From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from S. E. Hunter, colonel of the 4th Louisiana Infantry and a prisoner at Johnson's Island, Ohio, to Judge William L. Sharkey at Washington, District of Columbia, asking for Sharkey's help in getting released from confinement, as Hunter knows of no Louisianians in Washington whom to ask for help and Louisiana Governor Wells has just left the city. Hunter states that he has been unable to take the oath of allegiance yet, and has been separated from his family for a long time.