Letter from A.G. Brown to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 6, 1864
Title
Letter from A.G. Brown to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 6, 1864
Subject
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877; Confederate States of America. Army.; Mississippi. Governor
Description
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from A. G. Brown to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark reporting mistreatment of soldiers on the train from Selma, Alabama, to Meridian, Mississippi.
Creator
Brown, A. G.
Publisher
Mississippi Department of Archives and History. (electronic version); Mississippi Digital Library. (electronic version)
Date
1864-07-06
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_768-949-09-06
Coverage
1864
Text
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Enterprise, Missi
July 6 th 1864
His Excellency
Chars Clark
&c &c &c
Sir
I feel it to be my duty to report the deliquency of A E Mason conductor on the rail road from Salma to Maridian, On the 4 th [inst?] I was a passenger—The weather was intensely warm and the car crowded almost to suffocation and tht there was ^not^ in the car in which I was seated one drop of water save the little that the soldiers had in there cantines—There were number of sick and wounded soldiers in the same car The conductor not only furnished no water, but he refused to stop the train long enough to allow the men to supply them-selves tho he was in no way pressed for time I have at no time witnessed a more wanton disregard of duty than was shown by this man on the occasion referred to Among the passengers in the same car with myself I now recollect Rich N Eubank now here Robert F Osselyn & James Daniel of Jackson
I make this report to [thus?] supporting this conductor to be subject to the penalties imposed by the State laws in such cases
Very truly &c &c
A, G, Brown
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A. G, Brown
to
Gov. Clark
Enterprise, Missi
July 6 th 1864
His Excellency
Chars Clark
&c &c &c
Sir
I feel it to be my duty to report the deliquency of A E Mason conductor on the rail road from Salma to Maridian, On the 4 th [inst?] I was a passenger—The weather was intensely warm and the car crowded almost to suffocation and tht there was ^not^ in the car in which I was seated one drop of water save the little that the soldiers had in there cantines—There were number of sick and wounded soldiers in the same car The conductor not only furnished no water, but he refused to stop the train long enough to allow the men to supply them-selves tho he was in no way pressed for time I have at no time witnessed a more wanton disregard of duty than was shown by this man on the occasion referred to Among the passengers in the same car with myself I now recollect Rich N Eubank now here Robert F Osselyn & James Daniel of Jackson
I make this report to [thus?] supporting this conductor to be subject to the penalties imposed by the State laws in such cases
Very truly &c &c
A, G, Brown
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A. G, Brown
to
Gov. Clark