Letter from John T. Shaaff to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; August 22, 1864
Title
Letter from John T. Shaaff to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; August 22, 1864
Subject
Draft.; Mississippi. Governor; Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Description
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from John T. Shaaff from the Office of the Chief Commissary for the 4th District of Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark asking if his employees are exempt from the draft.
Creator
Shaaff, John T.
Publisher
Mississippi Department of Archives and History. (electronic version); Mississippi Digital Library. (electronic version)
Date
1864-08-22
Contributor
Funding for this project provided by The Dale Center for Study of War and Society-USM, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, the Mississippi Digital Library, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the University of Southern Mississippi, and the Watson-Brown Foundation
Rights
NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Language
English
Identifier
mdah_768-949-10-37
Coverage
1864
Text
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Office of Chief C.S.
4th. Dist. of Miss.
Macon, Aug, 22d. 1864
To his Excellency
Charles Clark
Governor of Mississippi
Macon, Miss.
Sir
There are some men employed in the purchasing branch of the Commissary Department in this District under my control, who by reason of their holding civil offices of the State are exempt from military duty in the Confederate service. These men are all within the ages of militia as prescribed by the recent act of the Legislature.
I respectfully request to be informed whether the fact of their being employed in a branch of the Confederate service, though not soldiers in enrolled conscripts, frees them from liability to military service to the State under the law and your proclamation.
I mainly desire information on this point,
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as I have no intention or wish to claim or retain them if they are required for or liable to service in the State forces.
The Act of the Legislature exempts those actually 'in the Confederate service" but I desire your decision as to who came under this head and who do not.
Very respectfully
Yr. obdt. sevt.
John T. Shaaff
Capt. & Chf. C.S.
4th Dist. Miss.
Capt Shaaff
Office of Chief C.S.
4th. Dist. of Miss.
Macon, Aug, 22d. 1864
To his Excellency
Charles Clark
Governor of Mississippi
Macon, Miss.
Sir
There are some men employed in the purchasing branch of the Commissary Department in this District under my control, who by reason of their holding civil offices of the State are exempt from military duty in the Confederate service. These men are all within the ages of militia as prescribed by the recent act of the Legislature.
I respectfully request to be informed whether the fact of their being employed in a branch of the Confederate service, though not soldiers in enrolled conscripts, frees them from liability to military service to the State under the law and your proclamation.
I mainly desire information on this point,
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as I have no intention or wish to claim or retain them if they are required for or liable to service in the State forces.
The Act of the Legislature exempts those actually 'in the Confederate service" but I desire your decision as to who came under this head and who do not.
Very respectfully
Yr. obdt. sevt.
John T. Shaaff
Capt. & Chf. C.S.
4th Dist. Miss.
Capt Shaaff