Jno. M. Otey to Headquarters Department No. 2, July 23, 1862
July 23, 1862.
No. 6. } Tupelo, Miss., July 23, 1862. * * * * * * *
So much of Paragraph III, Special Orders, No. 4, Headquarters of the Forces, July 21, 1862, as relates to Jonesâ division is revoked, and Major-General Hardee will detach from his command the Seventeenth and Highteenth Regiments Alabama and the Eighteenth and Nine: teenth Regiments Louisiana Volunteers, to form part of the garrison of the defenses of Mobile, and to repert to the commanding general of the District of the Gulf.
By command of General Bragg:
Assistant Adjutant- General.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT No. 2,
Tupelo, Miss., July 24, 1862.
Maj. Gen. STERLING PRICE,
Oommanding Army of the West, dc. :
GENERAL: I am instructed by the commander of the forces to inform you that Captain Roddey is detached with a squadron of cavalry
on special service in Northwest Alabama, where he has shown himself