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46,149 lettersHouston, Tex. Houston, Tex., June 26, 1863. Lieut. Gen. E. KtrBy SMITH, Commanding, &e.: GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 22d instant,…
Houston, Tex. Houston, Tex., June 25, 1863. Brig. Gen. H. P. BEE, Commanding, &e.: Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 22d instant,…
Houston, Tex. Houston, Tex., June 25, 1863. Brig. Gen. W. R. BoGes, Chief of Staff: GENERAL: I have the honor to request that the lieutenant-general commanding will order the guns…
HEADQUARTERS MARINE DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS, June 24, 1863. ‘ Houston, June 24, 1863. Capt. EpmuNnD P. TuRNER, Assistant Adjutant-General, Houston, Tex.: CAPTAIN: In compliance with Special Orders, No. 164 (Paragraph…
HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT, Shreveport, La., June 24, 1863. Maj. SmmEon HART, Assistant Quartermaster, San Antonio, Tex.: Mason: I inclose you a list of articles* required for the service of the…
HEADQUARTERS WESTERN SUB-DISTRICT OF TEXAS, Goliad, June 23, 1863. Capt. EDMUND P. TURNER, Assistant Adjutant-General, &c., Houston, Tex.: Sir: I respectfully submit the following suggestions for the consideration of the…
HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT, Shreveport, La., June 23, 1863. Maj. Gen. J. B. MAGRUDER, Commanding District of Texas, &c., Houston, Tex.: GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of…
Houston Houston, June 16, 1863. Brig. Gen. W. R. BoGas, Chief of Staff of Lieutenant-General Smith: Sir: I have the honor to inclose a letter from Mr. Bennett, a part…
HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT, Shreveport La., June 23, 1863. General CooPER, Adjutant and Inspector General, Richmond, Va.: GENERAL: I have the honor to inclose you a copy of a letter received…
HEADQUARTERS WESTERN SUB-DISTRICT OF TEXAS, Goliad, June 22, 1863. Capt. EDMUND P. TURNER, Assistant Adjutant-General, &e., Houston, Tex. : Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your…
HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT, Shreveport, La., June 22, 1863. GENERAL: Please find inclosed copies of letters from the Secretary of War, Mr. Slidell, and the French minister of marine.* I am…
HARRISONBURG, La. HARRISONBURG, La., June 22, 1863. Maj. Gen. RICHARD TAYLOR, Commanding District of Western Louisiana, Alexandria: GENERAL: I have just returned from my mission to General Johnston. I shall…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, Mobile, Ala., June 22, 1863. General S. CoopER, Adjt. and Insp. Gen., Richmond, Va.: GENERAL: Since I have been in command heret there have been…
HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT, Shreveport, La., June 18, 1868. GENERAL: Yours of the 6th, inclosing order* assuming command of the post at Niblett’s Bluff, has been received, and I am directed…
Houston, Tex. Houston, Tex., June 17, 1863. Col. P. N. LUCKETT, Commanding Regiment : Sir: I am instructed by Major-General Magruder to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the…
HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT, Shreveport, La., June 17, 1863. General S. CooPER, Richmond: GENERAL: I have the honor to forward herewith Major-General Taylor’s report of the operations of his forces in…
HEADQUARTERS WESTERN SUB-DISTRICT OF TEXAS, Fort Brown, March 16, 1863. Hon. J. A. QUINTERRO, C. 8. Commissioner, Monterey, Mexico: Srr: As various incorrect and exaggerated rumors of the recent occurrences…
MONTEREY MONTEREY, March 21, 1863. Hon. J. P. BENJAMIN, Richmond : Sir: * * * J last evening received by express a communication from General Bee, stating that on the…
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, C. S. A., Richmond, June 17, 1863. Sire: I have the honor to transmit herewith for your information an extract from a dispatch of the 21st March…
Shreveport Shreveport, June 15, 1863. Lieut. Gen. E. KrrBy SMITH, GENERAL: In answer to your inquiry as to the particulars of the dissatisfaction that existed in Colonel Phillips’ regiment, Texas…