RICHMOND, VA., August 2, 1863.

General JOSEPH E. Johnston, Morton:

Send Evans' brigade without delay to Savannah, Ga., retaining the artillery and horses for the present. *

By the President:

S. COOPER.

Adjutant and Inspector General

SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies; page 1043, Vol. XXIV.

SPECIAL ORDERS,
HEADQUARTERS, Numbers 145.
Morton, Miss., August 3, 1863.

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VIII. The brigade of Brigadier-General Evans, attached to Major-General French's division, with the exception of the artillery and horses, will proceed immediately to Savannah, Ga.

By command of General Johnston:

BENJ. S. EWELL,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies; page 250, Vol. XXVIII.