Letter
W. T. Carrington to V. Sulakowski, September 4, 1863
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF TEXAS, W&C.,
Near Millican, September 4, 1863.
Col. V. SULAKOWSKI, Chief Engineer, District of Texas, &c.:
COLONEL: I am directed by the major-general commanding to direct you to have Sabine Pass and its approaches fortified without the least delay, as it is expected that the enemy will make a demonstration at that point at an early day.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
W. T. CARRINGTON,
Lieutenant, and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General, * * HTIEADQUARTERS District, &C.,
(Cnar. XXXVIII.
Neur Millican, September 4, 1863.
Lieutenant, and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General, * * HTIEADQUARTERS District, &C.,
(Cnar. XXXVIII.
Neur Millican, September 4, 1863.
* * *
VIII. Col. A. T. Rainey, of the First Texas Infantry, is hereby assigned to the command of the force in and about Houston and Harrisburg, with his headquarters at Houston.
* * * By command of Maj. Gen. J. Bankhead Magruder:
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VIII. Col. A. T. Rainey, of the First Texas Infantry, is hereby assigned to the command of the force in and about Houston and Harrisburg, with his headquarters at Houston.
* * * By command of Maj. Gen. J. Bankhead Magruder:
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Editor's Notes
From: Operations in West Florida, Southern Alabama, Southern Mississippi, Louisiana, 1862–63, Pt. 1. Location: Near Millican. Summary: Lieutenant W. T. Carrington orders Colonel V. Sulakowski to urgently fortify Sabine Pass against an anticipated enemy attack during the Civil War in 1863.
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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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