Order
Major-General Magruder to James A. Seddon, August 17, 1863
SPECIAL ORDERS, \ HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF TEXAS, &C.,
August 17, 1863.
No, 221. Near Millican, August 17, 1863. * * * * * * *
XII. Acting Brigadier-General Debray having been relieved from command at his own request, is hereby reassigned to the command of Galveston Island, and will be obeyed and respected accordingly.
By command of Major-General Magruder:
GEO. A. MAGRUDER, JrR.,
Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.
[AUGUST 19, 1863.]
Hon. JAMES A. SEDDON,
Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.
[AUGUST 19, 1863.]
Hon. JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War:
The President requests me to say that he has no objection to ordering all of the officers and soldiers of the following Louisiana regiments
to report to Colonel Allen, at Alexandria (that is, all of them now west
of the Mississippi River), to wit: Third, Seventeenth, Twenty-second,
The President requests me to say that he has no objection to ordering all of the officers and soldiers of the following Louisiana regiments
to report to Colonel Allen, at Alexandria (that is, all of them now west
of the Mississippi River), to wit: Third, Seventeenth, Twenty-second,
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in West Florida, Southern Alabama, Southern Mississippi, Louisiana, 1862–63, Pt. 1. Summary: Major-General Magruder informs Secretary of War Seddon of the reassignment of Acting Brigadier-General Debray to Galveston Island and relays the President's approval for Louisiana regiments west of the Mississippi to report to Colonel Allen at Alexandria.
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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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