AUGUSTA, GA., October 2, 1864.
General G. T. BEAUREGARD,
Augusta, Ga.:
GENERAL: I desire that with as little delay as practicable
you will assume command of the military departments now commanded,
respectively, by General Hood and Lieutenant-General Taylor. You will establish
the headquarters of the department under your command at such point within its
territorial limits as you may consider most advantageous to the public service.
Your personal presence is expected wherever in your judgment the interests of
your command render it expedient, and wherever present with an army in the
field you will exercise immediate command of the troops. The Adjutant and
Inspector General will be directed to communicate to you without delay the
orders defining the geographical limits of your department and such letters of
general instruction as may have been sent to your predecessors and as it may be
important for you to possess.
Very respectfully and
truly, yours,
JEFFN. DAVIS.
(Copy to General Hood.)
SOURCES: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of
the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 39,
Part 2 (Serial No. 79), p. 782; John Bell Hood, Advance and
Retreat, p. 258
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