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HDQRS. DIST. OF TEXAS, NEW MEXICO, AND ARIZONA,
ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL,
SIR: I have the honor to state that Colonel Gould's (Twenty-third) regiment of Texas cavalry, now stationed at or near Clarksville, Red River County, Tex., is at this time very much required for service in this district. I have reliable information in regard to the fleet which sailed from New York under General Banks, and am expecting that expedition in Galveston Bay or the Rio Grande daily. It consists of Corcoran's Legion, of about 6,000 men, and two Maine regiments. I will require as much force as I can possibly muster to meet them, and have earnestly to request that this regiment be left in the State subject to my orders, and for the purpose of saving time be ordered to report without delay at Columbus, Colorado County, Tex. The above is but the first installment of General Bank's command.
J. BANKHEAD MAGRUDER,
SOURCE: Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, Series 1, Volume 15, pg. 886
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