Letter
Frederic Speed to R, A. Cameron, September 10, 1864
HEADQUARTERS DEFENSES OF NEW ORLEANS,
New Orleans, September 10, 1864.
Brig. Gen. R, A. CAMERON, Commanding La Fourche District:
The general commanding directs me to inform you that near the junction of Little Bayou Pigeon and Grand River is where a large party of the rebels rendezvous. They run a mail through there from the La Fourche twice a week. The general intended to have a combined expedition of army and navy to clear out that place and catch them, if possible, but the navy got their boat in Pigeon Bayou before notifying him, so that the junction has not been made; but he is glad that the navy has met with some success.
respectfully,
FREDERIC SPEED,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
HEADQUARTERS LA FoURCHE DISTRICT,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
HEADQUARTERS LA FoURCHE DISTRICT,
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, Pt. 1. Location: New Orleans. Summary: Frederic Speed informs Brig. Gen. R. A. Cameron of a rebel rendezvous near Little Bayou Pigeon and Grand River, noting a disrupted joint army-navy expedition but acknowledging naval success.
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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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