Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant) (1818-1893) Special field order No.
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01177 Author/Creator: Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant) (1818-1893) Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: January 1865 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 26 x 20 cm. Order a Copy
Relieves General John B. Hood of his command of the Army of Tennessee at his own request. Assigns Lieutenant General Richard Taylor in his place. Written on printed stationery of the Head-Quarters, Military Division of the West. With pencil docket on verso possibly added at a later date.
Jany 1865
Special Field Order }
Sir }
I. General LB. Hood is relieved, at his own request, by the War Department, from the Command of the Army of Tenn. He will report, for orders, to the War Department at Richmond, Va.
II. Lieut Genl R. Taylor is assigned by the War Department to the Command of the Army of Tenn, in addition to his present duties as Commander of the Department of Ala, Miss. & E La,
G.T. Beauregard
General,
Lieut. Genl. R. Taylor,
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