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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department of Military Affairs Union Artillery, Navy and Marines Primary Source Documents ; Misc U.S.C.T. Primary Source Documents KYR-0002-038-0040 Box 14, Folder BTRY E - 1st REGT LIGHT ARTILLERY 4th BTRY OFFICERS

Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky 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. Frank G. Clark (Pulaski County, Ky, carpenter, lieut. 1st. Ky. L. A. ) N00013928 1842? Categories: People

Pulaski County, Kentucky, carpenter and soldier. New Jersey native. Carpenter in 1863. Served in the 1st Kentucky Light Artillery Regiment (U.S.A.) as private, sergeant, and lieutenant from February 24, 1863, to August 1, 1865.

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Light Artillery Regiment (U.S.A.)

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0148. Samuel A. Miller (Olmsted County, Minnesota, pvt 2nd MN Inf, lieut and captain 1st KY Lt Art USA) N00013888 1840-03 1928? Categories: People

Olmsted County, Minnesota, soldier. Ohio native. Son of Lewis Miller and Susan Miller. Student in Wayne County, Ohio, in 1850. Farmer with Lewis Miller in Olmsted County, Minnesota, in 1860. Served in the 2nd Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as private from March 6, 1862, to January 1, 1864. Served in the 1st Kentucky Light Artillery Regiment (U.S.A.) as second lieutenant, lieutenant, and captain from January 2, 1864, to August 1, 1865.

Relationships Military: 2nd Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Frank G. Clark (Pulaski County, Ky, carpenter, lieut. 1st. Ky. L. A. ) Political: James H. Tinsley (Knox County, Kentucky, sgt, lieut & adj in 3rd Ky Inf, 7th Ky Inf, 49th Ky Inf USA) Political: William E. Hughes (Jefferson County, KY, newspaper editor and public printer) Military: James H. Tinsley (Knox County, Kentucky, sgt, lieut & adj in 3rd Ky Inf, 7th Ky Inf, 49th Ky Inf USA) Military: 1st Kentucky Light Artillery Regiment (U.S.A.) Political: Jonathan Bates Dickson (Illinois, lieut 12th Ill Vols, capt in US AGO) Political: John McAllister Schofield (West Point, New York, instructor & major general) Military: Battery "E" Kentucky Light Artillery (U.S.A)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Wayne County, Sugar Creek, p. 58B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Minnesota, Olmsted County, Cascade, p. 777. Twelfth Manuscript Census of the United States (1900), Population Schedules, Minnesota, Olmsted County, Rochester Ward 3, Enumeration District 0118, p. 7. Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Minnesota, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M546, Roll 0006. Minnesota Civil War Muster Rolls, Muster Roll of 2nd Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment (St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society), p. 21, 601 (accessed via Ancestry.com). Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0149. Find A Grave, "Capt Samuel A Miller (1840-1928)," Memorial #134529125, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134529125 (accessed January 7, 2021). Lexington, Kentucky P001002 Categories: Places

Seat of Fayette County, Kentucky.

38.0406, -84.5037 John D. Wright, "Lexington (City)," in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 549-51. "Lexington, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 21, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. 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). Commonwealth of Kentucky O001025 1792 Categories: Organizations

Administrative body of the state of Kentucky. Capital at Frankfort, Kentucky. Governor(s): Beriah Magoffin (1859-1862), James F. Robinson (1862-1863), and Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-1867).

Paul Blanchard, "Office of Governor" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 380. Malcolm E. Jewell, "General Assembly" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 366. Paul J. Weber, "Court System" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 233. 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. 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.)

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Hd Qrts 5th Ky Battery

Lexington. Ky. Jan 26"/65 To His Excellency T. E. Bramlette

Governor of Ky. Sir,

I have the honor to respectfully recommend Quartermaster Sergeant Frank. G. Clark of Battery 'E' 1st Ky Light-Art. as @ good Soldier ever faithful in performance of duty -- energetic -- and capable of performing the duties of an officer..

He is also @ Gentlemanly and polite -- young man.

I am Sir very Respecty Your obt servt Samuel. A. Miller 2nd Lieut Battery 'E' 1st Ky Lt Art.

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Hd. qrs. 5" Ky Battery Lexington Ky Jany. 26" 1865

Miller Samuel A. 2d Lt. Batt. E.

Recommends Q. M. Sgt. Frank G. Clark as worthy of promotion --

Recd A. G. O. Ky 27 Jany 1865