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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department of Military Affairs 1st - 2nd Regiments Kentucky Cavalry Muster Rolls KYR-0002-033-0049 Box 46, Bundle 3

Bridgeport, Jackson County, Alabama 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. Louis W. Little (2nd Regiment Kentucky Cavalry) N00006360 Categories: People

Enlisted as a sixth sergeant in the 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) on November 25, 1861.

Relationships Military: 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 61. Ellijah S. Watts (Kentucky attorney) N00006185 1811? Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth C. Watts. Father of Kate W. Watts, Mattie H. Watts, Eli M. Watts, Thomas P. Watts, and Elijah P. Watts. Attorney in Louisville in 1860. Captain, major, and lieutenant colonel of 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment from January 31, 1863, to August 30, 1864.

Relationships Military: 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Louis W. Little (2nd Regiment Kentucky Cavalry)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 46-47. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Fourth Ward, p. 13. Henry E. Collins (Merchant, 2nd Regiment Ky Cav) N00006361 1832 1881-07-11 Categories: People

Kentucky soldier. Captain and major in the 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) from February 8, 1863, to June 2, 1864.

Relationships Military: 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Louis W. Little (2nd Regiment Kentucky Cavalry) Military: John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 46-47. William H. Eifort (Carter County, Kentucky, clerk and1st Lieutenant in Company C, 2nd regiment Kentucky Cavalry. ) N00006178 1843? 1864-09-03 Categories: People

Carter County, Kentucky, clerk and soldier. Ohio native. Son of Sebastian Eifort and Rachel Jackson Eifort. Clerk in Carter County, Kentucky, in 1850. Served in the 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as first lieutenant, captain, major, and lieutenant colonel, from September 9, 1861, to September 3, 1864. Killed in action near Triune, Tennessee, on September 3, 1864.

Relationships Military: 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Louis W. Little (2nd Regiment Kentucky Cavalry)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 46-47, 51, 57. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 920 James A. Warder (2nd Regiment Kentucky Cavalry) N00006512 Categories: People

First lieutenant and captain in the 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) from February 18, 1863, to April 1, 1865.

Relationships Military: 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Louis W. Little (2nd Regiment Kentucky Cavalry)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 51, 60. Edward B. Curran (2nd Ky Cav) N00006513 Categories: People

Second lieutenant and first lieutenant in the 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.).

Relationships Military: 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Louis W. Little (2nd Regiment Kentucky Cavalry)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 51. Granville J. Hasting (Hardin, 2nd Ky Cav) N00006514 1843? Categories: People

Hardin County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of James J. Hasting and Mary Jane Hasting. Farmer in Hardin County in 1860. Private and second lieutenant in the 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.).

Relationships Military: 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Louis W. Little (2nd Regiment Kentucky Cavalry)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hardin County, Northern District, p. 395A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hardin County, District 1, p. 69. Lovell H. Thrickston (2nd Regiment Kentucky Cavalry) N00006515 Categories: People

Captain in the 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) from April 9, 1863, to November 24, 1864.

Relationships Military: 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Louis W. Little (2nd Regiment Kentucky Cavalry)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 59. William Arthur (2nd Regiment Kentucky Cavalry) N00006516 Categories: People

First lieutenant and captain in the 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.).

Relationships Military: 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Louis W. Little (2nd Regiment Kentucky Cavalry)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 50. John E. Stillwell (2nd Regiment Kentucky Cavalry) N00006517 Categories: People

Second lieutenant and first lieutenant in the 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.).

Relationships Military: 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Louis W. Little (2nd Regiment Kentucky Cavalry)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 53. George W. Griffiths (Hospital steward, adjutant, and captain in the 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment ) N00006567 1840-08 1908-04-12 Categories: People

Hospital steward, adjutant, and captain in the 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.).

Relationships Military: 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Louis W. Little (2nd Regiment Kentucky Cavalry)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 48-49. Harvey S. Park (2nd Regiment Kentucky Cavalry) N00006568 1839 1912-12-31 Categories: People

Elizabethtown, Kentucky, soldier. Elizabethtown native. Son of John Park and Armenia Park. First lieutenant and captain in the 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.).

Relationships Military: 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Louis W. Little (2nd Regiment Kentucky Cavalry)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 56. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hardin County, Northern District, p. 397B. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7016149, Hardin County Deaths, File #30593. Owen Star (2nd Regiment Kentucky Cavalry) N00006666 Categories: People

First lieutenant, captain, major, and lieutenant colonel in the 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.).

Relationships Military: 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Louis W. Little (2nd Regiment Kentucky Cavalry)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 46-47. T. Cornelius Nall (Hardin Co, Ky, farmer, lieut 2nd Ky cav USA) N00006667 1838? Categories: People

Hardin County, Kentucky, carpenter. Kentucky native. Carpenter in Hardin County in 1860. Served in the 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as second lieutenant and first lieutenant.

Relationships Military: 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Louis W. Little (2nd Regiment Kentucky Cavalry)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 57. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hardin County, District 2, p. 25. Samuel Lyon (2nd Regiment Kentucky Cavalry) N00006668 Categories: People

First lieutenant and captain in the 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.).

Relationships Military: 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Louis W. Little (2nd Regiment Kentucky Cavalry)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 57. William C. Adams (2nd Regiment Kentucky Cavalry) N00006669 Categories: People

First sergeant and second lieutenant in the 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.).

Relationships Military: 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Louis W. Little (2nd Regiment Kentucky Cavalry)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 54-55. William G. Rogers (Regimental quartermaster in 2nd regiment Kentucky Cavalry) N00006180 Categories: People

Kentucky soldier. Regimental quartermaster in the 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.).

Relationships Military: 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Louis W. Little (2nd Regiment Kentucky Cavalry)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 46. Edward B. Ayars (2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment) N00006670 1908 Categories: People

Regimental commissary sergeant of the 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) from March 4, 1863, to December 29, 1864.

Relationships Military: 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Louis W. Little (2nd Regiment Kentucky Cavalry)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 46-47. Find A Grave, "Edward B. Ayars (1848-1908)," Memorial #14055932, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14055932 (accessed November 9, 2018). Bridgeport, Alabama P00006359 Categories: Places

City in Jackson County, Alabama.

34.9476, -85.7144 James Kaetz, “Bridgeport,” Encyclopedia of Alabama, 2011. Retrieved: 19 May 2017. http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-3072 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00006165 1861-09-09 1865-07-27 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Camp Joe Holt and Muldraugh’s Hill, Kentucky. Mustered into service from September 9, 1861, to February 13, 1862. Mustered out of service from July 9, 1863, to July 27, 1865. Commander(s): Colonel Buckner Board, Colonel Thomas P, Nicholas, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas B. Cochran, Lieutenant Colonel Elijah S. Watts, Lieutenant Colonel W. H. Eifort, Lieutenant Colonel Owen Starr.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 46. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, vol. 1 (Des Moines: The Dyer Publishing Company, 1908), 1190. Bridgeport, Jackson County, Alabama 1864-03-12 Petition English Version 1 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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Bridgeport Alabama March 12th 1864 Hon,, Thomas E. Bramlette,

We the undersigned officers of the Second Regiment of Kentucky Cavalry Volunteers, cheerfully recommend Louis W. Little of Company "L" for promotion: he is well qualifed for advancement, by education and experience, and has faithfully discharged his duty as a soldier, for the last two and a half years, and has reenlisted as a Veteran Volunteer.

E. Watts, lt. Col Comdg Rgt.

Henry E CollinsMajor W. H. Eifort Major James A WardenLt co "L" Edward. B. Curran Lt Comdg Co "A" 2nd Ky Cav

Granville J. Hasting Lt Comdg Co "G," L, H, Thrickston Captain 2nd Ky Cav -- William Arthur Capt Co B 2d Ky Cavalry

John E Stillwell 1st Lieut Co D. 2nd Ky Cav. Geo. W. GriffithsAdjt. A. S. Park Capt, Co, G, 2d Ky Cavl Owen StarCapt 2d Ky Cav Lieut T.. C.. Nall Comdg Co 'F' Samuel Lyon Lieut Comdg Co "H" William C AdamsLieut Comdg Co E W, G, Rogers. 1st Lieut & Q. M,

E. B. Ayars 1st Lieut & A, C, S,

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Bridgeport Ala March 12th 1864

Little Louis W Watts E. S. Lt Col. And others
Recommendation

Recommending Louis W Little of Co L. 2d Ky Cavl for promotion.

Recd A. G. O. 5th Aprl 1864