| Headquarters Sub-Military District of
Houston |
| Houston, Tex. |
| October 17, 1862 |
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| Capt. Samuel Boyer Davis |
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Assistant Adjutant-General, &c.
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Sir,
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| ***** I sent from
Harrisburg to Virginia Point {via the
Galveston, Houston & Henderson RR} 50 tons of railroad
iron to make magazines and bomb-proof shelter for gunners. The iron
is lying near the depot at Harrisburg. I do not know yet where it
is, but I leave the matter to be settled at some future time. I can
neglect no means to make a good fight at Fort Hébert. I have
ordered Capt. D.C. Richardson to remove to Alleyton {on
the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos & Colorado RR} his commissary
stores, keeping at Harrisburg one month's supplies. *****
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| I have the honor to be, very
respectfully, your obedient servant,
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| X. B. Debray
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| Colonel
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| Commanding Sub-Military District of
Houston
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