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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department of Military Affairs Guerilla Letters KYR-0002-225-0002 Document Box 1, Folder G. L. 1861

Red River Iron Works, Powell County, Kentucky Philip Swigert (Frankfort banker, Military Board member & secretary) N00002747 1798 1871-12-31 Categories: People

Frankfort, Kentucky, banker and member of military board. Kentucky native. Married to Jane L. Swigert. Mayor of Frankfort in 1849. Owned twenty-two slaves in Frankfort in 1860. Partner with William McKee in the Lexington, Frankfort & Louisville Railroad in 1858. Clerk in Frankfort in 1850. Clerk in Frankfort in 1860. President of the Farmers Bank of Kentucky in Frankfort in 1860. Secretary of the Military Board of Kentucky in 1861.

Relationships Political: Theodore Dehon Rand (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soldier and attorney) Economic: Farmers' Bank of Kentucky Economic: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: Hiram J. Jones (Laurel County, Kentucky, farmer) Military: Hiram J. Jones (Laurel County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Charles Hunter May (Boyle Co, KY, merchant & Mercer Co, KY, postmaster) Political: Military Board of Kentucky Military: John Jordan Crittenden (Franklin Co, KY, Representative, Senator, & former KY Governor) Political: James Henry Garrard (Franklin County, Kentucky, salt maker and Kentucky state treasurer) Social: Willis Benson Machen (Lyon County, KY, attorney, farmer, iron manufacturer, and politician (KY & Confederate)) Social: Milton A. Cartwright (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Caldwell County, Kentucky Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 107. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort District 1, p. 119. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States_ (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin, Frankfort District 1, p. 27. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort , p. 12. Carl E. Kramer, "Frankfort" in John E. Kleber, ed. The Kentucky Encyclopedia (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 353. Report of the Military Board of Kentucky, Made to the General Assembly, September 10, 1861 (Frankfort: Yeoman Office, 1861), 3. Find A Grave, “Philip Swigert (unknown-1871),” Memorial #68833254, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68833254 (accessed May 22, 2017). Thomas Johnson (Montgomery Co, KY, farmer, prov Congress, maj & lt col KY Mounted Rifles CSA) N00000859 1812-07-04 1906-04-07 Categories: People

Montgomery County, Kentucky farmer, soldier, and politician. Kentucky native. Educated in the common schools. Married to Elizabeth Peters Johnson. Father of Albert Sidney Johnson, Pattie Johnson, Annie Johnson, and Susette Johnson. Farmer in Montgomery County in 1850. Owned six enslaved persons in Montgomery County in 1850. Farmer in Montgomery County in 1860. Owned eleven enslaved persons in Montgomery County in 1860. Served in the Kentucky State Militia as a major general. Member of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States of America in the winter of 1861 and 1862 for six weeks. Served in the 2nd Battalion Kentucky Mounted Rifles (C.S.A.) as major and lieutenant colonel from 1862 to 1865.

Relationships Political: Provisional Congress of the Confederate States of America

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, District 1, p. 12B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, District 1. p. 37. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, p. 101. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, p. 26. Ezra J. Warner and W. Buck Yearns, Biographical Register of the Confederate Congress (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1975), 134-135. Lewis Collins and Richard Collins, History of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Collins & Company, 1882), 353. The Biographical Encyclopædia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century, vol. 1 (Cincinnati: J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878), 450-451. Thomas Johnson, Pardon File, Case Files of Applications from Former Confederates for Presidential Pardons (“Amnesty Papers”), 1865-67, NARA, M1003, Record Group 94, Roll 0026 (accessed January 26, 2017). “Col. Thomas Johnson Dies at Age of Ninety-Three,” Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), April 8, 1906. Find A Grave, "Thomas Johnson (July 4, 1812-April 17, 1906)," Memorial #84920849, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84920849 (accessed April 30, 2018). Richard Hawes (Provisional governor of Kentucky) N001001 1797-02-06 1877-05-25 Categories: People

Second and last governor of the provisional Confederate government of the state of Kentucky. Virginia native. Son of Richard Hawes and Clara Walker Hawes. Married to Hetty Morrison Nicholas Hawes on November 13, 1818. Father of James Morrison Hawes, George N. Hawes, Samuel Hawes, Smith Nicholas Hawes, Cary Nicholas Hawes, Clara Hawes, Hettie Hawes, and Mariah J. Hawes. Educated at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky. Read law with Charles Humphreys and Robert Wickliffe. Served in the Black Hawk War. Practiced law and farmed in Fayette County, Clark County, and Bourbon County, Kentucky. Owned a ropewalk in Winchester, Kentucky, in partnership with Benjamin Hawes Buckner in 1825. Member of the Whig Party. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Clark County in 1828, 1829, and 1836. Member of the House of Representatives of the United States from the 7th District of Kentucky from 1837 to 1841. Member of the Democratic Party. Attorney in Bourbon County in 1850. Owned six enslaved persons in Bourbon County in 1850. Attorney in Bourbon County in 1860. Major in the Confederate Commissary Department in October 1861. Appointed auditor of the provisional government in absentia but declined the appointment in Russellville on November 25, 1861. Assumed office as provisional governor of the Kentucky on May 31, 1862, after the death of George W. Johnson. Spent the rest of the war in exile. Second and final governor of the provisional government from October 4, 1862 until the collapse of the Confederacy in 1865. Returned to his law practice and business interests in Bourbon County in 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, District 2, p. 229B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, District 2, p. 437, p. 40 of microfilm. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, Paris, p. 496. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, Paris Ward 2, p. 448A. Find A Grave, "Richard Hawes (1797-1877)," Memorial #10040, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10040/richard-hawes (accessed October 18, 2016). Lowell H. Harrison, “Richard Hawes (1862-1865)” in Lowell H. Harrison, Ed., Kentucky’s Governors (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2004), 85-88. "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, s.v. “Richard Hawes,” http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000363 (accessed on October 18, 2016). Patrick A. Lewis, For Slavery and Union: Benjamin Buckner and Kentucky Loyalties in the Civil War (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2015), 20. KYR-0004-033-0008. Cole [unknown] (Powell County) N00008511 Categories: People

Mentioned in a letter from Josiah A. Jacskson to Philip Swigert from Powell County, Kentucky, on July 23, 1861.

KYR-0002-225-0002. George M. Jackson (Winchester, Kentucky, editor and soldier) N00008506 1841? Categories: People

Winchester, Kentucky, editor. Kentucky native. Son of Josiah A. Jackson and Elizabeth Martin Jackson. Resident of Estill County, Kentucky, in 1850. Editor of the National Union in Winchester in 1860. Served in the 4th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private and captain from October 9, 1861 to November 7, 1862.

Relationships Economic: National Union Military: Lovell Harrison Rousseau (Louisville, KY, attorney, Col. 5th KY, General Army of Ohio (USA)) Military: 4th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: United States Army Social: John N. B. Hardwick (Powell County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Estill County, p. 104A-B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, Winchester, p. 73. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 650-1. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0481. Lovell Harrison Rousseau (Louisville, KY, attorney, Col. 5th KY, General Army of Ohio (USA)) N00002299 1818-08-04 1869-01-07 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, soldier, and politician. Stanford, Kentucky, native. Married to Maria Antoinett Rousseau. Admitted to the bar in 1841. Member of the House of Representatives of the State of Indiana from 1844 to 1845. Served in the U.S.-Mexican War as a captain. Member of the the Senate of the State of Indiana from 1847 to 1849. Practiced law in Louisville after 1849. Attorney in Louisville in 1860. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1860 to 1861. Confirmed as a notary public for Jefferson County, Kentucky, on February 5, 1861. Resigned his position in the Kentucky Legislature to raise troops for the Union. Served in the 5th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as colonel from September 9, 1861, until promoted to brigadier general on October 5, 1861. Promoted to major general on October 22, 1862. Commanded a division in the Army of the Ohio and in the Army of the Cumberland until November 17, 1865. Elected as an unconditional Unionist to the 39th United States Congress and served from March 4, 1865, to July 21, 1866.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Military: F. B. Russell (Louisville, Kentucky, petitioner) Military: Veteran Reserve Corps (U.S.A) Military: John Gray Foster (Nashua, New Hampshire, major general (U.S.A.)) Military: United States War Department Military: 12th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 6, p. 316. Ezra J. Warner, Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1964), 412-13. Find A Grave, "Maria Antoinette Dozier Rousseau (1826-1898)," Memorial #49305630, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49305630 (accessed June 28, 2021). Jack DeBerry, "Lovell Harrison Rousseau" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber, (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 783. Joseph G. Dawson, General Lovell H. Rousseau and Louisiana Reconstruction Louisiana History 20 (Fall 1979), 373-91. KYR-0001-017-0062. Josiah A. Jackson (Estill County, Kentucky, iron manufacturer and farmer) N00008492 1810-04-30 1862-10-29 Categories: People

Estill County, Kentucky, iron manufacturer and farmer. Kentucky native. Born April 30th 1810, Married to Elizabeth L. Martin Jackson on August 24, 1836. Father to S. M. G. Jackson, George M. Jackson, Elizabeth G. Jackson, Mary S. Jackson, Sarah S. Jackson, Josiah Jackson, and Frank Jackson. Iron manufacturer in Estill County in 1850. Co-owner of the Estill Steam or Red River Steam Cold Blast Charcoal Furnace in Estill County with J. W. Jones. Owned five enslaved persons in Estill County in 1850. Farmer in Estill County in 1860. Owned seventeen enslaved persons in Estill County in 1860.

Relationships Economic: Red River Iron Works Familial: Samuel Grant Jackson (Estill County, Kentucky, clerk and soldier) Political: Military Board of Kentucky Political: Philip Swigert (Frankfort banker, Military Board member & secretary) Military: Kentucky Home Guard Military: Government of the United States of America Familial: George M. Jackson (Winchester, Kentucky, editor and soldier) Political: Harry Innes Todd, Sr. (Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant and penitentiary keeper) Military: Philip Swigert (Frankfort banker, Military Board member & secretary)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States(1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Estill, p. 104A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States(1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Estill, p. 497. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States* (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Estill, p. 93. _Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States* (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Estill, p. 6. _Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Estill County Marriages, p. 39. J. Peter Lesley, _The Iron Manufactuer's Guide to the Furnaces, Forges, and Rolling Mills of the United States (J. Wiley, 1859), p. 126. Find A Grave, "Josiah A. Jackson (April 30, 1810-October 29, 1862)," Memorial #29779278, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29779278 (accessed April 30, 2018). Harry Innes Todd, Sr. (Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant and penitentiary keeper) N00000230 1818? 1891-05 Categories: People

Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant, sheriff, and penitentiary keeper. Kentucky native. Married to Jane B. Todd. Father of Harriet D. Todd, Ann Innes Todd, John H. Todd, Chapman C. Todd, Harry Innes Todd, Jr., Julia R. Todd, Maria Todd, George Todd, Jennie L. Todd, Mary H. Todd, Kitty Todd, and Crittenden Todd. Merchant in Franklin County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned seven enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1850. Merchant in Franklin County in 1860. Sheriff of Franklin County from 1860 to 1861. Owned five enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1860. Keeper of the Kentucky State Penitentiary from 1863 to 1871.

Relationships Social: Laban Thomas Moore (Representative, colonel, and Lawrence Co attorney) Economic: Ephraim Whitesides (Frankfort, Kentucky, carpenter and assistant keeper of the penitentiary) Social: John Hopkins Harney (Lou. Democrat publisher) Social: Joshua Fry Bullitt (Louisville. Ct. of Appeals Judge) Social: Alfred Allen (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Social: James Henry Garrard (Franklin County, Kentucky, salt maker and Kentucky state treasurer) Social: James Crockett Sayers (Kenton County, Kentucky, laborer, farmer, politician, QM & 1st lieut 32nd KY Inf USA) Social: Thomas Turner (Montgomery Co., KY, State Rep & attorney) Social: Thomas W. Owings (Meade co state rep) Social: Richard Aylett Buckner, Jr. (Lexington, KY atty, judge & speaker of State House) Social: Bryan Rust Young (Bardstown state rep) Social: John Kemp Goodloe (Woodford Co State Senator) Social: John A. Prall (Bourbon Co State Senator) Social: James Fisher Robinson, Jr. (QMG of KY, Gov's son) Social: Daniel Carmichael Wickliffe (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney, editor and secretary of state) Social: Joshua Tevis (Louisville, KY, State Rep & US District Atto, Col 10th Ky Cav (USA)) Social: Thomas A. Duke (Paducah State Senator & Physician) Social: Richard Clough Anderson, III (Frankfort state rep) Social: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Social: Samuel E. DeHaven (Oldham County State Sen/Rep) Social: Henry Davis McHenry (Ohio Co., KY, state rep & senator) Social: Martin Pickett Marshall (Mason Co. State Senator) Social: Curtis Field Burnam (Madison County. KY, attorney & State Rep) Social: Willis W. Gardner (Union co. State Sen.) Social: Joshua Barnes (Bath Co., KY, State Rep. & doctor) Social: James Calvert (Boone County, Kentucky, sheriff and politician) Social: Richard J. Browne (Washington Co, KY, State Rep & attorney) Social: Nathaniel Wolfe (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, Ky rep & senator) Social: William T. Samuels (Hardin Co, KY, clerk, commissioner, KY State Auditor, state rep, clerk of KY Hse of Rep) Social: Walter C. Whitaker (Shelby Co. Ky state sen; col & genl 6th Ky Inf & Army of Cumberland USA) Social: John L. Irvan (Calloway Co. state rep) Social: John R. Thomas (Marion Co., Ky, State rep & attorney) Social: Zebulon Ward (Woodford co State Rep & former penitentiary lessee) Social: John S. Van Winkle (Wayne Co state rep) Social: Elijah Gabbert (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and KY state rep) Social: Jonas Martin (Livingston and Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer and politician.) Social: William S. Rankin (Grant County, KY, State Rep) Social: Joshua Fry Bell (Boyle Co., KY, attorney & politician) Social: Isaac Price Miller (Jefferson co. farmer & politician) Social: James Speed (U.S. Atty. General, Louisville, KY atty & state senator) Social: John B. Bruner (Breckinridge Co., KY, atty & state senator) Economic: Kentucky State Penitentiary Political: Francis Pace (Harlan County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Cornelius Bailey (Henderson County, Kentucky, assistant auditor of KY and attorney) Legal: Franklin Circuit Court Legal: Charles T. Sullivan (Jefferson County, Kentucky, resident and inmate) Social: Lewis Cheek (Franklin County, Kentucky, grocer.) Political: George W. Howe (Franklin County, Kentucky, wagon maker, postmaster, and justice of the peace) Political: Franklin Bryan Chinn (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Alexander Hueston Rennick (Franklin County, Kentucky, court clerk) Legal: William Nichols (Covington, KY steel mill worker)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 56A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 885. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 103. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 501A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 140B. William E. Railey, History of Woodford County, Kentucky (1938; Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company for Clearfield Company, 2002), p. 389. Legislative Document No. 18: Report of the Special Committee on the Penitentiary to the Senate of Kentucky, February 26, 1880 (Frankfort, KY: E. H. Porter, 1880), p. 46. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861,” in 1862 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 99. “Todd, Harry Innes, 1818-1891,” Social Networks and Archival Context, http://socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu/ark:/99166/w6z03wcb (accessed January 11, 2017). KYR-0001-004-0177. Red River Ironworks, Kentucky P00013171 Categories: Places

Settlement in Powell County, Kentucky.

37.8648, -83.9344 Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection: Kentucky Place Names, “Powell County Place Names,” Morehead State University, https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/rennickmscollection/ (accessed August 3, 2020). USGS: Earth Explorer, “Waltersville, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on August 3, 2020). Montgomery County, Kentucky P00000869 Categories: Places

County in northeast Kentucky. Seat at Mount Sterling.

38.0565, -83.9433 Carl B. Boyd, Jr., "Montgomery County" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 644. "Mount Sterling, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 27, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. 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. Stanton, Kentucky P00001940 Categories: Places

Seat of Powell County, Kentucky.

37.8456, -83.8583 Ron D. Bryant, “Powell County,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 732. "Stanton, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 24, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Paris, Kentucky P00000514 Categories: Places

Seat of Bourbon County, Kentucky.

38.2098, -84.253 H.E. Everman, "Paris," in The Encyclopedia of Kentucky, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 2000), 709-10. USGS: Earth Explorer, “Paris, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on March 3, 2020). Winchester, Kentucky P001792 Categories: Places

Seat of Clark County, Kentucky.

37.9901, -84.1797 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 321. "Winchester, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed September 23, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Tennessee P001001 Categories: Places

State in the southeastern United States. Capital at Nashville. Located on the Cumberland River.

35.5175, -86.5804 Paul H. Bergeron, Stephen V. Ash, and Jeanette Keith, Tennesseans and Their History (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1999), 69. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Tennessee," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on August 14, 2019). Louisville, Kentucky P00000337 Categories: Places

Seat of Jefferson County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2527, -85.7585 "Louisville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 12, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 179. Estill County, Kentucky P00004776 Categories: Places

County in east central Kentucky. Seat at Irvine, Kentucky. Located on the Kentucky River.

37.6975, -83.9744 Ron D. Bryant, "Irvine" in The Encyclopedia of Kentucky, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 2002), p. 298. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Estill County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on November 12, 2019). Red River Iron Works O00008494 1805 1865? Categories: Organizations

Iron manufacturing plant in Powell County, Kentucky, and Estill County, Kentucky. Operated from 1805 to c1860. Included a post office from 1820 and gave its name to the area. Became the Red River Iron Manufacturing Company in 1865. Owner(s): Josiah A. Jackson and J. W. Jones in 1858.

Ron D. Bryant, "Powell County" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 732. David C. Elbon, “Clay City, Kentucky,” Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer, https://www.kyatlas.com/ky-clay-city.html (accessed July 31, 2020). W. H. Perrin, J. H. Battle, and G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State, 7th ed. (Louisville and Chicago: F. A. Battey and Company, 1887), 579. Kentucky Home Guard O00000902 1861 1865 Categories: Organizations

County level military organization primarily comprised of Union soldiers. Created in 1861 to counter the southern aligned Kentucky State Guard.

Relationships Military: Curran Pope (Louisville, KY, attorney, trustee, and colonel 5th KY Inf) Military: B. F. Wilson (Kentucky, resident) Military: Charles S. Marshall (Ballard County, Kentucky, attorney and circuit judge)

Nicky Hughes, “Home Guard,” The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 438. 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). National Union O00008504 Categories: Organizations

Weekly newspaper published in Winchester, Kentucky, in 1860 and 1861. Editor(s): George M. Jackson and William T. Hanly.

"About the National Union," Winchester, Ky., Chronicling America, https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86069120/. Red River Iron Works, Powell County, Kentucky 1861-07-23 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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R R Ironworks 23d Junly 1861 Phil Swigert Esqr Dear Sir

We have ^had^ a home Guard organized at this place for about 6 weeks. We have made an attempt to procure arms from the Genl Goverment. but have as yet failed most of our men are poor but first rate & these hard times many of them cannot raise means to pay for their uniform & Gun both, as the freights &C on the Guns from the Goverment will cost $1.50 each. we have money to pay for uniform & music. I wish to know if we cannot get Guns from the State. If we organize according to the late law in regard to Home Guards -- There was 100 Guns I think Given toGenl Johnsons secession Co of Montgomery Co. He never paraded more than 25 or 30 men I understand that Company is about to disband It was raised under a secession flag. What chance would there be to get 50 of those Guns -- or some from Frankfort. There is a company at Stanton 4 1/2 miles from me that want guns. Home Guards good men -- If we could get Johnsons guns would do for both companies. The company at Stanton I wrote you about several days since marched last Saturday under a secession flag --

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There has been in the last 3 or 4 days considerable stir amongst the secessionst in this neighborhood. on last Saturday two of them 1 from Paris. R Haws son & a man by the name of Cole from Winchester arrived in the neighborhood at 12 oclock at night & next morning early had conference with some Secessiont & returned Sunday morning. I have had some hints, that they expected to make an attack upon the arms in case any should be attempted to be carried through Ky for East Tennessee

I have a Son Geo M Jackson of Winchester. late Editor of the National Union, a paper published in that town who is now engaged in raising a company to Join Genl Rousus Regiment near Louisville or to go to Cumberland Gap if necessary. he has only been at it a week & has about 50 No 1 men & think he will make it from 80 to 100 this week. If not too busy will you please write me. I feel some interest to know where we are to get Guns. we have ^some^ desperate secessionist in our neighborhood & may have to use the guns at home

Your Friend Josiah A Jackson

You might show this to Harry I Todd & other friends you might think proper

J A J

J. A. Jackson Estill Recd & ans 25 July 1861.