As of 05/24/2016

Mississippi Cavalry, 5th Regiment
(Previously identified as RG 9, v. 22)

Description Box #
Collection of correspondence to/from Lt. Colonel W. G. Henderson, including:
   Telegram ordering Colonel W.G. Henderson to move his troops near Tupelo, Mississippi to halt an advance of 2,000 Federal cavalry, December 24, 1864;
   Letter received [in late 1864] regarding provision of clothing to a Lt. Bridgforth [with Army of Tennessee near Nashville];
   Receipts for moneys received from Colonel Henderson for corn and fodder, November 16, 1864;
   Letter from Henderson to an unidentified lieutenant regarding status of his command, December 24, 1864;
   Letter received from Lieutenant Anderson stating that Henderson must report to Verona, Miss. to explain losses suffered in a recent raid by Northern troops, January 12, 1865;
   Letter sent to Major J.P. Strange refuting charge that Henderson was drunk during Union raid on Verona, Mississippi, February 13, 1865.		 18070

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