The Daily Dispatch: June 28, 1861., [Electronic resource]

Army intelligence.

‘ We are pleased to hear that Colonel Hardee, one of the ablest military men of the age, the author of Hardee's Tactics, has been relieved of the command of Fort Morgan, and is assigned to an important command in the theatre of active war. By his great energy and assiduity, Col. Hardee has succeeded in placing Fort Morgan and the large force their stationed in such condition as to render it impregnable and the approach to Mobile impracticable. It was not wise to retain him any longer in this position, when his services were so desirable in the field. The order which sends him to take charge of our defences on the Mississippi is therefore an eminently judicious one. He will prove more than a match for the talented but presumptuous McClelland; and with the aid of the energetic and enthusiastic Pillow at the head of our Tennessee soldiers, will soon place that portion of our Confederacy in a position to repel any assault.

’ We learn also that that gallant and able commander, ‘"Captain,"’ now Colonel Henry Maury, has been relieved from duty as second in command under Col. Hardee, at Fort Morgan, and will proceed with his regiment, the First Alabama, to the scene of war in Virginia. There, on his native soil, this gallant officer will display those high military qualities for which he has been so greatly esteemed by his friends in the extreme South.