KING'S TEXAS BIGADE - SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS
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SERIES 1861 / 2011
SERIES 1861 / 2011
Headquarters
Texas Brigade, Cleburne’s Division
Galveston, Texas, November 12, 1861
Special Communication: No. 4.
Volunteers,
It is time to enlist for 150th Battle of Shiloh anniversary reenactment. This historic battle will take place March 29 through April 1, 2012. You don't want to miss this event! I have been to the site twice and can report that we have a great opportunity, lots of land, and the most historic camp site we have ever had at a reenactment. HQ will be publishing circulars in the near future that will give details of what we have to look forward to and other pertinent information.
This Special Communication is being sent to you as it pertains to registration information for Shiloh. The registration fee is 20.00 plus a 5.00 honorarium for brigade wagon support. Wagons will be available for transportation in camp if necessary. However, the greatest use of the wagons will be for transportation of water and ammunition during the campaign portion of the event and during the battle scenarios. The wagons will also be available should someone go down due to medical conditions and need a ride.
We will register again using the Credit Card process previously utilized for Wilson's Creek. For those of you who may not know, the NCLHA / Texas Brigade has its own merchant's number and accepts Credit Cards. This process worked out well for Wilson's Creek registration, and those of you who registered know the procedure. This time it will even be simpler.
Those who did register for Wilson's Creek, please follow these instructions:
Simply send an email to texas.brigade@comcast.net and ask to be registered. Your credit card information is already on file and will automatically be billed. That's all that is need.
Those who did not register for Wilson's Creek, please follow these instructions:
Send an email to texas.brigade@comcast.net and ask to be registered. Please include your name, telephone number and a good time that you can be reached. I will call those of you whom we do not have your information. DO NOT send your Credit Card information in an e-mail.
As before, everyone (regardless of the procedure used above) will receive a receipt by e-mail showing the amount charged to your credit card and that you are registered for Shiloh. Your company commander, the battalion commander and the battalion adjutant will also be copied with your receipt. They will know in real time that you have signed up for Shiloh. When you reply to this message, please copy your company commander so he is kept informed as you respond.
If you have any questions feel free to call me at 409 . 762-2323 and leave a message. I will be happy to return your call and answer any questions. Thank you for your support.
Respectfully submitted,
J.H. King, Commanding.
Texas Brigade, Cleburne’s Division
Galveston, Texas, November 12, 1861
Special Communication: No. 4.
Volunteers,
It is time to enlist for 150th Battle of Shiloh anniversary reenactment. This historic battle will take place March 29 through April 1, 2012. You don't want to miss this event! I have been to the site twice and can report that we have a great opportunity, lots of land, and the most historic camp site we have ever had at a reenactment. HQ will be publishing circulars in the near future that will give details of what we have to look forward to and other pertinent information.
This Special Communication is being sent to you as it pertains to registration information for Shiloh. The registration fee is 20.00 plus a 5.00 honorarium for brigade wagon support. Wagons will be available for transportation in camp if necessary. However, the greatest use of the wagons will be for transportation of water and ammunition during the campaign portion of the event and during the battle scenarios. The wagons will also be available should someone go down due to medical conditions and need a ride.
We will register again using the Credit Card process previously utilized for Wilson's Creek. For those of you who may not know, the NCLHA / Texas Brigade has its own merchant's number and accepts Credit Cards. This process worked out well for Wilson's Creek registration, and those of you who registered know the procedure. This time it will even be simpler.
Those who did register for Wilson's Creek, please follow these instructions:
Simply send an email to texas.brigade@comcast.net and ask to be registered. Your credit card information is already on file and will automatically be billed. That's all that is need.
Those who did not register for Wilson's Creek, please follow these instructions:
Send an email to texas.brigade@comcast.net and ask to be registered. Please include your name, telephone number and a good time that you can be reached. I will call those of you whom we do not have your information. DO NOT send your Credit Card information in an e-mail.
As before, everyone (regardless of the procedure used above) will receive a receipt by e-mail showing the amount charged to your credit card and that you are registered for Shiloh. Your company commander, the battalion commander and the battalion adjutant will also be copied with your receipt. They will know in real time that you have signed up for Shiloh. When you reply to this message, please copy your company commander so he is kept informed as you respond.
If you have any questions feel free to call me at 409 . 762-2323 and leave a message. I will be happy to return your call and answer any questions. Thank you for your support.
Respectfully submitted,
J.H. King, Commanding.
| Special Communication 4 (Series 1861 / 2011) |
Headquarters
Texas Brigade, Cleburne’s Division
Galveston, Texas, July 3, 1861
Special Communication: No. 3.
The War of Northern Aggression came to this southern city yesterday July 2, 1861. On April 19 of this year, Abraham Lincoln announced a blockade of the vast Southern coastline. It is likely the lack of ships and crews has prevented Texas from being effected. That has now changed. A group of observers had been organized to keep watch for Union blockaders. Their post is in the cupola atop the Hendley Building, 3 blocks down the Strand from Brigade Headquarters. Yesterday at 1:10 p.m. the first Union gunboat to appear off Galveston was logged into the record. The news of the warship spread across the city and a state of alarm has set in among the citizens.
Late today the schooner Royal Yacht with Col. J.S. Sydnor and Capt. Thomas Chubb, representatives of the Confederate authority in this district, went out to call on the warship. They learned the Union ship is the USS South Carolina, a screw steamship, commanded by Capt. James Alden from Portland, Maine. The Captain has been in the US Navy for 33 years. Alden stated he had no orders to invade or bombard the city. His orders are to blockade the entrance to Galveston Bay. Earlier today the first ship managing to slip past the blockade into Galveston was able to do so under the cover of a rain squall. There are a dozen or more ships in port now, considering how they can successfully run past the blockade. We shall see what the next few weeks bring.
Respectfully submitted,
J.H. King, Commanding.
Texas Brigade, Cleburne’s Division
Galveston, Texas, July 3, 1861
Special Communication: No. 3.
The War of Northern Aggression came to this southern city yesterday July 2, 1861. On April 19 of this year, Abraham Lincoln announced a blockade of the vast Southern coastline. It is likely the lack of ships and crews has prevented Texas from being effected. That has now changed. A group of observers had been organized to keep watch for Union blockaders. Their post is in the cupola atop the Hendley Building, 3 blocks down the Strand from Brigade Headquarters. Yesterday at 1:10 p.m. the first Union gunboat to appear off Galveston was logged into the record. The news of the warship spread across the city and a state of alarm has set in among the citizens.
Late today the schooner Royal Yacht with Col. J.S. Sydnor and Capt. Thomas Chubb, representatives of the Confederate authority in this district, went out to call on the warship. They learned the Union ship is the USS South Carolina, a screw steamship, commanded by Capt. James Alden from Portland, Maine. The Captain has been in the US Navy for 33 years. Alden stated he had no orders to invade or bombard the city. His orders are to blockade the entrance to Galveston Bay. Earlier today the first ship managing to slip past the blockade into Galveston was able to do so under the cover of a rain squall. There are a dozen or more ships in port now, considering how they can successfully run past the blockade. We shall see what the next few weeks bring.
Respectfully submitted,
J.H. King, Commanding.
| Special Communication 3 (Series 1861 / 2011) |
Headquarters
2nd Brigade, Cleburne’s Division
Galveston, Texas, April 12, 1861
Special Communication: No. 2.
Word was received today that our forces under the command of General P.G.T. Beauregard began the bombardment of Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor at 4:30 a.m. this morning. Some wonder how the North will react should the fort be forced to surrender. Will the South be allowed to go its own way or will the unpleasantness be carried forward. Perhaps Lincoln will make good on the grave words he had spoken in his inaugural address, reminding the South that he had taken the most solemn oath to preserve, protect and defend the Union. President Davis leaves no doubt as to where the Confederacy stands.
Most respectfully,
J.H. King, Commanding.
2nd Brigade, Cleburne’s Division
Galveston, Texas, April 12, 1861
Special Communication: No. 2.
Word was received today that our forces under the command of General P.G.T. Beauregard began the bombardment of Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor at 4:30 a.m. this morning. Some wonder how the North will react should the fort be forced to surrender. Will the South be allowed to go its own way or will the unpleasantness be carried forward. Perhaps Lincoln will make good on the grave words he had spoken in his inaugural address, reminding the South that he had taken the most solemn oath to preserve, protect and defend the Union. President Davis leaves no doubt as to where the Confederacy stands.
Most respectfully,
J.H. King, Commanding.
| Special Communication 2 (Series 1861 / 2011) |
Headquarters
2nd Brigade, Cleburne’s Division
Galveston, Texas, March 2, 1861
Special Communication: No. 1.
Whereas on February 2 instant, the Texas Secession Convention declared that the State of Texas had seceded from the Federal Union. On February 18, all Federal property within the State was surrender to the Texas Committee on Public Safety by Maj-Gen D.E. Twiggs, U.S. Army, Commanding Department. Furthermore Headquarters has received word that the Congress of the Confederate States of America has prepared an act “That the State of Texas be and is hereby admitted as a member of this Confederacy, upon an equal footing with the other Confederate States.” The act was approved today, March 2, 1861. I think the date fitting as this is Texas Independence Day.
On another somewhat thorny subject, Mr. Lincoln will be inaugurated as President of the Federal Union on March 4, of this week. We will see what circumstances this sets in motion.
Most respectfully,
J.H. King, Commanding.
2nd Brigade, Cleburne’s Division
Galveston, Texas, March 2, 1861
Special Communication: No. 1.
Whereas on February 2 instant, the Texas Secession Convention declared that the State of Texas had seceded from the Federal Union. On February 18, all Federal property within the State was surrender to the Texas Committee on Public Safety by Maj-Gen D.E. Twiggs, U.S. Army, Commanding Department. Furthermore Headquarters has received word that the Congress of the Confederate States of America has prepared an act “That the State of Texas be and is hereby admitted as a member of this Confederacy, upon an equal footing with the other Confederate States.” The act was approved today, March 2, 1861. I think the date fitting as this is Texas Independence Day.
On another somewhat thorny subject, Mr. Lincoln will be inaugurated as President of the Federal Union on March 4, of this week. We will see what circumstances this sets in motion.
Most respectfully,
J.H. King, Commanding.
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