Letter
Brigadier-General to Lieutenant-Colonel HILLER, September 5, 1864
HEADQUARTERS SAINT LOUIS DISTRICT,
Saint Louis, Mo., September 5, 1864.
Lieutenant-Colonel HILLER, Commanding Cape Girardeau : I sent you last night by steamer Omaha four companies of infantry. Four companies of cavalry from Pilot Knob will reach Cape Girardeau to-morrow. lLordered Captain Chapman’s company of infantry to go on to New Madrid. If you see fit you may order it to remain at the Major Smith out of your sub-district. I will send you companies from Fletcher’s regiment to take the place of the four companies of infantry sent last night and whose time will soon expire.
THOMAS EWING, J. R.,
Brigadier-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, Pt. 1. Location: Saint Louis, Mo.. Summary: Brigadier-General Thomas Ewing informs Lieutenant-Colonel Hiller of troop movements, including infantry and cavalry deployments, and offers command discretion over company assignments in the Saint Louis District during 1864.
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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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