Letter
E. Kirby Smith to Guy M. Bryan, July 7, 1863
HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT,
En route to Shreveport, La., July 7, 1863.
GENERAL:
You will forward to Major-General Walker instructions from Lieutenant-General Smith that, though he regards the news of doubtful accuracy, General Walker will suspend his movements until its truth or untruth is established.
He must keep his cavalry well to the front, and watch every movement in that direction. You will push forward the establishment of your depots on the Natchitoches road. Should General Walker fall back before superior forces, his line of retreat should be toward Natchitoches, he thinks.
By order of Lieut. Gen. E. Kirby Smith:
GUY M. BRYAN,
Major, and Assistant Adjutant-General.
SPECIAL ORDERS, } Hpaqrs. Dist. oF TEX., N. MEX., AND ARIZ.,
No. 183. Houston, July 8, 1863.
Major, and Assistant Adjutant-General.
SPECIAL ORDERS, } Hpaqrs. Dist. oF TEX., N. MEX., AND ARIZ.,
No. 183. Houston, July 8, 1863.
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VIII. 1. Brigadier-General Bankhead will proceed as rapidly as possible, at the head of two regiments of his command, viz, Gurley's and
Hardeman's, and the artillery company of mountain howitzers, all
equipped, to support Brigadier-General Steele in the Indian Territory.
VIII. 1. Brigadier-General Bankhead will proceed as rapidly as possible, at the head of two regiments of his command, viz, Gurley's and
Hardeman's, and the artillery company of mountain howitzers, all
equipped, to support Brigadier-General Steele in the Indian Territory.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in West Florida, Southern Alabama, Southern Mississippi, Louisiana, 1862–63, Pt. 1. Location: En route to Shreveport, La.. Summary: E. Kirby Smith instructs Guy M. Bryan to relay orders for General Walker to suspend movements pending confirmation of intelligence, maintain cavalry vigilance, establish depots on the Natchitoches road, and directs Brigadier-General Bankhead to support General Steele in Indian Territory.
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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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