Subject: Military discipline

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Letter from Joseph Harris to Jefferson Davis Regarding J.T. Montgomery, Captain of the Jeff Davis Flying Artillery, Summerville, South Carolina, January 30, 1862 Letter from Joseph Harris to Jefferson Davis Regarding J.T. Montgomery, Captain of the Jeff Davis Flying Artillery, Summerville, South Carolina, January 30, 1862

A letter written by Joseph Harris on January 30, 1862, from Summerville, South Carolina, to Jefferson Davis, denouncing J.T. Montgomery, Captain of the Jeff Davis Flying Artillery, as a drunkard and urging Davis to force his resignation and press charges. The letter includes endorsements by Jefferson Davis (February 5, 1862) and Judah P. Benjamin (February 6, 1862).