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JOHN LETCHER
(1813 - 1884) Confederate Governor of Virginia who was succeeded by "Extra Billy" Smith and imprisoned for several months following the South's surrender. Good content war-date A.L.S. as Gov. of Virginia, 2pp. 8vo., Richmond, Sep. 23, 1861. In part: "…[CSA Sec. of State Robert M. T.] Hunter…informed me…that it had been represented to you , that I had 10,000 muskets at Lexington. The statement is utterly unfounded…We have at Lexington Arsenal about two thousand…at Staunton, about thirteen hundred and ninety, and about Three Thousand here. This is the entire stock on hand and from this number four regiments are to be armed…I have an agent traveling through the State collecting the State arms, of all descriptions…Unless the object of such a statement…was to endeavor to sow the seeds of dissension, I am at a loss to understand…". Very good. Indicative of Virginia's total unpreparedness for war early in the conflict.
(1813 - 1884) Confederate Governor of Virginia who was succeeded by "Extra Billy" Smith and imprisoned for several months following the South's surrender. Good content war-date A.L.S. as Gov. of Virginia, 2pp. 8vo., Richmond, Sep. 23, 1861. In part: "…[CSA Sec. of State Robert M. T.] Hunter…informed me…that it had been represented to you , that I had 10,000 muskets at Lexington. The statement is utterly unfounded…We have at Lexington Arsenal about two thousand…at Staunton, about thirteen hundred and ninety, and about Three Thousand here. This is the entire stock on hand and from this number four regiments are to be armed…I have an agent traveling through the State collecting the State arms, of all descriptions…Unless the object of such a statement…was to endeavor to sow the seeds of dissension, I am at a loss to understand…". Very good. Indicative of Virginia's total unpreparedness for war early in the conflict.
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