Thomas E. Bramlette, Second Lieutenant, William Cairns

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KYR-0002-038-0003

Document Genre

Commission/Appointment

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Kentucky Department of Military Affairs

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Union Artillery, Navy and Marines Primary Source Documents ; Misc U.S.C.T. Primary Source Documents

Item Location

Box 15, Folder 2nd Ky HEAVY ARTILLERY OFFICERS

Place of Creation

Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky

Date of Creation

19 September 1863

Dates Mentioned

1863-09-19

1863-10-08

Thomas E. Bramlette, Second Lieutenant, William Cairns, 19 September 1863, Union Artillery, Navy and Marines Primary Source Documents ; Misc U.S.C.T. Primary Source Documents, Box 15, Folder 2nd Ky HEAVY ARTILLERY OFFICERS, Kentucky Department of Military Affairs, Frankfort, KY. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0002-038-0003, (accessed November 4, 2025).

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IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF
The Commonwealth of Kentucky,
{KENTUCKY
UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL}
THOMAS E. BRAMLETTE,
GOVERNOR OF SAID COMMONWEALTH
To all whom these Presents shall come, Greeting:

Know Ye, That William Cairns having been duly appointed to the office of
Second Lieutenant
In the 2nd Artillery Regiment of Kentucky Volunteer Militia, organized under the Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth, and to be mustered into the service of the United States:

NOW KNOW YOU, That, by the powers vested in me by the Constitution and Laws of said State, and reposing special trust and confidence in your patriotism, valor, fidelity, and ability, I do, by these presents Commission you as 2^nd Lieutenant as aforsaid, for the term of three years unless sooner discharged, upon condition that you take the oath indorsed hereon, within ten days from receipt hereof, sending a certifcate thereof to General Headquarters; and I do hereby authorize and require you to discharge, all and singular, the duties and services appertaining to your said office, agreeably to law and general regulations, and to obey such orders and instructions as you shall, from time to time, receive from your superior officers.

{STATE OF KENTUCKY
UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL}

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my name, and caused the seal of the State of Kentucky to be affixed, at Frankfort, the nineteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty=three and in the eighty=eighth year of the Independence of the United States of America.
Tho E Bramlette

BY THE GOVERNOR:
E L VanWinkle, Secretary of State.

Commonwealth Office -- WM. E. HUGHES, State Printer.

OATH.

I [ ] do solemnly swear, that I will faithfully support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Kentucky, and will discharge, all and singular, the duties and services appertaining to the office of [ ] in the Kentucky Volunteer Militia, agreeably to law and general regulations, and will obey such orders and instructions as I shall from time to time receive from the proper officers.
[ ]

Before me, personally appeared the above [ ] and made the oath above written, and signed the same in my presence.
[ ]

[ ] A. D. 186[ ].

52^nd Art

Lt. W^m Cairns

Com. cancelled.
Oct^r 8. 1863

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