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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department of Military Affairs 1st - 20th Regiments Kentucky Infantry Primary Source Documents KYR-0002-024-0140 Box 8, Folder Box 8, Folder 20th Ky. Inf. - Misc

Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia 1864-08-24 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Camp of the 20" Regt Ky Vols Before Atlanta GA Aug 24th 1864 Gov Bramblett Sir

By request of some of the members of my Company, and to relieve myself of the annoyance of them, I write to you for information concerning the mustering out of Volunteers who Enlisted under a call you made on the State for 20000 Volunteers, to serve in old Rgts, for a term of 12 months, being allowed $2500 Bounty and $2.00provision, There is six of them in the Company, they were told by the mustering Officer that they would have to ^be^ mustered in for three years as it was a three years Regt, but were assured that they would be discharged with the Regt, they are Reported as three years Volunteers, on all Rolls, and in the Company Books, and are

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now told that they will have to serve three years, from date of Enlistment, You wil please do me the Kindnesss, to let me know whether they can be mustered out, with the Regt, or not, and if not, whether they will be entitled to the Bounty allowed three yrs volunteers, or not, by so doing, you will give great satisfaction, to some badly dissatisfied Soldiers, I wil not weary you with more on the subject, please excuse this,

Awaiting your Reply Sir I have the honor to be Your Most Obt Servt Samuel C. Plumlee Sgt Co, Ky 20" Rgt Ky Vols 3d Brig, 2nd Div, 23rd A, C,

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Camp 20" Ky Vols Before Atlanta Ga Aug 24" 1864 --

Plumbe Saml C. Sgt Co, K, 20" Ky Vols --

To The Gov-

Asks if volunteers, under your call for 20000, to be assigned to old regts will be mustered out when the regt is, or will they have to serve three years from enlistment --

Recd A. G. O. Aug. 1864 --