Letter

Howell Cobb to Samuel Cooper, April 19, 1864

HEADQUARTERS GEORGIA RESERVES,

General S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector General, Richmond, Va.:

GENERAL: In accordance with directions from the Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office, I have the honor to inform you that the regiments and battalions on the inclosed list herewith returned, with the exceptions of the First, Second, and Twenty-third Battalions, formed the late Georgia State Guard, and were mustered out of service on or about the 4th day of February, 1864, their term of enlistment having expired. The First and Second Battalions are accounted for on the list. The Twenty-third is composed of the employés at the Athens Armory, and has never formed a part of my command.

reported through me to the Department on March 3, 1864, as my letter to you of that date will show. General Iverson has since been assigned to the command of a brigade of cavalry in the Army of Tennessee, and General Jackson was assigned to duty with my present command on April 6, 1864, by orders from your office.

very respectfully and truly, yours, &c.,

HOWELL COBB,
Major-General, Commanding.
[{Inclosure.]
List of Georgia State organizations.
1st Regiment Infantry, Col. W. H.
Dabney.
2d Regiment Cavalry, Col. John B.
Willcoxon.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, 1861. Location: Macon. Summary: Howell Cobb informs General S. Cooper that most Georgia State Guard units were mustered out by February 1864, except specified battalions, and reports recent command assignments within the Georgia Reserves.
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 3 View original source ↗