Order
Major-General Magruder to Edmund P. Turner, August 12, 1863
SPECIAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF TEXAS, &C.,
August 12, 1863.
No. 216. § Near Millican, August 12, 1863. * * * * * * * X. X. Col. W. R. Bradfute, commanding coast, is hereby relieved from command, and will report in arrest to these headquarters without delay. XXI. Col. A. M. Hobby, commanding Corpus Christi, will take command of the coast from Matagorda to Pefiasco, inclusive. * * * * * * *
By command of Major-General Magruder:
EDMUND P. TURNER,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
MoBILE, ALA.,
August 13, 1863.
Assistant Adjutant-General.
MoBILE, ALA.,
August 13, 1863.
General 8. CooPER:
Unusual number of vessels at Ship Island. The following uews just
received :
Late information from New Orleans, all large men of war left here;
Unusual number of vessels at Ship Island. The following uews just
received :
Late information from New Orleans, all large men of war left here;
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in West Florida, Southern Alabama, Southern Mississippi, Louisiana, 1862–63, Pt. 1. Summary: Major-General Magruder orders the relief of Col. W. R. Bradfute and appoints Col. A. M. Hobby to command the Texas coast from Matagorda to Pefiasco 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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