Letter from John Nash to Mississsippi Governor John J. Pettus; January 26, 1863

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Letter from John Nash to Mississsippi Governor John J. Pettus; January 26, 1863

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Allen, Robert Attkindon, Alsa M.Benner, Charles Brown, Jackson Burnett, J. M.Carpenter, M.Cephers, J. D.Cotton, Haly Currie, Barney Davis, Edward Donald, John T.Draper, William G.Edwards, David Freeland, Hampton Hamilton Joseph H.Howard, Harrison Lacy, James Landrum, William T.McMillon, A.Mills, John Myrick, George H.Nash, John Parker, James Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867 Rainey, John Y.Right, Thomas Rupel, H.Sanders, Owen Schrock, Henry H.Spruill, Downing Threatt, William Thuocoff, William Varnsdale, Lucas

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Confederate States of America--Draft Military Events--Military elections Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment

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Mississippi Home Guard Mississippi. Militia

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Leake County (Miss.)Thomastown (Miss.)

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Thomastown Miss Januay 26th 1863

to his Excelency J J Pettus

Dear Sir below I give a coppy of terms upon which a company is formed for home gards we did not wish to come under the name of a mob and thought ^it Best^ to get your Sanc-tion and we have not amunition we wish you to furnish us wit it. we send you a coppy because learning that the ^small^ Pox was in your citty and on the way there we thought ^it prudent^ not to go personally Ihere give you the coppy

John Nash

State of Missippi Leak county where as it becomes every citizen of the confederacy to be doing we the unsigned think it is necesary to keep down inserection to form our selves into a company of vigalence to surpress inserection or invaso known as the Leak Rebels to operate in conjunction with any other company or companys which may be formed for the same purpose in any of the adjacent counties this company not to be called into service but to remain in the neighbourhood to mute any immergency that may come; this company this company to be formed of such as are not subject to conscript or malitia we furnish selves with horse gun & rations and state to furnish it with ammunition and to be under the regulations of the govenor of state we ask the Execetve of state to furnish

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it with powder and Ball and give it authority to take any person who may be known to act or speak against the confederacy and turn them over to the state authorities and take any person who may be lying out the army who ought be in service and turn such over to the milatary authority we pledge ourselves to cary out the foregoing with fidelity gvn under hand the 25^th of December 1862

John Nash
Owen Sanders
John Mills
J D. Cephers
M Carpenter
J M Burnett
Barney Currie
Chas Bennet
James Parker
John T Donald
Jackson Brown
Haly Cotton
Lucas Vanarsdale
H Rupel
David Edwards
Henry H Schrock

Hampton Freeland
Alsa M Atkinson
Harrison Howard
William G Draper
Edward Davis
James Lacy
John Y Rainey
A M^cMillon
George H Myrick
Joseph H Hamilton
William Thuocoff
William Threatt
William T Landrum
Downing Spruill
Robert Allen
Thomas Right

The undersigned an acting Justice of peace Leak cty state of Miss certify the member of this company met on the 2^nd day of Januay 1863 and organised by Electing John Nash Capt John T Donald 1^st Lt Edward Davis 2^nd Leutenant John Mills 3^rd Let given under my hand the 24^th of January 1863

William T Landrum

Home Guard Leake County wish ammunition—

ansd Jan 29^th 1863.