Montgomery, May 1, 1861
Governor I. G. Harris,
Nashville:
All the arrangements have been made for the transportation of the troops to Lynchburg, where they will be armed and equipped and provisioned, of course. Let me know when they will depart. I send by mail bonds to be executed by an assistant quartermaster and assistant commissary for each regiment, leaving you to designate the persons. Their rank and pay will be that of captain. Have the bonds executed according to directions accompanying them and forwarded to me. Would like to know what your Legislature has done.
L. P. Walker.