PETITION FROM CITIZENS OF PERRY COUNTY, 1 DECEMBER 1864, SEEKING THE RELEASE OF MICAJ BENNETT FROM THE ARMY ON THE GROUNDS THAT HE "IS NEARLY FIFTY YEARS OF AGE AND HIS FOURTH SON ALREADY IN THE CONFEDERATE SERVICE. THIS AND HIS OWN ABSENCE FROM HOME LEAVES HIS FAMILY IN A CONDITION WITH NO ONE TO MANAGE, CONTROL OR SUPERINTEND THEIR BUSINESS."
Perry County, Alabama: 1864. [4]pp, bifolium. Old folds, repaired closed tear at a fold [no loss]. Light wear. Good+. The petition, written in neat ink manuscript, is addressed to General Withers and Colonel Brooks. It is signed in ink at the bottom of page [2] by fourteen Perry County residents..... More