| Hdqrs. Department of Ala., Miss., and East La. |
| Mobile, Ala. |
| August 13, 1864 |
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| General Samuel Cooper |
| Adjutant and Inspector General |
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| General, |
| On being so ordered I repaired at once
to Montgomery
and relieved General Stephen D. Lee of command of this department.
***** I took active measures to provide for repair of railroad from Montgomery
to Opelika {Montgomery & West Point RR}, and to guard the approaches through North Alabama against raids on
that line of road or the line from Demopolis to Montgomery {Alabama
& Mississippi Rivers RR}. ***** |
| I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, |
| Dabney H. Maury |
| Major-General, Commanding |
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