Headquarters,
Near Petersburg, July 20, 1864
General S. Cooper,
Adjutant and Inspector General:
General M. L. Smith has been relieved from duty with this army and ordered to report to General Hood.
R E Lee
Source: The War of the Rebellion, Series 1, Volume 40, Part 3, p. 787
Transcribed by Colin Woodward, 2017 July 28