Williams, W. F. (fl. 1864) Letter regarding arrest of traders, and list of confiscated goods [Decimalized .01-.02]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02233.55 Author/Creator: Williams, W. F. (fl. 1864) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 18 September 1864 Pagination: 2 items Order a Copy
Williams informs George Wortham that he has captured men who were trading across the lines and encloses a list of the articles seized and men captured.
George Wortham was a Confederate officer, who served as a Captain in the Twelfth North Carolina Infantry and later Colonel in the Fiftieth North Carolina Infantry.
Camp of Light Artillery
Sept 18th 1864
Col Wortham
Sir
Receiving information on last Sunday that certain men living on the Sound was engaged in trading across the lines. I sent a squad of men to watch for them they succeeded on capturing a boat this morning in charge of Mr. John W Davis and Wilson Ambrose. They brought them about 4 miles below the mouth of Scuppemon River enclosed I send you a list of the articles captured.
W. F. Williams
Lieut Comdg Sect Artillery
{enclosed list}
210 lbs of Pork ? in exchange for Government cotton - Cotton sold from Johnson ? for C. S. ? Albermarle
1 doz. Pocket knives
1 " paper of pins
1 lb ?
1 hoopskirt
24 yards of calico
3 " ribon [sic]
[illegible] combs
18 blocks of spun cotton
The above is a correct statement of the articles found on board the boat that Mr. Davis and Ambrose was taken in.
E. D. Atkinson
R. Felder
T. J. Jones
John W. Davis
Wilson Ambrose
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