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.

Head Quarters 12th Ky Infty Vols Strawberry Plains E Tenn January 10th 1864 To his excellency. Thomas E Bramblette Govr of Kentucky Honorable Sir

I have the pleasure of reporting to you that the 12th Ky. I. V. have RE Enlisted as Veteran Vols under the provisions of orders 191' from war Deptor and will march from here on our way to Ky between now and the 1st of February the date of the re Enlistment of the Regt in the Veteran Service will date from the 24th of December 1863. They have re Enlisted under the promise that the Regt will be mounted. I would prefer to make them Cavalry. The order authorizing the RE Enlistment of the Regt as mounted men came from GenlFoster Comdg Dept of the Ohio

I have the honor to be Very Respectfully, Your Obt Servt L H Rousseau Lt ColComdg Regt

Hd qrs. 12t Ky Inft Vols. Strawbeery Plains E. Tenn 10th Jany 1864

Rousseau L. H Lt Col. Comd

Has the honor to report that the 12th Regt Ky Inft has re enlisted as veterans under provisions of order 191 from War Department

Recd A. G. O Jany 1864