Letter
Stephen D. Yancey to Brigadier-General MCCULLOCH, September 1, 1863
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF TEXAS, &C.,
Near Millican, September 1, 1863.
Brigadier-General MCCULLOCH, Commanding Northern Sub-District :
GENERAL: I am instructed by the major-general commanding to inform you that communications have just been received from General Bankhead, stating that Steele is falling back before Blunt, and unless he has been checked ere this, the enemy are in Texas. Orders were immediately dispatched to Colonel Gould to push forward to Bonham as rapidly as possible, and all organized State troops have been directed to assemble at Bonham as soon as practicable, under Brigadier-General facts the general states for your information.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
STEPHEN D. YANCEY,
Acting Assistant Adjutunt-General.
198 W. FLA., 8. ALA., 8. MISS., L. A., TEX., N. MEX. (Cuar. XXXVIIL
H&ADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF TEXAS, &C.,
Acting Assistant Adjutunt-General.
198 W. FLA., 8. ALA., 8. MISS., L. A., TEX., N. MEX. (Cuar. XXXVIIL
H&ADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF TEXAS, &C.,
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in West Florida, Southern Alabama, Southern Mississippi, Louisiana, 1862–63, Pt. 1. Location: Near Millican. Summary: Stephen D. Yancey informs Brigadier-General McCulloch that Confederate forces are retreating before Union advances, prompting urgent troop movements to Bonham to defend Texas from enemy incursion.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 26, Part 1
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