Kentucky National Legion records, 1872-1889 (bulk 1872-1873).

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Kentucky. State Guard. Kentucky National Legion records, 1872-1889 (bulk 1872-1873).

Kentucky National Legion records, 1872-1889 (bulk 1872-1873).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41972152

This collection contains materials pertaining to the state militia in the post-Civil War period, when it was named the Kentucky National Legion and the Kentucky State Guard. Present in this group are papers concerning the formation of a company of fifty at Nevada, Kentucky in Mercer County, led by Captain Charles H. May. The papers include a bond for May to obtain arms for the company, two documents certifying the election of officers, two letters, and certificates of oaths taken by the officers. One of the letters, by May to Governor Preston H. Leslie, mentions a party of outlaws in Mercer County, led by Bill Wilson, who had committed murder, shootings at citizens, and solicitations of others to defy the laws. May asked for the arms and ammunition due his company so the unit could capture the outlaws. The company was known as the Leslie Guards, apparently named for the governor. Also present are three printed invitations to the "First Grand Military Ball" given by the Drum Corps, First Battalion, Kentucky State Guard, on September 30, 1875. There are also seven enlistment documents for a Jefferson County unit, the Kentucky State Guard's First Regiment, assembled in 1889.

1 folder.

Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library