The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 10, In Two Parts. Part 2, Correspondence, etc. Page: 415
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OUr. XXI.) CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.-CONFEDERATE.
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
No. 20. Corinth, Miss., April 12, 1862.
The following disposition of troops will have immediate effect:
I. The troops which arrive under Brigadier-General Maxey are as-
signed to the First Army Corps, a brigade of which General Maxey will
command.
II. Johnson's brigade, First Army Corps, will be placed in position
with Brewer's cavalry, at Bethel; with an outpost at Purdy, and will
hold in vigilant observation all the approaches from the Tennessee
River in that direction.
III. Captain Lockett, C. S. Engineer Corps, will have the country
around Rienzi and Jacinto carefully examined with reference to the
most favorable ground for encampments in that direction for the forces
of Major-Generals Van Dorn and Price. Meantime any troops of those
commands arriving at this place will be directed at once by the Mobile
and Ohio Railroad to Rienzi.
IV. Adams', Scott's, and Forrest's cavalry will be charged with the
cavalry outpost service in the immediate front of this army and on the
right flank, to be disposed as may be specially ordered from time to
time.
V. A brigade from the Second Army Corps will be thrown forward,
two regiments to occupy the sand hill 2 miles west of Mickey's house
and two regiments at Monterey; one regiment of cavalry, with head-
quarters at or near Mickey's, will maintain pickets as near as possible
to the lines of the enemy. Another regiment of cavalry, with head-
quarters in advance of Monterey, will hold in observation all the ap-
proaches on that side from Pittsburg to Hamburg. These troops will
be considered as on outpost duty, and will be guided in all respects by
General Orders, No. 5, from these headquarters, dated March 17, 1862.
By command of General Beauregard :
THOMAS JORDAN,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
MEMPHIS, April 13, 1862.
General VAN DORN:
The following dispatch sent to Captain Carter, C. S. Navy, from
Captain Huger, C. S. Navy, at Fort Pillow:
The ball will open in the morning. Come up at once. Chased down this morning
by seven gunboats and five mortar boats.
Magnolia goes to Ox Bows, on White River, to-night.
JOHN ADAMS,
Captain, O. S.
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
No. 21. Corinth, Miss., April 13, 1862.
* * * * * * *
IV. Brigadier-General Maxey is specially assigned to the command
of the troops now at Burnsville and luka, and will repair there to exe-
':ute the verbal instructions he has received from these headquarters.
VI. Brig. Gen. Franklin Gardner is assigned to duty with this army
as commander of all the cavalry. He will receive general instructions415
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 10, In Two Parts. Part 2, Correspondence, etc., book, 1884; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154614/m1/415/?q=Army: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.