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Box 1

 Container

Contains 3 Results:

Letter, P. H. Aylett in Richmond, Va. to Unknown, 1862 January 16

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 44
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents Note

ALS. Aylett, the Confederate District Attorney of the Eastern District of Virginia, discusses fees under sequestration act. Describes how they are handled in different jurisdictions and ask how they are handled in the court of the addressee.

Dates: 1862 January 16

Letter, L. B. Headrick in Greeneville, Tenn. to Governor Isham Harris, 1862 March 15

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 44
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents Note ALS. Long letter describing conditions in East Tennessee. Describes the mustering of the 7th Regiment of the Tennessee militia. Out of 1,500 eligible 104 showed up (8 Unionists, 96 Confederates, and the rest of those Confederates eligible were already now in the army of their country.) States that if required to leave their homes they will, but if they should survive warfare they will return to find those homes laid waste by the dupes and followers of the...
Dates: 1862 March 15

Letter, Inspector General John Morgan Bright in Fayetteville, Ky. to General Washington C. Whitthorne, 1862 October 22

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 44
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents Note

ALS. Discusses the details and progress of conscription. States that, while he has found a genuine spirit of cooperation, there are some pockets of potential resistance. With envelope.

Dates: 1862 October 22