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HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.Springfield, Mo., September 28, 1864.
Major MELTON,
Commanding, Cassville:
You are hereby directed to move all Government property into Cassville and camp your troops where you can protect the town and property.
J. D. BRUTSCHE,
Lieutenant-Colonel and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.
GASCONADE, September 28, 1864.
Lieutenant-Colonel BRUTSCHE:
All the information I get is that all the rebel bands and companies are moving east.
J. B. SANBORN,
Brigadier-General, Commanding Expedition.
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI,
Springfield, Mo., September 28, 1864.Lieutenant-Colonel CAMERON,
Commanding Second Arkansas Cavalry:
COLONEL: You will order Captain Bowlin, Company E, Second Arkansas Cavalry, with all his mounted men, provided with six days' rations and 100 rounds of ammunition per man, to proceed at once to Rolla and report to Brigadier-General Sanborn. No wagons will be taken.
By order of Brigadier-General Sanborn:
J. D. BRUTSCHE,
Lieutenant-Colonel and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.
SAINT LOUIS, September 28, 1864-1.30 p. m.
General FISK,
Saint Joseph, Mo.:
Your dispatch this morning received.* You have near 7,000 men-militia and all. With that you ought to give peace to North Missouri soon. Let me know the condition of affairs. The enemy's plan will be to cross the river between Boone and Montgomery. Your plans should be made accordingly. The ammunition you have asked for has been ordered. Make good arrangements for the rapid communication of information, so that you can concentrated at a short time. Specify the militia regiments you want called out, and let me know what arms they have. Please attend to these points carefully. Communicate soon.
W. S. ROSECRANS,
Major-General.
GLASGOW, September 28, 1864.
Major-General ROSECRANS,
Saint Louis:
I leave Colonel Forbes at Macon and order Kutzner to this county. His regiment will march from Shelbina to Paris, thence across the coun-
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*See 10.25 a. m., Part I, p. 417.
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