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obliged if you will approve, correct, or support my views here expressed, for I only desire to carry out the wishes and designs of my superiors.
I have the honor to be, sir, yours, very respectfully,
S. R. CURTIS,
Major-General.
FORT LEAVENWORTH, KANS., January 26, 1864.
Major O. D. GREENE,
Assistant Adjutant-General, Saint Louis, Mo.:
Please inform me where the Seventh Kansas is, and when it will be here.
C. R. JENNISON,
Colonel, Commanding Post.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI,
Saint Louis, Mo., January 26, 1864.Colonel JENNISON,
Fort Leavenworth, Kans.:
Nothing known officially at these headquarters of the Seventh Kansas.
O. D. GREENE,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
HEADQUARTERS,
Baton Rouge, La., January 27, 1864-6 p. m.Brigadier General C. P. STONE,
Chief of Staff, New Orleans, La.:
I have reason to believe that Adams and his force are still not far from Clinton, and the conscription is still active and unrelenting.
P. ST. GEO. COOKE,
Brigadier-General, U. S. Army, Commanding.
HEADQUARTERS THIRTEENTH ARMY CORPS,
New Orleans, January 27, 1864.Brigadier General C. P. STONE,
Chief of Staff, Department of the Gulf:
SIR: I herewith inclose report received last p. m. from General Dana. It will be seen by it that the commander of the forces at Matagorda Bay is not responsible for delays of transports at that place, and it will be further seen that the facilities for making any move of troops from Matagorda Bay, or about it, are inadequate to insure rapidity or safety.
I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,
E. O. C. ORD,
Major-General, Volunteers.
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