Letter
J. S. Wolfe to J. H. Steger, September 1, 1864
JEFFERSON CiTy
JEFFERSON CiTy, September 1, 1864.
Capt. J. H. STEGER, Assistant Adjutant-General: By direction of Brigadier-General Douglass, Captain Carey, commanding at Columbia, Boone County, advises me that 360 rebels, mostly recruits, are in two camps near Providence, in Boone County, and requests me to co-operate with himself and Major Leonard, of Howard County, against these camps. Shall I go?
J. S. WOLFE,
Colonel, Commanding.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, Pt. 1. Location: JEFFERSON CiTy. Summary: Colonel Wolfe requests permission from Captain Steger to join forces with local commanders in attacking two camps of 360 mostly rebel recruits near Providence, Boone County, in 1864.
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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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