John Tyler, Jr., Tupelo, Mississippi, to William Lowndes Yancey, Montgomery, Alabama, 1862

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Box 1, Folder 4
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Scope and Contents

Encloses copy of his [JT] letter to Watts; Jefferson Davis thinks he is using Bragg to further his own ambitions but Bragg is working for himself; Davis and Bragg are disregarding the interests of the Confederate States; worried about..."the freedom of the Citizen and the Rights of the State." 2 pp. Cy of ALS, from John Tyler, Jr., Richmond, [Va.] to Colonel Thomas H. Watts, Attorney General, C.S.A., [Richmond, Virginia.?], 15 July 1862. Feels it is necessary to explain General L.P. Walker's case; Walker worked hard to train and arm 3 regiments of Alabama troops only to have them taken away and given to General Bragg; Bragg relieved Walker of command out of spite, thinking that Walker had slighted him when Walker was Secretary of War; this isn't fair-Walker should be restored to his command. 7 pp. Also including AN, letter is about the facts in General Walker's case. 1 p.

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