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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department of Military Affairs 1st - 20th Regiments Kentucky Infantry Primary Source Documents KYR-0002-024-0099 Box 8, Folder 17th Ky. Inf. - Misc.

Owensboro, Daviess 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. Robert J. Allen (Owensboro, Kentucky, farmer and 2nd lieut 17th KY Inf (U.S.A.)) N00013848 1834? Categories: People

Owensboro, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Isham R. Allen and Lucinda Allen. Farmer in Owensboro in 1850. Served in the 17th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as quartermaster sergeant, fifth sergeant, and second lieutenant from February 3, 1862, to October 16, 1863.

Relationships Military: 17th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Daviess County, Owensboro, p. 350B. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 948-49. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 298. William Anthony (Owensboro, Kentucky, attorney) N00013862 1815? Categories: People

Owensboro, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Attorney in Owensboro in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Owensboro in 1860.

Relationships Social: William B. Wall (Owensboro, Kentucky, attorney and major 17th Ky Inf (U.S.A.)) Social: Nimrod B. Allen (Daviess County, Kentucky, merchant) Social: John William Compton (Owensboro, Kentucky, physician) Social: Robert J. Allen (Owensboro, Kentucky, farmer and 2nd lieut 17th KY Inf (U.S.A.)) Social: John R. Grissom (Daviess Co, KY, tailor; Provost Marshal, 2nd Military District of Kentucky)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Daviess County, Owensboro, p. 986. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Daviess County, Owensboro, p. 4. "The Bench and Bar of the City of Owensboro," Messenger-Inquirer (Owensboro, KY), January 29, 1899, p. 19. William B. Wall (Owensboro, Kentucky, attorney and major 17th Ky Inf (U.S.A.)) N00013861 1822? 1865? Categories: People

Owensboro, Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Eleanora Wall. County court clerk in Owensboro in 1850. Attorney in Owensboro in 1860. Served in the 17th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a major from January 1, 1862, to April 15, 1862.

Relationships Social: Nimrod B. Allen (Daviess County, Kentucky, merchant) Social: John William Compton (Owensboro, Kentucky, physician) Social: John R. Grissom (Daviess Co, KY, tailor; Provost Marshal, 2nd Military District of Kentucky)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Daviess County, Owensboro, p. 352A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Daviess County, Owensboro, p. 967. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Rolls 307, 373. Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Daviess County Administration Bonds, 1834-1868, vol 1-4, p. 786 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com on December 17, 2020). U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Application #124475, Certificate #80635. "The Bench and Bar of the City of Owensboro," Messenger-Inquirer (Owensboro, KY), January 29, 1899, p. 19. Find A Grave, "William B. Wall (1822-1866)," Memorial #126732542, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126732542 (accessed December 17, 2020). John William Compton (Owensboro, Kentucky, physician) N00013849 1825? 1905? Categories: People

Owensboro, Kentucky, physician. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah A. Morton Compton in 1853. Father of Mary E. Compton, Morton Compton, and Fred Compton. Physician in Owensboro in 1860. Member of the Surgeon Board of Enrollment for the 2nd Congressional District of Kentucky in 1864.

Relationships Social: Robert J. Allen (Owensboro, Kentucky, farmer and 2nd lieut 17th KY Inf (U.S.A.)) Military: Board of Enrollment

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Daviess County, p. 960. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Indiana, Vanderburgh County, Evansville Ward 1, p. 151B. "Frederick Samuel Compton, The Indiana Society of the Sons of the American Revolution Application for Membership" U.S. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Volume 139, September 19, 1916, p. 324-326 of 559 microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com on December 17, 2020). Find A Grave, "Dr. John William Compton (1825-1905)," Memorial #26158725, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26158725 (accessed December 17, 2020). Nimrod B. Allen (Daviess County, Kentucky, merchant) N00013860 1819-11-08 1894-11-16 Categories: People

Daviess County, Kentucky, merchant. Kentucky native. Married to Rose C. Daveiss Allen. Father of Isham R. Allen, John D. Allen, and Nimrod B. Allen, Jr. Grocer in Daviess County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Daviess County in 1850. Merchant in Daviess County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Daviess County in 1860. Commissioner of enrollments for the 2nd Congressional District of Kentucky from 1862 to 1865.

Relationships Familial: Robert J. Allen (Owensboro, Kentucky, farmer and 2nd lieut 17th KY Inf (U.S.A.)) Military: Board of Enrollment

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Daviess County, Owensboro, p. 347B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Daviess County, Owensboro, p. 1 of 5 microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com). Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Daviess County, District 1, p. 671. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Daviess County, District 2, p. 11. "Death Was Expected. Mr. Nimrod B. Allen Passes Away After Quite a Long Illness," The Owensboro Messenger (Owensboro, KY), November 17, 1894, p. 1. Lucius P. Little, "Interesting Local History: Kinspeople of Col. Joe Hamilton Daveiss, Who Fell at the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811, Who Have Resided in Daviess County," The Twice-A-Week Messenger (Owensboro, KY), January 5, 1916, p. 7. John R. Grissom (Daviess Co, KY, tailor; Provost Marshal, 2nd Military District of Kentucky) N00001837 1828? Categories: People

Daviess County, Kentucky, tailor and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Augustus Grissom. Father of John R. Grissom, Jr. Tailor in Daviess County in 1860. Captain and provost marshal for the 2nd District of Kentucky from 1863 to 1865.

Relationships Military: Stephen Gray Crawford (Grayson County Farmer)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Daviess County, District No. 1, p. 15. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1900) Series 3, vol 4, 648-49. The Army & Navy Official Gazette vol. II, 1864-65, No. 36 (Washington, D.C.: Office of F. & J. Rives, 1865), March 7, 1865, 570-72. Owensboro, Kentucky P00004898 Categories: Places

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

37.7742, -87.1133 Lee A. Dew, "Owensboro," in The Encyclopedia of Kentucky, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington, University of Kentucky Press, 1992), 700-01. “Owensboro, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed November 23, 2020, 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). 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. United States Army O00001186 1775 Categories: Organizations

The organization of infantry, cavalry, and artillery military units in the United States government. Commander(s): Winfield Scott, George B. McClellan, Henry W. Halleck, and Ulysses S. Grant.

Relationships Military: James Olney (possible U. S. soldier) Military: Joel Adams (Lincoln County, KY, farmer & pvt 19th KY Inf USA) Military: Joseph Innes (possible Lincoln County, KY, soldier) Military: Richard D. Cunningham (Colonel, U.S. Army) Military: Edward Baker, Jr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, soldier and saloon owner) Military: Crawford C. Adams (Paulding County, Ohio, resident and soldier.) Military: 14th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A) Military: Office of the Quartermaster General of Kentucky Military: J. K. Edwards (Kentucky, aid to Bramletter, "colonel") Military: Jeremiah Tilford Boyle (Union general, Boyle Co, KY attorney, pres Lou City Railway Co) Military: Marcellus Mundy (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and soldier) Military: Army of the Ohio Military: Military District of Kentucky Military: Luther Thayer Thustin (Louisville US Army Paymaster) Military: Hartwell T. Burge (Muhlenberg, Kentucky, Meth minister; chaplain 3rd KY Cav; colonel 48th KY Inf; comd'r Dpt of OH 1864) Military: Alexander Magruder (Jefferson County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier) Military: Charles David Pennebaker (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, KY state rep & senator; col 27th KY Inf USA & state military agent) Military: John F. Lay (Breckinridge, KY, soldier) 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: Edmund A. Starling (Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, resident and Colonel (U.S.A.)) Military: 35th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Military: Thomas McCurdy Vincent (US Assistant adjutant general, Brigadier General (U.S.A.) ) Military: William Forman (Clark County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier.) Military: Presley Kimbrell (Powell County, Kentucky, carpenter and soldier.) Economic: William Bird Holeman (Frankfort City Marshal and KY Public Printer) Political: Government of the United States of America Military: Marion Larrison (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav) Military: John W. Houze (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav USA) Military: John Royalty (Barren County, Kentucky, barkeeper) Military: Henry W. Royalty (Barren County, KY, resident) Military: John Mason Marcus (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Military: Edward Davis Townsend (Assistant Adjutant General (U.S.Army)) Military: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) Military: Office of Quartermaster of U. S. Army Military: United States War Department Military: Horatio Phillips Van Cleve (Todd County, Minnesota, farmer and soldier (2nd Minn. and General U.S. A.)) Military: [Unknown] Johnson () Military: Wiley Taul Poynter (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer, banker, and soldier) Military: Lowdy Howard (Jefferson County, Kentucky, apprentice ship carpenter, tobacconist and soldier) Military: Thornton Williams (Scott County, Kentucky, soldier. Formerly enslaved by Urias Offutt, accused of attempted murder.) Political: Urias M. Offutt (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer. and slaveholder.) Military: Robert Crooke Wood (Washington D.C., assistant surgeon general, 1854-1865) Military: Madison Mills (New York County, New York, surgeon. US army medical director in St. Louis, MO) Military: Charles Carroll Gray (Ontario County, New York, surgeon. ) Military: Henry Wager Halleck (U.S. Army soldier) Military: Andrew Jackson Smith (United States Army career soldier and commander) Military: Thomas Harvey Harris (Jefferson County, Indiana, book rubber and soldier. Military mayor of Memphis, 1864-1865.) Military: Stephen Augustus Hurlbut (Belvidere, Illinois, lawyer, representative, and soldier) Military: Edward H. Green (Dearborn County, Indiana, attorney and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav)

Richard W. Stewart, ed. American Military History (Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 2009). 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. Government of the United States of America O00002945 1776-07-04 Categories: Organizations

Administrative body of the United States of America. Comprised of the Legislative Branch, Judicial Branch, and Executive Branch. Capital at Washington, District of Columbia.

Relationships Military: 68th Regiment Kentucky Enrolled Militia Economic: Hiram Barney (New York attorney and customs collector) Political: Leonard B. Cox (Fleming County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Political: William Scott Botts (Fleming County, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Political: George Jackson (Bullitt County, Kentucky, laborer) Political: Hillary G. Jackson (Bullitt County, Kentucky, laborer & private 26th KY Inf USA) Legal: William J. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. ) Military: Thornton Williams (Scott County, Kentucky, soldier. Formerly enslaved by Urias Offutt, accused of attempted murder.) Political: Urias M. Offutt (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer. and slaveholder.) Military: George W. Rasure (Floyd County, Indiana, resident and soldier.) Military: Amaziah "Samuel" Rasure (Washington County, Indiana, resident and soldier.) Military: David Rasure, Jr. (New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, resident and soldier.) Political: Nelson Trusler (Connersville, Indiana, attorney, politician, and soldier) Political: Robert Alexander Dowell (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Oliver P. Morton (Fourteenth governor of Indiana, attorney, judge, and politician.) Political: John Walter Rutherford (Crittenden County, Kentucky, barkeeper and merchant)

"America's Founding Documents," https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs (accessed on December 1, 2017). Board of Enrollment O00012894 1863-03-03 1866-08-28 Categories: Organizations

Military board for enrolling recruits for the enrollment branch of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau. Established by the United States War Department on March 3, 1863. Abolished on August 28, 1866.

Relationships Military: William Landsaw Hurst (Breathitt, Kentucky, lawyer and commissioner.)

"Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War)," Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States, National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/110.html#110.3.1 (accessed June 18, 2020). 2nd Congressional District of Kentucky O00003024 1792 Categories: Organizations

Comprised of the following counties in 1861: Henderson, Daviess, Hancock, Breckinridge, McLean, Ohio, Grayson, Muhlenberg, Butler, and Christian. The district was expanded to include Hopkins County in 1863 and 1865. Representative(s): Samuel O. Peyton (1857-1861), James S. Jackson (1861), Vacant (1861-1862); George H. Yeaman (1862-1865), and Burwell C. Ritter (1865-1867). Provisional Government representative to Congress of the Confederate States of America: John Watkins Crockett, Jr.

Relationships Military: James Barnet Fry (Union Provost Marshal General)

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, (http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp); See Congressional District maps. "Chapter 913," Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1861, 1862 and 1863), 348-49. KYR-0004-033-0003. 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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Owensboro' Ky. May 19th 64 Hon. Thomas. E. Bramlett Dr Sir-

Permit us the pleasure of introducing to you our young friend Robert Allen -- He has been in the service of his Country, and was a member and officer in the "17th Ky" but owing to sickness was honorably discharged -- Having recovered his strength, he looks to the war path again and visits Frankfort to consult our patriotic Governor as to the best place for him to fill in maintaining our glorious Country --

We hope you will aid him in his purpose --

Truly your friends W. Anthony Wm B Wall J. W. Compton Surgeon Brd Enrolment 2nd Dist Ky N B Allen Comr. Brd. Enrolment 2d Dist John R Grissom Ky. Pro Mar 2nd Dist Ky

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Owensboro Ky May 19th 1864

Allen Robert Athony W } & others

Recommending Mr Robert Allen to your favorable consideration He is desirous to assist the Governor in raising the 10.000 six months men.

Recruiting authority issued & delivered 23d May 1864

Recd A G O. 23d May 1864