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17,141 lettersHEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT, Shreveport, La., August 28, 1863. Maj. Gen. RICHARD TAYLOR, Commanding District Western Louisiana, Alexandria : GENERAL: I am directed by the lieutenant-general commanding to inclose the within…
HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION, Fort Brown, Texr., August 27, 1863. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your dispatch August 3 [47], 1563. In the exercise of that…
HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT, Shreveport, La., August 25, 1863. Maj. Gen. RICHARD TAYLOR, Commanding District of Louisiana: GENERAL: I am directed by Lieut. Gen. E. Kirby Smith to inform you that…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, Mobile, Ala., August 24, 1863. [General JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON :] My DEAR GENERAL: I have questioned three or four of the people who came over…
HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION, Fort Brown, Tex., August 22, 1863. Magsor: I[ am directed by Brigadier-General Bee to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 15th, and in answer to…
Fort Brown, Tex. Fort Brown, Tex., August 21, 1863. Capt. EDMUND P. TURNER, Assistant Adjutant-General : CAPTAIN: I have received nothing from your office since my arrival at Brownsville, and…
CARRIZO, TEX. CARRIZO, TEX., August 15, 1863. Lieut. Col. WILLIAM O. YAGER, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General, O. C. S. Army: Sir: I would respectfully submit the following: The exportation of beef-cattle…
HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION, Fort Brown, Tex., August 21, 1863. Capt. EpMuND P. TURNER, Assistant Adjutant-General, Houston, Tex.: Srp: I have the honor to inclose a copy of communication from Major…
HEADQUARTERS MARINE DEPARTMENT, Houston, August 20, 1863. Capt. EpMUND P. TURNER, Assistant Adjutant-General: _ Sir: I have the honor to report my arrival in this city on the 18th instant.…
HEADQUARTERS, Marshall, Tex., August 20, 1863. Maj. Gen. J. B. MAGRUDER, Commanding District of Texas, Arizona, &c.: GENERAL: I am directed by Lieut. Gen. E. Kirby Smith to say that…
SPECIAL ORDERS, \ HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF TEXAS, &C., August 17, 1863. No, 221. Near Millican, August 17, 1863. * * * * * * * XII. Acting Brigadier-General Debray having…
HEADQUARTERS, Marshall, Tex., August 15, 1863. GENERAL: I am directed by Lieut. Gen. E. Kirby Smith to inform you that he did not mean to include the cotton belonging to…
Marshall Marshall, August 17, 1863. Capt. E. P. TURNER, Assistant Adjutant-General, de.: Captain: Inclosed please find letter from General E. Kirby Smith touching the impressment of cotton. Ihave explained the…
HEADQUARTERS MARINE DEPARTMENT, Decrow’s Point, Tex., August 16, 1863. To the Commanding Officer, Indianola, Tex. : Sir: I have been instructed by the major-general commanding to place the steamer John…
HEADQUARTERS EASTERN SUB-DISTRICT OF TEXAS, Galveston, August 16, 1863. Capt. EpMuND P. TURNER, A. A. G., 0. S. Army, Dist. of Tex., &c., Piedmont Springs: Sir: I have the honor…
STATE OF TEXAS, ADJT. AND INSPR. GEN.’S OFFICE, Austin, August 15, 1863. Capt. EpMuND P. TURNER, A. A. G., Hdqrs. Dist. Texas, &c., Piedmont Springs, Tex. : CAPTAIN: The major-general…
Fort Brown, Tex. Fort Brown, Tex., August 15, 1863. Capt. EDMUND P. TURNER, Assistant Adjutant-General, Houston, Tex.: Sir: The Federal vessels off the mouth of the Rio Grande are exercising…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF TEXAS, &C., Near Millican, August 15, 1863. Brig. Gen. H. P. BEE, Commanding Western Sub-District : Sir: I am directed by the major-general commanding to say to…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF TEXAS, &C., Near Millican, August 15, 1863. Brig. Gen. W. R. Boaas, Chief of Staff: GENERAL: I have the honor to state that the arms ordered by…
Fort Brown, Tex. Fort Brown, Tex., August 14, 1863. Capt. EDMUND P. TURNER, Assistant Adjutant-General, Houston, Tex.: CAPTAIN: By the arrival from New Orleans of persons who can be trusted,…