W. T. Carrington to C. L. Pyron, September 1, 1863
Col. C. L. Pyron, Commanding Regiment :
COLONEL: I am instructed by the commanding general to inform you that information has been received from the headquarters of the TransMississippi of the advance of the enemy into Texas by four different columns—one from the north into the Indian Territory; cne from Helena, about 20,000 strong, upon Little Rock; one from Vicksburg, 10,000, upon Monroe; and one from Natchez, upon Harrisonburg. The lieutenantgeneral commanding department anticipates, from information received, that Banks will move upon Lower Louisiana. In view of these facts, the major-general commanding directs that you get your regiment together as guickly as possible, having the necessary transportation, arms, ammunition, &c., prepared, and that you march with all possible dispatch to Bonham, reporting to the commanding ofiicer.
The major-general relies upon your accustomed energy to carry out this order with promptness.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Tneutenant, and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.
GENERAL ORDERS, \ Hpqrs. Dist. oF TEX., N. MEX., AND ARIZ.,
No. 149. Houston, Tex., September 1, 1863.
the presence of the enemy, is now threatened with invasion by four columns—one from the Indian Territory, one from Arkansas, and two from
Louisiana—and the presence of every man capable of bearing arms is
needed in the field. The desolation and ruin which have marked the