Letter
H. M. Hiller to Edwards, September 3, 1864
CAPE GIRARDEAU
CAPE GIRARDEAU, September 3, 1864.
Captain EDWARDS, New Madrid, Mo.: Shoe up your horses and get as many men as possible ready to move Monday morning. Captain McClanahan will leave here to-day for Madrid by way of Sikeston. I have ordered thirty of Ewing’s men to leave Charleston to-morrow for Madrid by way of James’ Bayou. As soon as their forces all concentrate I want them to move against Colonel Clark, wherever he may be found. Endeavor to find his locality. In the meantime I will also send a force down from Bloomfield toward Kennett. Let me know as soon as you learn where Clark is. Captain Sells reports him between Kennett and Hornersville with 200 men.
H. M. HILLER,
Tneutenant-Colonel.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, Pt. 1. Location: CAPE GIRARDEAU. Summary: Lieutenant-Colonel Hiller orders Captain Edwards to prepare troops for a coordinated military operation to locate and engage Colonel Clark's forces in southeast Missouri during the Civil War.
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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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