MONTGOMERY, April 19, 1861.
Governor JOSEPH E. BROWN,
Milledgeville, Ga.:
Governor Letcher, of Virginia, telegraphs for troops. Two thousand have been ordered from South Carolina, and I ask you to send two or three companies from Georgia. They must proceed to Norfolk and report to General Taliaferro. Unless they go at once they will be too late. Can you send them without delay?
L.P. WALKER
MILLEDGEVILLE, GA., April 19, 1861
Hon. L.P. WALKER:
Will do all in my power to get the companies for Virginia. Will it do if they start by Monday night? Answer quick.
JOSEPH E. BROWN
MONTGOMERY, April 19, 1861.
JOSEPH E. BROWN,
Milledgeville:
Monday will not do; they are needed now. The navy-yard at Norfolk is to be taken, and unless they move at once it will be too late. Answer.
L.P. WALKER
MONTGOMERY, April 19, 1861.
Governor JOSEPH E. BROWN,
Milledgeville:
Sunday will be too late. Let them certainly get off to-morrow. Special reasons which cannot be assigned in dispatch. Transportation will of course be provided from point of departure. Answer.
L.P. WALKER
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Series I, Vol. LI, Part II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1897.
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