Letter
George W. Randolph to John R. Baylor, May 29, 1862
WAR DEPARTMENT, O. S. A., Richmond, Va., May 29, 1862. Col. JOHN R. BAYLOR, Governor of Arizona, Present: STR: You are authorized to raise five battalions of partisan rangers of…
John Robert Baylor was a US Indian agent, publisher and editor, politician, and a senior officer of the Confederate States Army. After being dismissed as Indian agent, he became one of the founding editors of The White Man, a newspaper in North Texas, and a strong critic of Governor Sam Houston.
WAR DEPARTMENT, O. S. A., Richmond, Va., May 29, 1862. Col. JOHN R. BAYLOR, Governor of Arizona, Present: STR: You are authorized to raise five battalions of partisan rangers of…