Francis Jay Herron was an American soldier who was a Union general during the American Civil War.
Camp at Huntsville Camp at Huntsville, January 9, 1863. General JoHN M. SCHOFIELD, Commanding : GENERAL: I received your dispatch an hour since, and will move my division at an…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE FRONTIER, Rolla, Mo., April 3, 1863. Maj. Gen. SAMUEL R. CURTIS, Commanding Department of the Missouri : GENERAL: I arrived on Tuesday and assumed command Wednesday…
HEADQUARTERS, Saint Louis, Mo., April 7, 1863. General HERRON, Rolla : Colonel Cloud cannot leave Springfield, and I do not think much of Weer’s standing to fight anybody. It is…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE FRONTIER, Rolla, Mo., April 10, 1863. Maj. Gen. SAMUEL R. CURTIS, Saint Louis, Mo.: Colonel Cloud telegraphs me that one of my spies has just arrived…
HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION, Forsyth, Mo., April 10, 1863. Maj. Gen. F. J. HERRON, Commanding, Rolla, Mo. : Your dispatch of the 9th instant is received. My scouting party from Yellville…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE FRONTIER, Rolla, Mo., April 13, 1863. Major-General CURTIS, Commanding Department of the Missouri : GENERAL: I am at a loss to know how I stand with…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE FRONTIER, Rolla, Mo., April 15, 1863. Maj. Gen. SAMUEL R. CURTIS, Commanding Department of the Missouri : GENERAL: It is evident from the rebel movements that…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE FRONTIER, April 20, 1863. ; April 20, 1863. You will bring your infantry frofh Forsyth to Springfield, and move in the direction of Houston, selecting some…
Saint Lovis, Mo. Saint Lovis, Mo., April 21, 1863. Colonel TYLER: Have the Third Iowa and the Third Missouri Cavalry and Stange’s battery put in marching order immediately, ready to…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE FRONTIE£R, Rolla, Mo., April 21, 1863. GENERAL: You will have the First lowa and Eighth Missouri Oavalry in readiness to move at 12 o’clock, without wagons,…
OaIRO OaIRO, April 23, 1863. General ASBOTH: JI will dispatch the first gunboat at my disposal to Cape Girardeau. S. L. PHELPS, Lieutenant-Oommandir of Station, pro tempore. ROuuA, April 24,…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE FRONTIER, Rolla, Mo., April 25, 1863. Brig. Gen. THOMAS EWING, Jr., Leavenworth, Kans. : You are hereby assigned to command of the First Division, Army of…
ROLLA, Mo. ROLLA, Mo., April 26, 1863. Col. WILLIAM WEER, En route to Houston, Springfield, Mo. : Move on from Houston to Salem, keeping your cavalry well out on your…