War of the Rebellion: from the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies and Navies
    

Brragg assumes command – Confederate Correspondence

ORDERS,

No. 1

PENSACOLA, FLA.,
March 11, 1861.

I. In compliance with Special Orders No. 1 from the War Department, Confederate States of America, dated at Montgomery, Ala., March 7, 1861, Brigadier-General Bragg assumes the command of all troops in the service of said States in the vicinity of Pensacola. His headquarters will be at Fort Barrancas.

BRAXTON BRAGG,

Brigadier-General, Commanding.

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