Letter
K. E. Kirby Smith to John B. Magruder, August 30, 1863
HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT,
Shreveport, La., August 30, 1863.
Maj. Gen. J. B. MAGRUDER, Commanding District of Texas, &e. ;
GENERAL: The authority asked for in your letter of the 21st of July to send an agent to Mexico is given.
As Mr. Superviéle has displayed so much diplomatic ability in the matter lately intrusted to him, I suggest him as a proper person to be charged with this duty. He should be furnished with the necessary proofs to establish our claim to the arms seized in the Goodyear, and be sent forward at once.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
K. E. KIRBY SMITH,
LTieutenant-General.
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LTieutenant-General.
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Editor's Notes
From: Operations in West Florida, Southern Alabama, Southern Mississippi, Louisiana, 1862–63, Pt. 1. Location: Shreveport, La.. Summary: K. E. Kirby Smith authorizes John B. Magruder to send Mr. Superviéle as an agent to Mexico to assert Confederate claims on arms seized from the Goodyear.
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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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