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the Department of South Carolina and Georgia by General Beauregard, will repair to this city and report for further orders.

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By command of Secretary of War:

JNO. WITHERS,

Assistant Adjutant-General.


HDQRS. DEPT. OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA,
Charleston, S. C., September 18, 1862.

Brigadier General S. R. GIST,

Commanding First Military District:

GENERAL: I desire you to suspend for the present the work upon the line known as the inner obstructions, at least until General Beauregard shall determine whether they shall be prosecuted further.

J. C. PEMBERTON,

Major-General, Commanding.

CHARLESTON, S. C., September 19, 1862.

Colonel J. GORGAS,

Chief of Ordnance, Richmond, Va.:

COLONEL: I am directed by the major-general commanding to inclose to you the accompanying letter from Lieutenant Smith, and to say that as the complement of heavy guns promised for this department cannot be had from Rome, you have the goodness of providing them from Richmond, over and above the 10-inch columbiads which are to come from there. I have the honor further to state that it is the wish of General Beauregard, who has not yet assumed command, that the guns you supply from Richmond in lieu of those expected from Rome, Ga., be 10-inch instead of 8-inch columbiads, in view of the formidable character of the iron-clad ships preparing for the attack of Charleston.

I am, colonel, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

AMBROSIO JOSE GONZALES,

Colonel and Chief of Artillery, Dept. South Carolina and Georgia.

CHARLESTON, S. C., September 20, 1862.

General S. COOPER,

Adjutant and Inspector General, Richmond, VA.:

The removal of Colonel Black's cavalry regiment from this department deprives Charleston of two-thirds of the cavalry for its defense, and leaves the entire coast in the Second Military District without a single cavalryman.

Very respectfully,

J. C. PEMBERTON,

Major-General, Commanding.

RICHMOND, VA., September 22, 1862.

Major-General PEMBERTON:

Colonel Calhoun's death in a duel being announced in the papers, I


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