W. M. Weer to R. Carpenter, April 4, 1863

Lieut. R. CARPENTER, Third Wisconsin Cavalry, Comdg. Baupedition to Osage Fork : It having come to the knowledge of the colonel commanding that the forage trains of this command are repeatedly fired into on Osage Fork of King’s River by lawless men, who secrete themselves in the bushes, 198 M. O., ARK., KANS., IND. T., AND DEPT. N. W. (J#ar. XXXIV. and are encouraged and entertained by the inhabitants in that vicinity, you are, therefore, instructed to proceed to said neighborhood with the wagons placed in your charge, destroy every house and farm, &c., owned by secessionists, together with their property that cannot be made available to the army; kill every bushwhacker you find; bring away the women and children to this place, with provisions enough to support them, and report to these headquarters upon your return.

W. M. WEER,