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Gist, States Rights, 1831-1864 to Arthur M. Manigault

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01922 Author/Creator: Gist, States Rights, 1831-1864 Place Written: Charleston, South Carolina Type: Letter signed Date: 14 June 1861 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 24.5 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Orders that Captain White's company, which had been ordered to fill a vacancy in Colonel Bacon's regiment, be furnished with supplies and ordnance "as tenth company of the 7th Regiment S.C. Vols." Indicates that the "Confederate authorities will furnish transportation" to Virginia.

Gist, States Rights, 1831-1864
Manigault, Arthur Middleton, 1824-1886

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