Letter from D. J. Redd to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; November 13, 1861

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Letter from D. J. Redd to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; November 13, 1861

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Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 Martin, John D.Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867 Red, David J.

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Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment

Military Units

Confederate States of America. Army Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 25th Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 25th. Company A

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Graves County (Ky.)Kentucky Memphis (Tenn.)Military training camps--Camp Beauregard (Ky.)Tennessee

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Camp Beauregard,
Graves County Kentucky
Nov. 13^th 1861 2.54

John J. Pettus,
Governor of the State of Missippi,

Dear Sir, On the 10^th of August last, I & my company the 'Red Rebels' were mustered into the service of the Confederate States in the 1^st Miss. Valey Regt. comman-ded by Col. Jno. D Martin of Memphis Ten. At that time, as you ^know,^ there was no chance to get into the Confederate States service as twelve months vol-unteers from Mississippi, or I never would have joined a regiment from another state. Now it is different. Mississippi is called on for ten thous-and volunteers, & I wish to have my company or-dered back to join in organizing a full blooded Mississippi Regiment. I obtained your permission to tender the services of my company to the Confederate States, I did not tender them, but joined this regiment and was mustered into the con-federate service in this regiment. I don't suppose you have the right to order my company back to Mississippi, but I have no doubt your wish would have influence with president Davis. I wish to be known as a Missis-sippi Volunteer & I wish my company to be

D. J. Red
Nov 21^st 1861
Wants to get his company transfered to Miss Regiment

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known as Mississippi volunteers in this war. That we should have been so anxious to get into the service of the Confederate States as to go in even in a regiment of another state, should rather, I think, be set down to our credit than to our disparagement, & now when Mississippi is called on for men, & there is an opportunity to get into her service, and at the same ^time^ the ser-vice of the confederate states, every man who has a spark of state pride will ap-plaud the wish to be known as Mississippians & to be in a Mississippi regiment in this war. I hope then you will not think I am asking too much of you to write to President Davis forthwith requesting him to authorize me and the 'Red Rebels' to to return immediately to Mississippi to join in one of those regiments now being organized there. We are willing to let the three months we have already served go, & commence a new term of twelve months from the time we enter a Missis-sippi regiment.

Your prompt attention to this matter will place me under lasting ob-ligations to yourself.

D. J. Red.