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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 19. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Richmond home guard of 1861. (search)
f I mistake not, Colonel Pendleton was himself present at one of the meetings; and finally it was decided by a large majority that the reasons which had originally influenced them to join this organization would prevent their volunteering to leave Richmond, or its vicinity, and go with the Army of Northern Virginia. I had several interviews with Governor Letcher, and a correspondence with him on the subject, his replies to my letters being written, presumably under his direction, by Colonel S. Bassett. French, one of his military aids; and there was quite a discussion of the affair in the newspapers, particularly in the Richmond Whig, Mr. John Graeme, one of the associate editors of the Whig, being a member of the organization. The result of it all was that with my consent (though I had throughout favored Colonel Pendleton's proposition) the Home Guard was disbanded, and its guns, horses, harness and entire equipment, completed or in preparation, was turned over to the Governor