John M. Johnson to Benjamin F. Cheatham

KYR-0001-019-0059.xml

Accession Number

KYR-0001-019-0059

Document Genre

Correspondence

Repository

Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

Collection

Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Correspondence, 1859-1862

Item Location

MG5-111 to MG5-112

Place of Creation

Fulton Station, Fulton County, Kentucky

Date of Creation

29 May 1861

Dates Mentioned

1861-05-29

(Copy)
Fulton Station Ky.
May 29^th 1861,
To Genl Cheatham Commanding forces at Union City
Sir,

I have just been informed that several large cannon are now en route for Columbus Ky, said to have been sent up from Memphis Tenn. and that a force of several hundred men is now collecting to [plant] them, and that to day and to night, is the time selected for such purpose. I hope sir that you will arrest this enterprise and not permit either men, or the guns in question, or munitions of war of any kind to be sent to Kentucky without ^the consent^ of the regularly constituted authorityies, but that you will respect the position Ky has assumed, of neutrality, and prevent as far as it may be in your power to do so the rules of good neighborhood, under the circumstances surrounding us now, from being departed from.

I am not a military man, but I do think it would be highly impolitic to send forward the cannon without an adequate force to protect them. I refer you to a copy of note to the Hon Jno A Gardner, Confidential agent of His Excellency the Governor of Tennesse, which is herewith sent.

I have the honor to be very Respectfully
(signed) Jno M Johnson

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