Letter
John W. Davidson to H. Z. Curtis, March 16, 1863
HEADQUARTERS SAINT LOUIS DISTRICT,
Saint Louis, Mo., March 16, 1863.
Maj. H. Z. CURTIS, Adjutant-General, Department of the Missours :
Masor: The accompanying dispatch is respectfully inclosed for the eneral. is McNeil will have, or ought to have, to-day 2,500 men at Bloomfield ; so I see no occasion for his stampede. He is ordered to throw up a redoubt, fell abatis, put his guns in position, and hold Bloomfield against Marmaduke’s ragamuffins. I apprehend no other result but success for him, as at present strengthened.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
J. W. DAVIDSON,
Brigadier-General, Commanding.
P. S.—There is a regiment of infantry at Girardeau, and Waring's
regiment of cavalry is on its way now to McNeil.
Brigadier-General, Commanding.
P. S.—There is a regiment of infantry at Girardeau, and Waring's
regiment of cavalry is on its way now to McNeil.
[Inclosure.]
OAPE GIRARDEAU, March 15, 1863—10 a. m.
H. ©. FILLEBROWN,
Assistant Adjutant-General :
OAPE GIRARDEAU, March 15, 1863—10 a. m.
H. ©. FILLEBROWN,
Assistant Adjutant-General :
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, Pt. 1. Location: Saint Louis, Mo.. Summary: Brigadier General J. W. Davidson orders Major H. Z. Curtis to reinforce and fortify Bloomfield with 2,500 men to resist Confederate forces under Marmaduke during the Civil War.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 22, Part 1
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