John Gill Shorter correspondence, 1862.

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John Gill Shorter correspondence, 1862.

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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.

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Lomax, Tennent, 1820-1862

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Lomax was born in Abbeville, S. C. on 1820 Sept. 20, son of William and Eliza Tennent Lomax. Both died while he was still a child. He graduated from Randolph Macon College (Ga.), receiving the A.M. degree in 1841. He read law in Ala., and was admitted to the bar after which he engaged in both the practice of law, and in planting in Eufaula, Barbour Co., Ala. He raised a company of troops at the outbreak of the Mexican War, returning to civilian life in 1848, when he move...

Shorter, John Gill, 1818-1872

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Civil War governor of Ala. From the description of Papers, 1860-1861. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 38247275 Governor of Alabama and jurist. From the description of John Gill Shorter correspondence, 1862. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980457 ...

Pickens, F. W. (Francis Wilkinson), 1805-1869

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Pickens was a congressman from South Carolina and later governor of that state. From the description of Francis Wilkinson Pickens letters from various correspondents, 1832-1834. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612796541 From the guide to the Francis Wilkinson Pickens letters from various correspondents, 1832-1834., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Congressman and governor of South Carolina. From the description of...

Confederate states of America. Army

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The Savannah Ordnance Depot, Savannah, Georgia, was organized as a field depot during the Civil War. In April 1864, it became the Savannah Arsenal under the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance. From the description of Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477938 The Confederate States of America Army may have created the position of Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence to oversee the distribution of food and other supplies to the Co...