Letter
John W. Davidson to H. Z. Curtis, March 19, 1863
HEADQUARTERS SAINT LOUIS DISTRICT,
Saint Louis, March 19, 1863.
Maj. H. Z. CuRTIS, Assistant Adjutant-General, Department of the Missouri :
Magsor: In answer to your communication of yesterday,* I have the honor to inform you that the following-named regiments and battery and detachment, with their commanders, have left this district for Major-General Grant’s army: Brig. Gen. E A. Carr, Brig. Gen. William P. Benton; Highth Indiana Infantry, Col. David Shunk; Highteenth Indiana Infantry, Col. H. D. Washburn; Eleventh Wisconsin Infantry, Col. C. L. Harris; Thirty-third Illinois Infantry, Col. C. E. Lippincott; Ninety-ninth Ilinois Infantry, Col. G. W. K. Bailey; Twenty-first Iowa Infantry, Col. S. Merrill; Twenty-second Iowa In-
your obedient servant,
J. W. DAVIDSON,
Brigadier-General, Commanding.
HpDQRS. 8TH AND 9TH DisTs., DEPT. OF THE Missouri,
In the Field, Camp Moonlight, Ark., March 19, 1863.
Brigadier-General, Commanding.
HpDQRS. 8TH AND 9TH DisTs., DEPT. OF THE Missouri,
In the Field, Camp Moonlight, Ark., March 19, 1863.
Major-General BLUNT:
I am in camp 20 miles east of Hildebrand's Mill, east of Camp Babcock, in supporting distance of Fayetteville and Hildebrand's, where
I have made a post. It holds all the upper part of the Nation. The
only good mill, and where I can saw pine lumber for bridges and boats.
I am in camp 20 miles east of Hildebrand's Mill, east of Camp Babcock, in supporting distance of Fayetteville and Hildebrand's, where
I have made a post. It holds all the upper part of the Nation. The
only good mill, and where I can saw pine lumber for bridges and boats.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, Pt. 1. Location: Saint Louis. Summary: Brigadier General J. W. Davidson reports to Major H. Z. Curtis the deployment of multiple regiments and commanders from the St. Louis District to support Major-General Grant's army in March 1863.
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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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