SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. THIRD DIV., 16TH ARMY CORPS, Numbers 67.
Cairo, Ill., September 14, 1864.

I. Commanding officers of brigades will embark their commands immediately for Sulphur Springs, Mo. Great delay has already occurred in the embarking of troops of this command, and promptness, also immediate action, are absolutely necessary to embark this command in accordance with instructions.

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By order of Colonel William T. Shaw:

JAMES B. COMSTOCK,
Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. 1ST Brigadier, 3rd DIV., 16TH A. C., Numbers 4.
Cairo, Ill., September 14, 1864.

In accordance with instructions from division headquarters, the undersigned hereby assumes command of the First Brigade, Third Division, Sixteenth Army Corps. All orders heretofore issued from these headquarters will remain in force.

D. MOORE,

Colonel Twenty-first Missouri Infantry Volunteers.

MEMPHIS, TENN., September 14, 1864.

Major-General ROSECRANS:

I send the Seventh Kansas Cavalry to-night with their horses. Telegraph Colonel Herrick, on steamer Luminary, at Cairo, should you wish them to leave at any point below Saint Louis.

C. C. WASHBURN,

Major-General.

SAINT LOUIS, September 14, 1864.

Major-General HOVEY,

Indianapolis, Ind.:

Newspapers report Quantrill captured in Indianapolis. Permit me to suggest that he be sent here for identification and trial.

W. S. ROSECRANS,

Major-General, Commanding.

SAINT LOUIS, September 14, 1864.

COMMANDING OFFICER,

Cape Girardeau, Mo.:

General Smith's orders to any transports arriving with his troops are that they shall proceed up the river to Sulphur Springs.

W. S. ROSECRANS,

Major-General.

IRONTON, MO., September 14, 1864.

Brigadier General THOMAS EWING,

Commanding District of Saint Louis:

SIR: It is reported, as you already know, that some 1,500 rebels are at Doniphan, Mo. I think this is an exaggeration. I think they have