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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 3. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The defence of Mobile in 1865. (search)
this service were the Missouri brigade of Cockrell, Gibson's Louisiana brigade, Ector's Texas and North Carolill to the immediate command of Blakely, and General Randall Gibson to the immediate command of Spanish Fort. oted to their duty. Spanish Fort was garrisoned by Gibson s Louisiana brigade, the brigade of Alabama boy-resmarshes, to a point opposite Battery Huger; and General Gibson's orders were to save his garrison, when the siover this bridge. On the eighth of April I ordered Gibson to commence the evacuation that night, by sending o in good time to save his garrison, for at 10 P. M. Gibson, finding the enemy too firmly established on his leity. I consider the defence of Spanish Fort by General Gibson and the gentlemen of his command one of the mosWednesday morning with them at sunrise. I left General Gibson to see to the withdrawal of the cavalry picketse whole business of evacuation being completed, General Gibson sent a white flag to the fleet to inform the en