Letter
Brigadier-General Brown to E. P. Elmer, September 6, 1864
Warrensburg
Warrensburg, September 6, 1864.
Capt. E. P. ELMER, Commanding, Pleasant Hill:
Reliable information is received that Todd’s band have broken up into parties of forty or fifty and are moving west. A band of fifty camped seven miles north of Marshall on night of 4th instant. Another band of forty passed south of Waverly on same night, going west. Look out for them.
By command of Brigadier-General Brown:
J. H. STEGER,
Assistant Adjutant-General,
Saint Louis, September 6, 1864.
Assistant Adjutant-General,
Saint Louis, September 6, 1864.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, Pt. 1. Location: Warrensburg. Summary: Brigadier-General Brown informs Captain E. P. Elmer of dispersed hostile groups led by Todd moving westward near Marshall and Waverly, advising vigilance and caution.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 41, Part 1
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