Letter
Unknown to Edwards, September 5, 1864
CAPE GIRARDEAU
CAPE GIRARDEAU, September 5, 1864.
Captain EDWARDS, New Madrid, Mo.:
Captain McClanahan will arrive at your post to-day with about 100 men. Captain Ewing has also sent you thirty from Charleston. I want you and McClanahan to drive the rebels out of Dunklin County. Can you cross the plank road to Clarkton? If so, I will order seventy-five men from Bloomfield to meet you at Clarkton.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, Pt. 1. Location: CAPE GIRARDEAU. Summary: A military officer instructs Captain Edwards to coordinate with reinforcements and drive Confederate forces out of Dunklin County, Missouri, during the Civil War in 1864.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 41, Part 1
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