Letter
Lieutenant to Colonel Browne, May 2, 1864
HEADQUARTERS CAMP COOPER,
Macon, Ga., May 2, 1864.
Respectfully forwarded to Colonel Browne. The statement made in the extract appended to the within letter is no doubt true. Many men between eighteen and forty-five have been * Inserted as an inclosure, following. elected under the militialaw of Georgia recently, and received commissions from the Governor. No method is known by which such men can be properly sent to the field, they being understood to be exempt therefrom by the recent proclamation of Governor Brown, as necessary to the militia service of the State. For the commandant:
R. 8. LANIER,
Lieutenant and Acting Adjutant.
[Fifth indorsement. ]
[Fifth indorsement. ]
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, 1861. Location: Macon, Ga.. Summary: Lieutenant Lanier informs Colonel Browne that many men aged eighteen to forty-five have been commissioned under Georgia's militia law but cannot be sent to the field due to exemption by Governor Brown's proclamation.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 3
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