1095 Series I Volume XLVIII-I Serial 101 - Powder River Expedition Part I
| Page 1095 | Chapter LX. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. - UNION. |
The river is rising rapidly, and with 200 men and ropes, pikes, and pulleys I believe the dam of drift in Bayou Plaquemine can be removed. This is of the greatest importance to this post.
J. H. SYPHER,
Colonel, Commanding Post.
SPECIAL ORDERS,
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF NATCHEZ, Numbers 57.
Natchez, Miss., March 5, 1865.* * * *
2. In accordance with instructions received from headquarters Military Division of West Mississippi, the Second New Jersey Cavalry Volunteers, Colonel Joseph Karge commanding, will with all possible dispatch be embarked for New Orleans, La. Upon arrival at Morganza, La., Colonel Karge will report by telegram to Brevet Major-General Grierson, commanding cavalry forces Military Division of West Mississippi, for further instructions. The quartermaster's department will furnish the necessary transportation.
* * * *
By order of Brigadier General J. W. Davidson:
A. S. MONTGOMERY,
Captain and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.PINE BLUFF, ARK., March 5, 1865.
Major JOHN LEVERING,
Assistant Adjutant-General:
A party commanded by Captain Norris, Thirteenth Illinois Cavalry, sent to repair the telegraphic line, surprised Captain Kidd's gang, numbering twenty-five, while in camp, at 9 p. m. of the 3rd instant. The guerrillas were scattered in every direction and five of them killed; 2 men, 14 horses, 5 mules, and a number of arms and equipments were captured. No loss on our side.
POWELL CLAYTON,
Brigadier-General, Commanding.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 5, 1865-12. 30 p. m.
Major-General POPE,
Saint Louis:
As General Grant requested that the headquarters of Department of the Missouri be established at Fort Leavenworth the Secretary of War will not change them at present.
H. W. HALLECK,
Major-General and Chief of Staff.
PATTERSON, March 5, 1865.
Brigadier-General EWING,
Commanding District of Saint Louis:
SIR: I wish to call your attention to matters down the river. For the last tow years the guerrillas have procured more or less contraband goods from Illinois, and Chester had been their principal point. This
| Page 1095 | Chapter LX. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. - UNION. |
- Confederate President Jefferson Davis calls for March 27 to be a day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer.
- Following the Underground Railroad Route By Bicycle
- March is Women's History Month! Read the fascinating accounts of women spies hiding coded messages in women's hair, conductors of the Underground Railroad, soldiers disguised as men, surgeons, and advisors to the President!
- Teachers tackle race, economic disparity and history
- The President's Hymn: 'Give Thanks All Ye People'
- Thanksgiving Day during the Civil War
- Lincoln’s Thanksgiving proclamation in a divided time: ‘one heart and one voice by the whole American People’
- What Abraham Lincoln found reading the Book of Job amid civil war
- Civil War stories on display at Lincoln Highway museum in Unity
- Who was Henry Benning, for whom Fort Benning in Columbus was named?
- Fort Gordon Army Base: Who was John Brown Gordon?
- From the Civil War to the football field, we have been celebrating the wrong values
- History and Healing: Removing Controversial Artifacts from the Civic Landscape
- How to Reframe the Civil War in the Classroom
- Man scores Abraham Lincoln autograph in box of trading cards
- Native Americans' role in the Civil War
- Abraham Lincoln Healed a Divided Nation. We Should Heed His Words Today.
- An escaped slave was the 'Florence Nightingale’ of Indiana's Civil War regiment
- A Southern Democrat survived impeachment trap and came to be in charge of Reconstruction
- New Statue Unveiled In Response To Richmond's Confederate Monuments