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Page 117 Chapter LXIV. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.-CONFEDERATE.

ATLANTA, June 30, 1861.

Honorable L. P. WALKER:

Have just learned from a responsible source that arms are being sent into East Tennessee by the Lincoln Government. I send the troops via Augusta.

J. L. CALHOUN,

Quartermaster, C. S. Army.

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JACKSON, MISS., July 1, 1861.

Honorable L. P. WALKER:

Do you wish two regiments in addition to Colonels Russell's, Bonham's, and McLaurin's, which have been raised for the war and are now in Mississippi?

JOHN J. PETTUS.

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RICHMOND, July 2, 1861.

Colonel H. MAURY,

Fort Morgan, Ala.:

You will ship at once the muskets and rifles at Fort Morgan not in use to Colonel W. B. Wood, Florence, Ala. Please give the matter immediate attention.

L. P. WALKER.

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WAR DEPARTMENT, C. S. A.,

Richmond, July 2, 1861.

General CHARLES CLARK,

Corinth, Miss.:

SIR: In reply to your letter of the 22nd of June, addressed to the President and subsequently referred to this Department, the Secretary of War directs me to say that two regiments have been requested of Governor Pettus within the last days for duty in the Mississippi Valley; and, besides, 3,000 troops have been called for to go into camps of instruction. In one or the other of these levies the companies referred to may be embodied. It is not, however, the policy of the Government to accept troops for so brief a period as twelve months.

Respectfully,

A. T. BLEDSOE,

Chief of Bureau of War.

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MEMPHIS, July 3, 1861.

L. P. WALKER:

When will General Polk be here? His presence is important.

SAM. TATE.

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MEMPHIS, July 3, 1861.

L. P. WALKER:

Hindman's regiment is ready for service, and after his supply of arms and other parties there remains 2,000 stand still here. The committee


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