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46,149 lettersFAYETTEVILLE, ARK. FAYETTEVILLE, ARK., April 23, 1863. General OURTIS: Can we be re-enforced, and that immediately? We can never hole this place without artillery and horses. There is no use…
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. SPRINGFIELD, Mo., April 23, 1863. Maj. H. Z. CurrTIs, Assistant Adjutant-General, Saint Louis : Major Eno, commanding at Newtonia, reports having surprised and broken up two rebel camps…
Saint Louis, Mo. Saint Louis, Mo., April 23, 1863. General HERRON: The enemy seems to have moved east from Patterson. Halt your columns, and have three regiments eral ae nal…
HEADQUARTERS, Saint Louis, Mo., April 23, 1863. General HERRON, Rolla: Remain at Daylight. McNeilis safeat Cape Girardeau. The enemy, it seems to me, must fall back from Fredericktown, as I…
HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION, Springfield, Mo., April 22, 1863. One of my scouting parties to Talbot’s Ferry reports that Price is moving up the Arkansas River. I can hardly credit this…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRIOT OF KANSAS, Fort Leavenworth, Kans., April 22, 1863. Maj. Gen. SAMUEL R. CURTIS, Commanding Department of the Missouri : GENERAL: I have information that some 2,000 or 3,000…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE FRONTIE£R, Rolla, Mo., April 21, 1863. GENERAL: You will have the First lowa and Eighth Missouri Oavalry in readiness to move at 12 o’clock, without wagons,…
Saint Lovis, Mo. Saint Lovis, Mo., April 21, 1863. Colonel TYLER: Have the Third Iowa and the Third Missouri Cavalry and Stange’s battery put in marching order immediately, ready to…
Sant Louis, Mo. Sant Louis, Mo., April 21, 1863. Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK, General-in-Chief : Colonel! Smart, commanding a picket at Patterson, was approached by a large force yesterday…
Sart Louis, Mo. Sart Louis, Mo., April 20, 1863. Colonel TYLER : You stay where the depot is and protect that. The rebels are fighting for supplies. Bring the 24-pounder…
Prtot Kno Prtot Kno, April 20, 1863. General Davipson, Saint Louis : A messenger from Colonel Smart says the rebels, under Marmaduke, are fighting with about 4,000 men and artillery,…
ROLLA, Mo. ROLLA, Mo., April 20, 1863. Brig. Gen. W. W. ORME, Commanding Third Division, Army of the Frontier : GENERAL: The major-general commanding directs that your division be at…
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. SPRINGFIELD, Mo., April 20, 1863. Maj. Gen. SAMUEL R. CURTIS, Commanding Department, Saint Louis : Parties of 200 and 300 are continually passing into the southwest portion of…
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. SPRINGFIELD, Mo., April 20, 1863. Colonel SALOMON: DEAR Sie: General Herron consents that the infantry be moved to Springfield. You will, therefore, start them as soon as possible,…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE FRONTIER, April 20, 1863. ; April 20, 1863. You will bring your infantry frofh Forsyth to Springfield, and move in the direction of Houston, selecting some…
BLOOMFIELD BLOOMFIELD, April 20, 1863. Brig. Gen. J. W. DAVIDSON, Commanding Saint Louis District of Missouri: GENERAL: I have the honor to inclose you report of Major [Hiram M.] Hiller…
GENERAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF KANSAS, April 18, 1863. No. 10. } Fort Leavenworth, Kans., April 18, 1863. L Martial law is hereby abolished in the city of Leavenworth, Kans.,…
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, April 18, 1863. Governor SAUNDERS, Omaha, Nebr. : It was the opinion of military officers in the West that the Nebraska cavalry could be spared to operate…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF KANSAS, Fort Leavenworth, Kans., April 17, 1863. Maj. Gen. SAMUEL R. OURTIS, Commanding Department of the Missouri : GENERAL: Recent telegraphic dispatches from Colonel Phillips (a synopsis…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRIOT OF KANSAS, Fort Leavenworth, April 16, 1863. Col. E. LYNDE Commanding Ninth Regiment Kansas Volunteers : COLONEL: The western tier of counties of the State of Missouri, lying…