Alan J. Pitts
Conscript Bureau
Tue Feb 20 15:57:12 2001


As I said, I prefer not to speculate. However, I believe recruiting was organized on a county, senate district, state, department, C.S.A., basis. I'll look at the laws which governed the Conscript Bureau at some point, but we still need to know Morehead's title as given on any correspondence you may have. He could've been post commander at Troy, also, with these folks serving as his provost guard. That'd make it even more confusing.

Don't know of any connection to the other mounted companies that later joined Love's Battalion prior to March 1864.

• Morehead — Chris Nelson, Tue Feb 20 17:21
• How the buttermilk cavalry got sent to the front — Alan J. Pitts, Tue Feb 20 22:35
• Reign of Terror — Chris Nelson, Wed Feb 21 17:32
• Reign of terror and home guard. — Hayes Lowe, Wed Feb 21 19:15
• Home Guard — Chris Nelson, Thu Feb 22 10:51
• home guards — Alan J. Pitts, Thu Feb 22 15:55