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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department of Military Affairs 1st - 20th Regiments Kentucky Infantry Primary Source Documents KYR-0002-024-0098 Box 8, Folder 17th Ky. Inf. - Misc.

Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia 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. David Duncan (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, resident and corp thru captain 17th Ky Inf USA) N00013785 1841-03-06 1916-05-12 Categories: People

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, resident and soldier. Native of Scotland. Resident of Muhlenberg County in 1860. Served in the 17th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as corporal, first sergeant, sergeant major, first lieutenant, and captain from January 5, 1862, to January 23, 1865.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 2, p. 745. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 300. U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Application #1067752, Certificate #817458. Find A Grave, "Capt. David Duncan (1842-1916)," Memorial #112702847, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112702847 (accessed November 29, 2020). Samuel T. Fruit (Christian County, Ky, farmer; 2nd lieut 25th Ky Inf; 2nd lieut & captain 17th Ky Inf USA) N00013786 1833? 1905-06-27 Categories: People

Christian County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Farmer in Christian County in 1860. Served in the 25th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as second lieutenant from January 1, 1862, to April 4, 1863. Served in the 17th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as first lieutenant and captain from April 13, 1863, to July 23, 1865.

Relationships Military: David Duncan (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, resident and corp thru captain 17th Ky Inf USA)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, p. 627. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 301. U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Application #835.359, Certificate #608.214. Find A Grave, "Capt. Samuel Thompson Fruit Sr. (1838-1905)," Memorial #88084516, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88084516 (accessed November 29, 2020). "Capt. Fruit Dead," Hopkinsville Kentuckian (Hopkinsville, KY), June 29, 1905, p. 1. Linus Fuller (Grayson County, Kentucky, farm laborer and pvt, corp, 1st sgt, 1st lieut17th Ky InfUSA) N00013787 1843-10-10 1923-09-05 Categories: People

Grayson County, Kentucky, farm laborer and soldier. Pennsylvania native. Son of Harrison Fuller and Mary Fuller. Resident of Grayson County in 1850. Farm laborer in Grayson County in 1860. Served in the 17th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as private, corporal, first sergeant, and first lieutenant from January 4, 1862, to January 23, 1865.

Relationships Military: Samuel T. Fruit (Christian County, Ky, farmer; 2nd lieut 25th Ky Inf; 2nd lieut & captain 17th Ky Inf USA) Military: David Duncan (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, resident and corp thru captain 17th Ky Inf USA)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grayson County, p. 52B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grayson County, p. 397. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 301. U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Application #1,209,693, Certificate #941,675. "Missouri Death Certificates, 1910 - 1969,"_ Missouri Secretary of State, Missouri State Library, File #26352, https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1923/192300029707.PDF (accessed February 26, 2021). _Find A Grave, "Linus A. Fuller (1842-1923)," Memorial #56048874, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56048874 (accessed November 29, 2020). Curtis A. Brasher (Christian County, Kentucky, farmer and 2nd lieutenant in 17th Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.)) N00013788 1842-07-13 1928-04-12 Categories: People

Christian County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Jacob C. Brasher and Agnes Brasher. Resident of Christian County in 1850. Farmer in Christian County in 1860. Served in the 17th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as first sergeant and second lieutenant from December 31, 1861, to January 23, 1865.

Relationships Military: Linus Fuller (Grayson County, Kentucky, farm laborer and pvt, corp, 1st sgt, 1st lieut17th Ky InfUSA) Military: Samuel T. Fruit (Christian County, Ky, farmer; 2nd lieut 25th Ky Inf; 2nd lieut & captain 17th Ky Inf USA) Military: David Duncan (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, resident and corp thru captain 17th Ky Inf USA)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 1, p. 480A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, p. 591. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 299. Find A Grave, "Curtis A. Brasher (1842-1928)," Memorial #88316135, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88316135 (accessed November 30, 2020). Atlanta, Georgia P00005758 Categories: Places

Capital of Georgia from 1868. Seat of Fulton County, Georgia.

33.749, -84.388 "Atlanta." Georgia.gov. Accessed May 13, 2017. https://georgia.gov/cities-counties/atlanta. USGS: Earth Explorer, “Atlanta, Georgia," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on March 1, 2021). Georgia P001008 Categories: Places

State in southeastern United States. Capital at Milledgeville from 1804 to 1868. Located on the Atlantic Ocean.

33.0801, -83.2321 Robert J. Norrell, Louis De Vorsey, and George Hendricks, "Georgia" in Encyclopedia Britannica, (https://www.britannica.com/place/Georgia-state) (accessed on June 26, 2017). USGS: Earth Explorer, "Georgia," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on April 9, 2020). 17th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00002664 1862-01-04 1865-01-23 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Calhoun, McLean County, Kentucky. Mustered into service on January 4, 1862. Mustered out of service on January 23, 1865. Commander(s): Colonel James M. Shackelford, Colonel John H. McHenry, Jr., and Colonel Alexander M. Stout.

Relationships Military: Curtis A. Brasher (Christian County, Kentucky, farmer and 2nd lieutenant in 17th Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.)) Military: Linus Fuller (Grayson County, Kentucky, farm laborer and pvt, corp, 1st sgt, 1st lieut17th Ky InfUSA) Military: Samuel T. Fruit (Christian County, Ky, farmer; 2nd lieut 25th Ky Inf; 2nd lieut & captain 17th Ky Inf USA) Military: David Duncan (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, resident and corp thru captain 17th Ky Inf USA)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 985. Frederick Henry Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, (Des Moines: Dyer Publishing Company, 1908), 1204-05. 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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Camp 17th Ky Vols Inft Near Atlanta Ga August 22nd 1864 Govenor Bramlette, Honorable Sir:

As there is a great difference of opinion here in regard to the mustering out of Troops. The question is whether or not Troops are mustered out from date of enlistment the organization of the Regt or their muster in to the Service We ask your decision on this Subject,

By so doing you will oblige many Soldiers,

We are Very Respectfully Your Obt Servtts David Duncan Capt Co "C" 17th Ky Vols

Saml, T, Fruit Capt Co G 17th Ky vol

Linus Fuller Lieut Co "C" 17th Ky

Curtis ,,A,, Brasher 2nd Lieut Co "C" 17th Ky

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Camp 17th Ky. Infty. Near Atlanta. Ga. Aug. 22nd /64

Duncan, David Capt. Co. "C". and others.

To Governor,

Stating there is Difference of opinion about the muster-out of Reg'ts. Desires to Know the Gov's opinion as to when Reg'ts are mustd out.

L. B. no 6-1864. P 174

Recd A.G.O. 30th Aug. 1864.