Letter from T. P. Dunlap to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus; September 6, 1861

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Letter from T. P. Dunlap to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus; September 6, 1861

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Dunlap, T. P.Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867

Events

Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment

Military Units

Confederate States of America. Army Confederate States of America. Army. Artillery

Places

Mississippi--Choctaw County Mississippi--Webster County. Bellefontaine Tennessee--Shelby County. Memphis Virginia

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Bellfotaine Choctaw Cy Sept the 6th 1861

Gov Pettus I write to you for information I wish to know whether or not you will commission me as captain or Lieute-nat without the number requisite to form a company I have just returned from Va and have been in the artillery service there and think that I am sufficiently drilled to take charge of a battery and have men enou-gh to make one large gun and think I can get enough to take charge of a battery but so many have gone from here that it is impos-sible

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to get a whole company and with to go on with what I have I learn that Artillerymen are in demand at Memphis Tennessee and wish to get up in these and if we fail I am will-ing to go any where you may send me, in the ststa or out of it I can give any kind of a recomend-ation you may require in regard to qualifications character or any thing else I beloonged to a rifle compa-ny until I went to Va for 18 months and am well acquainted with both drills you will please let me know immedately if necessary I will send me recomenndation and if you think best I am willing to ~~ask~~ go

and stay any where and act as drillmaster in either Service but ~~prefer~~ prefer to remain in the Artillery I remain respectrully yours

T. P. Dunlap

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T. P. Dunlap

ans^d Sept 10 61

Sept 6^th 1861