[CHAP. LXIV.

MONTGOMERY, April 8, 1861.

Governor J. J. PETTUS,

Jackson, Miss:

The artillery company of Jackson, of which R. H. Purdim is lieutenant; the artillery company of Vicksburg, of which F. S. Tull is captain, and the artillery company at Natchez, of which Wiliam S. Lovell is captain are needed at once at Pensacola. Give them orders and let me know the result. There is work for them.

L. P. WALKER.

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WAR DEPARTMENT,

Montgomery, April 10, 1861.

Colonel A. C. MYERS,

Acting Quartemaster - General.

DEAR SIR: I wish you to direct McConnell, in Mobile, to ascerain whether transportation by land can be provided between Mobile and Pensacola. This inquiry must embrace transportation of troops, subsistence, men, &c. Direct his attention to hiring wagons and buying them, as to which is the cheapest, and whether either or both can be dine in sufficient numbers to answer our necessities. You will direct him to state princes and terms, so that the question can be determined here, and that no time may be lost. You must require him to do this without delay.

Very respectfully,

L. P. WALKER.

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WAR DEPARTMENT, C. S. A.,

Montgomery, April 10, 1861.

Brigadier General BRAXTON BRAGG,

Pensacola, Fla.:

SIR: This letter will be handed you by Major H. L Clay, by whom this Department transmit to you the sum of $ 40, 000, to be used by you in your operations in the harbor of Pesacola, and espacially for the enabling of this Governmetn to obtain the possession of Fort Pickens. In the disbursement of this money you will be guided by a wise discretion and your knowledge of the fort and its garrison.

Respectfully, your obedient servant,

L. P. WALKER.

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WAR DEPARTMENT, C. S. A.,

Montgomery, April 10, 1861.

His Excellency JOSEPH E. BROWN,

Milledgeville, Ga.:

SIR: Having observed in the newspapers allusion to a transfer, by ordinance or the convention of Georgia, of the forts, arsenals, ordnance stores, &c., within your State, I take the liberly of addressing you on the subject, for the purpose of being officially assured of the facts, if it be so, and also suggesting to Your Excellency, if the fact be as I suppose, that it will be really promotive of the public interests if Your Excellency can with propriety advise this Department as to the time