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as Chief of Staff, Department No. 2, Braxton Bragg commanding; October 16, 1863, by
General Orders No. 2, Department of Tennessee, relieved as Chief of Staff; November 4,
1863, by Special Orders No. 235, Headquarters Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana.
assigned lo the command of the brigades lately commanded by Brigadier-General Herbert;

January 26, 1864, by General Orders No. 6, Department of Tennessee, announced as Chief
of Staff to General Joseph E. Johnston : July 24, 1864, by Special Field Orders No. 56,
Headquarters Army of Tennessee, relieved from duty as Chief of Staff at his own request.
Brigadier-General W. W. Mackall was engaged in the battle of Madrid Bend and Island
No. 10, April 1-6, 1862, at which time he was captured. General Beauregard, in a letter to
General S. Cooper, dated Jackson, Tennessee, February 24, 1862, says : " The services of

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Colonel Mackall as a division commander I consider indispensable at this critical juncture.
My health is such as to make it essential for me to have as many trained experienced officers
to aid me as practicable."

General Beauregard, in a letter to Mackall, dated August 22, 1862, says : " I am happy
to hear of your safe return to the Confederacy, and hope you will soon receive a command
commensurate with your merit. .... I hope to report for duty on or about the first
proximo, when I would be most happy to have you under my orders should you desire to
serve under me again."