MONTGOMERY, April 22, 1861.
Gov. J. W. ELLIS, Raleigh, N. C.
SIR : Your patriotic response to the requisition of the President of the United States for troops to coerce the Confederate States justifies the belief that your people are prepared to unite with us in repelling the common enemy of the South.
Virginia needs our aid. I therefore request you to furnish one regiment of infantry without delay to rendezvous at Richmond, Va. It must consist of ten companies, of not less than sixty-four men each.
L. P. WALKER,
Secretary of War.