<title type="main">Silas Adams to Thomas E. Bramlette Edition created from new transcripts of this manuscript. Initial upload of this work's facsimile images and metadata to FromThePage for editing Kentucky Historical Society Digital Collections Administrator of the CWGK Migration transcription project on FromThePage Kentucky Historical Society Digital Collections Kentucky Historical Society Digital Collections made 4 edits between June 22, 2025 and June 22, 2025. Dynamic TEI export from FromThePage (version 22.10)

This image and transcription is publicly accessible. The image appears courtesy of the repository named in the Source Description. The transcription and annotation were undertaken by Kentucky Historical Society staff, volunteers, and interns. If referencing this document title, accession number, and permanent URL.

 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department of Military Affairs 1st - 2nd Regiments Kentucky Cavalry Muster Rolls KYR-0002-033-0035 Box 45, Bundle 6

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. George Watkins Drye (Casey County, KY, Major in 1st Ky Cavalry) N00005237 1843? Categories: People

Casey County, Kentucky soldier. Casey County native. Son of George Drye, Jr., and Rowena D. Drye. Resident of Casey County in 1850. Household owned twenty-one enslaved persons in 1850. Student in Casey County in 1860. Household owned twenty-nine enslaved persons in 1860. Served in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as first lieutenant, adjutant, captain and major from July 18, 1861, to June 9, 1864. Wounded at Rockford, Tennessee on November 14, 1862.

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Silas Adams (Union Lt. Col, kentucky attorney.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Casey County, District 2, p. 316B Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Casey County, District 2, p. 935 Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Casey County, District no. 5, p. 418. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Casey County, p. 251. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 2-3. John Brent Fishback (Louisville/Garrard/Pulaski /1st KY Cav) N00000518 1841? Categories: People

Pulaski County, Kentucky, farmer, soldier, and notary public. Garrard County, Kentucky, native. Son of William Norval Fishback and Harriet McClary Fishback. Laborer in Pulaski County, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as first sergeant, first lieutenant, and captain from October 28, 1861, to June 14th, 1864. Notary public in Garrard County in 1864.

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Silas Adams (Union Lt. Col, kentucky attorney.) Legal: Crawford Hart Barkley (Jefferson County, Kentucky, collector, pension agent, and notary public)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Pulaski County, Somerset, p. 160. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 5, p. 240. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0004. "Capt. John Brent Fishback (1841-1920)," Find A Grave, Memorial #14985996, accessed March 16, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14985996. Genealogy of the Fishback Family in America The Descendants of John Fishback, The Emigrant, With An Historical Sketch of His Family and of the Colony at Germanna and Germantown, Virginia, 1714-1914 (New York: Thomas Madison Taylor, 1914), 151. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 42-43. KYR-0001-007-0301. Alexander C. Smith (Pvt-1st lieut - 1st ky cavalry regiment) N00005165 1840? Categories: People

Kentucky soldier. Served in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as private, corporal, first sergeant, second lieutenant, and first lieutenant from October 28, 1861, to September 1865.

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.)

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0011. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 31-32. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 948. Thomas Rowland (Cumberland Co, Ky; sgt, lieut, maj in 1st Ky Cav USA) N00005140 1832? Categories: People

Cumberland County, Kentucky, resident and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Winneford Rowland. Resident in Cumberland County in 1850. First sergeant, second lieutenant, captain, and major in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) from September 12, 1861, to December 31, 1864.

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Silas Adams (Union Lt. Col, kentucky attorney.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Cumberland County, Cumberland District, p. 334A. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 2-3. Phillip Roberts (1st ky cavalry regiment) N00005166 Categories: People

Enlisted and served as a private, second lieutenant, first lieutenant, and captain in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) on November 15, 1861.

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: George Ames (Pulaski County, Kentucky, resident and soldier) Military: Silas Adams (Union Lt. Col, kentucky attorney.)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 38-39. Tilford N. Bruner (1st ky cavalry regiment) N00005167 Categories: People

Kentucky native. Enlisted and served as first sergeant, second lieutenant, and first lieutenant in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) from October 28, 1861.

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Silas Adams (Union Lt. Col, kentucky attorney.)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 38-39. Josiah "Joe" D. Beatie (Pulaski Co, KY, corp, 2d Lieut, & Capt1st ky cav USA) N00005168 1841-01-15 1867-04-29 Categories: People

Pulaski County, Kentucky, soldier. Missouri native. Son of Kizziah Farris. Student in Pulaski County, Kentucky, in 1850. College student in Pulaski County in 1860. Served in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a corporal, second lieutenant, and captain from October 28, 1861, to September 30, 1865.

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: George Ames (Pulaski County, Kentucky, resident and soldier) Military: Silas Adams (Union Lt. Col, kentucky attorney.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pulaski County, Division 1, p. 42B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pulaski County, District 1, p. 269. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0001. "Josiah D. Beatie (1841-1867)," Find A Grave, Memorial #100369608, accessed January 14, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100369608. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 42-43. Granville Jasper Vaught (1st ky cavalry regiment) N00005794 1836-01-07 1913-03-03 Categories: People

Pulaski County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Pulaski County native. Married to Edna Vaught. Married to Maria M. Gragg Vaught in Pulaski County on March 2, 1865. Father of Sarah Vaught and George A. Vaught. Sergeant, first sergeant, and second lieutenant in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) from September 11, 1861, to December 31, 1864.

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Silas Adams (Union Lt. Col, kentucky attorney.)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 42-43. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pulaski County, District 1, p. 279-80. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Pulaski County Marriages, Film #000804052, p. 216-17. Indiana Death Certificates (1899-2011), Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, Indiana, Roll #294, Boone County Deaths. James L. Pankey (1st ky cavalry regiment) N00005163 Categories: People

Kentucky soldier. Enlisted and served as a first sergeant, second lieutenant, and captain in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) on October 20, 1861.

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Silas Adams (Union Lt. Col, kentucky attorney.)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 32-33. Thomas J. Graves (Russell County, KY, 1st sgt & 1st Lieut 1st Ky Cav USA) N00005771 1839? Categories: People

Russell County, Kentucky, soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Benjamin W. Graves and Margaret Graves. Resident in Russell County in 1850. Served in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a first sergeant and first lieutenant from September 20, 1861, to December 31, 1864.

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: Silas Adams (Union Lt. Col, kentucky attorney.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Russell County, District 1, p. 230B. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 32-33. Francis M. Helveti (1st ky cavalry and professor) N00005142 1825 1894 Categories: People

Kentucky soldier and professor. Major and lieutenant colonel in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) from October 28, 1861, to December 31, 1864. Professor of Modern Languages at A&M College of Kentucky.

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Silas Adams (Union Lt. Col, kentucky attorney.)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 2-3. Find A Grave, "LTC Francis M. Helveti (1825-1894)," Memorial #776904, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/776904 (accessed October 9, 2018). Alderson T. Keen (Major in 1st Ky Cavalry) N00005139 1840-10-28 1923-04-30 Categories: People

Cumberland County, Kentucky, farm laborer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of William Keen and Parmelia Keen. Farm laborer in Cumberland County in 1860. First sergeant, second lieutenant, captain, and major in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) from July 25, 1861, to December 31, 1864.

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Silas Adams (Union Lt. Col, kentucky attorney.)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Cumberland County, District 1, p. 36. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0007. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 2-3. Find A Grave, "Alderson T. Keen (October 28, 1840-April 30, 1923)," Memorial #16379245, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16379245 (accessed October 9, 2018). John McClain (1st ky cavalry regiment) N00005164 Categories: People

Kentucky soldier. Enlisted and served as a first sergeant, second lieutenant, first lieutenant, and captain in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) from August 20, 1861.

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: George Ames (Pulaski County, Kentucky, resident and soldier) Military: Silas Adams (Union Lt. Col, kentucky attorney.)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 31-32. Sandusky Bruton (Cumberland County, Kentucky, farm laborer and soldier) N00005945 1839? Categories: People

Cumberland County, Kentucky, farm laborer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of James Bruton and Rosina Bruton. Farm laborer in Cumberland County in 1860. First sergeant and second lieutenant in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.).

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Silas Adams (Union Lt. Col, kentucky attorney.)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 31-32. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Cumberland County, District 1, p. 22. Silas Adams (Union Lt. Col, kentucky attorney.) N00005138 1839-02-09 1896-05-05 Categories: People

Casey County, Kentucky, student and soldier. Pulaski County, Kentucky, native. Son of James Adams and Malinda Adams. Attended school in Casey County, Kentucky, in 1850. Attended school in Casey County in 1860. Attended Kentucky University in Mercer County. Attended Transylvania University in Lexington. Served in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a first lieutenant, captain, lieutenant colonel, and colonel from July 22, 1861, to December 31, 1864.

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Alderson T. Keen (Major in 1st Ky Cavalry) Military: Francis M. Helveti (1st ky cavalry and professor) Military: Alexander C. Smith (Pvt-1st lieut - 1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: William Mangan (Richmond, Cass County, Illinois, soldier - 1st Lt. 11th Ky. Cav) Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Frederick Slater, Jr. (Dearborn County, Indiana, merchant and soldier - major, 11th Ky. Cav) Military: Executive Department, Kentucky (U.S.A.) 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.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Casey County, District 1, p. 346B-347A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Casey County, District 2, p. 393. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0001. "Adams, Silas G." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, accessed May 6, 2017, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000047. "Silas Adams (1839-1896)," Find A Grave, Memorial 7182511, accessed October 9, 2018, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7182511. William D. Carpenter (1st Ky Cavalry regiment) N00005141 Categories: People

First sergeant, second lieutenant, and adjutant in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) from August 24, 1861, to December 31, 1864.

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) Military: Silas Adams (Union Lt. Col, kentucky attorney.)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 2-3. John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) N00000879 1839-08-16 1913-12-13 Categories: People

Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General. Illinois native. Son of James Madison Boyle and Sarah Ann Decker Boyle. Married to Jane "Jennie" Porter Looney Boyle in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, on September 17, 1863. Attended school in Edgar County, Illinois, in 1850. Attended Centre College in Boyle County, Kentucky, in 1858. Attorney in Edgar County in 1860. Served in the Army of the Ohio (U.S.A.) as assistant adjutant general. Served in the 9th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as lieutenant colonel from August 22, 1862, to August 21, 1863. Adjutant General of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from September 1, 1863, to August 1, 1864.

Relationships Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Military: Jeremiah Tilford Boyle (Union general, Boyle Co, KY attorney, pres Lou City Railway Co) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Military: Kentucky Volunteers Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: William E. Hobson (Warren County, Kentucky, soldier.) Military: Madison Conyers Johnson (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney and banker, RR director, pres of UK Law Dept) Political: Madison Conyers Johnson (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney and banker, RR director, pres of UK Law Dept) Political: G. T. Spillman (Captain, Franklin County) Military: G. T. Spillman (Captain, Franklin County) Military: Louis W. Little (2nd Regiment Kentucky Cavalry) Military: Thomas McKinster (Lawrence County, KY, farmer and soldier) Military: James W. Caperton (Richmond, KY, attorney and soldier) Military: [unknown] Shanks (Major, U.S.A.) Military: Cornelius G. Bradshaw (Douglas County, Illinois, chaplain (U.S.A.)) Military: 13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: James W. Weatherford (Colonel in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment ) Economic: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: William W. Woodward (Montgomery County, Ohio, fruit tree producer; 2nd lieut & capt 2nd OH Cav USA; col 116th USCT Inf ) Military: Robert C. Hewett (Louisville, KY, physician ) Military: William Baker Swisher (Kansas Territory physician and soldier) Military: Benjamin F. Howard (Magoffin County, Kentucky, farmer, deputy sheriff; 1st lieut & capt 49th KY Inf USA) Military: John M. Cook (Clay County, KY, farmer; pvt 6th KY Cav US, cpt 49th KY Inf USA, capt 6th KY Cav USA) Military: William T. Bryant (Laurel County, Kentucky farm laborer; 2nd lieut & capt 49th KY Inf USA) Military: Speed Smith Fry (Boyle County, KY, general, abuser of refugee families at Camp Nelson) Military: Walter M. Prentice (Cuyahoga County, Ohio, physician and soldier) Military: Stephen Golden (Knox County, Kentucky, captain 49th KY Inf USA ) Military: Jesse Mattingly (Clay County, KY, farmer;1st lieut 1st Harlan co Battalion and 49th KY Inf USA) Military: Isaac Jones Black (Knox County, Kentucky, farmer; agent, 1st lieut & capt 49th KY Inf USA) Military: Philos Stratton (Madison County, Kentucky artist; adjutant, major, & lt col USA ) Military: 2nd Regiment Kentucky Enrolled Militia Military: William Jackson Atkins (Adair County, Kentucky, farmer. Pvt, sgt, & lieut 13th KY Vol Inf USA) Military: Joseph T. Wheeler (Cincinnati, Ohio farmer and capt 1st KY Inf USA) Military: Leonidas Metcalfe (Nicholas County, KY, farmer and colonel 7th KY Cav (USA)) Military: Richard J. C. Bocking (Indianapolis, Indiana resident and former soldier) Military: Thomas T. Sharp (Covington, KY, capt 7th KY Cav USA) Military: Andrew S. Bloom (Hamilton, Ohio, daguerreotype artist and soldier (52nd OH Inf and 7th KY Cav)) Military: Green Clay Smith (Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky attorney, politician, and soldier) Military: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Military: 47th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: United States Army Military: John J. Rose (Mercer County, Kentuck, merchant and soldier - 2nd Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Samuel P. Debaun (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier - 1st Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: William H. Norton (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and 2nd lieutenant in 11th Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.A.)) Military: William E. Riley (Washington County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier.) Military: Archibald J. Alexander (Louisville, Kentucky, lumber merchant and soldier.) Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Illinois, Edgar County, District 19, p. 146B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Illinois, Edgar County, Buck Township, p. 675. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Edgar County, Paris, p. 170A. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0095. John Boyle, Boyle Genealogy: John Boyle of Virginia and Kentucky (St. Louis, MO: Perrin & Smith Printing Co., 1909), 63-65. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. vii. The Thirty-Fourth Annual Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Centre College, at Danville, Kentucky, 1858 (Frankfort, KY: Frankfort Commonwealth Office, 1858), 9. "Youngest General," Kentucky Advocate (Danville, KY), December 17, 1913, p. 1. 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00005136 1861-10-28 1865-09-20 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Liberty, Kentucky; Burkesville, Kentucky; and Monticello, Kentucky. Mustered into service on October 28, 1861. And mustered out of service on September 20, 1865. Commander(s): Colonel Frank Wolford, Colonel Silas Adams, Lieutenant Colonel John W. Letcher, and Lieutenant Colonel Francis N. Helveti.

Relationships Military: Boston Dillion (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: Francis B. Alexander (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: William A. Coffey (Major in 1st Ky Cavalry) Military: Daniel A. Kelley (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) Military: William D. Carpenter (1st Ky Cavalry regiment) Military: William C. Root (First Kentucky Cavalry Regiment.) Military: Alexander C. Smith (Pvt-1st lieut - 1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: John R. Foster (Washington County soldier, murdered by guerillas) Military: Samuel Green (Washington County soldier) Military: Archibald J. Alexander (Louisville, Kentucky, lumber merchant and soldier.)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 2. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, vol. 1 (Des Moines: The Dyer Publishing Company, 1908), 1189-90. 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. 1864-06-30 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.
1

Hd Qrs 1st Ky Cav June 30" 1864. Gov Bramlette Sir

I received a Communication from the Adjt Genls office Calling for an official Copy of the ^acceptance of the^ resignations of Major Drye, Capts Fishback & Smith. I send herewith those for Drye & Smith. And as only one Copy was furnished this office in refference to Fishbacks He himself took it with him to enable him to draw pay. But his resignation was accepted to take date from June 9" 1864.

I will again Call your attention to the recommendation of CaptRowlandfor major vice Drye resigned and of Lt Robertsto be made Capt Co "K" vice Rowland promoted. and Lt T, N, Bruner to be made 1st Lt vice Roberts promoted Also Lt J. D. Batieto be made Capt Co "L" vice Fishback resigned. & orderly Sergt G. J. Vaught to be made 2nd Lt Co 'L" vice Batie promoted. Also Lt Pankey to be made Capt of Co "I" vice Smith promotedresigned & Thos Graves to be made 2nd Lt vice J Pankey promoted

Enclosed herein please find recommenda^tions^ for Maj Helveti to be made Lt Col, and Capt Keen to be Major vice Helveti promoted.

I will also recommend to you for promotion 1st Lt John. C. McLain to be Capt Co "I" vice Keen promoted. & order 2nd Lt A. C. Smith to be 1st Lt vice McLain promoted & orderly Sergt Sandusky Bruton to be 2nd Lt vice Smith promoted.

I am very Resptly Your obt Servt Silas Adams Col Col Comdg Regt.

By W. D. Carpenter Adjt 1st Ky Cav

2
3
4

1 Lieut Jno C. McLain to be Capt Coy I. 1 CavyJune 30. 1864 vice A. S. Keene promo 1. 2. 3. 4

2 Lieut A. C. Smith com 1 Lieut Coy I. 1 CavyJune 30. 1864 vice Jno C. McCLain promo 1. 2. 3. 4

O. S. Sandusky Bruton com 2 Lt. Coy I. 1 CavyJune 30. 1864 vice A. C. Smith promo. 1. 2. 3. 4

1' Cavy Head Qrs 1s Ky Cavy June 30. 1864.

Adams Silas Colonel.

Encloses copies of the order accepting the resignation of Maj. Drye and Capt. Smith. asks that Commissions for Officers heretofore recommended to fill their places be issued and also recommends sundry other officers for Commission.

Issue

Boyle

Com Issd & forwd July 9. 1864

Recd A. G. O. July 6. 1864