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John R. Baylor to Col., Comdg. Mounted Rifles, C. S. Army, August 25, 1861
Fort Bliss, August 25, 1861. SIR: I have the honor to report the capture of a detachment from Fort Craig of 9 men and a Captain Hubbell, of the New…
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Letters from John R. Baylor
B. 1822 · D. 1894
John Robert Baylor was a US Indian agent, publisher and editor, politician, and a senior officer of the Confederate States Army. After being dismissed as Indian agent, he became one of the founding editors of The White Man, a newspaper in North Texas, and a strong critic of Governor Sam Houston.
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John R. Baylor to Comdg. Second Regt T. M. R., P. 0. S. Army, October 14, 1861
October 14, 1861. Doña Aña, Ariz., October 14, 1861. Col. H. E. McCuLLoca: SIR: Please find inclosed a copy of a letter received at my headquarters to-day. It embraces a…
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John R. Baylor to H. E. McCuLLoca, October 14, 1861
HEADQUARTERS, October 14, 1861. Doña Aña, Ariz., October 14, 1861. Col. H. E. McCuLLoca: SIR: Please find inclosed a copy of a letter received at my headquarters to-day. It embraces…
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John R. Baylor to Henry Hopkins Sibley, October 25, 1861
October 25, 1861. MEI Doña Aña, Ariz., October 25, 1861. Brigadier-General SIBLEY : SIR: The enemy, about 2,500 strong, are on the march for this place— eleven companies of U.…
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John R. Baylor to Commander Department Of Texas, October 25, 1861
HEADQUARTERS, Dona Ana, Ariz., October 25, 1861. _ COMMANDER DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS: SIR: I hasten to inform you that my spies have returned from New Mexico, bringing the intelligence that…
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John R. Baylor to Samuel Boyer Davis, November 2, 1861
HEADQUARTERS, November 2, 1861. Doña Ana, Ariz., November 2, 1861. . BIR: I beg to call your attention to some matter of information that may be of service to the…
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John R. Baylor to Henry E. McCulloch, November 10, 1861
HEADQUARTERS, La Mesilla, Ariz., November 10, 1861. Col. H. E. MCCULLOCH, Commanding Department of Texas, San Antonio, Tex.: SIR: I have nothing new to report as to the movements of…
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* John R. Baylor to P. O. Hebert, C. S. A, December 2, 1861
HDQRS. SECOND REG’T TEXAS MOUNTED RIFLES, i La Mesilla, Ariz., December 2, 1861. Brigadier-General HÃBERT, Commanding Department of Texas, San Antonio, Tex. : SIR: I have the honor to inform…
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John R. Baylor to J. P. BENJAMIN, Secretary of War, C. 8. A, December 14, 1861
Mesilla Mesilla, December 14, 1861. Hon. J. P. BENJAMIN, Secretary of War, C. 8. A.: SIR: I have the honor to forward you a statement of the disposition of the…
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John R. Baylor to Benjamin H. Helm, March 20, 1862
Mesilla Mesilla, March 20, 1862. Captain HELM, Commanding Arizona Guards: Str: I learn from Lieut. J. J. Jackson that the Indians have been in to your post for the purpose…