Memphis Daily Appeal
Memphis, Tennessee
May 14, 1861
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Major-General Gid. J. Pillow, commanding the Provisional Army of Tennessee, tenders his compliments to the ladies of the city of Memphis engaged in the patriotic duty of providing the gallant sons of Tennessee with necessary clothing for the field, and requests that they cause him to be furnished with information of the number and character of uniforms and other articles of clothing on hand for distribution; and for what different corps they are designed. This information is necessary, to enable the Major-General commanding to understand the extent of preparation by the Quartermaster’s Department, for the brave men who have and are about taking the field to protect the rights, honor and persons of the fair daughters of Tennessee.
By order of Major General Gid. J. Pillow,
Jas. D. Porter, Jr.,
Assistant Adjutant-General.