Alan J. Pitts
Talladega City Guards
Mon Feb 5 11:31:38 2001


I've not seen anything to suggest that this company got out of Selma very often. Does your information suggest that Lockett was at Talladega at the time of Rosseau's raid? I don't recall it being mentioned in reports......

As far as military police, Major Walthall sent out squads of his own men from time to time. For example, a squad from Talladega went into southern Shelby County to suppress a band of deserters there in 1864. I would understand Lockett's command to have been another instance of 'Supporting Forces', conscripts and exempts acting as provost guards. These were based at military posts. There appears to have been an effort to have at least one unit available for use within each Congressional District.

• City Guards — Hayes Lowe, Mon Feb 5 13:47
• 1863 — Wayne Dowdle, Mon Feb 5 18:52
• 1863? — Hayes Lowe, Mon Feb 5 20:08
• Opps. — Hayes Lowe, Mon Feb 5 20:09
• 1862 — Hayes Lowe, Tue Feb 6 08:37
• James Todd Dowdle, Jr — Wayne Dowdle, Tue Feb 6 09:05
• City Guard — Alan J. Pitts, Mon Feb 5 14:49
• City Guards and conscript officers. — Hayes Lowe, Mon Feb 5 15:10
• "ruthless and cruel" — Alan J. Pitts, Mon Feb 5 16:06
• Source — Hayes Lowe, Mon Feb 5 15:37
• "City Guard" name — Alan J. Pitts, Tue Feb 6 23:08
• More on the name. — Hayes Lowe, Wed Feb 7 09:20
• Alabama City Guard — Alan Pitts, Wed Feb 7 09:58
• Roll — Hayes Lowe, Wed Feb 7 10:50
• Alabama City Guard — Alan J. Pitts, Wed Feb 7 12:16
• Provost Guard — Hayes Lowe, Wed Feb 7 13:12
• PACS as a branch of service — Alan Pitts, Wed Feb 7 13:41
• Provost Guard — Hayes Lowe, Wed Feb 7 14:11
• Provost Guard Corps — Alan J. Pitts, Wed Feb 7 14:40
• Then how do you explain... — Hayes Lowe, Wed Feb 7 15:48
• Answers: — Alan J. Pitts, Thu Feb 8 07:31
• And again, good work! n/m — Hayes Lowe, Thu Feb 8 09:03
• PACS officers — Alan J. Pitts, Wed Feb 7 16:49