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Washington, District of Columbia William Pitt Richardson (Monroe County, OH, lawyer and soldier) N00020124 1824-05-25 1886-08-04 Categories: People

Monroe County, Ohio, attorney and soldier. Washington County, Pennsylvania, native. Married to Sarah E. Richardson. Father of Emma H. Richardson, Mary E. Richardson, Adelia Richardson, Charles Richardson, and Ada Richardson. Graduated from Washington College in Washington County, Pennsylvania. Served in the Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private and corporal from May 27, 1846, to June 20, 1847. Schoolteacher in Harrison County, Ohio, in 1850. Admitted to the bar in Harrison County, Ohio, in August 1852. Prosecuting attorney in Monroe County, Ohio, from 1855 to 1861. Served in the 25th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a lieutenant colonel and colonel from June 22, 1861, to May 9, 1866. Wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, on May 3, 1863. Served as commanding officer of Camp Chase, Ohio, from February 11, 1864, to August 31, 1865. Brevetted brigadier general on December 7, 1864. Served as Attorney General of Ohio from January 9, 1865, to February 20, 1865.

Relationships Military: Camp Chase

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Harrison County, Short Creek, p. 444B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Monroe County, Woodsfield, p. 33. Annual Report of the Secretary of State to the Governor of the State of Ohio for the Year 1874, (Columbus, OH: Nevins & Myers, State Printers, 1875), 13. Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, vol. 3, 1861-1866 (Norwalk, OH: The Laning Company), 167. Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, vol. 12, 1861-1866 (Norwalk, OH: The Laning Company), 449. Roger Pickenapugh, Camp Chase: The Evolution of Union Prison Policy (Tuscaloosa, AL: The University of Alabama Press, 2007). Roger Pickenpaugh, Captives in Gray: The Civil War Prisons of the Union (Tuscaloosa, AL: The University of Alabama Press, 2009), 122. Whitelaw Reid, Ohio in the War: Her Statesmen, Generals, and Soldiers, vol. 1 (Cincinnati: The Robert Clarke Company, 1895), 945. "William Pitt Richardson (1824-1886)," Find A Grave, Memorial 5996331, accessed May 29, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5996331. 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. Edward Davis Townsend (Assistant Adjutant General (U.S.Army)) N00005757 1817-08-22 1893-05-10 Categories: People

Washington, D.C., soldier. Boston, Massachusetts, native. Son of David S. Townsend and Eliza Gerry Townsend. Married to Ann Overing Townsend on May 9, 1848. Father of Thomas Townsend, Edward Townsend, and Henrietta Townsend. Graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1837. Served in the 2nd United States Artillery as second lieutenant, first lieutenant, captain, and brevet major, from 1837 to 1861. Engaged in the forced removal of the Cherokee Nation to Indian Territory (Trail of Tears) in 1838. Transferred to the Adjutant General's Corps as lieutenant colonel and colonel. Chief of Staff to Lieutenant General Winfield Scott in Washington, D.C., from March 7, 1861, to November 1, 1861. Served as Assistant Adjutant General from November 1, 1861, to March 23, 1863. Served as Acting Adjutant General from March 23, 1863, to August 12, 1866.

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: United States War Department Military: William N. Owens (Major in 1st Ky Cavalry) Military: Archibald J. Alexander (Louisville, Kentucky, lumber merchant and soldier.) Military: William H. Eifort (Carter County, Kentucky, clerk and1st Lieutenant in Company C, 2nd regiment Kentucky Cavalry. ) Military: 40th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) Military: James M. Gilbert (Carter County, KY, farmhand and private USA) Military: 7th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 22nd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Political: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Military: Office of Quartermaster of U. S. Army Political: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) Political: Clements Vonderhaar (Cincinnati, Ohio, laborer and soldier) 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: George Washington Sweeney (Casey County, KY, bricklayer and sold) Military: Ferdinand D. Rigney (Adair Co, Ky, farmer and major (U.S.A.)) Military: United States Army Military: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Military: 13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Edward H. Green (Dearborn County, Indiana, attorney and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav) Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: Government of the United States of America Military: Phidello W. Hall (Limestone County, Texas, attorney and soldier. 11th Kentucky Cavalary) Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Paymaster Department Military: James A. Johnson (Grant County, Kentucky, physician and soldier. 11th Kentucky Cavalry) 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.) Political: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Political: United States War Department

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850)," Population Schedules, District of Columbia, Ward 1, p. 31A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, District of Columbia, Ward 1, p. 273. "General Edward D. Townsend," Boston Evening Transcript (Boston, MA), May 12, 1893, p. 5. Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, vol. VI, (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1889), p. 147. George W. Cullum, Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. from Its Establishment, in 1802, to 1890, with the Early History of the United States Military Academy, 3rd edition, vol. I (Cambridge, MA: The Riverside Press, 1891), 673-4. Francis S. Drake, Memorials of the Society of the Cincinnati of Massachusetts (Cambridge, MA: Press of John Wilson and Son, 1873), 484. 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. 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). Columbus, Ohio P00004819 Categories: Places

Capital of Ohio.

39.9612, -82.9988 Charles C. Cole Jr., A Fragile Capital: Identity and the Early Years of Columbus, Ohio (Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 2001). 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. 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). Camp Chase O00009501 1861 1865 Categories: Organizations

Organized in Columbus, Ohio in 1861. Served as a military prison from 1861 to 1865.

Relationships Legal: Edward Stevenson (Minister, Russellville, Logan County)

Knauss, William H. The Story of Camp Chase: A History of the Prison and Its Cemetery,Together with Other Cemeteries Where Confederate Prisoners are Buried, etc. Columbus, OH: General's Books, 1994. 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. 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. 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. Washington, District of Columbia 1864-12-19 Order 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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SPECIAL ORDERS, No. 455. } WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,

Washington, December 19th, 1864.

(Extract.)

33. Leave of absence for thirty days is hereby granted the following officers, (paroled Prisoners of War,) at the expiration of which they will report in person to the Commanding Officer of Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio: --

1st Lieutenant M. P. Pulhain, 11th Kentucky Cavalry.

By order of the Secretary of War: E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant General.

OFFICIAL: E D Townsend Assistant Adjutant General.

Governor of Kentucky.

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11 Cavy

War Department Adjutant Genl Office Washington Dec 19. 1864

Townsend E D. A. A. G.

Spe. Ord No 455 Leave of absence for 30 days granted to Lieut M. P. Pulhiam 11" Ky. Cavy

Recd A. G. O. Decr 27, 1864