Letter to Thomas H. Watts in Montgomery, Alabama
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Identifier
Q0000149954_Q0000149955
Title
Letter to Thomas H. Watts in Montgomery, Alabama
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Type
Text
Creator
Unidentifiable
Date
1864-08-04
Description
A letter in response to "An Act to Authorize the Enrollment of the Creoles of Mobile," noting that the undersigned, whose name is illegible, can raise at least two companies of Creole men if the government agrees to "immediate reception in the State Service" and the regular pay of soldiers in the Confederate Army.
Format
.pdf
Language
eng
Place
Montgomery, Alabama
Publisher
Alabama Department of Archives and History. (electronic version)
Contributor
Talecia Clark, Joshua McClaren
transcription
Mobile Augt. 4th 1864
To His Excellency
Thomas H Watts
Governor of Alabama
The undersigned
would respectfully represent that
under the act of the General Assem
bly of the State of Alabama, Entitled
"An Act to Authorize the Enrollment
of the Creoles of Mobile," approved
November 20th 1862; he is satisfied
he could without delay organize
at least Two companies of Efficient
men from among the class of
people referred to in that act pro-
vided he be authorized by your
Excellency to assure them an
immediate reception into the
State Service, together with the
pay and allowances of Soldiers
of The Confederate Army--
This class of the population of
Mobile have ever borne an excel-
lent character as industrious, order-
ly and law abiding persons, and
since the commencement of the
present war, have manifested
repeatedly, their concern [1 word illegible]
to take arms in the cause of Southern
Independence, but being with few
exceptions persons of small means,
have been debarred from doing so
by the fact that heretofore no
promise or assurance has been
made by competent authority
for their maintenance and support
whilst in Military Service.
The undersigned does not
hesitate to state that if author-
ized by your Excellency to promise
them upon their muster with the
State Service the usual pay and
allowances of Confederate troops, he
can within a very short period
raise at least two companies
from among the Creoles of Mobile
and he therefore respectfully asks
of your Excellency authority to
do so together with permission to
promise them an immediate
reception into active service and
the pay and allowances of regular
troops.
I Am Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
J S [name illegible]
Ansd Aug 10/64. Creoles may go
into Service if Genl Maury will
receive them Riggs
To His Excellency
Thomas H Watts
Governor of Alabama
The undersigned
would respectfully represent that
under the act of the General Assem
bly of the State of Alabama, Entitled
"An Act to Authorize the Enrollment
of the Creoles of Mobile," approved
November 20th 1862; he is satisfied
he could without delay organize
at least Two companies of Efficient
men from among the class of
people referred to in that act pro-
vided he be authorized by your
Excellency to assure them an
immediate reception into the
State Service, together with the
pay and allowances of Soldiers
of The Confederate Army--
This class of the population of
Mobile have ever borne an excel-
lent character as industrious, order-
ly and law abiding persons, and
since the commencement of the
present war, have manifested
repeatedly, their concern [1 word illegible]
to take arms in the cause of Southern
Independence, but being with few
exceptions persons of small means,
have been debarred from doing so
by the fact that heretofore no
promise or assurance has been
made by competent authority
for their maintenance and support
whilst in Military Service.
The undersigned does not
hesitate to state that if author-
ized by your Excellency to promise
them upon their muster with the
State Service the usual pay and
allowances of Confederate troops, he
can within a very short period
raise at least two companies
from among the Creoles of Mobile
and he therefore respectfully asks
of your Excellency authority to
do so together with permission to
promise them an immediate
reception into active service and
the pay and allowances of regular
troops.
I Am Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
J S [name illegible]
Ansd Aug 10/64. Creoles may go
into Service if Genl Maury will
receive them Riggs