Confederate Volunteers Are Supplied in May 1861.

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A great early war-date Confederate merchant's letter, 1p. 12mo., written by J. J. Polk, New Castle, [Tenn.], May 4, 1861 addressed to President James Polk's friend, John H. Bills (1800-1871) a prominent Tennessee merchant, plantation owner and Freemason concerning equipping the region's "young men" for war, reading, in part: "We have subscription of…1300 dollars…and will equip all the young men that goes from hear & Middleburg and will have any sewing done that they may need…I have the goods to make some 3 or 4 Day shirts. A sample of which a send up today. I also have some 30 or 40 suitable blankets mixed or gray. I expect to be in Bolivar Monday…". VG

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