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Unknown to Clinton B. Fisk, September 3, 1864
LIBERTY LIBERTY, September 3, 1864. General FIsk: Your telegram just received. I will call in the thirty men in Gallatin Township and other scouts which I have out and be…
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John B. Sanborn to Alfred Pleasonton, September 3, 1864
Saint Louis Saint Louis, September 3, 1864. General PLEASONTON: The general commanding directs me to call your attention to the fact that three farmers of Cooper County have called upon…
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H. M. Hiller to Edwards, September 3, 1864
CAPE GIRARDEAU CAPE GIRARDEAU, September 3, 1864. Captain EDWARDS, New Madrid, Mo.: Shoe up your horses and get as many men as possible ready to move Monday morning. Captain McClanahan…
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Jno. S. Wolfe to J. H. Steger, September 3, 1864
JEFFERSON CITY JEFFERSON CITY, September 3, 1864. Capt. J. H. STEGER, Assistant Adjutant-General : The order of the brigadier-general commanding to hold my mounted force in readiness to march is…
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J. S. Wolfe to J. H. Steger, September 3, 1864
JEFFERSON City JEFFERSON City, September 3, 1864. Capt. J. H. STEGER, Assistant Adjutant-General : I am unofficially informed that Boonville was captured last night by guerrillas. I have ordered the…
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Cc. C. Washburn to William S. Rosecrans, September 3, 1864
MEMPHIS MEMPHIS, September 3, 1864. (Received 5th.) Maj. Gen. W. S. ROSECRANS, Commanding Department of the Missouri: 1 am pretty well satisfied that there is a big raid on foot…
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C. H. Dyer, September 3, 1864
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF LITTLE ROCK, Tittle Rock, Ark., September 3, 1864. COMMANDING OFFICER THIRD KANSAS BATTERY: Sir: By direction of the brigadier-general commanding you will move camp to the south…
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Christopher C. Andrews to C. H. Dyer, September 3, 1864
HDQRS. SECOND DIVISION, SEVENTH ARMY CORPS, Deval’s Bluff, September 3, 1864. Capt. C. H. DYER, Assistant Adjutant-General, Little Rock: The expedition got off soon after sunrise this morning. The time…
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Cyrus Bussey to James F. Dwight, September 3, 1864
HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION, SEVENTH ARMY CORPS, Little Rock, September 3, 1864. Maj. JAMES F. DWIGHT, Chief of Staff: Sir: Your instructions in reference to the pickets have been complied with.…
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James F. Dwight to Cyrus Bussey, September 3, 1864
Tittle Rock, Ark. Tittle Rock, Ark., September 3, 1864. Brig. Gen. Cyrus BUSSEY, Commanding First Division, Seventh Army Corps: GENERAL: In answer to your suggestion that the post troops man…
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K. R. S. Canby to Captain Washburne, September 3, 1864
HEADQUARTERS LA FOURCHE DISTRICT, Thibodeaux, La., September 3, 1864. Captain WASHBURNE, U.S. Navy, Brashear City, La.: A party of some 300 rebels attacked a scouting party near Napoleonville on the…
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Michael K. Lawler to B. Wilson, September 3, 1864
HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES, Morganza, September 3, 1864. Respectfully returned to Brigadier-General Dennis, with the information that Colonel Sheldon’s command will be subject to his orders on the passage to…
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L. A. Sheldon to B. Wilson, September 3, 1864
HEADQUARTERS FIRST BRIGADE, September 3, 1864. September 3, 1864. Respectfully transmitted for the information of Capt. B. Wilson, assistant adjutant-general. L. A. SHELDON, Colonel, Commanding.{Third indorsement.]
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L. A. Sheldon to Respectfully returned, September 3, 1864
Morganza, La. Morganza, La., September 3, 1864. ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, SECOND Div., 19TH ARMY CORPS: CAPTAIN: This morning I received orders from Brigadier-General McGinnis, commanding Third Division, to embark three regiments…
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B. Wilson to Elias S. Dennis, September 3, 1864
HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES, Morganza, La., September 3, 1864. Brigadier-General DENNIS, Commanding Second Division: GENERAL: The general commanding directs that you delay your departure until Colonel Sheldon and Lieutenant-Colonel Crebs…
Order
E.D. Townsend to Maj. Frank W. Marston, September 3, 1864
SPECIAL ORDERS,) WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL’S OFFICE, September 3, 1864. No. 292. Washington, September 3, 1864. 41, Paragraph 39, Special Orders, No. 273, August 17, 1864, from this office,* relieving…
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Cadwallader C. Washburn to E. R. 8. Canby, September 3, 1864
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF WEST TENNESSEE, Memphis, Tenn., September 3, 1864. Maj. Gen. E. R. 8. CANBY, Commanding Military Division of West Mississippi : GENERAL: I have just received a letter…
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William Pfaender to Captain, September 2, 1864
Fort Ridgely Fort Ridgely, September 2, 1864. CAPTAIN: I have just received your dispatch of the 31st ultimo,* and am greatly surprised at the news of Indian troubles on the…
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Henry H. Sibley to John Pope, September 2, 1864
Saint Paul, Minn. Saint Paul, Minn., September 2, 1864. Maj. Gen. JOHN POPE, Milwaukee : GENERAL: I have the honor to inform you that I have received official dispatches from…
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John Pope to Henry H. Sibley, September 2, 1864
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE NORTHWEST, Milwaukee, Wis., September 2, 1864. Brig. Gen. H. H. SIBLEY, Commanding District of Minnesota, Saint Paul: GENERAL: Your dispatch of yesterday has been received and…