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46,149 lettersWARRENSBURG WARRENSBURG, September 9, 1864. Maj. O. D. GREENE, Assistant Adjutant-General and Ohief of Staff: The Fanny Ogden will be at Glasgow by to-morrow. Will direct Major Suess to co-operate…
Washington, D. C. Washington, D. C., September 9, 1864. Maj. Gen. A. J. SMITH, Cairo: You will prepare your command to immediately take the field west of the Mississippi against…
HEADQUARTERS NINETEENTH ARMY CORPS, New Orleans, La., September 9, 1864. Maj. GEORGE B. DRAKE, Assistant Adjutant-General, Hdgrs. Department of the Gulf: Masor: In reply to your communication of this date…
HEADQUARTERS DEFENSES OF NEW ORLEANS, New Orleans, September 9, 1864. Brig. Gen. R. A. CAMERON, Commanding La Fourche District: The general commanding directs that a special report be made of…
Saint Louis, Mo. Saint Louis, Mo., September 8, 1864. Colonel MATTHEWS, Sturgeon, Mo.: You can make the exchanges you speak of, in this way and no other: If the guerrillas…
Brunswick, Mo. Brunswick, Mo., September 8, 1864. General C. B. FIsK, GENERAL: The dispositions of my force in accordance with your order has so weakened this post as to render…
SAINT JOSEPH SAINT JOSEPH, September 8, 1864. Col. O. D. GREENE, Assistant Adjutant-General: I understand by General Douglass that the bridges on the North Missouri Railroad are all guarded. I…
Saint Louis, Mo. Saint Louis, Mo., September 8, 1864. General FIsk, Saint Joseph, Mo.: The general commanding deems the safety of the Perruque bridge, on the North Missouri Railroad, of…
Saint Louis Saint Louis, September 8, 1864. General Fisk: Let me hear of your progress in hunting guerrillas. I am not satisfied with what is being done in that quarter.…
BOONVILLE, Mo. BOONVILLE, Mo., September 8, 1864. Capt. J. H. STEGER, Assistant Adjutant-General: Ihave just arrived here with my train. Ifind the guerrillas in small bands. I have divided my…
WARRENSBURG WARRENSBURG, September 8, 1864. Maj. HENRY SUESS, On Board Steamer Fanny Ogden, Glasgow : Disembark your command opposite Glasgow and order them to move direct to this post. You…
Warrensburg, Mo. Warrensburg, Mo., September 8, 1864. Maj. Gen. W. S. ROSECRANS, GENERAL: I have the honor to report that in order to afford some protection to the eastern portion…
Sarnt Louis Sarnt Louis, September 8, 1864. General BROWN, Warrensburg: General Fisk is operating against guerrillas in Howard, Boone, &c., with columns of considerable strength converging upon each other. It…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF THE FRONTIER, Fort Smith, Ark., September 8, 1864. Maj. Gen. F. STEELE, Commanding Department of Arkansas : Srr: This is the first time for the last three…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF THE FRONTIER, Fort Smith, Ark., September 8, 1864. Lieut. Col. W. D. GREEN, Assistant Adjutant-General, Department of Arkansas : Sir: I have delayed sending down the detachment…
Saint Louis, Mo. Saint Louis, Mo., September 8, 1864. General A. J. SMITH, Cairo, Ill.: General Halleck telegraphs that you have General Grant’s orders to operate against Price and will…
PINE BLUFF, ARK. PINE BLUFF, ARK., September 8, 1864. Col. W. D. GREEN, Assistant Adjutant-General, Department of Arkansas: A man representing himself to be a British subject is just in…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, Tittle Rock, Ark., September 8, 1864. Maj. Gen. J. A. MOWER, Devall’s Bluff: GENERAL: I shall be pleased to see you at my headquarters as soon…
HEADQUARTERS DEFENSES OF NEW ORLEANS, New Orleans, September 8, 1864. Brigadier-General CAMERON, Thibodeauz : The general sends you this morning Henry Duker and John Newman, two men employed as guides…
Matamoras Matamoras, September 8, 1864. Maj. Gen. F. J. HERRON, Commanding at Baton Rouge, La. : DEAR Sir: It is now nearly six weeks since you all left us, and,…