Letter from M. S. Ward to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; January 5, 1862

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Letter from M. S. Ward to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; January 5, 1862

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People

Foote, George P.Jackson, B. F.Thompson, J. W.Ward, Matthew S.

Events

Criminal Procedure Criminal Procedure--Pardon

Military Units

Confederate States of America. Army Confederate States of America. Army. Cavalry

Organizations

Mississippi--Legislature

Places

Kentucky Mississippi--Panola County. Panola

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Military Status--Military families

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M. S. WARD. [gap] GEO. P. FOOTE.

WARD & FOOTE,
ATTORNEYS at LAW,

Panola, Miss., January 5 1862.

Hon. J. W. Thompson-

I enclosed your letter recommending to the Governor The pardon of B. F. Jackson, and made the necessary arrangements for Jackson to join the cavalry company now in camp. His brother belongs to the same company, and his mother wishes them to be togeth-er. The neighbors agreed to fur-nish him a horse, and I had supposed that he was releas-ed and in the army, and that a few days since, on my re-turn from a visit of six weeks to the army on the Potomac, I learned that the Governor says he never received the letter, & I suppose it was lost by some mail depredation. The Governor now says he will turn him out immediately if you will

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write him another letter. You will please address such a letter to the Governor as soon as conven-ient, as the company are about being ordered to Kentucky. and I am anxious to avail the offer of the neighbors to furnish him with the outfit, You can either enclose the letter directly to me, or to. the Governor. There seems to be a general expression of re-gret on the part of our citi-zens that the man has not been released before, and our two Representatives on the Legis-lature will unite with you in recommending his release.

Your early reply is earn-estly requested.
Yours truly
M. S. Ward.