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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 7. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Operations in Trans-Mississippi Department in June, 1863. (search)
elief of Vicksburg and Port Hudson. I have the honor to be, General, your obedient servant, E. Kirby Smith, Lieutenant-General Commanding. The original, of which the foregoing is a copy, bears the following endorsement, to wit: headquarters Trans-Mississippi Department, Shreveport, June 17, 1863. E. Kirby Smith, Lieutenant-General Commanding. General Taylor's Report. Forwarding Major-General Taylor's report of the operations of his forces in North Louisiana, from 3d to 8th June, 1863. Received Adjutant and Inspector-General's office July 6, 1863. Respectfully submitted to Secretary of War. H. L. Clay, Assistant Adjutant-General. Adjutant and Inspector-General's office, July 8, 1863. Respectfully referred to the President for his information. J. A. Seddon, Secretary of War. 10th July, 1863. Returned to Secretary of War. The operations of General Taylor are highly commendable. J. D. Report of General R. Taylor. headquarters District Western
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 7. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 11.82 (search)
number.] The following report ought to have been published just after the letter of General E. Kirby Smith in our September number, and the endorsements which follow that letter were originally on this report. But we, unfortunately, had not at the time a copy of it, and are now indebted to the courtesy of Colonel Scott, of the Archive Bureau at Washington, for this report and the explanatory letter which follows. Report of General R. Taylor. District West Louisiana, Richmond, 8th June, 1863. Brigadier-General W. R. Boggs, Chief of Staff: General — I have the honor to report the events of the past few days. As soon as I learned of the capture of Richmond by Captain McLean, of Harrison's battalion — viz: on the night of the 3d ultimo--I. ordered General Walker to push on a force of two hundred infantry to insure holding the bridge, adding to it two guns of Harrison's artillery. This force crossed the Tensas in a flat which I had secured the day before and reached Richmon