Personal letter from Lieutenant C[harles] H.C. Brown, President's escort, Washington, Georgia, to C[harles] A. Louque, Louisiana Guard Artillery, no place
Brown transmitted a copy of a May 3 letter that he had received from President Davis. He commended Louque for his service as a member the presidential escort. "In this dark hour of our history it is pleasent [sic] for you to have the proud satisfaction of knowing that you have done your duty to your country to the very last - until received by her chief magistrate himself."