Order
T Saml. Boyer Davis to ORDERS, } HDQRS. ARMY OF NEw MEXICO, A. G. O, December 17, 1861
December 17, 1861.
No. 283. f Galveston, Tex., December 17, 1861.
For special and immediate service on the Rio Grande, troops will be
. received and mustered in for six months.
By command of Brig. Gen. P. O. Hébert:
Major, and Assistant Adjutant- General.
GENERAL ORDERS, } HDQRS. ARMY OF NEw MEXICO, A. G. O.,
No. 12. Fort Bliss, Tex., December 20, 1861.
The general command of the forces of the Confederate States, assumed by Brig. Gen. H. H. Sibley, in General Orders, No. 10, from these
headquarters, and the proclamation of martial law promulgated by him,
not being intended to abrogate or supersede the powers of Col. John R.
Baylor, as eivil and military governor of Arizona, he will continue the
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, 1861. Summary: Confederate authorities order immediate mustering of troops for six-month service on the Rio Grande and affirm Colonel John R. Baylor's continued authority as civil and military governor of Arizona.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 4
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