E. Kirby Smith to Dabney H. Maury, July 24, 1863
Maj. Gen. DABNEY H. Maury, Commanding, &c., Mobile, Ala.:
GENERAL: Yours of the 16th instant has been submitted to me. I entirely concur in the policy of exporting on Government account all the cotton we can manage to send abroad, and, in return, to import cargoes of provisions and other necessary supplies for the army. You are authorized to employ the steamer Crescent, as proposed by you, and to make fair arrangements with any others for the purpose indicated. I would recommend that at this time your stores, whether of cotton or articles received, should not be allowed to accumulate and remain at Mobile, but be sent off to some more inland town convenient of access by railroad or river. Your letter requesting supplies of ordnance stores and guns has been received and referred to the Chief of Ordnance, with direction to give all the aid his resources will allow.
Very truly, yours, J. A. SEDDON, Secretary of War.
SPECIAL ORDERS, ett bs TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT, No. 95. Shreveport, La., July 25, 1863.
V. Brig. Gen. Henry E. McCulloch is relieved from duty in the District of Louisiana, and is assigned to duty in the District of Texas. He will report to Maj. Gen. J. B. Magruder.
By command of Lieut. Gen. E. Kirby Smith:
Assistant Adjutant-General.
SPECIAL RD ERE A HpqQrs. DISTRICT OF TEXAS, &C.,
No. 200. Houston, uly 26, gone
LL, Brig. Gen. R. M. Gano is hereby assigned to ie te of
all the cavalry of the Texas State troops called out under the late proclamation of His Excellency Governor Lubbock.
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