Confederate States of America, War Department,
Montgomery, May 7, 1861.
His Excellency A. B. Moore,
Governor of Alabama, & c .:
Sir: I have the honor to inform you that two additional regiments of infantry are required, one of which shall be a rifle regiment; both, after being mustered into the Confederate service for the war, to be placed in a camp of instruction to be designated by this Department.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
L. P. WALKER,
Secretary of War.