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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Lieutenant-General Polk's order on Assuming command in Mississippi. (search)
Lieutenant-General Polk's order on Assuming command in Mississippi. Headquarters meridian, Miss., December 23, 1863. The distinguished General, who has been in charge of the Department of the Southwest, having been relieved, the undersigned, by order of His Excellency, the President, assumes command. While it is a cause of regret that we are to lose the services of so experienced an officer, whose high military qualities have so long given a feeling of security to the Department, and commanded the confidence of the troops, yet as these services are to be transferred to a more important field, we shall all without doubt submit to the sacrifice with cheerful acquiescence. In taking charge of the Department, the Lieutenant-General commanding is not insensible to the importance of the duties devolved upon him, or the difficulties by which he is surrounded. The extent of the territory embraced in the command; its geographical position, its seaports, its river coast, it