Letter from John L. T. Snead to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 27, 1865

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Letter from John L. T. Snead to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 27, 1865

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Clark, Charles, 1811-1877 Cunningham, Unknown Farmer, Henry S.Sneed, John L. T.Sneed, R. A. (Richard A.), 1845-1936

Events

Military Events--Disband Military Units Military Events--Military discharge

Military Units

Confederate States of America. Army Mississippi. Militia

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Confederate States of America--War Department Confederate States of America--War Department. Commissary Department Military Headquarters

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Commercial Agents Medical Profession Medical Profession--Physicians Medical Profession--Surgeons

Places

Military training camps--Illinois. Camp Douglas Mississippi--Choctaw County Mississippi--Grenada County. Grenada Mississippi--Montgomery County. Lodi Mississippi--Noxubee County. Macon Mississippi--Webster County. Greensboro Tennessee--Tipton County. Randolph Virginia--Independent City. Manassas

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Military Families People with Disabilities Prisoners of War

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Disease and illness

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Lodi, Choctaw Co. Miss
March 27^th_,, 1865.

Gov. Clark

Dear Sir:

You doubtless remember visiting my camp at Randolph Tennessee in the spring of 1861—and also a brief visit I made at your H^d Quarters at Manassas during the fall of that year. Presuming upon the slight acquaintance then formed, I venture to address you in behalf of a friend of mine in this county—whose case seems to commend itself to the most favorable consideration of the military authorities. I refer to Mr Henry S. Farmer, a well known citizen of Choctaw County. On account of an organic disease of the nerves and heart from which he has been disabled during his life, he has been discharged from all departments of service in the Confederate Army—but under your call for the militia last fall he went into camp at Grenada and remained until the forces were disbanded. The surgeon, however, instructed his officers not to demand service of him and even to excuse him from the drill. The effects of his brief sojourn in camp

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were, however, so serious upon his health that his friends feel that it is due to his family to represent his condition to you and respectfully to ask that he be excused from the ordinary duties of the soldier and placed upon some light duty which may better comport with his condition of health. As an agent for the collection of provisions—or in some other post of the Commissary Department he thinks he could be useful. Mr Farmer is about 49 years of age—has a large and dependent family—his only son of military age being now a prisoner of war at Camp Douglass. He is and ever has been a devoted friend of our cause—and though in my opinion, and according to the judgment of his physicians utterly unfit for any kind of military service, yet he is not willing to avoid any light service in which he can be useful—if in a position to favor his health. May I ask the favor of you to communicate your orders upon the subject to the commanding officer of this county or to Mr Farmer himself at Lodi, in this county. With great respect I have the honor

to be Yours Truly &c

John L. T Sneed

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P. S. I enclose a statement from Dr Cunningham of Macon, confirmatory of the foregoing statement. Mr Farmer's discharge from the Confederate service bears date 20^th Aug. 64.

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Gen Sneed
March 27
1865

Greensboro Miss
March 27th 1865.

His Excellency
Cha's Clark
Governor &c
Macon.
Miss.