Genl. Jefferson
Davis—Sir: — As you will doubtless have learned before this reaches you, the
office of Colonel of the 2nd Mississippi Rifles will be vacated on the 1st of
September next, by the resignation of Col. Reuben Davis.
Feeling a deep
interest in the selection of his successor, the officers held a meeting on last
evening to ascertain, if possible, who was the choice of the regiment.
Knowing and
appreciating the high reputation you have acquired as commander of the 1st
Mississippi Regiment, there was on the part of the meeting a unanimous
expression of opinion in your favor, and the undersigned were appointed a
committee to ascertain the preference of the whole regiment, to communicate
with you upon the subject, and to know if you would accept the command if
tendered to you. We have made such enquiry among the men, and we are happy to
be able to state, that you are the unanimous choice of the whole regiment. We
therefore request that you will communicate to us at the earliest practicable
period, what your views are upon the subject, so that we may communicate the
same to the regiment. Permit us to indulge the hope personally that it may not
be incompatible with your wishes and interests to assume the command, and that
we may soon have the pleasure of greeting you as our leader.
Very respectfully,
SOURCE: Dunbar
Rowland, Editor, Jefferson Davis, Constitutionalist: His Letters,
Papers and Speeches, Volume 1, pp. 98-9
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