HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF HASTERN ARKANSAS, Deval’s Bluff, Ark., January 18, 1863. Major-General MOCLERNAND, Commanding, &e.: GENERAL: I have taken and occupy this point. Here the Little Rock and Memphis Railroad…
Helena, Ark. Helena, Ark., January 18, 1863. Maj. Gen. SAMUEL R. OURTIS, Commanding Department of the Missouri : GENERAL: General Gorman reached and captured Saint Charles on the 14th; the…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF HASTERN ARKANSAS, Devall’s Bluff, January 18, 1863. Major-General CURTIS, Commanding Department of the Missouri : GENERAL: By dispatches just received last evening from General McClernand, I am…
HEADQUARTERS, Houston, Mo., January 16, 1863. Col. N. P. CHIPMAN, Chief of Staff, Saint Louis, Mo.: COLONEL: I have communicated, by telegraph, with the general commanding, but am not yet…
Camp Ourtis, Maysville Camp Ourtis, Maysville, January 16, 1863. Col. N. P. CHIpMAN, Chief of Staff: My DEAR COLONEL: You will see by the date of this that my letter…
HEADQUARTERS, Saint Louis, Mo., January 16, 1863. Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLEOK, General-in-Ohief : Telegraphed and wrote yesterday, in reply to Secretary of War, asking time to communicate by letter…
Saint Louis Saint Louis, January 15, 1863. Brig. Gen. JAMES G. BLUNT, Commanding District of Kansas, Leavenworth : GENERAL: The report of Lieutenant-Colonel Abernathy, relative to the recent expedition of…
HEADQUARTERS, Saint Louis, Mo., January 15, 1863. Provost-Marshal’s Orders, No. 35, is mainly a compilation of old orders. Where we have no troops, provost-marshals guard public property, arrest spies, and…
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, January 14, 1863. Major-General CURTIS, Saint Louis, Mo.: The President’s attention having been called to the recent order of your provost-marshal in Saint Louis, published in the…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI, Post Arkansas, January 14, 1863. Major-General CURTIS, Commanding Department of the Missouri : GENERAL: I have the honor to inform you of our entire success…