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Executive Department, March 15, 1862.

To the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

I transmit herewith an official report of the engagement at Coosaw River,^[1] January 1, 1862.

Jefferson Davis.

Executive Department, March 17, 1862.

To the President of the Senate.

I have appointed Burton N. Harrison, of Mississippi, my Private Secretary in the place of Robert Josselyn, resigned.

Jefferson Davis.

Executive Department, March 18, 1862.

To the Honorable the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Sir: I herewith transmit a communication from the Secretary of War, relative to a resolution of the 14th inst., requesting a copy of General George B. Crittenden's report of the battle of Fishing Creek.

Jefferson Davis.

Executive Department, March 18, 1862.

To the Honorable the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

I herewith transmit a communication from the Secretary of War, relative to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 12th inst., requesting a copy of the report of Major General Braxton Bragg, of the bombardment of Pensacola on the 22d and 23d of November last.

Jefferson Davis.

Executive Department, March 18, 1862.

To the Honorable the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

I herewith inclose a report of the Secretary of War, supplementary to a report heretofore made by him to the House of Representatives, and referred to in that document.

Jefferson Davis.

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1. Port Royal Ferry, S. C.