Letter from General Samuel J. Gholson to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; October 19, 1863
Title
Letter from General Samuel J. Gholson to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; October 19, 1863
Subject
Confederate States of America. Army--Supplies and stores.; Firearms.; Mississippi. Governor; Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867.
Description
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from General Samuel J. Gholson to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting arms and ammunition for the soldiers of his command.
Creator
Gholson, Samuel J.
Publisher
Mississippi Department of Archives and History. (electronic version); Mississippi Digital Library. (electronic version)
Date
1863-10-19
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_757-945-8-3
Coverage
1863
Text
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HdQuorters Miss State Troops.
In the field near Cherry Creek Oct 19 18/63
Governor.
I have just reached here & find that in the 2d Regt alone there are seventy good Soldiers well mounted, but entirely without arms. This deficiency [persists?] to a considerable extent in all of the commands, Please help me as soon as you possibly can for I have not a Solitary man to spare in case of a fight. I am also much in need of some ammunition for Mississippi Rifles. I hope that you will be able to partially supply me from the Confederate States, as I understand that the State has a large claim against the Confederacy—for arms and munitions of war heretofore furnished. The pressing neceseities of my condition, must excuse the urgency of my repeated requests,
His Excellency.
Jno. J. Pettus.
Very Respectfully
your obdt [Svt?],
S J Gholson
Major General
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Maj Genl S, J, Gholson
oct 1863
HdQuorters Miss State Troops.
In the field near Cherry Creek Oct 19 18/63
Governor.
I have just reached here & find that in the 2d Regt alone there are seventy good Soldiers well mounted, but entirely without arms. This deficiency [persists?] to a considerable extent in all of the commands, Please help me as soon as you possibly can for I have not a Solitary man to spare in case of a fight. I am also much in need of some ammunition for Mississippi Rifles. I hope that you will be able to partially supply me from the Confederate States, as I understand that the State has a large claim against the Confederacy—for arms and munitions of war heretofore furnished. The pressing neceseities of my condition, must excuse the urgency of my repeated requests,
His Excellency.
Jno. J. Pettus.
Very Respectfully
your obdt [Svt?],
S J Gholson
Major General
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Maj Genl S, J, Gholson
oct 1863