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The Daily Dispatch: September 1, 1862., [Electronic resource], The militia. (search)
The militia. --We are at present having somewhat of a muss among the militia. The Governor's proclamation calling them out is not considered "according to Gunter." in the first place, a specified number in each county were called, and then the whole. In the first call, the Presiding Justices of the counties were virtually made Brigadiers, who were to turn the militia over to "intelligent gentlemen," who in turn were to turn them over to Gen. Floyd, at Saltville. In the second call, they were to go under their own officers and report to Gen. Floyd at Wytheville. Then the thing became tangled, and several field officers, considering themselves ignored, refused to respond, among them Col. J. H. Ernest, of this county. He conceived that the Governor, by his proclamation, disorganized the militia, which he had no power under the Constitution to do, and it was therefore illegal. He addressed the people here on Monday last upon the subject, and took a bold stand against the illega