WARRENSBURG, September 21, 1864.

Captain M. U. FOSTER,

Holden:

A band of eighty rebels passed through Hickory County, moving northwest on the night of 19th instant. They will probably cross the Osage between Osceola and Warsaw. Look out for them.

By command:

J. H. STEGER,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

(Same to commanding officer at Pleasant Hill.)

WARRENSBURG, September 21, 1864-2.45 p.m.

Colonel J. H. FORD,

Kansas City:

A band of 100 guerrillas passed through Hickory County on the night of the 19th instant, moving rapidly northwest. They will probably cross the Osage between Warsaw and Osceola. Have the Big Creek country thoroughly watched and scouted. They will probably come that way.

By command,&c.:

J. H. STEGER,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

SPRINGFIELD, MO., September 21, 1864.

Major O. D. GREENE,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

I have dispatches from Fayetteville of 18th and Fort Smith of 17th. General Thayer says General Price crossed the river with 8,000 mounted men, but says nothing of infantry or artillery. All was right and quiet at Fort Smith.

J. B. SANBORN,

Brigadier-General, Commanding.

HEADQUARTERS, Saint Louis, September 21, 1864.

Brigadier-General FISK:

The general authorizes you to make the change in disposition as between Kutzner and Forces which you suggest.

O. D. GREENE,
Assistant Adjutant-General and Chief of Staff.

MACON, September 21, 1864.

Colonel O. D. GREENE,

Assistant Adjutant-General and Chief of Staff:

The guerrillas are concentrating in considerable force in Chariton County under Thrailkill and Todd. They overpowered the militia at Keytesville last night and captured 40 of them, and there is rumor, not

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