Letter
Eugene A. Carr to Joseph R. West, September 4, 1864
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF LITTLE ROCK,
Little Rock, Ark., September 4, 1864.
Brig. Gen. J. R. WEST, Commanding Expedition: (Via Brownsville.)
General Steele has ordered Colonel Graves with his command to return to Devall’s Bluff. You will return to the vicinity of Austin with your command and from your position watch Shelby’s movements. Rations will be sent to you at Austin. It is reported that the enemy is moving on this place and that a portion of their forces has crossed the Saline at Benton.
By order of Brig. Gen. E. A. Carr:
C. H. DYER,
Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General.
Col. G. MOYERS,
Brownsville :
Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General.
Col. G. MOYERS,
Brownsville :
The general directs that you send the above dispatch to General from moving toward Grand Glaize. Be sure and not have this dispatch
to General West captured.
to General West captured.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, Pt. 1. Location: Little Rock, Ark.. Summary: Brig. Gen. E. A. Carr orders Brig. Gen. J. R. West to reposition near Austin to monitor enemy movements and coordinate with Colonel Graves amid reported Confederate advances in Arkansas.
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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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