Spalding-Pike-Lamar County GaArchives History - Letters .....Letter From Captain Obediah C. Gibson May 8, 1862
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Griffin, Georgia
May 8th, 1862

To Geo. W. Randolph
Secretary of War

Sir

In obedience to your letter of 3rd April 1862, a company of Light Artillery 
was organized at this place on yesterday; the officers of the company were 
elected and eighty three members mustered into service for three years or the 
war; the enlisting roll has on it 123 names, a number of the men not being 
able to attend the organization, some few perhaps eight or ten retiring on 
account of dissatisfaction in the elections.

We have the assurance of Messrs. Noble Brothers, & Co., that our guns were 
cast last week and that our carriages & caissons shall be ready about 20th 
inst.: so that now we have only to procure our harness & horses, and Col. 
Trippe wrote me it was his understanding from you that your letter authorizes 
me to buy the horses & I do understand it and propose to proceed to do so as 
soon as there shall be due time for you to direct me otherwise, in case I do 
not hear from you.

I beg to add that my whole time & that of others in my command have been 
devoted to place this Battery in service at the earliest hour possible; and 
now we have the help of the Government in hastening to us our commissions, 
with instructions & authority to call on the proper officers for the Bounty & 
uniforms of the men & money to pay for the guns & equipment & horses at 
valuation with which we shall as satisfied.

Capt. Dillard the Q’master at this station is & has been for some time, on 
duty away from this station or I should have called on him & perhaps saved 
most of the communication requests &c.

The men are dismissed, subject to my call at any day, but desire to remain at 
their homes without wages till our Battery shall be ready.

Yours obediently,
O.C. Gibson
Capt Elect, Griffin
Light Artillery.


Additional Comments:

This letter is about the formation of the Griffin Light Artillery also known 
as the "Church Bell Artillery."


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