John Gill Shorter correspondence, 1862 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:ALS (1862 April 4) from Shorter to Col. Tennent Lomax concerning military organization, recruiting, and location of camps in Alabama, the defense of Mobile, Ala., and Pensacola, Fla., and public support of the Civil War; and ALS (1862 May 2) from Shorter to F. W. Pickens, governor of South Carolina, relating to conscription, manufacture of arms and amunitions, Confederate finance, and Shorter's commitment to the Confederate cause