Letter
Fredk. Steele to Luke O'reilly, September 6, 1864
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS,
Little Rock, Ark., September 6, 1864.
Lieut. LUKE O’REILLY, Aide-de-Camp, General Mower’s Staff: Please direct the cavalry division under Colonel Winslow to cross at Clarendon and come up on this side of Devall’s Bluff. They would save ten miles by coming direct to Brownsville, from whence an expedition against Fagan and Shelby will be fitted out. They will find good grazing on this route. General Andrews will send a guide with you. Distance to Brownsville is about thirty miles. The road on north side of White River to Augusta involves several bad crossings. Water is very scarce, and no forage. Some forage can be sent to Clarendon and more obtained at Brownsville.
FREDK. STEELE,
Major-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, Pt. 1. Location: Little Rock, Ark.. Summary: Major-General Fredk. Steele instructs Lieutenant Luke O'Reilly to direct Colonel Winslow's cavalry to cross at Clarendon and proceed to Brownsville to prepare an expedition against Fagan and Shelby.
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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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