131 Series I Volume XLIX-II Serial 104 - Mobile Bay Campaign Part II
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HEADQUARTERS ENGINEER BRIGADE,
March 29, 1865.Lieutenant Colonel C. T. CHRISTENSEN,
Assistant Adjutant-General:
Company K, First Indiana Heavy Artillery, with four 30-pounder Parrotts and equipage complete, also 1,000 shovels and spades, have just arrived on the steamer Iberville.
Very respectfully,
J. BAILEY,
Brigadier-General.
HDQRS. ARMY AND DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI,
March 29, 1865.Brigadier-General BAILEY:
Transports will be ordered to report back to Fort Gaines as soon as discharged, unless otherwise specially directed.
By order of Major General E. R. S. Canby:
C. T. CHRISTENSEN,
Lieutenant-Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General.
HDQRS. ARMY AND DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI,
March 29, 1865.Brigadier-General BAILEY:
Are the mortars that have arrived siege or sea-coast? If they are not sea-coast, please send an order in the name of General Canby to Fort Gaines to have a battery of four such sent up immediately.
By order:
C. T. CHRISTENSEN,
Lieutenant-Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General.
HEADQUARTERS ENGINEER BRIGADE,
March 29, 1865.Lieutenant-Colonel CHRISTENSEN,
Assistant Adjutant-General:
The mortars that have arrived are not sea-coast. The order for them will be sent immediately.
Very respectfully,
J. BAILEY,
Brigadier-General.
HDQRS. ARMY AND DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI,
March 29, 1865.Brigadier-General BAILEY:
General Canby desires a report of what progress is being made in the unloading and forwarding of the heavy artillery.
C. T. CHRISTENSEN,
Lieutenant-Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General.
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