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46,149 lettersHEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF TEXAS, &C., Houston, September 1, 1863. Brig. Gen. W. R. Boaes, Chief of Staff, &e.: GENERAL: I have received the orders of Lieutenant-General Smith of the 28th…
HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT, Shreveport, La., September 1, 1863. Lieutenant-Colonel [A. B. BURLESON, Parsons’ Regiment: COLONEL: From the disaffection existing and growing in the parishes of Jackson and Winn, La., caused…
Shreveport, La. Shreveport, La., September 1, 1863. Brig. Gen. P. O. HEBERT, Commanding, &c., near Monroe, La. : GENERAL: I am directed by Lieutenant-General Smith to say you will detach…
Polk County, Tex. Polk County, Tex., August 31, 1863. Capt. EDMUND P. TURNER, Assistant Adjutant-General : Sir: I have the honor to report that immediately on receiving your order of…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENY OF THE GULF, Mobile, Ala., August 31, 1863. General JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON, Commanding Department of the West, Morton, Miss. : My DEAR GENERAL: The enemy on last Thursday…
HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT, Shreveport, La., August 30, 1863. Maj. Gen. J. B. MAGRUDER, Commanding District of Texas, &e.: GENERAL: I have received your communications of the 21st July and of…
HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT, Shreveport, La., August 30, 1863. Maj. Gen. J. B. MAGRUDER, Commanding District of Texas, &e. ; GENERAL: The authority asked for in your letter of the 21st…
HEADQUARTERS NORTHERN SUB-DISTRICT OF TEXAS, Bonham, August 29, 1863. Capt. EDMUND P. TURNER, Assistant Adjutant-General, Houston, Tex. : CAPTAIN: For the information of the major-general commanding, I inclose a copy…
HEADQUARTERS 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…