Letter
C. Cooper to Samuel Cooper, August 1, 1863
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF,
Mobile, Ala., August 1, 1863.
General S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector General, 0. S. Army, Richmond, Va. :
GENERAL: In April last a brigade, composed of the Eighteenth, Thirty-sixth, and Thirty-eighth Alabama Regiments, Nineteenth Louisiana, Ninth Alabama Battalion, and First Confederate Battalion, was detached from the garrison of this place and sent to General Bragg. Desiring to increase my command to meet any emergency, I have the honor most respectfully to request, should the condition of General Bragg’s army admit of it, the return of these troops, or that General
Bragg be instructed to send them to me upon my requisition.
very respectfully, your obedient servant, Major-General, Commanding.
[Indorsement. Colonel [H. L.] Cuay:
Inform General Maury that no troops can be spared from General
Bragg's army at this time, and it is not foreseen when any can be
spared.
Inform General Maury that no troops can be spared from General
Bragg's army at this time, and it is not foreseen when any can be
spared.
8. C. [COOPER.]
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in West Florida, Southern Alabama, Southern Mississippi, Louisiana, 1862–63, Pt. 1. Location: Mobile, Ala.. Summary: Major-General C. Cooper requests the return of several Alabama and Louisiana regiments from General Bragg to reinforce his command in Mobile, but is informed no troops can be spared.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 26, Part 1
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