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Found this letter in the S. C. Archives, Confederate Quarter master records, copied from the original document.
"A Copy"
Office of the Alabama & Florida Rail Road Company
Pensacola, August 2nd; 1861
His Excellency
Gov. F. W. Pickens
Columbia
So Ca
Sir:
In the month July last, four hundred and eighty four Bbls of powder was transported over our road enroute to Charleston under charge of Montgomery (Ala.) True Blues. Being for the use of the State of Carolina, `I have directed the account to be made accordingly, and herewith enclose you the same for payment.
As you already (I am informed) paid one account for this transportation over the Ala. end of the road of same name, it may be necessary to explain that this account is for the transportation from Pensacola to State-line; the former being for transportation from State line to Montgomery. You will oblige me causing payment,
I have the honor to be
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servt.
(signed) A. E. Maxwell
Prest.
There are several online references about this artillery unit.
This company was organized at Norfolk, VA, January 1862, by the conversion of the first Co. "G", 3rd Alabama Infantry Regiment, to artillery service. The majority of the men were from Montgomery and had served a year in the infantry. Some months later, the battery was sent to North Carolina for garrison duty on the coast. It assisted in the capture of Plymouth with small loss, and blew up Fort Branch when the Confederate line at Petersburg was broken, and tried to join Gen'l Joseph E. Johnston. The battery disbanded at Ridgeway, NC, in April 1865.
Officers: Capts. W. G. Andrews (relieved); Edgar G. Lee (Montgomery); Lts. E. R. Spalding (resigned); E. J. Lee (promoted); J. E. Davis; William F. Williams; Sid. S. McWhorter.
http://www.tarleton.edu/~KJones/alarty.html#Montgomery
[URL="http://www.civilwarhome.com/bluesbatalaart.htm"]http://www.civilwarhome.com/bluesbatalaart.htm
"Dexter Avenue at Perry Street, looking west toward Court Square; Montgomery True Blues on parade."
It was once a company in the 3rd Alabama:
Company G (Montgomery True Blues)
W.G. Andrews, Capt.
J.T. Holtzclaw, 1st Lt.*
E.R. Spalding, 2d Lt.
_____ Stevens, 3d Lt.
E.A. Temple, Surgeon
Samuel Cowles, 1st Sgt.
B.M. Washburn, 2d Sgt.
A.J. Thornton, 3d Sgt.
Edgar Lee, 4th Sgt.
N.M. Carter, 1st Corp.
J.F. Whitfield, 2d Corp.
W.F. Williams, 3d Corp.
A.B. Hutchins, 4th Corp.
Privates:
Armstrong, W. T.
Beasley, S. H.
Belanger, Wm.
Bethea, Alford
Brown, B. B.
Brown, J. M.
Carter, Ellis
Chalmers, W. H.
Cobb, F. H.
Davis, J. E.
Dillard, De Witt
Ellsberry, B. H.
Fletcher, Ed H.
Fletcher, G. S.
Fort, R. W.
Goddard, F. A.
Hagerty, J. P.
Hargrove, W. C.
Harris, S. S.
Hawks, C. L.
Hinkle, J. B.
Johnson, D. D.
Kerr, E. M.
Kennedy, D. T.
Lamar, M. T.
Ledyard, John
Lee, H. W.
Marks, James
McGibboney, R. A. Gus
Olcott, Ed
Oliver, W. B., Jr.
Owen, L. J. P. *
Porter, W. Y.
Powell, John W.
Punch, Wm. F.
Rambo, Sam C.
Rice, Sam F.
Rogers, C. P.
Rugely, W. C.
Ruppenthal, J.
Sackminster, A.
Scott, John B.
Screws, Wm. W.
Shepardson, W. O.
Shorter, Geo. H.
Smith, W. P.
Stallworth, W. L.
Stewart, J. F.
Stewart, J. R.
Sullivan, R. F.
Troy, Daniel S.
Van Alston, J. H.
Virgin, Charles S.
Whitman, G. W.
Wilkerson, J. P.
Williamson, T. E.
Woods, Mike L.
Wyman, B. L.
* James Thadeus Holtzclaw was born in McDonough, GA, 17 December 1833. Holtzclaw came to Montgomery and read law, declining an appointment to West Point. He passed the bar in 1855 and practiced law until the outbreak of war.
Holtzclaw was a part of a militia company, the Montgomery True Blues, and volunteered with that company for service at the capture of the Pensacola Navy Yard. In August 1861, President Jefferson Davis appointed Holtzclaw Major of the 18th Alabama, then Lt. Col. in December. At Shiloh, Holtzclaw was badly wounded standing by the regimental colors, but he rejoined his regiment within about 90 days. He received a colonel's commission dated from Shiloh, and in the autumn of 1862, he was sent to Mobile where he remained in command of a brigade, briefly. Holtzclaw led his regiment at Chickamauga and was injured; his regiment, too, suffered heavy losses. Since Gen'l Clayton had been wounded at Chickamauga, Holtzclaw commanded Clayton's Brigade at Lookout Mountain and was able to hold off the Union advance for several hours. In July 1864, Holtzclaw was promoted Brig. Gen'l to succeed Clayton, now division commander. He commanded his brigade during Gen'l Joseph E. Johnston's retreat to Atlanta and throughout Gen'l John Bell Hood's campaign, sometimes acting as rear guards. On 20 January 1865, Holtzclaw was ordered to Mobile and took command of a division consisting of his own and Matthew D. Ector's Texas Brigade, which with Gibson's Brigade and I. W. Patton's artillery, formed the garrison of Spanish Fort until they withdrew, 8 April 1865. In May 1865, Gen'l Holtzclaw and his brigade were paroled at Meridian.
Following the war, Holtzclaw resumed the practice of law in Montgomery and became a leader in the Democratic Party. He provided service in the state railroad commission prior to his death, 19 July 1893. He is buried in Montgomery.
* Lewis Joseph Phillips ("Joe") Owen, son of Jane Phillips Harrison and Col.
Lewis Owen (David5, William4, John3, Nathaniel2, William1), born on 26 August 1840; died 15 August 1915; attended school in Alabama, in N.Y., and in New Haven, CT, where he studied law but never practiced as an attorney. He enlisted 26 April 1861 in the 3rd AL Infantry, which had been the Montgomery True Blues, in which his father and his uncle had served. He was 1st Sergeant in the "Lomax Sharpshooters," when he was severely wounded at Seven Pines, 1862. After his recovery, he was commissioned lieutenant in the newly organized 63rd AL in 1865. After the war, he was a farmer in Lowndes CO, AL. He married on 23 February 1865, at Petersburg, VA, Martha (Mattie) Caroline White of Portsmouth, Va.; she died 7 April 1886 at their home near Morganville, Lowndes County, AL.
http://web.cortland.edu/woosterk/pot_raid.html
One new document and a few websites and references. Just adding a little to Alabama history. The MTB had a long and storied history.
"A Copy"
Office of the Alabama & Florida Rail Road Company
Pensacola, August 2nd; 1861
His Excellency
Gov. F. W. Pickens
Columbia
So Ca
Sir:
In the month July last, four hundred and eighty four Bbls of powder was transported over our road enroute to Charleston under charge of Montgomery (Ala.) True Blues. Being for the use of the State of Carolina, `I have directed the account to be made accordingly, and herewith enclose you the same for payment.
As you already (I am informed) paid one account for this transportation over the Ala. end of the road of same name, it may be necessary to explain that this account is for the transportation from Pensacola to State-line; the former being for transportation from State line to Montgomery. You will oblige me causing payment,
I have the honor to be
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servt.
(signed) A. E. Maxwell
Prest.
There are several online references about this artillery unit.
This company was organized at Norfolk, VA, January 1862, by the conversion of the first Co. "G", 3rd Alabama Infantry Regiment, to artillery service. The majority of the men were from Montgomery and had served a year in the infantry. Some months later, the battery was sent to North Carolina for garrison duty on the coast. It assisted in the capture of Plymouth with small loss, and blew up Fort Branch when the Confederate line at Petersburg was broken, and tried to join Gen'l Joseph E. Johnston. The battery disbanded at Ridgeway, NC, in April 1865.
Officers: Capts. W. G. Andrews (relieved); Edgar G. Lee (Montgomery); Lts. E. R. Spalding (resigned); E. J. Lee (promoted); J. E. Davis; William F. Williams; Sid. S. McWhorter.
http://www.tarleton.edu/~KJones/alarty.html#Montgomery
[URL="http://www.civilwarhome.com/bluesbatalaart.htm"]http://www.civilwarhome.com/bluesbatalaart.htm
"Dexter Avenue at Perry Street, looking west toward Court Square; Montgomery True Blues on parade."
It was once a company in the 3rd Alabama:
Company G (Montgomery True Blues)
W.G. Andrews, Capt.
J.T. Holtzclaw, 1st Lt.*
E.R. Spalding, 2d Lt.
_____ Stevens, 3d Lt.
E.A. Temple, Surgeon
Samuel Cowles, 1st Sgt.
B.M. Washburn, 2d Sgt.
A.J. Thornton, 3d Sgt.
Edgar Lee, 4th Sgt.
N.M. Carter, 1st Corp.
J.F. Whitfield, 2d Corp.
W.F. Williams, 3d Corp.
A.B. Hutchins, 4th Corp.
Privates:
Armstrong, W. T.
Beasley, S. H.
Belanger, Wm.
Bethea, Alford
Brown, B. B.
Brown, J. M.
Carter, Ellis
Chalmers, W. H.
Cobb, F. H.
Davis, J. E.
Dillard, De Witt
Ellsberry, B. H.
Fletcher, Ed H.
Fletcher, G. S.
Fort, R. W.
Goddard, F. A.
Hagerty, J. P.
Hargrove, W. C.
Harris, S. S.
Hawks, C. L.
Hinkle, J. B.
Johnson, D. D.
Kerr, E. M.
Kennedy, D. T.
Lamar, M. T.
Ledyard, John
Lee, H. W.
Marks, James
McGibboney, R. A. Gus
Olcott, Ed
Oliver, W. B., Jr.
Owen, L. J. P. *
Porter, W. Y.
Powell, John W.
Punch, Wm. F.
Rambo, Sam C.
Rice, Sam F.
Rogers, C. P.
Rugely, W. C.
Ruppenthal, J.
Sackminster, A.
Scott, John B.
Screws, Wm. W.
Shepardson, W. O.
Shorter, Geo. H.
Smith, W. P.
Stallworth, W. L.
Stewart, J. F.
Stewart, J. R.
Sullivan, R. F.
Troy, Daniel S.
Van Alston, J. H.
Virgin, Charles S.
Whitman, G. W.
Wilkerson, J. P.
Williamson, T. E.
Woods, Mike L.
Wyman, B. L.
* James Thadeus Holtzclaw was born in McDonough, GA, 17 December 1833. Holtzclaw came to Montgomery and read law, declining an appointment to West Point. He passed the bar in 1855 and practiced law until the outbreak of war.
Holtzclaw was a part of a militia company, the Montgomery True Blues, and volunteered with that company for service at the capture of the Pensacola Navy Yard. In August 1861, President Jefferson Davis appointed Holtzclaw Major of the 18th Alabama, then Lt. Col. in December. At Shiloh, Holtzclaw was badly wounded standing by the regimental colors, but he rejoined his regiment within about 90 days. He received a colonel's commission dated from Shiloh, and in the autumn of 1862, he was sent to Mobile where he remained in command of a brigade, briefly. Holtzclaw led his regiment at Chickamauga and was injured; his regiment, too, suffered heavy losses. Since Gen'l Clayton had been wounded at Chickamauga, Holtzclaw commanded Clayton's Brigade at Lookout Mountain and was able to hold off the Union advance for several hours. In July 1864, Holtzclaw was promoted Brig. Gen'l to succeed Clayton, now division commander. He commanded his brigade during Gen'l Joseph E. Johnston's retreat to Atlanta and throughout Gen'l John Bell Hood's campaign, sometimes acting as rear guards. On 20 January 1865, Holtzclaw was ordered to Mobile and took command of a division consisting of his own and Matthew D. Ector's Texas Brigade, which with Gibson's Brigade and I. W. Patton's artillery, formed the garrison of Spanish Fort until they withdrew, 8 April 1865. In May 1865, Gen'l Holtzclaw and his brigade were paroled at Meridian.
Following the war, Holtzclaw resumed the practice of law in Montgomery and became a leader in the Democratic Party. He provided service in the state railroad commission prior to his death, 19 July 1893. He is buried in Montgomery.
* Lewis Joseph Phillips ("Joe") Owen, son of Jane Phillips Harrison and Col.
Lewis Owen (David5, William4, John3, Nathaniel2, William1), born on 26 August 1840; died 15 August 1915; attended school in Alabama, in N.Y., and in New Haven, CT, where he studied law but never practiced as an attorney. He enlisted 26 April 1861 in the 3rd AL Infantry, which had been the Montgomery True Blues, in which his father and his uncle had served. He was 1st Sergeant in the "Lomax Sharpshooters," when he was severely wounded at Seven Pines, 1862. After his recovery, he was commissioned lieutenant in the newly organized 63rd AL in 1865. After the war, he was a farmer in Lowndes CO, AL. He married on 23 February 1865, at Petersburg, VA, Martha (Mattie) Caroline White of Portsmouth, Va.; she died 7 April 1886 at their home near Morganville, Lowndes County, AL.
http://web.cortland.edu/woosterk/pot_raid.html
One new document and a few websites and references. Just adding a little to Alabama history. The MTB had a long and storied history.