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Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia 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. Daniel W. Glassie (Kentucky agent & captain 1st ind. ky battery USA) N00013955 1842? 1905-01-13 Categories: People

Kentucky agent and soldier. Kentucky native. Agent in 1861. Served in the 1st Independent Kentucky Battery (U.S.A.) as sergeant, lieutenant, and captain from June 3, 1861, to July 20, 1865.

Relationships Military: 1st Independent Battery Kentucky Light Artillery (U.S.A.) Military: Seth J. Simmonds (Hamilton co. OH, carpenter, captain 1st Ky Ind Battery) Military: James B. Flack (Cincinnati, black smith, QM serg. 1st KY Ind. Battery) Military: John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, 5th Ward, p. 302B. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0150. U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Application #894774, Certificate #832918. Interment Control Forms, A1 2110-B, Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774–1985, NARA RG 92, College Park, Maryland, Glasbrenner, Frederick - Gleason, Donald Herbert, p. 626 of 923 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com). Find A Grave, "Daniel W Glassie (Unknown-1905)," Memorial #49189787, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49189787 (accessed January 19, 2021). Charleston, West Virginia P00013953 Categories: Places

Capital of West Virginia. Seat of Kanawha County, West Virginia. Located at the confluence of the Elk River and Kanawha River.

38.34722, -81.63333 George Wesley Atkinson, History of Kanawha County: From Its Organization in 1789 Until the Present (Charleston, WV: The Office of the West Virginia Journal, 1876), 53. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Charleston, West Virginia," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on January 19, 2021). West Virginia P001038 Categories: Places

Capital at Charleston, West Virginia. Located on the Ohio River.

38.3498, -81.6326 Kenneth C. Martis and Sam E. Clagg, "West Virginia" in Encyclopedia Britannica, (https://www.britannica.com/place/West-Virginia) (accessed on June 26, 2017). USGS: Earth Explorer, “Charleston, West Virginia," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on March 30, 2021). Ohio P001036 Categories: Places

State in the midwestern United States. Capital at Columbus. Located on the Ohio River and Lake Erie.

39.9612, -82.9988 "Columbus, Ohio," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed October 4, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Jeff Wallenfeldt, Francis R. Aumann, and George W. Knepper, "Ohio," Encyclopedia Britannica, accessed May 22, 2017, https://www.britannica.com/place/Ohio-state. 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 Independent Battery Kentucky Light Artillery (U.S.A.) O00013555 1861-06-03 1865-07-20 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Camp Clay in Pendleton, Ohio. Mustered in on June 3, 1861, and mustered out on July 10, 1865. Commander(s): Captain Seth J. Simmonds and Captain Daniel W. Glassie.

Relationships Military: Thomas McCurdy Vincent (US Assistant adjutant general, Brigadier General (U.S.A.) ) Military: John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.)

Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium to the War of the Rebellion, Vol. III (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Company, 1908), 1197. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 520-521. 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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Head Qrs Simmonds Battery Camp Toland CharlestonWest, V,a February 6" 1864. To His Excellency the Govner of Kentucky Sir

Aggreeable to instructions form the adjt Genl of Kentucky Dated Nov 23" 1863 to Send Muster Rolls of Simmonds Indp Vol Battery U S, A, that the Officers might be Commissioned", -- I have the honor to State that the Rolls were forwarded about the first of January 1864. Since which time we have not heard from them, or the Adjt Genl

As the Officers are very anxious to See the Commissions, if Coming from Kentucky, I would respectfully urge an acknowledgment of the Rolls, and the Command, or these will be an effort made to transfer the Command to Ohio, the Govnor is willing to fill up its ranks, Commission its officers, and acknowlege the Battery as one of its Veteran Batteries

Hopeing Soon to hear your pleasure

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I have the honor to remain Very Respectfully Your Obdt Servt D, W, Glassie Lieut Comdg Battery

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Hd Qrs Simmonds Battery Camp Toland Charleston Westr Va Feby 6" 1864

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Grassie D. W Lt Comd Battery.

Says that in accordance with instructions from the Adj Genl, he forwarded the Muster Roll of Simmond's Battery about the 1s Jany 1864 since which time he has not heard of the roll, nor from the Adj Genl States the officers are anxious to see their commissions, and urges an acknowledgement of the roll and command, or there will be an effort made to have the Battery transfered to Ohio. as a veteran Battery.

Ans. that rolls -- and coms were sent -- give the date Boyle

Recd A. G. O 12" Feby 1864