Militia correspondence, 1874-1878.

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Alabama. Governor (1874-1878 : Houston). Militia correspondence, 1874-1878.

Militia correspondence, 1874-1878.

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The governor of Ala. serves as the commander in chief of the State Militia. This series contains letters to the governor relating to the Militia and military affairs. Approximately half of this series consists of letters from the subsistence office of the U.S. Army in New Orleans, La. The letters serve as receipts to the Ala. state government. They state that the Office of Subsistence had received the bacon they had ordered, the amount, the name of the government agent, and the date the bacon was received. Another topic discussed is the granting of commissions. One letter describes how a military company was given commissions, but that the Adjutant General, Thomas N. Macartney, had recalled them and wanted to cancel the commissions. The rest of the letters discuss the need for arms and ammunition. One letter is from J.T. Murfee, the president of Howard College in Marion, Ala. The next letter is from "the Southern Argus," a Selma, Ala. newspaper. It describes the Selma Blues, "a colored military company," and requests that Governor Houston address the company. The final letter is from the Ala. Institution for the Deaf, Dumb, and the Blind in Talladega, Ala. The letter requests the shipment of arms to the institution because "the young men of the place have organized themselves into a military company." Isaac H. Vincent served as private secretary to Houston and some of the letters are addressed to him.

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Alabama Department of Archives and History