New Orleans, May 7, 1861.
L. P. Walker:
You called upon me to raise 8,000 twelve-months’ volunteers, to be drilled, equipped, and held in readiness the most perfect, and that the emergency was so pressing that my attention was particularly directed to the thorough preparation of these men, especially in regard to instant capacity to move. Four thousand have been in camp, 1,000 have gone to Virginia, 1,000 will leave in a day or two, and 2,000 remain in camp. Now you ask me to change the terms of enlistment of the remaining two regiments, if possible, and make them enlist for the war. This I will not do unless you positively refuse them for twelve months. When you so refuse, I will make your proposition to them, and if declined, I will immediately disband them, to the great detriment of the service, and the responsibility will not rest on me.
THO. O. MOORE,
Governor.
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Montgomery, May 7, 1861.Governor Thomas O. Moore,
New Orleans:
I think you are making an objection for the troops which they will not make for themselves. They will be as willing to muster in for the war as for twelve months. Try them and see.
I think you are making an objection for the troops which they will not make for themselves. They will be as willing to muster in for the war as for twelve months. Try them and see.
L. P. WALKER.