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17,141 lettersSAINT JOSEPH, Mo. SAINT JOSEPH, Mo., September 7, 1864. Capt. FRANK ENO, Assistant Adjutant-General : I have the honor to report the following disposition of troops made and rapidly progressing:…
Saint Louis, Mo. Saint Louis, Mo., September 7, 1864. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General: A fact proper to be known in connection with others previously reported to the Secretary…
OFFICE CHIEF OF CAVALRY, DEPT. OF ARKANSAS, Little Rock, Ark., September 7, 1864. Assistant Adjutant-General, Department of Arkansas : COLONEL: Pursuant to Special Orders, ters, I have the honor to…
Devalls Bluff Devalls Bluff, September 7, 1864. Colonel MooRE, Commanding Second Brigade, Smith’s Division: The general commanding directs that you ship your brigade on board the train for Brownsville to-day.…
Devalls Bluff Devalls Bluff, September 7, 1864. Colonel Moore, Commanding Second Brigade, Smith’s Division: The general commanding directs me to inform you that the cars will move down near your…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF EASTERN ARKANSAS, Helena, Ark., September 7, 1864. Maj. W. H. MorGan, Assistant Adjutant-General: I inclose a letter from Captain Ferree, commanding Island 63. I have sent the…
LitTLE Rook LitTLE Rook, September 7, 1864. Maj. Gen. C. C. WASHBURN, Memphis : General Mower has reported from Saint Charles and Colonel Winslow from Clarendon. I have ordered Mower…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF WEST TENNESSEE, Memphis, Tenn., September 7, 1864. Maj. Gen. E. R. S. CAnsy, GENERAL: I have just received the inclosed from Brig. Gen. ©. C. Andrews, commanding…
Saint Paul, Minn. Saint Paul, Minn., September 6, 1864. Maj. JOHN CLOWNEY, Commanding Thirtieth Wisconsin Volunteers: Masor: Should you be on your way down with the other companies of your…
Saint Paul, Minn. Saint Paul, Minn., September 6, 1864. Maj. Gen. JOHN POPE, Milwaukee : GENERAL: I have the honor to state that your dispatches by telegraph of 5th instant…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE NORTHWEST, Milwaukee, Wis., September 6, 1864. Brig. Gen. H. H. SIBLEY, Commanding District of Minnesota, Saint Paul: GENERAL: The major-general commanding directs that you join the…
Sarnt Louis Sarnt Louis, September 6, 1864. General FIsK, Saint Joseph, Mo.: What news have you? Is your expedition ready? The general desires to hear from you in full. By…
Saint Louis Saint Louis, September 6, 1864. General Fisk Saint Joseph, Mo.: The general commanding has reliable intelligence that Quantrill with three men crossed to the north side of the…
JEFFERSON CiTy JEFFERSON CiTy, September 6, 1864. Capt. FRANK ENO, Assistant Adjutant-General: No news from General Brown. Lines down between here and Warrensburg. Guerrillas thick up the river about Rocheport.…
Warrensburg Warrensburg, September 6, 1864. Capt. E. P. ELMER, Commanding, Pleasant Hill: Reliable information is received that Todd’s band have broken up into parties of forty or fifty and are…
PAOLA, KAns. PAOLA, KAns., September 6, 1864. Colonel Forp, Kansas Oity, Mo.: I have also heard rumors of a camp on Grand River, in Henry County. I have no scouts…
HEADQUARTERS SECOND SUB-DISTRICT, In the Field, September 6, 1864. Capt. J. H. STEGER, Assistant Adjutant-General, District of Central Missouri : CAPTAIN: [have the honor to report that since my report…
OFFICE OF TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEER, September 6, 1864. September 6, 1864, Capt. James H. STEGER, Assistent Adjutant-General : Srr: I would respectfully report for the information of the general commanding district…
LITTLE Rock, ARK. LITTLE Rock, ARK., September 6, 1864. Maj. Gen. C. C. WASHBURN, Memphis, Tenn.: GENERAL: The rebel cavalry under Fagan, reported from 3,000 to 4,000, with a large…
OFFICE CHIEF OF CAVALRY, DEPT. OF ARKANSAS, September 6, 1864. . Little Rock, Ark., September 6, 1864. Brig. Gen. JOHN W. DAVIDSON, Chief of Cav., Mil. Div. of West Miss.,…