Letter
W. M. Steele to J. F. Crosby, March 14, 1863
HEADQUARTERS INDIAN TERRITORY,
Fort Smith, Ark., March 14, 1863.
Commanding Officer United States Forces at Fayetteville :
Sir: The bearer of this letter, Capt. J. F. Crosby, assistant adjutantgeneral, goes to your headquarters, under a flag of truce, with certain communications. He is fully empowered to make arrangements with reference to the matters treated of. I commend him to your favorable consideration.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
W. M. STEELE,
Brigadier-General, C. 8S. Army.
HDQRS. 8TH AND 9TH DIsTS., DEPT. OF THE Missouri,
In the Field, Camp Moonlight, Ark., March 21, 1863.
Brigadier-General, C. 8S. Army.
HDQRS. 8TH AND 9TH DIsTS., DEPT. OF THE Missouri,
In the Field, Camp Moonlight, Ark., March 21, 1863.
Memorandum of an agreement entered into between Col. M. La Rue Harrison, U.S. Volunteers, commanding at Fayetteville, Ark., and Capt.
J. F. Crosby, assistant adjutant-general, 0. S. Army, as the agent and
representative, under a flag of truce, of Brig. Gen. William Steele,
O. C. S. Army, commanding Department of the Indian Territory, viz:
J. F. Crosby, assistant adjutant-general, 0. S. Army, as the agent and
representative, under a flag of truce, of Brig. Gen. William Steele,
O. C. S. Army, commanding Department of the Indian Territory, viz:
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, Pt. 1. Location: Fort Smith, Ark.. Summary: Brigadier General W. M. Steele authorizes Captain J. F. Crosby to negotiate and arrange terms under a flag of truce with Union forces at Fayetteville during the Civil War in 1863.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 22, Part 1
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