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HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI,
Springfield, Mo., May 4, 1864.COMMANDING OFFICER,
Cassville, Mo.:
The enemy came into Bentonville yesterday with about 200 men. You will keep up communication with Captain Ray, at Gadfly, and if the enemy advance toward Cassville, concentrate all the forces you can, and citizens, and hold your position.
JOHN B. SANBORN,
Brigadier-General, Commanding.
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI,
Springfield, Mo., May 4, 1864COMMANDING OFFICER,
Cassville, Mo.:
Organize the able-bodied men in and about Cassville into a company or companies of home guards, so that they may assist in defending the place, if attacked.
JOHN B. SANBORN,
Brigadier-General, Commanding.
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI,
Springfield, Mo., May 4, 1864.Colonel PHELPS,
Commanding South of White River, via Cassville:
There is a large force at present on the western border, numbering 1,200 or 1,500 men, from the best information I have. The Enrolled Militia from Arkansas have not yet reported. I have been relying upon their arrival for three or four days. Sixty men of Captain Moore's company leave to-morrow for your headquarters with a train, and I have ordered Major Murhpy with his command out to Cassville at once. See that these troops are now sent out with the utmost promptness, and if the enemy at any time becomes too strong in your front fall back to Berryville or a position that you can hold, and communicate with me. Have Major Murphy out to Cassville in three or four days if possible. It is very important for the State and district that the force on the border be increased at once.
JOHN B. SANBORN,
Brigadier-General, Commanding.
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI,
Springfield, Mo., May 4, 1864.Colonel ALLEN,
Commanding at Mount Vernon:
COLONEL: Major Burch informs me that there is quite a heavy force of rebels, from 800 to 1,200 men at Gilstrop's Ferry, on Grand River. Major Cosgrove is in the southwest with 80 men, and I have sent another company to Neosho. If this force attempts to advance into the State, you will concentrate what force you can and join the
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