William DeB. Morrill to Thomas E. Bramlette
1865-08-21
- Date of Creation
- August 21, 1865
- Place of Creation
- Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Correspondence
- Repository
- Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
- Collection
- Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Correspondence, 1863-1867
- Box / Folder
- BR5-200 to BR5-201
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-003-0115
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- FTP Identifier
- 32202854
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- Dates
- 1865-08-21
Citation
William DeB. Morrill to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1865-08-21, Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Correspondence, 1863-1867, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://test.discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-003-0115 (December 11, 2025).
Head-Quarters Military Agent,
WESTERN DEPARTMENT.
Louisville, Ky.,
His Excellency
Thos E. Bramlette. Governer.
Frankfort. Ky..
Dear Sir,
I have the honor to respectfully ask, that you will write a letter to Major Genl Palmer asking him, to, in so far as it is possible with the public [want], commute the sentances of Kentucky men in Military Prisons in his Department, who have been guilty of no greater offence than desertion. That now that peace has returned to bless our land, "Justice' may give her seat to 'Mercy'. And to recommend to his consideration the cases of all Kentucky men, whom I may lay before him. I shall bring none but cases, which in my opinion deserve clemency. A letter of this kind inclosed to me from Your Excellency, will most undoubtedly have great weight, and will very greatly facilitate my labor
in procuring the release of these men, I have sixty nine men whose cases I am presenting for pardon. The assistance the letter I desire will be invaluable to me.
The men are very grateful for what I have done, and in advance, for what I hope to do for them.
Please reply at your earliest convenience
I am Very Respectfully, Sir,
Your Obedient Servant,
W. DeB. Morrill
Col,, and Mil. Agt for Kentucky,.
Mil