Howell Cobb to Executive Department, June 7, 1864
Macon, Ga., June 7, 1864.
General 8. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector General, Richmond, Va.:
GENERAL: On the 28th of April last I indorsed to you a copy of a letter I had addressed to Governor Brown on the subject of his sweeping exemption of State officers, both civil and military. I now forward to you copies of his reply and the subsequent correspondence. *
There is but one fact in this correspondence worthy of your consideration. You will observe that Governor Brown regards the act of Congress on the subject of exempting State officers ââ necessary for the proper administration of the State government â asa nullity; and his certificate given in response to the requirements of that act was a mere pretense, which he does not and will not deny was wholly untrue.
His excuse for this false certificate you will find to be a resolution of the Legislature of Georgia, which, it seems, he thinks justifies him in making a certificate which was manifestly untrue.
very respectfully, yours, &c.,
Major-General, Commanding, &c.
Montgomery, Ala., June 7, 1864.
Hon. J. A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War:
The enrolling officer, Colonel Browne, of Macon, Ga., has enrolled
several of the hands of the Shakanoosa Arms Manufacturing Company, at Dawson, Ga., and threatens to take many more, thus in