This portrait of Kentucky Governor Thomas Bramlette was painted
by William Ver Bryck. Bramlette was a lawyer and a judge. In
1863, he became the U.S. District Attorney. He was later the
governor of Kentucky. Bramlette fought for the North during the
war. But after he was elected, he felt that Kentucky was treated
badly. He began to oppose most of the Union’s actions. The state
then started to sympathize with the Confederacy.