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Samuel R. Curtis to Chivington, September 2, 1864
PLUM CREEK PLUM CREEK, September 2, 1864. Colonel CHIVINGTON: If Latham is a good point Camp Collins might be dispensed with. If you think the 100-days’ men will do send…
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James G. Blunt to S. S. Curtis, September 2, 1864
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF THE UPPER ARKANSAS, Fort Riley, September 2, 1864. Maj. S. S. CURTIS, Aide-de-Camp, Department of Kansas : Mason: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of…
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S. R. Curtis, September 2, 1864
FIELD HEADQUARTERS FRONTIER, In the Field, Plum Creek, Platte Valley, September 2, 1864. For convenience of a movement against Indians, the following arrangement of troops in this vicinity is temporarily…
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Chas. D. Ludwig to Lieutenant, September 2, 1864
Fulton, Mo. Fulton, Mo., September 2, 1864. LIEUTENANT: I have the honor herewith to submit to you my monthly report. During the past month the bushwhackers have been more troublesome…
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H. Hilliard to Clinton B. Fisk, September 2, 1864
WESTON WESTON, September 2, 1864. General Fisk: Gordon has gone north toward the Iowa line—the only whacker of any prominence now left to engage our attention except Capt. William Downing.…
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James P. Major to Clinton B. Fisk, September 2, 1864
Saint Louis Saint Louis, September 2, 1864. General FIsk: You have ample force already if properly disposed and used. There is abundance of bread-consuming, marauding, and traveling about, but no…
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Clinton B. Fisk to Bonn, September 2, 1864
SAINT JOSEPH SAINT JOSEPH, September 2, 1864. Major Bonn, Aide-de-Camp : _ Catherwood is not in my district. He is now in Saint Louis recruiting. I have only a portion…
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William S. Rosecrans to Clinton B. Fisk, September 2, 1864
Saint Louis Saint Louis, September 2, 1864. General FIsk: A man named Gilstrap is reported to be in Howard and Randolph under the pretense of being a recruiting officer, committing…
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Brigadier-General Brown to J. H. Steger, September 2, 1864
Warrensburg Warrensburg, September 2, 1864. Major Kelly, with three companies of Fourth Missouri Militia, at Tabo and Higgins’ farm, and the two companies at Chapel Hill, has been ordered to…
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B. F. Lazear to Major SuEss, September 2, 1864
Saint Louis Saint Louis, September 2, 1864. Major SuEss, Glasgow: I have no report of the capture of this boat or of the doings of the captors. Report by telegraph…
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William S. Rosecrans to John McNeil, September 2, 1864
Saint Louis Saint Louis, September 2, 1864. General MCNEIL, Rolla, Mo.: If the two companies Ninth Missouri State Militia Cavalry have not gone to Jefferson retain them and send sufficient…
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John McNeil to HuDson, September 2, 1864
Rouua, Mo. Rouua, Mo., September 2, 1864. Captain HuDson, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General : A heavy commissary train of 100 wagons loaded with stores, for which the commissary at Springfield, Mo.,…
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John McNeil to E. McK. Hupson, September 2, 1864
ROLLA, Mo. ROLLA, Mo., September 2, 1864. Capt. E. McK. Hupson, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General : The two companies of the Ninth Missouri State Militia Cavalry will march to-morrow morning for…
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H. M. Hiller to EWwIne, September 2, 1864
CAPE GIRARDEAU CAPE GIRARDEAU, September 2, 1864. Captain EWwIne, Charleston, Mo.: Captain Edwards says he caught a guerrilla to-day who he scared into confessing that 1,500 rebels under Major Smith…
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Brigadier-General to Lieutenant-Colonel HILLER, September 2, 1864
HEADQUARTERS SAINT LOUIS DISTRICT, Saint Louis, Mo., September 2, 1864. Lieutenant-Colonel HILLER, Cape Girardeau, Mo. : Strengthen New Madrid, unless you feel it perfectly secure. As to this telegraph me.…
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T. Ewing, J. R to O. D. Greene, September 2, 1864
Saint Louis, Mo. Saint Louis, Mo., September 2, 1864. Assistant Adjutant-General, Department of the Missouri: In compliance with instructions of August 5, from department headquarters, have the honor to transmit…
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William S. Rosecrans to Henry W. Halleck, September 2, 1864
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, September 2, 1864. September 2, 1864. CHIEF OF ORDNANCE: The Secretary of War directs that 5,000 stand of arms and accouterments be issued to the State…
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Cadwallader C. Washburn to William S. Rosecrans, September 2, 1864
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF WEST TENNESSEE, Memphis, Tenn., September 2, 1864. Maj. Gen. W. 8. ROSECRANS, GENERAL: Advices from Devall’s Bluff, under date of the 25th ultimo,* represent that Shelby had…
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Cadwallader C. Washburn to Edward R. S. Canby, September 2, 1864
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF WEST TENNESSEE, Memphis, Tenn., September 2, 1864. Maj. Gen. E. R. S. CANBY, GENERAL: Advices from Devall’s Bluff, under date the 25th ultimo,* represent that Shelby had…
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Thos. O. Selfridge to N. J.t. Dana, September 2, 1864
f U.S.S. VinpicaTor f U.S.S. VinpicaTor, September 2, 1864. Maj. Gen. N. J.T. DANA, Commanding U. 8. Forces, Vicksburg and vicinity : GENERAL: Three deserters came into one of our…