205 Series I Volume XLI-III Serial 85 - Price's Missouri Expedition Part III
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CASSVILLE, September 15, 1864.
General SANBORN:
SIR: Reports say that Price and Fagan are moving in the direction of Yellville. I received this from a woman who had come from Huntsville. She was several of their men who had come home.
J. A. MELTON,
Major Second Arkansas Cavalry, Commanding Post.
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI,
Springfield, Mo., September 15, 1864.Captain THOMAS B. SUTHERLAND,
Commanding Company D, Seventh Provisional:
(Care of Commanding Officer Millville, Mo.)
CAPTAIN: Upon receipt of this order you will proceed with your command to this post by the shortest route with camp and garrison equipage, instead of going to Humansville as ordered.
Respectfully, yours, &c.,
JOHN B. SANBORN,
Brigadier-General, Commanding.
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI,
Springfield, Mo., September 15, 1864.Captain SALLEE,
Commanding Company, Sixth Prov. Enrolled Missouri Mil., In the Field, Douglas County, Mo.:
CAPTAIN: You will immediately upon the receipt of this move your command, with its camp and garrison equipage, to this place by the shortest and most expeditions route. You will leave twenty men and one commissioned officer or sergeant, the poorest armed and mounted in the vicinity of your camp, to drive out small bands of guerrillas and robbers, with instructions to retreat to the woods and take care of themselves in case of the approach of a large force. Arrive here by the night of the 17th, if possible.
Yours, &c.,
JOHN B. SANBORN,
Brigadier-General, Commanding.
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI,
Springfield, Mo., September 15, 1864.Captain JOHN H. MOORE,
Commanding Company, near Galena, Stone County, Mo.:
CAPTAIN: You will immediately upon the receipt of this order send your dismounted and unarmed men under a commissioned officer to this post. You will leave a sergeant and fifteen men to keep guerrillas out of your neighborhood, with instructions to disappear in the brush upon the appearance of a large force. With the balance of your command you will make a reconnaissance toward Yellville in such a manner as to enable you to fall back in this direction before any force
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