Letter
Guy M. Bryan, August 15, 1863
HEADQUARTERS,
Marshall, Tex., August 15, 1863.
GENERAL:
I am directed by Lieut. Gen. E. Kirby Smith to inform you that he did not mean to include the cotton belonging to the State of Texas in that subject to impressment.
You will not, of course, impress any cotton belonging to the State.
I have the honor to be, respectfully, Xc.,
GUY M. BRYAN,
Major, and Assistant Adjutant-General.
Major, and Assistant Adjutant-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in West Florida, Southern Alabama, Southern Mississippi, Louisiana, 1862–63, Pt. 1. Location: Marshall, Tex.. Summary: Lieut. Gen. E. Kirby Smith instructs that Texas state-owned cotton is exempt from Confederate impressment during the Civil War.
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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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