Fort Sullivan, Tex., September 2, 1861
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| His Excellency President Davis, |
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| Honored Sir: |
| You will please pardon the
liberty I take in addressing you and offering a suggestion with
regard to the prisoners which we have taken. Learning from the
papers that the Federal Government will not exchange, and they
consuming our sustenance in the meantime, and knowing that your mind
is ever filled with pressing and important business is the cause of
my writing and calling your attention to the importance of having a
railroad connecting this State with Louisiana for military, mail and
other purposes, and suggesting the propriety of having those
prisoners accomplish the work. They might as well work, as they have
to be fed. |
| Trusting, sir, that you will not deem
this presumption on my part, I remain, yours, most
respectfully, |
| W. A.
Wilson | |