Pickens, Francis Wilkinson, 1805-1869 Judah Benjamin
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09306 Author/Creator: Pickens, Francis Wilkinson, 1805-1869 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 31 October 1861 Pagination: 4 p. : Order a Copy
SC governor to Confederate Secretary of War Judah Benjamin, re raising and arming ten new companies under Colonel Orr to defend the coast against invasion. "We are now in daily expectation of being attacked on gulf coast & I earnestly beg that you will order me the first five thousand arms you can command, as I have cheerfully armed all our men heretofore sent out of the state."
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