William Lowndes Yancey was an American politician in the Antebellum South. As an influential "Fire-Eater", he defended slavery and urged Southerners to secede from the Union in response to Northern antislavery agitation.
Houston, Tex. Houston, Tex., July 3, 1863. Brig. Gen. H. P. BEE, Commanding Western Sub-District : GENERAL: I am instructed by Major-General Magruder to state that in consideration of the…
Rusk, Cherokee County Rusk, Cherokee County, July 20, 1863. Brig. Gen. H. P. BEE, Commanding Westeyn Sub-District, Brownsville: GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF TEXAS, &C., Houston, September 1, 1863. Brig. Gen. H. P. BEE, Commanding Western Sub-District : GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your several…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF TEXAS, &C., Houston, September 1, 1863. Brig. Gen. S. P. BANKHEAD, Commanding Forces, &c., Northern Sub-District : GENERAL: Your communication relative to the advance of the enemy…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF TEXAS, &C., Near Millican, September 1, 1863. Brigadier-General MCCULLOCH, Commanding Northern Sub-District : GENERAL: I am instructed by the major-general commanding to inform you that communications have…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF TEXAS, &C., Near Millican, September 9, 1863. GENERAL: Information was received here last night of the appearance of a fleet of gunboats off Sabine Pass, said to…