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when General Magruder attacked the Union fleet and land forces at Galveston, Tex., General Scurry was in immediate command of the Confederate land forces. The result was a splendid victory. In the Red river campaign of 1864, Scurry's brigade participated in the battles of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill. As soon as it was known that Banks was in full retreat for Alexandria, Scurry was taken by Kirby Smith, with others of Taylor's troops, to attack Gen. Frederick Steele, who had advanced to Camden, Ark. In the battle at Jenkins' Ferry, April 30, 1864, the gallant and daring Scurry, as he is called by General Waul in his report, fell mortally wounded. Brigadier-General William Steele Brigadier-General William Steele was born at Albany, N. Y., in 189; was educated at the United States military academy, and graduated in 1840. He was first assigned to the Second dragoons, stationed in Florida. He served in the military occupation of Texas, and with gallantry in the Mexican war, and o