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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI,
Saint Louis, Mo., December 25, 1861.Brigadier General W. T. SHERMAN,
Benton Barracks, Mo.:
Have the battery at the North Missouri Railroad depot at 3 o'clock this afternoon and the Iowa regiment at the same place at 8 o'clock to-morrow morning.
H. W. HALLECK,
Major-General.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI,
Saint Louis, December 25, 1861.Brigadier-General SCHOFIELD:
GENERAL: You will immediately repair to Warrenton, on the North Missouri Railroad, and take command of the troops in that vicinity. One regiment of infantry and two companies of cavalry crossed at Jefferson City last night and will be at Fulton to-night. Seven or eight hundred men crossed at Hermann, and ought to be at Warrensbourg to-day. The enemy is supposed to be at or near the railroad between Warrenton and Renick. Birge's Sharpshooters, about 800, ought to be on the road somewhere about Renick and Centralia. General Prentiss is moving south by Paris with a body of cavalry and another body of cavalry is coming south from Hudson City. General Henderson, with State troops, is supposed to be in Lincoln County. It is hoped that most of the bridge-burners may be surrounded and captured. If possible, keep between them and the Missouri River. As soon as General Prentiss arrives in your vicinity he will have the general command, in virtue of his rank. Keep me advised by telegraph of everything, so that I may direct the movements of other troops in co-operation.
H. W. HALLECK,
Major-General.
SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Numbers 92.
Saint Louis, December 25, 1861.* * * * *
III. Brigadier General S. R. Curtis is assigned to the command of the Southwestern District of Missouri, including the country south of the Osage and west of the Meramec River.
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By order of Major-General Halleck:
J. C. KELTON,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI,Saint Louis, Mo., December 26, 1861.
Major General GEORGE B. McCLELLAN,
General-in-Chief of the Army, Washington, D. C.:
GENERAL: My telegrams will have informed you of the success of General Pope's expedition to cut off the forces moving from Lexington, Waverly, &c., to join Price. It is now pretty well ascertained
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