Hd Qrts 4th Texas Regmt Miss Louise
Allow me to thank you for the beautifull [sic] Flag you have been so kind to
present to my Regiment.
I can assure you that the gallant hearts that throb beneath its sacred folds
will only be content when this glorious banner is planted first and foremost in
the coming struggle for our independence. The well selected motto will be
ingrave [sic] on the Spear-head. And after we have gained all for which we are
now contending, it shall be placed in the archives of the State of Texas. May we
not cherish the fond hope of claiming Miss Louise as 'la fille de Regiment'?
I am with great respect To From the Pearce Civil War
Documents Collection, Navarro College, Corsicana, Texas.
Transcript:
January 26, 1862
J.B. Hood
Col 4th Texas
Miss Louise S. Wigfall
Richmond Va