HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE FRONTIER, Fayetteville, January 3, 1863. Maj. Gen. SAMUEL R. CURTIS, Commanding Department of the Missouri, Saint Louis, Mo.: GENERAL: cannot suppress a feeling of surprise and…
Saint Louis, Mo. Saint Louis, Mo., January 3, 1863. General Grant has ordered all my force now at Columbus to Memphis. This strips the country about Cairo and New Madrid,…
Saint Louis Saint Louis, January 2, 1863. Col. N. P. CoipMAN, Helena : DEAR COLONEL: Happy New Year to you and the general. I wrote the general before noon, but…
Oolumbus, Ky. Oolumbus, Ky., January 2, 1863. Maj. Gen. SAMUEL R. CURTIS, Commanding Department of the Missouri: GENERAL: General Osterhaus, en route for his command, passed here last evening. [From…
FAYETTEVILLE FAYETTEVILLE, January 2, 1863. Hon. JOHN S. PHELPS, Military Governor of Arkansas, Saint Louis: I respectfully suggest the propriety of organizing the militia of this part of the State,…
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, January 2, 1863. Major-General CURTIS: My Deak Sir: Yours of December 29, by the hand of Mr. Strong, is just received. The day telegraphed you suspending the…
Saint Louis Saint Louis, January 1, 1863. Col. J. O. KELTON, Assistant Adjutant-General, Washington, D. O.: I ave the honor to send herewith copy of my reply * to Major-General…
HEADQUARTERS FIRST CAVALRY BRIGADE, January 7, 1863. January 7, 1863. Respectfully forwarded. The force which Major C. encountered at Elk Run is all that remains of Hampton’s Legion (his old…
HEADQUARTERS VALLEY DISTRICT, New Market, Va., January 6, 1863. GENERAL: On the 2d instant—with the available force of the Sixth, Seventh, and Twelfth Regiments Virginia Cavalry, the Seventeenth Battalion Virginia…
HEADQUARTERS, Moorefield, W. Va., January 5, 1863—3 p. m.. Srz: McNeill’s cavalry this morning attacked, 4 miles distant, a small] wagon train of Milroy’s, guarded by a platoon of Rowan’s…