Letter from William Wright to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; December 5, 1862

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Letter from William Wright to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; December 5, 1862

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People

Hargrove, C. C.Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867 Wright, William

Events

Military Events--Military discharge Military Events--Military service exemption

Military Units

Mississippi. Militia Mississippi. Militia. Minute Men Infantry Regiment, 3rd (1862-1863)Mississippi. Militia. Minute Men Infantry Regiment, 3rd (1862-1863). Company G Mississippi. Militia. Minute Men Infantry Regiment, 4th Mississippi. Militia. Minute Men Infantry Regiment, 4th. Company G Under Review Under Review--Brigades

Occupations

Blacksmiths

Places

Rocky Ford (Miss.)

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Rocky ford. Miss Decr. 5.^th 1862

Governor. Pettus. if your magesties highness will permitt. I will inform you. that on, or about the 15^th of Novr I cent you a pettian with 30 assigners requesting you to releas to us a private in co. G. 3dregt Miss State Troops, by the name of C C. Hargrove. that was a mistake of my one.

it is C C. Hargrove in co. G and the 4^th regt and 3^d Brigade. Miss State Troops. we beg you to releas him to us, as ~~[I?]~~ we cant hall nor plow unless we can get a smith to fix our wagons and plows, and he was the oanley one near us.

William. Wright.

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William Wright
Rocky Ford
Decr 5^th 1862

wants C. C. Hargrove discharged from 4^th Regt 3^d M. S. T. as a Blacksmith