Letter

E. Kirby Smith to Samuel Cooper, June 29, 1863

Author
E. Kirby Smith
Recipient
Samuel Cooper
Date
June 29, 1863
Type
Letter
HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT,
Shreveport, La., June 29, 1863.

General S. CooPER, Adjutant and Inspector General, Richmond, Va.: I am fully informed that an English vessel, with stores, under contract from the War Department, has arrived at Matamoras. This vessel, carrying six Whitworth guns, can be purchased. Will authority be given Captain Brent, commanding officer of the navy here, to order the necessary detail of officers and men, and to commission the vessel as a cruiser?

E. KIRBY SMITH,

Tieutenant-General, Commanding.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in West Florida, Southern Alabama, Southern Mississippi, Louisiana, 1862–63, Pt. 1. Location: Shreveport, La.. Summary: E. Kirby Smith requests authorization to commission an English vessel carrying six Whitworth guns as a Confederate cruiser under Captain Brent in 1863.
Topics
1863Civil WarField ReportsMilitary CorrespondenceMilitary Operations
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 26, Part 1 View original source ↗
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