Letter from William F. Camp to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 10, 1865

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Letter from William F. Camp to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 10, 1865

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People

Camp, William F.Irwin, William T.Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875 Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873

Events

Criminal Procedure Criminal Procedure--Amnesty Criminal Procedure--Pardon Legislation. United States. Congress Legislation. United States. Congress. General Amnesty Act (1865)Military Events--Commission Resignation

Military Units

Confederate States of America. Army

Organizations

Churches

Occupations

Clergy Medical Profession Medical Profession--Physicians Medical Profession--Surgeons Military Role--Military chaplains

Places

Mississippi--Warren County. Vicksburg Tennessee--Shelby County. Memphis Washington (D.C.)

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Memphis Tenn
July 10^th 1865.

Gov W L Sharkey.

Dear Sir,

I expect to go to Washington, to see M^r A Johnson to apply for pardon under the $20,⁰⁰⁰ clause of his Amnesty Proclimation. You know the position I occupied in the Confe^d cause, I held the position of Chaplain & surgeon for about eight months, in the first year of the war, after which I resigned. I have held no other official connexion with the army or Goverment ^since^ & have devoted myself to the spiritual interests of the army & country.

Will you please be so good as to give me a letter to President Johnson & send it by mail to this place as soon as convenient, to the care of D^r W^m T Irwin. I much regret you could not get the order relative to the church in Vicksburg revoked, but return you my thanks for your efforts to do so.

Very truly & respectfuly your
Obt Serv^t

W^m F Camp ~~[unclear]~~

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Rev W F Camp

Wants a letter to the President to Obtain Pardon under the $20,000 clause