HEADQUARTERS, Saint Louis, Mo., April 27, 1863. General ASBOTH : My troops have routed the rebels near Cape Girardeau, and they retreated toward Chalk Bluff. Even asmall additional force at…
OartRo OartRo, April 25, 1863. General ASBOTH, Columbus, Ky. : General McNeil, at Cape Girardeau, telegraphs to the naval commauder here to send him a gunboat. He expects to be…
OaIRO OaIRO, April 23, 1863. General ASBOTH: JI will dispatch the first gunboat at my disposal to Cape Girardeau. S. L. PHELPS, Lieutenant-Oommandir of Station, pro tempore. ROuuA, April 24,…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI, July 19, 1862. July 19, 1862. General ASBOTH, Rienzi : The brigade of infantry and battery ordered from here to Rienzi has been ordered to…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI, July 5, 1862. July 5, 1862. General ASBOTH, Rienzi: The general commanding directs that you hold your command in readiness for a move, with three…
HEADQUARTERS SECOND BRIGADE, OAVALRY DIVISION, July 1, 1862. July 1, 1862—5 p. m. General ASBOTH: GENERAL: I will not want any infantry supports; I have whipped the enemy to-day. I…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI, June 26, 1862. June 26, 1862. General ASBOTH : The general commanding directs that you send a regiment of infantry and battery of artillery on…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI, June 23, 1862. June 23, 1862. General ASBOTH, Rienzi, Miss. : You are informed by mail to-day that General Davis’ division was at Jacinto and…