Letter from W. H. Worthington to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 2, 1862
Title
Letter from W. H. Worthington to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 2, 1862
Subject
Confederate States of America. Army.; Draft resisters; Mississippi. Governor; Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867.
Description
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. H. Worthington to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning local men who were attempting to avoid the draft.
Creator
Worthington, W. H.
Publisher
Mississippi Department of Archives and History. (electronic version); Mississippi Digital Library. (electronic version)
Date
1862-08-02
Contributor
Funding for this project provided by The Dale Center for Study of War and Society-USM, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, the Mississippi Digital Library, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the University of Southern Mississippi, and the Watson-Brown Foundation
Rights
NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Language
English
Identifier
mdah_757-942-6-7
Coverage
1862
Text
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I can do nothing right now for Hornsby except to employ him to discipline the minute men should such a po-sition be agree-able please notify me—
W. H. Worthington
Aug 2/62
Ansd ["?] 12/62
Columbus, Miss
Aug 2nd
Gov. J J Pettus:
Dear Sir:—
I take the liberty of calling your attention to the efforts which a number of militia men, recently drafted in this place, are making to evade the operation of the draft. Some have secured little positions under [strikethrough] past [strikethrough] Con=federate Quartermasters and Commissaries, with no other view than to keep out of the service—porducing, of course, much dissastifaction among those who are compelled to go.
I also venture to commend to your attention the high capacity of Gen. C. C. Hornsby, of this place, in the
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event you may require, in organizing the militia, the ser=vice of an experienced officer, Gen. Hornsby is exceedingly desirous of entering the service; and being a gentleman of considerable military experience, you would find him emi=nently worthy of your patronage. He would call on you [strikethrough] at [strikethrough] in Jackson, if you would intimate a willingness to see him; and I am quite sure an interview would satisfy you of his peculiar fitness [strikethrough] [unclear] [strikethrough] for organizing, drilling, disciplining and fighting a fresh body of troops. He was once a Captain in the old U. S. army; served in the war with Mexico; and had command of Walker's forces in Nicaragua until Henning=sen took command. He is and always has been, emi=nently Southern in feeling.—If you will see Gen. H., please inform him by letter.
I left our army ^at Richmond^ a few days ago in splendid health and the best possible spirits,— will return in a few days with men to fill up the 2nd Miss battalion.
Very truly & respectfully,
Yr Friend,
W. H. Worthington
I can do nothing right now for Hornsby except to employ him to discipline the minute men should such a po-sition be agree-able please notify me—
W. H. Worthington
Aug 2/62
Ansd ["?] 12/62
Columbus, Miss
Aug 2nd
Gov. J J Pettus:
Dear Sir:—
I take the liberty of calling your attention to the efforts which a number of militia men, recently drafted in this place, are making to evade the operation of the draft. Some have secured little positions under [strikethrough] past [strikethrough] Con=federate Quartermasters and Commissaries, with no other view than to keep out of the service—porducing, of course, much dissastifaction among those who are compelled to go.
I also venture to commend to your attention the high capacity of Gen. C. C. Hornsby, of this place, in the
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event you may require, in organizing the militia, the ser=vice of an experienced officer, Gen. Hornsby is exceedingly desirous of entering the service; and being a gentleman of considerable military experience, you would find him emi=nently worthy of your patronage. He would call on you [strikethrough] at [strikethrough] in Jackson, if you would intimate a willingness to see him; and I am quite sure an interview would satisfy you of his peculiar fitness [strikethrough] [unclear] [strikethrough] for organizing, drilling, disciplining and fighting a fresh body of troops. He was once a Captain in the old U. S. army; served in the war with Mexico; and had command of Walker's forces in Nicaragua until Henning=sen took command. He is and always has been, emi=nently Southern in feeling.—If you will see Gen. H., please inform him by letter.
I left our army ^at Richmond^ a few days ago in splendid health and the best possible spirits,— will return in a few days with men to fill up the 2nd Miss battalion.
Very truly & respectfully,
Yr Friend,
W. H. Worthington