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HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF LITTLE ROCK,
Little Rock, Ark., May 31, 1864.Colonel O. WOOD,
Commanding, Brownsville:
The general directs that your order your scouting parties to report twice a day or oftener, so that we shall be informed of the movement twice a day or oftener, so that we shall be informed of the movements of the enemy, and will be able to send timely support to our forces and co-operate.
C. H. DYER,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
BROWNSVILLE, ARK., May 31, 1864
Captain C. H. DYER,
Assistant Adjutant-General:
I have just been informed that 300 rebels are in the vicinity of Ashley's Mills. I will send a force down to Richwoods to intercept them. Can you send a force from Little Rock down the river to Bear Skin Lake? Caution them about my men being below them, that no accident may happen by firing at each other.
O. WOOD,
Colonel, Commanding.
(Copy furnished for information of General Salomon, who will send scout to Bear Skin Lake, which is 12 miles east of Little Rock, on north side of the Arkansas.)
HEADQUARTERS OF LITTLE ROCK,
Little Rock, Ark., May 31, 1864Colonel O. WOOD,
Commanding, Brownsville:
The general wishes you to report fully what information you have, and whether it is reliable; also where Ashley's Mills are situated.
C. H. DYER,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF LITTLE ROCK,
Little Rock, Ark., May 31, 1864COMMANDING OFFICER,
Devall's Bluff:
SIR: The general commanding the district orders that the following dispatch from Colonel Clayton be telegraphed to you, for your information, and also that of the navy:
PINE BLUFF, May 31, 1864
Captain Moore with 150 men, has just returned from a four-day scout on the north side of the river. He went to Arkansas Post. Reports the country clear upon that side, with the exception of a few straggling bands. He reports Marmaduke on Bayou Bartholomew, at the crossing of the Monticello and Arkansas Post road.
POWELL CLAYTON,
Colonel, Commanding.
By order of Brigadier General E. A. Carr:
CHAS. W. MINER,
Captain and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.
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