to Henry Toole Clark

Colston, Raleigh Edward, 1825-1896 to Henry Toole Clark

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GLC#
GLC02461.04-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
7 August 1861
Author/Creator
Colston, Raleigh Edward, 1825-1896
Title
to Henry Toole Clark
Place Written
Gulf Shore, Alabama
Pagination
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Written near Tanners Creek. Colston, Colonel of the 16th Regiment, Virginia Volunteers. Mentions that he previously sent his Quartermaster Lieutenant A. T. Culpeper (possibly Alexander T. Culpepper) to request a grant of muskets from Clark. Remarks that Clark agreed to an exchange of percussion muskets for flint muskets. Requests that Clark order his ordnance officer to transmit the muskets without delay. One bust engraving of an unidentified man included as collateral. Written at Camp Withers

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