Unknown to E. A. Paine, September 6, 1861

Cairo, Ill., September 6, 1861.

Brig. Gen. E. A. PAINE, Commanding, &c., Paducah, Ky.:

Take possession of the wharf boats at the landing and make use of them for storehouses. I would recommend that you;have your captured stores and all others sent to these boats immediately, to guard against losing them. I send you five companies of Colonel Oglesby’s regiment without baggage, and I want them returned by the same boat that takes Smith’s regiment. I can send you one or two companies of cavalry in a day or two, and am in hopes two more pieces of artillery will be added to the battery you now have.

U. S. GRANT, Brigadier- General, Commanding.

CAIRO, ILL., September 6, 1861.

Brig. Gen. E. A. PAINE: : ; lam instructed by General Grant, who has left for Cape Girardeau, to add to the foregoing the additional instruction, that should you apprehend an attack from the enemy you will seize all the money in the

banks, assuring the citizens that it is done for the purpose of securing

the deposits of the Union men as well as to guard against its falling

into the hands of the enemy. You will then place it on one of the gunboats for safe-keeping. 1 By order of Gen. Grant:

WM. S. HILLYER, Captain and Aide-de- Camp. CAIRO, ILL., September 6, 1861. Col. M. L. SMITH, Comdg. Eighth Regiment Missouri Vols.: Without leaving the steamer you are now on, you will proceed at once to Paducah, Ky., and there report to Brigadier-General Paine, now 1n command at that place, for duty. I have selected your regiment and yourself for that post, deeming it of the utmost importance to have troops and a commander that can be expected to do good service. U. S. GRANT, – Brigadier-General, Commanding.

Omar. XH) — SKIRMISH ON MAYFIELD CREEK, KY., ETC. 199 ; SEPTEMBER 19, 1861.—Action at Barboursville, Ky. Report of Brig. Gen. F. K. Zollicoffer, C. S. Army.