War Department, July 16, 1847.
Sir: I am directed
by the President to inform you, in reply to your letter of the 26th ultimo,
that he will accept of such a Battalion of Riflemen as you suggest, to serve
during the war, to be raised in the State of Mississippi. You indicate the
employment of them under Major General Taylor, but it is probable that the more
active operations will be with the column under the command of Maj. Gen. Scott,
and their services may be required in connection with that column. Presuming
that they will prefer the most active service, and that a different destination
from that mentioned by you will not impede the raising of it, I shall send
forthwith a request to the Governor to aid in the organization thereof.
In regard to your
suggestion that the Battalion should be mounted, I would remark that the
mounted force already called out is deemed to be sufficient for the service
which may be required of that description of force, and it is not now proposed
to add to their number.
Warrenton, Mississippi.
SOURCE: Dunbar
Rowland, Editor, Jefferson Davis, Constitutionalist: His Letters, Papers
and Speeches, Volume 1, pp. 88-9
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