90 Series I Volume XLI-I Serial 83 - Price's Missouri Expedition Part I
| Page 90 | LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS- MISSISSIPPI. Chapter LIII. |
MONTGOMERY, July 23, 1864.
Brigadier- General LIDDELL:
Send this dispatch also:
Generals SMITH, TAYLOR, WALKER, or POLIGNAC:
The movement of troops ordered by the President should be executed with the least possible delay. If the trains for the troops cannot be brought over, the horses, mules, and harness should be brought at all events. I will have supplies collected for your troops on this side of the Mississippi, but you had better send commissaries ahead.
S. D. LEE,
Lieutenant-General.
[Inclosure Numbers 1.]
HEADQUARTERS TRANS- MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT,
Shreveport, July 28, 1864.Lieutenant General R. TAYLOR,
Natchitoches, La.:
GENERAL: In pursuance of the following dispatch just received-
MONTGOMERY, July 22, 1864.
Brigadier-General LIDDELL:
Send following dispatch across the Mississippi by a reliable officer, with instructions to deliver it either to Generals Smith, Taylor, Walker, or Polignac:
"COLUMBUS, GA., July 22, 1864.
"Lieutenant General S. D. LEE:
"Inform General E. K. Smith that the President orders a prompt movement of Lieutenant-General Taylor and the infantry of his corps to cross the Mississippi. Such other infantry as can be spared by General Smith will follow as soon as possible. General Taylor on reaching this side of the Mississippi will assume command of the department.
"BRAXTON BRAGG."
S. D. LEE,
Lieutenant-General.
you will proceed to Alexandria forthwith and take command of the two infantry divisions in the District of West Louisiana. With these divisions you will cross the Mississippi River with as little delay as possible. Upon reaching the nearest telegraph station you will report to Richmond for further instructions. The inclosed copies of dispatches will govern your movements.
By command of General E. Kirby Smith:
W. R. BOGGS,
Brigadier- General and Chief of Staff,
[Inclosure Numbers 2.]
HEADQUARTERS TRANS- MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT,
Shreveport, July 28, 1864.Lieutenant General R. TAYLOR,
Natchitoches:
GENERAL: I am directed by the general commanding t inquire what members,if any, of your forme staff you desire to accompany you.
I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
W. R. BOGGS,
Brigadier-General and Chief of Staff.
| Page 90 | LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS- MISSISSIPPI. Chapter LIII. |
- Confederate President Jefferson Davis calls for March 27 to be a day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer.
- Following the Underground Railroad Route By Bicycle
- March is Women's History Month! Read the fascinating accounts of women spies hiding coded messages in women's hair, conductors of the Underground Railroad, soldiers disguised as men, surgeons, and advisors to the President!
- Teachers tackle race, economic disparity and history
- The President's Hymn: 'Give Thanks All Ye People'
- Thanksgiving Day during the Civil War
- Lincoln’s Thanksgiving proclamation in a divided time: ‘one heart and one voice by the whole American People’
- What Abraham Lincoln found reading the Book of Job amid civil war
- Civil War stories on display at Lincoln Highway museum in Unity
- Who was Henry Benning, for whom Fort Benning in Columbus was named?
- Fort Gordon Army Base: Who was John Brown Gordon?
- From the Civil War to the football field, we have been celebrating the wrong values
- History and Healing: Removing Controversial Artifacts from the Civic Landscape
- How to Reframe the Civil War in the Classroom
- Man scores Abraham Lincoln autograph in box of trading cards
- Native Americans' role in the Civil War
- Abraham Lincoln Healed a Divided Nation. We Should Heed His Words Today.
- An escaped slave was the 'Florence Nightingale’ of Indiana's Civil War regiment
- A Southern Democrat survived impeachment trap and came to be in charge of Reconstruction
- New Statue Unveiled In Response To Richmond's Confederate Monuments