Letter
George G. Garner to U. S. Iron-clad Chickasaw, October 15, 1864
Mobile, October 15, 1864.
The following-named negroes are employed by engineer corps at Mobile, Ala. The owners are notified in order to receive the pay due them, *2 2.* âThe names of 575 men and of their alleged owners, with residences of the latter, are entered in this order.â
By command of Maj. Gen. D. H. Maury:
Chief of Staff.
Off Mobile, January 5, 1865.
(Maj. James E. MONTGOMERY :
MAJOR: Your communication of yesterday is just received, 5 p. m.
The delay in sending the cotton through the obstructions has been
explained by the authorities at Mobile to the senior naval officer here
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, 1861–62. Location: Mobile. Summary: George G. Garner notifies owners of 575 enslaved men employed by the engineer corps in Mobile, Alabama, to claim their due pay during the Civil War in 1864.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 8
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