Letter from H.W. Cotter in Dalton, Georgia, to Thomas Watts in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Identifier
Q0000143539_Q0000143540
Title
Letter from H.W. Cotter in Dalton, Georgia, to Thomas Watts in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Type
Text
Creator
H.W. Cotter
Date
3/16/1864
Description
H.W. Cotter of the 28th Tennessee Regiment informing Governor Watts about young men who wish to enlist and is advocating for them to be transferred into Companies K and G.
Format
Correspondence letter
Language
English
Place
Dalton (Ga.); Montgomery (Ala.)
Publisher
Alabama Department of Archives and History. (electronic version)
Contributor
Carl Rogers
transcription
Hd Qrs 38<sup>th</sup> Tennessee Regt Mch 16<sup>th</sup> 1864.
In Camp near Dalton, Ga.
Sir:
There are at Selma & Tuscaloosa, Ala. twenty five
or thirty young men, under conscript age, in the Ala. State service
who wish to enlist for the war in Company "G" of this Regt.
Several of the same class wish to enlist in Company "K" .-
Companies "G" & "K" are Alabama Companies, and have been con-
nected with this Regiment since September, 1861. I am glad to
be able to say that there are no better companies in the Regt.
than these. - I should liek to get your consent to the trans-
fer of the young men, above spoken of, from the State service to
the Regt. - I have the honor, Governor, to be
With Great Respect, Yr Obt Srvt,
H. W. Cotter, Maj.
Comdg 38<sup>th</sup> Tenn. Regt.
Wright's Brig., Cheatham's Div.
Hardee's Corps A. of T.
To His Exlncy, Gov. Watts
Montgomery, Ala.
Military
H. W. Cotter
March 16 / 64
Ans<sup>d</sup> March 21<sup>st</sup>
Cadets cannot be
taken into Confed-
service until their
sessions are out.
Gov. knows of no
other young man at Selma or else-
where under age and
in State service
who wish or can be
transfered to Conf service
In Camp near Dalton, Ga.
Sir:
There are at Selma & Tuscaloosa, Ala. twenty five
or thirty young men, under conscript age, in the Ala. State service
who wish to enlist for the war in Company "G" of this Regt.
Several of the same class wish to enlist in Company "K" .-
Companies "G" & "K" are Alabama Companies, and have been con-
nected with this Regiment since September, 1861. I am glad to
be able to say that there are no better companies in the Regt.
than these. - I should liek to get your consent to the trans-
fer of the young men, above spoken of, from the State service to
the Regt. - I have the honor, Governor, to be
With Great Respect, Yr Obt Srvt,
H. W. Cotter, Maj.
Comdg 38<sup>th</sup> Tenn. Regt.
Wright's Brig., Cheatham's Div.
Hardee's Corps A. of T.
To His Exlncy, Gov. Watts
Montgomery, Ala.
Military
H. W. Cotter
March 16 / 64
Ans<sup>d</sup> March 21<sup>st</sup>
Cadets cannot be
taken into Confed-
service until their
sessions are out.
Gov. knows of no
other young man at Selma or else-
where under age and
in State service
who wish or can be
transfered to Conf service