Letter
Jones M. Withers to R. H. Browne, February 4, 1866
HEADQUARTERS RESERVES,
Montgomery, February 4, 1866.
Respectfully returned to commandant of conscripts.
Upon what ground does the decision rest that youths under seventeen may join commands with the consent of their parents and not be liable subsequently to enrollment and assignment ?
By command of Major-General Withers:
R. H. BROWNE,
Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.
[Third indorsement. ]
Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.
[Third indorsement. ]
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, 1861. Location: Montgomery.
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Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 3
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