EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT OF ALABAMA, November 8, 1864
November 8, 1864.
November 8, 1864. At my instance this command was ordered by the President to be received with its organization, and it was required to report to General Withers. (See my letter of the 27th of April to President Davis. ) In response to this letter the President directed the organization to remain. It would be injustice to the men and officers to permit any to be conscribed, especially when they wish to go into the service as organized. It would also violate the order of the President and do great harm, and produce great dissatisfaction with the best people of the State. Va, Wettas, Governor of Alabama. [Fifth indorsement.]
ADJUTANT AND INSPECTOR GENERALâS OFFICE, November 25, 1864.
Respectfully submitted to the Secretary of War.
Lockhartâs battalion was composed originally of eight companies,
consisting chiefly of youths under eighteen years of age. Nothing
has been found in the correspondence of this office to authorize the
impression that the members who became liable to conscription would
not be assigned to organizations existing prior to 16th of April, 1862.
A letter to Major-General Withers dated July 6, 1864, returned the
muster-rolls of five companies, that the ages might be entered, and
stated that if they were under eighteen they composed part of the