EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,

Tallahassee, November 15, 1862.

Gis Excellency President DAVIS:

The appointment of General Howell Cobb to command the military department will be entirely satisfactory to Georgia, Alabama, and Florida.

JOHN MILTON,

Goernor.

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SPECIAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 275
Richmond, November 24, 1862.

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XXVII. Captain John F. Lay, assistant adjutant-general, Provisional

Army, will report for duty to General G. T. Beauregard, commanding,
&d., t Charleston, S. C.

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By command of the Secretary of War>

John WITHERS,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

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COLUMBIA, December 12, 1862.

President DAVIS,

Richmond, Va.:

If the conscript law were immediately and fully executed in this State, would give far more strength to Beauregard. If you could call out onscripts through State officers, it would be more efficient. I offer any means to Colonel Preston.

F. W. PICKENS.

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RICHMOND, VA., December 14, 1862.

Governor F. W. PICKENS,

Columbia, S. C.:

President absent. Colonel Preston has been instructed tp use State officers in calling out conscripts, as far as compatible with law.

WM. PRESTON JOHNSTON,

Colonel and Aide-de-Camp to President.

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WAR DEPARTMENT, C. S. A.,

Richmond, January 2, 1863.

Brigadier General HOWELL COBB,

Quincy, Fl.:

Proceed to raise troops as suggested by you* in the fewest counties adequate, as I must suspend the conscript law therein. I have written fully to you.+

J. A. SEDDON,

Secretary of War.

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*See Cobb to Beauregard, VOL. XIV, p.703.

+See Seddon to Cobb, December 30, 1862, vOL. XIV, p.737.

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