Order
Major-General Magruder to Edmund P. Turner, May 30, 1863
SPECIAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT, &C.,
May 30, 1863.
No. 145. Houston, May 30, 1863. * * * * * * *
III. The following-named troops will proceed without delay to Bonham, Tex., and their commanding officers will report either in person or by letter to Acting Brig. Gen. 8S. P. Bankhead, viz:
Captain Krumbhaar’s battery of mountain howitzers.
Colonel Gurley’s regiment Texas Volunteers.
Colonel Hardeman’s regiment, Arizona Brigade.
Colonel Terrell’s regiment Texas Volunteers.
Six companies of the Texas State Line.
By command of Major-General Magruder:
EDMUND P. TURNER,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
CANTON, MIss.,
May 31, 1863.
Assistant Adjutant-General.
CANTON, MIss.,
May 31, 1863.
Lieut. Gen. E. KrrBy SMITH,
Commanding Trans-Mississippi Department :
Port Hudson is invested by Major-General Banks; Vicksburg by
Major-General Grant. I am preparing to aid Vicksburg, but cannot
Commanding Trans-Mississippi Department :
Port Hudson is invested by Major-General Banks; Vicksburg by
Major-General Grant. I am preparing to aid Vicksburg, but cannot
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in West Florida, Southern Alabama, Southern Mississippi, Louisiana, 1862–63, Pt. 1. Summary: Major-General Magruder orders several Texas and Arizona Confederate units to promptly move to Bonham, Texas, and report to Acting Brigadier General Bankhead amid Union sieges of Port Hudson and Vicksburg.
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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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