From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from A. J. Whitehurst, W. J. Barber, and S. L. Brandon, members of the United States Army 6th Tennessee Cavalry and residents of Tishomingo County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, expressing their concerns that former secessionists will be appointed to county offices. Objecting to being represented by the "very men, who attempted time after time, to hang us", Whitehurst, Barber, and Brandon ask Sharkey to give the authors posts that will allow them to take part in the reconstruction of the state.