The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 4, Volume 3. Page: 46
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CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.
your attention to the copies of letters received by me relative to the
impressment of milch cows and calves by the commissary agents.
One is from the Rev. John R. Richards, from West Florida; the other
from a judge of probate in South Florida. The effect of the impress-
ments made in West Florida was the desertion of a large number of
the troops in that part of the State, a portion of whom have joined the
enemy. From one company, which was considered the best drilled
and most reliable company in West Florida, fifty-two men deserted
with their arms, some of whom were known to be brave men, who,
indignant at the heartless treatment of the rights of citizens, have
joined the enemy. I respectfully urge that orders should be immedi-
ately issued to conscript and place in military service every impress-
ing agent not in military service, and who if not connected with the
Quartermaster or Commissary Department, would be subject to con-
scription; also that orders shall- be issued forbidding interference
with cows and calves, or stock not fit for beef, by the officers of the
Confederate Government. The citizens of Florida in many parts of
the State are indignant at the unnecessary abuse of their rights; and
I have reason to know that the lawless and wicked conduct of Gov-
ernment agents in this State have produced serious dissatisfaction
among the troops from this State in Northwest Georgia and in Vir-
ginia, and unless the evils complained of shall be promptly remedied
the worst results may reasonably be apprehended.
I have the honor to be, respectfully,
JOHN MILTON,
Governor of Florida.
[First indorseoment.]
Ordnance Bureau for attention to passage about arms, &c.
J. A. S.,
Secretary.
[Seconid iudorsemrent.*]
ORDNANCE BUREAU,
February 6. 1864.
Noted and forwarded to the Quartermaster-General.
[J. G.]
[Third indorsement.]
To COMMISSARY-GENERAL:
About impressing officers, taking milch cows, &c.
J. A. S.,
Secretary.
[Fourth indorsement.]
OFFICE COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF SUBSISTENCE,
Richmond, Va., February 8, 1864.
Respectfully returned to Honorable Secretary of War.
Maj. P. W. White, chief commissary of subsistence, Florida, has
been called on to investigate the allegations against the purchasing
officer and agents of the Bureau, and to take immediate steps to
remedy the evils if found to exist.
L. B. NORTHROP,
Commissary- General.
* See also Gorgas to Secretary of War, p. 83.46
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 4, Volume 3., book, 1900; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139262/m1/55/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.