Box 1
Container
Contains 2 Results:
Letter, Edward S. Richards in Nashville, Tenn. to Lt. Gideon S. Smoot, 1865 February 4
File — Box: 1, Folder: 46
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents Note
ALS. On the letterhead of the Adjutant General's Office, State of Tennessee.
States that Andrew Johnson has authorized Smoot to raise a regiment of mounted infantry. Gives details on the acquisition of supplies for the new unit. States that the authorization will expire May 11, 1865.
Dates:
1865 February 4
Petition to Andrew Johnson, 1865 September 28
File — Box: 1, Folder: 46
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents Note
ALS; Nashville. From fellow citizens of the State of Tennessee.
To Andrew Johnson. An unsigned draft of a bipartisan, Unionist petition to President Andrew Johnson urging, that in accord with his policy of reconciliation, he should issue a general amnesty to include Jefferson Davis and Alexander Stephens.
Dates:
1865 September 28