Letter
E. Kirby Smith to Samuel R. Anderson, August 28, 1863
HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT,
Shreveport, August 28, 1863.
General Taylor is suggested to send such of these batteries as can
be spared. If all cannot be spared, he will send those in the most inferior condition.
By order of Lieut. Gen. E. Kirby Smith:
8. 8S. ANDERSON,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF WESTERN Louisiana,
Alexandria, September 2, 1863.
Assistant Adjutant-General.
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF WESTERN Louisiana,
Alexandria, September 2, 1863.
Respectfully returned. Captains Nichols', Gonzales', and Gibson's
batteries were ordered some days since to rejoin General Magruder's
command, and have marched for Texas.
batteries were ordered some days since to rejoin General Magruder's
command, and have marched for Texas.
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 General Taylor to send available artillery batteries, prioritizing inferior ones, while noting some batteries have already been dispatched to General Magruder's command in Texas.
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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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