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17,141 lettersSPRINGFIELD SPRINGFIELD, March 22, 1863. Maj. Gen. SAMUEL R. CURTIS, Commanding Department of the Missouri: An intelligent scout just arrived from Texas reports large bodies of Union men lying out…
Camp Gladden Valley, Mo. Camp Gladden Valley, Mo., March 21, 1863. Col. C. W. MARSH, Assistant Adjutant-General, Army of the Frontier : COLONEL: I am directed by the colonel commanding…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE FRONTIER, Rolla, Mo., March 21, 1863. GENERAL: It is still reported that Marmaduke intends making another raid in some direction; what, does not appear. He may…
Camp at Bloomfield, Mo. Camp at Bloomfield, Mo., March 20, 1863. Capt. H. 0. FitLEBROWN, Assistant Adjutant-General: Oaprain: I reached General McNeil’s headquarters at noon yesterday, and find there the…
HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT, Little Rock, March 12, 1863. Acting Rear-Admiral Davin D. PORTER: Sir: I have received a paper said to have been posted in the village of Columbia, by…
HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT, Thttle Rock, March 13, 1863. Commanding Officer United States Forces, Helena, Ark. : Sir: I have the honor to transmit to you under flag of truce an…
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH KANSAS REGIMENT, Camp Vandever, March 19, 1863. [Commanding Officer District of Eastern Arkansas :] GENERAL: I have the honor of forwarding to you a communication addressed ” Commanding…
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…
Camp Spring Valley, Texas County, Mo. Camp Spring Valley, Texas County, Mo., March 18, 1863. Col. O. C. W. MARsH, Assistant Adjutant-General, Army of the Frontier : COLONEL: The colonel…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE NORTHWEST, March 17, 1863. Milwaukee; Wis., March 17, 1863. Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK, General-in-Ohieft, Washington, D. C.: GENERAL: I transmit inelosed a letter which General…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE FRONTIER, Lebanon, Mo., March 17, 1863. Col. W. F. GEIGER, Commanding Third Division: COLONEL: I am directed by the commanding general to inform you that these…
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.…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, March 16, 1863. your removal. I have no knowledge, official or unofficial, in regard to the allegations of that letter. I saw it stated in…
LEBANON LEBANON, March 15, 1863. Col. WILLIAM WEER, Commanding First Division, near Mount Vernon: I have reason to apprehend an attack upon the force at Forsyth by Marmaduke’s force. You…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE FRONTIER, Lebanon, March 15, 1863. Col. W. F. GEIGER, Commanding Third Division : CoLONEL: Information received by way of Helena is to the effect that McCulloch…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE FRONTIER, Lebanon, March 15, 1863. Brigadier-General ToTTEN, Commanding Second Division, Camp on Elk Oreek: GENERAL: I am informed by General Curtis that he has information, via…
HEADQUARTERS EIGHTH AND NINTH DISTRICTS, In the Field, Arkansas, March 12, 1863. Sir: For the past two days I have been in shape, expecting attack. Cabell came up a few…
Fort Soort, Kans. Fort Soort, Kans., March 10, 1863. Maj. Gen. SAMUEL R. CURTIS, Commanding Department of the Missouri : GENERAL: Colonel Phillips has doubtless kept you advised of the…
HEADQUARTERS, Saint Louis, March 9, 1863. From information received from Bloomfield and Jericho, there is danger of an attack by 4,000 troops, under Jeff. Thompson, upon New Madrid. If it…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRIOT OF COLUMBUS, March 9, 1863. March 9, 1863. Major-General HURLBUT, Oommanding Sixteenth Army Oorps, Memphis, Tenn. : I have just received the following telegram :