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Cyrus Bussey to J. F. Ritter, September 2, 1864
Tittle Rock, Ark. Tittle Rock, Ark., September 2, 1864. Col. J. F. RITTER, Commanding Third Brigade, &ec.: Sir: You will order all the available cavalry of your command to the…
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Frederick Steele to J. R. Grace, September 2, 1864
LITTLE Rock LITTLE Rock, September 2, 1864. Capt. J. R. GRACE: CaprTain: I have ordered several expeditions fitted out against Shelby. Nothing has been accomplished yet. General West is probably…
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Michael K. Lawler to B. Wilson, September 2, 1864
SPECIAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES, September 2, 1864. No. 53. } Morganza, La., September 2, 1864. * * * * * * * VII. The Second Division, Nineteenth Corps,…
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C. Farrington to J. R. Parsons, September 2, 1864
NEW ORLEANS NEW ORLEANS, September 2, 1864. Maj. J. R. PARSONS, Donaldsonville, La. : The major-general commanding the Nineteenth Army Corps directs that you will embark so much of your…
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C. Farrington to George B. Drake, September 2, 1864
THIBODEAUX THIBODEAUX, September 2, 1864. (Received 11.25 a. m.) Maj. GEORGE B. DRAKE, Assistant Adjutant-General : Colonel Harris, in a letter dated yesterday, says that colored persons just in report…
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H. H. Sibley, September 1, 1864
Saint Paul, Minn. Saint Paul, Minn., September 1, 1864. GENERAL: I have the honor to state that official dispatches report the murder by twenty-one Sioux Indians of two men outright…
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John Pope to Henry W. Halleck, September 1, 1864
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE NORTHWEST, Milwaukee, Wis., September 1, 1864. Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK, Chief of Staff of the Army, Washington, D. C.: GENERAL: I have the honor to…
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Colonel Moonlight to Henry Pearce, September 1, 1864
Paola Paola, September 1, 1864. Capt. HENRY PEARCE, Company C, Eleventh Kans. Vol. Cav., Coldwater Grove, Kans. : OAPTAIN: Lieut. Col. P. B. Plumb hzs made the following change in…
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George Sykes to Frank Eno, September 1, 1864
SAInT JOSEPH SAInT JOSEPH, September 1, 1864. Capt. FRANK ENO, Assistant Adjutant-General: I am concentrating the First lowa Cavalry Volunteers at Mexico to await orders from department headquarters. G. B:FISK,…
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William S. Rosecrans to M. Burris, September 1, 1864
WARRENSBURG WARRENSBURG, September 1, 1864. Capt. M. BuRRIS, Lexington: Hold your mounted force in readiness to move, with ten days’ rations, at a moment’s notice. Acknowledge receipt. By order: J.…
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Milton Burris to J. H. Steger, September 1, 1864
LEXINGTON LEXINGTON, September 1, 1864. Capt. J. H. STEGER, Assistant Adjutant-General: Sir: Company F, First Missouri State Militia Cavalry, is at Marshall, without rations. Their rations arehere. Colonel Lazear ordered…
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M. Burris to J. H. Steger, September 1, 1864
LEXINGTON LEXINGTON, September 1, 1864. Capt. J. H. STEGER, Assistant Adjutant-General : Major Suess is below Lexington. Expected here this or to-morrow evening. M. BURRIS, Captain, Commanding.
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J. H. Steger to M. Burris, September 1, 1864
WARRENSBURG WARRENSBURG, September 1, 1864. Capt. M. BuRRIs, Lexington: Is Major Suess above or below Lexington? Answer. By order: J. H. STEGER, Assistant Adjutant-General.
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D. W. Wear to Alfred Pleasonton, September 1, 1864
SEDALIA SEDALIA, September 1, 1864. General PLEASONTON, Warrensburg : Forty-two rebels entered Tipton at 6 o’clock this morning. Killed two men; went in direction of Boonville. Reports to me from…
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Alfred Pleasonton to J. H. Forp, September 1, 1864
Warrensburg Warrensburg, September 1, 1864. Pleasant Hill: Lieutenant-Colonel Lazear is moving toward Blackwater Crossing of the Sni. There is no necessity for his moving farther west. Communicate this to him,…
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J. H. Ford to J. H. Steger, September 1, 1864
PLEASANT HILL PLEASANT HILL, September 1, 1864. Capt. J. H. STEGER, Assistunt Adjutant-General: Lieutenant Spencer has just returned from scout in neighborhood of Chapel Hill and Cold Springs. Reports that…
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Alfred Pleasonton to John S. Wolfe, September 1, 1864
WARRENSBURG WARRENSBURG, September 1, 1864. Col. JoHn S. WOLFE, Jefferson City: The detachment of 100 men will not move as directed in dispatch of yesterday, but will be held in…
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J. S. Wolfe to J. H. Steger, September 1, 1864
JEFFERSON CiTy JEFFERSON CiTy, September 1, 1864. Capt. J. H. STEGER, Assistant Adjutant-General: By direction of Brigadier-General Douglass, Captain Carey, commanding at Columbia, Boone County, advises me that 360 rebels,…
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Unknown to J. P. Drouillard, September 1, 1864
JEFFERSON CiTy JEFFERSON CiTy, September 1, 1864. Capt. J. P. DROUILLARD, Aide-de-Camp: The steamer Buffington has been in the hands of the rebels, but is now at this port. One…
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William S. Rosecrans to Lieutenant-Colonel HILLER, September 1, 1864
HEADQUARTERS SAINT LOUIS DISTRICT, Saint Louis, Mo., September 1, 1864. Lieutenant-Colonel HILLER, Cape Girardeau: If you find the guerrillas are in Dunklin County in some force, send an expedition after…