Egbert B. Brown to Clinton B. Fisk, September 6, 1864

General FIsK, Saint Joseph, Mo.: What news have you? Is your expedition ready? The general desires to hear from you in full. By order: FRANK ENO, Assistant Adjutant-General.

WHITE CLouD, NopAway County, Mo., September 6, 1864. General C. B. FISK, Commanding : Siz: The committee of Nodaway County met on the 5th and reported to you the condition of our county through Rosebury, believing at that time that Captain Gantt’s company would be sufiicient for our protec- tion. On the 6th there was a meeting called to take an expression of the public feeling with regard to driving peaceable citizens from our midst. Captain Gantt was present, but from him we could gain no assurance that those persons who had been ordered to leave would be protected, and I do not think the company can be depended upon, and even expressed themselves opposed to arming these men for self-defense. Two families leave in the morning and others will leave at once if protection is not afforded. I have consulted Colonel Fox, but he cannot attend to raising a company under Order 107. Under these circumstances, I see no alternative but to rely on you for assistance, and assistance should be rendered without delay to produce the desired result. The number ordered to leave White Cloud district is about seventeen, all of whom have families except three. Yours,

respectfully,