Letter from G. A. Spivy to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; March 6, 1863

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Letter from G. A. Spivy to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; March 6, 1863

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People

Clark, M. R.Holmes, G. T.Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867 Spivey, G. A.

Events

Confederate States of America--Draft Military Events--Military discharge

Military Units

Mississippi. Militia

Occupations

Harness Makers Shoemakers

Places

Military training camps--Mississippi. Camp Brookhaven Military training camps--Mississippi. Camp Grenada Mississippi--Choctaw County Mississippi--Hinds County. Jackson Mississippi--Montgomery County. Winona

Social Identifiers

Draftees Impoverished People

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Winona March 6^th 1863

Gov Jno J Pettus
Jackson

Dear Sir I write you a few lines in behalf of M^r G. T. Holmes of This county. The Statement of the case is this He is a Shoe & Harness maker, a poor man with a large family of girls. He reported at Brookhaven some time since & rec^d a discharge from Maj. Clark on account of being a Shoe ~~& Harness~~ maker. Recently he has been detailed in the State troops and ordered to report at Grenada. He is under forty years of age, & his discharge Says he shall be free from con-scription so long as he remains in his pres-ent employment, That is shoe & ~~Harness~~ ma-king. The section of country in which he lives really need his services to make shoes &c now the question is This, when he quits his present employment he is a conscript & as such is he liable to State service?

Under the circumstances he Prays That your honor will grant him a discharge from the service of the State.

Will you honor me by a reply soon and much oblige

Your obt Sv^t
G. A. Spivey

P.S M^r Holmes lives in a neighborhood where nearly all the men are gone

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G A Spivey
Winona