Letter regarding Wharton's Texas Saddle Shop

Sent to [illegible]

March 17 1864

One of the hands in saddle shop
Protesting AG unit having the shop moved

Acworth, Ga
March 7th/64

Genl, Sir,
as our shop is about to be moved from this place to western Virginia and will be taken to a place where cannot be but little good to our Country, I feel it my duty to inform you of the same as we have a good place here for a shop as timber and material is more plenty here in my knoledg leather is hard to get but other material is plenty and I know we can do the Country good servis here for Genl Wharton often told us that we were doing more good here than we every could in ranks and he told me if any officer attempted to move us to write to you and you would have it stopt - Genl Wharton would have moved this shop to Rome Ga but he feard to move it back there on account of yankee raids and this is a very good place for it.

I have the honor to be Sir very respectfully you humble servant and One of the hands of Whartons Texas Saddle Shop

Pleas do not let Col Harrison know that any of us has informed you of his going to move the shop for he would punish us for so doing

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This letter was graciously provided from the private collection of a gentleman who wishes to remain anonymous. If you have questions or comments about it we will gladly forward them to him for you.

Some of the Saddle makers for Terry's Rangers include Aaron Compton, C. M. Dunaway, and C. Maigne of Co. D.

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