Beverly Randolph
County Va: June 21st 1862
Sir
I wish to inform you
that on today according to
notice given ten days previous a portion of the company
met
and elected a Captain and first lieutenant.
For Capt William L Hill thirty votes no opposition
" first Lieutenant James Scott no opposition.
for which you will please send on commissions for them as
soon
as you receive this note,this
company musters at Beverly
I hereby certify the above report is correct
Cyrus Kittle
Adjutant 107 Reg.Va mili
I
wish to inform you that I have made efforts to organize
other
companies of the regiment but were unsuccessful at the time
but
I intend to not surrender yet. On Saturday 14th
of present month
at Newinterest while attempting to organize the company
mustering at that place it was fired on by a company of
guerrillas one man a bystander of some fifty or sixty years
of age
was killed instantly (a man who was a peaceable
quiet unofficiating citizen)
by the name of Whitman Ward and wounded
3 more one dangerously
two slightly, the man who appeared as captain rode through
the street of the
little village bosted that "he had done this for retaliation
that Captain
Lathram's men had killed some of his men and had taken
their storegoods and also that they had intended to kill
the officer
(But the officer got away). I went from there to the nearest
post
of troops which was 14 miles from scene of action but did
not go till I had first
particulars and also the names of the parties quilty of
the act.
I went then to Buchanon and reported to Col Harrass of 10
Reg
Virginia Volunteers which was there at the time and called
on him
for protection of myself in acting officially and the citizens
also
the which he promised and so far has performed. I shall
try to
organize the ballance of Reg; soon as possible, yours &tc
Cyrus Kittle
Adjutant 107th Reg.Va.militia
