Letter
Samuel Cooper to P.G.T. Beauregard, June 10, 1863
Richmond, Va.
Richmond, Va., June 10, 1863.
General G. T. BEAUREGARD, Commanding, &c., Charleston, S. C.:
GENERAL: Northern papers report the reduction of Hunter’s forces by sending troops to the Gulf,
If this be true, you will, with such forceas you can properly withdraw from your defensive line, proceed to.Mobile to resist an attack, if one should be designed at that place ; but, if the purpose of the enemy be to send his re-enforcements to the Mississippi, you will go on and co-operate with General Johnston in that quarter.
By direction of the President :
very respectfully, your obedient servant,
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
JUNE 13, 1863. —For the Governor of Georgia to the Secretary of
War, in reference to raising troops, see Series I. V. ]
Adjutant and Inspector General.
JUNE 13, 1863. —For the Governor of Georgia to the Secretary of
War, in reference to raising troops, see Series I. V. ]
Editor's Notes
From: Operations on the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Middle and East Florida, Pt. 1. Location: Richmond, Va.. Summary: S. Cooper instructs General Beauregard to redeploy Confederate forces from Charleston to Mobile or Mississippi based on Union troop movements to counter potential attacks during the Civil War.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 28, Part 1
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