Letter from Chief of Ordnance Samuel G. French to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 26, 1861

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Letter from Chief of Ordnance Samuel G. French to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 26, 1861

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Dahlgren, Charles Gustavus, 1808-1888 French, Samuel Gibbs, 1818-1910 Harris, Isham G. (Isham Green), 1818-1897 Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867

Organizations and Businesses

Anderson & Company (Miss.)Confederate States of America--Ordnance

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Jackson (Miss.)Mississippi River Tennessee

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Ordnance office
Jackson Miss
Aug 26' 1861

Governor:

I suggest the propriety of your addressing a few lines to Governor Harris of Tennessee at once with a view to procure some percussion cap for the use of the volunteers.

We have been our for a long time and my efforts to procure them have failed because other states have more pressing demands, on the manufacturers.

Your respectfully
S. G. French
Lt.. col & ch of [?]

Hon. J. J. Pettus}
Governor}

Anderson & C^o tried to get for this state some of the 24 par Dahlgren howitzers which they had cast for the confederate state, but was informed they could not be sent; "being designed for the Mississippi river" this secures an anticipation of the defense of the river.

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Aug 26^th 1861

Col French

Ordinance Department