Correspondence

C. D. Imire to Philip Swigert

1861-09-04

Date of Creation
September 4, 1861
Place of Creation
Carrollton, Carroll County, Kentucky
Document Genre
Correspondence
Repository
Kentucky Department of Military Affairs
Collection
Guerilla Letters
Box / Folder
Document Box 1, Folder G. L. 1861
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0002-225-0005
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32213092
People
Imrie, Charles D.
Swigert, Philip
Cline, William
Places
Carroll County, Kentucky
Carrollton, Kentucky
Kentucky
Organizations
Kentucky Home Guard
Kentucky State Guard
Dates
1861-09-04
1861-09-05
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Citation

C. D. Imire to Philip Swigert, 1861-09-04, Guerilla Letters, Kentucky Department of Military Affairs. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0002-225-0005 (November 12, 2026).

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Carrollton Ky Sept 4 1861
Mr Philip Swigert

Dear Sir we have 2 companies hence formed and sworn by a magistrate our county judge having refused to administer the oath becase some of the members belonged toCapt Clines company they left it for the reason that his company numberd about 190 men and only drew 44 guns Now sir will you please inform us how if at all we can get guns of the state — we have our officers ellected the ^oath^ administerd and all attested by a maggistrate as above stated

About 245 of capt Clines men are yet with out arms our men are all true union men and of the right sort but have waited so long for guns that they have almost given out ever getting any We are surrounded completely with Southern rights guns (as they call them selves) who menace us and threaten daly to take the few guns we have from us they have 200 in the county and we 44

They have turned over the State guards guns to home guards is that right we would like to know

Please inform us how to proceed at once

and oblidg your freind

C. D. Imrie

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C. D. [Imrie]
Carroll
Recd & ans 5 — 5 Sept 1861.