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as captured, with a large number of men, by the Federal army under Pope, on April 8th. He was exchanged later in the season, and General Beauregard, who had written to AdjutantGen-eral Cooper that he considered the services of Mackall as a division commander indispensable at this critical juncture, was able to send word to Mackall under date of August 22d, I am happy to hear of your safe return to the Confederacy, and hope you will soon receive a command commensurate with your merit. Gen. Samuel Jones, commanding the department of Tennessee, asked that General Mackall be assigned to that department to command a brigade, and a special order was issued accordingly. In December following he was given command of the district of the Gulf, and in February, 1863, being succeeded by General Buckner, he took charge of the Western division of that district. In April, 1863, he was appointed chief-of-staff by Gen. Braxton Bragg, with whom he rendered important services during the campaigns o