MONTGOMERY, April 25, 1861.
Gov. J. W. ELLIS, Raleigh, N. C.:
Major Whiting writes from Wilmington that he needs one thousand muskets and accouterments and one hundred rounds ammunition from Fayetteville Arsenal.
L. P. WALKER.
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MONTGOMERY, April 25, 1861.
Gov. J. W. ELLIS, Raleigh, N. C.
I shall have to supply with arms three regiments from Tennessee and one from Arkansas that rendezvous at Lynchburg, Va. Can you send this Government two thousand percussion muskets to be sent to Lynchburg?
L. P. WALKER
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RALEIGH, April 25, 1861.
L. P. WALKER:
Arms at Fayetteville off the railroad. Two thousand percussion muskets are at your service soon as can be procured. Where will you have them sent?
JOHN W. ELLIS.
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MONTGOMERY, April 25, 1861.
Gov. J. W. ELLIS, Raleigh, N. C.:
Am much obliged for the muskets, and request that you send them to Richmond, Va., to my address as Secretary of War of the Confederate States. The troops to be supplied by North Carolina will rendezvous at Richmond. Transportation provided by the Government. Let me know when they will be ready.
L. P. WALKER.