Letter
Brigadier-General Brown to Henry Suess, September 9, 1864
HEADQUARTERS,
Warrensburg, September 9, 1864.
Maj. HENRY SUESS, On Board Steamer Fanny Ogden, Glasgow:
The following received from department headquarters last night:
General Fisk is operating against guerrillas in Howard and Boone, &c., with columns of considerable strength converging upon each other. It is hoped and to be expected that his movements will result in routing out a number of the rascals
who may attempt to cross the river anywhere from Glasgow down. O. D. GREENE,
Assistant Adjutant-General and Chief of Staff.
The order directing that you disembark your command is hereby annulled. You will act in accordance with the above information.
By command of Brigadier-General Brown:
J. H. STEGER,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
KNOBNOSTER, September 9, 1864.
Brigadier-General BROWN:
Assistant Adjutant-General.
KNOBNOSTER, September 9, 1864.
Brigadier-General BROWN:
About sixty rebels passed fifteen miles north of here yesterday,
going east. Commander not known.
WARRENSBURG, September 9, 1864.
going east. Commander not known.
WARRENSBURG, September 9, 1864.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, Pt. 1. Location: Warrensburg. Summary: Brigadier-General Brown informs Major Henry Suess to cancel his disembarkation order and coordinate with General Fisk's operations against guerrillas near Glasgow, anticipating their routing.
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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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