Letter from Charlotte Smiley to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 26, 1862

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Letter from Charlotte Smiley to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 26, 1862

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People

Loomis, Henry McCallum, A.Smiley, Charlotte Smiley, J. H.

Military Units

Confederate States of America. Army Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 12th Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 12th. Company A

Organizations

Churches

Occupations

Clergy Physicians

Places

Fayette (Miss.)Jefferson County (Miss.)Union Church (Miss.)

Social Identifiers

Impoverished people Military Status--Military families Military Status--Military pensioners Widows

Vital Statistics

Death Disease and illness

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Union Church, Jeff
Co Mississippi

Sir

I am the wife of Rev_,, J. H. Smiley late Pastor of Union Church, he went with the Charles Clark Rifels as Chaplain and caught a bad cold at that time and departed this life with hasty Consumption This May 1862 and left us quite destitute. I understand that widows are exempt from paying taxes and receive a bounty, am I not entitled to the same. If you wish for farther paticular's you can apply to his physican Dr Henry Loomis Fayette Missippi. Some familys received bounty whos husbands were in bad health Mr Smiley was in good health when he entered the survice. Please direct your letter to Rev A M^cCallum do not put my name on the outside,

Respectfuly
Mrs Charlotte Smiley

August 26, 1862,

As I have much trouble in getting my letters

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M^rs. Smiley
wishes to know if she is entitled to Pension & is free from taxes.

no
X
no [?]