Letter
C. H. Dyer, September 3, 1864
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF LITTLE ROCK,
Tittle Rock, Ark., September 3, 1864.
COMMANDING OFFICER THIRD KANSAS BATTERY:
Sir: By direction of the brigadier-general commanding you will move camp to the south side of the river and establish yourself near the unfinished earth-works northeast of the penitentiary, near the river bank. Your guns will be put in position so as to command the approaches through the valleys west of the city. The One hundred and twelfth and One hundred and thirteenth Colored Troops are camped near by and will serve as support to your battery.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
C. H. DYER,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Washington, September 3, 1864.
Major-General ROSECRANS:
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Washington, September 3, 1864.
Major-General ROSECRANS:
Orders have been given to mount the Seventeenth Illinois Cavalry.
You will immediately send to General Curtis the Second Regiment
Colorado Cavalry. Report the time of its departure.
You will immediately send to General Curtis the Second Regiment
Colorado Cavalry. Report the time of its departure.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, Pt. 1. Location: Tittle Rock, Ark.. Summary: C. H. Dyer directs the Third Kansas Battery to reposition near Little Rock's riverbank for strategic defense and orders deployment of cavalry regiments to support General Curtis in 1864.
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Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 41, Part 1
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