Letter from Governor A. B. Moore at the Executive Department in Montgomery, Alabama, to Colonel J. B. Todd in Mobile, Alabama.
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RSG00248_f10_Q0000134938_Q0000134939
Title
Letter from Governor A. B. Moore at the Executive Department in Montgomery, Alabama, to Colonel J. B. Todd in Mobile, Alabama.
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Type
Text
Creator
Moore, A.B. ( Andrew Barry), 1807-1873
Date
1861 January 3
Description
Order from Governor Moore to Alabama Volunteer Colonel J. B. Todd to seize US forts Morgan and gaines as well as the Mt. Vernon Arsenal
Format
letter
Place
Montogomery (Ala.)
Publisher
Alabama Department of Archives and History. (electronic version)
Contributor
Liam Coomey
transcription
Copy.
Genl. Order No. 1.
Executive Department Montgomery, Ala Jany 3d 1861.
Col. J. B. Todd 1st Volunteer Regt. Mobile:
Sir:
You are ordered to occupy Forts Morgan and Gaines, and to take possession of the U. S. Arsenal at Mt. Vernon immediately, and to hold them for the State of Alabama, with your entire force if necessary.
A. B. Moore.
G. B. [de Nal?].
Genl Order No 1 Jany 2n 1864
Genl. Order No. 1.
Executive Department Montgomery, Ala Jany 3d 1861.
Col. J. B. Todd 1st Volunteer Regt. Mobile:
Sir:
You are ordered to occupy Forts Morgan and Gaines, and to take possession of the U. S. Arsenal at Mt. Vernon immediately, and to hold them for the State of Alabama, with your entire force if necessary.
A. B. Moore.
G. B. [de Nal?].
Genl Order No 1 Jany 2n 1864
Subject
Moore, A. B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873
Todd, John B.
Governors--Alabama
Alabama--Politics and government--To 1865
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Fort Morgan (Ala.)
Baldwin County (Ala.)
Fort Gaines (Ala.)
Mount Vernon (Ala.)
Mobile County (Ala.)
Montgomery (Ala.)
Montgomery County (Ala.)
Todd, John B.
Governors--Alabama
Alabama--Politics and government--To 1865
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Fort Morgan (Ala.)
Baldwin County (Ala.)
Fort Gaines (Ala.)
Mount Vernon (Ala.)
Mobile County (Ala.)
Montgomery (Ala.)
Montgomery County (Ala.)