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On the 18th General Cooper received the following despatch:

General Jones has not yet arrived. Have telegraphed Gilmer to come forthwith. I will leave to-morrow. I have recalled all South Carolina and Georgia troops from Florida, except one battalion infantry and one and a half regiments cavalry.


General Jones finally arrived on the 19th. The next day General Beauregard telegraphed General Cooper in these words:

Charleston, S. C., April 20th, 1864.
I have turned over command, temporarily, to General Jones to-day. I will leave for point of destination in one hour.


Before doing so, however, and in order to take official leave of the gallant troops of his Department, he issued to them this address:

Headquarters, Department S. C., Ga., and Fla., Charleston, S. C., April 20th, 1864.
Officers and Soldiers,—By an order of his Excellency the President I am relieved temporarily from the command of this Department by Major-General Sam Jones, to be assigned to another important command.

I leave with the assurance that you will transfer to my successor, a meritorious officer of the Armies of Virginia and Tennessee, that confidence and spirit of prompt obedience to orders which have contributed so much to your success heretofore.

Should you ever become discouraged, remember that a people from whom have sprung such soldiers as those who defended Wagner and Sumter can never be subjugated in a war of independence.


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