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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department of Military Affairs 1st - 20th Regiments Kentucky Infantry Primary Source Documents KYR-0002-024-0100 Box 8, Folder 17th Ky. Inf. - Misc.

Washington, District of Columbia 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 L. Beckham (McLean County, Kentucky, physician and captain in 17th Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.)) N00013825 1839? 1864-04-13 Categories: People

McLean County, Kentucky, physician and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Nimrod C. Beckham and Carolina Beckham. Resident of Washington County, Kentucky, in 1850. Physician in McLean County in 1860. Served in the 17th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as first lieutenant and captain from January 4, 1862, to April 13, 1864. Died in military service in Loudon, Tennessee, on April 13, 1864.

Relationships Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: 17th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, p. 200A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McLean County, Rumsey, p. 14. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 298. Joseph Gill Roberts (Frankfort, Kentucky, physician and soldier) N00012741 1789-02-19 1868-07-03 Categories: People

Frankfort, Kentucky, physician and soldier. Virginia native. Married to Anne "Nancy" Weisiger Roberts. Married to Martha Ann Todd Roberts. Father of Joseph Weisiger Roberts. Served in the War of 1812 and in the Mexican-American War. Physician in Franklin County, Kentucky, in 1850. Physician in Franklin County in 1860. Served in the 40th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a surgeon from July 29, 1863, to April 25, 1864.

Relationships Military: Robert Morrow (Knoxville, TN, asst adjt gen'l to Gen JG Foster) Military: Ordnance Department U.S. Army Military: 40th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: John McAllister Schofield (West Point, New York, instructor & major general) Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 53B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 384. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 425. G. Glenn Clift. "Notes on Kentucky Veterans of the War of 1812 (Concluded)," The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society vol. 51, no. 175 (1953): 136-52, www.jstor.org/stable/23373743 (accessed May 29, 2020). The District of Columbia Society of the National Society Sons of the American RevolutionApplication for Membership, John Gill Roberts, dated March 29, 1966 (accessed via Ancestry.com). Find A Grave, "Joseph G. Roberts (1789-1868)," Memorial #51540737, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51540737 (accessed May 29, 2020). Charles H. Harris (Louisville, Kentucky, clerk and 2nd lieutenant in 11th Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.A.)) N00013789 1840? Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, clerk and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Alfred Wallace Rutherford Harris and Martha Harris. Student in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1850. Clerk in Louisville in 1860. Served in the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a second lieutenant from November 24, 1863, to April 22, 1864.

Relationships Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) Military: William H. Norton (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and 2nd lieutenant in 11th Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.A.)) Military: Benjamin F. Lewis (Hancock County, Kentucky, soldier - 2nd Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Rufus Somerby (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, clerk and soldier - 2nd Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: William Owsley Boyle (Boyle County, Kentucky, soldier - Lt. Col. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: John Bradburn (Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, soldier - sgt. 12th Ky. Cav.) Military: William Mangan (Richmond, Cass County, Illinois, soldier - 1st Lt. 11th Ky. Cav) Military: James B. Powell (Butler County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier - pvt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Military: Robert Morrow (Knoxville, TN, asst adjt gen'l to Gen JG Foster) Military: John McAllister Schofield (West Point, New York, instructor & major general) Military: Government of the United States of America Military: United States Department of the Treasury Military: Ordnance Department U.S. Army Military: Ambrose E. Burnside (Union general, Rhode Island rifleworks owner) Military: 105th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: John Milton Cotton (Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier - 2nd Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: James W. Robinson (Washington County, Kentucky, soldier - 1st Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Edward H. Green (Dearborn County, Indiana, attorney and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav) Military: Presley F. Hansbrough (Grant County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier - Capt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Joseph Lawson (Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: William H. Bell (Washington County, Kentucky, farmer, carpenter, and soldier)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 1, p. 58A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 3, p. 724. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 108. William H. Norton (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and 2nd lieutenant in 11th Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.A.)) N00013790 1833-02-28 1873-09-27 Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Asbury Norton and Mary Norton. Married to Mary H. Norton. Father of Berry C. Norton, Mary B. Norton, and William R. Norton. Farmer in Mercer County in 1850. Farmer in Mercer County in 1860. Served in the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a second lieutenant from September 22, 1862, to April 22, 1864.

Relationships Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) Military: William H. Bell (Washington County, Kentucky, farmer, carpenter, and soldier) Military: Frederick Slater, Jr. (Dearborn County, Indiana, merchant and soldier - major, 11th Ky. Cav) Military: Milton J. Graham (Washington County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. 4th Inf and 11th Cav (U.S.A.)) Military: Archibald J. Alexander (Louisville, Kentucky, lumber merchant and soldier.) Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Robert Morrow (Knoxville, TN, asst adjt gen'l to Gen JG Foster) Military: John McAllister Schofield (West Point, New York, instructor & major general) Military: Government of the United States of America Military: United States Department of the Treasury Military: Ordnance Department U.S. Army Military: James W. Robinson (Washington County, Kentucky, soldier - 1st Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Edward H. Green (Dearborn County, Indiana, attorney and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav) Military: Presley F. Hansbrough (Grant County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier - Capt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Joseph Lawson (Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 327A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 638. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Precinct 2, p. 462A. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 110. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 280. "William Hickerman Norton (1833-1873)," Find A Grave, Memorial 35989279, accessed July 24, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35989279. Leonidas S. Sullivan (Indiana resident and captain in 5th Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.A.)) N00013837 1840? Categories: People

Indiana resident and soldier. Greensboro, Indiana, native. Son of John W. Sullivan and Mary Ann Sullivan. Student in Bartholomew County, Indiana, in 1850. Served in the 2nd Kentucky Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as first sergeant and private from September 27, 1861, to May 18, 1863. Served in the 5th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as first sergeant, second lieutenant, first lieutenant, and captain from May 18, 1863, to April 19, 1864. Served in the 9th U.S. Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment as private and company sergeant.

Relationships Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: 5th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Indiana, Bartholomew County, Columbus, p. 300A. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 116-17. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 22. U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Application #1116953, Certificate #865421. Joseph Ballow (Pulaski County, Kentucky, resident and captain in 12th Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.)) N00013791 1836? 1921-06-14 Categories: People

Pulaski County, Kentucky, resident and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of James Ballow and Frances Ballow. Married to Phoebe C. Smith Ballow in Pulaski County, Kentucky, on October 16, 1856. Father of Humphrey M. Ballow. Married to Susannah E. Ballow. Father of Joseph H. Ballow and Ellen Ballow. Student in Pulaski County in 1850. Resident of Pulaski County in 1860. Served in the 12th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as captain from January 30, 1862, to April 5, 1864.

Relationships Military: Green C. Freeman (Pulaski County, Kentucky, farmer and 1st lieut 12th Ky Inf USA) Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: 12th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pulaski County, Division 1, p. 66A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pulaski County, District 2, p. 73. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pulaski County, Point, p. 296A. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994027-994058, Pulaski County Marriages, p. 10 of 29 microfilm. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 252. "Grand Old Man Passes Away at Stanford," The Advocate-Messenger (Danville, Kentucky), June 15, 1921, p. 1 and 8. Find A Grave, "Elder Joseph Ballou (1836-1921)," Memorial #104651792, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104651792 (accessed November 30, 2020). Green C. Freeman (Pulaski County, Kentucky, farmer and 1st lieut 12th Ky Inf USA) N00013836 1826? 1881-06-24 Categories: People

Pulaski County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. North Carolina native. Married to Sarah C. Parker Freeman in Whitley County, Kentucky, on July 25, 1849. Father of Mahaly J. Freeman, James A. Freeman, Margaret Freeman, George Freeman, Elizabeth Freeman, Alfred H. Freeman, Lucy Freeman, and Sarah E. Freeman. Farmer in Pulaski County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Pulaski County in 1860. Served in the 12th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as first lieutenant from January 30, 1862, to April 30, 1864.

Relationships Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: 12th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pulaski County, Division 1, p. 69B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pulaski County, District 2, p. 97. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kansas, Montgomery County, Louisburg, p. 617A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Whitley County Marriages, Film #000532640, p. 83 of 375 microfilm. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 817. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 255. Find A Grave, "Green C. Freeman (1826-1881)," Memorial #60779780, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60779780 (accessed December 9, 2020). Thomas McCurdy Vincent (US Assistant adjutant general, Brigadier General (U.S.A.) ) N00005761 1832-11-15 1909-11-30 Categories: People

Washington, District of Columbia, soldier. Harrison County, Ohio, native. Married to Laura L. Vincent. Father of Thomas N. Vincent. Graduated from the United State Military Academy in 1853 as a second lieutenant. Served in the United States 2nd Artillery Regiment until 1859. Appointed assistant professor of chemistry at the United States Military Academy in August 1859. Served in the Army of Northwestern Virginia (U.S.A.) as an assistant adjutant general, captain, and major from July 1861 to 1865.

Relationships Military: United States War Department Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Legal: Joseph Holt (Washington, D.C., Judge Advocate General (U.S.A.)) Legal: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Legal: Judge Advocate General Corps (U.S.A.) Legal: United States War Department Legal: Robert Buffum (Louisville, Kentucky, lieutenant (U.S.A.)) Military: William Berry (McLean County, Kentucky, physician &surgeon 7th KY Inf USA) Political: William Berry (McLean County, Kentucky, physician &surgeon 7th KY Inf USA) Military: William Robert Davidson (Madison, Indiana, physician and surgeon 22nd & 7th KY Inf) Military: 7th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Kentucky Volunteers Political: 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Political: 12th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Political: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) Political: United States War Department Military: 55th Kentucky Mounted Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 26th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 12th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) Military: Lewis B. Vimont (Bourbon County, Kentucky, clerk and 2nd lieut 7th Inf USA) Political: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: Nelson C. Lawrence (Indiana & KY musican; pvt 7th IN Inf & 8th Ky Cav; maj 17th Ky Cav (all USA)) Military: Columbus H. Martin (Muhlenberg County, Ky, farm laborer and captain in the 11th Ky Inf (U.S.A.)) Military: Enoch George Jacobs (Hamilton Co. OH, blacksmith apprentice, 1st Lieut. 12th Ky Inf.) Military: Robert B. Herron (Highland County, Ohio, student and chaplain 14th Ky Inf. USA) Military: William R. Holbrook (Morgan County, Kentucky, farmer and private in 14th Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.)) Military: Benjamin F. Pumphrey (Garrard Co, Ky, house carpenter, pvt thru capt 27th Ky Inf. USA) Military: William Morgan Pollitt (Mason County, Kentucky, physician; ass't surgeon 12th Ky Inf USA) Military: John S. Thompson (Lawrence County, Ky, farmer; 2nd lieut.14th Ky Inf USA) Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Leonidas S. Sullivan (Indiana resident and captain in 5th Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.A.)) Military: Green C. Freeman (Pulaski County, Kentucky, farmer and 1st lieut 12th Ky Inf USA) Military: Robert L. Beckham (McLean County, Kentucky, physician and captain in 17th Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.)) Military: Joseph Ballow (Pulaski County, Kentucky, resident and captain in 12th Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.)) Military: William H. Norton (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and 2nd lieutenant in 11th Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.A.)) Military: Charles H. Harris (Louisville, Kentucky, clerk and 2nd lieutenant in 11th Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.A.)) Military: Joseph Gill Roberts (Frankfort, Kentucky, physician and soldier) Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: 5th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 40th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 17th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Lorenzo Thomas (Washington, District of Columbia, adjutant general of the U.S. Army) Military: John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) Military: Provost Marshal General's Office

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Washington, District of Columbia, Ward 2, p. 386B. John Fiske and James Grant Wilson, ed., Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography, vol. V, (New York: Appleton, 1889), 300. "Thomas MacCurdy Vincent (1832-1909)," Find A Grave, Memorial #10652259, accessed June 5, 2019, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10652259. KYR-0002-033-0014. Washington, District of Columbia P00001134 Categories: Places

Seat of government of the United States of America. Located on the Potomac River.

38.9072, -77.0369 Jeane Mason Fogle, "Washington, D.C." in Encyclopedia Britannica, (https://www.britannica.com/place/Washington-DC) (accessed May 22, 2017). USGS: Earth Explorer, "Washington, D.C.," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on August 8, 2019). Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) O00010608 1775-06-16 Categories: Organizations

Chief administrative office of the U.S. Army. Operated from 1847 to 1964. Responsible for organizing recruits into companies and regiments with the assistance of state adjutant generals. Adjutant general during the Civil War: Lorenzo Thomas (1861-1869).

Relationships Political: Kentucky Volunteers Military: Kentucky Volunteers Military: 7th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (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: Thomas McCurdy Vincent (US Assistant adjutant general, Brigadier General (U.S.A.) ) Military: 20th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Edward Davis Townsend (Assistant Adjutant General (U.S.Army)) Military: Edward H. Green (Dearborn County, Indiana, attorney and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav) Military: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war)

Stephen E. Bower, A Short History of the U.S. Army Adjutant General's Corps, 1775-2013, (Fort Jackson, SC: U.S. Army Soldier Support Institute, 2013). 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. 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). 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. 40th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00009883 1863-07-30 1864-12-30 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Grayson, Kentucky, and Falmouth, Kentucky. Mustered in on July 30, 1863, and mustered out on December 30, 1864. Commander(s): Colonel Clinton J. True and Lieutenant Colonel Mathew Mullins.

Relationships Military: Kentucky Central Railway

Frederick Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines: The Dyer Publishing Company, 1908), 1211. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 442. 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00005233 1862-07 1865-07-17 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky. Mustered into service in July 1862. Mustered out of service from July 12 to July 17, 1865. Commander(s): Lieutenant Colonel Archibald J. Alexander, Lieutenant Colonel William E. Riley, Lieutenant Colonel Milton Graham, Colonel Alexander W. Holeman, and Lieutenant Colonel William O. Boyle.

Relationships Military: William H. Bell (Washington County, Kentucky, farmer, carpenter, and soldier) Military: Edward Maddox (Washington Co. farmer) Military: Archibald J. Alexander (Louisville, Kentucky, lumber merchant and soldier.) 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: John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) Military: John J. Rose (Mercer County, Kentuck, merchant and soldier - 2nd Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: William H. Norton (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and 2nd lieutenant in 11th Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.A.)) Military: John Bradburn (Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, soldier - sgt. 12th Ky. Cav.) Military: Sabritt Scruggs (Washington County, Kentucky, soldier - 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: James W. Robinson (Washington County, Kentucky, soldier - 1st Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: James B. Powell (Butler County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier - pvt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Robert S. Curd (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav) Military: William Mangan (Richmond, Cass County, Illinois, soldier - 1st Lt. 11th Ky. Cav) Military: [Unknown] [Unknown] (Kentucky soldier. Served in the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a captain.) Military: James H. Dunn (Grant County, Kentucky, soldier - Sgt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Presley F. Hansbrough (Grant County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier - Capt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Simeon A. Wortham (Lincoln County, Kentucky, tailor and soldier - Com. Sgt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: John W. Burton (Washington County, Kentucky, soldier.) Military: Moreau B. Pulliam (Mercer Co, Harrodsburg, Ky, carpenter & lieut, sgt, maj, commissary 11th Ky Cav USA) Military: Abraham W. Stone (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier - 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Milton J. Graham (Washington County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. 4th Inf and 11th Cav (U.S.A.)) Military: Edward H. Green (Dearborn County, Indiana, attorney and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav) Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) 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: James H. Peyton (Mercer County, Kentucky, physician and surgeon.) Military: John F. Rodgers (Anderson County, Kentucky, physician and surgeon 11th KY Cav USA) Military: Lewis Letig Pinkerton (Woodford County, Kentucky minister, school founder, asst surgeon 11th Ky Cav USA) Military: William E. Riley (Washington County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier.) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney)

Edward H. Dyer, A Compendium to the War of the Rebellion, Vol. I (Des Moines, IA: The Dyer Publishing Company, 1908), 1194. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 270-71, 300-01. 5th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00005302 1862-03-31 1865-05-03 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Camp Sandidge in Gallatin County, Tennessee. Mustered into service on March 31, 1862. Mustered out of service on May 3, 1865. Commander(s): Colonel David R. Haggard, Colonel William P. Sanders, and Colonel Oliver L. Baldwin.

Relationships Military: George H. Travis (Louisville, Kentucky, soldier) Military: Oliver Leonard Baldwin (Louisville, Kentucky, colonel (U.S.A.)) Military: Charles W. Quiggins (Hardin County, KY, carpenter and soldier) Military: Fleming W. Faris (Fleming County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier) Military: David Rice Haggard (Colonel 5th Ky Cavalry; Cumberland Co, KY, physician and farmer) Military: John L. Carter (Russell County, Kentucky, resident and captain of the 5th Kentucky Cavalry. ) Military: Elijah Blankenship (Macon County, Tennessee, farmer and soldier.) Military: Milton E. Robinson (Morgan County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier.)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 108-37. 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. 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. Washington, District of Columbia 1864-05-11 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.
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Adjutant General's Office,

Washington, May 11th, 1864. To His Excellency, The Governor of Kentucky. Sir:

I have the honor to report, that the following named Officers of the Volunteer forces from the State of Kentuckyhave been discharged at the dates, and for the causes, set opposite their respective names, viz:

DeadCaptainR. L. Beckham17 RegtApril 1864ResignedSurgeonJoseph G. Roberts40 "" 19 ""Second LieutCharles H. Harris11"" 22""" "Wm H. Morton11 "" 22""First "L. S. Sullivan5 Cavy" 19 ""CaptainJoseph Ballou12 Regt" 20 ""First LieutG. C. Freeman12 "" 20 "

I am Sir Very respectfully Your Obt Servant Thomas M Vincent Asst Adjt General.

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No 163

Washington City Report

Resignations

Recd A. G. O. May 17. 1864.