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46,149 lettersSaint Louis Saint Louis, January 28, 1863. General W. P. HALL, Jefferson City: My Dear Sir: have no idea of removing Guitar while he carefully administers his district consistent with…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE FRONTIER, Springfield, January 28, 1863. CoLONEL: By direction of the major-general commanding the Department of the Missouri, my orders of yesterday and to-day directing 84 M.…
Saint Louis Saint Louis, January 28, 1863. Brig. Gen. WILLIS A. GORMAN, Commanding District Eastern Arkansas : GENERAL: I am in receiptof three letters of yours from Devall’s Bluff, and…
HEADQUARTERS POST, Fayetteville, Ark., January 27, 1863. Hon. JOHN S. PHELPS, Military Governor of Arkansas, Planters’ House, Saint Louis, Mo.: An enthusiastic Union meeting was held here to-day ; 1,000…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE FRONTIER, January 27, 1863. ; Springfield, January 27, 1863. Col. J. O. GOWER, Commanding Third Division, Forsyth, Mo.: COLONEL: You will please move your division toward…
Forsyth, Mo. Forsyth, Mo., January 25, 1863. Col. C. W. MarsH, Assistant Adjutant-General: COLONEL: I have the honor to report that we are succeeding very well in crossing the river,…
Saint Louis, Mo. Saint Louis, Mo., January 24, 1863. Maj. Gen. Joun A. MUCLERNAND, Commanding Army of the Mississippi : GENERAL: I am in receipt of yours of the 14th…
Saint Louis, Mo. Saint Louis, Mo., January 24, 1863. Brig. Gen. WILLIS A. GORMAN, Commanding District of Eastern Arkansas : GENERAL: Your dispatch from Devall’s Bluff is duly received. I…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF EASTERN ARKANSAS, Helena, January 24, 1863. Maj. Gen. SAMUEL R. CURTIS, Commanding Department of the Missouri, Saint Louis, Mo.: GENERAL: I am again permanently in position at…
HEADQUARTERS, Houston, Mo., January 24, 1863. Col. N. P. CHIPMAN, Ohief of Staff, Saint Louis, Mo. : COLONEL: The order of the general commanding which refers to paroling officers, dated…
HELENA, ARK. HELENA, ARK., January 23, 1863. Hon. E. M. STANTON. Secretary of War: Srgz: I have the honor to report that I have returned to Helena, bringing with me…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE, January 22, 1863. No. 22. } Memphis, Tenn., January 22, 1863. * * * * * * 2 X. V. In pursuance…
HEADQUARTERS FISK’S BRIGADE, U. S. VOLUNTEERS, Helena, January 22, 1863. Major-General CuRTIS, Saint Louis : My DEAR GENERAL: I am just returned from the White River, and am organizing my…
Washington, D. O. Washington, D. O., January 22, 1863. Maj. Gen. SAMUEL R. OURTIS, Saint Louis, Mo. : GENERAL: The order relating to provost-marshals was transmitted by me precisely as…
Camp on White River Camp on White River, January 21, 1863. Col. WiLLIAM R. JUDSON, Commanding First Brigade: COLONEL: Weare crossing White River very slowly, but it is falling very…
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, January 21, 1863. Major-General CurRTIS, Saint Louis: By direction of the President, Major-General Grant will assume the command of all troops in Arkansas which may be within…
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, January 20, 1863. Major-General Curtis, Soint Louis, Mo.: The order suspending for the present any further action upon assess: ments for damages was not designed to be…
HEADQUARTERS, Warrensburg, January 19, 1863. Brigadier-General LoAN, Commanding District of Central Missouri : GENERAL: Quantrill’s band has again returned, said to number in all from 200 to 500 men. Une…
Camp Curtis, Ark. Camp Curtis, Ark., January 19, 1863. Major General CURTIS, Commanding Department of the Missouri : Sir: As my orders direct me to ‘subsist, as far as possible,…
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, January 19, 1863. If you have been relieved by General Grant, you will report for duty to General Curtis at Saint Louis. HDQRS. 3D BRIG., 1st DIv.,…