Letter from Colonel H. M. Larey in Hayneville, Alabama, to Governor A. B. Moore.

Item

Identifier

RSG00248_f09_Q0000134747_Q0000134750

Title

Letter from Colonel H. M. Larey in Hayneville, Alabama, to Governor A. B. Moore.

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Type

Text

Creator

Larey, H. M.

Date

1860 December 3

Description

Letter from H. M. Larey to Governor Andrew B. Moore reporting staff appointments for the 58th Regiment of the Alabama Militia. Larey informs the Governor of several appointments he made to fill positions within his regimental staff, made public through a local newspaper. He notes which officers are considered commissioned according to the state’s military code.

Format

letter

Place

Hayneville (Ala.)

Publisher

Alabama Department of Archives and History. (electronic version)

Contributor

Addie Brown

transcription

Hayneville Ala Decr 3rd 1860

To His Excellency Andrew B. Moore

Sir;

I hereby make return to your Honor of an appointment made by me as Col of 58th Regt. Alabama Militia, on 15th day of November 1860, through the columns of the Chronicle, a paper published in Lowndes County, to fill my staff as said commandant of said Regiment.

Thomas Williams Jr. Adjutant Julius Marshall Quart Master Thomas Stone Paymaster W. H. Haigler Surgeon

With title of Capt.

Claton A Perry & Jos McQueen, Mates
J. C. Haigler Sergt. Major,
William Adams Quart Master Sergt.

According to the Military Code sec 13th the first four viz; the Adjutant, QuarterMaster, Paymaster and Surgeon are Commissioned officers.

Yours Respectfully H. M. Larey Col 58th Regt Ala. Ma.

D. 5. SG. 13 Br

Executive Department Monty Dec 7th 1860

Secy of state will issue Commissions

A. B. Moore

Issued, Dec 7/60

Subject

Larey, H. M.;
Moore, A. B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873;
Governors--Alabama;
Alabama--Politics and government--To 1865;
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel