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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department of Military Affairs 1st - 20th Regiments Kentucky Infantry Primary Source Documents KYR-0002-024-0125 Box 8, Folder 19th Ky. Inf. - Misc

New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana 1865-07-01 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. 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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Barracks Hospital New Orleans July 1st ^/65^ Gov Bramlett

Dear Sir, Having written to you June 19th concerning L. B. Collins of your State; Not knowing there were others as bad as he or worse Suffering with sickness by a feeble broken Constitution who are not fit for further Service and never will be We feel that your honor being informed of the true circumstances of their condition will call them home to their families and friends One Wm A Dunsmore Co H 19th Kentucky Inf And Wm Webb Co A 19thdodo, Wm A Dunsmore is in this Hospital and Wm Webb is in Prison No 3 in the City As it seems these men were sent home on sick furlough Ordered to report to Report to Provomarshall at Summerset Somerset They done so according to orders But for the sake of 30 dollars Bounty the detective Regardless of their infirmities and to shield his iniquity avoided takeing

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them as he ought to have done before Marshall Sawyer Took them to London before Marshall Hayes Mashall Hayes said they were not liable to punishment But that the Detective ought to have taken them. Before Provo Marshall Sawyer to whom prisoners or these sick men had been sending their reports to Through Dr Floyd of Harrison Pulaki County Kentucky And now that the Regmt is Mustered out of service and the War is over to punish sick men with such treatment for thirty Dollars per head is a shame and disgrace practised upon the innocent mendeserter for the sake of punishing the guilty

Therefore you must excuse me for my sympathy with that Union sentiment which exists in those States where there has been so much sacrifice of life and suffering during a four years war

From your most obedient Servants

Wm A Dunsmore, Co, H, 19,th KY inft Wm Webb Co A 19th KY inft Per O, P, Gates urs in Hospital

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The Governors of Wiscon New York have called home all their Sick and wounded we hope that others will do the same

Your Obedient, &c

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19 Barracks Hospital New Orleans July 1" 1865

Dunsmore Wm A} 19t Ky Webb Wm

To the Gov

Gives history of their cases -- Taken up as deserters, while in furlough, are unfit for service & desire to be called home. Governors of Wisconsin & New York have called all their sick home --

L B No 15 -- 1865 P. 312

Recd A. G O. July 19" 1865.