Letter from Lieutenant Richard T. English to R. M. Hobson; September 5, 1861

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Letter from Lieutenant Richard T. English to R. M. Hobson; September 5, 1861

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English, Richard T.Hobson, R. M.

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Confederate States of America. Army Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia. Infantry Battalion, 1st. Company G Confederate States of America. Army. Quitman Light Artillery (Natchez)

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Military Forts--Florida. Fort Pickens Military training camps--Florida. Camp Walker Mississippi--Adams County. Natchez

Letter from Lieutenant Richard T. English to R. M. Hobson; September 5, 1861

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Camp Walker, Geo Battalion
Sepr 5^th 1861

Sir

The Quitman Light Artillery Co of Natchez Miss. was enlisted on the 11^th day of April 1861, as an Independent Light Artillery Co. to serve during the seige of Fort Pickens. They left Natchez on the 11^th of April and were for the first 3 months after arriving here, en-gaged in building a sand Battery, which was comple-ted about the middle of August, when we were removed from our Battery about 1 1/2 miles and attatched to the Geo Battalion, and are now no longer known even as Mississippians, but only as Co G. 1^st Battalion Geo Vols. all we ask is to be attatched to any Regiment from our own State, if possible as a Light Artillery Co. if not as that, even as an Infantry Co. not have ourselves placed among other State Troops, loosing even the of the state which gave us birth, and which we all would die to defend as our Mother

Very Respectfully
Your ob^t Serv^t
R. T. English 1^st Lieut Comdg Co.

Col R M. Hobson
Missⁱ