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November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department of Military Affairs 11th Ky. Cav (US) Muster Rolls KYR-0002-227-0011 Flat Storage Box: 11th Ky Cav (US) Muster Rolls, Bundle 3

Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee Curren G. Neal (Adams County, Illinois, farmer and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Inf.) N00020079 1841? 1900-04-19 Categories: People

Adams County, Illinois, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Preston Neal and Emily Neal. Married to Mary E. Monroe Neal in Butler County, Kentucky, on April 5, 1863. Father of Loretta Neal. Attended school in Adams County, Illinois, in 1850. Farmer in Adams County in 1860. Served in the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a first sergeant, first lieutenant, and captain, from December 9, 1864, to January 13, 1864.

Relationships Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Paymaster Department Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: John Gray Foster (Nashua, New Hampshire, major general (U.S.A.)) Military: Henry Curtis, Jr. (Assistant Adjutant General under General J.G. Foster. ) Military: Government of the United States of America

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Illinois, Adams County, Fall Creek Township, p. 88A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Illinois, Adams County, Fall Creek Township, p. 621. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ohio County, Cromwell Precinct, p. 409B. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0249. Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954, Genealogical Society of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, UT, Butler County Marriages, Film 000367209. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 827. "Dead," The County Democrat (Tecumseh, OK Territory), April 27, 1900, p. 3. John Gray Foster (Nashua, New Hampshire, major general (U.S.A.)) N00005705 1823-05-27 1874-09-02 Categories: People

Nashua, New Hampshire, major general. Whitefield, New Hampshire, native. Graduate of the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, in 1847. Breveted a second lieutenant of Engineers. Served in Mexican-American War from 1847 to 1848. Worked on coastal survey office and as assistant to professor of engineering at West Point from 1855 to 1857. Worked on the construction of Fort Sumter in 1858. Commissioned as a full captain of engineers on July 1, 1860. Appointed brigadier general of U.S. Volunteers on October 23, 1861. Commanded the Department of North Carolina from July 1, 1862, to July 13, 1863. Breveted a major general of U.S. Volunteers on July 18, 1863. Commanded the Department of Ohio from December 12, 1863, to July 9, 1864.

Relationships Military: William M. Haley (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: Robert Morrow (Knoxville, TN, asst adjt gen'l to Gen JG Foster) Military: James R. Howard (Lebanon, Ky, sgt 1st Ky Cav & captain 13th Ky Cav USA) Military: William Perkins (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) Military: James H. Loh (Boyd County, Kentucky, 1st lieut, 45th Ky Mtd InfUSA) Military: United States War Department Military: Henry Curtis, Jr. (Assistant Adjutant General under General J.G. Foster. )

John Fiske and James Grant Wilson, ed., Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography, vol. 2, (New York: Appleton, 1889), 511-12. “John G. Foster (1823-1874)”, The Latin Library, http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/chron/civilwarnotes/foster.html (accessed on September 30, 2020). Henry Curtis, Jr. (Assistant Adjutant General under General J.G. Foster. ) N00005707 Categories: People

Assistant Adjutant General under General J. G. Foster from c1864 to February 10, 1865.

Relationships Military: William M. Haley (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: John Gray Foster (Nashua, New Hampshire, major general (U.S.A.))

Official Army Register for 1866. Published by Order of the Secretary of War, in Compliance with the Resolution of the Senate of December 13, 1815, and Resolutions of the House of Representatives Dated February 1, 1830, and August 30, 1842, (Washington, D.C.: Adjutant General's Office, 1866), p. 105. KYR-0002-033-0009. 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. Knoxville, Tennessee P00005704 Categories: Places

Seat of Knox County, Tennessee. Located on the Tennessee River.

35.9606, -83.9207 Larry L. Miller, Tennessee Place-names (Bloomington: Indiana university Press, 2001), 115. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Knoxville, Tennessee," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on February 18, 2020). 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). 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). Department of the Ohio O001001 1861-05-09 1866-08-06 Categories: Organizations

This department existed in three separate periods. This department was created on May 3, 1861. It was geographically defined by the states of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. On May 9, 1861, the department was expanded to include portions of Western Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. The department was reconfigured to include Indiana, Ohio, and a portion of Western Virginia, removing the state of Illinois and portions of Pennsylvania and Maryland. On September 19, 1861, the department was redefined as the states of Indiana and Ohio, and the area of Kentucky within fifteen miles of Cincinnati, Ohio. And on November 9, 1861, the department was redefined as the states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Tennessee, and the portions of Kentucky east of the Cumberland River. This department was disbanded on March 11, 1862 and combined with the Mountain Department and the Department of the Mississippi. Commander(s): George B. McClellan, William S. Rosecrans, Ormsby M. Mitchel, and Don Carlos Buell.

The second was created on August 19, 1862. It was geographically defined as the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, the portion of Kentucky east of the Tennessee River, and inclusive of Cumberland Gap and all Federal forces operating in its vicinity. Wisconsin transferred to the Department of the Northwest on September 6, 1862. On September 19, 1862, Alton, Illinois transferred to the Department of Missouri and all of Western Virginia joined the Department of the Ohio. Cairo, Illinois transferred to the Department of the Tennessee on October 16, 1862. On March 16, 1863, all of Western Virginia moved to the Middle Department. Gallipolis, Ohio and the Ohio shoreline opposite the mouth of Kanawha River joined the Middle Department on June 9, 1863. On June 9, 1863, Columbiana, Jefferson, and Belmont Counties in Ohio joined the Department of the Monongahela. On June 23, 1863, Monroe, Athens, Washington, Meigs, Gallia, and Lawrence Counties in Ohio joined the Middle Department. The department joined the Military Division of the Mississippi on October 16, 1863, joining the Departments of the Cumberland and the Tennessee. On November 16, 1863, the department was reconfigured to include the portions of Kentucky east of the Tennessee River and parts of East Tennessee under the control of the Army of the Ohio. Jeffersonville, Indiana joined the department on February 8, 1864. Covington, Kentucky and the surrounding fifteen mile radius joined the Northern Department. This department was disbanded on January 17, 1865 and joined the Department of the Cumberland. Commander(s): Horatio G. Wright, Ambrose E. Burnside, John G. Foster, John M. Schofield, and George Stoneman.

The third was created on June 27, 1865. It was geographically defined as the states of Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana, with the exception of Jeffersonville and New Albany, Indiana. The state of Wisconsin was added to the department on October 30, 1865. On June 5, 1866, the Department of Kentucky—along with Jeffersonville and New Albany, Indiana—were added to the department. This department was disbanded on August 6, 1866 and consolidated into the Department of the Lakes. Commander(s): Edward O. C. Ord and Orlando B. Wilcox.

Frank J. Welcher, The Union Army, 1861—1865: Organization and Operations, vol. 2, The Western Theatre (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993), 126-37. 11th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00002636 1861-12-09 1864-12-01 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Camp Calhoun in McLean County, Kentucky. Mustered into service on December 12, 1861. Mustered out of service at Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky, on December 16, 1864. Recruits and veterans were transferred to the 6th Veteran Cavalry Regiment. Commander(s): Colonel Percival "Pierce" Butler Hawkins, Colonel Smoloff Palace Love, and Lieutenant Colonel Erasmus L. Mottley.

Relationships Military: Chauncey McKeever (Assistant AG USA) Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky

Frederick Henry Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, (Des Moines: Dyer Publishing Company, 1908), p. 148. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 824-40, 925. Paymaster Department O00018493 1775-06-16 Categories: Organizations

Paymaster Department of the United States Army. Paymasters Generals: Colonel Benjamin F. Larned, Colonel Timothy P. Andrews, Colonel Benjamin W. Brice.

Colonel A. B. Carey, “The Army of the US Historical Sketches of Staff and Line with Portraits of Generals-in-Chief, The Pay Department,” The Army of the US Historical Sketches of Staff and Line with Portraits of Generals-in-Chief ed. Theophilus Francis Rodenbough and William L. Haskin (New York: Maynard, Merrill, & Co., 1896), 100-110. 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). 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00005233 1862-07 1865-07-17 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky. Mustered into service in July 1862. Mustered out of service from July 12 to July 17, 1865. Commander(s): Lieutenant Colonel Archibald J. Alexander, Lieutenant Colonel William E. Riley, Lieutenant Colonel Milton Graham, Colonel Alexander W. Holeman, and Lieutenant Colonel William O. Boyle.

Relationships Military: William H. Bell (Washington County, Kentucky, farmer, carpenter, and soldier) Military: Edward Maddox (Washington Co. farmer) Military: Archibald J. Alexander (Louisville, Kentucky, lumber merchant and soldier.) Military: Samuel P. Debaun (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier - 1st Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Charles H. Edwards (Kentucky soldier - 11th Kentucky Cavalry) Military: William Owsley Boyle (Boyle County, Kentucky, soldier - Lt. Col. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) Military: John J. Rose (Mercer County, Kentuck, merchant and soldier - 2nd Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: William H. Norton (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and 2nd lieutenant in 11th Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.A.)) Military: John Bradburn (Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, soldier - sgt. 12th Ky. Cav.) Military: Sabritt Scruggs (Washington County, Kentucky, soldier - 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: James W. Robinson (Washington County, Kentucky, soldier - 1st Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: James B. Powell (Butler County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier - pvt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Robert S. Curd (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav) Military: William Mangan (Richmond, Cass County, Illinois, soldier - 1st Lt. 11th Ky. Cav) Military: [Unknown] [Unknown] (Kentucky soldier. Served in the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a captain.) Military: James H. Dunn (Grant County, Kentucky, soldier - Sgt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Presley F. Hansbrough (Grant County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier - Capt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Simeon A. Wortham (Lincoln County, Kentucky, tailor and soldier - Com. Sgt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: John W. Burton (Washington County, Kentucky, soldier.) Military: Moreau B. Pulliam (Mercer Co, Harrodsburg, Ky, carpenter & lieut, sgt, maj, commissary 11th Ky Cav USA) Military: Abraham W. Stone (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier - 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Milton J. Graham (Washington County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. 4th Inf and 11th Cav (U.S.A.)) Military: Edward H. Green (Dearborn County, Indiana, attorney and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav) Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) 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: James H. Peyton (Mercer County, Kentucky, physician and surgeon.) Military: John F. Rodgers (Anderson County, Kentucky, physician and surgeon 11th KY Cav USA) Military: Lewis Letig Pinkerton (Woodford County, Kentucky minister, school founder, asst surgeon 11th Ky Cav USA) Military: William E. Riley (Washington County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier.) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney)

Edward H. Dyer, A Compendium to the War of the Rebellion, Vol. I (Des Moines, IA: The Dyer Publishing Company, 1908), 1194. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 270-71, 300-01. 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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Headquarters Dept. of the Ohio Knoxville E Tenn. Jany 11 1864 Special Orders. No 11.

10 " " " The resignation of Capt C. G. Neel. Co "C" 11th Ky Mtd Infty is hereby accepted "for the good of the Service" to take effect Jany 13th 1864- Any balance of pay due him at that time, will be Suspended, until satisfactory evidence is furnished to the Paymaster that he is not indebted to the U. S. Govr

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. June 19. 1863

By command of Maj Genl Foster Henry Curtis Jr. A. A G

His Excellency Govr Thos Bramlette } Ky.

11 Cavy Knoxville Tenn Jany 11th 1864

Henry Curtis A. A. G

The resignation of Capt C. G. Neel Co "C" 11th Ky Cav, to take effect from Jany 13th 1864

Recd A. G. O. Jany 27th 1864