WM. T. Withers to Steel, July 25, 1861
Camp Boone, July 25, 1861.
Hon. L. P. WALKER, Secretary of War : i Sir: If you should determine to call for more troops, I trust that you will bear in mind the faet that some fifty companies from Kentucky have applied to me to be received into the service of the Confederate
States, and at least 10,000 can be enlisted in forty to sixty days, to .
serve during the war. Many companies of cavalry have tendered their services, who propose to arm themselves with shot-guns and revolvers. If you desire to ` receive either infantry or cavalry companies, advise me by telegraph, –
and your instructions will be promptly carried out. We can always command the services of men who reside in the Confederate States, and it seems to me that it would be good policy to take â
the Kentuckians while we can get them.
I can buy, if authorized, with Confederate bonds, an ample supply of .
breadstuffs for an army of 10,000 men in the counties of Southern Ken- – tucky that are contiguous to our encampment.
very respectfully, : ;
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RICHMOND, July 26, 1861.
Brig. Gen. F. K. ZOLLICOFFER, Nashville, Tenn. :