Letter

E. Kirby Smith to Richard Taylor, May 19, 1863

Author

E. Kirby Smith

Recipient

Richard Taylor

Date

May 19, 1863

Type

Letter

HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT,

Shreveport, May 19, 1863.

Maj. Gen. RICHARD TAYLOR, Commanding, &c., Natchitoches, La: GENERAL: I inclose herewith an order for Col. J. P. Major to report to you for duty.{ Lieutenant-General Smith directs that you assign him

*Companies A, B, D, and E. +The Maury, Nelson, and Rock City Artillery. t Not found.

to the command of a cavalry brigade. He may be at the present time with Brigadier-General Mouton, as he was ordered to Niblett’s Bluff to collect stragglers, and General Mouton has requested that he may retain him. The order to him is sent through you, that he may receive your instructions with the order. He is the only cavalry officer that can be sent to you at this time, and will make a most efficient commander of a cavalry brigade.

So soon as you can spare two regiments of cavalry, you will send them to Northeastern Texas, with instructions to report en route by letter to Brigadier-General Scurry, commanding Eastern Sub-District of Texas, Houston.

By command of Lieut. Gen. E. Kirby Smith:

W. R. BOGGS,
Brigadier-General, and Chief of Staff.

Editor's Notes

From: Operations in West Florida, Southern Alabama, Southern Mississippi, Louisiana, 1862–63, Pt. 1. Location: Shreveport. Summary: Lieutenant-General E. Kirby Smith orders Major General Richard Taylor to assign Colonel J. P. Major to command a cavalry brigade and dispatch two cavalry regiments to Northeastern Texas under Brigadier-General Scurry.

Topics

1863 Civil War Field Reports Military Correspondence Military Operations

Sources

The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 26, Part 1 View original source ↗