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17,141 lettersSEDALIA SEDALIA, September 4, 1864. Captain STEGER, Assistant Adjutant-General: The reason of my not following up was simply because I could not secure the co-operation of Lieutenant Stephens, commander of…
SEDALIA SEDALIA, September 4, 1864. Captain STEGER, Assistant Adjutant-General: I got in last night from a scout. The men that robbed Tipton were eighty-eight strong, commanded by Todd. I found…
HEADQUARTERS SAINT LOUIS DISTRICT, Saint Louis, Mo., September 4, 1864. Major WILSON, Commanding Pilot Knob, Mo.: Send five best companies of cavalry to Cape Girardeau at once. If you think…
BROWNSVILLE BROWNSVILLE, September 4, 1864. (Received 6 p. m.) General CARR: I have the honor to transmit the following: AUSTIN, September 4, 1864—10 a. m. General Carr: Your dispatch of…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF LITTLE ROCK, Little Rock, Ark., September 4, 1864. Brig. Gen. J. R. WEST, Commanding Expedition: (Via Brownsville.) General Steele has ordered Colonel Graves with his command to…
Little Rock, Ark. Little Rock, Ark., September 4, 1864. Col. J. F. RITTER, rf First Missouri Cav., Comdg. Third Brig., First Div.: CoLONEL: You will send at once all the…
Inttle Rock, Ark. Inttle Rock, Ark., September 4, 1864. Capt. C. H. DYER, Assistant Adjutant-General: Sir: Captain Kehoe returned to camp last night, having gone within three miles of Benton,…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, &C., Tittle Rock, September 4, 1864. Commanding, Little Rock : GENERAL: The major-general commanding directs me to say to you that he has instructed General Andrews…
HEADQUARTERS DEFENSES OF NEW ORLEANS, New Orleans, September 4, 1864. Brig. Gen. R. A. CAMERON, Commanding La Fourche District : The general commanding directs me to acknowledge the receipt of…
Saint Paul, Minn. Saint Paul, Minn., September 3, 1864. Maj. JOHN CLOWNEY, Commanding Fort Wadsworth : Mayor: Your dispatches of 22d and 26th ultimo have been received, and General Sibley…
Saint Louis, Mo. Saint Louis, Mo., September 3, 1864. Colonel FORBES, Macon City: Form your plans at once and communicate them to General Fisk and also to me. What is…
Macon, Mo. Macon, Mo., September 3, 1864. General ROSECRANS: I have about 800 men here without anything to fight with. Ireceived a dispatch yesterday that 500 stand of arms were…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…