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Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky Lorenzo Thomas (Washington, District of Columbia, adjutant general of the U.S. Army) N00005245 1804-10-26 1875-02-02 Categories: People

Washington, District of Columbia, adjutant general of the U.S. Army. New Castle, Delaware, native. Married to Elizabeth Thomas. Father of Lorenzo Thomas. Graduate of the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, in 1823. Veteran of the Seminole Wars. Chief of staff for General William O. Butler in the U.S.-Mexican War. Served as chief of staff, with the rank of lieutenant colonel, for General Winfield Scott from 1853 to 1861. Served in the U.S. Army as adjutant general with the rank of brigadier general from 1861 to 1869. Brevetted major general in 1865.

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: United States War Department Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Military: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Military: Simon Cameron (Pennsylvania politician and secretary of war) Military: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: United States Army Military: Provost Marshal General's Office Military: James Barnet Fry (Union Provost Marshal General) Military: Thomas McCurdy Vincent (US Assistant adjutant general, Brigadier General (U.S.A.) )

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Washington, District of Columbia, Ward 1, p. 188. Ezra J. Warner, Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1964), 502-503. Find A Grave, "Lorenzo Thomas (1804-1875)," Memorial #10385, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10385/lorenzo-thomas (accessed January 18, 2018). John W. Neville (marion co KY, barkeeper and capt. 1st Ky Light Artillery) N00013716 1835? Categories: People

Marion County, Kentucky, barkeeper and soldier. Virginia native. Married to Isabella Coyle Neville in Woodford County, Kentucky, in 1856. Father of John William Neville Jr., Lillian Neville, Emma Neville, and Isabella Neville. Barkeeper in Marion County in 1860. Served in the 1st Kentucky Light Artillery Regiment (U.S.A.) as second lieutenant and captain from September 10, 1863, to November 14, 1864.

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Light Artillery Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Germain Dettweiler (Louisville, Kentucky, porter and soldier) Military: 50th Kentucky Mounted Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, Lebanon, p. 549. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Indiana, Floyd County, New Albany, p. 236B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Woodford County Marriages, Film #000252333, p. 31 of 464 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com). Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 509. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0148. Abraham Lincoln (Sixteenth president of the United States.) N001760 1809-02-12 1865-04-15 Categories: People

Sixteenth president of the United States. Hardin County, Kentucky, native. Son of Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks Lincoln. Married to Mary Ann Todd Lincoln on November 4, 1842. Father of Robert Todd Lincoln, Edward Baker Lincoln, William Wallace Lincoln, and Thomas “Tad” Lincoln. Served in the Illinois Militia as a private and captain during the Black Hawk War in 1832. Postmaster and county surveyor of New Salem, Illinois. Practiced law with John T. Stuart, Stephen T. Logan, and William Herndon in Illinois. Member of the Whig Party. Member of the House of Representatives of the State of Illinois from Sangamon County, Illinois, from 1834 to 1842. Member of the United States House of Representatives from the 7th District of the State of Illinois from 1847 to 1849. Unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate from Illinois in 1858. Member of the Republican Party. Member of the National Union Party. President of the United States from 1861 to 1865. Assassinated on April 14, 1865.

Michael Burlingame, Abraham Lincoln: A Life (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008). David Herbert Donald, Lincoln (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996). Ronald C. White, Jr., A. Lincoln: A Biography (New York: Random House, Inc., 2009). 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. 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. Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) N00002647 1814-12-19 1869-12-24 Categories: People

Ohio attorney, politician, and Secretary of War. Son of David Stanton and Lucy Latham Norman Stanton. Married to Mary A. Lamson Stanton in Franklin County, Ohio, on December 31, 1836. Father of Lucy Lamson Stanton and Edwin Lamson Stanton. Married to Ellen Maria Hutchison Stanton on June 25, 1850. Father of Eleanor A. Stanton, Lewis Hutchinson Stanton, and Bessie B. Stanton. Attended Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. Studied law with Daniel L. Collier. Admitted to the bar in Ohio in 1836. Attorney in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1847 to 1856. Attorney in Washington, District of Columbia, from 1856 to 1860. Attorney General of the United States of America from December 1860 to March 1861. Secretary of War of the United States of America from January 1862 to May 1868.

Relationships Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: Edward Davis Townsend (Assistant Adjutant General (U.S.Army)) Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: John A. Brady (Washington County, Kentucky, physician and surgeon. 1st Kentucky Cavalry) Military: Department of the Cumberland Military: United States War Department Military: Archibald J. Alexander (Louisville, Kentucky, lumber merchant and soldier.) Military: United States Army Military: William H. Eifort (Carter County, Kentucky, clerk and1st Lieutenant in Company C, 2nd regiment Kentucky Cavalry. ) Military: 68th Regiment Kentucky Enrolled Militia Military: Horatio Gouverneur Wright (Union General, commander of Dept of OH) Political: United States War Department Military: Catharinus P. Buckingham (Ohio, manufacturer and Union general) Military: Joseph Holt (Washington, D.C., Judge Advocate General (U.S.A.)) Military: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Military: Military Board of Kentucky Military: Samuel F. Johnson (Leavenworth Count, Kansas, druggist and soldier) Military: Hartwell T. Burge (Muhlenberg, Kentucky, Meth minister; chaplain 3rd KY Cav; colonel 48th KY Inf; comd'r Dpt of OH 1864) Military: Joseph K. Pitts (Lewis County, Kentucky, farmer; sergeant 16th Ky Inf (U.S.A.)) Military: 8th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps (U.S.A.) Military: Veteran Reserve Corps (U.S.A) Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A) Military: Arthur Erenburgh (Allegheny County, PA, engineer, lieut. 1st Ky Ind. Battery & 1st Ky Inf USA) Military: John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) Military: James Barnet Fry (Union Provost Marshal General) Military: Kentucky Volunteers Military: 47th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) Military: 13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Edward H. Green (Dearborn County, Indiana, attorney and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav) Political: United States Army Political: Government of the United States of America Political: Edward Davis Townsend (Assistant Adjutant General (U.S.Army)) Political: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Political: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) Military: Government of the United States of America Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Jacob Cozatt (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and miller. ) Military: William Perry Pierce (Garrard County, Kentucky, soldier - Cpt. 11th + 12th Ky. Cav.) Military: Presley F. Hansbrough (Grant County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier - Capt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Paymaster Department Political: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Jefferson County, Steubenville City, p. 57B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, District of Columbia, Washington, Ward 4, p. 375. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, District of Columbia, Washington, Ward 2, p. 270A. Ohio Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Franklin County, Film 000285142, p. 163. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Louisville, KY, National 74014, State 904. Walter Stahr, Stanton: Lincoln's War Secretary (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2017). William L. Barney, The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Civil War (New York: Oxford University Press, 2011), 301-2. 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. Frankfort, Kentucky P00000308 Categories: Places

Capital of Kentucky. Seat of Franklin County, Kentucky. Located on the Kentucky River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 16, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 108. 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). Kentucky P001800 Categories: Places

State in the upper south of the United States. Capital at Frankfort. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 14, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992). 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). 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. Government of the United States of America O00002945 1776-07-04 Categories: Organizations

Administrative body of the United States of America. Comprised of the Legislative Branch, Judicial Branch, and Executive Branch. Capital at Washington, District of Columbia.

Relationships Military: 68th Regiment Kentucky Enrolled Militia Economic: Hiram Barney (New York attorney and customs collector) Political: Leonard B. Cox (Fleming County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Political: William Scott Botts (Fleming County, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Political: George Jackson (Bullitt County, Kentucky, laborer) Political: Hillary G. Jackson (Bullitt County, Kentucky, laborer & private 26th KY Inf USA) Legal: William J. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. ) Military: Thornton Williams (Scott County, Kentucky, soldier. Formerly enslaved by Urias Offutt, accused of attempted murder.) Political: Urias M. Offutt (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer. and slaveholder.) Military: George W. Rasure (Floyd County, Indiana, resident and soldier.) Military: Amaziah "Samuel" Rasure (Washington County, Indiana, resident and soldier.) Military: David Rasure, Jr. (New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, resident and soldier.) Political: Nelson Trusler (Connersville, Indiana, attorney, politician, and soldier) Political: Robert Alexander Dowell (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Oliver P. Morton (Fourteenth governor of Indiana, attorney, judge, and politician.) Political: John Walter Rutherford (Crittenden County, Kentucky, barkeeper and merchant)

"America's Founding Documents," https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs (accessed on December 1, 2017). 1st Kentucky Light Artillery Regiment (U.S.A.) O00011727 1861 1865 Categories: Organizations

Organized between July 1861 and September 1863. Mustered out between November 1864 and November 1865. Consisted of Batteries "A," "B," "C," "D" (did not complete organization), and "E," and the First Kentucky Independent Battery.

Relationships Military: Kentucky Central Railway Military: William K. Irwin (U.S. Army sergeant and lieutenant) Military: John H. Mellen (Jefferson County, Indiana, merchant and serg. 1st Ky Light Artillery) Military: John W. Walls (Adair co. pvt and sergeant 1st Ky Light Art.) Military: Ludwig "Lewis" M. Lawrence (Putnam Co. IN, shoemaker, Ky soldier (pvt. 1st Ky L.A)) Military: John J. Hawes (Louisville, Jefferson county, Kentucky, attorney, judge advocate + capt. 1st Ky Lt.Art.) Military: James Munroe (Hawkins Co. Tn, pvt 1st Ky. Lt. Artillery) Military: James H. Anderson (Montgomery County, Kentucky, farmer and pvt 1st Ky Lt.Artillery ) Military: Zachariah Vaughan (Overton, Tennessee, farmer; pvt TN Cav CSA; pvt 1st Ky Lt Artillery) Military: Robert Hamner (Tuscaloosa, AL, farmer + pvt 1st Ky. L. A.) Military: Jeremiah Herbert (Kenton County, Kentucky, currier and pvt. 4th Ky Mtd Inf + 1st Ky LtArtillery) Military: James O'Brien (Private 1st kentucky light artillery, native of ireland) Military: Charles A. Carpenter (Jay County, Indiana, farmer and pvt 1st Ky. Lt Artillery) Military: Robert C. Burritt (Railroad worker and pvt. 3rd FL (CSA) and 1st Ky Lt Artillery (usa)) Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Military: Germain Dettweiler (Louisville, Kentucky, porter and soldier) Military: John W. Neville (marion co KY, barkeeper and capt. 1st Ky Light Artillery) Military: Richard W. McReynolds (U.S. Army lieutenant, captain, 1st Ky Lt Artil.; Illinois native) Military: Hugh S. Rawls (Lincoln Co, TN, resident; KY serg. 1st Ky Light Artillery) Military: Edwin W. Gould (Will Co. Illinois, farmer, sergeant 1st Ky Light Artillery) Military: Charles L. Bradley (Kalamazoo, Michigan, farmer and soldier) Military: William Pope Anderson (Cincy OH, assistant Adj General to General Ambrose Burnside) Military: Ambrose E. Burnside (Union general, Rhode Island rifleworks owner) Military: David C. Stone (U.S. Army captain; 1st Ky L.A and 5th USCT ) Military: Nathaniel Southgate Shaler (Campbell County, Kentucky, student, teacher, capt 5th Ky Artillery USA) Military: Charles McGuire (Private 1st kentucky light artillery, native of ireland) Military: John Middleton Hewett (Jefferson County, Kentucky, photographer and U.S. Army captain) Military: Mathew Henry Turner (Adair Co, Kentucky, farmer; pvt & lieut 1st Ky Lt Art & 13th Ky Cav USA) Military: Alban Allen Ellsworth (Grant County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier) Military: George W. Nell (Adair County, Kentucky, merchant and 1st Lieut. 1st Ky L. A.) Military: George H. Travis (Louisville, Kentucky, soldier) 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), 520-21. United States Army O00001186 1775 Categories: Organizations

The organization of infantry, cavalry, and artillery military units in the United States government. Commander(s): Winfield Scott, George B. McClellan, Henry W. Halleck, and Ulysses S. Grant.

Relationships Military: James Olney (possible U. S. soldier) Military: Joel Adams (Lincoln County, KY, farmer & pvt 19th KY Inf USA) Military: Joseph Innes (possible Lincoln County, KY, soldier) Military: Richard D. Cunningham (Colonel, U.S. Army) Military: Edward Baker, Jr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, soldier and saloon owner) Military: Crawford C. Adams (Paulding County, Ohio, resident and soldier.) Military: 14th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A) Military: Office of the Quartermaster General of Kentucky Military: J. K. Edwards (Kentucky, aid to Bramletter, "colonel") Military: Jeremiah Tilford Boyle (Union general, Boyle Co, KY attorney, pres Lou City Railway Co) Military: Marcellus Mundy (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and soldier) Military: Army of the Ohio Military: Military District of Kentucky Military: Luther Thayer Thustin (Louisville US Army Paymaster) Military: Hartwell T. Burge (Muhlenberg, Kentucky, Meth minister; chaplain 3rd KY Cav; colonel 48th KY Inf; comd'r Dpt of OH 1864) Military: Alexander Magruder (Jefferson County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier) Military: Charles David Pennebaker (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, KY state rep & senator; col 27th KY Inf USA & state military agent) Military: John F. Lay (Breckinridge, KY, soldier) Military: James Murrell Shackelford (Hopkins County, KY, attorney, colonel 25th Inf, 8th Ky Cav, and brig gen. in 1863) Military: Washington Seawell (Union Army, colonel and mustering officer) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: Edmund A. Starling (Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, resident and Colonel (U.S.A.)) Military: 35th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Military: Thomas McCurdy Vincent (US Assistant adjutant general, Brigadier General (U.S.A.) ) Military: William Forman (Clark County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier.) Military: Presley Kimbrell (Powell County, Kentucky, carpenter and soldier.) Economic: William Bird Holeman (Frankfort City Marshal and KY Public Printer) Political: Government of the United States of America Military: Marion Larrison (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav) Military: John W. Houze (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav USA) Military: John Royalty (Barren County, Kentucky, barkeeper) Military: Henry W. Royalty (Barren County, KY, resident) Military: John Mason Marcus (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Military: Edward Davis Townsend (Assistant Adjutant General (U.S.Army)) Military: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) Military: Office of Quartermaster of U. S. Army Military: United States War Department Military: Horatio Phillips Van Cleve (Todd County, Minnesota, farmer and soldier (2nd Minn. and General U.S. A.)) Military: [Unknown] Johnson () Military: Wiley Taul Poynter (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer, banker, and soldier) Military: Lowdy Howard (Jefferson County, Kentucky, apprentice ship carpenter, tobacconist and soldier) Military: Thornton Williams (Scott County, Kentucky, soldier. Formerly enslaved by Urias Offutt, accused of attempted murder.) Political: Urias M. Offutt (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer. and slaveholder.) Military: Robert Crooke Wood (Washington D.C., assistant surgeon general, 1854-1865) Military: Madison Mills (New York County, New York, surgeon. US army medical director in St. Louis, MO) Military: Charles Carroll Gray (Ontario County, New York, surgeon. ) Military: Henry Wager Halleck (U.S. Army soldier) Military: Andrew Jackson Smith (United States Army career soldier and commander) Military: Thomas Harvey Harris (Jefferson County, Indiana, book rubber and soldier. Military mayor of Memphis, 1864-1865.) Military: Stephen Augustus Hurlbut (Belvidere, Illinois, lawyer, representative, and soldier) Military: Edward H. Green (Dearborn County, Indiana, attorney and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav)

Richard W. Stewart, ed. American Military History (Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 2009). United States War Department O00005118 1789 Categories: Organizations

Created in 1789 upon the inauguration of President George Washington. Responsible for oversight of all military departments. Led by the Secretary of War. Civil War-era secretaries of war: John B. Floyd (1857-1860), Joseph Holt (January-March 1861), Simon Cameron (March 1861-January 1862), and Edwin M. Stanton (January 1862-May 1868).

Relationships Military: William Henry Seward (New York governor, attorney and politician) 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: William N. Owens (Major in 1st Ky Cavalry) 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: William H. Eifort (Carter County, Kentucky, clerk and1st Lieutenant in Company C, 2nd regiment Kentucky Cavalry. ) Military: 68th Regiment Kentucky Enrolled Militia Military: Horatio Gouverneur Wright (Union General, commander of Dept of OH) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: Henry Wager Halleck (U.S. Army soldier) Military: Thomas McCurdy Vincent (US Assistant adjutant general, Brigadier General (U.S.A.) ) Military: 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 12th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Eli Houston Murray (Breckenridge County, KY, soldier) Political: William Harrison Randall, Sr. (Laurel County, Kentucky, attorney, clerk, and politician.) Political: Brutus Junius Clay (Representative) Political: Lucian Anderson (Graves County, KY, attorney and politician) Political: Green Clay Smith (Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky attorney, politician, and soldier) Military: Edward H. Green (Dearborn County, Indiana, attorney and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav)

Kenneth W. Munden and Henry Putney Beers, The Union: A Guide to the Federal Archives Relating to the Civil War (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962, reprinted 1986), 242-44. L. D. Ingersoll, A History of the War Department of the United States (Washington, D.C.: Francis B. Mohun, 1880). Frank J. Welcher, The Union Army, 1861—1865: Organization and Operations, vol. 1, The Eastern Theatre (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1989). Frank J. Welcher, The Union Army, 1861—1865: Organization and Operations, vol. 2, The Western Theatre (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993). 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). Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky 1863-09-14 Correspondence English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 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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UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL. KENTUCKY.

Head-Quarters Kentucky Volunteers, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Frankfort, Septr 14 1863. Genl L. Thomas. Adjt Genl U. S. A. Washington. D. C. Sir,

I have the honor to request that one First & one second Lieutenant may be added to the 3rd Battery Kentucky Artillery commanded by Capt. Neville. This Battery has just been recruited and was mustered into the U. S. service on the 11" instant

By General Order No 110 the above Officers may be added at the Presidents discretion.

I trust that the additional Officers will be allowed this Battery.

By order of the Governor John Boyle Adjt Genl Ky Vols

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K.548. (V.S) ,1863

Frankfort. Sept. 14. 1863.

Kentucky -- State of

John Boyle. Adj't. Genl.

Requests that one 1st and 2d Lt. may be added to the 3d Btty Ky. Arty.

Recd (A. G. O) Sept. 19/63

{E. B. 232.V.5.}

War dept. A. G. O. Septr 19. 1863

Respectfully returned

If the Battery has been recruited to the maximum, the additional Officers allow'd by G. O. 110 will be permitted.

By order of the Secretary of War Thomas M Vincent Asst. Adjt. Genl