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Richard Taylor to E. Surge, July 14, 1863
Berwick Berwick, July 14, 1863. Maj. E. SURGE, Assistant Adjutant-General : MAgsor: Your dispatches of the 10th and 11th came to hand. I had received from New Orleans uews of…
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J. A. Seddon to E. Ktrby Smith, July 14, 1863
WAR DEPARTMENT, C. S. A.,, Richmond, July 14, 1863. General E. KtrBy SMITH, Commanding, de.: GENERAL: The Secretary of the Navy has made application to this Department for the use…
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Edmund P. Turner to Thomas H. Bee, July 12, 1863
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT, &C., Galveston, Tex., July 12, 1863. Brigadier-General BEE, Commanding First Division: Sir: Your communications received. In reply, I am instructed by Major-General Magruder to say that your General…
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iE. Kirby Smith to Richard Taylor, July 12, 1863
HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT, Shreveport, La., July 12, 1863. Maj. Gen. RICHARD TAYLOR, Commanding, &e.: GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your report of the 4th instant.…
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E. K. Kirby Smith to Richard Taylor, July 11, 1863
HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT, Shreveport, La., July 11, 1863. GENERAL: I have received your communication from Delhi, announeing the reported fall of Vicksburg. Should this report be confirmed, Grant’s army will…
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Smith P. Bankhead to Epmund P. Turner, July 9, 1863
HEADQUARTERS NORTHERN SUB-DISTRICT, Bonham, Tex., July 9, 1863. Capt. EpMUND P. TURNER, Assistant Adjutant-General, Houston, Tex.: CAPTAIN: I have the honor to report my arrival at this place on the…
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Hamilton P. Bee to Epmund P. Turner, July 9, 1863
HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION, Corpus Christi, July 9, 1863. Capt. EpMUND P. TURNER, Assistant Adjutant-General, Houston, Tea. : Srr: The communications of July up to the 4th, inclusive, from your headquarters…
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E. K. Kirby Smith to Nathaniel P. Banks, July 9, 1863
HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT, Shreveport, La., July 9, 1863. GENERAL: I have: just returned from Monroe, and find your letters of the 27th ultimo. I congratulate you most cordially upon your…
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E. Kirby Smith to Guy M. Bryan, July 7, 1863
HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT, En route to Shreveport, La., July 7, 1863. GENERAL: You will forward to Major-General Walker instructions from Lieutenant-General Smith that, though he regards the news of doubtful…
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E. Kirby Smith to McKer, July 5, 1863
HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT, Shreveport, La., July 5, 1863. Major McKEr, Assistant Quartermaster, Alexandria, La. : MAJor: You will turn over to Major Bloomfield, quartermaster, Houston, Tex., as much Governwent cotton…
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William R. Boggs to Magruder, July 5, 1863
HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT, Shreveport, La., July 5, 1863. General [MAGRUDER]: I have the honor to inclose copies of orders sent to Major McKee; also copies of telegrams from Lieutenant-Generals Smith…
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E. Kirby Smith to Ss. S. Anderson, July 4, 1863
GENERAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPT. OF THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI, July 4, 1863. No. 24. i Shreveport, La., July 4, 1863. I. In obedience to General Orders, No. 70, Paragraph II, Section…
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J. Bankhead Magruder to S. CooPER, Richmond, July 4, 1863
HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT, Monroe, La., July 4, 1863. General S. CooPER, Richmond : GENERAL: Major-General Magruder writes to me that the agent of the Treasury Department for the purchasing of…
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J. Bankhead Magruder to E. Kirby Smith, July 3, 1863
Houston, Tex. Houston, Tex., July 3, 1863. Lieut. Gen. E. KirBy SMITH, Commanding Trans-Mississippi Department : GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your several communications of…
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Stephen D. Yancey to Hamilton P. Bee, July 3, 1863
Houston, Tex. Houston, Tex., July 3, 1863. Brig. Gen. H. P. BEE, Commanding Western Sub-District : GENERAL: I am instructed by Major-General Magruder to state that in consideration of the…
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J. Bankhead Magruder to Stephen D. Yancey, July 1, 1863
HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT, Shreveport, La., July 1, 1863. GENERAL: Your letter of the 23d ultimo,j communicating the successful attack by you on the enemy’s works at Brashear City on the…
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William R. Boggs to C. S. Army, June 30, 1863
HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT, Shreveport, La., June 30, 1863. Major-General MAGRUDER, Commanding District of Texas: GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 25th instant,…
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E. K. Smith to Guy M. Bryan, June 30, 1863
HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT, East of Minden, En route to Monroe, June 30, 1863. GENERAL: I am directed by Lieut. Gen. E. K. Smith to say to you to couutermand any…
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E. K. Kirby Smith to John C. Pemberton, June 29, 1863
HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT, Shreveport, La., June 29, 1863. GENERAL: I send to-day, by stage, in charge of an ordnance officer, 300,000 percussion caps consigned to you. The garrison at Vicksburg…
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J. Bankhead Magruder to E. Kirby Smith, June 29, 1863
UNOFFICIAL. HEADQUARTERS, &C., Houston, Tex., June 29, 1863. Lieut. Gen. E. KirBy SMITH, Commanding Trans-Mississippi Department : GENERAL: In my letter of yesterday to Brigadier-General Boggs, your chief of staff,…