Letter from Captain R. M. Butler to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; April 22, 1865
Title
Letter from Captain R. M. Butler to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; April 22, 1865
Subject
Military deserters.; Mississippi. Governor; Mississippi. Militia; Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Description
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate Captain R. M. Butler to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark concerning deserters from his company of state troops serving in another unit.
Creator
Butler, R. M.
Publisher
Mississippi Department of Archives and History. (electronic version); Mississippi Digital Library. (electronic version)
Date
1865-04-22
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_768-950-08-29
Coverage
1865
Text
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Scooba Miss.
April 22nd" 1865
Capt.
The following deserters from my Company are supposed to be with the Command of Major Montgomery of Miss. State Troops: viz:
Private S. L. Allen about 47 years of age.
" Jasper De. C. Pettigrew " 19 " " "
" Roberts age unknown
" L. B. Self " "
This command has, for a long time, been scouting near the homes of theses men, and has offered them protection. I have twice applied to Major Montgomery for the return of these men but to no purpose; and I now request that they be demanded through your Head-quarters.
It may be well to state that Privates Roberts and Self belong to the detachment of Russell's Company turned over to me by
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Major T. R. Shearon, to whom Capt. Russell had been ordered to report. The other two men were enlisted, by me, about the 1st" of June 1864.
Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.
R, M, Butler
Capt Comndg, unattached
To Company Miss. Reserves,
Capt. M. K. Mister
A.A.Genl".
Scooba Miss April 22nd" 1865
Capt. R.M. Butler
Comndg, unattached Co.
—Miss. Reserves—
Request for return of deserters from his Co—
now serving with Montgomery's Battalion
Miss State Troops—
Hd 2nd Cavalry Reserves
Scooba Miss Apl 23rd 1865
Respy Fowd to Genl Brandon with the earnest request that these men be returned (under guard)—to their proper command—
J C Davis
="Col. Comdg
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Head Quarters Reser forces
Enterprise Apl 24th 1865
Respy ford to Gov Clark with the request that these men be returned to their command under guard
By order
Brig Genl [N?] [L?] Brandon
[Miss?] Men
AAG
EBB
#1288
Scooba Miss.
April 22nd" 1865
Capt.
The following deserters from my Company are supposed to be with the Command of Major Montgomery of Miss. State Troops: viz:
Private S. L. Allen about 47 years of age.
" Jasper De. C. Pettigrew " 19 " " "
" Roberts age unknown
" L. B. Self " "
This command has, for a long time, been scouting near the homes of theses men, and has offered them protection. I have twice applied to Major Montgomery for the return of these men but to no purpose; and I now request that they be demanded through your Head-quarters.
It may be well to state that Privates Roberts and Self belong to the detachment of Russell's Company turned over to me by
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Major T. R. Shearon, to whom Capt. Russell had been ordered to report. The other two men were enlisted, by me, about the 1st" of June 1864.
Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.
R, M, Butler
Capt Comndg, unattached
To Company Miss. Reserves,
Capt. M. K. Mister
A.A.Genl".
Scooba Miss April 22nd" 1865
Capt. R.M. Butler
Comndg, unattached Co.
—Miss. Reserves—
Request for return of deserters from his Co—
now serving with Montgomery's Battalion
Miss State Troops—
Hd 2nd Cavalry Reserves
Scooba Miss Apl 23rd 1865
Respy Fowd to Genl Brandon with the earnest request that these men be returned (under guard)—to their proper command—
J C Davis
="Col. Comdg
Page 3:
Head Quarters Reser forces
Enterprise Apl 24th 1865
Respy ford to Gov Clark with the request that these men be returned to their command under guard
By order
Brig Genl [N?] [L?] Brandon
[Miss?] Men
AAG
EBB
#1288