Camp Dickerson, November 7, 1861. SIR: I asked instructions from the War Department nearly two weeks since as to the best point to be occupied by this command as winter…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS, Galveston, November 15, 1861. Hon. J. P. BENJAMIN, Secretary of War, Richmond, Va.: SrR: I have the honor to report that under the apprehension of an…
HEADQUARTERS RIFLE BRIGADE, Chattanooga, November 15, 1861. Hon. J. P. BENJAMIN, Secretary of War: The ordnance officer at Nashville telegraphed me that none of my guns have been turned in,…
Richmond Richmond, November 16, 1861. Hon. J. P. BENJAMIN, Secretary of War : DEAR SIR : I inclose herewith a communication from Col. William C. Young, of Texas, to you,…