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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department of Military Affairs 11th Ky. Cav (US) Muster Rolls KYR-0002-227-0056 Flat Storage Box: 11th Ky Cav (US) Muster Rolls, Bundle 10

Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio Charles H. Harris (Louisville, Kentucky, clerk and 2nd lieutenant in 11th Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.A.)) N00013789 1840? Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, clerk and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Alfred Wallace Rutherford Harris and Martha Harris. Student in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1850. Clerk in Louisville in 1860. Served in the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a second lieutenant from November 24, 1863, to April 22, 1864.

Relationships Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) Military: William H. Norton (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and 2nd lieutenant in 11th Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.A.)) Military: Benjamin F. Lewis (Hancock County, Kentucky, soldier - 2nd Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Rufus Somerby (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, clerk and soldier - 2nd Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: William Owsley Boyle (Boyle County, Kentucky, soldier - Lt. Col. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: John Bradburn (Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, soldier - sgt. 12th Ky. Cav.) Military: William Mangan (Richmond, Cass County, Illinois, soldier - 1st Lt. 11th Ky. Cav) Military: James B. Powell (Butler County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier - pvt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Military: Robert Morrow (Knoxville, TN, asst adjt gen'l to Gen JG Foster) Military: John McAllister Schofield (West Point, New York, instructor & major general) Military: Government of the United States of America Military: United States Department of the Treasury Military: Ordnance Department U.S. Army Military: Ambrose E. Burnside (Union general, Rhode Island rifleworks owner) Military: 105th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: John Milton Cotton (Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier - 2nd Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: James W. Robinson (Washington County, Kentucky, soldier - 1st Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Edward H. Green (Dearborn County, Indiana, attorney and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav) Military: Presley F. Hansbrough (Grant County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier - Capt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Joseph Lawson (Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: William H. Bell (Washington County, Kentucky, farmer, carpenter, and soldier)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 1, p. 58A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 3, p. 724. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 108. 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. Ambrose E. Burnside (Union general, Rhode Island rifleworks owner) N00005702 1824-05-23 1881-09-13 Categories: People

United States major general. Union County, Indiana, native. Married to Mary Richmond Bishop Burnside. Graduate of the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, in 1847. Served in the 2nd United States Artillery Regiment from 1847 to 1853. Founded the Bristol Rifle Works in Bristol, Rhode Island, in 1853. Colonel of the 1st Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry Regiment from April 16, 1861, to August 6, 1861. Commissioned brigadier general of United States volunteers on August 6, 1861. Commissioned major general of United States volunteers on March 18, 1862. Assigned to command the Army of the Potomac on November 8, 1862. Assigned to command of the Department of the Ohio on March 16, 1863. Resigned from the United States Army on April 15, 1865.

Relationships Social: John Jordan Crittenden (Franklin Co, KY, Representative, Senator, & former KY Governor) Military: William E. Hobson (Warren County, Kentucky, soldier.) Military: Army of the Ohio Military: Confederate States Army Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Robert Prudy (Sergeant in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Economic: Henry E. Shawhan (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer) Economic: James A. Cook (Harrison County, Kentucky, distiller) Economic: G. W. Taylor (person ) Economic: Tarr White (person ) Economic: Thomas Jefferson Megibben (Cynthania, Kentucky, distiller.) Political: Robert Morrow (Knoxville, TN, asst adjt gen'l to Gen JG Foster) Political: William Pope Anderson (Cincy OH, assistant Adj General to General Ambrose Burnside) Military: Hugh S. Rawls (Lincoln Co, TN, resident; KY serg. 1st Ky Light Artillery) Military: William Pope Anderson (Cincy OH, assistant Adj General to General Ambrose Burnside) Military: Robert Morrow (Knoxville, TN, asst adjt gen'l to Gen JG Foster)

Ezra J. Warner, Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1964), 57-8. Robert Morrow (Knoxville, TN, asst adjt gen'l to Gen JG Foster) N00005915 1846-04-13 1873-11-27 Categories: People

Knoxville, Tennessee, soldier. Tennessee native. Son of Samuel Morrow and Melinda Morrow. Resident of Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1850. Household owned one enslaved person in Knoxville in 1850. Resident of Knoxville in 1860. Served in the Department of the Ohio (U.S.A.) as assistant adjutant general from September 4, 1863, to November 30, 1866.

Relationships Military: James R. Howard (Lebanon, Ky, sgt 1st Ky Cav & captain 13th Ky Cav USA) Military: James H. Loh (Boyd County, Kentucky, 1st lieut, 45th Ky Mtd InfUSA) Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) Military: John McAllister Schofield (West Point, New York, instructor & major general) Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Knox County, Knoxville, p. 105A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Tennessee, Knox County, Knoxville. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Knox County, District 1, p. 99. Official Army Register for 1865 (Washington, D.C.: United States Adjutant Office, January 1, 1865), 60. Official Army Register for 1866 (Washington, D.C.: United States Adjutant Office, August 1, 1866), 80. Official Army Register for 1867(Washington, D.C.: United States Adjutant Office, August 1, 1867), 141. "A Sad Suicide," The Daily Examiner (San Francisco, CA), November 28, 1873, p. 3. "Suicide of an Army Officer," Nashville Union and American (Nashville, TN), December 5, 1873, p. 4. "Robert Morrow (1846-1873)," Find A Grave, Memorial 5869443, accessed September 18, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5869443/robert-morrow. KYR-0002-009-0008. KYR-0002-033-0030. Cincinnati, Ohio P00001208 Categories: Places

Seat of Hamilton County, Ohio. Located on the Ohio River.

39.1031, -84.512 "Cincinnati, Ohio," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 13, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio; Their Past and Present, Including Biographies and Portraits of Pioneers and Representative Citizens (Cincinnati: S.B. Nelson, 1894), 17. 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. 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. 105th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00009905 1862-08-20 1865-06-03 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Camp Cleveland, Ohio. Mustered in August 20 and 21, 1862, and mustered out on June 3, 1865. Commander(s): Colonel Albert S. Hall, Lieutenant Colonel William R. Tolles, and Lieutenant Colonel George T. Perkins.

Relationships Military: Charles G. Edwards (Ohio, soldier)

Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of Rebellion, 1861-1866, Vol. VII (Akron, OH: The Werner ptg. and mfg. co., 1887), 570-571. 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. 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). Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio 1863-11-24 Order English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Head-Quarters Department of the Ohio,

Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov 24th 1863. SPECIAL ORDERS, No. 438.}

4 " " " Sergeant Charles H. Harris, Co "K" 105th Infantry Ohio Volunteers, is discharged the service, to date from the 24th day of November 1863, to enable him to accept a Commission then tendered him by the Governor of Kentucky and since when he has been acting in the capacity of a Commissioned Officer.

By Order of Major General Burnside. R. Morrow

Assistant Adjutant General.

Govenor of Kentucky

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105 Inft Ohio Vols Charles H. Harris Discharge