Order

Henry H. Sibley to William Steele, November 16, 1861

GENERAL ORDERS, HDQRS. SIBLEY BRIGADE, A. G. O.,

No. 9. j San Antonio, Tex., November 16, 1861. L The headquarters of this brigade will take up the line of march

for El Paso on Monday next, the 18th instant. : * * * * * * *

III. On the advance of headquarters, Col. William Steele, commanding Third Regiment, will assume the command in chief of all. troops “belonging to this brigade, remaining in or about this place, until he

shall rejoin headquarters. s ; IV. Colonel Steele will take up his line of march with his command

to réjoin headquarters at the earliest day praeticable. ‘

By order of Brig. Gen. H. H. Sibley:

in A. M. JACKSON,
Assistant Adjutant-General, Army of New Mexico.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS, Galveston, Tex., November 16, 1861.
W. H. WOODWARD, Esq., and others, Indianola, Tex. :
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, 1861.
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 4 View original source ↗