TITLE: The war of the rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies. / Series 1 - Volume 48 (Part II) AUTHOR: United States. War Dept., John Sheldon Moody, Calvin Duvall Cowles, Frederick Caryton Ainsworth, Robert N. Scott, Henry Martyn Lazelle, George Breckenridge Davis, Leslie J. Perry, Joseph William Kirkley PUBLISHER: Govt. Print. Off., Washington, 1896 Page A Production Note Cornell University Library produced this volume to preserve the informational content of the deteriorated original. The best available copy of the original has been used to create this digital copy. It was scanned bitonally at 600 dots per inch resolution and compressed prior to storage using ITU Group 4 compression. Conversion of this material to digital files was supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Digital file copyright by Cornell University Library 1995. This volume has been scanned as part of The Making of America Project, a cooperative endeavor undertaken to preserve and enhance access to historical material from the nineteenth century. Page B F 2 LJ..,5; r ~ 4113 0t~ngU ~uiver0it~ ~ibra~ THE GIFT O Title Page Page 1 kj THE WAR OF THE REBELLION: A COMPILATION OF THE OFFICIAL IRECOIIRDS OF THE UNION AND CONFEDERATE ARMIES. PUBUSHIID UNDER THE DIRECTION OF The Hon. DANIEL S LAMONT, Secretary of War, BY MAJ. GEORGE W. DAVIS, U. S. ARMY, MR. LESLIE J. PERRY, CIvILIAN EXPERT, MR. JOSEPH W. KIRKLEY, CIVILIAN EXPERT, Board of Publication. SERIES IVOLUME XLVIIIIN TWO PARTS. PART IlCORRESPONDENCE, ETC. WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1896. Page 2 ~cv6r1c~ Page 3 PART ILVOL. XLVIII. CORRESPONDENCE, ORDERS, AND RETURNS RELATING TO OPERATIONS IN LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSIS- SIPPI STATES AND TERRITORIES,* FROM APRIL 1, 1865, TO JUNE 30, 1865. UNION CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. GENERAL ORDERS, ~ IIDQRS. DISTRICT OF MORGANZA, No. 15. Morgauza, La., April 1, 1865. I. All trade beyond the military lines under the Treasury Regula- tions being suspended, no person will be allowed to pass until further orders, except for purposes connected with the service and on permit from these headquarters. II. Civilians unconnected with the service of the Government will not be permitted to loiter about the camps, and any such person found lurking about or holding intercourse with the troops will be arrested by the nearest commanding officer and turned over to the provost- marshal. III. The provost-marshal will send off at the earliest practicable moment all civilians not having any occupation directly connected with or of convenience to the service. IV. In the case of citizens calling at the pickets for the purpose of sending in requests or communications, the picket officer will not allow any intercourse with the soldiers, except so far as may be necessary to make their business known. Any such person calling under suspicious circumstances will be arrested and turned over to the provost-marshal. By command of Brigadier-General MeKean: G. G. BENNETT, First Lieutenant and Acting Assistant Adjutant- General. SPECIAL ORDERS, WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERALS OFFICE, No. 155. S Washington, April 1, 1865. * * * * * * 75. Brig. Gen. A. N. Duffi6, U. S. Volunteers, will report in person without delay to Major-General Pope, U. S. Volunteers, commanding Military Division of the Missouri, for assignment to duty. * * * * * * * By order of the Secretary of War: E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant- General. (3) * Including Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Indian Territory, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Texas, and the Department of the Northwest, embracing Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. For Union and Confederate Correspondence from January 1, 1865, to March 31, 1865, see Part I Page 4 4 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. (CHAP. LX. HEADQUARTERS NORTHERN DIVISION OF LOUISIANA, Maj. Gen. ~. A. HURLEUT, Baton Rouge, La., April 1, 1865. Commanding Department of the Gulf: GENERAL: Your telegram of the 30th ultimo* was received same day, and I at once made such arrangements as in my opinion were necessary to prevent any movement of the enemy across the river within the limits of my command. I have seen the naval officers of both divisions with regard to doubling the patrols above~ the mouth of Red River and placing a gun-boat at Morgauza, and have had it so arranged. The water has finally driven us to boats at Morganza, but one regiment is regularly on duty in the fort ready for work, and I think we can with- out doubt retain our foothold there. The troops will not be as healthy on boats, but that is unavoidable. The quartermasters, commissary, and ordnance stores have all been removed. I shall be at the mouth of Red River and Morgauza at least twice a week and will give per- sonal attention to matters. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, F. J. HERRON, Major- General. CIRCULAR No. 1.] HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES, ]Jliorganza, La., April 1, 1865. In obedience to instructions from headquarters I)istrict of Morgauza the troops of this command in case of attack will be disposed as fol- lows: Battery G, First Indiana Heavy Artillery, will take post in the fort to assist the Eighty-fourth U. S. Colored Infantry in serving the guns. The Fourteenth New York Cavalry (dismounted) and the pro. yost guard will move into the fort and will be posted at the parapet. The Sixty-fifth U. S. Coloi~ed Infantry will be placed in the fort at such point to be hereafter designated as will best enable it to support and assist the forces above mentioned. The Sixty-seventh and Ninety-sec. ond U. S. Colored Infantry will take post at the levee above and below the fort, respectively. To familiarize the troops with their position as above designated and to enable them to take their posts rapidly and without confusion, they will be drilled in moving to and from their respective stations each day until otherwise directed from district head- quarters, commencing to-morrow, 2d instant, at 2 p. m. One gun fired from the fort will be the signal for the troops to commence moving to their positions above mentioned. In case of alarm the troops will take post a~ before directed without further orders. This circular will not be published to the troops. By command of Col. William H. Dickey: FRANK MOREY, Captain and Acting Assistant Adjutant- General. LITTLE RocK ARK Major-General POPE, , ., April 1, 1865. Mouth of White River: Major-General Reynolds left here yesterday (31st) morning for Pine Bluff and mouth of White River upon tour of inspection, taking all the See Part I, p. 1298 Page 5 CHAP. COJIRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 5 chiefs of staff departments, except myself, with him. He was at Pine Bluff last night, and will no doubt be at mouth of river to-day. This is opportune and accidental, as your dispatch of the 27th has not reached us. Learned yesterday, by rumor, that you were contemplat- ing a visit to this place at an early day. Very respectfully, JOHN LEVERING, Colonel and Assistant Adjutant- General. SAINT CHARLES, ARK., April 1, 18652.20 a. m. Maj. Gen. J. J. REYNOLDS, Little Rock, Ark.: Arrived here with steamer Jenny Brown at 1 oclock this morning Am directed by General Pope to ask if you have a steamer at Little Rock in which you can come down the Arkansas River ~ If not, I am to proceed with the Jenny Brown to meet you at Devalls Bluff. Please answer. J. DE WITT CONGDON, Lieutenant and Chief of Artillery. LITTLE ROCK, ARK., April 1, 1865. Lient. J. DE W. CONGDON, Chief of Artillery, Saint Charles, Ark.: Major-General Reyiiolds and most of the officers of the departmental staff left here yesterday morning upon steamer Southwester for mouth of White River. Will probably reach there early to-day. I have telegraphed Major-General Pope to that effect. JOHN LEVERING, Assistant Adjutant- General. HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, New Orleans, La., April 1, 1865. Maj. Gen. J. J. REYNOLDS, Commanding Department of Arkansas: GENERAL: I have the honor to forward for your information extracts from Southern papers relating to movements of rebel troops in the TransMississippi Department From the Amite Wanderer, March 30, 1865: The Montgomery papers say a gentle- man just from Richmond, and a Member of Congress, informs us that the Commander- in-Chief has ordered Kirby Smith with his whole army into Missouri. A copy has been furnished General Pope, commanding Military Division of the Missouri. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, A. M. JACKSON, Major, Tenth U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery. (In absence of Capt. S. M. Eaton, chief signal officer, Military Division of West Mississippi. Page 6 6 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [Onir LX. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, Little Rock, Ark., April 1, 186511.15 a m. Brigadier-General MCGINNIS, Commanding, Mouth of White River: Please inform Major-General Pope that the dispatch of 27th ultimo from Saint Louis is received this morning indicating repair of line between Fort Smith and Saint Louis; also that Major-General Reynolds left Pine Bluff for your post at 5 oclock this morning. Brooks is reported to have crossed the Arkansas River between Illinois Bayou and Piney with a force of 500 or more men. There are three steamers up the river, two of them at Forts Smith and Gibson, the other sup- posed to be above IDardanelle, and is safe, no doubt. JOHN LEVERING, Assistant Adjutant- General. IIDQRS. SECOND DIVISION, SEVENTH ARMY CORPS, AND U. S. FORCES AT DEVAIJLS BLUFF, ARK., Lieut. J. K. WHITSON, April 1, 1865. Ninth Kansas Cavalry: SIR: The brigadier-general commanding directs that you assume charge of the outposts on Lower Surrounded Hill, taking up your quar- ters with the picket reserve until further orders. You will lose no time in thoroughly reconnoitering and making yourself familiar with every foot of land guarded and the means and route of approach, making as complete a map of the hill as your facilities will enable, for the inferma- tion of these headquarters. The commanding general desires you also to make such disposition of the troops sent to report to you as in your judgment seems best to properly guard and protect the hill against the incursions of bushwhackers and horse thieves, constructing with as little delay as possible suitable shelters, block-houses, & c, for the guard as seems to you necessary. For this purpose tools can be obtained of the residents of the neighborhood. The utmost vigilance on the part of all the detail will be required, and under no circumstances must dis- cipline be relaxed. Slight offenses will be corrected and merit rewarded on the spot. You are referred to existing orders concerning the duty on outposts and scouting, and improve every opportunity to impress upon the men the necessity of their observance. You are authorized to pass through the lines and forward to the provost-marshals office such per- sons as seek permission and can satisfy you of their loyalty, giving to each individual a written permit, which must be delivered to the provost- marshal here. If at any time you obtain reliable information of the presence of guerrillas, jayhawkers, & c., in your vicinity, and a delay of sufficient time to inform these headquarters would make a search for them useless, you are authorized to detach a portion of the guard to scour the country within a few miles of your lines, always taking every precaution against surprise. The discretion herein authorized must be exercised only in cases that promise almost certain success, and it is preferred that you should accompany and command all such scouts in person, leaviiig always one officer fully instructed with the guard behind. An occasional visit among the people on the upper hill will enable you to judge with tolerable accuracy to what extent they can be relied upon for information. A close watch will also be kept by you upon the persons employed as well as the principals engaged in grow Page 7 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 7 ing cotton near your lines, and any and all information obtained by you regarding the operations going on within the lines, as well as the move- ments of those outside, will be proml)tly reported to these headquarters. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, CHAS. E. HOWE, Captain and Acting Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, Little Rock, Ark., April 1, 186511.15 a. m. Col. A. H. RYAN, Lewisburg, Ark.: It is presumed that you are advised of nz~ovements at Norristown. Reports from there say that the force is Shelbys; but they are doubt- less under command of Brooks. Can you send out a reliable scout to learn their strength and objectl Their crossing the river indicates a purpose to effect something beyond you, or to concentrate. By command of Maj. Gen. J. J. Reyiiolds: JOHN LEVERING, Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, Little Rock, Ark.~ April 1, 18651.15 p. m. Colonel RYAN, Commanding, Lewisburg, Ark.: Have you anything further in relation to movements of Brooks~ Can he be driven out f Please keep General Bussey advised as to condition of things. He will detain boats at Fort Smith until notified that the river is clear. By command of Maj. Gen. J. J. Reynolds: JOHN LEVERING, Assistant Adjutant- Genera7. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, Little Rock, Ark., April 1, 186511 a. m. Brigadier-General BUSSEY, Commanding Fort Smith: As a rebel force is reported to be in vicinity of Norristown, be cautions in dispatching steamers for this place. It will be best to know that the river is clear before taking risk. By command of Maj. Gen. J. J. Reynolds: JOHN LEVERING, Assistant Adjutant- General. FORT SMITH, April 1, 1865. (Received 10.50 p. in.) Major-General Poet, Commanding Military Division of the Missouri: A rebel force has been reported on north side of Arkansas River near Dardanelle, but I am satisfied it amounts to nothing. The forces, wit Page 8 8 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. the telegraph operator, evacuated Norristown this a. in., but the tele- graph line has not been disturbed, and it is now, 9 p. in., working to Little Rock. No word of Shelby being on the south side. CYRUS BUSSEY, Brigadier- General, Commanding. SPECIAL ORDERS, ~ HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, No. 87. Saint Louis, Mo., April 1, 1865. * * * * * * * 14. The military post at Franklin, Mo., will be abolished and the commanding officer of the post and the troops iiow stationed there will join their respective regiments. The commanding officer of the artil- lery camp at Franklin will furnish the necessary details required by the provost-marshal at that point. * * * * * * * By command of Major-General Dodge: J. W. BARNES, Assistant Adjutant. General. KANSAS CITY, April 1, 1865. General DODGE: Three companies of infantry arrived here to-night. They were short of officers and short about thirty men to each company, on detached service. I expected four full companies. No cavalry has reported as yet. General Blunt telegraphs me that he had started what you had ordered, but that they were delayed by high water. If I get the men you ordered to me I think I do not need more. I shall of course act with General Blunt or any other commander in this region. CHESTER HARDING, JR., Colonel. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI, Maj. J. W. BARNES, Springfield, April 1, 1865. Assistant Adjutant- General, Saint Louis: I am informed by General Bussey that 100 Missourians (rebels) crossed the Arkansas near Clarksville on the 28th and caine directly north; also that General Shelby is at or near Dardanelle, this afternoon, trying to cross the river. A detachment of my command attacked a squad of fourteen rebels about twenty miles from here on the 29th nltiino, and captured three and several horses. These men were directly from the army, and stated that it would not attempt to cross the Mississippi River at present, and that some portions of the army were being dismounted and others mounted. There are some indica- tions and information that Shelby designs moving into the State at once, and to come to a pass near this place. This latter information comes froni a ~cont of Shelbys, recently in this vicinity. I am moving some troops west and organizing some troops for constant field service, and shall try and force these rebels to fight in this district. My stock is poor. JOHN B. SANBORN, Brigadier- General, Commanding Page 9 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETCUNION. 9 FAYETTEVILLE, ARK., April 1, 1865. Brigadier-General SANBORN: Brigadier-General Bussey informs me that 100 rebel Missourians, well mounted crossed the Arkansas near Clarksville day before yes- terday, going north. I think their destination is North Missouri. M. LA RUE HARRISON, Colonel, Commanding. SAINT JOSEPH, April 1, 1865. Brevet Major-General FISK: The Liberty Tribune says that W. T. Reynolds was shot by an unknown man dressed in soldiers clothes. James M. Joues, of Liberty, says that it was by a person in soldiers uniform, supposed to be one of Captain Hunters company of Missouri State Militia, who left for Weston March 31 to be mustered out. James Leopole, Armstrong, and Reed all write me that there are guerrillas in the county, and that If MeMillans and Youngers parts of companies are not ordered on duty many Union men will leave Clay County. Please tell me what to say to them. The messenger will wait a few hours. W. R. PENICK, Brigadier- General. HAMILToN, April 1, 1865. General FISK: It is reliably reported that Thrailkill and Gordon crossed up west of Warrensburg, Mo., and at this time they are reported in Clay County, 150 strong. My force numbers sixty-five recruited men of Missouri Militia. Shall I delay until I get more men ~ CLAYTON TIFFIN, Captain, Commanding, Pc. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF NORTH MISSOURI, Macon, Mo., April 1, 1865. General ISAAC V. PRATT, Chillicothe, Mo.: GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your favors (two) of the 31st ultimo, and would say that Captain Herrick has been considered a sort of provisional commander of the troops in Colonel Shanklins sub-district since the 12th ultimo. Strictly speaking, you cannot command any of the troops that are in the U. S. service, unless upon, the request of the department commander you are ordered into active service for that specific duty. The Missouri Militia officers (general) are now on duty as enrolling and organizing officers only, and cannot command any of the troops in service. I have most earnestly recommended to both the national and State authorities that an immediate dissolution of their military copartnership in North Mis- sonri be made, and that the governor take my district into his own hands and care for it with militia officers and men exclusively. I think that the best plan, and shall urge it until something of that kind is done. I will send a volunteer officer to Chillicothe to take command of the few troops in service. Captain Herrick will be relieved early in the coming week. I want to organize a good company of voluntee Page 10 10 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. (CHAP. LX. militia as provided in General Orders, No. 3, current series, State headquarters, in Livingston County; also one in Linn. I wish you would select at once proper meu for officers, that they may be author- ized and proceed immediately to the recruitment, and select honest, loyal, temperate veterans for officers, and I will authorize them to go ahead at once. The counties ought to aid fiuiiancially in the purchase of arms for all these volunteer companies. Cant you stir them up l I hear various rumors of guerrilla bands. We shall have trouble, more or less. Let us be ready for the more. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, CLINTON B. FISK, Brigadier- aeneral. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF NORTH MISSoURI, Macon, Mo., April 1, 1865. CHARLTON H. HOWE, La Grange, Mo.: IDEAR SIR: I have with great satisfaction perused your law and order leader in yonr valued, fearless, free, and independent National American of the 30th nitimo. That is just the sort of talk for the times. We have, alas, too many citizens who claim because a man is radically loyal he has a carte blanche to conduct himself as his incli- nations may at any time suggest. Many such claim the right to order their neighbors out of the State and appropriate the personal effects of sympathizers, and that class of outlaws is very apt to class all men as very mean rebels who happen to own good horses, fine arms, or other convenient articles of property which may be coveted by the villains under the radical, loyal cloak. There has been much of the mobocratic spirit in Lewis and Clark Counties. I am exceedingly gratified that the radical press of Northeast Missouri has so emphatically pronounced against the evil. It behooves all in authority, civil and military, to punish wrong, whether committed under butternut or blue covers. Mobocracy is a relic of the great barbarism in the shadow of which Missouri has been chained for more than forty years; but, thank God, is no longer subject to such bondage. The sunlight of liberty falls upon us. Freedom is ours. Let IlS earnestly labor to restore the supremacy of the civil law throughout our redeemed Commonwealth, and advance the banner of Christian civilization. The military arm will be laid heavily upon armed offenders and outlaws and their friends who har- bor, aid, and abet them, and will not hesitate to take hold of any dis- turbers of the peace and good order of the State, whoever they may be, and require the civil authorities to bring them to trial and punishment for their offenses. Again I thank you for your well-chosen words in behalf of law and order. I have the honor to be, with great respect, your obedient servant, CLINTON B. FISK, Brigadier- General, U. A1. Volunteers. PATTERSON, Mo., April 1, 1865. Major-General Dom~E: I have the honor of giving you a synopsis of what is going on down here: First. There are citizens with arms furnished by the United States Government to fight bushwhackers, but, as there are no co Page 11 CHAP LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 11 missioned officers responsible for their conduct, they frequently usurp the power given them and turn bushwhackers, so far as to take stock and other articles for themselves. Second. There are citizens who have done all they could against our Government, and now come and ask the com- mander here to help them out into onr lines, and when they get a scout to help them out they will press teams and frequently keep them. So you see it is a perfect swindle and all wrong. Third. A man by the name of Polick, at Chester, Ill., who is a rebel, has a livery stable at that place, and is doing a considerable business in buying horses that citizens steal and carry to him. Fourth. There is a post surgeon employed at this post who is not competent, and one at the hospital at Ironton who is a rebel, and who Captain Leeper believes furnishes arms to bushwhack- ers. Fifth. The soldiers are allowed to go to the Knob almost when- ever they please, and all over the county, which keeps their horses run down. Sixth. And now I can say in so few words that everybody is trying to see who can get the best share of what is left. Something has to be done or this county is lost forever. The above are the reasons that 1 requested you in a former letter to give inc a place some- where else. I have some twenty recruits, but I cannot put much dependence in them, as five have deserted that gave me their names. I would like to have a command to scout this county. I know that I can do great service. I remain, your most obedient servant, W. J. MORRIS. FORT SCOTT, April 1, 186512.33 p. m. Major-General DODGE: I have reliable information of small parties of rebels coming from below and passing through Southwest Missouri toward the Missouri River. The indications are that bushwhacking on tbe border by numerous small parties will soon be resnmed with a great deal of activity. JAS. G. BLUNT, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, Mo., April 1, 18655.35 p. m. Major-General BLUNT, Paola: The Wisconsin regiment went to Sedalia three days ago, and must be on march to you. Do all you can to catch these guerrillas. Use your cavalry freely. Colonel Potter has sent you 300 horses. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 1, 186512.30 p. m. Brevet Brigadier.General FORD, Fort Lamed: Major-General ilalleck telegraphs that great care must be taken and not come in conflict with friendly Indians. Colonel Leavenworth rep- resents the Comanches as friendly, as not having taken part in lat Page 12 12 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. troubles, an(l disposed to remain friendly, and to take part against Cheyennes and Kiowas; also Little Raven as anxious for peace and friendly relations. Those bands that have committed depredations should be punished and made to give up stolen property. Colonel Leavenworth has gone to meet the Comanches. Were they part of the Indians whom the scouts reported on Cimarron? You are on the ground and must judge of these matters. If they are friendly Indians it is the policy of the Government to have them remain so; and those who are unfriendly to punish until they will keep the peace and desist from molesting whites and interfering with our lines of travel. What news you have send me, and keep me fully posted as to your movements. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. SPECIAL ORDERS, IIDQRS. MIL. DIV. OF WEST MisSISSIPPI, No. 92. New Orleans, La., April 2, 1865. * * * * * * * 4. Brig. Gen. A. L. Lee, U. S. Volunteers, is here by directed to remain in this city until frirther orders. This order to date from Feb- ruary 3, 1865. By order of Maj. Gen. E. It. S. Canby: C. II. DYER, Captain and Assistant Adjutant- General. IIDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, New Orleans, La., April 2, 1865. Brevet Major-General GRIERSON, Gommanding Cavalry: GENERAL: I am directed by the major-general commanding to inform you that no more troops can be drawn from the Department of Arkansas. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, C. II. DYER, Assistant Adjutant- General. SPECIAL ORDERS, IIDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF TIlE GULF, No. 89. * New Orleans, April 2, 1865. * * * * * * 2. The Veteran Reserve Corps, Department of the Gulf, Capt. W. W. H. Lawtou commanding, will report to Brig. Gen. T. W. Sherman, commanding Southern Divisiou of Lonisiana. By command of Major-General Hurlbut: J. C. STONE, Captain and Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS LA FOURCHE DISTRICT, Thibodeaux La A Col. W. 0. FISKE, , ., pril 2, 1865. First Louisiana Volunteer Infantry, Donaldsonville: The general commanding directs that you send a cavalry detach- ment of 100 men from your command toward Lake Natchez. The Page 13 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 13 should start in time to reach Jauntes Landing by Tuesday evening. They will take five days rations and sixty rounds of ammunition. The object is to scour the country between Grand Bayou and Grand River for the purpose of capturing or destroying a gang of Whitakers men, now said to be in that section of country recruiting and pillaging. A force of 100 men has been ordered to proceed from Bayou B~zeuf in small boats to Micheltres plantation. Care must be taken not to have the two detachments come in collision in Bay Natchez. If it is found impracticable to reach Grand Bayou, Pierre Pass, or Bayou Corn with horses, they will be left under sufficient guard for their protection, the detachment proceeding on foot. If possible, send a guide who is acquainted with the country and the people. If you cannot do this send some one who can speak French, so that information may be had from the inhabitants. You will call the attention of the officer going in command of this detachment to the requirements of General Orders, No. 45, series of 1864, from headquarters Defenses of New Orleans. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, B. B. CAMPBELL, Captain and A8sistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS LA FOURCHE DISTRICT, Thibodeaux, La., April 2, 1865. Lieut. Col. JOHN L. RICE, Seventy-fifth U. S. Colored Infantry, Bayou Beuf, La.: By direction of Brigadier-General Cameron I have ordered two offi- cers, with a detachment of fifty dismounted men from the Sixteenth Indiana Mounted Infantry, to report to you to-morrow for temporary duty. The general directs that you at once start out an expedition of 100 men, 50 from the Sixteenth Indiana, 25 from Company K, Second Louisiana Cavalry, and 25 frdm the Seventy-fifth U. S. Colored Infantry. These men will move in your small boats on Tuesday morning, April 4, 1865, taking eight days rations and sixty rounds of ammunition, pro- ceeding from Bayou Bnuf, via Lake Palourde, Grass Lake, and Lake Verret, to Bay Natchez and Grand River to Micheltres plantation, at the head of Bayou Pigeon. At this point they will meet and commu- nicate with the commanding officer of a gun-boat which will be sent there for the purpose of co-operating with your infantry force. The commanding officer will be instructed to bring away or destroy all fiats, small boats, and other means of crossing found in these lakes and bayous, and capture or destroy all gangs of guerrillas or thieves found in that country. Failing to find any of these gangs at Bayou Pigeon, he will return with his command, via Grand River, Bell River, Bayou Long, and Bayou Milhomme. The object of this expedition is to destroy or capture a gang of Whit- akers men, now said to be infesting that section of country for the purpose of recruiting and thieving. Great care must be used by the commanding officer to prevent any surprise or disaster, and every possible effort must be made to accomplish the object of the expedition. The commanding officer will be held strictly accountable for the conduct of the men under his command. Pillaging must not be allowed. His attention is particularly called to General Orders, No. 45, series of 1864, from headquarters Defenses of New Orleans, a copy of which is here- with inclosed. It is expected you may meet a detachment of cavalry from Donaldsonville at Bay Natchez, but you will not wait for them, bu Page 14 14 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. move as rapidly as consistent. Messrs. Decker and Escudier will report to you for duty as guides. Immediately on return of the expedition a full and complete report will be made out and forwarded to these head- quarters. Acknowledge receipt by telegraph. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, B. B. CAMPBELL, Captain and Assistant Adjutant- General. SAINT Louis, Mo., April 2, 18653.20 p. m. Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK, Washington, D. C.: Following dispatch just received from General Bussey, commanding at Fort Smith, .~ General Sanborn, at Springfield, Mo., telegraphs that he had a skir- mish with small party near that place, capturing three men, who report that the rebel force in Arkansas would not attempt to cross the Missis- sippi at present, and that Shelby intends moving into this State by way of Springfield. JNO. POPE, Major- General. SAINT Louis, April 2, 1865. (Received 7.15 p. m.1 Major.General HALLECK: General Dodge has telegraphed Colonel Ekin, of the Cavalry Bureau, for authority to purchase 600 horses to mount cavalry in District of South Kansas. His cavalry is nearly all dismounted. While it is much needed to prevent bands from Prices army from moving north, horses can be obtained in Kansas in two weeks at same rates paid as in Saint Louis, and of a better quality. I respectfully request that the purchase be ordered. JNO. POPE, Major- General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, Little Rock, Ark., April 2, 18651.30 p. m. Major-General REYNOLDS, Mouth of White River: Reports from Colonel Ryan indicate that the rebel force above Illinois Bayou is not so formidable as represented yesterday. Major Mason was sent out with a small force from Lewisburg to learn their strength and probable purpose. Colonel Ryan does not report his return, but at noon to-day telegraphs that he thinks the river clear. I had stopped steamers at this place and Fort Smith, but have just instructed that they may run. The Randolph will leave here in the morning. Partly Government freight. Boat at owners risk. Nothing new. All is well. I cant believe the rebels crossed the river. JOHN LEVERING, Assistant Adjutant- General. *See p. 7 Page 15 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 15 HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, Little Rock, Ark., April 2, 18651.15 p. m. Colonel RYAN, Commanding, Lewisburg: The steamer Randolph will probably leave here to-night or early to-morrow. She is loaded with private and public freight. The cap- tain will report to you for instruction or advice as to safety of the river above you. By command of Maj. Gen. J. J. Reynolds: JOHN LEVERING, Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, Little Rock, Ark., April 2, 18651.15 p. m. Brigadier-General BUSSEY, Commanding Fort Smith: Colonel Ryan reports at noon to-day that he thinks the river per- fectly safe for boats. You had as well start one if ready, reporting time of leaving to Colonel .Ryan, at Lewisburg, and to these head- quarters. By command of Major-General Reynolds: JOHN LEVERING, Assistant Adjutant- General. HDQRS. THIRD DIVISION, SEVENTH ARMY CORPS, Fort Smith, Ark., April 2, 1865. Col. JOHN LEVERING, Assistant Adjutant- General, Department of Arkansas: The boats that return to Little Rock should be loaded heavily with commissary stores and returned here on the high water. Sales of sub- sistence stores were made to over 4,000 persons at Fort Gibson for the ten days ending March 31, and 5,000 more reported by the Indian agent and brigade commander in a starving condition. The suffering of the people is very great. Fort Gibson will require a large amount of stores if those who are starving are fed. Send all the supplies you can and I will relieve the suffering as far as possible. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, CYRUS BUSSEY, Brigadier- General, Con~manding. [First indorsement.] HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, Little Rock, April 5, 1865. Respectfully forwarded through headquarters Military Division of the Missouri for information of the War Department, inviting atten- tion to inclosed copy of communication from U. S. Indian agent at Fort Gibson. J. J. REYNOLDS Major- General, Commanding Page 16 16 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. [Second indorsement.] HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, A 17, 1865. Respectfully transmitted for the information and action of the War Department. JNO. POPE, Major- General. [Inclosure.] FORT GIBSON, CHEROKEE NATION, March 31, 1865. General BUSSEY, Commanding Port Smith, Ark.: SIR: There is nnder Major Cutler (now absent) and my agency some 5,000 or more loyal refugee Indians, embracing Creeks, Seminoles, Choctaws, and Chickasaws, who are absolutely on the verge of starva- tion, no supplies having been furnished within the last three weeks, owing in a great measure to the difficulty of transportation, teams hauling during the winter having been detained here so long that it is impossible to get them to try the trip agaiu under such circumstances. Would you order that half rations of flour be furnished from the coin- missary here, to be returned or accounted for by the Indian Depart- ment, as you may direct. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, ISAAC COLEMAN, U. S. Indian Agent. FORT LEAVENWORTH, April 2, 1865. Major-General DODGE, Saint Louis: General Mitchell has not yet arrived to take command of District of North Kansas. Could not General Davies be considered in command until General Mitchell arrives? It makes confusion, there being no district commander. JOHN WILLANS, Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 2, 1865. Colonel MORRILL, Polla: What condition is the Thirteenth Missouri Cavalry in? Are they mounted, and how long will it take to concentrate them? G. M. DODGE, Major- General. HUNTSVILLE, April 2, 1865. Lieutenant CLARKE, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General: Say to General Fisk that Bill Stephens and two men robbed Cairo last night. Went south from there. I have ordered some men in pursuit. I sent a dispatch to Lieutenant Hayman notifying him the directio Page 17 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 17 they took. I am waiting to hear from Allen further particulars, and if more men are sent from this post may wait until morning before going to Glasgow. A. F. DENNY, Lieutenant- Colonel. WESTON, April 2, 1865. Brigadier-General FISK: I have not been able to get the particulars as to the shooting of Reynolds at Liberty. The matter is being investigated. I have two more arrested, and shall send them to Liberty to have them identified by Reynolds. Will report as soon as I can procure the particulars. H. M. MATTIIEWS, Lieutenant- Golonel, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, New Orleans, April 3, 1865. ileutenamlt-Colonel CHRISTENSEN, - Assistant Adjutant-General: From dispatches received to-day it appears that Johnston, combined with Bragg, made no material impression on Sherman in the recent battles, and that the rebel loss in their desperate hurling of masses on our lines mnst have been very heavy. There is nothing of material moment here except that the continued high water has driven all but one regiment at Morgauza upon their boats. Stores of all kinds have been placed out of reach by shipping on boats or sending to Port Hudson. Our ordnance supplies are very much reduced at this depot, and if there is a probability of long-continued expenditure by siege they should be amply filled up. Mortar rafts sciit down the Mississippi are here. The quartermaster reports that it is impossible to tow them over via river and Gulf, and from my knowledge of them I am inc]ined to believe his report. The mortars and shell can be taken off and sent in some other way. Your obedient servant, S. A. IHURLBUT, Major- General, Commanding. BRAZOS SANTIAGO A Maj. Gen. S. A. HtIRLEUT, pril 3, 1865. Commanding Department of the Gulf: GENERAL: After an absence of nearly a month, I returned to this place two days ago. I have been up the Rio Grande a long distance, and report the following facts for yonr consideration: The demoraliza- lion in the rebel army in Texas is very extensive. In all the counties from San Antonio and Austin up to the mountains the rebel soldiers are coming home in large numbers, and in two or three places have notified the enrolling officer and provost-marshal that their services were no longer needed. In most parts of the State there has been fine rains, and the grass is consequently abundant. On the Rio Grande the forces under Ford and Benavides do not amotint to more than 800 men. 2 R RVOL XLvImI, PT I Page 18 18 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. Benavides commands about half the number. Fords men are stationed on the Lower Rio Grande, and Benavides forces from Ringgold Barracks up to Laredo. It seems that Benavides has come to the con clusion not to fight against the United States Government, but has pledged himself to acertain gentleman that whenever the proper time arrives he will with most if not all of his command cross over into Mexico and help to fight the enemies of the Republic. General Cortina is the gentleman to whom Benavides has pledged his services, and I got the information from the generals brother-in-law. He seut his chief of staff~ on to Matamoras last week, with instructions to move his (Cortinas) family over to Brownsville as soon as the Federal army should occupy that place. You can judge by that whether he iutends to fight for the Empire or not. All the towns east of the mountaiiis are prepared and have measures concerted to rise agaiiist the Empire as soon as the Union army returns to Brownsville. Cortina is working hard to make the move success- ful. If that does not occur soon they may fail, as Mejia has asked for large re-enforcernents from the interior, but I dont think he can receive any for at least one month. Everything is quiet on the island, but I regret to hear that Colonel Jones is about to leave here, as he has been an excellent commanding officer and faithful in the discharge of his duties. M. DOLAN. HEAJIQITARTERS LA FOURCHE DISTRICT, Thibodeaux, La., April 3, 1865. Col. J. HALE SYPHER, Eleventh U. S. Colored Artillery, Plaquemine: The general commanding directs that you send all your available cavalry to The Park on Tuesday, April 4, 1865. The commanding officer will be instructed to l9ake eight days rations and sixty rounds of ammunition. The object of the expedition is to cut oft the retreat of Whitakers gang, should they attempt to leave the La Fourche country by that route. This detachment will remain at The Park six days unless otherwise ordered from these headquarters. Great care must be taken to prevent surprise or disaster. You will call the attention of the officer going in command of this detachment to the provisions of General Orders, No. 45, series of 1864, from headquarters Defenses of New Orleans. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, B. B. CAMPBELL, Captain and Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS LA FOURCHE DISTRICT, Thibodeaux, La., April 3, 1865. Captain LEONARD, Commanding Naval Forces, Brashear City: Brigadier-General Cameron, commanding La Fourche District, directs me to present you his compliments and requests you to send a gun- boat on Tuesday next to blockade Grand River at the head of Little Bayou Pigeon, for the purpose of co-operating with an iufantry force of 100 men to be sent out in small boats from Bayou B~uf The corn- manding officer of this infantry force has been directed to communicate with the commanding officer of your boat at or near Micheltre Page 19 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 19 plantation. The object of the expedition is to capture or destroy a gang of Whitakers njen, said to be infesting that section of country. The commanding officer at Brashear City has been directed to send you seventy-five men for the expedition. The boat should remain up there about five days, or until the small boats arrive, unless other orders are received. The general requests that the object and destination be con- sidered confidential by you nutil the boat is ready to start. Please acknowledge receipt. I have the honor to remain, very respectfully, your obedient servant, B. B. CAMPBELL, Captain and Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS LA FOURCHE DISTRICT, Thibodeaux, La., A 3, 1865. COMMANDING OFPICER, Brashear City, La.: The general commanding directs that you order two officers and seventy-five men from your command to report to Captain Leonard, commanding naval forces at Brashear City, La., early on Tuesday morn- ing, April 4, 1865. They will be instructed to take eight days rations and sixty rounds of ammunition. After taking these men on board the gun-boat will at once proceed to the head of Bayou Pigeon, where it will remain for eight days, unless otherwise ordered, or until the arrival of the detachment from Bayou Bceuf, when it will return. The object of the expedition is to co-operate with a force sent out from Bayou Bceuf in small boats for the purpose of capturing a portion of Whitakers gang, said to be in that country. The object and destination of this expedition will be considered confidential, and not given to the officer in command of the detachment till his command is ready to embark. You will direct this officers attention to General Orders, No. 45, series of 1864, from headquarters Defenses of New Orleans, in regard to straggling and plundering. Immediately on the return of the expedi- tion you will cause a full and complete report to be made out and forwarded to these headquarters. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, B. B. CAMPBELL, - Captain and Assistant Adjutant- General. General E. D. TOWNSEND, NATCHEZ, MIsS., April 3, 1865. Assistant Adjutant- General, U. S. Army, Washington, D. C.: GENERAL: During the course of my inspections in this department I have found a great deficiency of commissioned officers serving with the troops. In one regiment there was but one commissioned officer present at inspection; in another regiment four companies were without a commissioned officer, and it has been seldom that I have found more than one officer with a company. This scarcity of officers has been mainly owing to the fact that large details have been made from the line for special and detached service, such as upon the staffs of general officers, upon courts-martial and military commissions, and to fill various offices connected with the administration of the municipal affairs of towns. The Department of the Mississippi as at present defined only includes th Page 20 20 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. troops at this place and Yicksburg, with a few small detachments guarding wood-yards and refugee camps along the river, amounting in the aggregate for duty to only about 8,000. The commanders of the two military districts composing this department are zealous and efficient officers, who, in my judgment, are fully competent to perform all the duties devolving upon them without the immediate presence of a depart- ment commander, especially at this time when there are no organized forces of the enemy in the vicinity of the river. In view of these cir- cumstances, if the two districts were merged into other departments, placing that of INatchez into the Department of the Gulf and the Dis- trict of Vicksburg into the Department of the Cumberland, it would obviate the necessity of keeping up a very large and expensive staff organization at department headquarters and return a number of line officers to their appropriate commands, where their services are much needed. Major-General Dana, the department commander, had upon his staff at the date of my inspection (March 22, 1865) two colonels, two majors, one surgeon, eight captains, and seven lieutenants. At the same time he had an escort of two commissioned officers and eighty men of the Second Wisconsin Cavalry Volunteers, with five wagons and an ambulance, besides twenty-nine soldiers detailed as clerks and printers, who received each, in addition to their pay proper, 40 cents per day (extra pay), and $8 per month from the provost-marshals fund. From December 16, 1864, to February 28, 1865, the amount paid out of the provost-marshals fund for gas, clerk hire, printing, books, & c., at the department headquarters offices was $4,529.80. From the foregoing facts it will be seen that the expense to the United States of sustaining the headquarters of this department as at present organized, including pay of officers and men, subsistence, quarters, fuel, & c., with the cost and forage of animals, will not amount to less than $150,000 per annum. General Dana has upon his staff several very efficiemit officers who super- vise thoroughly the different staff bureaus of the department, but as the number of troops is so~ small at the presema time the line officers could, in my judgment, do better service with their regiments than in the positions they now occupy. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, R. B. MARCY, Colonel and Inspector- General. CAnro, ILL., April 3, 1865. Capt. J. MoC. BELL, Assistant Adjutant- General, Division Headquarters: Will be in Saint Louis about 6 oclock to-morrow evening. Send my carriage to the river about 5 oclock, with orders to wait until 9 oclock for our boat, the C. E. ililiman. JNO. POPE, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 3, 18653.45 p. m. Brigadier-General MCCALLUxr, Superintendent of Military Railroads, Washington, D. C.: The late freshet washed out nine bridges on Iron Mountain Railroad and did immense damage to road bed. The company have notified me that they are unable to replace the bridges. It is important that w Page 21 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNLON. 21 should have the road running to supply our troops in Southeast Missouri. I respectfully reques+ that orders be immediately sent to Captain Fox to rebuild the bridges. Claflin & Co. have their bridge men all here, just finishing trestle-work, and could put them on this. Please answer. Railroad company will repair road bed. Estimated cost of bridges not to exceed $100,090. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. GENERAL ORDERS, IIDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, No. 89. Saint Louis, illio., A 3, 1865. Upon the receipt of this order a national salute will be fired at each post and arsenal within this department in honor of the victories achieved by our armies under Lieutenant-General Grant, aiid the cap- ture of Petersburg and Richmond. By command of Major-General Dodge: J. W. BARNES, Assistant Adjutant- General. SAINT Louis, Mo., April 3, 1865. Colonel BEVERIDGE, Cape Girardean: Keep communication open, via Anna, Ill., by telegraph until the line between here and Pilot Knob is opened, and keep open the line from Cape Girardeau to Pilot Knob and as far down toward Saint Louis on the Iron Mountain Railroad as possible. By order of Brigadier-General Ewing: II. HAINNAIIS, Major and Acting Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI, Springfield, Mo., A 3, 1865. COMMANDING OFFICER, Neosho, Mo.: SIR: Upon the arrival of Company F, Fifteenth Missouri Cavalry, at your post, you will direct Captain Ruark, Company L, Eighth Missouri State Militia, to proceed with his command to this post arid report to the commanding officer of his regiment. You will follow with Com- pany M, Eighth Missouri State Militia, as soon as Company L, Fifteenth Missouri Cavalry, arrives at your post, turning over the command to the senior officer. By order of Brigadier-General Sanborn: WM. T. KITTREDGE, Assistant A~jutant- General. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI, Springfield, Mo., April 3, 1865. Captain ROBERTS, Gompany B, Fifteenth Cavalry Missouri Volunteers: You will take command of the detachment of 100 men who are detailed to operate in the field on the western border. I desire all the cattle Page 22 22 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAr. LX. horses, and mules along the border in the Indian Nation driven out. Lieutenant Graves, acting commissary of subsistence, is along to take charge of them for Captain See. In addition to driving out these cattle you will operate as much as possible against guerrillas and rebel bands now moving north along the border. You will make timely requisitions for ammunition, forage, and subsistence, and report your position and progress from time to time through Neosho and Mount Vernon. You will move and manage in such manner as not to injure or break down the stock, if it is pos~sible to prevent it. Very respectfully, yours, & c., JOHN B. SANBORN, Brigadier- General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF NORTH MISSOURI, Macon, Mo., April 3, 1865. Major-General DODGE, Commanding Department of the Missouri, Saint Louis, Mo.: GENERAL: I have the honbr to report the district in comparatively good order. I hear of the return of several old chieftains of bandits, who for the last four summers have carried on their thieving operations in North Missouri. One most excellent feature in the conduct of the present stealing campaign is that the villains make no discrimination between loyalists and rebels. They discriminate only in favor of a poor man. I fear that many of our returning three-year.olds will make their old secesh neighbors very uncomfortable during the present year. One good result of this state of things will be a concentration of effort on the part of all good citizens to put down all manner of lawlessness, by whomsoever committed. I have made a personal inspection of all the prisons in the district, examined each case myself, and turned over to the civil authorities every case not strictly military. At Saint Joseph T literally turned the prison into the grand jury room, with a portion of the bar of Saint Joseph with them. Over 300 indictments were found at Saint Joseph during the term just ended. Another communication accompanying this will fully explain certain abuses and corruptions in and about the provost-marshals department, all of which I have cor- rected.* The volunteer militia companies organized by the governor are progressing well in most cases. Platte County has done but little for Captain Eads, and will not until they reach the conclusion that it is to be Eads or nobody. Howard, Chariton, and Randolph are doing splendidly; Boone and Callaway not so well. The Third and Niuth Cavalry Missouri State Militia detachments are so near the expiration of their terms of service that they are of but little value. If the War Department would authorize the conversion of the Fifty-first Regiment Infantry Missouri Volunteers, now organizing at Saint Joseph, into a cavalry regiment, it would be very desirable. Their services, mounted, will be needed in Northwest Missouri when the leaves come out. Infantry is of but little account in a bushwhacking region. I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, CLINTON B. FISK, Brigadier- General. * See Fisk to Dodge, April 5, p. 33 Page 23 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 23 WESTON, April 3, 1865. Hon. T. C. FLETCHER: DEAR SIR: I am very sorry to say the bushwhackers are again making their appearance in our midst. Thirty-five were seen last week in one squad in Clay County. One was killed last week some eight miles from here, on the Plattsburg road some two or three days since. Two were captured at Smithville, in the edge of Clay, on Saturday night last. Yet these very men who are feeding and harboring them will tell you that everything is quiet, and that three-fourths of the men in Platte County are loyal and desire peace. I will admit such to be the case according to a rebels idea of loyalty and desire for peace, but not oii the terms of Union men or radicals. They wish to keep many if not all the rebels who were elected last fall in this county in office by representing them as loyal men; yet there is not one of them who did not do all in his power to defeat the radical and to elect the McClellan, Price & Co. ticket. The true men, governor, want none but radicals put in office in this county, and, in fact, J feel confi- dent we shall never have peace here until we have radical officers throughout the county. I am now slowly recove4ng from a very severe attack of erysipelas, and between this time and the 1st of May will be in your city, and hope as a matter of favor to our party you will hold open the appointments for our county until I see you. We remembei~ with great satisfaction your remark on the 11th of January, If there was but one Union man in a county that county belonged to him, and he should be protected.~~ Thank God there are a few Union men of 1861 here, and I know you will protect them. If you should at any time have a leisure moment, I should be pleased to hear from you. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, D. W. MOORE. SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DISTRICT OF NORTh MISSOURI, No. 67. Macon, Mo., April 3, 1865. * * * * * * * 3. Capt. William F. Flint, Company F, Forty-third Infantry Missouri Volunteers, will proceed with his company without delay to Kansas City, Mo., reporting on his arrival at that point to Col. Chester Hard- ing, jr., commanding Forty-third Infantry Missouri Volunteers, for duty. 4. Commanding officer Company E, Ninth Cavalry Missouri State Militia, will proceed with his company without delay to Macon, Mo., reporting on his arrival to Capt. F. W. Fuchs, commanding Post and Sub-District of Macon, for duty. * * * * * * * 6. Capt. Lumau W. Story, Missouri Militia, having reported at these headquarters with a full company of Missouri Volunteer Militia, organ- ized under General Orders, No 3, current series, headquarters State of Missouri, and General Orders, No. 28, cur rent series, headquarters Department of the Missouri, is hereby with his entire company ordered into active service, and will forthwith report in person at these head- quarters for orders. * * * * * * * 8. Capt. A. Dennys company, Volunteer Missouri Militia, organ- ized under General Orders, No. 3, headquarters State of Missouri, current series, and General Orders, No. 28, headquarters Departmen Page 24 24 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. of the Missouri, current series, having been duly mustered into service on the 28th day of March, 1865, is hereby ordered into active service from that date. By order of Brig. Gen. Clinton B. Fisk: W. T. CLARKE, First Lieutenant, Aide-de-~~m~, and Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF NORTH MISSOURI, Macon, JIb., April 3, 1865. Hon. WILLIAM HERRON, Savannah, Jibe.: IDEAR SIR: I am in receipt of your valued favor of the 31st nitimo, and thank you for the information therein. You have discharged your duty fearlessly. I wish every civil and military officer would do the same thing. We should then have a better state of society. I am pained to have the least suspicion that Circuit Attorney Parker winked at the Saint Joe Military Prison attorney iniquity, and hope that inves- tigation will show tha~ he has had no complicity with the wrong prac- ticed upon prisoners, or has endeavored in any way to shield any guilty attorney from the just blows of the offended law. I have always had a high opinion of Parker, and should regret the necessity of changing it. I assure you I shall not hesitate to go to the bottom of the iniquity, caring not those whose fingers are pinched in tIme operation. Saint Joseph has done well. I trust that every county in your district will thus lay hold of the horns of the al{ar of civil liberty, law, and order. I will act as your aide-de-camp, while I shall in no case relax my ener- gies and preparations to properly meet and exterminate armed outlaws. I will in every proper instance stand second in command to the civil authorities. Lawlessness and a mobocratic spirit were born of the great barbarismslavery. I tru~t the good name of loyalty and freedom will not be tarnished by contact with the relics of the abomination now dead, thank God. I have seen Governor Fletcher since my interview with you and gave him a history of the rise and fall of the Hill con- spiracy to accumulate greenbacks. Your reappointment is beyond doubt. I shall be pleased to hear from you frequently. I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant, CLINTON B. FISK, Brigadier- General. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF NORTH MISSOURI, Macon, Mo., April 3, 1865. Maj. II. A. DE BOLT, District Provost-Marshal, Macon, Jib.: MAJOR: I have the honor to state that it has come to my knowledge that many persons have been arrested and imprisoned for a long time by some of your subordinates upon evidence insufficient to warrant the military authorities restraining citizens of their liberty. Great care should be exercised in the use of the arbitrary power confided to pro- yost-marshals, and we cannot be too cautious in receiving as truth the statements of apparently good men who seek through the military power the punishment of neighbors for alleged offenses, old grudges, local animosities, and private griefs, to frequently seek adjustment through the military arm of power, much to the scandal and prejudic Page 25 CHAP. LX.) 25 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. of honesty and loyalty. You will direct your assistant provost-marshal to henceforth, in each case of arrest and imprisonment, to immediately report to me at these headquarters in writing the evidence upou which such arrest has been made, and the names of parties who caused the arrest. Each prisoner will be instructed to make a full report in writ- ing of his case, and the cause of his arrest as he understands it, and forward the same to these headquarters. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, CLINTON B. FISK, Brigadier- General. GLASGoW, April 3, 1865. General C. B. FISK: I learn that Capt. Joseph Gooch, Lieutenant Bragg, lloltzclaw, Linds- icy Peyton, I~euben Peyton, and Kit Peyton, all guerrillas from How- ard County, are at or near Nebraska City. Goochs wife went up a few days since. They have some stock at Prairie Home, near there. It is believed they are preparing to cross the plains. A. F. DENNY, Lieutenant- Colonel. MEXIcO, April 3, 1865. Brigadier-General FISK: Lieutenant Lehman reports having killed a bushwhacker in Callaway, ten miles south of Bloomfield. The fellows name was Scott. DAN. M. DRAPER, Lieutenant- Colonel. GENERAL ORDERS, ~ IIDQRS. DEPT. OF THE NORTHWEST, No. 11. 5 Milwaukee, Wis., April 3, 1865. The following-named officers constitute the staff of the major-general commanding. They will be obeyed and respected accordingly: Maj. T. J. Weed, additional aide-de-camp and chief of staff; Maj. T. I. McKenny, additional aide-dc-camp, inspector-general, and chief of cav- alry; Maj. C. S. Chariot, assistant adjutant-general; Maj. S. S. Curtis, Second Colorado Cavalry, aide-de-camp and judge-advocate; Capt. I. N. Mason assistant quartermaster of volunteers, acting chief quarter- master; Iaj. W. W. Burns, commissary of subsistence chief commis- sary; Lient. Col. Ebenezer Swift, surgeon, U. S. Army, medical director; Maj. 11.11. Hunt, Fifteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, chief of ordnance and artillery; Capt. H. J. ilinton, Second Kansas Colored Volunteers, aide-de-camp; Lient. S. P. Curtis, SiXteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, aide dc-camp. By command of Major-General Curtis: C. S. CIJARLOT, Assistant Adjutant- General. SPECIAL ORDERS, ) IIDQRS. DEPT. OF THE NORTHWEST, No. 58. 5 Milwaukee, Wis., April 3, 1865. I. Maj. T. I. MeKenny, additional aide-de-camp, having reported is assigned to duty from the 23d of March ultimo Page 26 26 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. II. Maj. It. II. Hunt, Fifteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, having reported is assigned to duty from the 17th of March ultinio. By command of Major-General Curtis: C. S. CHAIILOT, Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE NORTHWEST, Brig. Gen. H. H. SIBLEY, Keokuk, April 3, 1865. & iutt Paul, ]Jfinn.: GENERAL: I am in receipt of your favor of the 26th ultimo * contain- ing a letter from Captain Howe, commanding at Fort Ripley, expressing apprehensions of hostilities on the part of the Chippewa Indians as soon as spring fairly opens. The cause of hostilities represented by Cap- tain Howe is not, as your letter implies, attributable to rebels, but deal- ers in substitutes; and your immediate exertions must be manifested not only to prevent outrages such as the captain names, of running off their young men in considerable numbers and much against their will,~~ but also to show these Indians our resentment of such conduct. If possi- ble, you will also ascertain where such young men may have been sent and the circumstances, so that they may be released if, as stated, they have been abducted and improperly made to enter our service. In the meantime it is proper to prepare for the threatened resentment, what- ever may be the cause, and I have forwarded your communication to division headquarters, calling attention to the necessity of retaining or substituting the troops proposed to be withdrawn. I must also express my hope that State authorities will see to the organization and arming of the frontier militia, so as to secure convenient co-operation from that great national reserve if occasion seems to require assistance. I have the honor to be, general, your obedient servant, 5. 11. CURTIS, Major- General. Colonel SAYLES, THIBODEAUX, April 4, 1865. Napoleonville: General Cameron directs me to say that Whitakers gang will proba- bly come down on the west side of the Grand Bayou. It is reported that the detachment pursuing them from iDonaldsonville has retaken a number of mules, and had a skirmish with them. B. B. CAMPBELL, Assistant A djutant- General. Colonel SAYLES, THIBODEAUX, April 4, 1865. Napoleonville: The general commanding directs me to say that Whitaker and fifty men with fifty stolen horses left McCalls plantation, three miles above Donaldsonville, this morning. They will probably attempt to retreat by Doctor Martins or Doctor Fords road to Bay Natchez. The general See Part I, p. 1264 Page 27 CHAP. LX.] 27 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. commanding directs that you send about fifty men under two good offi- cers with instructions to proceed out Doctor Fords road to the crossiug of Grand Bayou, Bayou Corn, or Bayou Pierre Pass. At one of these places they will probably find a small squad of the Sixteenth Indiana Mounted Infantry, left in charge of a lot of their horses, while the main body of the detachment has gone forward dismounted. Your force will be instructed to approach this picket or squad very carefully to prevent a collision. Your force is for the purpose of re-enforcing this picket to prevent their capture, and to conimunicate if possible with the dis- mounted detachment, informing them of Whitakers probable coming, and that he left his boats in Bayou Pierre Pass when he entered the district. These boats should be captured and removed to Bayou Bnuf or destroyed, the former being preferable. Whitaker, finding his retreat cut off, may hide in the Pierre Pass country. He should be hunted out if possible. Your detachment should Lake at least three days rations. B. B. CAMPBELL, Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MIssoTJRI, Saint Louis, Mo., April 4, 186511 a. m. Brigadier-General BUSSEY, Fort Smith: Is there any news of the enemy in your quarter l Keep me posted, please. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. HDQRS. THIRD BRIG., THIRD Div., SEVENTH ARMY CORPS, Fort Gibson, Cherokee Nation, April 4, 1865. Maj. Gen. J. J. REYNOLDS, Commanding Department of Arkansas, Little Rock, Ark.: SIR: I returned a few days ago. I employed all the spare force of my command patting in crops or assisting the refugees to put in crops. I shall do so for two or three weeks. There is great suffering among the refugees. I shall endeavor to have beef driven from the south for them. Sales of subsistence, under the division commanders orders, had been made to those actively engaged raising crops, but General Bussey directs me to stop it, or issue to but few parties. As the Gov- ernment has been subsisting them, I had thought it well enough, until supplies could reach them by the river, for the Interior Department to let those who had money buy under the order at cost and carriage. 1 had designed issuing ten days refugee rations to such as must have it, hoping that by that time supplies would reach here by river, and that it would enable them to put in crops. However, I countermanded the order on the instructions from Fort Smith. I wish that a supply of garden seeds and sweet and Irish potatoes, for seed, could be obtained and sent at once. If possible, I desire to see this community self-sus- taining another year. I requested General Bussey to telegraph to you, requesting that supplies be sent by river for the refugees while the water was in stage. The Interior Department supplied them, but little has been brought down this winter. The small amount they have received has been hauled from Leavenworth at ruinous rates. This i Page 28 28 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. a bad time to starve them, for I want to encourage them to work for the next few months. I advise you again of these facts and solicit such assistance as you may be able to render. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, WM. A. PHILLIPS, Colonel, Commanding. PINE BLUFF, ARK., April 4, 1865. Colonel LEVERING, Assistant A djutant- General: Captain Norris, with seventy-fonr men of the Thirteenth Illinois Cavalry, has just returned from a four days scout, going about fifty miles southeast. Reports having killed 1 lieutenant, and bringing in 10 prisoners, with no casualties on our side. AJso brought in about 90 bead of cattle. JAMES M. TRUE, Colonel, Commanding. IIDQRS. THIRD SUB-DISTRICT OF SAINT LOUIS, Pilot Knob Mo Maj. II. HANNAHS, , ., April 4, 1865. Acting Assistant Adjutant- General: Eleven bridges have been washed away; also several miles of the track above Pevely Station. It is estimated that it would take a month or six weeks yet to put the railroad in running order. Fifty wagons have gone to Sainte Genevieve for forage. If it can be furnished at that point to-morrow morning we can get along well. We have full forage to include the 6th; subsistence to include the 30th. I have connection with Cape Girardean by telegraph. The troops in the Third Sub-District can be supplied with subsistence from here, as the road is in good con- dition to Mineral Point. Yesterday, 3 p. in., Hilderbrand, with fifty men appeared at Doe Run, about four miles south of Farmington, robbing teams, & c. I have 115 men after him, and have sent instructions to outposts to endeavor to head him off. I have just organized an expedi- tion into the lower part of the district, which is delayed temporarily. When I start it, it can perform the double object of scout and carry- ing out your Special Orders, No. 71, of March 29. It is very currently reported here that Shelby is organizing a raid in this direction. The horses of his command are being shod for that purpose near Pocahontas, Ark. Do what you can to get forage to Sainte Genevieve for us to- morrow morning. D. J. HYNES, Lieutenant- Colonel, Commanding. PATTERSON, Mo., April 4, 18657.35 p. inn. Colonel HYNES: I have sent a force to Indian Ford. They will get there by 6 a. m. to-morrow. I will keep a good watch on all the roads that I think the guerrillas are likely to travel. I have no news concerning them. JAMES SMITH, Captain, Commanding Post Page 29 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 29 HEADQUARTERS J)JSTRICT OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI, Springfield, ]lfo., April 4, 18656.40 p. m. Major-General DoDGE, Saint Louis: I do not learn of any more rebels crossing the Arkansas. The hun- dred that caine over are reported to be on Spavinaw, near the nation. I have sent troops there to capture or drive this band back. It is said to be Major Pierceys command. We have captured all that band of four- teen that I telegraphed about a few days since near Ozark, four of them wounded. They were well armed and mounted and going to North Missouri to spend the summer. My scout from the vicinity of Bates- yule reports that all Dobbins command, four regiments, had been ordered to cross the Arkansas and join the main army. It may be that this force had appeared on the north side of the river with the view of crossing, iu obedience to such orders. JOHN B. SANBOEN, Brigadier- General, Commanding. FORT SMITH, ARK., April 4, 1865. Brigadier-General SANBORN: Please keep me advised of any information you may obtain of guer- rilla movements in Southwest Missouri. I will also communicate to you direct any facts I may learn that will be of importance to you. It is essential that we co-operate with each other to insure success in putting down the numerous small bands of bushwhackers that will operate in Southwest Missouri and on the border this spring and summer. JAMES G. BLUNT, Major- General. SPECIAL ORDERS, ~ IIDQRS. DISTRICT OF NORTH MISSOURI, No. 68. Macon, Mo., April 4, 1865. I. Glad tidings of great joy have been announced to the country. At 8.15 oclock on the morning of Monday, April 3, A. D. 1865, the army of General Grant occupied the city of Richmond, late the capital of the so-called Southern Confederacy, and conquering legions are pur- suing the routed, retreating rebels. The troops at the post of Macon, together with the citizens of the city, will this day celebrate the glorious victory the Lord of Hosts has vouchsafed to our arms. The several military offices at the post, including (histrict headquarters, will be closed at noon ,at which hour a national salute will be fired from Fuchs battery, Second Missouri Artillery. All the troops at this post will be paraded under arms at 3 p. in., and join with the civic pro- cession in honor of the occasion. Capt. F. William Fuchs, Second Missonri Artillery, commandant of the post of Macon, is charged with the execution of this order. * * * * * * * By order of Brig. Gen. Clinton B. Fisk: W. T. CLARKE, First Lieutenant, Aide-de-Camp, and Aetg. Asst. Adjt. Gen Page 30 30 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. IX. Brigadier-General FISK, WESTON, April 4, 1865. Commanding District of North Missouri: Lieutenant Praul, from Liberty, writes me to-day that of the twenty guerrillas who came into Clay County last week twelve can be accounted for2 killed, 3 captured, and 7 have given themselves up. One of the last is here now. I have ordered them to send in the balance, and will forward them as soon as they arrive, unless ordered otherwise. The rest of the gang he thinks have left the country. II. M. MATTHEWS Lieutenant-Colonel, Cornmanding Sub-District of the Platte. GENERAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DISTRICT OF NORTH KANSAS, No. 1. 5 Port Leavenworth, April 4, 1865. By directions from headquarters Department of the Missouri, until the arrival of Brig. Gen. H. B. Mitchell, U. S. Volunteers, I hereby assume command of the District of North Kansas. All official communica- tions will be addressed to Capt. D. J. Craigie, assistant adjutant. general. W. H. DAVIS, - Colonel Sixteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, Commanding. DENVER, April 4, 1865. Maj. Gen. G. M. DODGE, Saint Louis, Mo., Department of the Missouri: Your dispatch of 29th received.* Have you any instructions about making sub-districts of former districts. I would prefer not, but to have all report direct to me. I fear expedition will be detained longer than you anticipated, for want of forage and supplies. Corn thus far at Julesburg and Laramie is consumed as fast as received. Sixteenth Kansas nor Third United States have not ~rrived at Kearny yet. P. EDW. CONNOR, Brigadier- General, Commanding. GENERAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPT. OF THE NORTHWEST, No. 12. 5 Milwaukee, Wis., April 4, 1865. In accordance with orders from the War Department, a salute of 100 guns, in honor of the capture of Richmond, Va., will be fired at meridian the day after the receipt of this order at each military post and arsenal in this department. By command of Major-General Curtis: C. S. CHARLOT, Assistant Adjutant- General. IIDQRS. DIST: OF MINNESOTA, DEPT. OF THE NORTHWEST, Saint Paul, Miun., April 4, 1865. Maj. C. S. CHARLOT, Asst. Adjt. Gen., Hdqrs. Dept. of the Northwest, Milwaukee,Wis.: MAJOR: I beg leave, respectfully, to inclose herewith extract from a dispatch of 28th ultimo from the commanding officer at Fort Wadsworth, *See Part I, p 1295 Page 31 CHAP. LX.l 31 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. stating th3 location of the camps of the hostile Sioux. North Mountain ison the line between U. S. territory and the British Possessions. There is a hostile camp at or near Devils Lake. I am making all needful preparations to intercept and punish raiding J)arties; should they make attempts upon the settlements in this direction, as they probably will as soon as the state of the weather and the disappearance of the snow in the upper country will admit of such movements. Will you l)lease inform me whether the line of posts in the District of Iowa from Spirit Lake south will be maintained? Major Bracketts battalion has received orders to march from Saint Peters, on the Minnesota River, to Sioux City on 15th instant, so as to reach the latter point by 1st of May, and General Sully has been advised thereof, as directed. Yery respectfully, your obedient servant, 11.11. SIBLEY, Brigadier- General, Commanding. [Inclosure.] (Extract from dispatch to Capt. H. C. Olin, assistant adjutant-general, District of Minnesota, from Maj. H. H. Rose, commanding Fort Wadsworth, Dak. Ter., dated March 28, 1865.) Capt. R. C. OLIN, Assistant Adjutant- General, Saint Paul, ]llinn.: * * * * * * * Two Indians recently came into the encampment on the James River. Report a large camp of hostile Indians on Turtle Mountain and at Devils Lake; one camp of Lower Sioux and two of Sissetons, Cut. Heads and Yanktonnais; also that forty lodges of Sissetons are on the way to this fort to surrender themselves. Thirty of the lodges are detained at Bone Hill by snow, but ten of them are working down from that point. Standing Buffalo and Wa-na-ta are on Assinniboine River, but have very few lodges with them. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, ROBT. H. ROSE, Major, Commanding. STATE OF MINNESOTA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, Saint Paul, April 4, 1865. Major-General CANBY, U. S. Army, Commanding Department of the Gulf, New Orleans, La.: GENERAL: I very respectfully and earnestly request that the Third Regiment Volunteer Infantry, now stationed at Devalls Bluff, Ark., be transferred from that place to some active and fighting position in your department. This regiment was basely surrendered by its then commanding officer at Murfreesborough, Tenn., in 1862, and has ever since vainly sought for an opportunity to wipe out the stain which attaches to its reputation. I know that it is made up of as brave material as walks the earth, and hundreds of its gallant officers and men have re-enlisted for three years, with the sole purpose of regaining upon the field of active duty the good and glorious name which ~ as wrecked at Mnrfreesborongh. For more than eighteen months the regiment has been engaged upon fatigue duty on fortifications an(l rail- roads. During that time 150 of their number have died of the feve Page 32 32 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX incident to that terrible climate, and the survivors and their executive now ask that they may have an opportunity to die at the post of honor. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, STEPHEN MILLER, Governor of ]Iilinnenota. CHICAGO, ILL., April 4, 1865. (Received 2.45 p. in.) Captain BELL, Assistant Adjutant- General: Telegraph me what day General Pope will be in Saint Lonis, certainly. SULLY, General. SAINT LOUIS, Mo., April 4, 18655.40 p. m. General SULLY, Tre?nont House, Chicago, Ill.: General Pope will be here to-morrow. JOS. MuC. BELL, Assistant Adjutant- General. SPECIAL ORDERS, ~ HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, No. 91. Saint Louis, Mo., April 5, 1865. * * * * * * * 6. Bvt. Brig. Gen. Guy V. Henry, U. S. Volunteers, having reported in compliance with Special Orders, No. 141, extract 34, current series, War Department, Adjutant-Generals Office, will report in person to Brig. Gen. P. E. Connor, coipinauding District of the Plains, at Den- ver, Cob. Ter., for assignment to duty according to his rank. The quartermasters department will furnish transportation for the author- ized number of horses for himself and staff. * * * * * * * 9. Bvt. Brig. Gen. J. L. Beveridge, U. S. Volunteers, is hereby assigned tempoi-arily to the command of the Saint Louis District, head- qnarters at Saint Louis, Mo. * * * * * * By cornman(l of Major-General Dodge: J. W. BARNES, Assistant Adjutant- General. SPECIAL ORDERS, ~ HEADQUARTERS SAINT LOUIS DISTRICT, No. 77. Saint Louis, Mo., April 5, 1865. I. The detachment of Company A, Second Cavalry Missonri State Militia, now on duty in this city, is relieved, and will proceed on the 6tl~ instant to New Madrid, and report to the commanding officer of the company for duty. The qnartermasters department will furnish transportation. * * * * * * * By order of Brigadier-General Ewi~ng: II. HANNAUS, Majov Fiftieth Missouri Volunteers and AcIg. Asst. Adjt. Gen Page 33 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC .UNION. 33, WARRENSBURG, April 5, 1865. COMMANDING OFFICER, Lexington, Mo. A squad of seven bushwhackers passed Clinton, Henry County, Mo., yesterday afternoon, going in the direction of Kingsville. They have ~)robably gone into Greenton Valley. I have telegraphed these facts to Pleasant Hill, directing that they be followed if possible. If at all practicable you will sen(1 after them also. M. C. HENSLEE, Major, Commanding Seventh Cavalry Missouri State Militia. COMMANDING OFFICER, WARRENSBURG, April 5, 1865. Pleasant Thill: Twelve bushwhackers passed twelve miles west of Clinton, Henry County, going north last nIght. Send a scout in the direction of Kings- ville, if practicable. By order of Brig. Gen. J. McNeil: C. G. LAITRANT, Assistant Adjutant- General. KNOBNOSTER, April 5, 1865. Captain LAURANT: Mv. J. C. Wingfield, living nine miles south of this place, has just come in here. Reports seven bushwhackers came to his house about daylight, but he was well armed and would not admit them. About 10 a. rim, they were at George Peaks house, about one mile east of his house, arid was stopping there at the latest account. He refers you to W. E. Chester, of Captain Boxs company, for his reliability. U. S. MILITARY TELEGRAPH OPERATOR. KNOENOSTER, April 5, 1865. Capt. C. G. LAURANT, Assistant Adjutant- General: Mr. William West has just come in. He was taken prisoner about 4 oclock this p. in. and made to pilot them to Croppers old store, about six miles southeast of this place. They said they were going to John ID. Mercers, about three miles southeast of Croppers. They told him they intended to stay around in the country six days. He reported seven in the gang and well armed. U. S. MILITARY TELEGRAPH OPERATOR. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF NORTH MISSOURI, Macon, Mo., April 5, 1865. General G. M. DODGE, Commanding Department of the Missouri, Saint Louis, Mo.: GENERAL: I have the honor to report the followiDg facts in relation to the administration of the provost-marshals department at Saint Joseph, Mo.: Reports having reached jim that there were certain irreg- ularities connected with the arrangement of the military prison and 3 R RVOL XLYIII, PT I Page 34 34 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. prisoners at Saint Joseph, Mo., indicating that illegal arrests had been made, and that there was a collusion between the assistant provost- marshal and certain attorneys and law firms at that place, by which good, law-abiding citizens who were known to possess considerable means were arrested and incarcerated in prison and made the victims of a premeditated scheme of rascality, I at once determined to give the matter a thorough examination and eradicate the evils if fonnd to exist. For this purpose I proceeded in person to Saint Joseph on the 25th ultimo and made a searching investigation. I took the statement of thirty witnesses, making upward of 100 pages of testimony. The facts as developed in my examination seemed to more than justify the reports that had reached my ears, and, in fact, I fonnd the state of affairs much worse than I had any reason to anticipate. It seems that for some time past, through some agency which I was not able to fully trace out, wit- nesses have been brought, or came voluntarily, before the provost- marshal and made affidavits to show the disloyal character of certain individuals residing within the limits of the sub-district. The parties against whom such affidavits were filed were in all cases men of con- siderable wealth, and resided generally at some distance from the post. Upon these affidavits, no matter how flimsy, against an individual the provost-marshal would send out a scout of picked men selected by him- self and arrest the man, bring him in, and incarcerate him in jail. If the prisoner demanded to know the charges against him he was informed that he would find out soon enough, or that he could not know. In any event, he received no satisfaction, but was hurried off~ to prison. Once in prison no one, not even his wife or any member of his family, was permitted to see or have any communication with him whatever, except a fewmembers of the legal profession who were in favor with the provost- marshal. These were allowed to pass to and from the prison ad libiturn. After the prisoner had been confined several days, long enough to real- ize all the horrors of his situation and ready to sacrifice almost anything P1 regain his liberty, an attorney visits the prison ostensibly to see some cliemit. Our prisoner, anxious to learn something of his own probable fate, approaches him and inquires if he knows anything of the charges against him. Attorney shakes his head ominously and tells him that he has heard something of them from the provost-marshal, and that it is a very bad case. Prisoner wants to know if he can do anything for him. Attorney replies that he will see what can be done. Says he possesses great influence with the authorities, and if any one can save him he is the man, but that he would not think of touching the case for less than $1,000. Next day attorney calls again. Says he has exam- ined the papers and finds it a much worse case than he had anticipated; that if the case ever comes before a military commission his (prisoners) life is not worth a cent. But he says further that he is a brother-in-law of the provost-marshal, and that he may possibly be able to induce him to suppress the charges and not bring the case to trial, but says if he does undertake the case he must have $1,500; and he works upon the fears of the prisoner until he finally secures that sum. He then tells the prisoner that his only hope of saving his neck is to make or sign a written application to the commanding general to be banished from the State, not to return during the war. This the prisoner finally does. His application is of course granted, and the provost-marshal releases him from custody upon these conditions, giving him twenty days to make his arrangements for moving. Before he is released, however, this attorney exacts from him a promise under oath that he will reveal noth- ing that has passed between them.. Then, to more fully illustrate th Page 35 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 35 mode of procedure, and to show the slight grounds upon which citizens have been deprived of their liberty and made the victims of this species of prosecution and rascality, I forward them with exact copies of the affidavits upon which J. C. Compton was arrested and imprisoned and finally banished from the State (see papers* marked A), together with an order* issued by the assistant provost-marshal. These papers are the only evidence on file against Mr. Compton, and the provost-marshal knew of no other evidence against him. I also forward the within statement of Mr. Compton. (marked B*) taken before me, which gives a full history of the case. The case of Compton is but a fair sample. The cases of Boone, Finney, Fielding, and others are in every way similar and more or less aggravated. These parties had, during the first year of the war, been known as Southern sympathizers, but they have from the first been law-abiding citizens, and have given no material aid to the rebellion in any way, shape, or form, and are as bitterly opposed to guerrillaism and kindred offenses as the most radical Union man. Some of them have aided me materially during the past year by giving important information relative to the movements of guerrilla bands. During my investigation I called in the circuit judge and laid the mat- ter developed before him, and requested that the rascals be brought to punishment. I have since learned that two of them have been indicted by the grand jury, which was then in session. I revoked the order of banishment in the cases of Compton, Boone, Finney, Fielding, and Maupin, sub,ject to your approval. I cannot reason to any other con- clusion than that the provost-marshal, Capt. G. H. Walser, is guilty of a criminal complicity in these rascalities; but whether the evidence is sufficiently clear to warrant his arrest and trial before a court-martial is somewhat questionable. Unless there is strong reasonable probabil- ity of his conviction, of course it would be impolitic to bring him to trial. Until the investigation I had every reason to believe Captain Walser an honorable and trustworthy officer, in whom I reposed full confidence. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, general, your obedient servant, CLINTON B. FISK, Brigadier- General. WESToN, April 5, 18G5. Brigadier-General PENICK: SIR: Tinsley was found dead by some people who had been to church in the Boydsou neighborhood. Who killed him is not known. He is supposed to have been seen in company of King Litton and Mor ton Dryden, two notorious bushwhackers. I will write particulars to-morrow. Respectfully, A. G. BELLEII. WESTON, April 5, 1865. Brigadier-General PENTOX: Tinsley was killed by soldiers from Saint Joseph, so says report. - H. M. MATTHEWS, Lieutenant- Colonel, Commanding. * Omitted Page 36 36 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF THE PLAINS, Denver, Cob. Ter., April 5, 1865. Maj. J. W. BARNES, Assistant Adjutant- General, Department of the Missouri: SIR: I returned on the 3d instant from Fort Kearny and am very glad that I made the trip, as it placed me in possession of much reli- able information. I regret to say that I found but very little discipline among the troops and but little regard paid to economy, or care given to public property. Although affairs are badly mixed up at present, I hope soon to have them in different shape and trust that the major- general comnianding will have patience with me for a short time. I do not approve of the plans of fortifications laid out by the district com- manders who have preceded me. If completed they will cost large sums of money. If this business is left with me I will guard the road as effectively and with less expensive works. I will do everything in my power to expedite the expedition north, but supplies are coming in very slowly from the river, and it will take a longer time than you probably anticipate to get it in motion. I am not well posted in regard to what has been done at the river, not yet having time to cominuni- cate with the officers in charge. I trust that supplies will be forwarded as rapidly as possible, particularly so as I am expected to supply Gen- eral Sullys command. I have received Major-General Dodges tele- grams directing that neither contracts nor purchases be made without first obtaining his approval or that of the chief quartermaster of the department. In consequence of the peculiar condition of affairs in Utah,I have deemed it necessary to purchase in open market fuel, forage, and other articles required and of which we were short. I request authority to continue said system in Utah until contracts are let for the ensuing fiscal year; also to make from time to time pur- chases of such small articles as may be required for immediate use. I have always made economy in use of public property and careful dis- bursements of public funds my first duty. I have the honor to forward, indorsed, copies of requisitions for ord- nance and ordnance stores and quartermaster~5 stores for Utah, with the request that the same be filled in every particular. The originals were forwarded to headquarters Department of the Pacific, but for fear they may miscarry I send duplicates. The requisitions for subsistence stores for Utah have been forwarded to the Commissary-General by Major- General McDowell, commanding Department of the Pacific. I have also the honor to inclose the resignation of Maj. Presley Talbot. I required him to tender his resignation on account of his very bad con- duct. I expect that I will be compelled to exact the same action from others, in order to bring the service in this district up to the proper standard, and in doing so trust I will be sustained by the major-general commanding. It is absolutely necessary that officers here be required to reflect credit and honor on the service. Failing to do so, that they may be compelled to leave it. Will forward by next mail a communication oii Utah affairs. I have not received any communication, excepting telegrams, from department headquarters. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, P. EDW. CONNOR, Brigadier- General, Commanding Page 37 CRAP. LX.I 37 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. COLORADO CITY, CoLo. TEm, April 5, 1865. Lieut. IRA I. TABER, Actg. Asst. A~i(jt. Gem., District of Colorado, Denver, Cob. Ter.: LIEUTENANT: I have the honor to submit the following as the report of my actions on and in compliance with instructions from Colonel lVloonlight, dated March 20, 1865: I reached Colorado City April 1, at which place Major Head arrived on the 3d of April. We had a talk with Neraro Colorado, Shaguano, and Carragut, chiefs of the Utes. The Indians are not much to blame for what they have done at this place. It seems there has been a mutual misunderstanding of both parties, owing to imperfect interpretation, the Indians understanding the citizens to say they would furnish them flour and the citizens intending to convey to the Indians that they (the citizens) would nse their influence with the authorities at Denver to get them subsistence. The promises made by the citizens were owing to the fact that the Indians are in a very needy condition and therefore annoyed and troubled the citizens by eternally hanging around their residences beg- ging for something to eat. These matters were all talked over amicably and the Indians leave here for the other side of the mountains in a few days. Major Head intends distributing fifty sacks of flour among them to subsist them in getting away. They were told of the difficulty between their people and the Mexicans (which Major Head speaks ot in his letter to the governor) and they say they are perfectly willing to let it pass without trouble; that they wish to live in peace with the whites; that they are not able to go to war, and that no stight breach of the treaty will cause them to do so; that they are willing and hope this last trouble can be amicably settled by negotiation. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, FRANK MURRELL, First Lieutenant, Veteran Battalion, First Colorado Cavalry. P. 5.Major Head directs. me to say that he will forward a full report soon. F.M. NEW ORLEANS, April 6, 1865. Maj. Gen. S. A. HURLEUT, Commanding Department of the Gulf: GENERAL: Inclosed please find the letter about which I spoke to you yesterday.* It is addressed, as you will perceive, to Major-General Walker, who, on the Confederate side, commands the District of Texas. Its pnrpose, however, was to put me in communication with General E. Kirby Smith. Walker, unfortunately, is of the last ditch school, so that it is doubtful whether he will forward it. Our arrangement of yesterday will accomplish the purpose just as well. If General Smith accedes to the suggestion of an interview, please take the business in your own control. If he is willing to confer he must be willing to treat. I will make it a point when I get to Washington to ascertain what our authorities think of the proposition, and post you in time for General Smiths reply. Respectfully, your friend, LEW. WALLACE, ]I/fajor- General. * See snb-inclosure No. 7, Wallace to Grant, May 16, p. 462 Page 38 38 LOUISIANA AND TIlE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [C1!ir. LX. HEADQUARTERS SOUTHERN DIVISION OF LOUISIANA, New Orleans, La., April 6, 1865. Colonel PARKHURST, Opposite Donaidsonville: Information has reached this office that abont sixty men intend com- ing in from back of the Amite, striking the river between you and Bon- net Carr6, to rob, plunder, and try to burn boats. They may go in above you. Keep out scouting parties and not itt them move on any road without your knowledge. By commaiid of Brigadier-General Sherman: W. P. SMITH, Lieutenant- Colonel and Acting Assistant Inspector- General. HEADQUARTERS SOUTHERN DIVISION OF LOUISIANA, New Orleans, La., April 6, 1865. COMMANDING OFFICER, Bonnet Carre~: Information has been received at these headquarters that about sixty men, the same party that captured Captain l)arling, intend coining in again, striking the river at some point above you. Make such dispo- sition as will at once prevent this raid. By order of Brigadier-General Sherman: W. D. SMITH, Lieutenant- Colonel and Acting Assistant Inspector- General. HEADQUARTERS SOUTHERN DIVISION OF LOUISIANA, New Orleans, La., April 6, 1865. Colonel BYRNE, Bonnet Carr~: Get your men ready to march up the coast. Directions will be sent inside an hour. Have every man ready, leaving a strong guard at camp. By command of Brigadier-General Sherman: W. D. SMITH, Lieutenant- Colonel and Acting Assistant Inspector- General. HEADQUARTERS SOUTHERN DIVISION OF LOUISIANA, New Orleans, La., April 6, 1865. COMMANDING OFFICER, Bonnet Carr~: The general directs that you take every precaution to prevent sur- prise on any point of your line, and to be prepared to promptly and effectually capture this baud, the post at Bonnet Carr6 always to be kept secure. This is the first requisite, and all other available men to be held in readiness to move to any point the occasion may call for. You will communicate with Colonel Parkhnrst to make similar dispo- sitions; the point opposite Donaldsonville to be held at all events, and what troops that can be spared to co-operate with the troops below. These instructions to be general for whatever may transpire in you Page 39 CHiP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 39 district. Prompt communication must be kept up between the outer pickets and main bodies, and~ the main bodies at Bonnet Carr6 and Hermitage Plantation, but must keep pickets well thrown out. W. D. SMITH, Lieutenant- Colonel and Acting Assistant Inspector- General. TIIIBODEAITX, April 6, 1865. Col. SIMON JONES, Brashear Gity: Whitakers gang was overtaken and scattered on Tuesday last near head of Lake Verret. They are expected to escape by way of B-ayou Long. You will send the steamer Cornie with fifty men from your command into Flat Lake this evening, for the purpose of watching the mouth of Bayou Long. The men will take three days rations and remain near the mouth of Bayou Long until the morning of the 8th. By command of Brigadier-General Cameron: B. B. CAMPBELL, Assistant Adjutant-General. THIBODEAIJX, April 6, 1865. Colonel SAYLES, Napoleonvi Ile: You will send Major Davis at daylight to-morrow (Friday) morning with 125 mounted men, five days rations, and such forage as they can carry to Doctor Fords Landing, on Grand Bayou. From that point Major Davis will proceed with seventy-five dismounted men, cross Grand Bayou, and scour the country between Grand Bayou and Grand River, for the purpose of hunting out and capturing the remainder of Whita- kers gang, scattered in the engagement of Tuesday. The men left in charge of the horses at Fords Crossing will be instructed to keep them- selves well picketed to prevent surprise or disaster. Major Davis will communicate, if possible, with Lieutenant-Colonel Rice, in command of the expedition which left Bayou Bcanf in small boats on Tuesday last. He will forward a written report on his return. By command of Brigadier-General Cameron: B. B. CAMPBELL, Captain and Assistant Adjutant- General. SPECIAL ORDERS, ~ IIDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, No. 84. Little Rock, Ark., April 6, 1865. I. The major-general commanding commends the gallant act of Capt. H. C. Custard, One hundred and twelfth U. S. Colored Infantry, and nineteen soldiers (colored) under his command, for their bravery on the 2d instant, in defending the train of cars, thrown from the track in consequence of removal of rails, against a company of rebel bush- whackers nearly double their number, under a leader signing himself M. F. Maybery to demand for surrender, after being repulsed. Occa- sion is taken to remind officers in charge of guards on trains or boats that they will refuse, as in this case, any demand for snrrender. Gov- ernment property will be defended to the last extremity. Fred. Taylor Page 40 40 LOUISiANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. private, Twelfth Michigan Infantry, dispatch bearer, who is noticed in the official report of the action as having ran oft and secreted himself in the grass on the prairie, throwing away his saber, and after the affair was over returning to the traiii and recovering his saber and dis- patches, is entitled to all the notoriety he is likely to incur at the hands of his fellow-soldiers for this disgraceful conduct. * * * * * * * By command of Maj. 0-en. J. J. Reynolds: JOHN LEVERING, Assistant Adjutant- General. FORT SMITH, April 6, 18655 p. m. Major-General DODGE: My scout returned yesterday from Red River. The enemy are con- scripting in all the counties south, and are concentrating at Washing- toii, shoeing their horses, and preparing to move, but in what direction could not learn. A cavalry force was understood to be moving toward this place, and several small parties have already made their appear- ance. Yesterday morning twenty mounted rebels came within two miles of Van Buren and stole some property. I sent out eight men, who overtook them seven miles from town, killed two of them and cap- tured nine horses. From papers found on their bodies they were from Red River and on their way to Missouri. Will report as often as I have iiews of importance. Arkansas River very high; boats running to Fort Gibson. CYRUS BUSSEY, Brigadier- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 6, 1865. Lieutenant ROBINSON, Engineer, Fort Leavenworth: Order the engiiieers on north route to report to General Connor, and submit their plans to him before any change is made in the posts. Telegraph them. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. GENERAL ORDERS, IIDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, No. 94. Saint Louis, Mo., April 6, 1865. The practice of officers and soldiers visiting citizens houses and forcing them to furnish them meals must be stopped. flereafter citi- zeus are requeste(l to report to these headquarters the names of any officer or soldier ordering them to furnish meals for themselves or corn- mamids without proper compensation therefor, when they will be imme- diately arrested and punished. By command of Major-General Dodge: J. W. BARNES, Assistant Adjutant- General Page 41 CHAP. LX.] 41 CORRESPONDENCE, ETCUNION. WARRENSBURG, April 6, 1865. Maj. G. W. KELLY, Sedalia: Seven well-armed bushwhackers were at 4 oclock yesterday after- noon nine miles southeast of Knobuoster. They are undoubtedly mak- ing for Cole Camp. Cant you send twelve or fifteen men after them I C. G. LAURANT, Assistant Adjutant- General. MEXICo, April 6, 1865. Brigadier-General FISK: Lieutenant Mcllwrath, Company 1), Ninth Cavalry Missouri State Militia, reports that a scout sent out by him on the iiight of the 3d on the morning of the 4th ran into their camp, when the guerrillas, being warned by the noise of their own horses, escaped in the brush, leaving as ti-ophies one shotgun, one carbine, two revolvers, four horses and equipments, boots, coats, & c. DAN. MI. DRAPER, Lieutenant- Colonel. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 6, 18652.45 p. m. Major General BLUNT, Paola: Order Fifteenth Kansas to report to Major-General Reynolds at Little Rock, marching overland via Fort Smith. The balance of Third Wisconsin is on way to replace them. The horses being brought serve to mount Third Wisconsin. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. FORT SCOTT, April 6, 18657.10 p. rn. Major-General DODGE: Shall I send away the Fifteenth Kansas before the arrival of the Third Wisconsin? If I do it will leave inc destitute of troops to pro- tect the border. The Wisconsin infantry have not yet reported in my district. JAS. G. BLUNT, iift~jor- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 6, 18658 a. in. Colonel POTTER, Chief Quartermaster, Fort Leavenworth: General Conuor reports that forage is consumed at Julesburg and Fort Laramie as fast as it arrives; that no supplies are ahead. G. M. DODGE, Major- General Page 42 42 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. (CHAP. LX. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 6, 18658 a. m. Brig. Gen. P. E. CONNOR, Denver: The commanding officer of Sixteenth Kansas Cavalry should be brought to account for his delay. It is near two months since he left Fort Leavenworth, time enough to walk to Kearny and return twice. G. M. DODGE, 111 ajor- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 6, 18652.45 p. m. Brigadier-General CONNOR, Denver: I have ordered the engineers on plains from my headquarters to report to you for approval of their plans. In selecting post at Jules- burg, which I think must be an important depot, great care should be had that the right plan is selected; also give instructions at Cotton- wood about that post as you deem best. I think an order has been reissued to move the stage station. I do not know as it is necessary; you have been there and are the judge. How are you off for supplies ~ Dont let us get behiudhand. G.M. DODGE, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 6, 186511.45 p. m. Brig. Gen. P. E. CONNOR, Denver: You must divide up your command to the best advantage of the service. I have preference in the matter. Bvt. Brig. Gen. Guy Henry has been ordered to report to you. G.M. DODGE, Major- General. OPPOSITE DONALDSONYILLE, April 7, 1865. (Received 12.30 p. in.) Lieut. Col. W. D. SMITH, Acting Assistant Inspector- General: My scouting parties have just come in. One met a detachment of Eighteenth New York Cavalry at College Point. No enemy were seen by either of the parties. C. H. PARKHURST, Lieutenant- Colonel, Commanding Third Rhode Island ~Javalry. BONNET CARRJ~, April 7, 1865. (Received 1.15 p. in.) Lient. Col. W. D. SMITH, Acting Assistant Inspector-General: Have just heard from Lieutenant-Colonel Parkhurst. I can learn of no enemy anywhere in district and no indications of any except tha Page 43 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 43 what appeared to be signal rockets were sent up, three in the direction of Maurepas and two in that of Pontchartrain, and plainly seen by myself and several others at this post at about 2 oclock this morning. JOHN TRACEY, JR., Lieutenant- Colonel, Commanding. BONNET CARRf~, April 7, 1865. (Received 7.10 p. in.) Lient. Col. ~T D. SMITH, Acting Assistant Inspector- General: Commanding officer at Pass Manchac telegraphs to expect Lucks with thirty men to-night. Will look out for him. Nothing new except a few shots in direction of Pass Manchac early this morning. Have not yet discovered cause. J. TRACEY, JR., Lieutenant- Colonel, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF MORGANZA, Morganza, La., April 7, 1865. Brig. Gen. CYRUS HAMLIN, Commanding District of Port Hudson, Port Hudson, La.: GENERAL: I am advised bythe major-general commanding the North- ern Division of Louisiana that the Fifty-fifth U. S. Colored Infantry and some cavalry from your command are to be held subject to my call. The high water here and danger of a crevasse may cause a delay on my part of three or four days. I will therefore communicate upon the subject again to advise you wore definitely and send transportation from this place. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, THO. J. MoKEAN, Brigadier- General, U. S. Volunteers, Commanding District. GENERAL ORDERS, IIDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, No. 33. 5 New Orleans, La., April 7, 1865. The resignation of Lieut. Col. George B. Drake, assistant adjutant- general, has been accepted by the War Department, to take effect March 23, 1865, on account of health impaired in the public service. In parting with Lieutenant-Colonel Drake the commanding general acknowledges his obligations for his uniformly correct conduct and thorough performance of duty. Capt. J. C. Stone, assistant adjutant- general, will take charge of the adjutant-generals office until assign- ment shall be made by the permanent commander of the Department of the Gulf, or until the action of the Adjutant-General of the Army upon the recommendations of Captain Stone for the appointment to that position is made known. S. A. HURLBUT, Major- t~eneral, Commanding Page 44 44 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSouRI, Saint Louis, Mo., April 7, 1865. (Received 6.45 p. in.) Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War: The Congressional committee appointed to examine into Indian mat- ters have apulied to me for an officer experienced in service in indian country to go with them to Indian country, New Mexico, and Utah to direct their attention in the investigation to the points which need reform, and the manner in finding out what is sought by the inquiry. It is exceedingly desirable, in view of the unsatisfactory condition of Indians and the hostility of Indians to War Department officials, that such an officer be sent with the committee to see that the facts are fully brought out. Otherwise, as there are certain to be many Indian agents and superintendents along, the military will be placed in very unfavor- able and false positions. I wish to send General MeCook, who has served long in the Indian country and knows all about these matters. His services at Helena are not important, as Reynolds has taken away a large part of his force. Can I send him ~ JNO. POPE, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI. Saint Louis, April 7, 1865. Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK, Chief of Staff: Have just returned from Arkansas. Canby stripped the department of horses. Reynolds cavalry nearly all dismounted; has not horses eiiough for necessary reconnaissances to enable him to intercept raid or invasion of Kansas or Missouri by Price. Pleuse order 5,000 horses to be supplied hiiu withont.delay. Letter and requisition sent by mail to-day. JNO. POPE, Major- General. PINE BLUFF, ARK., April 7, 1865. Lieutenant-Colonel LEVERING, Assistant Adjutant- General: Seventeen deserters from the rebel army came in here to-day, bring- ing iii with them forcibly three rebel soldiers. A great many deserters are arriving here daily, averaging about five per day. They are princi- pally from Clarks brigade, Missouri troops. JAMES M. TRUE, Colonel, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, April 7, 186511.25 a. m. Brigadier-General BUSSEY, Fort Smith: Major-General Pope directs that you communicate with your depart- ment commander, who will give you the necessary instructions. J. F. MELINE, Major and Judge-Advocate Page 45 CHAP. LX.] 45 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.~UNION. SPECIAL ORDERS, ED QRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, iNo. 93. Saint Louis, Mo., April 7, 1865. * * * * * 9. Brig. Gen. George D. Wagner, U. S. Volunteers, having reported at these headquarters in compliance with Special Orders, No. 28, headquarters Military Division of the Missouri, dated April 7, 1865, is hereby assigned to the command of the Saint Louis District. He will at once assume command of the district, relieving Bvt. Brig. Gen. J. L. Beveridge, who will report to Brigadier-General Wagner for duty. * * * * * * * By command of Major-General Dodge: J. W. BARNES, Assistant Adjutant. Gencial. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 7, 1865. Licat. Col. HENRY SHEARS, Eorty-eighth Wisconsin, Warrensburg, Mo.: Push on to Paola as soon and as fast as possible. The balance of your regiment will be forwarded as soon as they arrive at Saint Louis. With the number of meti you have you should be. able to bridge the streams between Warrensburg amid Paola that cannot be forded. J. W. BARNES, Assistant Adjutant. General. PATTERSON, Mo., April 7, 1865. Colonel HYNES: The force I sent to Indian Ford has returned. They could not find Hilderbrand or bear anything of him. Everything is quiet in this vicinity. I think a great many guerrillas have left this part of the country. JAMES SMITH, Captain, Gommanding Post. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI, Springfield, Mo., April 7, 18653.30 p. m. Maj. J. W. BARNES, A ssistant Adjutant- General, Department of the Missouri: Eight more deserters from Shelbys division came in last night. They left Fulton early last month and appear to be earnest and reliable men. They say that the rebel army is in a most demoralized condition and that several whole companies, officers and men, have deserted and gone to Mexico, and that those sent after them also deserted. The men composing Andersons old band were at Sherman, Tex., and stated to one of these men that most of them were in favor of going to Mexico instead of coming back to Missouri, and thought they should not come back this summer. JOHN B. SANBOIIN, Brigadier- General, Commanding Page 46 46 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 7, 186510.30 a. m. Major-General BLUNT, Paola or Fort Scott: Have Fifteenth Kansas ready to move on arrival of Wisconsin infantry. Telegraph to Sedalia and see where they are. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, Mo., April 7, 18652.10 p. m. Major-General BLUNT, Paola: Your district extended to include Indian country west of Arkansas, headqnarters on Arkansas River. Please repair withont delay to Little Rock, reporting for orders in person to me on the way. JNO. POPE, Major- General. FORT SCOTT, April 7, 1865. (Received 8th.) Major-General PoPE: Your telegram of this date just received. I will be in Saint Louis with as little delay as possible. ii have been detained here by high water. It will be several days yet before I can cross the streams between here and Leavenworth. JAS. G. BLUNT, Major- General. FORT LEAVENWORTH, April 7, 18651.55 p. m. Major-General DODGE, Saint Louis: I submit the following: OLATHE, April 6, 1865. Major HEATH, Provost -Marshal- General: Busliwliackers are recruiting very fast, and commit depredations almost daily about Oxford and Little Santa F6. Vaughn says they are plenty on Spring River. They are coming np as soon as leaves come out, when, to use his words, they are going to make their support off Kansas. Thirty came up nuder Young about a week ago and are in the vicinity of Lone Jack. I would think one of those coin- panies sent to hickman Mills the other day would be of more service to our imme- diate border at Little Santa Pd instead. W. F. GOBLE, Lieutenant and Assistant Provost-Marshal. JOHN WILLANS, Assistant Adjutant- General. SAINT LOUIS, Mo., April 7, 18652 p. m. Maj. H. H. HEATH, District Provost-Marshal, Leavenworth: Holtzclaw, Gooch, Bragg, and three Peytons, Missouri guerrillas of the worst stamp, are at the Prairie House, near Nebraska City. Take prompt measures to secure them. J. H. BAKER, Colonel and Provost-Marshal- General Page 47 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 47 DENVER, April 7, 18652.10 p. m. Major-General DODGE: Commander of Laramie informs me that Sioux Indians have not been captured, but are living peaceably teu miles from the post. Part of their young men volunteer to fight Clieyennes. Would recommend they be left where they are until I visit Laramie. P. E. CONNOR, Brigadier- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOuRI, Saint Louis, April 7, 18654.35 p. m. Brig. Gen. P. E. CONNOR, Denver: Let the Indians remain as you suggest. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF COLORADO, Denver, April 7, 1865. Lient. GEORGE W. HAWKINS, Corndg. Co. A, Veteram Battalion, First Colorado Cavalry, Bijon Basin, Cob. Ter.: SIR: Your communicatioii of the 1st instant received. Should you find a more suitable place for a camp a few miles eastward of the Basin, that is, nearer to wood and grass (forage), you have permission so to move. I have understood that good grass was in that neighborhood in abundance, and that there was little or no snow in the vicinity, particularly eastward. The horses and mules must be properly cai-ed for, and should they deteriorate you will be held responsible. While I am aware that forage is scarce, yet with the little your animals have to do and the watchful eye of the commanding officer continually on the men, they must improve. You will on receipt of this send a scout of two non-commissioned officers and ten privates, well mounted, armed, and equipped, to examine thoroughly the headwaters of the Smoky Hill and Republican streams for Indians, or signs of Indians. Should the scout strike any trail I desire it followed up until the enemy is found, his strength ascertained, and general locality. The non-com- missioned officer whom you place in charge must be brave and reliable, and will report in writing the result of scout as well as the entire dis- tance traveled, which will be forwarded to these headquarters with your indorsement thereon. Statiolled as your company is, away from all towns and inducements to run astray, the finest state of subordination, drill, and general discipline should exist, and anything short of this must be attributed to your carelessness and neglect of duty as an officer. Respectfnlly, your obedient servant, T. MOONLIGHT, Colonel Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, Commanding Page 48 48 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, Mo., April 7, 18G52.02 p. m. Governor LEWIS, Madison, Wis. Please inform me how many regiments are organizing in Wisconsin, their ~)rogress, and when I may expect them here~ JNO. POPE, Major- General. (Similar messages to Governors Stone of Iowa, and Miller of Min- nesota.) HEADQUARTERS FORT SUMNER, N. MEX., April 7, 1865. Capt. BEN. C. CUTLER, Asst. Adjt. Gen., Dept. of New Mexico, Santa P6, N. Mex.: CAPTAIN: Inclosed please find a communicatior~ relative to some Indians that were said to be at large from this reservation, killing stock, & c., in the vicinity of the Rio Couch as. Upon investigation the report seems to have been made without any fonudation whatever. The report of the officer sent to ascertain the facts ill regard to this matter is also herewith inclosed.* Very respectfully, yonr obedient servant, WM. MUCLEAVE Major, First California Cavalry, Commanding. [Indorsement.] APRIL 25, 1865. Respectfully referred to Mr. Miguel des Marais, of Las Vegas, N. Mex., for his information. Is it not possible that the herders may have lost, or stolen, or sold, or eaten the sheep and accounted for their absence by charting it to the Navajos%~ I was informed by Mr. Santiago L. Hubbell that some sheep were killed at Mr. Whittemores ranch when he was there. Mr. Whit- temore admitted this to myself, and only a few days since, when I stopped at his house, he said his herders had found the day before eight sheep and driven them up to his house, where they were then. He said one of the sheep had both ears cut off. It might be well to inquire of Mr. Whitte- more, whose sheep were killed, what marks they had, & c. Please return these papers. Every effort will be made to prevent Indians from dep- redating upon the herds of the people, but the owners of herds are liable to be imposed upon by false reports. JAMES H. CARLETON, Brigadier- General, Commanding. ~Inc1osure.] LAS VEGAS, N. MEX., March 1, 1865. Lieutenant EDGAR: (Or any other picket officer at the Alamo Gordo.) SIR: My herders have just arrived here from my ranch, which is called La Turpentino; it is close to Las Conchas. They say there are twenty Navajo Indians there and have been there some eight or ten days, and are daily killing my sheep and cattle; sheep they have killed See report of Lieut. James C. Edgar, First New Mexico Cavalry, Part I, p. 140 Page 49 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 49 some sixty head. Will you, sir, be so kind as to send and take these Indians back to their reservation at once, as I do not wish my stock destroyed by them; besides they will take the rations from my men. Hoping you will at once see to this, I am, sir, truly, yours, MIGUEL DES MARAIS. P. S.Mr. Taylor or Whittemore can tell you the exact direction to the Turpentino. IIDQR~. MILITARY DIVISION OF WEST Mississippi, OFFICE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, New Orleans, La., A 8, 1865. Lient. Col. C. T. CHRISTENSEN, Asst. Adjt. Gen., Military Division of West Mississippi: COLONEL: I have the honor to submit to your consideration the fol- lowing report of informatioii received at this office this 8th day ot April, 1865: A rebel deserter makes the following statement of the nnmber and stations of the different scouting parties in Louisiana: The iRatliff Scouts, acting under General Brent, C. S. Army, as a courier- line, numbering about fifty men, are stationed on Bayou Maringonin. Captain Carmouches command of forty-five or fifty men acting in the same capacity and by the same authority, and is stationed on False River Island. Captain Barrow, acting the same as the above, with twenty-five or thirty men, has no regular station. Captain Wilhialus, acting without authority, commands forty jayhawkers and makes head- quarters at Bayou Grossetete or Bayou Fordoche. Lieutenant Col- himis, acting under General Brent, & c., has forty-five men stationed at Simsport. A report from Maj. George Webster, Pass Manchac, 6th instant, states that Colonel Powers and Colonel Griffiths regiments are at Whitestown, Miss. A scout reports forty or fifty men at Spring- field, La. Forrest has started with his force toward Mobile. The naval force which came down on Lake Maurepas are reported to be going to the Mississippi, near Baton Rouge, to place torpedoes in the river. They also talk of trying to blow up the gun-boat Fort Gaines. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, A. M. JACKSON, Major, Tenth U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery. (In absence of Capt. S. M. Eaton, chief signal officer, Military Division of West Mississippi.) HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY FORCES, MIL. DIV. OF WEST Mississippi, New Orleans, La., April 8, 1865. Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK, Chief of Staff, U. S. Army, Washington, D. C.: GENERAL: Before leaving for the field permit nie to state for your information the condition of the cavalry of this command. The eight regiments sent from Tennessee, under General Knipe, consisted of four new Indiana regiments, three Tennessee regiments, amid the Nineteenth Pennsylvania, and arrived here about half mounted and very poorly armed. Four of the poorest of those regiments are now at points on the Mississippi River above this, dismounted, having been sent to take the place of cavalry now at the front and that which was temporarily 4 U UVOL XLVIII, PT I Page 50 50 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. sent to Memphis and which is being detained by General Washburn, and in regard to which I telegraphed you on the 28th of March. The want of transportation has very much delayed th~i shipment of the cavalry to Mobile Bay. I have organized it as effectually as possible with the material at hand, but we are very much in need of arms, and I hope the Spencer carbines and accouterments for which I applied on arrival here have been forwarded. Very few horses have been received since my arrival, and nearly all the cavalry left in the I)epartments of the Mississippi and Gulf is entirely dismounted. There are now at Memphis eleven regiments of cavalry, mostly veteran troops. If it is deemed best to keep a force of cavalry there and if alf the cavalry applied for by General Canby cannot be spared, I hope the following regiments at least may be ordered to join ns in the field: The First Iowa, Twelfth Illinois, and Eleventh New York, and, if consistent with your views, I would request that the Eighth Missonri be ordered here also from the 1)epartment of Arkansas. Relying upon your assistance and necessary orders for the material to fully equip and render effective the cavalry of this military division, I am, general, very respectftiily, your obedient servant, B. II. GItIERSON, Brevet ]Iifajor- General. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, Mo., April 8, 1865. Lient. Gen. U. S. GRANT, General-in- Chief: GENERAL: I have just returned from Arkansas, and have the honor to report as follows: There are in that department 17,000 effective men, of whom about 7,000 are cavalry. The cavalry is nearly all dismounted, the horses having been taken south by General Canby and not yet replaced. There are required 5,000 cavalry horses, and they should be supplied as soon as possible, in view of any cavalry raid toward Kansas or Missouri by Price. I respectfully request that orders be given to furnish these horses to General Reynolds with as little delay as possi- ble. All other arms of service in Arkansas are well supplied, and quartermnasters and subsistence supplies for six mouths are on hand. There is also abundant transportation for aiiy service for the troops now in that department. I propose to reorganize the Cherokees (num- bering about 2,500) now in garrison at Fort Gibson, and whose term of service is about to expire, and to mount them on Canadian ponies for service hereinafter designated. In the Department of the Missouri, after leaving the force necessary to protect overland routes to the Pacific and for some police duty in Missouri, there will be left about seven reg- iments, nearly all new troops. These include the new regiments now organizing in Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, which have been ordered to the Department of the Missouri. In the Department of the Northwest there is barely force sufficient for absolutely necessary defensive purposes. The Missouri State Militia will be disbanded in June. If necessary their duties can be performed by the State militia, organized by late act of the State legislatume, and who serve under the orders of the governor, wholly independent of the Gemieral Government. I hope very soon to turn over the State of Missouri to the civil authorities, who are even now abundantly able to maintain peace and enforce the laws. The troops in Arkansas, therefore, consti- tute almost the entire disposable force in this division for any forwar Page 51 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 51 movement. At present and for the tuture, in all human probability, they are sufficient for defensive purposes, and to cover the States of Kansas and Missouri from any invasion, provided cavalry horses are sent immediately to remount Reynolds cavalry regiments. He has not now enough mounted men for ordinary reconnaissances. The enemy in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Northern Texas, under the general command of Kirby Smith, are believed to number nearly 60,000 men of all arms. Some of these are doubtless good troops; many of them no doubt ill disciplined and disorderly. They are posted from Clarks- yule in Northern Texas (their extreme left) to Alexandria, on Red River (their extreme right). The mass of these forces occupy Camden and Fulton in Arkansas, and Shreveport and Lewisville in Louisiana. Clarksville, Shreveport, Fulton, Camden, Lewisville, and Alexandria are more or less fortified. The line of communication and supply of this whole force is through Shreveport and Marshall into Eastern Texas. This is their only practicable route into Texas~ and from the counties between the Sabine and Brazos Rivers they draw their main supplies. The Missouri troops are at or near Boggy Depot, in the Chickasaw country, just west of Arkansas. I have carefully considered the sug- gestions in your letter of the 21st ultimo* in relation to a movement into Texas, and have studied the matter as fully as possible in the light of the information I have been able to obtain, and I respectfully submit the following plan of operations for your consideration: I propose to move in three columns from the Arkansas River toward the Red River below Fort Towson, and cross at a point northeast of Clarksville, Tex., the main column to move from Little Rock, the other two from Darda- nelle and Fort Smith. The junction of the two first-named columns will be made on Red River, though they will be brought within sup- porting distance of each other some distance north, probably near Mur- freesborough, west of Arkadelphia. Two-thirds of the entire force will be included in the column from Little Rock. Heavy demonstrations will be made in the course of the march in the direction of Camden and Fulton, so as to cover the true direction of the line of operations and the movements of the other columns. I propose, also, to make as strong. a demonstration as possible with the forces to be left in Arkansas from Gaines Landing, on the Mississippi, toward Camden. I hope to throw the main column across Red River before our true line of operations is developed to the enemy. I shall then march rapidly npon Marshall, Tex., thus turning their left completely and putting ourselves on their only line of communication with Texas. Whilst these movements are being made I propose to start a force of 4,000 or 5,000 mounted men, partly Cherokee Indians, under an active, enterprising officer, through the Indian country west of Arkansas, to drive all the stock of the hos- tile tribes (Choctaws and Chickasaws) to the army, and, crossing Red River at or above Preston, to sweep the northeast range of counties in Texas of cattle for the use of the army by the time it reaches Marshall. This plan of operations, if successful, will secnre results completely decisive, so far as concerns the Trans-Mississippi army of the rebels in Southern Arkansas and Louisiana. They will deliver battle, possi- bly, though not probably, before we reach Red River. If they are able to resist at all they will, in all likelihood, do so near Marshall, Tex., as with the occupation of that point by our forces their retreat into Texas would be intercepted and their supplies cut off. I think it, therefore, almost certain that if they deliver battle at all they will do so near * See Part I, p. 1228 Page 52 52 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. Marshall. If we are successful in these preliminary operations I pro- pose to move from Marshall in the direction of Washington, Tex. (on the Brazos River), via the towns of Henderson, Husk, Crockett, Madi- son, and Huntsville. This movement threatens Galveston, Houston, and Austin, and until we leave Madison and Huntsville it cannot be known upon which of these points our movement is directed. As soon as we reach Washington communication will be opened with the coast at Galveston, from which place there is railroad and river communica- tion to Washington. The month of Brazos River is connected by a short canal with Galveston Bay, and the Brazos is navigated by steamer to Washington and above. By occupying Washington in force, and Galveston and Houston on one side, La Grange and Austin City on the other, we completely possess Texas, even though there should be a considerable force of the enemy west of that line. This plan of oper- ations, if successful, will accomplish complete results, and I know no other which will be likely to do so. It would be necessary to carry supplies enough to reach Marshall (say forty days). From that point we could live on the country. Arkansas has been so completely devas- tated, according to the information given me by General Reynolds, that it will not furnish any supplies whatever. Two results, therefore, will be gained by a movement so far toward the west as Fort Towson, aside from the purely military success it promises. One is that we shall traVerse an open, practicable prairie country, and the other that we shall find plenty of grazing to subsist our animals. For such a movement as this there ought to be sent me about 30,000 additional men, Western men, accustomed to make long and rapid marches, and to live without grumbling or discouragement on short rations. Our trains, though they would necessarily be large, would not be a serious impediment to the march, because of the open, practicable country traversed by our line of march and the grazing it would supply for our animals. Sev- eral other plans of operations have occurred to me, but none of which promise so complete and c~iiclusive a result. The only objection to the plan proposed would be that we could not well march from Little Hock before June 1, because, depending as we shall do on the country for supplies, it would be desirable to wait until the corn and wheat crops iii Eastern Texas were sufficiently advanced, and because the streams in Arkansas and Texas are all high and difficult to cross in May. We could attempt again the movement up Red River, or a movement from Vicksburg along the railroad toward the Upper Red River; but the result would only be to drive the enemy before us into Texas, and the transfer of troops from Arkansas River for such a movement would uncover Northern Arkansas and Missouri. From the coast of Texas, unless Galveston and Houston were first captured, the march would be equally long, and more difficult to make, assuming, as I think would be the case, that the main body of the enemy would continue to occupy Louisiana and Eastern Texas. Even from Galveston the country would for some distance be found very difficult, unless we possessed the Brazos River and Buffalo Bayou to Houston, and the railroad to that place, with the boats and cars necessary to use them. A move- ment by way of Galveston would of course deprive us of every hope of using river or railroad, until the means to do so could be supplied from the North. In the movement our trains would probably be kept con- siderably west of us (on our right flank), and would traverse a country mostly prairie and with abundant grazing. The column from Fort Smith is designed for an escort to the bulk of our trains as far as Red River. If you approve the plan of operations, it would perhaps b Page 53 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 53 well to notify me as soon as you conveniently can, as it will be neces- sary to throw into Little Rock and other points on Arkansas River the necessary supplies of all kinds. We should need, in addition to what we have now on hand, about 3,500 wagons with mules and harness complete, and a good light pontoon train. The Mississippi, White, and Arkansas Rivers are now very high, and will probably remain so for a mouth or six weeks. In that time it would be necessary to send for- ward all we need. if we are not in time now, we can hardly expect another rise in the Arkansas before June. The details and prepara- tions, however, can be satisfactorily determined on hereafter should you approve the general plan of operations suggested. I shall be greatly obliged to you for any advice or any suggestions which you think may be useful to me in the proposed operations. I am, general, respectfully, your obedient servant, JNO. POPE, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, Little Rock, Ark., April 8, 1865. Major-General POPE, Comdg. Military Division of the Missouri, Saint Louis, Mo.: News - from Red River conflicting. A few days ago a deserter reported that Shelby, with 2,000 men, was preparing for a raid into Missouri. The last information, however, is to the effect that no such movement is on foot. A small party of about twenty men crossed the Arkansas River a few days ago, professedly on their way to Missouri to bring out their families. J. J. REYNOLDS, Major- General, Commanding. LITTLE ROCK, April 8, 1865. (Received 17th.) Maj. Gem JORN POPE, Commanding Military Division of the Missouri: The commissary at Fort Gibson reports about 20,000 people, mostly refugees and Indians, on the verge of starvation. It cannot be expected that the army will supply these people. Please call the attention of the Department of the Interior to this matter. The case demands immediate attention while the Arkansas is navigable. J. J. REYNOLDS, Major- General. (Copy transmitted to General Halleck April 17.) GENERAL ORDERS II EADQUARTERS SAINT Louis DISTRICT, No. 16. Saint Louis, Mo., April 8, 1865. In compliance with paragraph 9, of Special Orders, No. 93, current series, headquarters Department of the Missouri, I assume command of the Saint Louis District. The district staff will remain as at present constituted until further orders. GEORGE D. WAGNER, Brigadier- General Page 54 54 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. SPECIAL ORDERS, ~ HDQRS. DISTRICT OF NORTH MISSOURI, No. 71. ]JiLCLCOU, JIb., April 8, 1865. * * * * * * * 5. The company of volunteer militia of Howard County, Mo., corn- inanded by Capt. Warren W. Harris is hereby called into active service from this date. By order of Brig. Gen. Clinton B. Fisk: W. T. CLARKE, First Lieut., Aide-de- Camp, and Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF UPPER ARKANSAS, Fort Riley, Kans., April 8, 1865. Maj. J. W. BARNES, Asst. Adjt. Gem., Dept. of the Missouri, Saint Louis, Julio.: MAJOR: I have the honor to inform the general commanding that 1 am now ready to move against the Indians, with the following excep- tions: The pack animals and saddles have not yet arrived, nor can I learn from Fort Leavenworth when they will start for this post, and I yet lack 100 horses to mount my command. My estimate was for 350; the general wrote me he would send 400. Three hundred have arrived, quitea number with lung fever and distemper. I ought, therefore, to have 100 more at least, and fifty of them artillery. With this exci~ption, my preparations are complete. The Indians still remain quiet and at their old camp ground, south of the Arkansas. They have not com- mitted any depredations since the attack on train mentioned in my last. I start for Fort Lamed in the morning, at which place I have rendez- von sed all my available cavalry. A train of twenty-five wagons started with corn, commissary and quartermasters stores for Fort Lamed this morning. I am well supplied with everything that I could ask for, with the exceptions named above. It is almost impossible to make a suc- cessful campaigu without the pack animals. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, JAS. H. FORD, Colonel and Brevet Brigadier-General, Commanding D~striet. DENVER, CoLo. TER., April 8, 1865. Maj. (len. G. M. DODGE, Department of the Missouri, Saint Louis: Have ninety days rations at Laramie. Are short here and at Kearny. Have no reports from other posts yet. Corn comes up slowly. Would recommend large supplies subsistence stores be forwarded to Laramie. Have no means of ascertaining quantity en route. Commanding officer at Laramie reports Cheyennes moving in two bodies southward. Have taken steps to intercept them. P. EDW. CONNOR, Brigadier- General, Commanding. GENERAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DISTRICT OF THE PLAINS, No. 4. Denver, Cob. Ter., April 8, 1865. The District of the Plains is hereby divided into the following-named sub-districts: I. The Territory of Colorado, excepting the post of Julesburg and Fort Halleck, Dak. Ter., will be known as the South Sub-District of th Page 55 Cii~r. LX.] 55 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. Plains, headquarters at Denver, Cob. Ter. Bvt. Brig. Gen. Guy V. Henry is assigned to the command. The Territory of Nebraska will be known as the East Snb-District of the Plains, headquarters at Fort Kearny, Nebr. Ter. Col. B. B. Livingston, First Nebraska Cavalry, is assigned to the command. All that portion of Dakota Territory, excepting Fort ilalleck, lying west of the twenty-seventh degree of longitude, and formerly included in the District of Nebraska, and the post at Julesburg, Cob. Ter., will be known as the North Sub-District of the Plains, headquarters at Fort Laramie, Dak. Ter. Col. Thomas Moonlight, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, is assigned to the command. The Territory of Utah will be known as the West Sub-District of the Plains, headquarters at Camp Douglas, Utah. Licut. Cob. Milo George, First Battalion Nevada Cavalry, is assigned to the command. * * * * * * * By command of Brigadier-General Connor: GEG. F. PRICE, Acting Assistant Adjutant- General. SAINT PAuL, April 8, 1865. (Received 10.50 a. m. 9th.) Major-General POPE: Organized one regiment. Companies leave as fast as organized. S. MILLER. MADISON, WIS., April 8, 1865. (Received 10.50 a. m. 9th.) Maj. Gen. JOHN POPE: Fifty-first, Fifty-second, and Fifty-third Regiments now organizing, and will probably be completed by last of month. Are being sent for ward by companies. J~AS. T. LEWIS, Governor of Wisconsin. To OUR DEAR CAMPBELL, THE BLACKSMITH: We want to know what the Americans intend to do. We sent three men to a fort on the Missouri to learn whether the Americans would make a treaty, or what they intended doing, but our people have not come back, nor have we learned what became of them. Again we sent off two other messengers to Fort Abercrombie, but there is no word from these either. There are 1,400 tents of us between Devils Lake and the Missouri alone, and in April next we expect 4,000 Sioux from across the Missouri to join us here at Dogs Tepee. INow, if we do not make peace with the Americans, we will spill our blood in Minnesota this summer. All we wish is that Sibley would fight like a warrior when he comes, and not make mud-holes and iire at the sky. ~Te want you to talk with our relations, the Red River people, for us. We call them friends and brothers because we are always treated well by them. The word of our grandmother [Queen Victoria] was always fair and strong, and for that reason we will listen and obey the English in what they tell us. Try and get some news and write to us as soon as you can Page 56 56 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. (Written from the Sioux camp at Devils Lake to Campbell, a Red River half-breed, and published in the Nor Wester, a paper published at the British settlement of Fort Gary, dated 8th of April, 1865). SPECIAL ORDERS, WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERALS OFFICE, No. 165. 5 Washington, April 8, 1865. * * * * * * * 51. Lieut. Col. Lewis Richmond, assistant adjutant. general of volun- teers, is hereby relieved from duty with Major-General Burnside, U. S. Volunteers, and the Army of the Potomac, and will report in person without delay to Brigadier-General Sully, U. S. Volunteers, Dubuque, Iowa, for duty. By order of the Secretary of War: W. A. NICHOLS, Assistant Adjutant- General. INSPECTOR-GENERALS DEPT., DEPT. OF NEW MEXICO Las Gruces, N. Mex., April 8, 1865. Capt. BEN. C. CUTLER, Asst. Adjt. Gen., Dept. of New Mexico, AS~anta Fi, N. Alex.: CAPTAIN: For the information of the department commander, I have the honor to report my arrival at Robledo on the night of the 5th instant, and that on the following day I proceeded to examine the country along the river for several miles above, and the next day below this point to the northern boundary of the town of Dona Afla, for the selection of a site for the post of Fort Selden, as directed in Special Orders, No. 10, from department headquarters, of March 10, 1865. The locality I have selected is upon a mesa flat, being a point of land pro- jecting southwest toward a bend in the Rio Grande to the south and east, some fifteen feet above the lower river bottom and about one mile and a quarter above the first camp of Robledos. Proceeding to Las Cruces this point is doubled by the lower bottom, which forms above and below, and, enveloping it partially, large fiats of good arable soil, the upper one covered with cottonwood and the lower one containing considerable grass. To the northeast, on the gently sloping and some- what undulating and broken ground, to the road, some half a mile and farther, there is the best grazing in this vicinity. On the opposite side of the river, between this point and Robledo, is a bottom contain- ing a good bosque of cottonwood, and above from one to three miles there are similar growths of timber. Still higher and lower down the river to the town of Dona Afia there are several bottoms well wooded, but much of it on the west side of the Rio Grande. Opposite the point in question, and just above the high hills or mountains opposite Robledo, the range of hills is much lower and offers a practicable wagon road westwardly, I think. Captain Whitlock informed me on my arii- val here that my selection was the same one that he had made, and that he understood there was a wagon road over the range of hills just men- tioned. Mr. Magran, or Poker Jack, reports a good road from just above the site to Rough and Ready. With little labor and expense an acequia can be made across the bottom, above the site selected, from a bend in the river, which will bring water close to the post, and bein Page 57 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 57 continue(l around the point and down the river, will irrigate much good land for cultivation. Although there is much more timber in this vicinity than at Fort McRae, I am of the opinion that adobes are the best and most suitable material with which to build the post. The corral could be built of timber should it be found sufficient and suitable in quantity and quality. (Aiptain Whitlock reports that a man has offered to deliver at the roadside good peeled pine logs from Tularosa sufficient for vegas, & c., at $1 each log, taking them as they come, long and short. There is ample area of good ground for the post at the point selected. I have staked the street between the quarters and corrals according to the plan sixty feet wide, running north and south. I sug- gest that the officers quarters be in the plan changed to the opposite side, which will put the troops on the lower side, as the ground lies, and nearer the river. I recommend a reserve of three miles on the river and one mile back, exclusive of the land west of a right line drawn between points on the river, be embraced in the post reserve, but the United States should claim and hold the timber for a greater distance. I recommend that a company be sent to the locality at once, establish there a permanent camp, open the acequia to supply water for the post and for making adobes, and that the men make the adobes. I would also recommend that Captain Cooks company, now at Albuquer- que, be the company selected for this purpose, it being one of the largest in this department, and the men of which are reported expe- rienced in making adobes, to which may be added Captain Cook is desirous of going there, and promises to enter into the work with spirit and make the adobes as fast as possible. This arrangement with Cap- tain Carey, U. S. Army, to have charge and construct this post, if he can be sparedand no better officer or man can be found for this dutywill, I feel assured, cause the buildings to be completed in less time and expense to the Government and more satisfactorily than to build by contract or otherwise. I am, captain, very respectfully, your obedient servant, N. H. DAVIS, Assistant Inspector-General, U. S. Army. TIGERVILLE, LA., April 9, 1865. Capt. GEORGE BUTTEIOR, Seventy-fifih U. S. Colored Infantry: SIR: I have the honor to report, as the result of the expedition up Bayou Cocodrie and its tributaries, April 8, 1865, the acquisition of oiie large skiff capable of carrying ten men, and one light yawl capable of carrying five or six men. We found the boats at the head of a bayoa which empties in the Cocodrie eight or ten miles from Bayou Black. I have appended a map~ which though imperfect will give a geiieral idea of the direction taken. The boats were evidently left there by parties coming from the outside of our lines who are probably now at some convenient point making preparations to return, and as a mail-boat is deemed of very great importance, it appears to me very reasonable that this may have been used for that purpose, being a quick and comparatively safe way to the rebel lines. The trail leading from the place where the boats were fastened was not very distinctly marked. However, I sent a small party on the trail to see if they could *Not found Page 58 58 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSiSSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. detect anything more to our purpose, but they soon returned, stating that the water increased in depth the farther they went, but learned nothing additional. The whole distance traveled after leaving Bayou Black did not present a spot of dry land of any size. The timber is of large growth and chiefly of cypress, live oak, and gum. The eleven men who were seen in one skiff on Bayou Cocodrie were going down instead of up the bayou, as I learned from Mr. Shirley, who is engaged at rafting logs from the Cocodrie and saw them when they passed. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, DANIEL H. REESE, First Lieutenant, Seventy-fifth U. S. Colored Infantry. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 9, 1865. Colonel KUHN, Alton: As soon as the companies of Fifth U. S. Volunteers are clothed and equipped send them to Fort Leavenworth to report to commanding officer at that place. How long before they can start ~ if you have no arms they can draw them here or at Fort Leavenworth. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS, HUMBOLDT, KANS., April 9, 1865. Lieut. W. H. HEWETT, Acting Assistant Adjutant- General, Fort Scott, Kans.: SIR: I have just received a dispatch from Captain Donovai~, Fifteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, requesting me to send him immediately 5,000 rounds of Sharps cartridges, 2,000 rounds of army and 1,000 rounds of navy revolver cartridges. He also states that there is a force of Stand Waties Indians and white men at the junction of Whitewater and Walnut Creek, about 600 strong. I have barely enough ammuni- tion for the troops at this post, but I will try and send him a few thou- sand at any rate. Please send immediately some ammunition to this post; also, if you can spare them, a few mountain howitzers and another company or two companies of troops. The above statement of Captain Donovan has been confirmed by other parties who came from below. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, H. C. HAAS, Major, Fifteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, Commanding. FORT RILEY, April 9, 186541 a. m. Major-General DODGE: GENERAL: The following report has just been received: THE MOUTH OF LITTLE WALNUT, OSAGE RIvER, April 7, 18654 p. m. General JAMES H. FORD, Commanding Upper District of Arkansas: SIR: The rebels and Big Hill Osage Indians are coming into the southeast part of your district in strong force. They killed one man in the camp of the Delawares, but told those Indians they wanted to be friends with all the Indian tribes; tha Page 59 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.TJNION. 59 they were rebels, were going through Kansas and kill all the white men, women, and children they came across. The Shawnees and ~ want to be friends with them and are falling back on the settlements. The settlers in Walnut Creek and Whitewater have all left their hom- s and gone np the headwaters of Walnut. The Shawnee interpreter told me that those Indians boasted a good deal about their being secesh, and said there was a heap more coming. SAMUEL PEPPARD, Scout. Nearly, all of my cavalry are west, at Fort Lamed. I have sent down to ascertain the truth of this report. I am not inclined to believe it all. I think it is exaggerated. JAS. II. FORD, Colonel and Brevet Brigadier- General. FORT RILEY, A 9, 1865. Major-General DODGE: I am ready to start my expedition. Pack trains, & c., arrived last night. Colonel Leavenworth is on his way to make a treaty of peace with the Indians. Is it the intention to make peace before punishing them ~ These Indians are just as guilty as those on the Platte. J. H. FORD, Brigadier- General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF UPPER ARKANSAS, Fort Riley, Kans., April 9, 1865. Maj. Gen. G. M. DODGE Commanding Department of the Missouri, Saint Louis: GENERAL: I have just had an interview with Colonel Leavenworth. He starts to-morrow to visit the Indians. His object is to separate the Comanches and Little Ravens band of Arapahoes from the Kiowas. He is confident that these bands will keep the peace. it places me in a difficult position. He starts on a peaceful mission at the same time I start on a campaign against them, and as these Indians are all camped together it would be impossible for me to distinguish between the dif ferent tribes. I forward telegram from him direct to you. Very respectfully, your obedient servant. JAS. H. FORD, Brevet Brigadier- General, Commanding. FORT RILEY, A 9, 1865. Major-General DODGE: After an interview with General Ford at this place to-day, I would respectiully request that he may be instructed to await with his com- mand a short time, or until I can effect a separation of the Comanches, and Little Ravens band of Arapahoes from the Kiowas, for which camps I start immediately. The result of visit shall be reported promptly to General Ford. J. H. LEAVENWORTH, U. S. Military Indian Agent Page 60 60 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. Major-General DoDw~ DENVER, April 9, 1865. Sixteenth Kansas has arrived at Cottonwood, and Third U. S. at Kearny. I have sent them their orders. Are you sending any more troops~ P. E. CONNOR, Brigadier- General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF THE PLAINS, Denver, Cob. Ter., April 9, 1865. Col. iR. 1W LIVINGSTON, Comdg. East Sub-District of the Plains, Cottonwood Springs, Cob. Ter.: You will order distribution of Third U. S. Volunteers as follows: Two companies at each of the following posts, Kearny, Cottonwood, Julesburg Junction, and Laramie. The headquarters of the regiment will be at Julesburg. The whole of Nebraska is in your sub-district, headquarters at Kearny. By command: GEG. F. PRICE, Acting Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF COLORADO, Denver, Cob. Icr., April 9, 1865. Capt. GEORGE F. PRICE, Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen., District of the Plains, Denver, Cob. Ter.: CAPTAIN: In obedience to instructions from Brigadier-General Con- nor, commanding District of the Plains, I submit the following state- ment as to how the First Regiment Colorado Mounted Militia was raised: When I assumed command of this district (in obedience to general orders from headquarters Department of Kansas, on the 4th of Jaiiuary last) I found but about 200 soldiers, all told, under my com- mand, and they were scattered from Fort Garland, in Costilla County, to Julesburg. I had passed over the route from Julesburg but three days when the Indians, knowing the helplessness of our condition (the Third lRegiinent Colorado Cavalry having been mustered out immedi- ately on their return to Denver after the Sand Creek affair), and smarting nnder the treatment they had received at the hands of the U. S. officers, while claiming to be under their protection at Fort Lyon (I have reference to the great battle or massacre at Sand Creek), determined to possess themselves of our lines of communication east- ward and cut this Territory off completely, as well as the settlements westward; kill all men, women, and children whom they found in retal- iation for those of the same age, sex, and condition killed by Colonel Chivington at Sand Creek. Cut off as I was from all ~ommunicatiou with department headquarters except by telegraph at times, and re- ceiving no answer to my many inquiries as to what I should do, and whether I would be supported, I determined to remain passive no longer. On the 8th [6th] of February I proclaimed martial law as per Gen. eral Orders, No. l0,* herewith inclosed, and called for six companies of mounted militia of sixty men each, to open communication with the east, and keep it open, as well as to protect the lives and property of *See Part I, p.763 Page 61 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UMON. 61 citizens. Some of these companies were enlisted in a few days as militiamen for home protection, but to enable me to issue quarter- masters, commissary, and ordnance stores to the officers commanding companies, arid to impress upon the minds of the officers and soldiers that they were nnder the orders only of the Government of the United States, 1 directed the assistant commissary of musters of the district, Capt. J. C. Anderson, to verify the presence of the men by calling the roll, and certifying oii that roll that they were duly mustered in as set forth in the dates. This I considered prudent and necessary, both to insure justice to the men and protect the Government. Officers and men distinctly knew from the beginning that they would receive no pay froni the Government directly, but that the Territory would pay them, and be reimbursed by the Federal Government on the action of Con- gress, who will undoubtedly legislate in favor of my action and in justice to the Territory. The general order proclaiming martial law prescribes what the Government would do in the way of arming and equipping, and the tenor of that order has been strictly observed by me. The companies were mustered in for three-months service. The horses belong to the Territory. The arms and accouterments for men and horses belong to the Government, except the pistols, which belong to individuals. No clothing of any description has been issued to officers or menj. The camp and garrison equipage belongs to the Government. In conclusion, I would say that the Territory responded promptly to the call for troops, and to this promptitude is the country westward indebted for the free, open hues of communication. I am, with respect, your obedient servant, T. MOONLIGHT, Colonel Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, Commanding. IIDQRS. MILiTARY I)IVISION OF WEST Mississippi, OFFICE OF CuLEF SIGNAL OFFICER, New Orleans, La., April 10, 1865. Lient. Col. C. T. CHRISTENSEN, Asst. Adjt. (Jen., Military Division of West Mississippi: COLONEL: i have the honor to report that no information of impor- tance from the enemys lines has reached this office to-day. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, A. M. JACKSON, Major, Tenth U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery. (In absence of Capt. S. M. Eaton, chief signal officer, Military Divis- ion of West Mississippi.) GENERAL- ORDERS, ~ IIDQRS. I)EPARTMENT OF THE GULF, No. 35. 5 New Orleans, La., A 10, 1865. I. A special commission, consisting of Maj. Gen. W. F. Smith, U. S. Volunteers, and Mr. James T. Brady, duly appointed under executive orders, was organized in the city of New Orleans on the 9th instant, and the organization has been officially repoyted. II. The jurisdiction of this commission extends to all officers and per- sons in the military, naval and revenue service, or in any branch of the public service under the authority of the United States Government, who, when required upon subpoena issued from said commission, wil Page 62 62 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. appear at the place and time designated, and answer under oath as to such matters as they may be interrogated, or make report in writing if required. III. Persons not included in the foregoing paragraph and not in any way in service under the authority of the United States Government are subject to the jurisdiction of this special commission as witnesses only, whose depositions the commission have a right to take under their orders. IV. The rule in relation to the exhibition of books, papers, vouchers, & c., is already laid down in General Orders, No. 3, headquarters Mili- tary Division of West Mississippi, bearing date January 5, 1865.* V. Lieut. Col. Nicolas Bowen has been properly appointed judge- advocate of the special commission, and will be obeyed and respected as such. VI. All officers and others in the military service, and all persons subject to military law within this department, are enjoined to render all possible respect and obedience to the special commission thus organized within the limits of this department in the performance of their legitimate duties. VII. If any officer summoned before said commission shall at the time named in the snbpc~na for appearance be in actual performance of public duty which cannot be postponed he will at once report that fact to the special commission and to his immediate superior, and await further orders. VIII. No officer on duty at posts outside the city of New Orleans will leave his post on the reception of a subporna without first report- ing to his proper commander and obtaining his authority, which will be given promptly unless extreme exigency exists to prevent, in which case the facts will be at once reported. By command of Major-General llurlbut: J. C. STONE, Captain and As8istant Adjutant- General. GENERAL ORDERS, ~ HDQRS. MIL. Dlv. OF WEST Missis~irri, No. 3. New Orleans, La., January 5, 186o. All officers or agents in the military service of the United States, within the limits of this command, who have received, disbursed, or hold any moneys received from the sales of seized, captured, or aban- doned property, or from rents, fines, taxes, assessments, permits, or from any other source whatever except pay and allowances authorized by law, will be prepared to exhibit their books and papers to the commis- sion appointed by the executive order of December 10, 1864, whenever called upon by the commission. By order of Maj. Gen. E. H. S. Canby: C. T. CHRISTENSEN, Lieutenant- Colonel, Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS SOUTHERN DIVISION OF LOUISiANA, New Orleans, April 10, 1865. Brigadier-General CAMERON, Commanding District of La Fourehe: Brigadier-General Sherman desires me to inform you that the work on the fortifications at Brashear does not progress with that activity * See next, rO8t Page 63 CHAP. LX.] 63 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. and efficiency proportionate to the number of men composing the gar- rison of that place. A garrison of that magnitude should furnish at least 600 men daily for work and at the same time keep up a vigilant system of pickets. The work is dragging with a slowness beyond all precedent. You are respectfully asked to give this matter immediate attention. There is a want of promptitude and activity on the part of the artillery in getting off their guns and manning them; the fuses and friction-primers are not kept dry enoughthey miss too frequently for efficient service in action; the gunners are not sufficiently drilled iu handling the lanyard. The artillery is too deficient in the practice with shot and shell. The officers all say they are not allowed to prac- tice. Can this be true f The commanding officer of the post cannot handle his command. The commanding officers of the regiments are equally deficient. General Sherman desires me to say that in organiza- tions that have been in service the length of time these two regiments (Ninety-third and Ninety-eighth) have, he never saw so much ignorance and stupidity with regard to the simplest duties. For instance, the officers have no command over their men in line of battle; commands are neither given nor propagated; officers know not what to do in the fires. The duties of officers and men in the firings are the first to be learned. No infantry can be good for anything without this. A com- plete renovation is required in the system of duties at Brashear. I am, respectfully, your obedient servant, P. J. MALONEY, First Lieutenant and Acting Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS LA FOURCHE DISTRICT, Thibodeaux La A Lient. P. J. MALONEY, , ., pril 10, 1865. Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen., Southern Div. of La., New Orleans: Inclosed I have the honor to hand you reports* from all the detach- ment commanders (except the one from the force sent out by Colonel Sypher from Plaquemine, which was to occupy The Park and prevent any escape by that route) commanding in the expedition sent out on the 3d of this month under instructions from these headquarters, result- ing in the capture of 1 first lieutenant, 15 privates, all the stolen stock, about mules, and the complete defeat and route of Captain Whitakers company. Whitaker was said to have started with sixty meii, leaving a force to guard his boats. He reached McCalls planta- tion, about three miles above Donaldsouville, on the Mississippi, with forty-five men. Whitaker was so closely pnrsued himself that he only saved himself by abandoning his horse, throwing away his coat (which was captured), and swimming one of the bayous. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, R. A. CAMERON, Brigadier- General of Volunteers, Commanding District. THIBODEAUX, A 10, 1865. Colonel SAYLES, Commanding Post Napoleonville: SIR: The general commanding has learned from a reliable source that a party of recruits for the rebel army are going to cross Bayou La ~See Part I, p.16S Page 64 64 [CRAP. LX. LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. Fourche to-night or to-morrow night at Plattenville, near Mr. Charlets, and make their escape from thence to Grand River. The general com- manding directs that you send a reliable officer with a party of picked men and capture them if possible. He further desires me to say to you that Major fiuidreth captured Captain Whitakers coat and found in the pockets a letter from one H. A. Gordon, a sergeant in the rebel army, and who is now somewhere in your section of the country recruit- ing for the rebel army. The letter stated he had recruited already twenty-five men and wanted Whitaker to send him 2,000 rounds of ammunition, buck and ball, for the use of his men. The general directs that you employ some reliable man whom you can trnst, and who is well acquainted with the country and its whereabouts, and capture said Gordon. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JAMES H. FYFFE, Lieutenant, Thirty-third Illinois, and Aide-dc- Camp. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, Mo., April 10, 1865. Lieut. Geim. U. S. GRANT, General-in-Chief U. S. Army: GENERAL: I have sent you under date of the 8th instant a plan of operations in Texas. The glorious result of your operations in Yirginia and the surrender of Lees army may make such a movement unnecessary. It is more than likely that when this news reaches Kirby Smiths army in an authentic form they will disperse to their homes. Would you consider it advisable for me to send it to Kirby Smith under flag ot truce and demand the surrender or dispersion of his army~? I am general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JNO. POPE, Major- General, Commanding. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 10, 1865. Major-General REYNOLDS, Little Rock, Ark.: The Secretary of War authorizes the organization of such number of Indian troops as may be required for scouts and guides, but none others. H. W. HALLECK, Major- General and Chif of Staff. PINE BLUFF, ARK., April 10, 1865. Maj. Gen. J. J. REYNOLDS: Representatives Aceman and Kennedy are here in town; will go to Little Rock on first boat. Yallandigham seems to be absent from here. Some say that he has gone North. JAMES M. TRUE, Colonel, Commanding Page 65 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 65 HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 10, 186510.45 a. m. General BUSSEY, Fort Smith: Following dispatch just received from General Canby. Keep your scouts and spies actively employed and a good look out. Communicate this dispatch to General Reynolds and acknowledge its receipt: NEW ORLEANS, April 1, 1865. The Montgomery papers say a gentleman just from Richmond, and a Member of Congress, informs us that General Lee has ordered Kirby Smith to move with his whole army into Missouri. E. R. S. CANBY, Major- General. JNO. POPE, Major- General. FORT SMITH, April 10, 1865. Major-General POPE: Your dispatch concerning Kirby Smith just received. Will comply with your orders. CYRUS BUSSEY, Brigadier- General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Hon. THOMAS C. FLETCHER, April 10, 1865. Governor of Missouri, Jefferson City, Mo.: In compliance with instructions from the Secretary of War a salute of 200 guns will be fired at every post and arsenal in this department at meridian on the day of the receipt of this order in commemoration of the surrender of General Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia to Lieutenant-General Grant and the army under his command. By order of Major-General Dodge: J. W. BARNES, Assistant A djutant- General. (Copy to commanding officers District of Central Missouri, Warrens- burg; southwestern Missouri, Springfield; District of Rolla, Rolla; District of South Kansas, Paola; District of North Kansas, Fort Leav- enworth; District of Upper Arkansas For Plains, Deiiver; Alton; Franklin; , t Riley; District of the Saint Louis Arsenal. Governors of Missouri, Jefferson City; Kansas, Topeka; Utah, Salt Lake City; Nebraska, Omaha; Colorado, Denver; Illinois, Springfield- and George C. Tichenor, Des Moines, Iowa.) Maj. JEFFERSON CITY, April 10, 18654.45 p. m. Major-General DODGE: We have nothing here to fire with; nothing in the capital of the State to sound forth the joyful news. THOS. C. FLETCHER. 5 R RYOL XLVIII, PT I Page 66 66 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. SPECIAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF ROLLA, No. (iS. Roila, Mo., April 10, 1865. 1. Commanding officer Thirteenth Regiment Cavalry Missouri Vet- eran Volunteers will detail from his command one company to move early to-morrow morning, with camp and garrison equipage, to Little Piney, Mo., to relieve Company F, Fifth Cavalry Missouri State Militia, statione(l at that station. 2. Oii being relieved by the Thirteenth Missonri Cavalry Volunteers Lient. Albert Muntzel, Company F, Fifth Cavalry Missouri State Militia, will repair with his command to iRolla, Mo., and report for duty to the commandiiig officer of the Fifth Regiment Cavalry Missouri State Militia. * * * * * * * By order of Col. John Morrill, commanding: H. W. WERTII, Acting Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF NORTH MISSOURI, Macon, April 10, 1865. Maj. Gen. C-. M. DODGE, Commanding Department of the Missouri, Saint Louis, Mo.: GENERAL: I have the honor to recommend the early abrogation of martial law in this district and the withdrawal therefrom of all U. S. military officers and forces. The civil courts are now discharging their proper functions in every county in my district. The local militia orgaiiizations will be sufficiently effective for the suppression of appre- hended lawlessness. Of this I am quite sure. There will be a battaliou of Missouri State Militia remaining in service (luring the present year. after the. muster out of the original organizations of the Third and Ninth Cavalry Missouri Staite Militia. 1 would recommend that they be stationed at Glasgow, on the Missouri River, where they would be centrally located in a region where guerrilla depredations are to be most feared, and that they report to the commanding officer of the Saint Louis District. I have expressed the same views as herein to His Excellency Governor Fletcher. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, CLINTON B. FISK, Brigadier- General. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF NORTH MISSOURI. Macon, Mo., April 10, 1865. His Excellency Governor THOlvIAS C. FLETCHER, Jefferson City, Mo.: DEAR SIR: I have the honor to recommend both to yourself and my superior military commanders that the District of North Missouri, comprising all that portion of the State lying north of the Missouri River, be at once relieved from the operation of martial law, and that all U. S. military officers and forces be immediately withdrawn from the interior of said district and stationed only in the counties on the Missouri River and at points whel?e disturbances may be apprehended. I have carefully considered this proposition before presenting it to my superiors, and am quite sure that the time has fully come when martia Page 67 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 67 law can be safely abrogated in North Missouri. The courts are dis- charging their proper functions in every county in my district. The local military organizations will be effective in the suppression of law- lessness, and I doubt not but that the return to the old paths will have a most salutary eflect not only upon North Missouri, but upon our entire Commonweath. That there will be some disturbances and much lawlessness in the counties of the border cannot be doubted. It is equally true that the civil authorities can as well, if not better, check such evils. The signs of the times indicate an early return of peace and unity to all the land. May God hasten its coming and give us wise, Christian, prudent statesmanship for the great work of restoration and the enjoyment of a just and lasting tranquillity. I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant, CLINTON B.FISK, Brigadier- General, U. S. Volunteers. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, A 10, 1865. Bvt. Brig. Gen. J. H. FORD, Fort Riley: The following dispatch from Colonel Blair, at Fort Scott, is sent for your information. You had better ascertain the strength of this force before you start west Captain Donovan writes me from Eureka, a hundred miles west of here, that a portion of Stand Waties force, 600 strong, is about fifty miles south of him, at june- tioa of Whitewater and Walnut. The force is compose4 of Indians aad whites, and may be only the advance of a larger body. I have sent out about 250 and a howitzer, which is about all I have mounted. Will have 200 of Third Wisconsin Cavalry mounted to-morrow, and if the news is confirmed I shall take them and go out myself. GRAS. W. BLAIR, Colonel. We must ascertain if any force is there that Blair cannot handle; if so, you must move on them. It will not do to leave them to threaten our frontier. Referring to your dispatch of 9th, if there are any Indians who are friendly and took no part in the troubles, we want to keep them so. All others we must punish and make them keep the peace. I have no authority to make treaties of peace. That belongs to the Indian Department. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, A 10, 1865. Major-General BLUNT, Paola, or Colonel BLAIR, Fort Scott: Colonel Ford, at Fort Riley, sends report of one of his scouts of force on Whitewater. Take all the troops you can raise amid move out in that direction to head them off. G. M. DODGE, Major- General Page 68 68 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. Col. C. W. BLAIR: PAOLA, April 10, 1865. You will call out the militia of the southwestern counties if you have not sufficient regular force to repel any threatened raid of the enemy. JAS. G. BLUNT, ill ajor- General. DENVER, COLO. TER., April 10, 1865. Bvt. Brig. Gen. G. V. HENRY, Fort Leavenworth: I desire to take the field immediately. Cannot do so until you arrive. Please report here as soon as possible. P. EDW. CONNOR, Brigadier- General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, 1865. Saint Louis, Mio., April 10, Bvt. Maj. Gen. A. SULLY, Commanding District of Iowa: GENERAL: The line of posts along the northern border of Iowa and Dakota settlements I wish you to establish at the earliest practicable moment. I suggest as the points to be thus occupied, first, Sioux Falls; second, Forks of Vermillion River; third, Mouth of Flint or Firesteel Creek on James River; fourth, Crow Creek; fifth, on the Niobrara River at the Keya Paha. One company of cavalry at each of these posts will be sufficient. Report to me on the subject immediately. I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JNO. POPE, Major- General, Commanding. HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISIQN OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 11, 186510.40 a. m. Major-General HALLECK, (Received 3.10 p. in.) Washington, D. C.: The following dispatch from New Orleans just received. It has been confirmed by intelligence from another source. General Reynolds cavalry is nearly all dismounted, General Canby having taken all the horses from Arkansas. Whilst Reynolds luight defend the L)OSt5 he occupies, he has no force sufficient to oppose Kirby Smiths advance, nor is there any force elsewhere in this command for the l)urpose. It is not known what effect Lees surrender may have on this movement, but your immediate attention is invited to this dispatch: The Montgomery papers say a gentleman just from Richmond, and a Member of Congress, iuforms us that General Lee has ordered Kirby Smith to move with his whole army into Missouri. Our spies report that Kirby Smith is preparing to make the movement at the earliest possible moment. JNO. POPE, Majar- General Page 69 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 69 WASHINGTON, D. C., April 11, 1865. Major-General POPE, Saint Louis General Grants orders were to send all cavalry horses in the West to General Canby. This, I presume, was to fit out Canbys cavalry and to refit Wilsons when it reached the Gulf coast. T cannot change these instructions till I can consult General Grant. fl. W. HALLECK, Major- General cud Chief of Staff. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 11, 1865. Maj. Gen. J. J. REYNOLDS, Little Rock, Ark.: Print and circulate the correspondetice between Generals Grant and Lee for the surrender of Lees army. Perhaps General Kirby Smith and others may accept the same terms. It is believed that the rebel forces in North Carolina are about to lay down their arms on the same condi- tions. Jeff. i)avis Assistant Secretary of War has come in, and admits that the Confederate Government has gone up, and the leaders ask for terms. Those who refuse to surrender now may be harshly treated hereafter. H. W. HALLECK, Major- General and Chief of Staff. SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. I)EPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, No. 88. ( Little Rock, Ark., April 11, 1865. * * * * * * * 6. Upon the arrival of the Fourth Arkansas Cavalry Volunteers at Little Rock, as provided in orders of this date, the Third Wisconsin Cavalry Volunteers will be relieved from duty with the Cavalry Brigade of the post of Little Rock, and will be reported withont delay to Brigadier-General Shaler, commanding at Devalls Bluff; for duty at the cavalry depot at that post. The quartermasters department will furnish transportation. All public horses for which officers of the Third Wisconsin Cavalry Volunteers may be responsible will be turned over to the Fourth Arkansas Cavalry Volunteers on the arrival of the latter at Little Rock. * * * * * * * By command of Maj. Gen. J. J. Reynolds: JOHN LEVERING, Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 11, 18653.20 p. m. General BUSSEY, Fort Smith, Ark.: Intelligence from other quarters confirms tIme belief that Kirby Smith designs to move north at once. Be on your guard and keep me advised frequently. Send this dispatch to O-eueral Reynolds and acknowledge receipt. JNO. POPE, Major- General Page 70 70 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. FORT SMITH, ARK., April 11, 1865. Major-General POPE, Commanding Military Division of the Missouri: Your dispatch of this date, that intelligence from other quarters con- firms the belief about Kirby Smiths design to move north at once, is received and will be forwarded to General Reynolds. I will iflhlne(li- ately send out other scouts, and if possible learn the intention of the enemy and keep you advised. The large amount of supplies here is, in my opinion, a great temptation to the enemy, as my force is not large. CYRUS BUSSEY, Brigadier- General, Commanding. FORT SMITH, ARK., April 11, 1865. (Received 4 p. m. 12th.) Major-General POPE, Commanding Military Division of the Missouri: I returned from Gibson to-day. I have no news of any movement of the enemy, who were at last accounts on Red River. I have sent scouts and spies, with orders not to return until they can obtain reliable infor- ination of their designs. Will keep you advised. CYRUS BUSSEY, Brigadier- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, April 11, 1865. (Received 10.35 a. in.) Major-General POPE: Commanding officer at F& rt Riley and commanding officer at Fort Scott both report Stand Watie at forks of Whitewater and Walnut, which is 100 miles west of Fort Scott and fifty south of Kansas line, with from 600 to 1,500 men, Indians and whites. They have committed some depredations and claim to be the advance of a force moving north from Red River. I have sent all the force I have, 400 mounted men, from Fort Scott out to attack and check them. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. (Repeated by Pope to Halleck, April 11, 1865.) HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, AS~aint Louis, April 11, 1865. Governor FLETCHER, Jefferson City: I have ordered a section of artillery to Jefferson City. G. M. DODGE, Major- General Page 71 CHAP. LX.l CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 71 SPECIAL OR~ER~, HEADQUARTERS SAINT Louis DISTRICT, No. 82. 5 Saint Louis, Mo., April 11, 18Gb. 1. The Third Sub-District is consolidated with the Second Sub- District. Bvt. Brig. Gen. J. L. Beveridge, U. S. Volunteers, is assigned to the Second Sub-District. * * * * * * * By order of Brig. Gen. George I). Wagner: TI. HANNAHS, Major Fiftieth Missouri Volunteers and AcIg. Asst. A~jt. Gen. HEADQUARTERS, Bloomfield, Mo., April 11, 1865. Lieut. J. C. THoMsoN, Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen., Cape Girardeau, Mo.: I have just received information worth looking into, that JelL Thomp- son is at Jonesborough, Ark., with 1,500 men, and intends to make an attack upon this post and destroy the works. ED. COLBERT, Captain, Commanding Post. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF IROLLA, Botla, Mo., April 11, 18652 p. m. Major-General DODGE, Commanding Department of the ]Iiliissouri, Saint Louis, Mo.: Do you intend sending the Thirteenth Missouri Cavalry Volunteers out of this district~ If not, I desire to send a scout to Oregon County, and it may be necessary to go into Arkansas, which may take two or three weeks. JOHN MORRILL, Colonel Sixty-fourth Illinois Volunteers, Commanding District. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 11, 18655.45 p. m. Colonel MORRILL, Rolla: Dont send the scout for a few days. I may need the regiment. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 11, 18658.05 p. m. Brig. Gen. J. MCNEIL, Warrensburg: I have ordered the organized recruits of the Third Missouri State Militia now at Weston to report to Colonel Harding immediately, !50 strong, well armed and equipped. G.M. DODGE, Major- General Page 72 72 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, April 11, 18652.50 p. m. Capt. JOHN WLLLANS, Assistant Adjutant- General, Fort Leavenworth: Geiieral Blunt is on his way to Saint Louis. Left Paola to-day, I suppose. Telegraph him wherever he may be to remain there. Dis- patches have been sent by telegraph by General Pope. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, April 11, 18652.50 p. rn. Major-General BLUNT, Paola: Well authenticated [reports] represent Stand Watie with 600 or 800 men advancing on Southern Kansas. I wish you to remain in South Kansas until that force is driven back. It may possibly be necessary to call out some Kansas militia. If so I wish you to be there to take command. Keep me advised frequently. Acknowledge receipt of this dispatch. JNO. POPE, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SOUTH KANSAS, April 11, 186511.30 p. m. (Received 9 a. m. 12th.) Major-General POPE: Your telegram of this date just received. Captain Donovan, Fif. teenth Kansas Cavalry, stationed at Eureka, reports that on the 9th instant a rebel force of Indians and whites nuder Stand Watie, number- ing 600, were at the junction of the Whitewater and Walnut, fifty miles south of Eni-eka; 300 troops were started to the point threatened yes- terday. Colonel Blair, who is a vigilant and reliable officer, will be ready to leave Fort Scott to-morrow morning with about 150 of the Third Wis- consin Cavalry and a section of guns. The militia of southwestern coun ties are advised of the threatened raid. They are well armed, and can be put into the field without delay. I have directed Colonel Blair to call out a portion of them, if necessary; but if the rebel force is no larger thaii is represented they will not be required. I will advise you promptly of all information I may receive relative to this force. JAS. G. BLUNT, Major- General. PAOLA, April 11, 1865 10 p. m. Major-General DODGE: The forces reported by Colonel Fords scouts as being on Whitewater are doubtless the same referred to by Colonel Blair at the junction of Whitewater and Walnut, fifty miles sonth of Eureka, and where dis- patch was sent you yesterday. I have directed Colonel Blair to call out the militia of the southwestern counties in case he has not sufficient force to repel any threatened raid. The militia are well armed and can be made available without delay. I will keep you advised of any far- ther information I may obtain. JAS. G. BLUNT, Major- General Page 73 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 73 FORT SCOTT, April 11, 186510 p. m. Major-General DODGE: I am apprised of the movements of the rebel forces about which Colonel Ford telegraphed you on the 9th. There were 600 at the junc- tion of Whitewater and Walnut, part of Stand Waties command. This may be only the advance of a larger force, or it may be all there is of it. If the latter, they can accomplish nothing. I have had 200 men in that country for several days; started sixty more yesterday. Am issuing 150 horses to-day, which were received yesterday, and shall start myself with these to-morrow. It will take all day to get the men in from the outposts and the horses issued. Some of my outposts are twenty-two miles off. CHAS. W. BLAIR, Colonel. PAOLA, April 11, 1865. Colonel BLAIR: Have you heard anything further from Stand Waties forces? Answer. JAS. G. BLUNT, Major- General. FORT SCOTT, KANS., April 11, 1865. Major-General BLUNT, Paola, Kans.: Nothing further, except that Colonel Ford has been telegraphing to Major-General Dodge on the same subject. I started out sixty men of the Fifteenth j Kansas] yesterday. I start myself to-morrow with the Third Wisconsin Cavalry and one 6-pounder field piece. As I leave almost nothing here, I hope you will send forward that infantry as soon as you get control of it. CHAS. W. BLAIR, Colonel. PAOLA, April 11, 1865. Col. C. W. BLAIR: Have you heard anything further from the rebel force reported to be south of Eureka? JAS. G. BLUNT, Major- General. FORT SCOTT, KANS., April 11, 1865. Major-General BLUNT, Paola, Kans.: Nothing further since my dispatch of this morning. l)id you receive that? CHAS. W. BLAIR, Colonel. PAOLA, April 11, 1865. Col. C. W. BLAIR:. Yes; just received it a few moments after I wrote my last telegram. JAS. G. BLUNT, Major- General Page 74 74 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. PAOLA, April 11, 1865. Col. C. W. BLAIR: Move to-morrow to the southwest with such force as you have, aiid if you have reason to apprehend immediate danger make your march as rapidly as possible. Keep me advised by messenger to Fort Scott, and from there by telegraph, of all information of importance you may obtain relative to the rebel force. General Pope wishes me not to leave Kansas until the threatened danger is passed. I shall go to Leavenworth to-morrow and remain there until J learn something defi- nite in regard to the reported forces of Stand Watie and the extent of the rebel movement. I will forward the Forty-eighth Wisconsin as soon as they arrive. JAS. G. BLUNT, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF UPPER ARKANSAS, Fort Riley, April 11, 1865. Maj. J. W. BARNES, Asst. Adjt. Gem., Dejit. of the Missouri, & tint Louis, Mo.: I have the hoimor to make the following statement for the information of the general coinnianding: There are in this district eight companies of the Second U. S. Volunteers, with their complement of officers. These officers having just received their commissions, and none of them having yet been mustered into the service, it is impracticable at present to send them to Fort Leavenworth to be mustered, as they cannot be spared from their present station without great detriment to the service. Also the term of service of some of the troops of my dis- trict (Second Colorado Cavalry) will soon expire. I would therefore respectfully ask that a mustering officer may be ordered~to report to me for the purpose of mustering these officers in; also to muster out such troops serving in this district whose term of service will soon expire. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, JAS. H. FOItD, Brevet Brigadier- General. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF TIlE UPPER ARKANSAS, In the Field, Fort Lamed, Kans., April 11, 1865. Lient. J. E. TAPPAN, Acting Assistant Adjutant- General, Fort Riley, Kans.: SIR: I have the honor to report m-y arrival at this post from Fort Dodge, having accompanied the command that left here the 5th instant, under Captain Pearce, for the purpose of establishing that post. There was no fresh sign of Indians seen on the road. Everything indicates that they are living up to their agreement with Colonel Leavenworth to keep off the Santa FP road until their peace propositions are heard from. The buffalo are getting scarce on the river. None were seen above the Mulberry Crossing, fifty miles from here, and very few between this post and that point. It is my opinion they have nearly all moved north. The Indians will be forced to follow them unless they have their summer supplies already laid ill. Captain Pearce, when arriving on the ground, determined on locating the new post on the site of Adkins ranch, about two miles above the head of the Dry Route, for many reasons, that point offering many natural advantage Page 75 Caip. LX.l CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.IYNION. 75 over either the Five-Mile Point or old Fort Atkinson. The guide Brodley, I directed to remain at Fort Dodge for the present to show them where to obtain wood, & c. Good wood can be obtained abont eight miles from Fort Dodge, on the South Branch of Pawnee or Cordwood Creek. I have the honor to remain, very respectfully, your obedient servant, H. D. JANES, Scout, & c. [First indorsement.] ADJT. GENS. OFFICE, DIST. OF THE UPPER ARKANSAS, Fort Riley, Klaus., April 15, 1865. Respectfully forwarded for the information of the general com- manding. JAS. H. FORD, Brevet Brigadier- General. J. E. TAPPAN, Acting Assistant Adjutant- General. (In the absence of general commanding.) [Second indorsement.] Write General Ford and ask him to give exact location of this fort as near as he can. G. M. DODGE. GENERAL ORDERS, IIDQRS. DISTRICT OF NORTH KANSAS, No. 1. f Fort Leavenworth, April 11, 1865. In pursuance of General Orders, No. 80, current series, headquarters Department of the Missouri, I hereby assume command of the District of North Kansas, headquarters at Fort Leavenworth. All officers on staff duty in this district except those serving on the staff of Major- General Dodge, commanding Departuient of the Missonri, will report immediately to these headquarters with a copy of the order detailing them on such duty. The following staff officers are announced: Capt. John Pratt, assistant adjutant-general; Lieut. Ira C. Schenck, Seventh Iowa Cavalry, aide-de-camp; Lieut. E. F. Ware, Seventh Iowa Cavalry, aide-de-camp. ROBT. B. MITCHELL, Brigadier- General. HDQRS. SUB-DISTRICT No. 2, DIST. OF SOUTH KANSAS, Fort Scott, Klaus., April 11, 1865. Capt. R. CARPENTER, Corndg. Battalion Third Wisconsin Gavalry, Fort Harner, iWo.: CAPTAIN: By direction of the colonel commaiiding, I have forwarded to each of the company commanders under your command instructions for them to report here, with the least possible delay, with every avail- able man of their respective commands; also instructions to have the men supplied with twenty days rations of hard bread, bacon, sugar, and coffee, and to see that each man is supplied with at least 100 rounds of ammunition, and for each company to take along one company team, and if possible two to carry the rations, extra ammunition, and forage. Company F has aldo been instructed to bring along their howitzer and plenty of ammunition for the same. All the compan Page 76 76 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. commanders have also been instructed to bring along horses, arms, and equipments for the men now at work on the fortifications here, as they will be relieved to go along. The colonel desires that you report here to go along also, and he sure and bring Rebstein along, as the colonel wants him to act as adjutant. The colonel wih take command of the whole command, and proceed out west to intercept Stand Waties command, which is reported as moving toward Kansas. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, WM. H. HEWETT, First Lieutenant and Acting Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MIsSOuRI, April 11, 186511 a. m. Brig. Gen. P. E. CONNOR, Denver: One more regiment of infantry, aud perhaps two, will be sent you. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 11, 18653.10 p. m. Governor LEWIS, Madison, Wis.: Please send the field and company officers of the regiments you have sent aud are sending here. There are no field officers, and not enough company officers even to take care of the memi. All the officers are greatly needed here. JNO. POPE, Major- General. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 12, 186511 a. rn. Lieutenant-General GRANT, Via City Point; The new regiments sent to General Hancock since March 9 number 17,500 men. This is in addition to the First Veteran Corps, which has about five full regiments. Shall I continue to send him other new regiments nearly ready a~ the North? Considering General Popes apprehensions of an advance of Kirby Smith, would it not be well to send to Arkansas all new regiments raised in the West? Over 6,000 cavalry horses have been sent to General Canby between October 20 and March 31. As General Reynolds is very destitute of horses would it not now be well to supply him? H. W. HALLECK, Major- General and Chief of Staff. CITY POINT, VA., April 12, 18651 p. rn. (Received 3 l~ in.) Major-General HALLECK, Chief of Staff: I thought of sending General Pope a full corps of Ords troops. You may send him all the cavalry horses from the West until he is supplied. I shall be in Washington to-morrow. U. S. GRANT, Lieutenant- General Page 77 Ciw~. LX4 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 77 HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 12, 186511.30 a. m. lion. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War, Washington, D. C.: Will it not be well for me to seiid authenticated copies of the corre- spondence between Grant and Lee, and the latters surrender, nnder flag of truce to Kirby Smith and offer him the same terms ~ At all events, the effect of such news in his army would go far to demoralize it. JINO. POPE, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 12, 186511.15 a. m. Major-General HALLECK, Washington, D. C.: The Fifth U. S. Volunteers still lacks two companies. The recruiting of the Sixth prevents me getting recruits from Chicago camp. Please order one of the field officers appointed for the Fifth to recruit the two companies from prisoners at Camp Morton or Camp Chase. JNO. POPE, Major- General. IIDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, Mo., April 12, 18652.40 p. m. (Received 5.30 p. in.) Major-General HALLECK, Chief of Staff: The First Missouri Light Artillery is much reduced in numbers. It is very important that it be filled to its maximum strength. General Reynolds urges it strongly, and I respectfully request that instructions be sent to the provost marshal of Missouri to have it filled at once by substitutes or drafted men. JNO. POPE, Jllajor- General. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 12, 1865. Major-General POPE, Saint Louis, Mo.: All cavalry horses purchased in the West will be assigned to your command until it is supplied. Mount no infantry or militia. Only such Indian troops should be organized as may be required as guides, scouts, & c. An infantry force will soon be available for assignment to Arkansas. H. W. HALLECK, Major-General and Chief of Staff. hEADQUARTERS SOUTHERN DIVISION OF LOUISIANA, New Orleans, April 12, 1865. Brigadier-General CAMERON, Commanding La Pourehe District: Your report is received.* Brigadier-General Sherman desires me to inform you that it is quite satisfactory, to the extent it explains the * See April tO, p. 63 Page 78 78 LOUISiANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. whole expedition. Colonel Syphers report is looked for with much interest.* Whitakeis father should be arrested at once, and he should not be permitted to reside any longer in that region of country. It is for you to decide whether charges of aiding and abetting the enemy can be substantiated against him. If thought not, he should at least be held as a hostage for the further conduct of his son. Burnleys case also should receive immediate attention. I am, respectfully, your obedient servant, P. J. MALONEY, First Lieutenant and Acting Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS NORTHERN SUB-DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS, Harrisburg, Poinsett County, April 12, 1865. Major-General REYNOLDS, U. S. Army, Commanding U. S. Forces in Arkansas, Little Rock, Ark.: GENERAL: The inclosed papers in reference to outrages committed by the Federal troops in the neighborhood of Clarksville, Ark., have been sent to me from district headquarters, with instructions to take action to bring the perpetrators of such infamy to justice. It might be useless to make demands of the immediate officers of such men, and therefore I hope you will pardon me for sending the charges direct to your headquarters and requesting you to issue such orders in the prem- ises as will wipe out this stain from your flag. I will not presume to make suggestions, but leave-the matter entirely to your sense of justice and humanity, for such horrid crimes as are related in the inclosed statements will surely sicken the heart and rouse the indignation of every gentleman in your army, and if the guilty parties can be discov- ered I feel assured that you will properly punish such fiends or turn them over to me for punishment. I would be pleased to know your action in the matter, that I may know whether other steps will be necessary to carry out the instructions from my superior officers. I have the honor to be, yours, most respectfully, & c., M. JEFF. THOMPSON, Brigadier- General, (Jomman ding. [Inclosuro No. 1.] OFFICE PROVOST-MARSHAL-GENERAL, DISTRICT oF ARKANSAS, February 16, 1865. Col. E. P. TURNER, Assistant Adjutant. General: COLONEL: I have just finished reading a letter from Mrs. Swagerty, of Johnson County, Ark., to her husband, Major Swagerty, of McNairs brigade. The lady is personally known to me, and I put implicit faith in her statement. She describes the conduct of the Federals in the neighborhood of Clarksville since Brooks fired on the boats as perfectly fiendish. Even the persons of the ladies are outraged. I made this extract from her letter, and while it is modestly said, it has its terrible significance: Mr. Harris escaped being killed, and has gone south. Tell him his wife was greatly abused, but will recover; Mrs. Major Thompson, it is thought, will not. These things are too horrible to write or think of. * See Part I, p. 172 Page 79 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 79 Colonel Waugh is in command at Clarksville, with about 600 men negroes, Kansans, and Arkansans. These outrages are committed by his command, and took place about the 18th ultimno. The letter is dated the 25th of January. This command say they will stay where they are until April. The letter was brought out by hand, as well as others, all concurring, I am told, in describing wrongs to our helpless women committed indifferently by black and white. I hardly know why I write this to you; but yet I have some hope that steps may be taken to secure the helpless women from further wrong, and that some retribution may be devised that may reach the guilty. Wrongs such as are so delicately alluded to in the extract ask prevention and avengers. Jam, colonel, respectfully, & c., P. PROVENCE, Provost-Marshal- General, District of Arkansas. [Inclosuro No. 2.] OFFICE CHIEF PROVOST-MARSHAL, FIRST DISTRICT, Center Point, Ark., March 8, 1865. Major-General FAGAN: GENERAL: Having just returned from Johnson County I write you in order to give you some knowledge of the ill treatment of some of your old friends, outrages committed by the Federal soldiery. After being robbed of all their household, wearing apparel, and subsistence, they are then a subject of search for money. Not being satisfied on searching their persons, they are taken from their beds and placed upon beds of fire and tortured for the purpose of getting money. Aunt Tish (Mrs. Howel) was taken from her bed and burned so severely that there is but little hope of her recovery. All the flesh from below the knee of one leg has dropped offi Mrs. Susan Willis at the same time burned severely on the feet. Mrs. Wiley Harris burned by placing her head in the fire, and then whipped almost lifeless. Mrs. Major Thomp- son burned on head, arms, and hands. I must yet tell you that Isabell, my wife, was taken from her bed and placed upon coals of fire, and after being burned severely was made to go in the damp of night some 400 yards to get money, and made to walk a part of the way with her feet all in a crisp, Isabells mother remaining at the house suffering with like punishment. Notwithstanding these outrages, that of still deeper infamy is now the suffering pangs at heart of some of the helpless ladies of Johnson. Oh, general, the story is true, sad, and sickening. May God avenge their wrongs. These outrages cannot be placed upon any other than the U. S. soldiery. The deserters from the Federal army occupied the county some time previous to the Federals holding post, and did not commit these outrages. Shall we suffer all this? Have we no spirit to avenge their wrong? I hope the soldiery of Johnson County will not forget the Federal Second Arkansas Regiment, Second Kansas, Fourteenth Kansas, Col. G. M. Waugh, and Colonel Stephenson, that they may, if ever chance offers, mete out to them like reward. Hoping that some measures may be adopted that will avert any fur- ther outrages, I am, general, as ever, your friend and obedient servant, L. N. C. SWAGERTY Page 80 80 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. [First indorsement HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS, LewisejUe, February 17, 1865. Respectfully forwarded to Major-General Magruder, at Shreveport, La., for his information and necessary action. ED. P. TURNER, Assistant Adjutant- General. [Second indorsernent.] HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS, Lewisrille, Ark., March 6, 1865. Respectfully referred to Brig. Gen. M. Jeff. Thompson, commanding Northern Sub-District of Arkansas, who will take such measures as he may deem necessary to have the perpetrators of these outrages brought to justice. He will communicate with the Federal commander at Clarksville and demand the men who are guilty of such inhuman outrages. By command of Major-General Magruder: M. M. KIMMEL, Major and Assistant Adjutant- General. [Third indorsernent.] HDQRS. NORThERN SUB-DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS, Harrisburg, April 12, 1865. Respectfully forwarded to the commanding officer of the Federal forces iu Arkansas at Little Rock, with a request that he either punish these fiends or turn them over to the C. S. military authorities for punishment. M. JEFF. THOMPSON, Brigadier- General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, Mint Louis, Mo., April 12, 1865. Hon. T. C. FLETCHER, Governor of Missouri: DEAR SIR: From the reports of General Fisk and other responsible persons, everything seems ready for resumption of civil administration in North Missouri, except probably the comlnties immediately along the river. I propose, quietly and without any published orders, to withdraw all provost-marshals in that region and gradually concentrate all the troops in the river counties. I l)refer, with your acquiescence, to allow the whole administration in North Missouri to drift quietly into time hands of the civil authorities, without public notice, so that some day, before long, the people will find everything imi their own hands, without being aware of the process. We ought to make a beginning iinme- diately. The example, even of one county, would lead to rapid and com- plete results. The surrender of Lees army, foreshadowing an immediate end to the rebellion, disarms all opposition to our policy even in this city. The arguments used by Strong and Drake against such a policy so long as the rebellion was still alive and in force have lost their value. Now seems to me the time to strike. Be the first in this reconstruction Page 81 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 81 The longer you wait the less originality and force there will seem to be in your policy. Please write me on the subject at your earliest con- venience. Respectfully, Governor, your obedient servant, JNO. POPE, Major- General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS SAINT Louis DISTRICT, & 4nt Louis, Mo., April 12, 1865. Lieutenant-Colonel HYNES, Pilot Knob: The mail for your command goes via Sainte Genevieve, where you will receive it. The general commanding has concluded to postpone the placing of a company of infantry in the fort for a short time until other arrangements have been effected to admit of its being done. The detachment of Company F, Fiftieth Missouri Volunteers, now here has been mustered out. Captain Lindsay thinks he can reorgan- ize it. The detachment of that company left at Mineral Point will be placed in charge of Lieutenant Moran, of Company E, Fiftieth Missouri Volunteers, now at Potosi. The orders have been issued and you will receive them in due time. By order of Brigadier-General Wagner: H. HANKAHS, Major and Acting Assistant Adjutant- General. Maj. J. W. BARNES, LEXINGTON, April 12, 186511.15 a. m. Assistant Adjutant- General: My regiment is now all in this sub-district. Is it necessary to report any iuore to General Fisk ~ CHESTER HARDING, JR., Colonel, & c. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, AS~aint Louis, April 12, 18653.50 p. m. Col. CHESTER HARDING, Jr., Lexington: It is not necessary for you to report to General Fisk. Please forward tlie report asked for in General Popes letter as soon as possible. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. LEXINGTON, April 12, 1865. Major-General DODGE: I have just returned from a visit to posts of this sub-district. I have mailed my report. May I send you direct a letter concerning matters in this county~ CHESTER HARDING, Jn., Colonel, & c. 6 R RvOL XLvIII, PT I Page 82 [CHAP. LX. 82 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSTSSIPPI. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF CENTRAL MISSOuRI, Warrensburg, Mo., April 12, 1865. Lient. T. W. PHILLIPS, Comdg. Company A, Consolidated Detach., Seventh Cavalry: SIR: The commanding general directs that YOU immediately move with all your available men in pursuit of a band of twenty or twenty- five guerrillas seen in the direction of Tabo and Davis Creeks, and scour the country ~vell in the direction of Marshall. A detachment of the Fourth Cavalry left Sedalia yesterday morning, going north toward Marshall in pursuit of the same band. You will take five days field rations. The general commanding directs that the houses of all persons harboring or feeding guerrillas be burned whenever you have positive proof to that effect. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, C. G. LAURANT, Assistant Adjutant-General. CASSYILLE, April 12, 1865. Brigadier-General SANBORN: I have just received reliable information that Cooper is on White River with from 100 to 150 men. He is to meet all of his forces on White River to-morrow, 13th instant, some twelve miles east of Elkhorn. He says his intention is to break up the colonies and capture the sup- ply trains. He has been recruiting on Kings River, and expects to muster 200 men, as he states. J. M. MOORE, Major, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI, Springfield, Mo., April 12, 1865. Maj. J. M. MOORE, Commanding, Cassville, Mo.: Telegram of this dat& is received. You will communicate its con- tents to Colonel Harrison, First Arkansas Cavalry, at Fayetteville, at once, and arrange with him to attack tIUs force to-morrow and if possi- ble capture it. You wili. co-operate with Colonel Harrison with such force as you can spare for this purpose. Spare no effort to defeat or capture this force. JOHN B. SANBORN, Brigadier- General, Commanding. SPECIAL ORDERS, ~ HDQRS. DISTRICT OF NORTH MISSOURI, No. 74. Macon, Mo., April 12, 1865. 1. The commanding officers of Companies A and B, Third Cavalry Missouri State Militia, will proceed forthwith with their commands to Kansas City, Mo., and report to Col. Chester Harding, jr., for duty. * * * * * * * By order of Brig. Gen. Clinton B. Fisk: W. T. CLARKE, First Lieutenant, Aide-dc- Camp, and Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen Page 83 Cni.. LX.J CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 83 HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 12, 186511.50 a. m. Major-General BLUNT, Paola: We have pretty reliable information that Stand Watie, under orders of the rebel authorities, has made a combination of all the sonthern Indian3, except what are known as Pin Indians, for operations against Kansas. How large a force he conld collect you can better jndge than I can. I suppose it includes Indians along Red and Arkansas Rivers, but not Plains Indians. However, I do not know as to that. Colonel Leavenworth, Indian agent, says the Comanches and Arapahoes. You had better retain the Fifteenth Kansas until we ascertain the facts. I expect the balance of Third Wisconsin soon, and they will be pushed out to you. Put some good man after Stand Watie if you can. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. OLATHE, KANS., April 12, 1865. Major-Generals POPE and DODGE: The following telegram just received from Colonel Blair. I will be in Leavenworth to-day: Maj. Gen. JAMES G. BLUNT: I am just starting from here. From a report just received from Captain Donovan I am satisfied the rebel force is composed of about 400 Indians and nothing else. I think they contemplated killing all the whites, but are going to wait until grass grows. Dont give yourself any uneasiness about this raid; I will answer that it will be harmless. CHAS. W. BLAIR, Coronet. JAS. G. BLUNT, Major- General. FORT SCOTT, KANS., April 12, 1865. Capt. GEORGE S. HAMPTON, Assistant Adjutant- General, Paola: Colonel Blair left here this morning with all the available men of the Third Wisconsin Cavalry and Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry. Jnst before he started he instrncted me fo telegraph to you and request yon to nse yonr influence to get the detachment of the Third Wisconsin Cavalry now at Hickman Mills ordered back to this place, as this point is left almost entirely destitute of troops. WM. H. HEWETT, First Lieutenant and Acting Assistant Adjutant- General. PAOLA, April 12, 1865. Lient. W. H. HEWETT: The detachment of the Third Wisconsin Cavalry will soon be relieved from duty at Hickman Mills and will be sent to Fort Scott. Seven companies of the Forty-eighth Wisconsin Infantry will be sent to Fort Scott in a day or two. They will be here to-night. GEO. S. HAMPTON, Assistant Adjutant- General Page 84 84 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF THE UPPER ARKANSAS, Fort Riley, Kans., April L& , 1865. Maj. J. W. BARNES, Asst. Adjt. Gen., Dept. of the Missouri, Saint Louis, Julio.: The pack-saddles did not arrive here until last evening, and to-day have been fitting them to the mules. Shall load the mules light with corn to Lamed to break them in gradually. The mules are very wild and cause a great deal of trouble to saddle them; however, the train will leav.e early in the morning. It has rained constantly for three days and the roads are very bad, but am in hopes of having good weather after this. I start for Lamed in the morning, or as soon as I learn the result of a scouting party sent south under the commaiid of Lieutenant Wise to ascertain the truth of the report of Stand Waties raid. I started Lieutenant Wise as soon as my scout, Peppard, reported the fact to me. I also ordered by means of courier the commanding officers of Forts Lamed and Zarah to have all cavalry ready to move at thirty minutes notice. I could throw from 600 to 800 troops into that country from Forts Lamed and Zarah as quickly as from this post and cut oft~ his retreat entirely. I am anxious]y awaiting news from. Lieutenant Wise. 1f, however, you should get news quicker from Colonel Blair and I should be needed to help him, I will be ready to go down at a moments notice from Zarah or Lamed. I am afraid that I have unnecessarily troubled the general commanding in regard to Leavenworths peace mission, but these friendly Indians of Colonel Leavenworths are camped with the Kiowas, or were at last reports, and were considered allies. It would be almost impossible to fight one without fighting all. The colonel is very anxious that I should wait until I hear from his mission, therefore I sent the last dispatch. I am, however, going ahead as though I had, not seen him. It places me in an awkward position, he going b~r a different route on a mission of peace at the same time I start on a campaign, both going for the same Indians. If Indian agents -and Indian traders were kept out of the way until the fighting was over, I feel satisfied that a lasting peace could be made before the summer is over. I desire before closing to thank the general commanding for the readiness with which supplies have been furnished. I have now received all that I have asked for, and if I do not succeed in the campaign no one can be blamed but myself. I inclose the report of scout by Lieutenant Wise, he having this moment arrived. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, JAS. II. FORD, Brevet Brigadier- General, Commanding District. [Iuclosure.1 FORT RILEY, KANS., April 12, 1865. Lieut. J. E. TAPPAN, Aety. Asst. Adjt. Gen., District of Upper Arkansas: SIR: I have the honor to report that in pursuance to order I started for Council Grove, Kans., to ascertain the fact about the coming of a large force of Indians, or Stand Waties men, & c. On arriving at Council Grove I found no excitement there whatever, and the people there told quite a different story, although I sent Sergeants Tibbits and Peppard out that night to go ~o Walnut Creek, eighty miles from Council Grove, where the excitement started. After forty-eight hours the scouts returned, bringing the news that a party of southern Indians did come up into Kansas, stopped at a ranch where a man was abou Page 85 Onip. LX.) CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 85 driving some stock. A difficulty arose there between the friendly Judians, the Delawares and Shawnees, and one white ~an,in which the white man was shot. At this the few friendly Indians that were there got scared and ran, notifying the white settlers residing at the ranches along their route that there was a large band of thieves and southern Indians coming up, called Stand Waties men. Still they were not followed by them, nor on being questioned could they tell how many there were of them. I also saw some Kaw Jndians that were near Walnut Creek at that time, and they reported that they saw no one but scared people. They also reported that there might be a force of hostile Indians coming up, but they thought it was rather too soon. I am satisfied that for the present there is no danger, but I would earnestly recommend that a company of cavalry be stationed at or near Walnut Creek, as that country is without any help whatever. There is also more cattle stealing going on in that region of country, of which the Government must be aware, and I believe it necessary that a company of cavalry and an acting provost-marshal be statioiied there to see into such cases. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, WILLIAM WISE, First Lieut. Company D, 2d Colorado Car. Vois., Comdg. Detach. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MissouRi, Saint Louis, April 12, 1865. Brevet Brigadier-General FORD, Fort Riley: We have pretty reliable information that Stand Watie, under orders of rebel government, has made a combination of hostile southern Indians, which includes all except those known as Pin Indians; we are not certain that it includes any of the Plains Indians. That this combi- nation is made for purpose of entering and operating in Kansas or on its border, and no doubt that is what brings Stand Watie where he now is. It will not do for you to move after Indians on plains until we check or get at the bottom and strength of Stand Waties movements. If Colonel Blair is not strong enough, you will have to move in that direction. This will give Colonel LeaVenworth time to accomplish what he desires; in meantime have everything ready to move in what- ever direction the circumstances may require. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. IIDQRS. DIST. OF MINNESOTA, DEPT. OF THE NORTHWEST, Saint Paul, ]Jlinn., April 12, 1865. Maj. C. S. CHARLOT, Asst. Adjt. Gem, llidqrs. Dept. of the Northwest, ]Iiliilwaulcee, Wis.: MAJOR: I beg leave respectfully to acknowledge the receipt this day of your dispatch of 7th instant, referring to the article which appeared in the Press newspaper in this city on 24th ultimo. That article occasioned no less surprise to myself than to the major-general com- manding, and from the inclosed copy of a dispatch from these head- quarters to Major Rose, commanding Fort Wadsworth, dated 25th ultimo, you will perceive that no time was lost in directing that officer to make a full report of all the facts connected with the allegation Page 86 86 LOUISIANA AND THF~ TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [Cxii. LX. made without unnecessary delay. I know of my own knowledge that some of the statements put forth are false, and as Major Rose, com- manding the post, is one of the very best and most conscientious officers I am acquainted with, and for that reason selected by me for the com- mand of the distant and important post of Wadsworth, I am well satis- fied that any abuses which may have escaped his observation will be promptly rectified. I need not assure the major-general commanding that I am equally anxious with him8elf to maintain the purity of the military administration of affairs in every department of the service in this district, and to this end I have spared neither pains nor exer- tion, and I flatter myself that my efforts have been, for the most part, successful. As you well remark, it is absolutely necessary to employ persons as scouts, interpreters, & c., whose morals are none of the most immaculate, but due care is taken to trust no one with the charge of public property whose character is not respectable and upright. When Major Roses report shall have reached me a copy will be forthwith dispatched to you. I am, major, very respectfully, your obedient servant, II. II. SIBLEY, Brigadier- General, Commanding. P. S.I omitted to mention the fact that strict orders have heretofore been issued to Major Rose to permit no one in the employ or pay of the Qrovernment to trade with the Indians, and to allow of no traders what- ever among those who have surrendered themselves to the military authorities, except such as are specially designated in orders from these headquarters. The prohibition includes Major Brown, special agent, as well as all others temporarily employed in the capacity of scouts, interpreters, & c. H. H. ~. [Inclosure.] IIDQRS. DIST. OF MINK., DEPT. OF THE NORTHWEST, Saint Paul, Minn., March 25, 1865. Maj. R. II. ROSE, Commanding Fort Wadsworth, Dak. Ter.: MAJOR: Your attention is respectfully directed to the marked article in the slip taken from the Press newspaper published in this city, dated at the post under your command 4th instant. While it is not consid- ered requisite in ordinary cases to notice such effusions of correspond- ents, the charges contained in the inclosed article are so specific in their character, and reflect so severely upon the military administra- tion of affairs at Fort Wadsworth, that General Sibley requests you to make a special report on the subject, embracing all the points noticed in the communication and giving all the facts connected therewith. It is hardly necessary to remind you that itAis deemed essential by Gen- eral Sibley to the purity and reputation of the service that the most stringent construction shall be given to all instructions from these headquarters which are intended to regulate intercourse with the Indians who have surrendered to the Government, protect them against improper treatment from every quarter, and place them under such salutary restraints as the nature of the case demands. In the report you will specify the number of scouts actually employed in accordance with existing orders, and their compensation, & c. By command of Brigadier-General Sibley: I am, major, very respectfully, your obedient servant, R. 0. OLIN, Assistant Adjutant- General Page 87 CNAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 87 IIDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF WEST MissiSSlrri, OFFICE OF CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, New Orleans, La., April 13, 1865. Lieut. Col. C. T. CHRISTENSEN, Assistant Adjutant- General, ]JIil. Div. of West Mississippi: COLONEL: I have the honor to submit to your consideration the fol- lowing report of information received at this office this 13th day of April, 1865: Major Webster reports from Pass Manchac the 12th instant that he visited Springfield, La., on the night of the 7th. There had been no force there for some time, but a company under Captain Brad- ley was expected to be stationed in the vicinity. Lieutenant-Colonel Terry, from a Virginia regiment, was attempting to collect men at Amite City. Any officer or soldier on furlough from the rebel army who brings in a deserter receives an extension of thirty days. ColoneN Powers and Griffith are still near Woodville, Miss. Mr. Bell, a scout, who left Washington, La., on the 9th instant, reports that he was in Washington from the 6th to the 9th and gained the following informa- tion from daily couriers from Alexandria through some Union men in Washington: The situation, as far as Buckners command is concerned, is little changed. The Seventh Louisiana Cavalry returned to the Teche country from Alexandria on the 16th of March. General Thomas still commands at Alexandria, and Brents brigade, Bagbys division of cavalry, holds the country this side. This brigade has the Second, Fourth, and Seventh Louisiana Cavalry, and a regiment consolidated from two others. General J L. Brent was formerly a lawyer of Los Angeles, Cal. Bagbys headquarters were somewhere in the vicinity of Natchitoches. Majors and Parsons divisions of cavalry have been moved into Texas, also another division, not known, to counteract any demonstration by our forces on the coast. This is simply confirma- tory of previous reports. There were no indications of any attempt to cross the Mississippi, as the troops still positively refuse to go. The demoralization of the army has extended to its officers. Several officers of the Second Louisiana Cavalry are in close confinement for attempting to desert, among whom are Captain Morell and one of his lieutenants. Captain Prescott, of the same regiment, commanding at Washington, says if the army falls back into Texas he will surrender himself to the Yankees. The country between Washington rand Alex- andria] is so thoroughly policed that Mr. Bell found it impossible to proceed farther than the former place. The water in the Red River and tributaries is falling a little. Orders have been issued by General Kirby Smith for conscripting the slaves. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servau~, A. M. JACKSON, Major, Tenth U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery. (In absence of Capt. S. M. Eaton, chief signal officer, Military Divis- ion of West Mississippi.) NEW ORLEANS, LA., April 13, 1865. Maj. A. M. JACKSON: SIR: On the 28th of March I received orders to proceed to Morganza, pass through the lines, go to Washington, and thence toward Alex- andria as far as practicable in quest of military information. I passed through the lines and reached Washington on the 6th of April. There I learned that on the 16th of March the Seventh Louisiana Cavalry, Colonel Bush, passed down toward Brashear City, the same regimen Page 88 88 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. having passed up toward Alexandria only about two weeks before. The situation at Alexandria was not changed, Brigadier-General Thomas commanding the fortifications, and the cavalry force of four regiments, commanded by Brig. Gen. J. L. Brent, formerly a lawyer of Los Angeles, Cal. I learned that three divisions (Majors, Parsons, and another division, whose commander I have forgotten) left Shreveport some four or five weeks ago for Texas, to be ready to repel any attack that might be made on the Texas coast. There was no indication of any movement of troops toward the Mississippi River whatever. There was an intention of passing troops to the east side of the Mississippi, but the men utterly refused to go, and it seems the design was aban- doned. The demoralization of the army has extended to the officers. Several officers of the Second Louisiana Cavalry are in close confine- ment for attempting to desert to the enemy, among whom are Captain Morell and one of his lieutenants. Captain Prescott, of the same regi- ment, commanding at Washington, says if the army falls back into Texas he will surrender himself to the Yankees. I found the country so rigidly policed that it was impossible for any person to pass through it without submitting to the closest scrutiny, and my means of acquir- ing information at Washington being good, and not considering it necessary to go farther, I started on my return on the 9th and arrived at Morgauza on the 11th and reported to Brigadier-General McKean. My facilities for getting information at Washington are these: A courier arrived daily from Alexandria; a Mr. Fitz, a New Yorker, who lives at Washington, gets all of the news from them and it is then furnished me. I have several other sources of information, all of which is perfectly reliable. HORACE BELL. P. S.I have become thoroughly known to the authorities and have had my description sent over the country, which renders it out of the question for me to go through that country. I had this information at Morgauza fiom. a Mr. Lewellyn, living on the Atchafalaya. Captain Pickens, who deserted his command at Simsport, had my description and an order to look out for me. I can go to Washington at any time, and can get such information as can be collected by my agents, if thought necessary. H. B. HEADQUARTERS SOUTHERN DIVIsIoN OF LOUISIANA, New Orleans, April 13,1865. Captain STONE, Assistant Adjutant- General, Department of the Gulf: The commanding general is probably aware that there is quite a large force encamped about New Orleans not reporting to these headquarters. Depredations, assaults, and even murders are being committed on the highways outside the city, whether by soldiers or citizens no informa- tion has been received. The roads and avenues are patrolled by our guards as much as practicable, but the space to be observed is too large for the troops disposable, all of which are foot troops. To put a stop to these irregularities, I have the honor to ask for the services of a squad- ron of cavalry, at least until the troops and teamsters around the city awaiting transportation are sent away. Yery respectfully, your obedient servant, T. W. SHERMAN, Brigadier- General, Commanding Page 89 CHAP. LX.) CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 89 HDQRS. TALLAHASSA MISSION, CREEK NATION, April 13, 1865. Col. WILLIAM A. PHILLIPS, Commanding Third Brigade: I have the honor to report that a scout of eight men, four mounted and four on foot, that I dispatched by Choska, west of here in the direction of Concharty, returned late last night in a great hurry and very much scared. ~I2he sergeant of the scout reports as follows: That he passed through Choska town and told his footmen to keep on whilst he went ahead with his horsemen to look out for an enemy and gather some beef-cattle, which he performed; and having about fifteen head of cattle on the road, about five miles this side of Concharty (twenty- five miles to Concharty from here), on his return to meet his footmen, when all of a sudden nine well-mounted armed men dashed up after them, but stopped, dismounted, and fired a volley at long range; then mounted and charged, when the sergeant and his men thought pru- dence the better part of valor~ and charged also, but with their ponies tails toward the foe, abandoning the beef-cattle, and arriving here minus a pony, which broke down on the retreat. The supposition is that the enemy are cattle thieves and appeared to be white men. I remain, sir, your most obedient and humble servant, F. J. FOX, First Lieutenant, & e. Alls well at the Mission. The Arkansas is reported very deep and impassable. I received rations and clothing all right, which had to be ferried over in small quantities in canoes at old Marshalls place. Then we pressed wagons and hauled them up to the Mission, a bout six miles. I hope it is true that Richmond is ours. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI AS1aint Louis, A 13, 1865. (Received 4 p. in.) Major-General POPE: One of my staff officers has just arrived at Fort Leavenworth from Eureka, on Kansas border. He does not place much credit in the reports of force at month of Walnut iiitending to come north. Thinks there are only a few Indians there. G. M. DODGE, ]tft{jor- General. SPECIAL ORDERS, IIDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, No. 99. 5 AS~aint Louis, Mo., April 13, 1865. * * * * * * * 8. The office of district superintendent of refugees will be discon- tinued. District commanders will appoint local superintendents at snch points as subsistence is issued to refugees. Local superintend- ents, in addition to such reports as may be required by district com- manders, will make their reports direct to Chaplain A. Wright, super- intendent of Refugee Bureau. * * * * * * By command of Major-General Dodge: J. W. BARNES, Assistant Adjutant- General Page 90 90 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. PATTERSON, Mo., April 13, 1865. Colonel HYNES, Pilot Knob: I have reliable information that Farris is on Big Black River with seventy-five men and his object is to plunder. The river cannot be forded. I cannot get at him for a few days. I have sent a small force across Black River at Moss Ferry to ascertain facts. They were on the 12th instant eighteen miles from this place on the Centerville road. JAMES SMITH, Captain, Seventh Kansas Cavalry, Commanding Post. PATTERSON, Mo., April 13, 1865. Colonel HYNES, Pilot Knob: A deserter from Farris command has just arrived at this post. He says Farris has not got more than twelve men with him, but his object is to raise a company for the purpose of raiding through this part of the State. I will send him south just as soon as 1 can cross Black River. JAMES SMITH, Captain, Commanding Post. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 13, 186510.10 a. m. Colonel MORRILL, Rolla: You can send out the scout you telegraphed about. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 13, 186510 p. m. Colonel HARDINO, Lexington: You can write me as requested. I ordered 150 well-mounted men 01 the Third Missouri State Militia recruits from Weston to you. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. SPECIAL ORDERS, ~ HDQRS. DISTRICT OF NORTH MISSOURI, No. 75. 5 Macon, Mo., April 13, 1865. * * * * * * * 7. Commanding officers of Companies D, E, F, and G, Ninth Cavalry Missouri State Militia, will report with their commands to Sturgeon, Mo., by the 18th instant preparatory to their being mustered out of service. * * * * * * * By order of Brig. Gen. C. B. Fisk: THOS. J. TIDSWELL, JR., Lieutenant and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General Page 91 OH~. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.TJNION. 91 HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF NORTH MISSOuRI, Macon, Mo., April 13, 1865. Brig. Gen. D. A. DRAPER, Commanding at Mexico, Mo.: GENERAL: I am directed by the general commanding to inform you that information has reached both these and department headquarters to the effect that the troops now stationed at Sturgeon, Mo., are com- mitting all kinds of depredations in the vicinity of that post (burning houses and stealing money), and to direct that you take immediate steps to arrest and bring to punishment the guilty parties. This paper to be returned with your report as to the correctness of the charges and your action indorsed thereon. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, THOS. J. TJDSWELL, JR., Lieutenant and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General. b-enerai DODGE: FORT LEAVENWORTH, April 13, 18652.30 p. m. I returned last evening late from my trip. I went south as far as Eureka, near the south border of Kansas. I have adjusted several cattle claims, and one or two remain open for investigation here. As soon as possible I shall report my doings to Colonel Baker, as per order. I cannot think that the Indian furore has any good foundation. I was at Eureka yesterday a week, and then no one but a pretended scout of General Blunts who had not been out, and Lieutenant Beam, of the Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry, surmised anything of Stand Watie coming. From what I gleaned then I thought the surmise of the scout in ques- tion an interested [one]. I turned out to Humboldt, seventy or eighty miles from Eureka, and there the news of a certain premeditated raid followed me in a day and a half, sent by an officer who had just assumed command at Eureka. I cannot credit the exciting report from what I learned south. Respectfully, H. H. HEATH, Major, & c. FORT RILEY, April 13, 1865. Major-General DODGE: GENERAL: Your 4ispatch of 12th instant ~eceived. My cavalry is now concentrating at Fort Zarah. I am ready to move either to the assistance of Colonel Blair or against the Indians, as you u~ay direct, at a moments notice. I am having the country thoroughly scouted along and below the line of the Indian Territory. I send by to-days mail report of Lieutenant Wise, commanding scout.* If anything of importance transpires I will notify by telegraph. J. II. FORD, Brevet Brigadier- General. GENERAL ORDERS, ~ HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, No. 36. 5 New Orleans, La., April 14, 1865. I. Pursuant to instructions from the Secretary of War, a salute of 200 gnus will be fired in the city of New Orleans to celebrate the sur See Wise to Tappan, April 12, p. 84 Page 92 92 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. render of the Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by General 11. E. Lee, to the Armies of the United States, under command of Lieutenant- General Grant. Such salute will be fired at noon of the 15th instant on Lafayette Square, under the superintendence of Captain Webster, chief of artillery. The same salute will be fired at the same time at every post provided with artillery, in telegraphic communication with these headquarters, and at all others at noon of the day of the receipt of this order. II. The salute hereby ordered will also fitly celebrate the capture of Spanish Fort and Blakely, and the occupation of Mobile by our more immediate brethren in arms under the command of Maj. Gen. E. It. S. Canby. III. The major-general commanding requests all persons, civil and military, in this department to assemble at their various places of wor- ship on Easter Sunday next (16th), and on that day, which commemo- rates a risen Saviour, to return thanks to the God of Nations for the great favors vouchsafed to our country and for the bright prospects of solid and enduring peace. IV. The major-general commanding recommends to the citizens of New Orleans such demonstrations as they may feel are appropriate to this great event, and will cordially co-operate with them in fitting ceremonies for this auspicious occasion. By command of Major-General Hurlbut: J. C. STONE, Captain and Assistant Adjutant- General. IIDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, OFFICE OF CHIEF SIcfNAL OFFICER, New Orleans, La., April 14, 1865. Maj. Gen. S. A. HURLEUT, Commanding Department of the Gulf: GENERAL: I have the honor to submit for your information the fol- lowing extracts from the daily report frim this office, dated April 14, 1865: J. D. Mathews and P. D. Weatherford, of Capt. It. C. Slaughters engineer company, left Alexandria on the 6th instant. The company numbers eighty men. Lieutenant Seay is with it. Lieutenant Wells detached at Shreveport. The company was at work on the fortifica- tions, but they heard since leaving that they were ordered to Natchi- toches. Lieutenant Buhlow is the best engineer engaged on the forts. Captain Randolph is chief engineer. The upper fort is named Buhlow, the lower Randolph. The troops in Alexandria are Colonel Capers Third Louisiana Cavalry, of Harrisons brigade, the Seventeenth Louis- iana Infantry, and a battalion of heavy artillery, including Captain Masons company of Cooks Texas Heavy Artillery, which came from Galveston with heavy guns. There are two batteries of light artillery, one four the other twelve miles below Alexandria. The rest of Thomas command are in camp twenty miles above Alexandria, on Bayou Cotile. They are fortifying at Grand Ecore. Forneys division left Shreveport for Houston about March 10 with four brigades, the fourth having been organized for General King by taking one regiment from each. brigade. The division was then increased by dismounting Parsons brigade of Texas cavalry and assigning one regiment of it to each brigade. The division has now about 7,500 in all, or about 6,000 effectives. There is now no Texas cavalry in Louisiana. Churchills division has also gon Page 93 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. CHAP. LX.] 93 to Texas. Fort De Russy has been dismantled and is now occupied only as a picket station. Magruders headqnarters were at Washing- ton, Ark. The gun-boat Missouri came down to Alexandria on the 4th and anchored opposite Fort Randolph. She is built on the plan of the iron-clad Tennessee, her sides having 35 degrees slope and being covered with two thicknesses of railroad iron, matched in by inverting the outer layer. This iron has also a horizontal angle of 35 degrees cor- responding with the angle of the sides. There are no wheel houses visible. She is pierced with seven ports, but has only three guns, one 11-inch gun forward and two 6-inch rifles aft. The rifles are so arranged in the angles of the stern that they can be used astern or on the sides. The two ports not used are on the sides. She is very slow, not being able to stem the current alone. It is not intended to take her below the falls. The Webb is used simply as a ram, and has no guns on her. The Mary T. has no guns, and acts as tender to the Missouri. The deserters from Ross brigade in Mississippi reported to Buckner and received furloughs for sixty days. The informant thinks that the leaders in the Trans-Mississippi Department are still resolute to hold out, but the rank and file have had enough of the war. A scout who was in Alexandria on the 3d and 4th reports that he was informed that the works at that place had been condemned by General Buckner, and were to be abandoned. The Seventeenth Louisiana Infantry, Colonel Redditt, numbers 300, but have no arms, being composed of the Vicks. burg paroled prisoners. There was a six.gun battery (Connor) in that place. At Cotile Bayou were four regiments of infantry and part of another, under command of Brigadier-General Richardson. Polignacs old brigade of his division went into Texas before Forneys division, thus leaving only Moutons brigade in the vicinity of Katchitoches, Mr. MeGuire, a scout, reports that he went to Trinity, Harrisburg. Columbia, and Monroe, La. He reports that the rebels in that section are drawing part of their supplies from along the Tensas River. There were thirty men at Trinity under command of Captain Sewall, forty men at llarrisonburg under Captain Gillespie, and forty men at Columbia under Captain James. The garrison of Monroe numbers about 250, of which 130 are Texans, thirty of McNeills command, and two companies of Harrisons regiment (Tensas Cavalry). They have four pieces of artillery, two of which are utterly useless, and none of them manned. Col. Ike Harrisons headquarters are there. Dr. W. B. Lar- kin, who left Monroe, La., on the 3d instant, states that the country is entirely overrun with Confederate scouts and jayhawkers. A perfect reign of terror exists among the inhabitants, who are praying for the occupation of the country by the U. S. forces. Many of the prominent men in Monroe and along the Washita River are Union men, and are organized for mutual protection in a secret league. Deserters from Mississippi state Mabrys old brigade was broken up and the regiments assigned to other brigades. The Fourth and Sixth Mississippi Cavalry were transferred to Starkes brigade. The Fourteenth Confederate Cavalry and the Thirty-eighth Mississippi were transferred to Wirt Adams brigade. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, A. M. JACKSON, Major, Tenth U. S. colored Artillery. (In absence of Capt. S. M Eaton of West Mississippi.) . , chief signal officer, Military Division (Copy to Lieutenant-Colonel Christensen. Page 94 94 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANSMISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. HEADQUARTERS SOUTHERN DIVISION OF LOUISIANA, New Orleans, April 14, 1865. Brig. Gen. R. A. CAMERON, Commanding La Fourche District: I am directed by Brigadier-General Sherman to inform you that it has just been reported to these headquarters that on the night of the 18th or 19th of March Whitakers gang of guerrillas, or some rebel force, visited the Saint Emma Plantation, about three miles and a half from Donaldsonville, and coolly called up the overseer, and forcibly took from him thirty-seven mules, which they carried off, and have not since been heard of. This is evidently in pursuance of a system of the enemy to supply their army with draft animals from this region of country. A similar raid more recently made by Whitakers gang on a plantation about six miles from Donaldsonville shows this. It is a dis- grace to any post which has the force Donaldsonville has to allow the enemys army to be supplied in this way from before its very eyes. It is time that the mules captured by the last-mentioned raid were all got back; but the system has been very splendidly carried out on the part of the enemy. The most ordinary vigilance exercised by the troops at Donaldsonville would have prevented even an attempt to perform such marked insults by the enemys guerrillas. The general desires you will investigate this matter, and give such orders that will more effect- ually protect the planters in the immediate vicinity of Donaldsonville. I am, respectfully, your obedient servant, P. J. MALONEY, First Lieutenant and Acting Assistant Adjutant- General. HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 14, 186511 a. m. (Received 12.20 p. in.) Hon. E. M. STANTON Secretary of War, Washington: Will you please answer my request, that I be permitted to send General McCook with the Congressional committee going to the plains to investigate Indian management ~ The committee asks for an officer of experience and knowledge of Indian affairs, and in justice to the War Department and the army one ought to be sent in order that a full examination of the subject be had. JNO. POPE, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, Little Rock, Ark., April 14, 1865. Maj. Gen. JOHN POPE, Commanding Military Division of the Missouri: GENERAL: I forward herewith the best information attainable rela- tive to routes from the Arkansas to the Red River. The points on the routes are marked as far as practicable on the accompanying map.* From all the information before me I cannot view favorably a move- *Not Lound Page 95 Csiis. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 95 ment from the Arkansas River with the purpose of occupying Eastern Texas, but am ready to co-operate to the utmost in any movement that may be deemed expedient. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. J. REYNOLDS, Major- General, Commanding. [Inclosure.] ENGINEERS OFFICE, IIDQRS. DEPT. OF ARKANSAS, Little Rock, Ark., April 8, 1865. Maj. Gen. J. J. REYNOLDS, Commanding Department of Arkansas, Little Rock, Ark.: GENERAL: In obedience to your order I have the honor to submit the following distances obtained from all the best sources at my com- mand. I have taken Paraclifta, in Sevier County, in the southwestern part of this State, as the assembling point. The different roads pursued will be numbered ii, 2, & c., respectively: Miles. No. 1, Fort Smith to Paraclifta: Fort Smith to Woodsons planta tion 24 Woodsons plantation to Wal dron 18 Waldron to Thompson~s 18 Thompsons to Dallas (Panther) - 20 Dallas to McDonalds plantation 20 McDonalds to Davis plantation - 17 Davis to Paraclifta 28 Total distance 145 No. 2, Fort Smith to Paraclifta: Fort Smith to Waldron 42 Waldron to Mount Ida 40 Mount Ida to Caddo Gap 17 Caddo Gap to Center Point 49 Center Point to Paraclifta 21 Total distance 169 No. 3, Dardanelle to Paraclifta: Dardanelle to Danville 12 Danville to Big Fourche 12 Big Fourche to South Fork 12 South Fork to Quinns Creek - -. - 12 Quinns Creek to Cedar Glades - 15 Cedar Glades to Caddo Gap 33 Caddo Gap to Jones Mill 25 Jones Mill to Center Point 24 Center Point to Paraclifta 21 Total distance 166 No. 4, Dardanelle to Paraclifta: Dardanelle to Danville 12 Danville to Mount Ida 45 Mount Ida to Caddo Gap 17 Caddo Gap to Paraclifta 70 Total distance 144 Miles. No. 5, Lewisburg to Paraclifta: Lewisburg to Perryville 22 Perryville to Cedar Glades 45 Cedar Glades to Paraclifta 103 Total distance 170 No. 6, Little Rock to Paraclifta: Little Rock to Ayliffs 13 Ayliffs to Benton 12 Benton to Dawsons (Hot Springs road) 6 Dawsons to Coopers (Tulip road) Coopers to Rockport Rockport to Arkadelphia Arkadelphia to Spoonville Spoonville to Antoine Creek - - -. Antoine Creek to Little Missouri. Little Missouri to Washington- - Washington to Columbus Columbus to Paraclifta 5 10 25 12 10 7 15 10 28 Total distance 156 46 31 S 28 12 60 38 Total distance 223 30 44 60 38 Total distance 172 No. 7, Little Rock to Paraclifta: Little Rock to Rockport Rockport to Tulip Tulip to Princeton Princeton to Bayon Frio Bayon Frio to Camden Camden to Washington Washington to Paraclifta No. 5, Pine Bluff to Paraclifta: Pine Bluff to Mount Elba Mount Elba to Camden Camden to Washington Washington to Paraclifta Roads Nos. 1 and 2 are the only two in the State of Arkansas by which carriages go from Fort Smith to Paraclifta. There are short cut Page 96 96 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. and by-roads which horsemen use, but they are rarely if ever used by wagons. Of these two roads No. 1 is the best; in ordinary weather a good road, but in wet weather the bottom lands on each side of the small streams are almost impassable. Streams are fordable with good gravelly bottoms. As a rule, grazing is good and well watered; no forage. it is generally known by the name of the Line road. Road No. 2 is longer and rougher, less traveled than No. 1; not so much grass as on No. 1; well watered; some forage around Mount Ida and south of that point. Road No.3, which is the most traveled from Dardanelle to Paraclifta, passes through Cedar Glades, where a small quantity of forage may be obtained. Grass and water along the route, the first enough for small parties, the latter for any force. Road No. 4, from Dardanelle, joins No. 2 at Mount Ida, and the remarks about No.2 apply to this one. It is a shorter road than No.3, but less traveled. No. 5, from Lewisburg, joins No. 3 at Cedar Glades. From Cedar Glades down the remarks on No. 3 are made. From Lewisburg to Cedar Glades the road is mountainous and barren. It would be better to move from Dardanelle by way of river than to cross over at Lewis. burg and across the mountains to Cedar Glades. So far this information has been obtained mostly from Arkansans who are in, or have been in, our service, and who have traveled over the roads mentioned. Routes Nos. 6, 7, and 8 have been traveled over by our forces for a considerable distance,and I have complete itineraries of them as far as traveled. No. 6 is the old stage road, and known as the military road. On this road we cross Rocky Creek, Brodies Creek, Fourche Bayou, Hurricane Creek, Saline River, Ten-Mile Creek, Washita River, Blakely Creek, D6 Lil6 Creek, Bayou Roche, Caddo Creek, Strouds Creek, Terre Noire Creek, Antoine Creek, and Ifittle Missouri. All these streams rise rap- idly, and at the present time most of them would have to be bridged. The bottom lands which border these streams are impassable for artil- lery in wet weather without corduroying. This is the route pursued by Major-General Steele in March, 1864, as far as the Antoine Creek, when lie turned off due south and crossed the Little Missouri River at Elkins Ferry. No. 7 goes through Princeton and by the way of Camden. No. 8 joins No. 7 at Camden and, besides many small streams, with bad and steep crossings, crosses the Saline and Moro Creek. Both of these are well known as the worst streams in the State, both from the quickness with which they rise and overflow their banks and from the great width of the bottom lands, which after a rain become perfect quagmires. If a movement be made from this line and from these points indi- cated, I deem it an absolute necessity that forage and subsistence be furnished and carried to Paraclifta. Commencing at Fort Smith and going south as far as Ultima Thule, then east to Murfreesborough, then southeast to Camden, and thence east to the Mississippi River, we form a belt of country in the State of Arkansas over which our moving columns must pass if they use any of the roads I have given. The occupation of Waldron by our forces and scouting parties from this point toward the south, scouting parties from Dardanelle toward Mount Ida, the march of the Frontier Division in March, 1864, from Fort Smith, via Charleston, Danville, Hot Springs Page 97 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 97 and Rockport, to join General Steeles command at Arkadeiphia; the march of General Steeles entire command from Little Rock toward Washington and occupation of Camden; the march of General Carr to Mount Elba in January last, and the many scouting parties from Pine Bluff to and in the vicinity of Monticello sent by General Clayton have all combined together in stripping this belt of country of forage and subsistence except for very small parties. To prevent their negroes from leaving them every planter in this section has moved to the Red River or into Texas. A very large number of residents of the country have moved in that direction, and deserted houses are more common to be seen than occupied ones. This portion of the State and, as far as that is concerned, the entire State, was never thickly settled, and hence these roads pass through a deserted country until you get to the southern boundary that I have named. The character of the roads is so well known that I will merely state that since the rebellion no work has ever been done upon them by the inhabitants of the country through which they pass. Hence the bridges are all unsafe where any exist, and where the roads have been cordu- royed they are in a worse condition than the ordinary mud road. I think I am safe in saying that it is absolutely necessary that forage and subsistence must be taken as far as Paraclifta. The distances to be passed over, the difficulties to be met with in bad roads, and the scarcity and the poverty which prevails must be taken into consider- ation, and you, general, can better decide the number of days necessary to make the march than I can. I have not discussed the roads leading through the Indian Territory to the same point, not deeming it necessary from our discussion of the matter. Ishall here drop the subject for the present. I have taken Paraclifta as the point of assembling, for from that place the column can move toward the Red River in any direction the general commanding may order, and on reaching and crossing this stream the army is in a coun- try which has never been passed over by a moving force, and we may expect subsistence and forage in quantity. Hoping sincerely, general, that I have drawn up what you wish in this letter, I remain, with respect, your obedient servant, J. B. WHEELER, Captain of Engineers, Chief Engineer of Department. HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, Mo., April 14, 1865. Major-General REYNOLDS, Little Rock, via Fort Smith: Thirteen hundred horses sent you to-day. Balance to fill your regiments will be sent immediately. JXO. POPE, Major. General. GENERAL ORDERS, HDQRS. 1ST DIV., 7TH ARMY CORPS, AND POST OF LITTLE Roox, No. 15. ) Little Rock, Ark., April 14, 1865. Capt. T. F. Vaughn, Battery A, Third Illinois Artillery, is hereby announced as chief of artillery of the First Division, Seventh Army 7 R HVOL XLVIII~ IT I Page 98 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS~MISSISSIPPI. 98 [CHAP. LX. Corps, and Post of Little Rock. Battery commanders will hereafter report through his office. By order of Byt. Maj. Gen. F. Salomon: A. S. KENDRICK, Acting Assistant Adjutant- Ueneral. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, Little Rock, Ark., April 14, 1865. Maj. Gen. JAMES F. PAGAN, or COMMANDING OFFICER OF C. S. FORCES IN ARKANSAS: GENERAL: I have the honor herewith to inclose copy of correspond- ence between Generals U. S. Grant and R. E. Lee, resulting in the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia * also copy of telegram received at these headquarters from War Department.t With the hope of speedily restoring peace to our country, I invite your attention to the accompanying correspondence and telegram, and am authorized to offer to the troops under your command the same terms that General Lee accepted from Lieutenant-General Grant. Louisiana and Texas are not embraced in this department, but as this opportunity is proba- bly the most direct means of communicating the terms on which hos- tilities may cease, I have the honor to request that you will forward copies of the correspondence to C. S. commanders in these States. They can select the most convenient channel of correspondence with a department commander of U. S. forces. An answer as far as regards the troops of Arkansas is requested by the bearer of this flag of truce, Maj. E. C. Bainbridge, aide-de-camp. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. J. REYNOLDS, Major- General, U. S. Volunteers, Commanding. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., April 14, 1865. Major-General POPE: Thanks for your letter received to-night. I had not learned of your return to Saint Louis. Will write you per to-morrows mail, and go down to see you as early as it is possible for me to leave here. THOS. C. FLETCHER. STATE OF MISSOURI, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, City of Jefferson, April 14, 1865. [Maj. Gen. JOHN POPE:] GENERAL: Yours of the 12th instant is at hand. The judicial officers in all the counties north of the Hannibal and Saint Joseph Railroad report no difficulty in holding courts and in enforcing the law. From those counties all troops and provost-marshals may be withdrawn with perfect safety. In the counties south of that road bordering on both the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers there will probably be numerous bands of outlaws as soon as the leaves put out. Large numbers of them Not found as inclosures, but see correspondence between Grant and Lee, for- warded by Grant to Stanton, Vol. XLVI, Part III, p. 663. tSee Halleck to Reynolds, April 11, p. 69 Page 99 CEAP LX.] CORRESPOI~DENCE, ETC.UNION. 99 are in Illinois waiting for favorable opportunities to come into the State. Prices army has in a great measure disbanded, and his men are mak- ing their way into the State in small detachments. The crossings of the Missouri well guarded ~yill prevent any considerable number of them getting into North Missouri. The loyal people are rapidly arming, and will soon be able to defend themselves; and, when satisfied of the efficiency of their nnited action for that purpose, will soon clear out the murderers and robbers from every county in the State. On the south side of the river the law can be executed in the counties of Saint Louis, Jefferson, Franklin, Gasconade, and Osage. A vigorous cam- paign immediately undertaken by a cavalry force in the counties of Cooper, Saline, Lafayette, and Jackson against the guerrillas who are concentrating there would save all trouble to us north of the river next summer. If the blow is struck now they can be driven into Arkansas. In those counties the population of loyal men is now so sparse that they cannot contend with the well-armed robbers who ter- rorize over them. Formerly, as you are aware, the counties last named were the most populous counties of the State. Seven-eighths of their inhabitants went into the rebel army, but their families are still there, to which they annually return, concentrate in Saline and Lafayette, and make raids into North Missouri. My militia are without horses. All the horses in the country west of Jefferson City, and in fact in all other parts of the State south of the river, have been stolen by the rebels. Once give the people of the infested counties the mastery of the guerrillas and they will, led by energetic sheriffs, keep it. From every circuit in the State the reports are that courts are being held and an improved condition of things is observable everywhere. You are correct in your prediction of good results from the example of even a single county given up to the people and their civil officers. Others will make exertions to obtain the same, the people will shake off the lethargy begotten of military rule, and begin to feel that they are once more men, capable of governing and defending themselves. The opponents of this measure in the convention will one day attempt to deny their present position. We will defeat their new constitution before the people. When that is done and our venerable friend Bates, who is old enough to know better, ceases to write such letters as he has recently published, we shall have peace in Missouri, and our pos- terity will bless your name for the noble part you have acted toward us. Truly, yours, Tb. C. FLETCHER. PATTERSON, Mo., April 14, 1865. Colonel HYNES: I have sent thirty-five men to Poplar Bluff after Farris. He is kill- ing all the Union men he can catch, and robbing all that have any Union sentiments. They killed John S. Hastings on 13th instant, a citizen of this county. Will you uphold me in killing rebels that sym- pathize with and harbor them in retaliation ~ There must be something of that kind done. Let me know at once. JAMES SMITH, Captain, Commanding Post Page 100 100 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. LEAVENWORTH, April 14, 1865. Adjutant HEWETT: Have you any further intelligence from Stand Waties forces? Have you heard from Colonel Blair since he left Port Scott? 1 telegraphed from Paola to Colonel Blair to send Braytons commission by mail. Has he done so? Answer. JAS. G. BLUNT, Major- General. FORT SCOTT KANs Major-General BLUNT, , ., April 14, 1865. Fort Leavenworth: Have no further intelligence of Stand Waties forces. I have not heard from the colonel since yesterday morning. He had not then reached Humboldt. He said the roads were so bad that it was almost impossible to get along. He seems to think that the Indian war is a humbug. Braytons commission was mailed to him on the 10th, and should have started the 11th. WM. H. HEWETT, Lieutenant and Acting Assistant Adjutant- General. FORT SCOTT, KANS., April 14, 1865. Capt. GEORGE S. HAMPTON, Assistant Adjutant- General, Paola, Kans.: - Just received a letter from Colonel Blair, dated Humboldt 12 in., yesterday. He says he has no further information of Stand Waties forces. WM. H. HEWETT, First Lieutenant and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General. PAOLA, April 14, 1865. Lieut. W. H. HEWETT: Lieutenant-Colonel Shears, with four companies of the Forty-eighth Wisconsin Infantry, left here yesterday for Fort Scott. GEO. S. HAMPTON, Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF THE PLAINS, Maj. Gen. G. M. DODGE, Denver, Gob. Ter., April 14, 1865. Saint Louis, Mo.: GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of instruc- tions of March 29 yesterday.* I am grateful for your confidence in me, and hope to merit a continuance of it. The instructions contained in the letter will be carried out. I have already designated posts and depots as directed in your letter. I received a few days since informa- tion from commanding officer at Laramie that the hostile Cheyennes were talking of dividing into two parties with the intention of crossing *See Part I, p. 1295 Page 101 CH~. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 101 to the Arkansas River at Sweetwater and at Alkali. I have but little confidence in the rumor; still I thought it best to guard well those points, and for that purpose I have sent the Eleventh Kansas to Sweet- water and posted the Sixteenth Kansas near Alkali. I believe all the hostile Indians are now north of the Platte and Sweetwater, and I will endeavor to keep them there until I am ready to pursue them. I do not deem it practicable or advisable to make a campaign at present, and shall defer it until you order otherwise. My reasons for this opinion are as follows: There are not 400 horses in the district in con- dition to make the campaign. The forage cannot be got up in time for want of transportation. The horses could not make the campaign at this season of the year without grain, which would make it necessary to have large and cumbersome trains, and the Indians being on the alert would be aware of our approach and could play around us and probably get to our rear. Therefore I have thought it would be best to postpone the matter awhile, get the horses in as good condition as pos- sible, lead the Indians to believe we are not going to pursue, ascertain their exact whereabouts, get to them by forced night marches without trains when there is grass to feed our horses on and before their horses can gain strength from the new grass. In this manner I think we can succeed. My experience convinces me that a campaign made now under all the circumstances would be an utter failure. I hope with your con- fidence and counsel to be able to teach the hostile Cheyennes a lesson before the summer passes. There are no hostile Sioux now on the war- path so far as I can learn. Little Thunder and his band, numbering sixty lodges, surrendered this week at Laramie. He says the Chey- ennes are about 200 miles north of Laramie, trying to induce the Sioux in that country to join them in a war against the whites, and that they are determined to continue their hostility. The Third 111. 5. Volunteers is now posted on the Overland Route as follows: Two companies at Kearny, Cottonwood, Julesburg, Junction, and two companies at Lar- amie; headquarters of the regiment at Julesburg. Two squadrons of cavalry will be stationed at Kearny, Cottonwood, Julesburg, and Junc- tion for scouting service. The infantry companies will be disposed of east and west from each post, twelve to fifteen at a station, to protect stock and other property of Overland Mail Company. The district is in progress of organization as rapidly as possible, and I hope to be soon able to take the field in person. I am in receipt of a letter from the Headquarters of the Army disapproving of the action of Colonel Moonlight in calling out the Colorado Militia. I am now relieving the militia, and will turn them over to the Governor next week. I have the honor to inclose herewith Colonel Moonlights explanation of his action.* I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, P. EDW. CONNOR, Brigadier- General, U. S. Volunteers, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF THE PLAINS, Denver, Cob. Ter., April 14, 1865. Capt. ALBERT BROWN, Second California Cay., Comdg. Expedition, Fort Bridger, Utah: SIR: A train numbering thirty wagons will leave this place for Fort Halleck on the 16th or 17th instant. Upon the arrival of this train at See Moonlight to Price, April 9, p. 60 Page 102 102 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. (CHAP. LX. ilalleck it will load with grain for your expedition arid travel on the Overland Mail road to Fort Bridger, or until it meets you, leaving 3,000 pounds of grain at every station where it remains over night. This grain will be subject to your order. When the train meets your expedition you will transfer your stores and supplies to it and it will return with you to flalleck. You will send back to Camp Douglas the teams you may have brought with you from Bridger. There are thirty kegs of powder on this train, invoiced respectively to Lieut. Col. Milo George, commanding officer Camp Douglas, and to Maj. Noyes Bald- win, commanding officer Fort Bridger. You will see that the powder is properly transferred to the train you send back to Camp Douglas. You will bring with you all the clothing, camp and garrison equipage, quartermasters stores, ordnance, and ordnance stores belonging to Companies L and M, Second California Cavalry. In the event of your starting from Bridger before the train from Halleck arrives, the com- manding officer of Fort Bridger will furnish you with sufficient trans- portation to accomplish this object. You will also bring with you from Bridger the little howitzer and the pack-saddles, instead of the how- itzer mounted upon four wheels. During your march from Bridger to Halleck you will report tn-weekly by letter to these headquarters. Copies of this communication are furnished to Capt. C. L. Gorton, assistant quartermaster, Denver, Cob. Ter.; commanding officers Fort Halleck, Fort Bridger, and Camp Douglas, for their information and guidance. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, GEG. F. PRICE, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, Mo., April 15, 186511.05 a. m. General DODGE: Please come up to my office. I wish to see you. JNO. POPE, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 15, 1865. Governor H. J. OGLESBY, Washington, D. C.: Write me full particulars. A general gloom overspreads the entire community. The city is draped in mourning. 0-. M. DODGE, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, Mo., April 15, 18652.40 p. m. Captain BELL, Assistant Adjutant- General: Do you know whether General Blunt is on his way to this place? 0-. M. DODGE, Major- General Page 103 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 103 HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 15, 1865S p. m. General DODGE: General Blunt has instructions from the general commanding to proceed at once to this city. JOS. McC. BELL, Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 15, 186511.45 a. m. Colonel BONNEVILLE, Benton Barracks: Keep all troops in the barracks. Allow none to come to town to-day. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. GENERAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF HOLLA, iNo. 26. Rolla, Mo., A 15, 1865. The colonel commanding has the mournful duty to announce that he has received official intelligence of the assassination of President Lin- coln and Secretary Seward on the night of the 14th instant at Wash- ington, D. C., and directs that all business be suspended until the 17th instant; that on the 16th instant one gun shall be fired at each post in the district every half hour from sunrise to sunset; that all flags shall be raised at half-mast; all regimental and camp colors be draped in mourning, and that all officers on duty within the district shall wear the usual badge of mourning for the period of sixty days. While the above barbarous act of the abettors of this cursed and non-crushed rebellion arouses the deepest feeling of indignation and resentment, the colonel commanding would especially caution all officers and soldiers against any display of feeling which would be an infraction of the strictest military discipline. By order of Col. John Morrill, commanding: II. W. WEETH, Lieutenant and Acting Assistant Adjutant- General. SPECIAL ORDERS, ~ IIDQRS. DIST. OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI, No. 97. 1 Springfield, Mo., April 15, 1865. * * * * * * * IV. Maj. John Small, Sixteenth Missouri Cavalry Volunteers, is hereby assigned to duty as commanding officer of the post of Lebanon, Mo. He will assume command without delay and relieve Lientenaut- Colonel MeMahan. V. Lieutenant-Colonel McMahan, Sixteenth Missouri Cavalry Vol- unteers, upon being relieved from duty as commanding officer post of Lebanon, Mo., by Maj. John Small, Sixteenth Missouri Cavalry Volun- teers, will proceed without delay to Springfield, Mo., and assume com- mand of that post, relieving Maj. George W. Murphy, Sixth Missouri State Militia Cavalry. VI. Maj. G. W. Murphy, Sixth Cavalry Missouri State Militia, ni~on being relieved from duty as commanding officer post of Springfield Page 104 104 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. Mo., by Lieutenant-Colonel McMahan, Sixteenth Missouri Cavalry Vol- unteers, will without delay report to the mustering officer for muster- out. VII. The headquarters of Sixteenth Missouri Cavalry Volunteers is hereby established at Springfield, Mo. Lient. Col. John F. MeMahan will retain command of the same until farther orders. * * * * * * * By order of Brigadier.General Sanborn: WA. T. KITTREDGE, Assistant Adjutant- General. LEAVENWORTH, April 15, 18651.30 p. rn. Major-General POPE: On the 12th I received a telegram from General Dodge directing me, that in view of the threatened raid of Stand Watie, to remain in Kan- sas until the danger was past, and that orders would be telegraphed me from you, but I have as yet received no such telegraphic orders. Colonel Blair is in southwest part of the State with about 500 men. I received a dispatch from him on yesterday, in which he says there is no danger threatened. If Stand Watie has at any time been north of the Arkaiisas River he has returned again. I think there is no necessity for my remaining here longer for apprehended danger on the southern border of Kansas. Shall I proceed to Saint Louis in accordance with your telegram of the 7th instant ~ JAS. G. BLUNT, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, April 15, 18652.40 p. m. Maj. Gcn. JAMES G. BLUNT, Leavenworth, Kans.: Yes; come immediately. JNO. POPE, Major- Genera.. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, April 15, 18651.40 p. m. Brigadier-General CONNOR, Denver: President Lincoln and Secretary Seward were assassinated last night; Mr. Lincoln while attending the theater; said to be done by J. Wilkes IRooth; Mr. Seward at his home. Mr. Lincoln died this a in., at 7.30; Mr. Seward at 9.30. A general gloom overspreads the community. G. A. DODGE, Major- General. SPECIAL ORDERS, IIDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO, No. 13. Port Sumner, N. Mex., April 15, 1865. I. Company A, First Veteran Infantry California Volunteers, will proceed without delay from Fort Union, N. Mex, and take post at For Page 105 Ciiip. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 105 Sumner, IN~ Mex. The chief quartermaster will give orders with refer- ence to the necessary transportation that no time be lost in the move- ment of the company. * * * * * * * III. Company I, Fifth U. 5. Infantry, now at Fort Union, will pro- ceed without delay and take post at Fort Sumner, N. Mex. The chief quartermaster will order that the necessary transportation be furnished * * * * * * * IX. Company F, First Infantry New Mexico Volunteers, will pro- ceed without delay from Albuquerque, N. Mex., to iRobledo, at the foot of the Jornada del Muerto, where it will take post as a part of the garrison of Fort Selden, a new post about to be established at that point. The chief quartermaster will give directions with reference to the necessary transportation for this movement * * * * * * * By command of Brigadier-General Carleton: BEN. C. CUTLER, Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF IOWA, Dubuque, April 15, 1865. Maj. Gen. JOHN POPE, Corndg. Military Division of the Missouri, Saint Louis, Mo.: GENERAL: In answer to your communication of the 10th I have the honor to reply: I have made arrangements for the establishing of one- company posts at Sioux Falls and Fire Steel Creek by making requisi- tions for necessary stores, and only await their arrival to commence operations. I have also made arrangements for a company to be sta- tioned at Crow Creek Agency, which is near the mouth of Crow Creek. Should it be deemed advis~ible the post could be established farther up the creek. I have a company of cavalry stationed at the different posts from Spirit Lake to Sioux City. I propose to abandon these posts. They will not be needed with the new arrangement of garrisons. In regard to the posts at forks of Vermillion, I do not exactly understand the locality you mean by the forks. There is a branch near the mo~uth of the Vermillion. I have already a post there of one company. A small detachment there would be amply sufficient. A company stationed on the road from Yankton Agency to Vermillion would guard sufficiently all that road. The post on the Niobrara at the Keya Paha would be about twenty miles from Randall. It could be built without much extra expense, as a part of Fort Randall could be used in the construction. I have already suggested to you the propriety of reducing the size of Fort Randall. It is unnecessarily large, the buildings very much scat- tered, requiring a very large guard to protect the stores from theft and fire. I will have in my district by the 1st of May the following cavalry: Twelve companies of the Sixth Iowa, three companies of the Seventh Iowa, and one company of Dakota cavalry, and four companies from Minnesota, twenty companies in all. Twelve of these companies are intended for the expedition to the Black Hills. Five companies required for the new posts will leave me only three companies to garrison Fort Randall and the posts near Fort Pierre. This latter post I consider the most important post in the district on account of its position in regard to the Indians. It has always been for years a great point for the Sioux Indians to congregate at. I would, therefore, like to hav Page 106 106 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. (CRAP. LX. some infantry to garrison these posts. If it could possibly be arranged, I would prefer the four companies of the First U. S. Volunteers, now stationed in Minnesota, on account of keeping regiments together as much as possible. I am, with much respect, your obedient servant ALF. SULLY, Brigadier- General. [APRIL 16, 1865.For General Orders, No. 66, War Department, Adjutant-Generals Office, announcing the death of President Abraham Lincoln, see Vol. XLVI, Part III, p. 788.] [APRIL 16, 1865.For General Orders, No. 67, War Department, Adjutant-Generals Office, announcing the accession of Andrew John- son to the office of President of the United States, see Vol. XLVI, Part III, p. 789.] EnAzos SANTIAGO, April 16. 1865. Maj. Gen. S. A. HURLEUT, Commanding Department of the Gulf: GENERAL: Within the last ten days times on the frontier have been exciting, on the Mexican side of the river especially. General Cortina pronounced against the Empire on the 1st of April with about 350 men, mostly cavalry. He has at present about 1,200, and four nights ago a party of about twenty-five of his men dashed into Matainoras and killed six or eight Imperialists, one of them a colonel. I was in his camp a week ago, and he told me that if you would order our troops to occupy Brownsville, he would capture Matamoras in less than a week after- ward. He does not feel safe in attacking Matamoras earnestly while the rebels are in Brownsville, as they have offered Mejia to cross over and protect the city while he would go and attack Cortina. General Cortina requested me to write to you and request that you give orders to the commanding officer at this post to deliver over to him the artil- lery and small-arms he sent over here last year, as he needs them at present to serve the cause of the Republic. He also told me to say to you that he sent a courier to President Juarez to ask instructions and orders. Everything on the island is quiet. There are about 250 refu- gees on the island, and many more coming. Respectfully, M. DOLAN. WASHINGTON, April 16, 18659 p. m. Major-General POPE, AS~aint Louis, Mo.: Make your preparations for carrying out the campaign proposed in your communication of the 8th. I will direct General Allen to com- mence shipping wagons to Little Rock. You may exercise your judg- ment about sending to Kirby Smith for a surrender. I believe by judi- cious management he might be induced to give up the contest. He might want to get out of the country himself. U. S. GRANT, Lieutenant- General Page 107 Caix~. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 107 WASHINGTON, April 16, 18659 p. m. General R. ALLEN, Louisville, Ky.: You may send all the surplus transportation in Generals Thomas and Popes commands to Little Rock as fast as it can go. Bringing away Schofields and A. J. Smiths force without their teams must make a large surplus. All through Tennessee the number of teams can be greatly reduced. U. S. GRANT, Lieutenant- General. FORT SMITH, April 16, 18657 p. m. (Received 9 p. in.) MajorGeneral POPE, Commanding Military Division of the Missouri: My scouts were attacked seventy-five miles south and one of them killed. One of them returned to-day and reports numerous small par- ties moving this way, but heard nothing of any large force. The other scouts went on, and will obtain definite information. An army cannot get through Arkansas now. There are no supplies in the country; the people who are left are in a starving condition. I need cavalry very much; have abundance of forage, but no horses. I am confident the enemy will not again cross the Arkansas River in force. CYRUS BUSSEY, Brigadier- General, Commanding. FORT SCOTT, KANS., April 16, 1865. Capt. GEORGE S. HAMPTON, Assistant Adjutant- General, Paola, Hans.: Have just got back from the southwestern border. There was noth. ing of the rebel and Indian force. There is and has been nothing there, and at present there is no danger. I ought, however, to have at least five or six companies of cavalry at flumboldt, the Mission, Pleasant Grove, and Eureka, and Colonel Ford ought to have two on the south border of his district, of which one should be at El Dorado. I am sat- isfied that the Kiowas and Comanches will make a raid up there this spring or summer, if they can get help from Texas or the plains, unless we have a pretty good force out there. When I get the infantry and the rest of the Third Wisconsin I can make the country perfectly safe. In this instance the big stories all grew out of the killing of one or two cattle thieves by the Indians. CHAS. W. BLAIR, Colonel, d~e. HEADQUARTERS, - Humboldt, Kans., April 16, 1865. Lient. WILLIAM H. HEWETT, Acting Assistant Adjutant- General, Fort Scott, Hans.: SIR: I have the honor to report that I received a dispatch last even- ing from the Big Hill Indians. They state that there is a force of rebel Indians not far from that vicinity; that they are much in need of ammunition, and would like to be furnished with some. I expect t Page 108 108 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. start for the Big Hills this morning with twenty-five men in order to ascertain if there is a rebel force there, and, if so, its strength. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, II. C. IIAAS, Major, Fifteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, Commanding. [APRIL 17, 1865.For General Orders, No. 69, War Department, Adjutant-Generals Office, relating to the observance of the day of President Lincolns funeral, see Vol. XLVI, Part III, p. 809.] [APRIL 17, 1865.For General Orders~ No 70, War Department, Adjutant-Generals Office, announcing the extension of the military lines of the United States, see Vol. XLVI, Part III, p. 809.] SPECIAL ORDERS, IIDQRS. MIL. DIV. OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, No. 106. New Orleans, La., April 17, 18G5. * * * * * * 2. Maj. Wickham Hoffman, assistant adjutant-general, havingreported at these headquarters in compliance with Special Orders, No. 111, par- agraph 14, War Department, Adjutant-Generals Office, March 7,1865, is hereby assigned to duty with Brig. Gen. ~F. W. Sherman, command- ing Southern Division of Louisiana. * * * * * * * By order of Maj. Gen. E. It. S. Canby: C. II. DYEII, Captain and Assistant Adjutant- General. IIDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, OFFICE OF CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, New Orleans, La., April 17, 18G5. Maj. Gen. S. A. HURLEUT, Commanding Department of the Gulf: GENERAL: I have the honor to submit for your information the fol- lowing extracts from the daily report from this office dated April 17, 1865: Some corrections have been made by deserters in regard to the gun-boat Missouri at Alexandria, La She has ten ports instead of seven, there being two in each angle of the bow as well as the stern, so that a gun mounted in the angle can be used as broadside or bow gun. There is only one gun in the bow, and that is in the starboard angle. The wood-work is one foot and a half thick. Lieutenant Curtiss reports from Baton Rouge the 12th instant that he has ascertained the loca- tion of the books and papers belonging to the U. S. General Land Office for the State of Louisiana to be about thirty miles from Baton Rouge, on what is known as the Montpelier road, Saint Helena Parish, La. Captain Knox reports from mouth of White River the 6th instant that a refugee who came from Camden, Ark., March 24, states that General Pagan has his headquarters at Washington, Ark., and Magru- der had been ordered into Texas. There were about 1,500 troops at Camden, but all except the reserves (old meii) were going to the Re Page 109 Ca& x~. LX.) CORRESPONDENCE, ETCUNION. 109 River. General Price was at Lewisville, Ark., with a small infantry command March 13. General Clark, in command of Marmadukes old division, and Cabells small force of cavalry were at Cherry Ridge, near Moro Landing, on the Saline River, Ark., the middle of March. Forage is scarce, subsistence for the troops mainly fresh beef and corn meal, of which there is plenty. I have the honor to be, very respectfally, your obedient servant, A. M. JACKSON, Major, Tenth U. ~3. Colored Artillery. (In absence of Capt. S. M. Eaton, chief signai officer, Military Division of West Mississippi.) SPECIAL ORDERS, IIDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, No. 103, 5 New Orleans, April 17, 1865. * * * * * * 2. By order of Maj. Gen. E. R. S. Canby, commanding the Military Division of West Mississippi, no person not in the army or necessary to its service will be permitted to proceed to Mobile, Ala., unless appli- cation for permission shall first be made to and approved by him. Passes for Mobile for persons necessary to public service will be granted only at department headquarters. Strict search will be made on all boats leaving for Mobile or Fort Gaines, and all persons not author- ized arrested and reported to the provost-marshal general, Department of the Guli, for punishment. * * * * * * * By command of Major-General Huribut: NATHANIEL BURBANK, First Lieutenant, 10th U. ~. Colored Heavy Artillery, and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General. GENERAL ORDERS, No. 16. IIDQRS. DISTRICT OF MORGANZA, 5 ]iforganza, La., April 17, 1865. First Lient. Morris Foster, Sixty-fifth U. S. Colored Infantry, is announced as acting assistant adjutant-general at these headquarters, and will be obeyed and respected accordingly. By command of Col. William H. Dickey: G. G. BENNETT, First Lieutenant and Acting Assistant Adjutant- General. SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DISTRICT OF VICKSEURG, No. 90. 57 Vicksburg, Miss., April 17, 1865. * * * * * * * V. In accordance with instructions from headquarters Department of Mississippi the Eighth Ohio Battery will immediately proceed to Natchez, Miss., and report to the commanding officer of that place for orders. Quartermasters department will furnish transportation. * * * * * * * By order of Brig. Gen. M. L. Smith: A. C. FISK, Assistant Adjutant- General Page 110 [CEAP. LX. 110 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. WAsHINGTON, April 17, 1865. Major-General POPE, Saint Louis, Jib.: I think now it will be well for you to send a proposition to Kirby Smith to surrender on the terms given to General Lee. General John- ston has commenced a correspondence with Sherman on the subject, and Smith will see that with the vast armies at our control the State of Texas can and will be overrun and desolated if the war continues. On the theory that Mobile has fallen, I have ordered Canby to arrange for operations against Galveston in co-operation with your movements, which I informed him would start about the 1st of June. Go on with your preparations without intermission whilst you are negotiating with Smith. I have directed 2,500 teams to be sent to Little Rock. Troops will also be sent in time. U. S. GRANT, Lieutenant- General. SAINT LouIS, Mo., April 17, 1865. (Received 6.15 p. in.) Aajor-General HALLECK, Washington: Following dispatch just received.* Please call immediate attention of Interior Department to necessity of shipping supplies to these peo- ple. The Arkansas River is high. I have no authority to make snch disposition of such heavy military supplies. Please advise me by tele graph of the result. JNO. POPE, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, April 17, 18652.40 p. m. Major-General REYNOLDS, Little Rock: Following dispatch just received.t Plan adopted is substantially what I mentioned to you. Make all your preparations accordingly, and do not delay to collect all possible information about country and its resources. JNO. POPE, Major- General. FORT SMITH, ARK., April 17, 1865. (Received 1.30 p. in.) Major-General POPE Commanding Military Division of the Missouri: GENERAL: The news of the assassination of President Lincoln hor- rifies eviry true patriot. The troops of my command unanimously express a willingness to re-enlist for twenty years, if need be, to crnsh out the last vestige of treason in the country. Very respectfully, CYRUS IBUSSEY Brigadier- General, Commanding. See Reynolds to Pope, April 5, p. 53. I See Grant to Pope, 9 p. m. April 16, p. 106 Page 111 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 111 HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, Julio., April 17, 1865. Maj. Gen. JOHN POPE, Commanding Military Division of the Missouri: GENERAL: The detective who was sent by Colonel Sanderson to hunt up the 0. A. K. matter last summer reports to the provost-mar- shal-general this morning that the head of the order in this State issued orders for certain members to meet in this city on the 14th; that there was work to be done; that the plot extended to other parties, includ- ing officers in this State. We are trying to get at the merits of this report. He also states that several of them left this city on Saturday. I send you this, as I get it, for what it is worth. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, G. M. DODGE, Major- General. JEFFERSON CITY, April 17, 1865. Major-General DODGE: I am satisfied that if the rebels are not prevented from concentrating in Lafayette, Saline, Cooper, and Jackson they will make a great deal of trouble north of the river. More cavalry is wanting in these counties. Have you not some four companies of Fourteenth ready ~ Colonel Giddings new regiment, eight companies infantry, is at Saint Joseph. If ordered to Lexington, Waverly, and Miami they could guard the crossings of river. THOS. C. FLETCHER. HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, OFFICE OF CHIEF OF CAVALRY AND ARTILLERY, Saint Louis, Mo., April 17, 1865. Major-General DODGE, Commanding Department of the Missouri, Saint Louis, Mo.: GENERAL: Major-General Pope directs me to say that he desires the 2,000 Canadian ponies, now being delivered at Fort Leavenworth, to be held at that place until further orders from him, as he intends them for service in the Department of Arkansas, and does not wish any of them to be issued at this time. Please acknowledge. I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, A. PLEASONTON, Major-General, Chief of Cavalry and Artillery. Major BARNES: BLOOMFIELD, April 17, 1865. Rebel forces reported 2,000 at Jonesborough, Ark., under Thompson; presume for the destruction of the forts here. Some without arms. I am ready for artillery. The hired hands here are suffering for want of blankets. Captain ilipple, assistant quartermaster at Cape Girar- dean, refuses to send. Please order him by telegraph to fill my bill by next train, which is to leave the Cape to-morrow. D. F. TIEDEMANN, Lieutenant-Colonel and Assistant Engineer Page 112 112 LOUISIANA AND TIlE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. HEADQUARTERS, Bloomfield, Mo., April 17, 1865. Lient. J. C. THOMsoN, Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen., Cape Girardean, Mo.: I have reliable information that Kath. Bolin is on Hickory IRidge with thirty or forty men. Yesterday he was at Saint Luke with fifty or sixty men. My men have gone for the portion of his men below. I think it advisable that you send men to the ridge immediately. ED. COLBEItT, Captain, Commanding Post. HEADQUARTERS SAINT Louis DISTRICT, saint Louis, Mo., April 17, 1865. Brigadier-General BE~TERIDGE, Pilot Knob: Send the Seventeenth Illinois Cavalry to Cape Girardean at once. Make such disposition of your remaining force as will cover Pilot Knob, Centerville, and Patterson. The company at De Soto will be relieved and ordered to the regiment. Will you require any more infantry to effectually cover those points ~ By order of Brigadier.General Wagner: H. HANNAHS, Major and Acting Assistant Adjutant General. IRONTON, April 17, 1865. Mr. MORGAN MACE, Ironton, Mo.: SIR: According to your request, I would submit the following state- ment in reference to the raid said to be in contemplation by Shelby, Jeff. Thompson, Reves, and others into Southeast Missouri. Some time in January last I was ordered to report for duty near Augusta, Wood- ruff County, Ark. I then belonged, as they told me, to Captain But. lers company, of Lieutenant-Colonel James regiment, McCrays brigade. However,as I was decided not to go, I left there and came to Pilot Knob, Mo., where I surrendered to Captain Lonergan January 14, 1865. At the time I left it appeared to me that the rebels held undisputed possession of the territory north of Little Rock, in Arkansas, and small bands of them are roaming over the country even in Missouri to but a little distance from Patterson and Bloomfield. Since 1 came up here my family followed me, having left there about the 1st of April. I hear from my wife that about the 1st day of this month Jeff. Thompson and Tim Reves had their headquarters at Powhatan, having only a few men with them ; that most of the men in our neighborhood had returned home, some of them belonging to the different brigades of Jackman, McCray, and Freeman; that all those men had been ordered again to report for duty on the 1st day of May, 1865, at Powhatan, Ark., and that it was for the purpose of meetiiig Shelby, who, as it was minored, was on Crowleys Ridge, some seventy or eighty miles below Powhatan, and that thereupon the combined force was to go on another raid into Southeast Missouri. My wife obtained passes from Captain Hender- son, of rebel army, near Old Jackson, Randolph County, Ark., and also from Lieutenant-Colonel James, at Smithville, Ark., and, provided therewith, was permitted to come up, not, however, without having been jayhawked several times on the road. James Parker, John Morris Page 113 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 113 and Matthew Aiken, below Current River, Ripley County, robbed my family iu that neighborhood, and are living there at this time. From my own knowledge and the best information I cau obtain I think there must be between 3,000 and 4,000 men belonging to the different bri- gades named above in that part of Arkansas north of Little Rock. These men say, as they said last year, that they will not go, but there can be no doubt but what they will again be Ibreed in, as they were in 1864, and that the contemplated raid will be carried into effect iu the mouth of May, 1865, unless timely checked by Federal troops. I also feel satisfied from what they say that one-half the people of Northeast- em Arkansas would assist the Federal troops if sent there for their protection, as if things are allowed to go on as they now do the people must suffer. I would further say that in the estimate of forces as made above none of the troops now with Shelby are included. I am, & c., A. McLAUGHLIN. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, April 17, 18653.10 p. in. Col. JOHN MORRILL, Rolla: Direct Colonel Catherwood to proceed to Saint Louis to procure horses; By order of Major-General Dodge: J. W. BARNES, Assistant Adjutant- General. SAINT Louis, Mo., April 17, 186510.20 a. m. Brig. Gen. J. MCNEIL, Warrensburg: What is the trouble on Pacific Railroad l Have the hands been driven off l Had not more of that infantry better be posted along the linen? G. M. DODGE, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPART1~ENT OF THE MISSouRI, & Lint Louis A Brig. Gen. J. MCNEIL, Warrensburg: prit 17, 1865. The companies of Missonri Militia have to mount themselves. I have ordered two companies of Seventeenth Illinois Cavalry to report to Colonel Harding from North Missouri. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, AS~aint Louis, April 17, 18659 p. in. Brig. Gen. J. MCNEIL, Warrensburg: Telegraph me the number of companies of cavalry in Colonel Hard- ings district of Missouri State Militia; also the condition of Missouri Yolunteer Militia raised under Order No. 3. G. M. DODGE, Major- General, 8 R RVOL XLVIII, PT I Page 114 114 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI, Springfield, Mo., April 17, 1865. Major-General DODGE, Commanding Department of the Missouri: GENERAL: I have the honor to respectfully request that the Four- teenth Missouri Cavalry Volunteers be ordered to report to me for duty in this district. The term of service of the Sixth and Eighth Missouri State Militia has or is about expiring, and that of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Cavalry Volunteers, the only remaining regiments or troops in the U. S. service in my district, expires on July 1. It would be a great advantage to have some portion of the troops that are to succeed them on duty here before all the old troops go out of service, and I am in very great need of better educated and more efficient officers. Those officers of the Fourteenth that are now on duty here, and who have been recommended, are intelligent and efficient, and if allowed to remain will be a great aid in maintaining good order throughout this section. The full number of troops now here are necessary to perform the duty and protect the interests of the district. If the enemy do not move north a larger number may not be needed. Hoping that the condition may be such as to enable you to grant the request herein made, I remain, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOHN B. SANBORN, Brigadier- General, Commanding. S HEADQUARTERS, In the Field, Fort Lamed, April 17, 1865. [Lieut. J. E. TAPPAN Acting Assistant Adjutant-General:] LIEUTENANT: If you have not issued the general order in relation to escorting trains in connection with General Carleton, who escorts from Santa F6 to Fort Lamed, I will give you some instruction as to what I want. A company will leave Fort Lamed for Council Grove on the 1st and 15th of each month. Arrangements will also be made to start a company from Council Grove on same days, going west to Fort Lamed, there connecting with escorts to New Mexico. Trains will not be allowed to leave on intermediate days. You can, however, instruct Sergeant Tibbits that, as there is no danger for some distance west of Council Grove, that he can allow trains to move out in the country in order to better graze their cattle and mules. Yours, as ever, JAS. H. FORD, Colonel, Commanding. CHELSEA, KANS., April 17, 186510 a. m. Lient. J. E. TAPPAN Acting Assistant Adjutant-General: LIEUTENANT: I have the honor to report my arrival at Chelsea for the purpose of ascertaining news about the Indian affairs, & c. At present there is but little excitement among the people. I have seen some very good citizens that are farmers, and live on Waln at Creek, Whitewater, & c. Their general opinion is that about May or June the rebel Indians will come here. Most of these people are good Union men; wish to remain at their homes and work their farms, but if they cannot get any protection from the Government it would be niisafe th Page 115 CHAP. LX.) CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 115 them to stay in this country, and therefore leave their homes at pres- ent. They are more encouraged since my arrival to go to work on their farms. Even some families that have left are returning again. I think that I can keep the Indians all right even, if necessary, organize some of them for my assistance. This point here is not the proper place. I shall go twelve miles farther down the Walnut Creek and make station at El Dorado, which is about two miles from the Indian Reserve. There I have a better opportunity for scouting and getting information. If 1 shall remain here, please send me orders without delay and twenty days rations and forage for twenty-two men. I shall start tomorrow morning for the Indian line. The distance from here to Riley is 115 miles, the nearest military point. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, WM. WISE, First Lieut. Company D, 2d Colorado Cay. Vols., Comdg. Detach. P. S.The Indians that General Ford attempted to fight are retreat- ing to this part of the country, as some have got here already. They are scared. I think they will make a treaty. This I hear from a man just returned from Little Arkansas. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 17, 18654.40 p. m. Major-General CURTIS, Milwaukee: Please direct General Sully to have one company of cavalry in readi- ness at Sioux City, or such other point as may be designated, to act as escort to working party on wagon road by way of north side of Black Hills to Idaho and Montana. This road was appropriated for by Con- gress at its last session. Company should b%~ ready by May 10. JNO. POPE, Major- General, Commanding. SPECIAL ORDERS, IIDQRS. DEPT. OF THE NORTHWEST, No. 67. S Milwaukee, Wis., April 17, 1865. * * * * * * * V. Brig. Gen. T. A. Davies, U. S. Volunteers, having reported in accordance with special orders from headquarters Military Division of the Missouri, is hereby assigned to the command of the District of Wisconsin, with headqnarters at Madison, Wis. * * * * * * * By command of Major-General Curtis: C. S. CHARLOT, Assistant Adjutant- General. HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, OFFICE OF CHIEF SI& NAL OFFICER, New Orleans, La., April 18, 1865. Lient. Col. C. T. CHRISTENSEN, Asst. Adjt. Gem., Military Division of West Mississippi: COLONEL: I have the honor to submit to your consideration the fol- lowing report of information received at this office this 18th day of April, 1865: Major Webster telegraphs from Pass Mauchac that Colone Page 116 116 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. Powers has been ordered across the Mississippi. He was at Whites- yule, Miss., with his own and Griffiths regiments. The point of cross- ing has not been ascertained, but will probably be somewhere near Fort Adams. if this statement is correct it indicates an intention on the part of the Confederates to make a further resistance west of the Mississippi. Deserters from Galveston who left Virginia Point March 22 give the following as the distribution of Cooks heavy artillery: Company A, stationed at Fort Point; Company B, at Virginia Point; Company C, at Virginia Point; Company D, at Alexandria, La.; Com- pany E, at draw of the bridge; Company F, at battery below the bridge, on the island; Company G. in the city; Company H, at Pelican Spit (Fort Jackson); Company I, at south battery; Company K, at Fort Magruder. The companies number on the rolls about ninety each, but have only thirty or forty effectives, making less than 500 effectives in the regiment. There are two torpedoboats building in Goose Creek, thirty-five miles above Galveston, toward Houston. The boiler of an old engine was taken for them from the Texas and New Orleans Railroad. A deserter from Houston, who left there about the middle of March, states that General Walker had resumed command of his old district, which at that time was at Huntsville, Tex., and General Magruder had returned to command the district. Spaights Twenty- fourth [Twenty-first] Texas Infantry and Gillespies cavalry regi- ment were stationed two or three miles outside of Houston. The Twenty-fourth [Twenty-first] Infantry was about 1,100 strong, includ- ing absentees. Gillespies regiment has 400 or 500. The cars run from Houston to Beaumont, on the Texas and INew Orleans Railroad. There are not more than twenty-one serviceable cars of any description and four engines on the road. They run a train on each end of the road on account of the bridge across the Trinity being broken down. There are on Sabine Lake the following steam-boats: The Florida, the Josiah Bell, the Sunflower, the Grand Bay, and the Roebuck. They are engaged in the cotton trade. Houston is the general depot for sup- plies for all posts within reach, but they do not get more than thirty or forty days supplies ahead from the collection of tithes throughout that section of the State. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, A. M. JACKSON, ]lift{jor, Tenth U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery. (in absence of Capt. S. M. Eaton, chief signal officer, Military Division of West Mississippi.) GENERAL ORDERS, ~ IIDQRS. SOUTHERN IDlY. OF LOUISIANA, No. 17. 5 New Orleans, April 18, 1865. Maj. Wickham Hoffman, assistant adj atant-general of volunteers, having been assigned to duty at these headquarters by proper author- ity, is hereby announced as assistant adjutant-general and chief of staff of the Southern Division of Louisiana. T. W. SHERMAN, Brigadier- General, Commanding. GENERAL ORDERS ) HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF NATCHEZ, No. 16. 5 Natehez, Miss., April 18, 1865. The nations calamity, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the President of the United States, and its Secretary of State, William H. Seward, demands a public expression of mourning and respect Page 117 CHAP. LX.1 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.IJNION. 117 Ordered, That minute guns be fired from Fort McPherson from sun- rise to sunset to-morrow; all flags to be displayed at half-mast; all pub- lic offices and buildings closed and draped in mourning, and all places of business closed throughout the day. The churches of the various denominations in the city will be opened at sunrise and continue so for prayer throughout the day. By order of Brig. Gen. J. W. Davidson: B. F. MOREY, Captain and Assistant Adjutant- General. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 18, 18652.40 p. m. Major-General POPE, & dnt Louis. Mo.: The Secretary of War directs that supplies be forwarded and issued to such Indians at Forts Smith and Gibson as may be in a suffering conditionsufficient at least to prevent suffering and starvation. This will be continued until further arrangements can be made. II. W. HALLECK, Major- General and Chief of ~taff. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, Little Rock, Ark., April 18, 1865. Maj. Gen. M. JEFF. THOMPSON, C. S. Army: GENERAL: I inclose herewith copies* of communications sent on the 15th [14th] instant to Maj. Gen. J. F. Fagan, commanding C. S. forces in Arkansas (Washington, Ark.). They will explain themselves. The roads are bad and the streams high. An answer from General Fagan may be delayed some time, and I therefore propose the same terms to yourself and command. If these terms are accepted at once the men of your command will yet have time to raise crops this season and pro- vide for their families during the coming winter. They will be aid.ed and proti~cted in doing so after they have laid down their arms. If further sacrifice of brave men on both sides becomes necessary in order to restore peace and civil rule to Arkansas, the responsibility will not rest with the national authorities. Should the recent assassination of President Lincoln produce any change in my instructions this proposi- tion is subject to such changes. Yery respectfully, J. J. REYNOLDS, Major- General, U. S. Volunteers, Commanding. SAINT Louis, Mo., April 18, 18653.10 p. m. Admiral S. P. LEE, U . S. Navy, Commanding, & e., Mound (Jity, Ill.: ADMIRAL: By direction of Major-General Pope, I shall be at Cairo to-morrow night on my way to the mouth of Red River on special and important duty. If possible, will you have a tin-clad in readiness to take me to my destination l JNO. T. SPRAGUE, Colonel and Chief of Staff. * Not found as inclosures, but see explanatory footnote (~) Reynolds to Fagan, April 14, p. 98 Page 118 118 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. MOUND CITY, April 18, 1865. (Received 19th.) Col. JOHN T. SPRAGUE, Chief of Staff: Telegram received. Will have a tin-clad at Cairo to-morrow at your service. S. P. LEE, Rear-Admiral. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 18, 1865. Maj. Gen. JOHN POPE, Commanding Military Division of the Missouri: GENERAL: As my attention has been called to the following edito- rial of the Missonri Democrat of the 17th instant We learn from the Kansas City papers, and from our correspondence from that city, that a gang of guerrillas have lately been roaming at will along the line of the Pacific Railroad east of Independence, driving the hands front their work and threatening to kill them if they return to it. It is statad that if more efficient measures are iit taken for the protection of this road its completion must be indefinitely postponed. We think this is a matter for General Popes supervision. The people in that sectinit intimate that General Dodge is too closely interested in the railroads of Iowa (his own State) to pay due attention to the Missouri lines now extending to Kansas for your information I submit the following telegram, of same date, from Brig. Gen. J. McNeil, commanding that district: WAJtRENSBURG, Mo., April 17, 1865. Major-General DODGE: The hands on the road were driven off by one drunken guerrilla. There are five companies of infantry on the railroad and stage lines. 1 have moved more cavalry for the protection of the railroad. There is no reason why the work should not go on. J. McNEIL, Brigadier-General. In the country through which the railroad is being built I have placed ofie full regiment of infantry and a large force of cavalry, and-although not justified by any instructions or orders in using U. S. troops for the protection of private enterprise, I have assumed the responsibility of giving protection to this work on account of its importance to the State. The railroad company will admit that I at all times furnished them all the assistance in the way of troops they have asked. After going over the line myself and finding no organization of the citizens I literally stripped North Missouri of troops to send into that sub-district, which now has more troops in it than any other sub-district in the State, and double the number asked for by the railroad company; but I submit that if citizens or railroad employ6s allow one guerrilla to drive them from their work without making any effort themselves to stop it, that all the troops I could place on the work would be futile in stopping these scares. The Governor has given to the citizens of this county au opportunity to organize and arm for their own defense, but so far very little progress has been made. The officers in that district have done all in their power to protect that country, have had all the force that the railroad company considered necessary for their protection, but have not received the aid and encouragement from the citizens they should. They have now succeeded in raising one company under Order No. 28, from these headquarters, in each county, and will in a few days have them all armed and equipped. That will place at least 3,000 troops in that district. The railroad company should organize and ar Page 119 CH& p. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 119 the hands, and not allow small bands of robbers to drive off ten times their number of able-bodied men. This has been suggested to them, but np to this time I believe they have not deemed best to do it. It is evident that we cannot furnish troops to protect every workman on the road, strung along as they are for eighty miles, from strolling gangs of one or more robbers. I am confident that no other officer, under the circumstances, would have placed the large force in that part of the State that I have, when the calls upon me for troops are so urgent from other equally important points. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, G. M. DODGE, Major- General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis A Governor FLETCHER, pril 18, 1865. Jefferson City: I have thrown all the cavalry and infantry in North Missouri into the Central District. I now have twice as many troops in that sub-district as in any other. The citizen companies should organize and the rail- road companies should arm their hands. All of Hardings regiment is there. I have also sent two companies of cavalry from Fort Scott. Hardings headquarters are now at Lexington. General Fisk says the regiment at Saint Joseph is not yet organized or fully officered. Will move it down as soon as possible. Please officer it. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 18, 18654 p. m. Governor FLETCHER, Jefferson City: I have consolidated the Forty-fifth with Forty-eighth and Fiftieth. The Fourteenth Missouri Cavalryone battaliGn here, no horses; the other battalion in Springfield. There must be now 2,000 mounted troops in Central District and fourteen companies of infantry. G. M. DODGE, Major. General. SPECIAL ORDERS, IIDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, No. 103. Saint Louis, Mo., April 18, 1865. * * * * * * * 8. Col. J. II. Kuhn, One hundred and forty-fourth Regiment Illinois Infantry Volunteers, is hereby assigned to duty in command of the post at Alton, Ill., to date from March 10 ultimo, since which date he has been in performance of such duty. * * * * * * * By command of Major-General Dodge: J. W. BARNES, Assistant Adjutant- General Page 120 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. 120 HEADQUARTERS SAINT Louis DISTRICT, April 18, 1865. General BEVERIDGE, Pilot Knob: It is reported that there is a force of rebels at Jonesborough, Ark., 2,000 strong. What do you hear of it ~ Please investigate and report at once. By order of Brigadier-General Wagner: H. HANNAIIS, Major, & c. PILOT KNOB, April 18, 1865. COMMANDING OFFICER, Patterson: A rebel force, 2,000 strong, is reported at Jonesborough, Ark. Send out some scouts to investigate. Until further orders you will forward your reports to Lieutenant Colonel Malone, commanding post, Second and Third Sub-Districts consolidated, headquarters at Cape Girardean. JOHN L. BEVEIIIDGE, Brevet Brigadier. General, Commanding. WARRENSBURG, Mo., April 18, 1865. Maj. Gen. G. M. DODGE, Saint Louis, Mo.: There are three companies of Missouri State Militia Cavalry in Colonel Hardings district. One more company will be sent to him to-morrow. The companies of Missouri Volunteer Militia are nearly all recruited to the minimum. One company armed and equipped; the others will soon be ready for field service. J. MCNEIL, Brigadier- General, Commanding. GENERAL ORDERS, IIDQRS. DIST. OF CENTRAL MISSOURI, No. 15. 5 Warrensburg, Mo., April 18, 1865. I. Hereafter no church edifice or other house of public worship of any religious denomination or sect within the limits of this district shall be used for military purposes; nor shall school houses, academies, colleges, or any kind of institution for education, whether religious or secular, be intruded upon, or their grounds, lawns, or gardens molested, nor shall camps be established so near them as to create annoyance. II. All churches or houses devoted to religious purposes, now occupied as barracks, hospitals, or store-rooms, will be delivered to the properly authorized trustees upon being claimed by them. By order of Brig. Gen. John McNeil: C. G. LAURANT, Assistant Adjutant- General. SAINT LouiS, April 18, 1865. Lieut. W. T. CLARKE Acting Assistant Adjutant- General: I shall go from here to Jefferson and Glasgow with Governor Fletcher on Thursday next. You will order Captain Shapley to march to Glas- gow with fifty well-armed and mounted men on Thursday. Let a goo Page 121 CHAP. LX.J CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 121 ambulance and team be sent over, and Frank with my bay horse and saddle, pistols, and belt. I shall probably go on a scouting expedition with the Governor. Our Glasgow visit will be divided. Old folks now and the young ones by and by. CLINTON B. FISK, Brigadier. General. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, & tint Louis, April 18, 18653.20 p. in. Major-General BLUNT, Fort Leavenworth: I telegraphed you day before yesterday to come down to this place. I am anxious to see you immediately. JNO. POPE, lliliajor. General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, AS~aint Louis, ipril 18, 18652.05 p. in. Colonel BLAIR, Port Scott: Can you send the Fifteenth Kansas to Little Rock as ordered ~ Has the regiment of Wisconsin infantry arrived yet ~ G. M. DODGE. Major. General. FORT SCOTT, April 18, 18658.20 p. in. Major-General DODGE: Four companies of the Wisconsin infantry have arrived, but if the Fifteenth goes before the Wisconsin cavalry arrives it will leave the southwestern border unprotected. It takes all my other cavalry on the Missouri border to protect it from bushwhackers. I have but about 300 of the Third Wisconsin Cavalry, and 100 of them are at Hickman Mills, near Kansas City, in Col. Chester Hardings command. If they were ordered back I could send them west, and they might make the border safe until the rest of the companies of the regiment arrive, if they are on the way. I apprehend trouble out there this spring unless the country is well garrisoned. It is perhaps not improper for me to say that I have received no order as yet to start the Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry to Little Rock. CHAS. W. BLAIR, Colonel, & e. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, Little Rock, Ark., April 18, 1865. (Received May 3.) Major-General POPE: Your telegram of the 17th received. Sent full description of routes by mail on the 14th. Will collect all additional information possible. J. J. REYNOLDS, Major- General Page 122 [CHAP. LX. 122 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. GENERAL ORDERS, ~ IIDQRS. DEPT. OF THE NORTHWEST, No. 14. 5 Milwaukee, Wis., April 18, 1865. Wednesday, April 19, 1865, being designated by the authorities at Washington for the funeral ceremonies appropriate to the national calamity sustained by the death of President Lincoln, who was basely assassinated on the night of the 14th instant, and in accordance with General Orders, No. 69, War Department, current series, all the troops in this department will devote the day to appropriate funeral ceremo- nies suited to the occasion. Flags will be draped in mourning, business snspended, bells tolled, and guns fired every half hour from sunrise to sundown. The usual badge of mourning, crape on the left arm, will be worn for sixty days. By command of Major.General Curtis: C. S. CIIAJILOT, Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE DEPARTMENT, Baltimore, April 19, 1865. [General GRANT:] GENERAL: Circumstances have doubtless made it impossible for you to send me the notice to accompany you, as you were kind enough to suggest the morning of your passage through this city. The formal report of the result of my negotiations in Texas, with the correspondence, is being copied. It may be of importance, however, to sum it up briefly for your immediate information. I went to Galveston, according to the arrangement agreed upon with Slaughter and Ford. A General Walker, commanding the Department of Texas, declined an interview upon the basis proposed, after which I proceeded to New Orleans and arranged with General llurlbut to open communication direct with Kirby Smith upon the subject. General II. and myself concluded that the affair had gone far enough, at least to make Smith show his hand. General llurlbut also agreed to send Mr. Worthington to Matamoras for the purpose of sounding Slaughter and Ford as to whether they were will- ing to act independentlya result not at all improbable. So the matter stands. That an arrangement with Kirby Smith now is practicable I dont doubt at all. I feel snre he will surrender without a shot fired. I will forward the regular report, if you desire it, or bring it on with me when I hear from you.* Very respectfully, your friend, LEW. WALLACE, Major- General, Commanding. GENERAL ORDERS, IIDQRS. SOUTHERN Div. OF LOUISIANA, No. 18. 5 New Orleans, April 19, 1865. In consequence of the astounding and heartrending intelligence just received from the North, all duties in this command will be sus- pended for the day, except the necessary guard duties, and what may have been ordered by higher authority. All flags will be immediately set at half-mast for the day. The provost-marshal of the parish of Orleans will have all bells in the city of New Orleans tolled for one * See inclosures, Wallace to Grant, May 16, pp. 457-463 Page 123 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 123 hour, commencing at 12 in., and for one hour, commencing an hour before sundown. All public property within this command will be at once appropriately draped in mourning. By command of Brigadier-General Sherman: P. J. MALONEY First Lieutenant, Aide- de-Camjp, and Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen. Lieutenant MALONEY, THIBODEAUX, April 19, 1865. Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen., Southern Division of Louisiana: J have just received the following from Donaldsouville: Capt. B. B. CAMPBELL, Assi8tant Adjutant-General: The following just received: Col. W. 0. FISKE, Commanding U. S. Forces at Donaldsonville: COLONEL: I would respectfully ask for an armistice of ten days for the pur- pose of ridding this country of jayhawkers, who are roaming about nightly, robbing citizens of their property, claiming to belong to your or my command, and I think it is our duty to stop them. I am, colonel, yours, with respect, H. M. U. C. BROWN, Captain, Commanding Detachment Seventeenth Arkan8as Cavalry. What shall I do I J. M. HILDEETH, Major, Commanding Post. To which J have replied: Major HILDRETH, Commanding Post Donaldsonville: Your telegram received. Inform Brown that his request will not be considered or granted. It is a well understood fact that Br6wn is not recognized by the regular Confederate military authorities, and it is believed he is now acting in his present capacity without legitimate orders, the same as any other outlaw or guerrilla. We know of no horse or mule stealing or other pillaging of any consequence being done in the La Fourche country, except by the gang controlled by Whitaker, Brown, and King, all of whom claim Confederate authority, and they are the men we wish to rid the country of above all others. Yours, R. A. CAMERON, Brigadier-General, Commanding District. R. A. CAMERON, Brigadier- General, Commanding District. GENERAL ORDERS, IIDQRS. NORTHERN Div. oi~ LOUISIANA, No. 14. 5 Baton Rouge, La., April 19, 1865. The nation mourns. Abraham Lincoh, late President of the United States, is dead. He fell by the ruthless nand of au assassin just as his labors were being crowned with success. The whole civilized world will mourn his loss. Like Israels great leader, he was shown the deliv- erance of his people, and then the light went out from his eyes forever. But he lives in the memory of all who love their country, and will be named with reverence by the good and great in all time to come. In consequence of this deplorable event no public business will be trans- acted this day at any of the public offices in this division, and th Page 124 124 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX major-general commanding requests all good citizens to take such measures to show their respect for the memory of the late President as they may deem fitting and proper. By command of Major-General Herron: WM. II. CLAPP, Captain and Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF PORT HUDSON, Port Hudson, La., April 19, 1865. Capt. WILLIAM H. CLAPP, Assistant Adjutant- General, Northern Division of Louisiana: CAPTAIN: I have the honor to report that on the evening of the 17th, at 12 midnight, I left this post for Jackson with the Fourth Regiment U. S. Colored Cavalry and one section of the Twelfth Massachusetts Battery. I entered Jackson at daybreak; captured Captain Lipscomb, commanding the place, and one Confederate soldier. I met with no force of any description. Received intelligence that Colonel Griffith with his command was stationed six miles this side of Liberty. I am of the opinion that the remaining force of Confederates in that vicinity are ordered away, as Captain Lipscomb had orders to report at Macon and I found documents ordering what he considered his most reliable scouts and couriers to report to Colonel Gober at Clinton. I returned on the morning of the 18th without having a shot fired. I send Captain Lipscomb to you. Will send you the other prisoners at my earliest convenience. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, CYRUS HAMLIN, Brigadier- General of Volunteers, Gommanding. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF TILE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, Mo., April 19, 1865. Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War: M~ DEAR SIR: I transmit herewith, through the General-in-Chief a letter written some days since, but withheld until to-day in conse~ quence of the awful calamity which has befallen the nation. The let- ter refers exclusively to civil affairs in Arkansas and embodies my opinions as to the best method of dealing with them. These views are submitted for your consideration, and if approved by you I would be glad to have the letter laid before the President at an early day, in order that the needed action be taken as soon as possible. The condi- tion of civil affairs in Arkansas seems to me to demand speedy action. Of course I wish you to understand that I have not the slightest wish or purpose to propose or pursue any action in such matters not fully approved by you, and if you think any of the opinions or measures saggested unwise or inexpedient I hope you will so inform me, and retain in your owii hands the letter to the President. I need not say that I consider you the best judge of measures likely to be accept- able to the President and of course if you consider that what I pro- pose is not likely to m~et his approval I do not desire that he shall be troubled with my letter. I hope some speedy policy may be adopted fo Page 125 CuAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 125 Arkansas so far as regards its civil affairs, and I stand ready to carry out any instructions which may be thought judicious with all zeal and energy. Very respectfully, sir, your obedient servant, JNO. POPE, Major- General, Commanding. [Inclosure.] HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOuRI, ASraint Louis, April 10, 1865. His Excellency ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United ,S1tates: SIR: I returned a day or two since from Arkansas, which has recently been added to my command. An examination into the condition of civil matters in that State has satisfied me that speedy measures should be adopted to preserve it from abandonment to utter lawlessness. The military authorities can enforce martial law within the immediate reach of the troops, bat at the best such remedies are insufficient and being necessarily arbitrary depend upon the judgment or the whim of mili- tary commanders. Military men, acting purely in their professional capacity, may preserve order by iron rule, but can never by such means inaugurate the process necessary to bring back the State to its civil status. As I propose to begin a policy which will, I trust, recall the people to a sense of duty and to a feeling of security and stability, it seems proper that I should lay my purpose before you that you may consider and decide upon it before I undertake to put it into operation. In order that the course I wish to pursue in Arkansas may be more clearly understood it will be necessary for me perhaps to ask your patience while I give you my general views of the manner of reviving civil government in the States bordering the Mississippi River, and what have seemed to me to be the reasons why we have had so little success in our efforts to accomplish this object. I have watched with care and interest the administration of affairs in the Valley of the Mississippi and the attempts to restore civil gov- ernment in several of the States. It has seemed to me that these attempts have failed from two causes, the very opposite of each other. Either too much zeal or too little has been manifested, and the result has been failure in both cases. Whilst in some cases military commanders have been exceedingly anxious to restore the States comprised in their military departments to their civil status, their very anxiety has occasioned them to do and say what inevitably led to failure. So solicitous were they for the suc- cess of the civil governments established under their supervision that whenever they thought any act or measure would lead to good results they immediately issued arbitrary military orders in that view, and attempted to execute such measures by military authority and force. The result, of necessity, was to exhibit to the people concerned the fact that their State government was a mere creature of the military author- ity; that behind their State executive and civil officers there was an appeal to military commanders, and that their civil affairs were adminis- tered by military officers. Of course such a belief at once impaired or destroyed whatever confidence they may have felt in their State govern- ment, created opposition among the very supporters of a return to civil administration, and justified and demanded constant appeals from their State executive and civil officers to the military power. The Page 126 126 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CRAP. LX. knew that in the nature of things military jurisdiction was arbitrary and l~emporary in its character, and that no stability could possibly be hoped for from any measures or arrangements of military commanders who were likely at any time to change their minds or be superseded by other commanders who entertained different views and wished to put into operation another policy. Of course their State government, thus sub- ordinated, soon lost their confidence and fell into disrepute. Matters, therefore, remained much as they were before any civil government was attemptedin a state of confusion and uncertainty. This is what I mean by failure from excess of zeal. On the other hand, we have had military commanders who were purely professional soldiers, and who, believing that their military operations were their main, if not indeed their sole business, directed every meas- ure to that end alone, and either overlooked or neglected a duty cer- tainly of equal consequence, viz, the restoration of civil government in the regions conquered by our arms. It is easy to understand that military success wonld be the first object of a military commander, but in a civil war like this military administration should be conducted with a view to the future condition of the people living within the mili- tary jurisdiction. A military success may be achieved which shall in its very nature utterly destroy all hope of the citizen in the conquered States. To an officer acting purely in his professional character, any juris- diction except his own is repugnant for some sound, but more nnsound, reasons, and he would naturally look with disfavor upon any attempt to establish a jurisdiction not under his supreme control. It would be unreasonable nnder such administration to hope for success in aity attempt to restore civil government. This is what I mean by failure from lack of zeal. Perhaps the history of Louisiana for the past three years affords the best illustration of the foregoing remarks. I by no means intend to say that the various measures pursued in that State have been fruitless of valuable results. They have at least given us the benefit of experi- ments which, properly studied, tend to facilitate the solution of this important question. I only refer to them as past transactions, whose failure can now, as it seems to me, be traced to its true cause. It is probabre that these experiments necessarily preceded the adoption of any policy likely to be successful and were even judicious in the light of the experience and information then possessed and of the circumstances which then existed. It would now seem feasible, in view of these past results and of a changed condition of things, to inaugurate a policy which would avoid these causes of unsuccess; and it is with this hope, and in view of the necessity of doing something, and that speedily, to begin measures which will tend to restore a more healthy condition of the public mind and of public affairs in the States lying in the Mississippi Valley, that I venture to present to Your Excellency the following views. With these States alone have I any proper concern. It would seem that the shortest and perhaps the most practicable method of returniiig to a civil status would be to revive the old State governments, with such modifications of their constitutions as have been made necessary by past and existing circumstances, and to give such vitality to the State executive and civil officers as is necessary to create confidence in their stability and reliance upon their status as the final appeal of the people on all questions relating to their civil affairs Page 127 CHAr. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 127 In inaugurating this system the practical results do not perhaps depend much upon the number of citizens in any one of the States concerned who were directly interested or took an active part in the election of the State executive and civil officers. It would seem suffi- cient that the General Government should find occupying these posi- tions loyal and respectable men. It seems better to cherish and sustain such an organization than to attempt to create a new State government by influences and legislation from a distance. In the State of Arkansas such a civil organization now obtains, and at the head of it are found men of recognized loyalty. The acts of Congress and the proclamations of the President define distinctly the position which every State should occupy hereafter on the vital ques- tions of the war. All local matters, political or judicial, had best be left to the State government and to the action of the people. The people and the State government will act and react upon each other so as to produce a healthy condition of civil administration as soon as it becomes manifest that the latter is permanently established, exercises jurisdiction over civil affairs independent of military control, and is in fact as well as in theory the final appeal of the people in all matters pertaining to local civil questions. Without such a feeling of stability the confidence on the part of the people in their State government necessary to its successful administration can never be secured, and this feeling of stability can never be established so long as the military arbitrarily interfere with or override and overrule the action of the State authorities. It is my wish, therefore, to accept the State government as it exists in Arkansas, and to give that vitality to it and secure that confidence in it necessary to its success by prohibiting the military authorities from any interference with its action further than to render under the forms of law whatever assistance may be asked by the State officers in the execution of the State laws and their own proper functions. In other words, to confine the military to the duty of defending the State against insurrection and against invasion from the enemy and to other proper military business. In order that the State government may be successful in its admin- istration,it is essential that the people should not only know, but real- ize, that in all matters pertaining to local civil administration, and on all questions of a civil character, their own State government is their final resort, and that no appeals from that authority to the military power will be recognized or considered. The troops in Arkansas I wish to place in the same relation to the civil authorities in which I have placed the forces in Missouri, so as to aid the civil power as a posse in executing the local laws in conformity to the practice in those States where martial law has never been declared. The troops should be posted at such points as will protect the State against invasion and against the danger of insurrection, and at the same time be convenient to respond to any proper requisition of the civil authorities to assist, under the direction of the civil officers, in executing the laws. Such a position for the military forces would not by any means impair their efficiency for military operations, nor would it compromise nor in any manner interfere with their proper jurisdiction over cases of guerrillas, bnshwhackers, or other armed outlaws, who, however dealt with by the civil authorities, are by law amenable for the military crim Page 128 [CHAP. LX. 128 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. against the United States to the military tribunals. I transmit inclosed an order covering that point issued to the troops in Missouri.* I trust that Your Excellency will pardon me for repeating with all emphasis that the feeling of stability is necessary for the success of any policy, and that no policy inaugurated by military authority, depending necessarily upon the will of military commanders and not npon law for its permanency, can possibly secure the necessary confi- dence on the part of the people concerned. Upon this conviction it is, more than upon any other reason, that I base my opinion that the attempts to define the status of freedmen in the insnrrectionary States and to establish systems of labor (compen- sated or otherwise), originated and controlled by military commanders, can never succeed. The white man looks upon them as temporary and nncertain. Even the negro has a similar feeling of distrust, and both white and negro seek to make the most of what in its nature cannot be lasting. Knowing that systems of compensated labor for the blacks established by military authority cannot long remain in force, the white man who employs negroes under such a system seeks to exact every- thing he possibly can from the negro and avoid, as far as practicable, his own obligations. There is no statute law on the subject defining accurately the relations and obligations of the contracting parties, and no tribunals established to enforce the contracts by legal remedies. The method pursued (and it is the only method practicable under military rule) is to devolve the management of all matters pertaining to this subject upon provost-marshals or other military agents. As such persons can be but little known to the commanding general (as they come from a distance and are strangers to the States in which they are employed and to the customs of the people whom they are designated to control, and stranger still to any knowledge of law), much misman- agement, even with the most honest intentions, must necessarily be expected. But when, in addition, it is considered that in many cases the obscure persons selected are not honest to begin with, and that others disposed to be true are subject to all manner of temptation with little fear of detection, the hope that any such system can be fairly con- ducted must indeed be faint even with the most sanguine. It is not necessary to enter into details to illustrate the foregoing remarks. I presume there are in possession of Your Excellency abundant facts to corroborate much more than is here implied. The remedy seems to inc plain. To a certain extent the emancipated negroes must be taken under the general protection of the Federal Government. Their freedom must be made a reality, and no man or State government must interfere with it. Laws of Congress can pro- vide against such danger to the negro, and can readily prevent the re-establishment of any system of servitude, however modified, or under whatever name. The relation of these freedmen to the State govern- ments and their political status are matters for civil and not military jurisdiction. Either their political privileges must be defined by the State legislation under which they live, or the General Government must assume to determine them in the case of all men, black or white, who live within the limits of the Federal Union. With such questions military officers have nothing to do, and should not be permitted to interfere. It would seem that the duty and in fact the power of the General Government extends no further than to secure and perpetuate the entire See Special Orders, No. 15, March 17, Part I, p. 1202 Page 129 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 129 freedom of the negro and the personal rights incident to his new con- dition. He is thus placed upon precisely equal footing with the white man in all matters wherein the General Government has ever exercised control. No intelligent man who considers the theory or the practice of our Federal Government would ask or consent that it should go fur- ther than this. In fact it cannot do so in case of the negro without assuming the same power over foreigners or other residents or citizens of all States of the Uniona power not given to it either directly or constructively. But in aiiy event, and however this point may be viewed, it is very certain that such matters should be regulated by State or Federal leg- islation, and not by order of military commanders. Wherever there is a State government organized and recognized by the United States such questions should be left to its action, with the distinct under- standing, however, that the negro must have equal protection to his person and property and equal remedy at law with the white man, and that contracts and agreements must be equally enforced against both. That such fair and liberal legislation could have been and can now be procured in the States in which attempts to restore civil govern- ment have been made, there is no question; and such laws can be enforced, as I now propose to enforce them, through the proper civil offi- cers and tribunals, assisted, if necessary, by the military forces as a posse. - The whole arrangement would then be matter of law. The civil offi- cers and tribunals would be responsible for their acts, and there would obtain that feeling of stability and permanency to which all parties would soon grow accustomed and which would give general confidence. In Arkansas I propose, therefore, to withdrawthe military from all connection with this subject, except to see that the laws of Congress and the orders of the President are observed. If the freed negroes are to live in Arkansas it is proper that dealings with them should be reg- ulated in the same manner as with white men. There is no doubt that laws entirely satisfactory can be procured, to be made by the legislature of the State. The influence now possessed by the General Government over the States seeking to re-enter the Union, arising mainly from the need of its assistance in restoring civil administration, will be sufficient to secure and perpetuate any reasonable legislation concerning the freed negroes. How long the General Government will be able to retain this influence cannot be known. Such laws it shonld be the province of the military to assist the State authorities to enforce, and this is really the only proper connection the military can have with this question in the States having a recognized and loyal State organization. The question of trade with the States in the Mississippi Valley should also receive immediate attention. Whatever arguments against unre- stricted trade might have been valid during the progress of active mili- tary operations, they seem hardly applicable to the condition of affairs which now exists. We are in possession of all ports on the West. em rivers and of all points which are the termini of railroads leading into the interior. When we consider that it taxes the extreme capacity of a railroad in the South to supply any considerable military force at a distance of 100 miles, and that an avenue for the supply of troops on any considerable scale can hardly be established without becom- ing immediately known and broken up, it is difficult to believe that the country wagons and carts over country roads can carry supplies that are likely to be of much service to the enemy at any considerable 9 R RVOL XLYIII~ PT 1 Page 130 130 LOUISIANA AND TIlE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. (CRAp. LX. distance from the places where supplies must be purchased by the sanc- tion of the military authorities. Nothing more weakens the disposition on the part of a population to countenance or engage in irregular hostilities ot~ the kind that have latterly prevailed along the Mississippi than the habit of depending for most of the necessaries of life on those against whom such hostilities are directed and who are able at any time to withhold supplies. I make no doubt that now especially there are few who would deprecate the approach of rebel forces toward the places held by us on the Westeril waters more than the southern sympathizers who are in the habit of trading at those places. Whilst they may be able by unrestricted intercourse with points held by our forces on the Mississippi to give at times valuable information to the enemy, it is certain that the information we can thus obtain will be quite as important, if not indeed more so, concerning the movements of the enemy. it has, I think, long been plain that those who suffer most by suspension of trade are not the rebel armies and soldiers, but the non- combatants (old men, women, and children). To prevent these com- paratively harmless people from buying small amounts of clothing and provisions (and only small amounts could be hauled into the interior by the very limited number of carts and wagons in their possession) we have absolutely employed military and naval forces sufficient to have determined the issue of any battle fought during the war. It may be doubted whether trade restrictions have ever been judi- cious since the opening of the Mississippi. They have not accomplished against the enemy any results at all commensurate with the means employed, and the fruitless effort to enforce them has required a mili- tary and naval force large enough to have rendered the most important service against the organized forces of the enemy. On all grounds I would recommend the withdrawal of restrictions upon trade in the Valley of the Mississippi, except perhaps to limit the quantity of arms and ammunition to be sold. Of course, to be satisfactory such a policy must be general in the Mississippi Valley. As two other commanders divide with me the juris- diction along the river, and perhaps entertain different views on this question, an order from Your Excellency would be necessary to render regulations for this purpose uniform in their character. The present system of trade is unsatisfactory to nearly everybody, the general belief being that trade is restricted for the benefit of a few individuals. I suggest to Your Excellency entire free trade on the Mississippi and its tributaries, and do not hesitate to express the conviction that mili- tary operations would be greatly benefited if the large forces trying, and trying unsuccessfully, to enforce restrictions on trade were added to our armies operating in the field. It seems probable, too, that this question of trading in States like Arkansas and Missouri (and doubtless Louisiana, too) could be very properly regulated by State laws. It is not likely that a loyal State government would be any too liberal in such or any other matters to disloyal men. I only suggest these matters for the consideration of Your Excellency. Although their settlement is important, it is not essential to the suc- cess of the policy set forth in this letter for the return of Arkansas to civil government. In brief, then, I propose to recognize the State government in Arkansas, to devolve upon it the whole local civil administration, and to use the military forces in that connection only to respond to requis Page 131 Ca& p. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 131 tions of proper civil officers for assistance as a posse to enforce the civil law; to allow the State authorities to originate every measure necessary in their judgment for security of life and property and for the punishment of criminals, keeping the military in such matters in the subordinate position which conforms to law and the practice in times past. It is next to certain that a State government thus left to itself would do many things objectionable to the military authorities and inaugurate some measures which might seriously interfere with or jeopardize the success of military operations; but it is far better, in view of the future, for the military commander to counteract the effect of such measures by additional precautions and for the Government to employ some thou- sands of additional soldiers to secure military operations against such a danger than by arbitrary orders to overrule or set aside the actiou of the civil authorities. The confidence of the people in the supremacy of their State government is essential to its successful administration. One arbitrary act or order of a military commander might, and prob- ably would, destroy the confidence that months of careful management had succeeded in producing. Once destroyed or impaired, this requisite state of feeling could not be secured again for a long time, if~ indeed, it ever could be whilst the military remained in the State. If, therefore, such policy be once inaugurated, it must be pursued con- sistently and unswervingly, and the military forces should never be directed or permitted by orders from their immediate commanders, or from any source whatever, to commit any act disrespectful to or sub. versive of the proper authority of the State government. It seems to me that by some judicious and consistent management the States in the Mississippi Valley can be certainly, though perhaps slowly, re-established in the Union. Persistence in the present system of military rule is every day more and more unfitting the people for self government and rendering them less and less disposed to resume the performance of their civil duties. The condition of the public mind in Missouri is the best warning on this subject which can be given. No time should be lost in Arkansas, lest by too long delay we find that when we are ready the people of that State are no longer capable of profiting by our efforts. Almost any policy is better than the arbi. trary and unstable system which has been hitherto pursued. The dan- ger of failure lies not so much in defects of the policy itself as in the manner of carrying it out. I submit these views to Your Excellency with some hesitation, and perhaps should have not done so at all but that the condition of affairs in Arkansas demands immediate attention, and duty requires me to furnish to the Government my official opinions as to the proper remedy. I have not undertaken to express an opinion as to the proper method of regulating the qualifications of voters in Arkansas. It may be laid down as a fixed rule that no man not truly loyal should be l)ermitted to vote, and that an oath of allegiance is no sufficient proof of loyalty. The events of this war have conclusively shown that oaths of allegiance are of little use in determining any mans loyalty. I am not prepared to offer an opinion as to whether the General or State government can best regulate and supervise the necessary meas- ures to restrict the right of suffrage to proper persons. In the absence of an effectual provision in the State constitution, it is probable that with some general law or regulation of the General Government on the subject the loyal State legislaturewho know o Page 132 132 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. can know the personal character and history and the reliability of all citizens of the State, and who realize fully the danger to themselves as to all loyal citizens and to the State of allowing disloyal and treacher- ous men to take part in the State governmentcan be left to establish detailed regulations on this point, only subject to such general and prudent supervision as is necessary to insure the observance of the terms laid down by the General Government. I shall await your decision on these subjects, and hold myself in readiness to execute your instructions with all zeal and energy. I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant, JNO. POPE Major. General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, & tint Louis, Mo., April 19, 1865. Lieut. Gen. U. S. GRANT, General-in- Chief, Washington, D. 0.: GENERAL: I transmit herewith a letter* written to the President some days since, but withheld until this time in consequence of the awful calamity which has befallen the country. I do not deem it proper to withhold it longer, and I therefore submit it to your consider- ation, with the request that if you approve it you will forward it to its destination through the War Department. It is proper to state that the measures therein proposed are substantially those adopted in Missouri, and which have led to such admirable results already in the latter State. Already the whole of North Missouri has been turned over to the civil authorities of the State, troops and provost-marshals having all been withdrawn, except from two or three counties along the Missouri River. The Governor wrote me, under date of the 14th instant, that the counties of Saint Louis, Jefferson, Franklin, Gasconade, and Osage are now in condition to be surrendered entirely to the civil authorities, and I shall withdraw the military from all connection with civil affairs in these counties to-morrow. Everything is working favor- ably to the same end in the counties south of the Missouri, and I expect in a few months to leave Missouri entirely to the State authorities and remove all the military forces from the State. The fear of a raid by small bands from the Missouri forces under Sterling Price renders the people of the counties in question uneasy and a little unwilling still to dispense with the military and rely upon their own resources. If the summer passes off; as I hope it will, without such raids, the whole of the difficulties in Missouri, as far as the General Government is con- cerned, are ended. I believe that the same policy substantially pur- sued in Arkansas will assure the same results as soon as the enemy is driven from the Red River. Even now the policy could be safely applied in that portion of the State north of the Arkansas River. I only wish the approval of the Government to what I propose, so that I can make the needful arrangements in time to begin the policy with the disappearance of Kirby Smiths army from the Red River, which I trust will be early in the summer. Meantime, I need not assure you that any other plan or policy in these matters adopted by the Govern- ment I will execute with all the zeal and all the energy I can command. I would be glad if you will submit this letter to the Secretary of War, with the letter to the President (if you should approve the views See next, ant Page 133 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETCTJNION. 133 contained in the latter), as it contains information which may perhaps be useful in determining action upon the policy I suggest for Arkansas civil affairs. I am, general, respectfully, your obedient servant, JNO. POPE, Major- General, Commanding. [Indorsement.] HEADQUARTERS ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES, April~ 23, 1865. Respectfully-submitted to the Secretary of War. T. S. BOWERS, Assistant Adjutant- General. SAINT Louis, Mo., April 19, 186511 a. m. Admiral LEE, Commanding, & c., Cairo, lii.: ii shall leave this evening at 5 oclock in the Belle Saint Louis for Cairo. J. T. SPRAGUE, Colonel, U S. Army, and Chief of Staff. STATE OF MISSOURI, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, City of Jefferson, April 19, 1865. Maj. Gen. G. M. DODGE Commanding Department of the Missouri: GENERAL: After due deliberation and careful investigation of the condition of things in Callaway and Boone Counties, I propose to try the experiment of turning over those counties to the civil authorities. Thepeoplepromisefair,and I have in each county a reliable man for sheriff~ If you will withdraw the provost-marshals from each of those counties, and all troops except the companies organized under Order No.3, and the militia companies, I will try and impress the people with the responsibility devolved upon them to keep out bushwhackers, and I think they will do it. If they fail me in this I want to take some loyal militia among them for a few days, after which those counties will be to let to new-comers. Very respeetfally, your obedient servant, THOS. C. FLETCHER. HEADQUARTERS STATION, Pleasant Hill, Mo., April 19, 1865. Colonel HARDING, Lexington, Mo.: Three companies of troops have arrived rtere: Company A, Third Cavalry Missouri State Militia; Company M, consolidated detachment, First Cavalry Missouri State Militia, and Company B, consolidated detachment, First Cavalry Missouri State Militia. My scouts have just arrived from Sni Hill. One guerrilla killed. They bring six horses and cavalry equipments captured. H. F. PEERY, Captain Company B, First 6avalry Missouri State Militia Page 134 134 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. ICHAP. LX. SAINT LouIS, April 19, 1865. Lieutenant CLARKE, Acting Assistant Adjutant- General: I go to Jefferson City to-morrow. Will take steamer for Glasgow Saturday about noon. You can telegraph me at Jelkrson City, care Governor Fletcher. I will further advise you on reaching Glasgow. Direct Captain Shapley to see that he maintains his usual good dis- cipline. It will be for him to redeem the somewhat tarnished reputa- tion of the Seventeenth illinois Cavalry at Glasgow. Keep me fully advised b~i telegraph. Write the Adjutant-General of the Army in reference to your promotion. Send it to your friend and ask him to see that your commission is sent you at an early day. CLINTON B. FISK, Brigadier- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, Little Rock, Ark., April 19, 1865. Maj. Gen. JOHN POPE, Commanding Military Division of the Missouri: GENERAL: I forward herewith copies of communications sent to Generals James F. Fagan and M. Jeff. Thompson.* General Fagan is in command of the C. S. forces in Arkansas, according to the latest orders received here, the paper containing which was sent to headquarters Military Division of the Missouri. General Thompson, according to his own proclamation, also sent to military division headquarters, appears to be in command of the rebel organizations north of the Arkansas River. The above communications were founded on the tel- egram from Major-General Halleck, a copy of which is also inclosed.t My object was to disarm and disperse, if possible, the rebel forces in this department, and detach them from the main body west of the Mis- sissippi. If their disbanding can be once started I believe it will soon lead to the breaking up of all organized rebel forces west of the Mississippi. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. J. REYNOLDS, Major- General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, Little Rock, Ark., April 19, 1865. Brigadier.General SHALER, Devalls Bluff: The major-general commanding submits the finding of General Jeff. Thompson, the delivery of papers and receiving such answers as may be given to you for action. It is suggested that the detachment sent out should be carried to Batesville by steamer. JOHN LEVERING, Assistant Adjutant- General. * See April 14 and 18, pp. 98 and 117. t Sec April 11, p.69 Page 135 CHiP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETCUNION. 135 PINE BLUFF, ARK., April 19, 1865. Lieut. Col. JOHN LEVERING, Assistant Adjutant- General: Are there any orders in existence relating to refugee colonies ~ If SO, will you please furnish me with them l If anything is to be done in that way it must be at once, as the season for planting will soon be over. POWELL CLAYTON, Brigadier- General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, Little Rock, Ark, April 19, 1865. Brigadier-General CLAYTON, Pine Bluff: GENERAL: In response to your telegram of this a. m. in relation to protection or dispersion of refugee families, the major-general command- ing instructs that you will make such provision for them as may best suit your convenience so far as not inconsistent with the public inter- est. Their destitute condition demands that they be subsisted until they arc able to raise crops. This you are authorized to do. Your attention is invited to paragraphs 6 and 7 of Special Orders, No. 69, current series, from these headquarters, which are herewith inclosed. The officer detailed is authorized to have and use public means of transportation for their benefit; is also charged with procuring seeds, plowing their grounds, constructing cabins, & c. It is suggested that an abandoned plantation in the vicinity of your post should be appro- priated for their use, and all who are unable to provide for themselves be required to remove to it. This removes them from contact with the troops, and is for this reason a precaution against demoralization. Very respectfully, & c., JOHN LEVERING, Assistant Adjutant- General. [Inclosure.] SPECIAL ORDERS, ~ HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, No. 69. Little Rock, Ark., March 20, 1865. * * * * * * * 6. The property known as the James B. Johnson plantation, or estate, situated below Bayou Fourche, in this (Pulaski) county, having been abandoned by the legal owners, is hereby appropriated to the use of the Arkansas Relief Committee for use and occupancy by destitute refugee families as a home, farm, or colony. 7. Capt. W. II. Warner, Company F, Fourth Arkansas Cavalry Volunteers, is assigned to the charge of the colony of destitute refu- gee families, and will receive instructions from Lieut. Col. S. C. Ben- ham, chief commissary of the department. Captain Warner will proceed with his company, officered and equipped, to the property known as the James B. Johnson plantation, below Bayou Fourche, in this county, the location assigned for this colony. * * * * * * * By command of Maj. Gen. J. J. Reynolds: JOHN LEVERING, Assistant Adjutant- General Page 136 136 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. IIDQRS. THIRD BRIG., THIRD Div., 7TH ARMY CORPS, Fort Gibson, C. N., April 19, 1865. Maj. Gen. J. J. REYNOLDS, Commanding Department of Arkansas, Little Rock, Ark.: SIR: As requested of you, I advise you of condition of affairs here. I believe enough corn has been planted to secure the loyal Indian refugees from starvation, or the contractors, next year, if we have a season. I allowed a large number of soldiers to go and assist the women and children in fencing and putting in corn. The seed corn was of great advantage. A large amount has been planted. The fur. loughed soldiers are returning promptly at the expiration of the short term allowed. We have regimental gardens and are making Govern- ment farm. All is still quiet in front. I communicated the news of the enemy I had to General Bussey, which I suppose he has forwarded. I have yet learned nothing further in reference to the question of muster out or reorganization. Very respectfully, WM. A. PHILLIPS, Colonel, Commanding. -IIDQRS. MILITAR\~ DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSWPI, OFFICE OF CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, New Orleans, La., April 20, 1865. Lient. Col. C. T. CHRISTENSEN, Asst. Adjt. Gen., Military Division of West Mississippi: COLONEL: I have the honor to submit to your consideration the following report of information received at this office this 20th day of April, 1865: Major Webster reports from Pass Manchac that he is unable to ascertain the place at which Colonels Powers and Griffith were to cross the Mississippi, but considers the information that they are ordered across reliable. He is also informed through the same source that Colonel Gobers regiment is to be stationed at Amite City. It is reported that Forrest was wounded in a fight with our cavalry near Selma. Three deserters from the rebel ordnance depot at Macon, Ga., state that the facilities for manufacturing all the materials of war are very extensive, including a very large laboratory. Without Macon and Augusta it would be impossible for the rebels to supply their armies. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, A. M. JACKSON, Major, Tenth U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery., (In absence of Capt. S. M. Eaton, chief signal officer, Military Division of West Mississippi.) GENERAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DISTRICT OF PORT HUDSON, No. 12. Port hudson, La., April 20, 1865. With profound sorrow the brigadier-general commanding announces the death of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America, at Washington, the capital of our nation, on Friday, 14th instant, at 7.22 a. in., having been assassinated by Wilkes Booth.* In all the calamities that have ever befallen our country this is the most horrifying that the Americau people have been called upon to deplore. * The Preeideut died on Saturday morning, April 15 Page 137 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 137 Abraham Lincoln, on the 4th of March, 1861, entered upon the duties as President of the United States at a time when the matured and well-digested scheme of treason had reached the culminating point of rebellion and overt acts had already been committed. The Govern- ment knew not who were its friends or its enemies; our army scat- tered upon the frontier and our navy broadcast in foreign countries. Out of the most doubtful and trying period in our national life he raised the most devoted and glorious army and navy that the world has ever produced. Victory and success have crowned our efforts under his administration. As a reward for his services and as a proof of the confidence placed in him by his countrymen he was re-elected to the highest and most honorable position in the gift of our nation; and now, having scarcely entered upon his second term of service, peace seemed within our grasp, and as he was about to close the gates of Janus he has met his death; he has been assassinated. Abraham Lincoln is dead, but his acts will live forever. They have become imprinted upon the hearts of the people until neither time nor calami - ties can efface them, and future history will call him the most loved and revered man of our nation. He will be lamented and remembered not only for his official acts, but for his generous and courteous bearing the offspring of a true and noble nature. As appropriate military honors, the national flag will be draped in mourning and will be dis- played - at half-staff from sunrise to sunset, and the usual badge of mourning will be worn for thirty days by all officers of this command. Capt. Jacob Miller, Twelfth Massachusetts Battery, will cause the appropriate salute to be fired on the 21st instant. - By command of Brig. Gen. Cyrus Hamlin: GEO. C. GETCHELL, Captain, Eighty-first U. S. Colored Ljty., and Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen. SPECIAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF NATCHEZ, No. 101. Natchez, Miss., April 20, 1865. * * * * * * * 3. Col. W. C. Earle, Seventieth U. S. Colored Infantry, with five com- panies of the Seventieth U. S. Colored Infantry, two companies Tenth Tennessee Cavalry, and one section of the Eighth Ohio Light Battery, will proceed to Rodney, Miss., and there take post, with the view to break up the gangs of thieves and jayhawkers that infest its vicinity, and to prevent the crossing of the river by parties of the enemy. The command will be provided with sufficient intrenching tools to throw up in the least possible time a redoubt for 300 men, and ten days sub- sistence. The quartermasters department will furnish the requisite intrenching tools and water transportation. * * * * * * * By order of Brig. Gen. J. W. Davidson: B. F. MOREY, Captain and Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, Jib., April 20, 1865. Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK, Chief of Staff, U. S. Army: GENERAL: I have the honor to transmit inclosed a dispatch .just received from General Dodge.* In accordance with a snggestion from See Dodge to Pope (received 1.40 p. in.), p. 141 Page 138 138 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. you, I have halted the expedition about to move against the Indians with whom Colonel Leavenworth is treating. 1 am much of General Dodges opinion, but prefer to await your decision in the matter. Please telegraph it to me as soon as you can. I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JXO. POPE, Major. General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIViSioN OF THE MISSOURI, iS~aint Louis, Mo., April 20, 1865. Hear-Admiral S. P. LEE, Commanding Mississippi AS~quadron: ADMIRAL: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your let- ter asking for a series of the orders issued by me since I assumed com- mand of this division. I have directed the adjutant-general to inclose them to you. In view of our conversation, I wrote fully to the Presi. dent advising, for what I thought sufficient reasons, the withdrawal of all trade restrictions on the Mississippi and its tributaries and the release of the larger naval and military forces from a duty for which they are little fitted, which is repugnant to them, and which keeps them from service against the organized forces of the enemy, where their presence might determine the fate of battles. The awful calamity which has befallen the country has doubtless as yet prevented any reply, but in due time I will invite the attention of the Government to my letter. Please accept my thanks for your kindness in placing on& of your vessels at the service of Colonel Sprague, my chief of staff. He goes on an important mission to the enemys lines on the Red River. I am, admiral, with great respect, your obedient servant, JNO. POPE, Major-General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, Mo., April 20, 1865. Maj. Gen. J. J. REYNOLDS, Commanding Department of Arkansas: GENERAL: I send inclosed two telegrams from General Grant, as also my letter to him, detailing the plan of operations * ~ propose from the Arkansas River toward Texas. All preparations must be made immediately in that view. It is probable that the details of route, & c., may be somewhat modified, but I think not to any consid- erable extent. I am sending to Arkansas 5,000 cavalry horses and 2,000 Canadian ponies, the latter for the reorganized Indian force at Fort Gibson; 3,500 wagons will be sent immediately to Arkansas with teams, & c., complete. It is hoped we may be ready to move from the Arkansas early in June, certainly by July 1. In this connection it is proper to inform you that I have sent Colonel Sprague to the enemys lines, via mouth of Red River, with a letter to Kirby Smith, offering the same terms to his army as those accorded to General Lee. This I have done under instructions from Washington. Of course it is not easy to foretell the action of the rebel commander. I have informed him that by accepting these terms Western Louisiana arid Texas will * See Pope to Grant, April 5, and Grant to Pope, April 16 and 17, pp. 50, 106 and 110 Page 139 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 139 be spared the devastation and misery inflicted upon all the Southern States east of the Mississippi; that by the result of our operations in Virginia and North Carolina and at Mobile the United States can now throw overwhelming forces into the Trans-Mississippi Department, and that if by retaining a hostile position he forces such a concentration of troops upon Texas, terms will be dictated of a very different char- acter and only after forcible occupation of Texas, with all the suffering and horror which attend the march of large armies and extensive mili- tary operations. I have also given Colonel Sprague private instruc- tions which may facilitate action on the part of Kirby Smith. Colonel Sprague will communicate to you from mouth of White River on his return the general result of his mission, from which I am constrained to say that I expect very little. Since I began this letter I have received your letter of the 14th instant, inclosing Captain Wheelers notes of the country south of Arkansas River. I regret very much that you do not view the proposed movement favorably, but I know very well that under any circumstances your cordial and earnest co-operation is entirely to be relied on. I think the problem one that can be solved, and as, if solved according to my plan, it promises com- plete results, I think the operations I propose worth some risk and much labor. We must get over about; 175 miles of desert and difficult country, depending upon our own resources. This distance can prob- ably be traversed, even with the obstacles we must meet, in about twenty-five days. I have never thought of carrying with us less than fifty days supplies; not full supplies of all articles, but only of the principal necessaries. I will arrange with Canby, if possible, to send some considerable force to month of Red River, so that if the enemy evacuate the lower part of the river they can go up preceded by gun- boats as far as practicable. By the time we reach Marshall, in Texas, it is probable that the Red River below Shreveport will be evacuated by the enemy for concentration against us. This will allow us,if suc- cessful against them either in battle or by their retreat into Texas, to communicate with Shreveport and draw supplies. This result, however, is only a possible contingency, and will not in the least enter into our calculations. The question simply is, can we march an army of 50,000 men from the Arkansas to the Red River (a distance, say, of 200 miles), carrying our own supplies, in view of bad roads and the ordinary operations of nature ~ It is my belief that we can. I think you will agree with me that if such a march can be made we secure com- plete and decisive results, and we must therefore bend our whole ener- gies to the accomplishment of this task. Admitting the worst combi- nation of obstaclesweather, roads, & c.J would be glad to have an estimate from you of the time you would require to march your force of 20,000 men to Paraclifta, carrying as follows, viz: Rations (that is, sugar, coffee, flour, one-seventh salt meat, and triple ration of salt), 200 surplus rounds of ammunition for each piece of artillery, and 250 sur- plus rounds of small ammunition to each musket, with such forage as is absolutely necessary. I would also like to have as exact an esti- mate as possible of the number of wagons you would think necessary. Troops will, I suppose, begin to arrive in Arkansas by May 10, per- haps soonerperhaps somewhat laterI cannot now tell exactly. I have instructed Colonel flames to throw into Little Rock rations for slxty days for 55,000 men in addition to the rations you now have on hand; also to Lieutenant-Colonel Myers to throw the necessary forage for the same force exclusive of that you have on hand. You mus Page 140 140 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI [CHAP. LX. have arrangements made to receive and store these supplies. I hope you will be able to employ negro teamsters enough for the trains, at all events enough to take care of them as they arrive. The teams are being sent by General Allen, ii suppose, from Louisville, so that I may not know in time what he has sent with them. I will keep you notified, as far as possible, by telegraph and by letter. This letter and accompanying papers will be handed you by Brigadier-General Duffi6, a fine cavalry officer, whom I have directed to report to you for duty. I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JNO. POPE Major- General, Commanding. HDQRS. SECOND DIvISION, SEVENTh ARMY CORPS, & c., Devalls Bluff, Ark., April 20, 1865. Col. JOHN LEvERING, Assistant Adjutant- General, Department of Arkansas: I have this morning started the dispatches for Major-General Thomp- son, under flag of truce in the hands of my aide-dc-camp, Lient. Otto W. Parrisen, with an escort of a squadron of cavalry. The boat will go as far up White River as Batesville, if found necessary. ALEXANDER SHALER, Brigadier- General, U. S. Volunteers, Commanding. HDQRs. SECOND DIvISION, SEVENTH ARMY CoRPs, AND Th S. FORCES AT DEVALLS BLUFF, ARK., April 20, 1865. Capt. A. J. STEELTh Commanding Detachment Ninth Kansas Cavalry: SIR: You are directed to embark your command on board the steamer Izetta and proceed up White River, and under the direction of Lient. 0. W. Parrisen, aide-de-camp, escort and protect a flag of truce which he bears with dispatches to the commander of rebel troops in Northern Arkansas. Lieutenant Parrisen has full instructions from these head- quarters, and you will observe his wish in all your movements, taking great care not to allow your men to commit any act inconsistent with the nature of this particular service. By order of Brig. Gen. A. Shaler: CHAS. E. HOWE, Captain and Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, Mo., April 20, 1865. (Received 1.20 p. in.) Major-General POPE: Can you ascertain whether the Third Wisconsin Cavalry has left Lit- tle Rock? Colonel Blair telegraphs it is not safe to send the Fifteenth Kansas nutil they arrive; that he will have nothing to protect the border. G. M. DODGE, Major- General Page 141 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 141 HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, April 20, 18652.30 p. m. Maj. Gen. G. M. DODGE, Commanding, & c.: Retain the Fifteenth Kansas at their present post until Third Wis- consin Cavalry arrives. JOS. MuC. BELL, Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, JIb., April 20, 1865. (Received 1.40 p. in.) Major-GeneraJ POPE: I think representations should be made to Washington of the condi- tion of affairs onsouthern route. I cannot move against these Indians while Indian agents are negotiating for peace. They have all been guilty of robbery and murder, and now we should punish them. First get the stock stolen and make them give up other U. S. property, then it would be proper to treat for peace. They will make a peace that will keep us quiet until fall, and then they will jump on our last trains and rob them, too late for us to go after them, and I will be blamed for not chastising them before. I am ready to move on them now and desire to do so, regardless of anything the Indian agents are doing. I have no faith in Colonel Leavenworth or any peace he may make, as he is bound, if possible, to protect the Indians. Shall I order General Ford to move? G. M. DODGE, Major-General. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 20, 18654.20 p. m. General DODGE: I have sent your dispatch about Colonel Leavenworth and his Jndian treaty to General ilalleck, at whose suggestion the expedition was halted. Best wait his answer, which will come by telegraph. If we act now it will only be said that we prevented peace, and we will be abused for any hostilities hereafter. Best wait a while. As they stopped the movement from Washington, let them be responsible. JNO. POPE. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 20, 18651.30 p. m. Captain BELL, Assistant Adjutant-General: Please ascertain for what time I must send supplies for the two com- panies of infantry that are going to mouth of INiobrara to escort party building wagon road. The general has the letters in case. (1. M. DODGE, Major- General Page 142 142 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, April 20, 18652.30 p. m. Maj. Gen. G. M. DODGE, Commanding Department of the Missouri: The troops for Niobrara should have at least three months provisions to start. They will probably be on the road all summer. Arrange- ments should be made by which they can obtain rations from the near- est post. JOS. MoO. BELL, Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS SAINT LOUIS DISTRICT, Saint Louis, Mo., April 20, 1865. Maj. J. W BARNES, Assistant Adjutant-General, Department of theMissouri: MAJOR: Brevet Brigadier-General Beveridge, commanding Second Sub-District, reports that Lieutenant Crane with twenty men of the Seventh Kansas Cavalry from the garrison at Patterson, with Captain Leeper as guide, on the 15th instant surprised a camp of guerrillas on McKenzies Creek, killing 4 men and capturing 6 horses. - Very respectfally, your obedient servant, G. D. WAGNEB, Brigadier-General, Commanding. SPECIAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS SAINT LOUIS DISTRICT, No. 90. Saint Louis, Mo., April 20, 1865. 1. Companies A, 0-, and K, Thirty-ninth Missouri Volunteers, are relieved from duty in the First Sub-District, and will proceed by boat to Cape Girardeau to-morrow, the 21st instant, and report for duty to Brevet Brigadier-General Beveridge, commanding Second Sub-District. The quartermasters department will furnish transportation. * * * * * * * By order of Brig. Gen. George D. Wagner: II. HANKAIIS, Major Fiftieth Missouri Volunteers and Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen. HEADQUARTERS SAINT LOUIS DISTRICT, Saint Louis, Mo., April 20, 1865. Colonel BONNEVILLE, Benton Barracks: Please hold in readiness, subject to marching orders, one of the largest and best-officered companies of the Wisconsin troops other than the Fiftieth Wisconsin. Direct the officer to draw a team and wagon. It is intended to send the company to Pilot Knob, if found necessary. By order of Brigadier-General Wagner: II. HANNAIIS, Major and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General Page 143 CzI~. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 143 HEADQUARTERS, Post of Pilot Knob, A 20, 1865. Captain SMITH, Commanding Post of Patterson, Mo.: What information do you receive of a large force of the enemy at Pocahontas under Shelby l Answer. F. M. MALONE, Lieutenant- Colonel, Commanding Post. Col. F. M. MALONE, PATTERSON, Mo., April 20, 1865. Pilot Knob, Mo.: I have no information of any force at Pocahontas, nor I dont think Shelby nor any one else has a concentrated force in that part of the country. Persons from Arkansas report three regiments of cavalry between Black River and Little Rock, Ark., Jeff. Thompson in com- mand, but they are scattered all over the country, and have been ever since the Price raid. Jeff. has ordered them to concentrate some time in May. I will ascertain facts and let you know. JAS. SMITH, Captain, Commanding Post. SAINT LOUIS, Mo., April 20, 18653 p. m. COMMANDING- OFFICER RESERVE ARTILLERY, Franklin: Battery M, Second Missouri Light Artillery, will march to this city, and upon arrival report to these headquarters for further orders. Bat. tery will start to-morrow morning fully equipped for field service. Acknowledge receipt of this. N. COLE, Colonel and Chief of Artillery. HEADQUARTERS POST OF LICKING, TEXAS COUNTY, Mo., Col. JOHN MORRILL, Licking, Mo., April 20, 1865. Commanding District of Rolla, Rolla, Mo.: COLONEL: I have the honor to report to you that on the 19th of April, 1865, I ordered out a small scout in pursuit of some scattering guerrillas. On proceeding about twenty miles fell in the rear of about fifty guerrillas moving toward Licking. Thecommander swore he would take the post or lose every man in the attempt. I held my men in readiness for an attack all night, but they failed to make their appear- ance up to the present instant. I am going to move out for the pur- pose of ascertaining their whereabouts and give them fight. I shall leave part of my command and a portion of the Home Guard to defend the garrison, in case they should make a flank movement. I shall move with all precaution to prevent them from getting between my comwand and the fort. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, WILLIAM MONKS, Captain, Commanding Post Page 144 (CHAP. LX. 144 LOUISIANA AND THE ThANS-MI~SISSIPPI. WARRENSEURG, Mo., April 20, 1865. Major-General DODGE, Saint Louis, Mo.: I understand a delegation of citizens are on the way from Lex- ington to Saint Louis to complain of Colonel Harding. I have to say that the forces furnished him are all actively engaged and doing good work. He himself is earnestly trying to restore law and order in his district by enforcing Order No. 7. We are not killing any bushwhack- ers in the newspapers, but I think that large numbers of them may be found in the brush, if their friends will look for them there instead of troubling you about your subordinates. JOHN McNEIL Brigadier- General, Commanding. HDQRS. FIRST DIST., FIRST Div., MISSOURI MILITIA, Saint Joseph, Mo., April 20, 1865. General C. B. FIsK, Macon, Mo.: GENERAL: The inclosed communications will show the state of feel- ing in certain portions of the country. A soldier of the old Twenty- fifth told me this morning that he was shot at yesterday in Platte County by parties in the brush. A gentleman just called on me to assist in hunting his mules stolen in Holt County. Captain Comstock informed me yesterday that the discharged soldiers are conducting themselves badly in Gentry County. Irregularities are being com- mitted all over the district by men of all parties. Bushwhackers and thieves are causing trouble in peaceful neighborhoods, and require the attention of an armed force. I have ordered the district detailed into companies, where they have not organized, and all I need now to com- plete my work is an order to select officers or permit the companies to select them. I have read the new military bill in the papers and hope to receive orders soon to go to work under it, if it is to be enforced now. Yours, truly, ~. H. PENICK, Brigadier- General. P. 5.Lient. J. H. Waite will please forward these communications if the general has not returned. W. H.P. (Inclo8ure No. 1.] PLATTSBURG, Mo., April 14, 1865. Brig. Gen. W. H. PENICK, Corndg. 1st Dist., 1st Div., Missouri Militia, Saint Joseph, Mo.: GENERAL: I have the honor to state that the people in part of Clin- ton County met in Plattsburg April 13 and concluded that a military organization was not necessary. As I was not posted as to the influ- ence that was brought to bear, I supposed at the time that it was the will of the people; but since I find that it has created great dissatis- faction, as the people generally consider it to be the working of a clique that wants to have the power without the responsibility; or, in other words, have minute men on the same style that Texas and other border slave States had six or eight years ago, so that he who did not believe as they did to give him a genteel flogging and so long to get away Page 145 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 145 The same party that in the greater part controlled the meeting yesterday has, as I am informed, be en giving men written notices to leave the connty. Now, as I understand this thing, we do not claim to know any party or principle but law, order, restoration of that peace, quiet, and obedience to the authorities that is necessary in all communities and desired by all friends of their country. I have twenty-four recruits; could yesterday have gotten thirty or thirty-five more, but not under- standing the spirit that prompted and controlled, I did not take their names. Waiting for further orders, I have the honor, sir, to remain, your most obedient servant, M. DE SMITH. P. S.The inclosed notice is for J. II. Trice to leaveone of our best citizens. Others are receiving the same notice. M.D. S. - [Sub-inclosure.] J. II. TRICE: MARCH 12, 1865. Trice, here is your order, and you had better take it and get away where you know you are safe, and stay away; and get in ten days. IN HASTE. [Inclosure No. 2.] Brig. Gen. W. R. PENICK, PARKYILLE, Mo., April 16, 1865. & tint Jo8efph, life.: DEAR SIR: Mr. F. Luthy has just returned and could not give any- thing satisfactory with regard to future action. While he was gone the troops have been ordered away from here to Jackson County, where the guerrillas have driven off the railroad hands, and we are left without any protection. So it was last year; there was no preparation until they overrun us in July. It is the part of wisdom to be prepared. The leaves are fast coming out, and they will be driven from Jackson over here. Some six were along Clay line last week robbing. Our citizens are under abiding apprehension and alarm. Soldiers are taken away about the time they are needed. Nobody knows what to do, and consequently nothing will be accomplished. We want prompt and straightforward action. Cannot the Governor call out the militia ~ The convention clause can have no effect till the legislature acts upon it, and we must be carried through this summer by the present law. What is the Governor about that he does not give orders ~ We rejoiced at your appointment, because we knew you were prompt and efficient. Why is not the authority given you~ I am alarmed at this state of affairs. Already have the leading Union men here been threatened, while the troops are withdrawn and the militia not ready, armed, drilled, and officered as they should be. In the face of all Union successes the rebels here have not given it up. They say times will turn yet, and they are acting up to their belief and preparing while Union men are waiting for Government to direct. Eads, a clever man enough, seems not to be the man for the place, and if that was a failure, must nothing be done ~ I fear nothing of Fitzgerald. Now, the right man could easily raise a platoon here, one at Ridgely and at Weston, of true Union men, and a platoon stationed at each place with the citizens would give protection. It is necessary that we have a platoon on duty here all the time, either of militia or twelve-months men. We are now open to the enemy. Some Union men will sell their principles for rebel votes. 10 R RYOL XLVIII, PT I Page 146 146 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. Wire working and intrigue are going on to retain rebels in civil offices and back them by rebel militia. They seek to divide Union men. I know you will bear a hand against these maneuvers. Please write what can be done, and any information you can give. We are depressed at the news of the death of Mr. Seward and President Lincoln, and fearful. Yours, truly, GEO. S. PARK. [Inclosure No. ~1 SMITHYILLE, Mo., April 18, 1865. Brig. Gen. W. R. PENICK: Sin: I am sorry to inform you that on my arrival at this place this evening I was informed of the shooting, and I fear the mortally wound- ing of one of my men. He and three or four others were out at Mr. Corums, on the Smithville and Parkville Railroad, near the Clinton County line. Just before they retired to bed they went into the yard and were fired on, wounding one of their number, Robert Graham, a most excellent man and a good soldier. This took place last night. I had a scout in that neighborhood last Saturday and everything appeared to be quiet. Some five or six bushwhackers were also reported to-day from Platte County. Lieutenant Goss with eighteen men are in pursuit of the party that shot Graham; with what success Jam not yet able to state. I am of the opinion that we are just at the beginning of our troubles. Excuse the manner in which this is gotten up. I will endeavor to keep you posted on matters here. I am, with respect, general, your obedient servant, ROBERT McMJLLAN, Captain, Gommanding Company Militia. [Indorsement.] UDQES. FIRST P1ST., FIRST Div., MissouRi MILITIA, ,S~aint Joseph, Mo., April 20, 1865. Respectfully forwarded to Major-General Fisk for his information. Captain McMillan commands the company of Missouri Militia in Clay which I notified you had gone on duty without orders. I am well sat- isfied that this company should be called into service and that arrange- ments should be made for subsistence. W. R. PEKICK, Brigadier- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSouRI, AS~aint Louis, April 20, 18654.40 p. m~ Brig. Gen. R. B. MITCHELL, Port Leavenworth: Select two companies from Fifth U. S. Volunteers under a major~ if present; if not, under best captain, and send them to mouth of Kiobrara River, Nebr. Ter., to act as escort to the party that are opening the wagon road from that point west. Fit them out with supplies for three months and transportation to haul them. When necessary they can get additional supplies at any post. I think there are boats serving here that will take them on. They should, if possible, be at point designated by 10th of May. G. N. DODGE, Major- General Page 147 C~. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 147~ GENERAL ORDERS, ~ HDQRS. DISTRICT OF SOUTH KANSAS, No. 5. 5 Paola, Kans., April 20, 1865. All that portion of the District of South Kansas south of the Kan- sas River will hereafter be known as the First Sub-District, commanded by Col. C. W. Blair, Fourteenth Kansas Cavalry, with headquarters at Fort Scott, Kans. By order of Major-General Blunt: GEO. S. HAMPTON, Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, AS1aint Louis, April 20, 1865. Brig. Gen. JAMES H. FORD, Fort Riley: The expedition is held on orders from Washington, and cannot move until I hear from there. Keep ready to move at short notice. I think I shall put Fort Lyon in your command. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. - HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, AS1aint Louis, April 20, 18653.45 p. m. Brevet Brigadier-General FORD, Fort Riley: I have ordered Colonel Potter to send you 100 additional ponies. I hope to order you to move in a day or two. These Indian peace movements have seriously interrupted my plans, but I think they will not amount to much. I have no faith in any peace until they are pun- ished. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF THE UPPER ARKANSAS, In the Field, Fort Zarah, April 20, 1865. [Lient. J. E. TAPPAN:] LIEUTENANT: I am now about leaving again for Fort Lamed. Have just received the information officially of the murder of President Lin- coln and Secretary Seward. Why did you not send it to me before? Send all news of importance through at once. I find eight miles per hour is too fast traveling for our express horses, and in future, unless matters of great importance, you will not order a faster gait than six miles per hour. Tell Captain Scott we must have corn sent up as fast as possible; also, commissary supplies are needed at this post. Call Captain McClures attention to estimates made for commissary for all the frontier posts. Yours, truly, JAS. H. FORD, Colonel, cOo. GENERAL ORDERS, ~ HDQRS. P1ST. OF THE UPPER ARKANSAS, No. 11. 5 Fort Riley, Kans., April 20, 1865. For the better protection of trains traveling through the District of the Upper Arkansas en route to New Mexico, the following arrangement Page 148 148 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP, LX. will be made, commencing the 1st day of May, 1865: A company of troops will leave Council Grove on the 1st and 15th of each month for Fort Lamed, which will escort all trains and travelers that may be assembled at that point on the days named. Arrangements have been made with Brigadier-General Carleton, commanding Department of New Mexico, by which such trains and travelers will be provided with suit- able escort from Fort Lamed, Kans., to Fort Union, N. Mex. A com- pany of troops will also leave Fort Lamed on the 1st and 15th of each month to escort trains returning to Council Grove. All merchants traders, and others wishing to avail themselves of these semi-monthly escorts can do so by assembling at the points designated on the days above mentioned. By order of Bvt. Brig. Gen. James II. Ford: J. E. TAPPAK, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI Saint Louis, April 20, 18653.45 p. m. Brig. Gen. P. E. CONNOR, Denver: Colonel Potters supply trains are seized on the road by commanding officers of troops and posts. This must be stopped or else he never can keep up the supplies. It is said the Sixteenth Kansas Regiment took one. They went out fully supplied with transportation. If it is neces- sary at any time to have the use of any of the trains before they are taken communicate with Colonel Potter. Answer. G.M.DODGE, Major- General. GENERAL ORDERS, ~ IIDQRS. DISTRICT OF THE PLAINS, No. 7. Denver, Cob. Ter., April 20, 1865. The following officers are announced as on the staff of the general commanding the district: Capt. M. G. Lewis, assistant adjutant-general, U. S. Volunteers, assistant adjutant-general; First Lieut. Oscar Jew- ctt, First Battalion Nevada Cavalry, aide-de.camp; Maj. George Arm- strong, First Nebraska Veteran Cavalry, chief of cavalry; Maj. J. H. Peabody, surgeon, U. S. Volunteers, medical director; Capt. Parmenas T. Tnrnley, assistant quartermaster, U. S. Army, chief quartermaster; Capt. William R. Irwin, commissary of subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, chief commissary; Capt. George F. Price, Second California Cavalry, district inspector; Capt. E. B. Zabriskie, First Battalion Nevada Cav- alry, judge-advocate; Capt. John C. Anderson, Veteran Battalion First Colorado Cavalry, assistant commissary of musters at Denver, Cob. Ter.; Capt. John A. Wilcox, First [Fourth] U. S Cavalry, assistant commissary of musters at Fort Kearny, Nebr. Ter.; First Lient. S. E. Jocelyn, Third Battalion California Infantry, assistant commissary of musters at Camp Douglas, Utah; First Lieut. Charles C. Hawley, Veteran Battalion First Colorado Cavalry, acting ordnance officer for the South and West Sub-Districts of the Plains, station at Denver, Cob Ter - First Lieut. William H. Northrop, Seventh Iowa Cavalry, acting ordnance officer for the North and East Sub-Districts of the Plains, station at Fort Kearny, Nebr. Ter. They will be obeyed and respected accordingly. By command of Brigadier-General Connor: GEO. F. PRICE, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General Page 149 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. UNION. 149 GENERAL ORDERS, HDQRS. SOUTH SUE-DIST. OF THE PLAINS, No. 1. Denver, Cob. Ter., April 20, 1865. 1. In accordance with paragraph 1, General Orders, No. 4, cur rent series, headquarters District of the Plains, the undersigned assumes command of this sub-district. 2. Until further orders First Lieut. Louis Mathot, aide-de-camp, is announced as acting assistant adjutant-general. GUY V. HENRY, Brevet Brigadier- General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, AS1aint Louis, Mo., April 20, 186510.30 a. m. Brevet Major-General SULLY, Dubuque, Iowa: Send those companies of the Fifth U. S. Volunteers that are mus- tered in without delay to Fort Leavenworth. Inform me what com- panies are mustered. Colonel Maynadier is organizing companies for the regiment at Columbus, Ohio. Communicate with him, that you may know if there be any necessity for further recruiting at Chicago. JOS. MCC. BELL, Assistant Adjutant. General. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, AS~aint Louis, Mo., April 20, 1865. Brig. Gen. ALFRED SULLY, Commanding District of Iowa: GENERAL: I am directed by the major-general commanding to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of 15th instant and to reply as follows: The locality for the post at Forks of Vermillion is at the junction of Turkey Ridge Creek with Vermillion RiVer. (Map of Dakota Territory, M. B. Smith and A. J. Hill, 1861.) The four com- panies First U. S. Volunteers cannot be withdrawn from Minnesota, but an equal amount of infantry will be sent you for the purpose named, if necessary. With great respect, general, your obedient servant, T. C. H. SMITH, Brigadier- General and Inspector. General. HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, OFFICE OF CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, New Orleans, La., April 21, 1865. Lieut. Col. C. T. CHRISTENSEN, Asst. Adjt. Gen., Military Division of West Mississippi: COLONEL: I have the honor to report that no information of impor- tance from the enemys lines has reached this office to-day. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant A. M. JACKSON, Major, Tenth U. ~. Colored Heavy Artillery. (In absence of Capt. S. M. Eaton, chief signal officer, Military Division of West Mississippi. Page 150 150 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, Mo., April 21, 1865. Lient. Gen. U. S. GRANT, General-in- Chief, Washington, D. C.: GENERAL: I have the honor to transmit inclosed a letter from Major- General Reynolds,* and some notes on the rontes from Arkansas River to Red River, made by Captain Wheeler, chief engineer, Department of Arkansas. The difficulties and obstacles in the way in carrying out the campaign proposed by me in my letter of the 8th instant will be apparent to you. That they can be overcome is, I think, reasonably certain; and that the decisive and speedy results which will be secured by the successful execution of this plan are worth the labor and priva- tion, seems also not unreasonable to believe. I regret very much that General Reynolds, commanding Department of Arkansas, does not view favorably any movement south from the direction of the Arkansas River, but I know very well that I can safely confide in his zealous and faithful co-operation in any movement determined on. The difficulties, as you will observe, are found in the fact that a belt of country nearly 200 miles in breadth, between the Arkansas and Red Rivers, entirely destitute of supplies of any kind for man or animal, interposes between us and the enemy. This devastated and desolate region must be traversed by an army carrying all supplies with it, over difficult and neglected roads. On the most westerly routes from Fort Smith grass in sufficient quantities to subsist our animals can be had. It is probable that the utterly destitute character of the country may require the movement of our heaviest columns to be made from Fort Smith. We shall need, above all, two things which, indeed, are vital to success. First. Western troops accustomed to long marches and to half rations and habituated to forage for themselves upon the country. I know no such troops except those in the army of Sherman or Schofield. With the troops which have been occupied in Eastern Virginia I would not be willing,to undertake such a campaign. Second. We shall need the very best and. strongest mules and wag- ons which can be had. I respectfully request that you instruct General Allen to send no wagons and mules to Arkansas except the very best, and in the best condition. We need at least twoand better still, threegood pontoon trains. There are none in this command. I send you an estimate of the transportation required to render such a campaign practicable. I do not consider it certain that we shall be able to move as early as June. First. While we might be ready, it is more than likely, in view of the high waters which already prevail and of the continued wet weather indicating still greater floods, that the streams in Arkansas will be over their banks and the enemys lands impassable until a later day. I believe, general, that the plan of operations I propose is practicable with energy and perseverance. That it will be difficult I know, but it promises complete results and is, I think, worth the effort and toil. Nevertheless I am by no means so committed to it that I am not ready and willing to adopt any other which may seem to you easier, less liable to failure, and sufficiently satisfactory. There is no doubt that if Canbys force, or the larger part of it, goes to the coast of Texas and can occupy such points as will intercept the rebel retreat across the Rio Grande an easier and perhaps sufficiently successful movement * See Reynolds to Pope, April 14, p. 94 Page 151 Cn& p. LX.] CORRESPO~rDENCE, ETC.UNION. 151 can be made up Red River with the force under my command, which you design for the movement from Arkansas River. I do not doubt that we could drive the enemy into Texas by advancing up Red River, even if we did not bring him to an engagement; and that, having thus reached Shreveport, we could, with that point as a base, occupy Eastern Texas as I proposed. This operation would be attended, I think ,with little difficulty; abundant supplies would be at hand ou Red River, and with (Janbys force at proper points in Texas the final surrender or dispersion of the rebel army under Kirby Smith would be certain. More time wQuld be consumed in such a campaign, but it would meet with fewer obstacles and subject the troops to much less hardship and privation. I think it my duty to make these statements and sugges. tions for your consideration. There will be abundant time to make the change of plan if you think it best. Everything can continue to go to Arkansas, and if you conclude to adopt the Red River route the arrival of troops at Little Rock will only mislead the enemy. The Arkansas River is high and likely to remain so for a couple of months or more, so that but a very few days would be needed to ship everything to mouth of Red River. I inclose a map* marked in red pencil with the movements I propose to make from the Arkansas, in the event that the original plan is adhered to. I do not wish to subject the troops you send me to the unusual hard- ships of this campaign, nor to run any risk (which you do not under- stand and approve) of obscuring the brilliant record of your adminis- tration; nor to fail to present for your consideration a plan of oper- ations easier and safer to execute, and which may commend itself more favorably to you from the fact that it will accomplish a satisfactory though perhaps less complete and speedy result; and that it will spare the troops who have undergone so much the severe labor and hard- ship essential to the success of the movement from Arkansas River. I need not tell you that I am ready to execute either plan with zeal and energy. I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JNO. POPE, Major- General, Commanding. [Tnclosure.l Forty days ration8, 55,000 men. Gross Days. weight. Pounds. Hard bread, in boxes 40 2,776,450 Salt pork, in barrels 6 413, 358 Coffee, roasted 40 237, 600 Sugar 40 354, 200 vinegar 40 213, 400 Soap 40 96, 800 Salt, double rations 176, 000 Total 4,267,808 Equal to 2,133 wagons, 2,000 ponuds each. Each of these teams will carry 720 pounds of grain, equal to twenty days, at 6 f pounds] per animal, or 36 pounds to each team per day. Vinegar and soap having been reduced to half rations, there will be Not found Page 152 152 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. required 77 wagons less than the number stated above for transporta- tion of subsistence; 1,956 wagons being the allowance for headquarters, troops, and extra ammunition, each wagon to carry 720 pounds of grain, equal to twenty days rations of 6 pounds per animal; 9,000 cavalry horses, 3,600 artillery horses, 1,300 private horses, wagon-masters, & c., 4,692 mules, equal to 784 wagons, to carry 3,000 pounds to each wagon, of grain, equals twenty days, at 6 pounds per day, per animal. Total number of wagons required: For commissary 2, 133 For headquarters, & c 1,956 For forage for cavalry, & c 784 Total 4,873 Total number of animals 43, 116 FRED. MYERS, Lieutenant- Colonel and Chief Quartermaster. SAINT Louis, April 20, 1865. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIvISIoN OF THE MISSOURI, ~S~aint Louis, Mo., April 21, 1865. Maj. Gen. J. J. REYNOLDS, - Commanding Department of Arkansas, Little Rock, Ark.: GENERAL: In relation to Captain Wheelers notes on routes from Arkansas to Red River I have to observe: First. Captain Wheeler states nothing whatever concerning cross- roadsa knowledge of which is necessary for purposes of communica- tion, and if necessary of concentration of columns moving on the different routes, and also to enable us to send wagons as fast as emptied toward the west, where they can get into a grazing country. It is, besides, essential to know of these cross-roads, because I do not propose to go as far south as some points laid down in these notes. For instance, I know that there are roads leading west at least twenty miles north of Washington. Doubtless there are many others of which we ought to know. I am not sure but that the main body of our forces may march from Dardanelle or Fort Smith instead of Little Rock, so as to keep in the grazing region as far as possible. Certainly all of our trains not absolutely needed will be sent that way. Second. Nothing whatever is said of the resources of the country south of the line marked on the map you sent as the line of no forage. All information which can be obtained concerning this matter is needed. Third. I do not know whether you have an organized pioneer corps for your command. There should be at least one pioneer corps for each division, completely equipped, and to consist, I suggest, each of 150 picked white men and three companies of negroes. Fourth. I do not know whether you have a pontoon train. If you have I would like to know what sort of a train it is. Fifth. I should like to know the prospective condition of the Arkansas from present indications, and how long navigation of the river to Fort Smith can be hoped for. Sixth. I would like to know as nearly as possible the width and exact character of the Red River, at Fort Towson, and for sixty miles below. I send you an estimate of the trains I think of taking, setting forth the supplies I propose to carry.~ Of course the estimate is more or less * See next, ante Page 153 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 153 inaccurate. The trains can be increased if necessary. As the army will move on at least three and perhaps four or five routes (depending on the country cross-roads), our large trains will be so much divided up as to form no formidable impediments. I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JNO. POPE, Major- General, Commanding. SPECIAL ORDERS, IIDQRS. FIRST Div., 7TH ARMY CoRPS, No. 69. Post of Little Rock, A 21, 1865. * * * * * * * II. The Fifty-seventh U. S. Colored Infantry is detached from the Second Brigade of the First Division, to be stationed at the forts for the defense of this post. Col. Paul ilarwood, commanding, will report in person at headquarters for instructions. * * * * * * * By order of Bvt. Maj. Gen. F. Salomon: A. S. KENDRICK, Acting Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, A3aint Louis, Mo., A 21, 1865. Colonel MORRILL, Rolla: SPRINGFIELD, April 21, 1865. Major BARNES, As8istant Adjutant-General: A party of fifty rebels or guerrillas are moving north to-day along the Union road running northeast from Lebanon toward Tuscumbia. They will probably try to cross the Osage near Tuscumbia. Troops are in pursuit of them from Lebanon, and I hope the garrison at Linn Creek will also get after them. JOHN B. SANBORN, Brigadier- General, Commanding. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. (Same to General McNeil, Warrensburg, and Colonel Blair, Fort Scott.) HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, ASaint Louis, Mo., April 21, 1865. (Received 10.15 a. in.) Captain BELL, Assistant Adjutant- General: Assistant provost-marshal-general of Wisconsin telegraphs that four companies of Fifty-first Regiment Wisconsin Infantry and 119 men of Fifty-second Regiment and 84 of Fifty-third are in Wisconsin; that they have orders not to forward any more troops. Parts of each of the above regiments are here. They should be brought together and organization completed. G. M. DODGE, Major- General Page 154 154 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. HEADQUARTERS POST OF PILOT KNOB, Pilot Knob, Mio., April 21, 1865. Brigadier-General BEVERIDGE, Commanding Second District, Cape Girardean, Mo.: When will that infantry be here? I have scarcely men enough to do post and escort duty. The post at Centerville has forty men to defend it. Cannot send any more there until I get more men. If I could get 100 infantry it would help me greatly. Captain Smith reports three regiments of rebels under Jeff. Thompson between Black River and Little Rock, scattered over the country. F. M. MALONE, Lieutenant- Colonel, Commanding Post. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF ROLLA, Rolla, 11Th., April 21, 1865. Maj. Gen. G. N. DODGE, Commanding Department of the Missouri, Saint Louis, Mo.: Received a report from Captain Monks, commanding at Licking, Mo., this morning that a party of fifty bushwhackers were within twenty miles of Licking, moving north. I have sent cavalry in pursuit. Cannot be those spoken of by General Sanborn. JOHN MORRILL, Colonel Sixty-fourth Illinois Infantry Volunteers, Comdg. Dist. SPECIAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF ROLLA, No. 76. Rolla, Mo., April 21, 1865. 1. Lieut. Col. Austin A. King, Thirteenth Regiment Cavalry Mis- souri Volunteers, will send one company of his regiment, mounted, armed, and eqnipped, with five days rations and forage, to Licking, Mo., immediately. The officer commanding the company will report for instructions to these headquarters. * * * * * * * By order of Col. John Morrill, commanding: H. W. WERTH, Lieutenant and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General. LEXINGTON, Mo., April 21, 1865. General MCNEIL: Five men from Prices army have reported at Independence. They wish to take the oath. I expect a great many from Shelbys brigade. What policy is to be adopted? I recommend that they be required to come through some designated point, and there be received on such terms as may be ordered; otherwise you will have them in the brush. What shall be done with the five at Independence? CHESTER HARDING, JR., Colonel, Commanding. - LEXINGTON, April 21, 1865. General MCNEIL: I have ordered one of the companies at Pleasant Hill to scout np to Dover, another to Greenton, and leave the other with Wyckoff, who i Page 155 C~P. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 155 now at Lees Summit, to escort the mail, and scout actively in conjunc- tion with the infantry at the bridges and near the fords and section of railroad where work is going on. I anticipate no trouble to mail or railroad. What will become of the company Fifty-second Infantry mustered in and on duty ~i I see by orders that the regiment cannot be raised. CHESTER HARDING, Jn., Colonel, & e. WARRENSBURG, Mo., April 21, 1865. Capt. G. LUTHY, Commanding First Sub-District, Jefferson City, Jib.: A party of fifty rebels are moving north to-day along the Union road, running northeast from Lebanontoward Tuscumbia. Theywillprobably try to cross the Osage near Tuscumbia. Troops are in pursuit of them from Lebanon. Send special messenger to Tuscumbia to prevent a sur- prise of the militia at that place. Cannot Captain Dennis company be sent in that direction l Telegraph any information you may receive in regard to their movements l By order of Brigadier-General McNeil: C. G. LAURANT, Assistant Adjutant- General. LEBANON, Mo., April 21, 1865. Captain KITTREDGE, Assistant Adjutant- General: A party of fifty guerrillas are reported to have crossed the Rolla road six miles east of here at daybreak this morning. They were seen au hour later seven miles out on the Union road, going north. Major Small has gone in pursuit. ~ B. WADDILL, Adjutant. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI, Springfield, Mo., April 21, 1865. Lieut. J. B. WADDILL, Adjutant, Lebanon, Mo.: I am inclined to think that the party of rebels last referred to is the same that crossed the road this morning, and that there must be a dis- crepancy in time. Get all the information you can and send it through as fast as you can get it. If the guerrillas come thick get all the armed citizens out after them. JOHN B. SANBORN, Brigadier- General, Commanding. LEBANON, Mo., April 21, 1865. Captain KITTREDGE, Assistant Adjutant- General: Reliable information has just been received that between forty and fifty rebels were on the Gasconade, thirty-five miles southeast of thi Page 156 156 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. place, this morning. They said they would pass near Lebanon to-night. It is thought they may cross between this and Springfield. Major Small when last heard from was within five miles of the party named this morning and gaining on them rapidly. All the mounted men of this post are out. J. B. WADDILL. Adjutant. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, AS~aint Louis, April 21,186510.50 a. m. Brig. Gen. B. B. MITCHELL, Fort Leavenworth: Following instructions will be given commanding officer of detach- ment for Kiobrara: James A. Sawyer, of Sioux City, has charge of building of wagon road, and this detachment will guard the building parties and give him all aid he requires in building it, by detail and otherwise, and do all in his power in aiding to make the project a suc- cess. The officer will communicate with Mr. Sawyer on their way up. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. DErnTER, April 21, 18654.10 p. m. Major-General DODGE: I have reason to believe that no trains have been seized or stopped since I assumed command. If so, it is contrary to my orders and will be seen to. The Sixteenth Kansas sent back a train by my order, seized by them previous to reporting to me. I hear nothing from the Indians. General Henry arrived on the 19th. P. E. CONNOIR, Brigadier- General. GENERAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, No. 41. New Orleans, April 22, 1865. Maj. Gen. N. P. Banks, U. S. Volunteers, resumes command of the Department of the Gulf at 12 m. of this day. The undersigned in retiring from the temporary command of the department tenders his personal thanks to the officers of the command of all ranks for the willing obedience and general soldierly conduct they have exhibited. A major-generals salute will be fired on the levee at 12 in., under the direction of Captain Webster, chief of artillery. S. A. HUELBUT, Major-General of Volunteers. GENERAL ORDERs, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, N~o. 42. New Orleans, A 22, 1865. I. In obedience to Special Orders, No. 132, extract 59, War Depart- ment, Adjutant-Generals Office, of March 18, 1805, the undersigned resumes command of the Department of the Gulf Page 157 CHAP. LX.) CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 157 II. All general and special orders and assignments to duty, military or civil, will remain in force until further orders. III. Bvt. Lieut. Col. J. Schuyler Crosby, aide-de-camp to the com- manding general, is announced as acting assistant adjutant-general of the department, and will be obeyed and respected accordingly. N. P. BANKS, Major- General of Volunteers. HEADQUARTERS SOUTHERN DIVISION OF LOUISIANA. New Orleans A Brig. Gen. H. A. CAMERON, , pril 22, 1865. Commanding District of La Fourche: SIR: The brigadier-general commanding directs that you transfer your headquarters to Brashear City. This is a temporary arrangement, but will remain in force until further orders. The general directs that you make this transfer on Monday, the 24th instant. Respectfully, your obedient servant, WICKHAM HOFFMAN, Major and Assistant Adjutant-General. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DrVISION OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 22, 186511.22 a. m. Hon. E. M. STANTON, (Received 3.10 ~. in.) Secretary of War: The application for authority to send General McCook with Con- gressional committee to the plains was made in view of his own wishes expressed to me at Helena. He writes me that his brother in opposing it was entirely mistaken, and he desires very much to go. He is the best officer I know for this service, and I again ask authority to send him. JNO. POPE, Major- General. WAR DEPARTMENT Washington City, April 22, 1865. Maj. Gen. JOHN POPE: (Received 520 iii. in.) Send General McCook if he desires to go. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. SAINT LOUIS, Mo., April 22, 186511.15 a. m. Brigadier-General EXIN, First Div., Quartermaster- Generals Office, Washington, D. C.: Major-General Pope wishes to know if my telegram to you of April 19 was received and at what time the 5,000 horses and 2,000 Canadian ponies for service in the Department of Arkansas can be furnished. A. PLEASONTON, Major-General and Chief of Cavalry and Artillery Page 158 [CHAP. LX. 158 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 22, 18652 p. m. Major-General PorE: The lieutenant-general commanding does not deem it expedient to order at the present moment the purchase of the 2,000 Canadian ponies asked for for service in Arkansas. JAS. A. EKIN, Brevet Brigadier- General, & c. SPECIAL ORDERS, IIDQRS. MIL. DIV. OF THE MISSOURI, No. 40. $aint Louis, Mo., April 22, 1865. 1. The District of South. Kansas is extended to include the Indian country west of Arkansas, except the posts of Fort Smith, Fort Scott, and Paola, headquarters at Fort Gibson. Maj. Gen. J. G. Blunt is assigned to the command of the District of South Kansas, which is hereby transferred to the Department of Arkansas. General Blunt will accordingly repair to Little Rock, Ark., and report in person for instructions to Maj. Gen. J. J. Reynolds, commanding Department of Arkansas. * * * * * * By command of Major-General Pope: JOS. MoC. BELL, Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, iS~aint Louis, Mo., April 22, 1865. Maj. Gen. J. J. REYNOLDS, Commanding Department of Arkansas, Little Rock: GENERAL: This note will be handed to you by Major-General Blunt, who is ordered to report to you for duty to command District of South Kansas, which is annexed to your department and extended to include the Indian country west of Arkansas, except the post of Fort Smith. You will perceive from the copy of my letter to the General-in-Chief sent you by the hands of General Duffi6,* that I propose to organize a force of 5,000 mounted men (partly the reorganized Cherokee Indians now at Fort Gibson) for service therein designated. I design General Blunt for this command. Please give him the necessary instructions on the subject. A sufficient mounted force in addition to the Indians you can supply in time to make the mounted force specified for move- ment from Fort Gibson. There should also be furnished to this mounted force under General Blunt a proper proportion of light artillery. Mountain howitzers on prairie carriages will, I suppose, be best. Let me know as soon as you can if you have such guns. Ii am, general, respectfully, your obedient servant, JNO. POPE Major- General, Commanding. *See April 8, p 50 Page 159 CHiP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 159 IIDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, OFFICE OF CHIEF OF CAVALRY AND ARTILLERY, Maj. Gen. ~. ~ REYNOLDS, Saint Louis, Mo., April 22, 1865. Commanding, Little Rock: Have you sufficient horse equipments for the 5,000 horses and 2,000 Canadian ponies now being sent to your command ~ Major-General Pope wishes to know this fact as soon as practicable. Answer by telegraph. A. PLEASONTOX, Major- General and Chief of Cavalry and Artillery. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, Mo., April 22, 1865. Maj. Gen. G. M. DODGE Commanding Department of the Missouri: GENERAL: I inclose herewith an extract from a letter received from Hon. Thomas C. Fletcher, which will be your authority for relieving troops and provost-marshals in the counties and districts specified. Respectfully, general, your obedient servant, JNO. POPE, Mc~jor- General, Commanding. [Inclosure.] STATE OF MISSOURI, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, City of Jefferson, April 14, 1865. GENERAL: Yours of the 12th instant is at hand. The judicial officers in all the counties north of the Hannibal and Saint Joseph Railroad report no difficulty in holding courts and enforcing the law. From those counties all troops and provost-marshals may be withdrawn with per- fect safety. In the connties south of that road bordering on both the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers there will probably be numerous bands of outlaws as soon as the leaves put out. Large numbers of them are in Illinois waiting for favorable opportunities to come into the State. Prices army has in a great measure disbanded, and his men are mak- ing their way inVo the State in small detachments. The crossings of the Missouri well guarded will prevent any considerable number of them getting into North Missouri. The loyal people are rapidly arming and will soon be able to defend themselves; and, when satisfied of the efficiency of their united action for that purpose, will soon clear out the murderers and robbers from every county in the State. On the south side of the river the law can be executed in the counties of Saint Louis, Jefferson, Franklin, Gasconade, and Osage. * * * * * * * I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, THOMAS C. FLETCHER, Governor. LOUISVILLE, April 22, 1865. Col. F. MYERS: Can send from Nashville, Cincinnati, and this place to Little Rock 1,500 wagons, 2,000 mules, and proportionate amount of harness. Wil Page 160 160 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. commence shipping at once. Shipment from Nashville will be slow, wagons requiring repairs. Five hundred wagons can be shipped rapidly from Cincinnati. ROBT. ALLEN, Brigadier- General. SPECIAL ORDERS, Hnqns. DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, No. 106. Saint Louis, Mo., April 22, 1865. * * * * * * * 2. The resignation of Brig. Gen. John McNeil having been accepted, Col. Chester Harding, Forty-third Regiment Missouri Infantry Volun- teers, will assume command of the District of Central Missouri. * * * * * * * 6. The post of Fort Lyon is hereby transferred from the District of the Plains to the District of the Upper Arkansas. * * * * * * * 8. Company B, Fifty-second Regiment Wisconsin Infantry Volun- teers, will forthwith proceed to Jefferson City, Mo. Upon arrival at that point the company commander will report for duty by letter to Col. C. Harding, commanding District of Central Missouri, at War- rensburg, Mo. The quartermasters department will furnish the neces- sary transportation. * * * * * * * 11. The Fifty-first Regiment Missouri Infantry Volunteers, and that portion of the Seventeenth Illinois Cavalry Volunteers now on duty in the District of North Missouri, will proceed without delay to Warrens- burg, Mo., and report to Col. Chester Harding, commanding District of Central Missouri. The infantry will be distributed along the Missouri River at Lexington, Waverly, Miami, and such other points as the dis- trict commander may designate. By command of Major-General Dodge: J. W. BARNES, Assistant Adjutant- General. SPECIAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS SAINT LOUIS DISTRICT, No. 92. Saint Louis, Mo., April 22, 1865. 1. Company M, Second Missouri Artillery, Capt. N. Boardman com- manding, having reported in compliance with Special Orders, No. 104, current series, headquarters Department of the Missouri, will proceed by boat to Cape Girardean and report for duty to Brevet Brigadier- General Beveridge, commanding Second Sub-District. The quarter- masters department will furnish transportation. * * * * * * * By order of Brig. Gen. George D. Wagner: H. HANNAIIS, Major Fiftieth Missouri Volunteers and Aetg. Asst. Adjt. Gen. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 22, 18655 p. m. Col. CHESTER HARDING, Lexington: I think headquarters better be retained at Warrensburg. You bet- ter, however, keep in the troublesome districts until matters are settle Page 161 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 161 and can take such staff with you as you need. The Fifty-first Missouri Infantry have been ordered down to you to be posted at Waverly, Miami, Lexington, and such other points as you deem best. I want all the cavalry kept out of towns, put into the brush, and kept there; not to garrison any point, but kept on the move. Do you think it best to have headquarters at Lexington l G. M. DODGE, Major- General. FORT LEAVENWORTH, April 22, 1865. Major BARNES, Saint Louis: I telegraphed yesterday in reference to resignation of Colonel Jen- nison, Fifteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. Please advise me as to the prospects of its acceptance or non-acceptance. If he is to be tried by court-martial I must retain some officers now here to organize a new court. I make this application at the suggestion of General Sykes, com- municated to me by Major Ketner. Please answer. JOHN WILLANS, Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, April 22, 18654.15 p. m. Captain WILLANS, Assistant Adjutant- General, Fort Leavenworth: I cannot accept Colonel Jennisons resignation so long as charges are against him, and he better be tried as soon as possible that justice may be done him. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. SAINT LoUIS, April 22, 1865. Col. C. W. BLAIR, Port Scott: Relieve the Fifteenth Kansas and conceiitrate them at Fort Scott, preparatory to marching to Fort Gibson, as soon as it is practicable for you to do so. JAS. G. BLUNT, Major. General. FORT ZARAII, A 22, 1865. Maj. Gen. G.M. DODGE: GENERAL: I have just received report from Lieutenant Wise, who was sent by me down into the southeastern portion of my district to gain information in regard to movements of rebel Indians. He reported no immediate danger of an invasion. His report I sent by mail.* Col- onel Leavenworth is southeast of here about thirty miles. Has sent for his Indian chiefs to visit him. They are at present committing no ~ See April 17, p. 114. 11 R RFOL XLVIII~ PT I Page 162 1132 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS~.MISSISSlPPI. [CHAP. LX. depredations; all perfectly quiet. Their camp is about 150 miles south- west of this. I am ready to move in any direction. Shall I await the result of Colonel Leavenworths interview, which will come off about the 15th of next month~ I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. H. FORD, Brevet Brigadier- General. HEADQUARTERS, Post of Humboldt, Hans., April 22, 1865. Lieut. WILLIAM H. HEWETT, Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen., Sub-District No. 2, Fort Scott, Hans.: Sin: I have the honoi to report that I scouted to Big Hill Town; found the Osage Indians in considerable excitement in regard to the rebel Indians below. Chief Joe, of the Big Hills, informs me that his brother has just returned from Stand Waties command, and that his (Stand Waties) intention was to make a raid into the Neosho Valley. The above-named Indian was a captain in the rebel army. The Indians are keeping me posted in the movements of the enemy. I think there is no doubt of Chief Joes loyalty. He requested me to furnish him with powder and lead, but I have none to spare. He has two compa- nies to assist at any time. I think it would be proper to furnish these Indians with ammunition. If the colonel commanding desires that these Indians should be furnished with the above articles you will please send it immediately to this post. The letter within I have justreceived, andlwillsendascoutto ascertain whether there is an enemy in that direction or not. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, H. C. HAAS, Major, Fifteenth Kansas Volunteer Gavalry, Commanding. [Inclosure.] BIG HILL TOWN, April 18, 1865. Major HAAS, Commanding at Humboldt: An Indian of this band came in this morning and said day before yesterday he was about thirty miles south of Coodys Bluff; and on his return yesterday about fifteen or twenty miles south of Coodys Bluff he crossed a large trail made by shod horses, fifty or seventy-five in num- ber, on the Verdigris, coming from the south, on their way to the Mission, on the same trail the rebels came up last year. Yours, truly, J. A. COFFEY. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF IOWA, Dubuque, Iowa, April 22, 1865. ADJUTANT-GENERAL MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI: SIn: I hereby report that the troops of my district will be ready to move by the 10th of May, but from all I learn they may be detained a few days longer, owing to the backwardness of the seasonthe want of grass. Teams are moving ordnance stores across the State of Iowa and meet with great difficulties, owing to the wretched state of th Page 163 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNIQN. 163 road and high water in the streams. In fact, the road is reported to me as almost impassable. The indications are that the Missouri will be unusually high this year, and I am told that boats that have already ascended the river above Sioux City are dropping down to some safe position in anticipation of the heavy rush of ice when the river breaks loose. This may cause a slight detention in the movements of the troops from Fort Pierre, owing to the difficulty of crossing the river. It will be a great assistance if the services of a steam-boat can be procured to cross the command. Flat-boats on the Missouri in its highest stage of water is a very unsafe mode of crossing; sometimes altogether imprac- ticable. As I understood the general in conversation, he intended the troops to march north of the Black Hills to the Powder River, at the point where the new post is to be established. This point will be about 150 miles from Fort Laramie. It would be of great importance if the command could procure rations at Laramie when the supplies they take with them should give out, and I think it would be well to make some such provision. The command then would return by a road south of the Black Hills. I make this suggestion, for if the reports received from the Indians are true the command on its march north of the Black Hills will fall in with the hostile Indians driven from the Platte country and will have to pursue them. I would also take the liberty to state that the furnishing of transportation to the escorts of road parties will interfere very much with my arrangements. I did not contemplate any- thing of this sort when I was providing my transportation and I shall be obliged to hire wagons for these escorts. I have only wagons and teams enough to fit out the expedition and supply the post. With much respect, your obedient servant, ALF. SULLY, Brigadier- General. NEW ORLEANS, April 23, 1865. Maj. Gen. E. R. S. CANnY, Commanding Military Division of West Mississippi: GENERAL: I have the honor to withdraw my resignation now in your hands. I cannot think of tendering it until the special commis- sion shall have concluded their examination. If I have any of the rights of an officer and a gentleman which I can assert, I respectfully require that this commission proceed with all convenient dispatch in any examination they may wish to make, so that I may be at perfect liberty to serve my country in any capacity that I may be able so to do. I am, general, very truly, yours, S. A. HUItLBUT Major- General of Volun~eers. FORT SMITH, April 23, 1865. (Received 9.20 a. m. 24th.) Major-General POPE: Colonel Phillips, commanding at Fort Gibson, reports that by desert- ers and scouts from Texas and Boggy Depot he learns that all the white rebel troops, except the half breeds and two rebel Cherokee regi- ments, have left the Indian Territory and gone south or east. General Gano is east of the Mississippi River; General Maxey has gone to Texas; General Cooper is at Towson with a few hundred men, among these Bryans battalion, 300 men well mounted, who propose startin Page 164 164 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. about the 1st of May to plunder on the Santa F6 road west of Fort Lamed. They are to go out by the Wichita Mountains. Stand Watie is at Boggy with a few hundred men; Adair and a small force are to start for Arkansas River about 1st of May, and expects to cross about Webbers Falls. We have no horses, but can take care of them. The rebels had not heard of the fall of Richmond when their men left. Considerable numbers were leaving Texas for Mexico. The Texas troops had been ordered to Southeast Texas; there was a great ferment and many deserters among them. No rebel force has crossed Arkansas River above or below. The Arkansas River is very high. CYRIJS BUSSEY Brigadier- General, Commanding. FORT SMITH, April 23, 1865. (Received 7 p. m. 24th.) Major-General POPE: Major-General Reynolds and staff will be here this evening. CYRUS BUSSEY, Brigadier- General. GLASGOW, April 23, 1865. (Received 1 p. m. 26th.) Major-General POPE: I will call on you Friday or Saturday. I go from here to Fayette and Huntsville. I am still satisfied that North Missouri will be all right if Jackson, Lafayette, and Saline are kept clear, so as to pre- vent the rebels from concentrating there to cross the river. General Fisk agrees in this view. I presume now we can get volunteer troops enough to relieve our militia in active service, and relieve our poor State of the injustice of paying her own troops. THOS. C. FLETCHER. SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, No. 107. AS~aint Louis, Mo., April 23, 1865. 1. All U. S. troops now stationed north of the line of the Hannibal and Saint Joseph Railroad will be relieved from duty in that portion of the State, and stationed at such points south of the railroad as the general commanding the District of North Missouri may direct. * * * * * * * By command of Major-General Dodge: J. W. BARNES, Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS, Rolla, April 23, 18659.45 a. m. Major-General DODGE: Commanding officer at Waynesville reports this morning that several parties of rebels, from twenty-five to fifty each party, are going north. They fired on stage escorts last night near California House. He has troops in pursuit. MORRILL, Colonel Page 165 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 165 HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 23, 18652.15 p. m. Colonel MORRILL, Rolla: You must keep all mounted men in .your command active after those bands of guerrillas. Keep them in the brush and on the move, so they will not know at what point to avoid them. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. (Same to General Sanborn, Springfield.) HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF HOLLA, Rolla, Mo., April 23, 1865. Major TURLEY, Waynesville: Have you heard anything more of the rebels ~ What direction have they taken ~ You must keep all mounted men in your command active after these bands of guerrillas. Keep them in the brnsh and on the move, so that they will not know at what point to avoid them. How many men have you in excess of what is necessary for escort and for duty at post ~ JOHN MORRJLL, Colonel Sixty-fourth Illinois. HEADQUARTERS POST OF WAYNESYILLE, Waynesville, Mo., April 23, 1865. Col. JOHN MORRILL, Commanding District of Rolla: SIR: The rebels are passing north in bands of from twenty-five to fifty every night, going either to Central District or North Missouri. They fired on the stage escort last night near California House. I have out scouts in that direction. Fifty passed some time last night. JAMES M. TUELEY, Major, Thirteenth Missouri Cavalry Volunteers. WARRENSBURG, April 23, 1865. Maj. J. W. BARNES, Saint Louis: Mark Stevenson crossed the Osage River Friday night with forty men at the mouth of the Big Gravois. Was moving north yesterday morning in the direction of High Point. Captain Bollinger, of Camden County Volunteer Missouri Militia, had a fight with them, but was defeated. C. G. LAURANT, Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 23, 18652.20 p. m. Captain LAURANT, Assistant Adjutant. General, Warrensburg: Endeavor to cut that band oIL Get the local companies after them. G. M. DODGE, Major- General Page 166 166 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI, ~Springfleld, April 23, 1365. Major-General DODGE, Commanding Department of the Missouri, saint Louis: Your dispatch is received. I shall do everything in my power with the troops under my command to prevent any bands of guerrillas get- ting through the district. The citizens here also seem to do all they can to destroy and cause the destruction of these bands. 1 am very much in need of horse equipments. My ordnance officer made a requisition for 500 sets by telegraph some days since, and I hope they will be received soon. JOHN B. SANBORN, Brevet Major- General. [APRIL 23, 1865.For Sanborn to Barnes, reporting skirmish near the mouth of the Big Gravois, Mo., see Part I, p. 197.] LEBANON, Mo., April 23, 1865. Captain KITTREDGE, Assistant Adjutant-General: Scouts have just come in and report that Major Small overtook and killed ten guerrillas, including Captains iRountree and Martin, at the Osage River, near Gravois. I will dispatch again this evening. J. A. GIDEON, Post Adjutant. LEBANON, Mo., April 23, 1865. Captain KITTEEDGE, Assistant Adjutant- General: Major Small has just returned. He caught up with the rebels at the Osage and killed and captured 15 horses, with some 10 or 15 stand of arms. The captains name was Martin. He was killed. Major Small lost none. I will send you a full detail of the fight by mail, as it is too long to telegraph.~ J. A. GIDEON, Post Adjutant. GLASGOW, April 23, 1865. Major-General DODGE: I find matters in very good shape in this section. The Governor is arousing the people to unity of action. I shall go with him to Fayette to.morrow and Huntsville on Tuesday. Saline seems to be more dis- turbed than any other county about here. CLINTON B.FISK, Brigadier- General. * For report of Maj. John Small, see Part I, p. 197 Page 167 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 167 HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, i~aint Louis, April 23, 186512.50 p. m. Brigadier-General Fisx, Macon, Mo.: Have the Seventeenth Illinois Cavalry move to Central District at once to report to Colonel Harding, commanding at Warrensburg. By order of Major-General Dodge: J. W. BARNES, Assistant Adjutant- General. SAINT Louis, April 23, 1865. Col. C. W. BLAIR: Detachment of Third Wisconsin at Hickman Mills will be sent you in a few days. JAS. G. BLUNT, Major- General. CAPE GIRARDEAU, April 23, 1865. Captain LEEPER, Patterson: Lieutenant Grosvenor and fifty men start on a scout to-morrow morning into Arkansas to look after Jeff. Can you meet him Tuesday night at Bloomfield and go along? I would like if you could. JOHN L. BEVERIDGE, Brevet Brigadier- General. [APRIL 24, 1865.For General Orders, No. 73, War Department, Adjutant-Generals Office, embodying opinion of the Attorney-General relative to questions arising from terms of surrender of the Confed- erate forces, see Vol. XLVI, Part III, p. 918.] WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington City, April 24, 18651.40 p. m. E. J. ALLEN, Esq., New Orleans: General Sherman made an armistice or suspension of hostilities with Joe Johnston on the 18th, which has been disapproved by the President and hostilities ordered to be commenced. Jeff. Davis and his com- panions will no doubt take advantage of this armistice to escape with his plunder, said to be of large amountspecie. Look out for them, and arrest them if possible. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. SPECIAL ORDERS, ~ WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERALS OFFICE, No. 183. Washington, April 24, 1865. * * * * * * * 51. Capt. William T. Clarke, assistant adjutant-general of volunteers, will report by letter to the commanding general, Department of the Missouri, and in person to - the commanding officer, District of North Missouri, ~t Macon, Mo., for assignment to duty. * * * * * * * By order of the Secretary of War: W. A. NICHOLS, Assistant Adjutant- General Page 168 168 LOUISIANA & ND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. IIDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF WEST Mississi~ri, OFFICE OF CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, New Orleans, La., April 24, 1865. Lient. Col. C. T. CHRISTENSEN, Asst. Adjt. (Jen., Military Division of West Mississippi: COLONEL: I have the honor to submit to your consideration the following report of information received at this office this 24th day of April, 1865: Lieut. 0. L. Walker reports from Brazos Santiago, April 6, that General Slaughter has moved his headquarters to Corpus Christi, but a small force still remained in Brownsville. A deserter from the Army of Northern Virginia, who spent about two weeks between Jack- son, Miss., and our lines, states that there was not even a provost guard along the New Orleans and Jackson Railroad, as he was not required to show his papers in passing twice over the road. The only troops in the State of Mississippi are those engaged in hunting deserters and conscripts, and some of the State Reserves (old men armed with shot. guns) about Osyka and Camp Moore. Colonel Terry, of the old Seventh Louisiana Infantry, is stationed at Amite City, in charge of hunting deserters in that section. Some private parties have built a small engine to run between Osyka, Miss., and Ponchatoula River. There are no cars on this part of the route except hand-cars. The people are expecting the early opening of the road from Jackson to New Orleans. It is represented that the general feeling among the people of Mississippi is that the State is conquered, and the sooner it is occu- pied by our troops the better. The inhabitants are most of them ready to assist in secreting deserters and refugees, contrary to the most stringent orders to report them. The negroes whom the rebels are con- scripting say if they must fight they want to fight for their own side the Union. Mrs. Whitley, from Yicksburg, reports that even Confed. erate officers and soldiers pass in and out of the lines at that post; that she stopped in the same house with some men of the Washington Artil- lery from Virginia. They s~tid that the rebels would hold out west of the Mississippi, and would transfer all the men they possibly could from the east to the. west side. She also confirms the report of the wounding of Forrest in the late fight near Selma. He was wounded in the arm. General lodge was relieved of the command of the District of Mississippi and East Louisiana about the 15th instant. The name of the officer relieving him is not known. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, A. M. JACKSON, Major, Tenth U. ~. Colored Heavy Artillery. (In absence of Capt. S. M. Eaton, chief signal officer, Military Division of West Mississippi.) SPECIAL ORDERS, ~ IIDQRS. MIL. DIv. OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, No. 113. New Orleans, La., April 24, 1865. 1. Maj. Albert Ruttkay, First Florida Cavalry, will report to Maj. Gen. N. P. Banks, commanding Department of the Gulf, for assignment to duty on his staff. By order of Maj. Gen. E. R. S. Canby: C. II. DYER, Captain and Assistant Adjutant- General Page 169 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.TJNION. 169 HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, New Orleans, A 24. 186c.. Brig. Gen. T. W. SHERMAN, Commanding Defenses of New Orleans: GENERAL: Information is received that a rebel ram passed Donald- sonville this morning. The dispatch is dated 9.20 a. in. If the report has foundation it must be their intention to run the mouth of the river. You will be in readiness for any movement of that kind if it should occur. Y~ry respectfully, your obedient servant, N. P. BANKS, Major- General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS SOUTHERN DIVISION OF LOUISIANA New Orleans, April 24, 1865. Major-General BANKS, Commanding Department of the Gulf: Your letter of this date is received. Before receiving it I sent a tele. gram tQ the commanding officer at Forts Jackson and Saint Philip, conveying the itiformation and directing him to sink the ram with his heavy armament if she passed there. I have the mortification to say that the operator could not raise Fort Jackson, and it was not until some time after the ram, unfortunately, succeeded in passing here that he was able to raise the operator at Quarantine Station, but not Fort Jackson. It is hoped, however, and confidently expected, that the message will get to Fort Jackson long before the ram reaches there. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, T. W. SHERMAN, Brigadier-General, Commanding. U. S. NAVAL HEADQUARTERS, No. 148 Canal Street, New Orleans, La., April 24, 1865. Maj. Gen. N. P. BANKS, Commanding Department of the Gulf, New Orleans: SIR: In reply to your letter of 12.20 p. m. this day I have the honor to inform you that I have ordered Capt. George F. Emmons, senior naval officer afloat here, to prepare every available gun in the fleet now here for immediate service and to bring them to bear on that point of the river by which a vessel coming down the river can reach this port. I have none but wooden vessels here and such as come to port for repairs, except the steam-sloop Richmond, Captain Greene, now bound up river from Mobile Bay, with a battery of twenty-two 9-inch guns. 1 am glad to learn that the batteries in the Southern Division of Louis- iana have been ordered to be placed in position to bear on the river, and the naval force now in this port will do their best to co-operate with them. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, H. K. THATCHER, Acting Rear-Admiral Page 170 170 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. HEADQUARTERS SOUTHERN DIVISION OF LOUISIANA, New Orleans, April 24, 1865. Admiral THATCHER, or COMMANDING OFFICER U. S. NAVAL FORCES, New Orleans: The telegram from Donaldsonville received this morning seems par- tially confirmed by the subsequent one carrying intelligence that the telegraph wire was cut at Orange Grove (short distance below Donald- sonville) by a boats crew from a gun-boat this morning. There may be some probability, therefore, that the enemy have planned a method of destroying our shipping or of getting their gun-boat to the sea. I feel it my duty to inform you that we have no guns at any point bearing upon the river except at Forts Jackson and Saint Philip, they having all been removed last spring in obedience to orders from Washington. Yery respectfully, your obedient servant, T. W. SHERMAN, Brigadier- General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, New Orleans, April 24, 1865. COMMANDING OFFICERS FORTS SAINT PHILIP AND JACKSON: Information is received that a rebel ram passed Donaldsonville. If the report has foundation it must be their intention to run the mouth of the river. You will be in readiness for any movement of that kind if it should occur. N. P. BANKS, Major- General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, New Orleans, April 24, 1865. COMMANDING OFFICERS FORTS JACKSON AND SAINT PHILIP: Have you received any orders about preparing for the rebel steamer said to be coming down the river with the intention of escaping to the Gulf ~ Report at once your preparations. By command of Major-General Banks: J. SCHUYLER CROSBY, Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel and Aetg. Asst. Adjt. Gen. HEADQUARTERS SOUTHERN DIVISION OF LOUISIANA, New Orleans, La., April 24, 1865. COMMANDING OFFICER FORTS JACKSON AND SAINT PHILIP, Fort saint Philip, La.: Brigadier-General Sherman directs me to inform you that it is reported that a rebel ram is coining down the river, and that she passed Donald- sonville this morning at 4 oclock. It may be that she will try to run into the Gulf. Be prepared, therefore, to sink her with your 15-inch guns and 100-pounder Parrotts. The general desires that you will make the whole of your armament as usefnl as possible. Acknowledge receipt. P. J. MALONEY, First Lieutenant, Aide-de-Camp, and Aetg. Asst. Adjt. Gen Page 171 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 171 HEADQUARTERS SOUTHERN DIVISION OF LOUISIANA, New Orleans, La., April 24, 1865. COMMANDING OFFICER FORTS JACKSON AND SAINT PHILIP, Fort Jackson, La.: The rebel ram has passed the parapet with the Union flag at half- mast. Be prepared for her. Acknowledge receipt. WICKHAM HOFFMAN, Major and Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS SOUTHERN DIVISION OF LOUISIANA, New Orleans, La., April 24, 1865. (Via Quarantine.) COMMANDING OFFICER FORT JACKSON: The ram Webb is a small vessel, one smokestack, two upright walk- ing beams, and a small foremast. Has cotton on board. Acknowledge receipt. WICKIIAM HOFFMAN, Major and Assistant Adjutant- General. FORT JACKSON A Maj. WICKHAM HOFFMAN, , pril 24, 1865. Assistant Adjutant- General: Received dispatch saying ram Webb was destroyed. Shall I dismiss to qnarters~ A. J. FJTZWATER, [Thdorsement.] Major, Commanding. Received at 8.15, and answered, Yes. W. D. SMITH, Lieutenant-Colonel. HEADQUARTERS SOUTHERN DIVISION OF LOUISIANA New Orleans, La., April 24, 1865. TELEGRAPH OPERATOR, Quarantine: Notify the commanding officer at Forts Jackson and Saint Philip immediately that the rebel ram passed New Orleans at 1 p. m. Send the information by the shortest possible means. Acknowledge receipt. WICKHAM HOFFMAN, Major and Assistant Adjutant.General. HEADQUARTERS SOUTHERN DIVISION OF LOUISIANA, New Orleans, April 24, 1865. COMMANDING OFFICER, A3hip Island: SIR: The brigadier-general commanding directs me to notify you that the rebel ram Webb passed New Orleans this day at 1 p. m. on her way down the river. The forts at the month of the river have bee Page 172 172 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. notified, and it is hoped that she may be stopped. She is a small ves- sel, painted white, one smoke stack, two upright engines, and one small foremast. Respectfully, your obedient servant, WICKHAM HOFFMAN, Major and Assistant Adjutant-General. HEADQUARTERS SOUTHERN DIVISION OF LOUISIANA, New Orleans, La., April 24, 1865. COMMANDING OFFICER FORT MAcoivrn: The rebel ram Webb has just been destroyed about twenty-five miles below New Orleans, her crew taking to the swamps. The general directs that you strengthen your pickets from Battery Bienvenue, so if they make their way through to Lake Borgne you may arrest them. You will also put out additional pickets. W. I). SMITH, Lieutenant- Colonel and Acting Assistant Inspector- General. HEADQUARTERS SOUTHERN DIVISION OF LOUISIANA, New Orleans, La., April 24, 1865. COMMANDING OFFICER DISTRICT OF CARROLLTON: A telegraphic dispatch has been received at these headquarters from the commanding officer of the U. S. gun-boat Onachita, to the effect that the rebel ram Webb is coming down the river. You will look out for her and destroy her. By order of Brigadier-General Sherman: WJCKHAM HOFFMAN, Major and Assistant Adjutant- General. (Copies to commanding officers District of Bonnet Carr6 and Fort Banks.) HEADQUARTERS SOUTHERN DIVISION OF LOUISIANA, New Orleans, La., April 24, 1865. Captain BICKER, Seventy-seventh U. S. Colored Infantry: CAPTAIN: The rebel ram Webb has been destroyed. Her crew has taken to the woods. They may attempt to come into the city through your lines. Extend your pickets to the swamp and capture them if possible. By order of Brigadier-General Sherman: WICKHAM HOFFMAN, Major and Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS SOUTHERN DIVISION OF LOUISIANA, New Orleans, La., April 24, 1865. COMMANDING OFFICER, Donaldsonville, La.: Where does the gun-boat Onachita lie? Answer immediately. If you think there is any truth with regard to the ram, co-operate with the gun-boats and make ready to destroy her. By order of Brigadier-General Sherman: WICKIIAM HOFFMAN, Major and Assistant Adjutant- General Page 173 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 173 DONALDSONVILLE, April 24, 1865. Maj. WIOXHAM HoFFMAN, (Received 11 a. in.) Assistant Adjutant. General, ASouthern Division of Louisiana: The Guachita has been lying at this point. She is now on her way down the river. Have everything ready in the fort in case the ram returns np the river. The telegraph operator reports that the line on the opposite side of the river is cut below and no communication above. W. 0. FISKE, Colonel, Commanding Post. DONALDSONVILLE, April 24, 1865. (Received 9.20 a. in.) ASST. ADJT. GEN. SOUTHERN DIVISION OF LOUISIANA: The following just received: Col. W. 0. FIsKE, Commanding U. S. Foree8: SIR: This morning about 4 a. m. a steamer passed here, supposed to be an army tow-boat. I since learn it was the W. H. Webb, a rebel ram. Will you please telegraph to New Orleans? Yours, & c., W. E. FITZHUGH, Lieutenant-Commander, U. S. S. Ouachita. W. 0. FISKE, Colonel First Louisiana, Commanding Post. HEADQUARTERS SOUTHERN DIVISION OF LOUISIANA, New Orleans, La., April 24, 1865. COMMANDING OFFICER, Donaldsonville: The rebel ram Webb was met by our gun.boats about twenty-four miles below this city. She ran ashore and was blown up. WICKHAM HOFFMAN, Major and Assistant Adjutant-General. (Copies to commanding officers Camp Parapet, Bonnet Carr6, and Fort Jackson.) BONNET CARR, April 24, 1865. (Received 4.10 p. in.) Lieutenant MALONEY, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General: The rebel ram Webb passed here about 9 a. m. She cut our wires about thirteen miles above. CHAS. EVERETT, Colonel. BONNET CARR~, April 24, 1865. Lieutenant MALONEY, Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen., Southern Division of Louisiana: LIEUTENANT: I reported this morning the passing of the Webb about 9 a. m. One of our men saw them cut the wires about thirteen miles above this point. He reported to Lieutenant Enos, who imined Page 174 174 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. ately galloped down and arrived here a few minutes after the Webb had passed. You would have been notified immediately, but the operator, L. C. ilebard, had left his post contrary to orders. Diligent search was made. He was finally discovered in a coffee house. The ram had in the meantime landed about six miles below and cut the wires. Lieutenant Enos took a fresh horse and started for the city to endeavor to head off the ram. He deserves credit for his energy and perseverance. I sent the operator in an ambulance with men and wire to repair the line. He also took his instrument, with orders to connect and transmit my dispatch. This he failed to do and did not send it forward until he had returned to camp in a partially intoxicated state. The party had to go twelve miles from here to repair another break. This man Hebard is a worthless drunkard. I recommend his immediate discharge. This is not his first offense. I have sent a party up the river with about half a mile of wire to repair the breaks above. About 100 to 150 yards of wire were carried away at each place and many posts cut down. The rebels had our uniforms on and informed the men who saw them cut the wire that New Orleans had been taken by the rebels from Mobile, & c. I should be pleased to receive from you a detailed account of the progress of the Webb, as I am not likely to get a true account from the papers. I hope a new operator will be sent here soon, as I am obliged to keep this one under guard in his own office and work him drunk or sober. Respectfully, your obedient servant, CHAS. EVERETT, Colonel, Special Inspector, Bonnet Carr6. P. S.I respectfully recommend that a telegraph station may be established at Gaines Landing, about eighteen miles above this point. O.E. [Indorsement.] HEADQUARTERS SOUTHERN DIVISION OF LOUISIANA, April 27, 1865. Respectfully forwarded to department headquarters in reference to the operator at Bonnet Carr6. The telegraphic operations of the 24th, on hearing of the ram Webb coming down the river, require, in my opinion, some action to insure prompter telegraphic transmission here- after. T. W. SHERMAN, Brigadier- General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI, Vicksburg, Miss., April 24, 1865. Brig. Gen. J. W. DAVIDSON, Commanding District of Natchez: I have received your communication of the 22d instant, and in reply have to state that I do not see reason to change the policy alluded to because of the great calamity which has befallen the country. Even though, contrary to my expectation, the rebel leaders in high position should ultimately be found to be implicated in the diabolical assassina- tion of the President, I have no idea that the masses of the people or subordinate officers will entertain any other feeling than that of utter abhorrence at the deed. The rebel exchange agents here have writte Page 175 CHAP. LX.) CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 175 me a letter condemning the deed in the strongest terms and asserting that they would immediately abandon their service could they believe their authorities approved or would give countenance to it. I have seen similar letters from rebel officers in print in Northern papers. The rebel papers at Jackson and other places in the interior appear to con- sider the death of the President a calamity. It is my desire to avoid all action at present which might increase irritation among the people out- side our lines. I wish to allay their fears and encourage them to be friends to the Government. I am induced to believe that since their recent defeats the months of men living outside who have been secretly for uniou have been opened and a loyal party is fast growing. I wish to develop it. Communities who wish to submit themselves to the authority of the United States and to do what they dare to suppress guerrilla parties and maintaiu order in their neighborhoods should be placed on the same footing with regard to the sale of their products and family supplies as are the inhabitants of the district within the lines of military occupation. Cultivators, by registering their planta- tions and being allowed a limited amount of supplies, should be made to feel that it is their interest, if not their inclination,to be loyal and orderly. Under the present aspect of affairs I counsel liberality, and in the belief above alluded to that a Union party is now growing in Missis- sippi, whose purpose is to bring back the State to her allegiance, I ani advising and giving countenance to the meeting of a convention at this place on the list of June, at which I hope most of the counties may be represented. Its work will merely be preparatory. I hope you will do what you can properly to encourage it. I also have it in contemplation in a few days to order a civil govern- ment for the municipal affairs of Natchez and Vicksburg, so far as it is consistent with the existence of martial law. I would be obliged to you to converse and advise with leading citizens on the subject and let me have your views in fall and suggest half a dozen names for mayor, treasurer, recorder, & c., with a plan. Very respectfully, N. J. T. DANA, illajor- General. The major-general commanding directs me to say that General David- son is at liberty to such use of this letter as he may deem advisable for the information of the citizens of Natchez. J. WARREN MILLER, Assistant Adjutant- General. IIDQR5. DIST. OF SOUTH Mississw~i AND EAST LoUIsIANA, April 24, 1865. Major-General I)ANA, U. S. Army, Vieksburg, Miss.: GENERAL: I have the honor to forward by the hands of Brig. Gen. George B. lodge the accompanying telegram from Lieutenant-General Taylor, by which you will perceive hostilities have been suspended and negotiations are on foot for final settlement of difficulties. General Hodge will agree with you in regard to suspension of hostilities on this front. I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, W. F. TUCKER, Brigadier- General, Commanding I~istrict Page 176 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. 176 (CHAP. LX. [Inclosure.] MERIDIAN, April 24, 1865. Brig. Gen. W. F. TUCKER: Official information just received at these headquarters announces a truce was declared by Generals Johnston and Sherman 011 18th instant for the purpose of final settlement. You will forward this to General Dana at Yicksburg and notify General Wright at Grenada, with instruc- tions to forward to Federal commander at Memphis. By command of Lieutenant-General Taylor: W. F. BULLOCK, JR., Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, Mo., April 24, 1865. Lient. Gen. U. S. GRANT, General-in- Chief, Washington, D. C.: GENERAL: I have the honor to request, first, that I be permitted to take Major-General Dodge with me as corps commander on the pro- jected campaign into Texas, to command one of the corps sent me from other departments. I need say little to you of General Dodge. He is one of the best, most earnest, energetic, and capable officers in the serv- ice, and has unusual experience in the description of campaign it is proposed to undertake. I should esteem it a real misfortune not to be able to have him with me. I do not wish him relieved for the purpose from the command of this department. Everything can be left in good working order, in charge of a reliable and trusty officer, during his absence. Second, I wish Lient. Col. Fred. Myers brevetted a brigadier- general and made chief qnartermaster of this military division and army. I have several times recommended him for this promotion, which he eminently deserves for service in the field in Yirginia and for valua- ble services under my command in the West. I trust you will procure for him this well-earned promotion and have him assigned to his brevet rank so as to give him rank sufficient for chief quartermaster of this division, in which there are several quartermasters who are his seniors. Third, I desire to take with me Col. T. J. Haines, chief commissary of subsistence. He has served with eminent ability and zeal as chief commissary of subsistence in the West since the war began, and he is very anxious for a time to see some service in the field. His dnties here can be readily performed during his absence under his own direc- tion, and I think he has fairly earned this indulgence by long and faithful service in this city. He is the best man 1 know for chief com- missary of subsistence of an army in the field who can be found in the West, and he is very anxious to go into this campaign. I earnestly request, general, that unless you deem it inconsistent with the public interests you will grant these applications. Yery respectfully, general, your obedient servant, JI~TO. POPE Major- General, Commanding. MOUTH OF RED RIVER, U. S. GUN-BOAT COLLIER, April 24, 1865. (Received 5.50 p. m. May 1.) Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War: The rebel ram Webb, from Red River, escaped by the naval vessels last night; was pursued, not overtaken. Has gone to the Gulf of Mexico to rob steamers coming from the Isthmus. She did not fire a gun. JOHT T. SPRAGUE, Lieutenant-Colonel Page 177 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 177 U. S. GUN-BOAT COLLIER, MOUTH OF RED RIVER, April 24, 1865. (Received 10.15 a. m. May 1.) Major-General POPE: I arrived yesterday; not very well; may send up to-morrow. The ram Webb avoided the gun-boats last night and has gone down the river. The navy is in pursuit. J. T. SPRAGUE. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, Little Bock, Ark., April 24, 1865. Maj. Gem JAMES F. PAGAN, Commanding Confederate Forces in Arkansas: GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt, by flag of truce in charge of Lieutenant Langrain, of yours of 10th instant. If the proposition contained in my letter of the 14th has been accepted, the object of your communication will have been accomplished. If not, I will co-operate in any prudent and reasonable means of alleviating, as far as may be, the sufferings of non-combatants. Families desiring to go south will not be hindered but on reporting at any of our posts on the Arkansas River will be aided in crossing. Information to this effect will be disseminated. Supplies of provisions destined for fam- ilies north of the Arkansas River may be brought to any of our posts on that river under flag of truce, and will be received by the command- ing officer of the post for delivery to any person or family that may be named by the officer iu charge of the flag. It cannot reasonably be expected that Confederate parties will be permitted to travel at will north of the Arkansas River, unless permitted to cross by the com- manding officer of the post. Parties desiring to go north to remain may present themselves at our pickets and will receive attention with- out being accompanied by a flag of truce. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. J. REYNOLDS, Major- General, Commanding. HDQRS. THIRD DIVISION, SEVENTH ARMY CORPS, Fort Smith, Ark., April 24, 1865. Col. W. A. PHILLIPS, Commanding Third Brigade, Fort Gibson, C. N.: The Secretary of War directs that supplies be furnished such Indians at Fort Gibson as may be in a suffering condition, sufficient at least to prevent suffering and starvation. This will be continued until farther arrangements can be made. A small quantity of sugar and coffee may be issued. A strict account will be kept of all issues made to refugee Indians, and a report of the same forwarded monthly to these head- quarters. You will exercise a sound discretion in these issues, and endeavor to make the people understand that they must make enough this season to support themselves hereafter. I will send you several boats on this rise. You will have to make room for the stores. You will issue to all who are destitute and suffering, and report their num- bers so that an estimate of the supplies required may be forwarded. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, CYRUS BUSSEY, Brigadier. General, Commanding. 12 B BVOL XLYIII~ PT I Page 178 178 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. SAINT Louis, April 24, 1865. General DODGE: GENERAL: I send you a letter just received from Hon. J. S. Rollins. His suggestions are worthy of immediate attention, in view of the reports of General Sanborn and Colonel Morrill. I send you also copy of a dispatch just received from Fort Smith.* It seems evident that Kirby Smiths army is going to pieces. I have directed 200 horses to be turned over to you immediately. Respectfully, & c., JNO POPE, Major. (leneral. [Inclosure.] COLUMBIA, Mo., April 21, 1865. Maj. Gen. JOHN POPE: DEAR SIR: Although this part of the State is at present compara. tively quiet, we are not without apprehension of much disturbance during the ensuing summer. I hear constantly that quite a number of men are returning home from Prices army in small squads and locating them- selves in different parts of North Missouri. It has occurred to me that much disturbance might be prevented on the north side of the river and perhaps many lives saved by breaking up as far as possible from this time forward any crossing of the river, except at authorized fer. ries. To this end let every skiff, flat-boat, wood-boat, and ferry-boat be seized at once and put where they cannot be used until properly returned to their owners. Military ferries might be established at Washington, Hermaun, Jefferson City, Boonville, Lexington, Kansas City, and Leavenworth, and with a guard placed upon each boat and no one allowed to cross without a proper permit from the nearest mili- tary post. In this way I am sure that a large amount of illicit crossing might be prevented. Returning as these scoundrels will be in small bodies all the time, it is hardly probable that they will go to work and construct their own craft for the purpose of crossing the river, and espe- cially whilst it remains at its full tide, and which will probably continue until toward August or September. It will be far different with them if on reaching the river they find either flat-boats or canoes or skiffs, for in the former they can cross over, and it is, as you know, a very common practice to swim their horses over by the side of the smaller craft. The same precaution, I think, might be well practiced on the Mississippi River from New Madrid to the mouth of the Des Moines, for from what I hear I am inclined to the opinion that there are a large number of these murderous bushwhackers in Illinois, who only await the putting forth of the leaves when they will recommence their depreda- tions again on our side of the river. Last fall when Price was making his raid upon us I observed that these facilities of crossing the Missouri River added very greatly to our troubles on the north side. I thought it worth while to mention this matter to yourself and General Dodge, for whose eye this letter is also intended. With the adoption of this precaution and the severest measures toward all who are found in the brush and a liberal policy for those who are disposed to remain at home, cultivate their farms, and obey the laws, I think after another season we shall have perfect quiet all over our State. The recent brutal and cowardly assassination of Mr. Lincoln and a similar attempt on the life of Mr. Seward, two of our most able and approved statesmen and * See Bussey to Pope, April 23, p. 163 Page 179 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDI~NCE, ETC.UNION. 179 patriots, has filled with grief and with horror and indignation the hearts of our people. It is a fitting finale to the wicked attempt of the leaders of rebellion on the life of the nation, and not only the per- petrators, but all who were privy to this disgraceful transaction, deserve to be gibbeted. I have no doubt they will be overtaken. The eye of the nation is too large and watchful for them to escape. It will give me great pleasure, general, to co-operate with you and General Dodge and the other military authorities of the State in maintaining the pub- lic peace and restoring at the earliest practicable day, by the liberal policies indicated by yourself, the full supremacy of the civil law throughout the State. Do me the favor to hand this letter to General Dodge. I have the honor to be, with high regard, yonr friend and obedient servant, JAMES S. ROLLINS. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MIssouRI, April 24, 186510.20 p. rn. Major-General POPE: Colonel Morrill and General Sanborn report seven bands of guerrillas moving north, about fifty in band. Sanborn got into two of the bands, killed 2 captains, Martin and Rountree, and 10 privates. Militia at Linn Creek met another and got whipped. Please send order to Captain Coryell to mount Fourteenth Missouri Cavalry (four companies now at Benton Barracks), so I can move them. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, & tint Louis, Mo., April 24, 1865. Maj. Gen. G. M. DODGE, Commanding Department of the Missouri: GENERAL: I inclose herewith some letters which seem to demand yonr attention. I desire you to examine particularly into the charge against the provost-marshal at Lexington, who is alleged to be seizing the arms brought under your order and arresting citizens for having them. Please have a speedy examination made and let me know the result. I think it will be well for you to have a reliable and discreet officer on your staff who can be sent to investigate such statements without delay and whose report you can thoroughly confide in. I think it would be well also to consider carefully Mr. Rollins suggestions about ferries over the Missouri and about guards on boats going up and coming down the Missouri River, in order that parties of bushwhackers cannot seize them at any of the landings and cross their forces over the river. I sent orders this morning to have 345 horses turned over to you. Please ascertain how many there are here for that purpose and let me know early in the morning. It is manifest from your telegram of this morning that many parties or gangs are coming into Missouri from Prices army. It is advisable to concentrate for active operations against them everything you can send. Jiave your men keep on the hunt of these fellows all the time. It will not answer for the troops to stay at their stations until they hear of depredations or murder Page 180 180 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. (CHAP. LX. and then begin a fruitless pursuit. They ought to be scouting the country all the time, and you had best send every man you can spare to meet and head off these gangs of outlaws. I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JNO. POPE Major- General, Commanding. CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., April 24, 1865. Lient. Col. F. M. MALONE: You must hold the Knob. Send all the force you can spare to aid Captain Wall. Organize and arm the citizens. Keep scouts out on all the roads. JOHN L. BEYERJDG-E, Brigadier- General. PATTERSON, Mo., April 24, 18651.45 p. m. Col. F. M. MALONE, Pilot Knob, Mo.: I have sent one of Farris men to the Knob to-day. You can get some information from him. He was arrested and brought to this place by citizens. No charges against him more than a rebel soldier. I am out of forage and I think it would be a good time to make a raid. What say you? JAMES SMITH, Captain, Commanding Post. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF ROLLA, Ilolla, April 24, 1865. Major TURLEY, Waynesville: Use your dismounted men for escort and guards at the post as far as possible. What mounted men can be spared me to intercept the rebels? They must be cleared out of the country. I will send you horses as soon as possible. JOHN MORRILL Colonel, Commanding. WARRENSI3URG, April 24, 1865. Captain HAMILTON, Sedalia: Have your company ready to march to-day with three days~ cooked rations and no wagons. Colonel Harding will give you your orders. McNEIL, Brigadier- General. WARRENSBURG, April 24, 1865. Maj. J. W. BARNES, Assistant Adjutant- General, Saint Louis: I have the honor to report that I arrived here yesterday and shall assume command of the district to-day. CHESTER HARDING, JR., Colonel, & e Page 181 CHA1~. LXI CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 181 HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, April 24, 186510.45 a. m. Colonel HARDING, Warrensburg: Major Small attacked fifty guerrillas near crossing of Osage at Big Gravois; killed ten of them, including IRountree and Martin. Five bands, or 200 in all, are making their way north. You must have every mounted man at work, together with the local companies. Swear in the local companies when they have enough enlisted men to give them a lieutenant. The Seventeenth Illinois Cavalry, two companies, are on the march to you. One company of infantry has gone from here to garrison Jefferson City. The Fifty-first will move to-day or to-morrow. G. M. DODGE, Major. General. WARRENSBURG, April 24, 1865. Major.General DODGE, Saint Louis: The Ninth Consolidated Missouri State Militia has not reported. Where were they to cross the river ~ It would be well for them to come at or near Boonville and scout Cooper and Moniteau Counties. Troops will move from here and from Sedalia to-night. CHESTER HARDING, JR., Colonel, Commanding District. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 24, 18652.10 p. m. Col. C. HARDING, Warrensburg: I am going to seize all ferries, skiffs, and fiat-boats on Missouri River, and desire to know at what points it is best to establish regular ferries that we can protect by military guardsay Washington, Her- mann, Jefferson City, Boonville, Glasgow, Miami, Lexington, Kansas City, & c., in your district. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. WARRENSBURG, April 24, 1865. General DODGE, Saint Louis: In my district I advise ~leaving Miami out of the list of ferries until we have the militia armed and in service. The other places named can be protected until we know more definitely the direction in which the rebels desire to concentrate. They must strike some town to get sup- plies if they remain hostile. There is one company at Miami which I wish to use in the field. C. HARDING, Colonel, Commanding District Page 182 182 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. (CEAP. LX. WARRENSBURG, April 24, 1865. Major-General DODGE: Can you countermand the orders for Forty-fifth Missouri Volunteers, at La Mine bridge, so that it may remain there until I make other arrangements ~ CHESTER HARDING, Jm, Colonel, & c. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, Mo., April 24, 18653.30 p. m. Col. C. HARDING, Warrensburg: I cannot send Ninth Missouri State Militia to you yet. The Seven- teenth Illinois will soon be with you, and a battalion of Fourteenth Missouri that I am now mounting. Reports from Kirby Smith show that his army is breaking up, and we will have lots of them on us. Hold Forty-fifth at La Mine bridge until you can relieve them. G. M. DODGE, Major. General. WARRENSBTJRG, April 24, 18654.30 p. m. Maj. J. W. BARNES, Assistant Adjutant- General: About seventy-five rebels are reported moving north in small squads, aiming to cross the Missouri River at Rocheport. Last night they were near Pratts Mill, on the South Morean, in Cole County. CHESTER HARDING, JR., Colonel, & c. GENERAL ORDERS, )~ HDQRS - DIST. OF CENTRAL MISSOURI, No. 16. 5 Warrensburg, Mo., April 24, 1865. I. The resignation of the undersigned having been tendered and accepted, he relinquishes the command of this district. II. In leaving the command the undersigned thinks it may be well to offer a few words of advice to the citizens of the district. It is the earnest desire of the military authorities that peace and its blessings, the supremacy of law, and the full restoration of the civil courts to their old power and dignity may be established in this region at once. The citizens have only to use their power in the right direction and these ends can be accomplished. But they must remember that law cannot properly be administered by disloyal men. What chance would there be of convicting a person guilty of the crimes of treason, murder ,arson, or robbery committed in the name of the Confederacy, if tried by a jury of men who believe that the rebellion was justifiable and hope for its final success? In some parts of this district no Union man can live away from the protection of troops, and their disloyal neighbors will not allow their farms to be cultivated even by rebel tenants. Men and women who have friends or relatives in the brush or in the rebel army shelter and supply bushwhackers. Men who have obtained amnesty for past acts of treason and live under the protection of the Govern- ment are at this day aiding the public enemies. These classes of dis- loyalists must disappear from the country before a return to forme Page 183 C~& i. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC..UNION. 183 quiet, order, and prosperity can be expected. There are many, doubt- less, who once lifted their hands against their country who are now honestly endeavoring to resume their positions as good citizens. To these and to those who may swell their ranks the undersigned believes he can assure encouragement and assistance from the military arm. But loyalty can be much better proved by acts than by opinions of witnesses, and they must show their faith by their works. A hearty co-operation with the constituted civil and military authorities and the active exertions of each individual to bring offenders to justice will be the surest and quickest way to free the district from all danger of the desolation which it has witnessed, and from which it cannot expect to escape so long as the true friends of the Union and of the State of Missouri are oppressed, robbed, exiled or their outlaw friends. , murdered by traitors and III. The undersigned in taking leave of his staff desires to express his thanks to them for the faithful manner in which they have attended to their various duties. In particular he acknowledges the invaluable assistance which he has received from Capt. J. K. Shaw, assistant quartermaster and chief quartermaster of the district, and from Capt. C. G. Laurant, assistant adjutant-general. The arduous and respon- sible position of Captain Shaw has been filled by him with industry, prudence, and skill. Captain Laurant has acted in the capacity of assistant adjutant-general upon the staff of the undersigned for over two years with fidelity and ability deserving of all praise. JOHN McNEiL, Brigadier- General, U. AS~. Volunteers. GENERAL ORDERS, IIDQRS. DIST. OF CENTRAL MISSoURI, No. 17. Warrensburg, ]JJio., April 24, 1865. I. In consequence of the resignation of Brig. Gen. John McNeil and in pursuance of orders from headquarters Department of the Missouri, the undersigned hereby assumes command of the District of Central Missouri. II. The officers hitherto serving on the staff of Brig. Gen. John McNeil will be retained in their present positions until further orders. III. Maj. John Q. Egeiston, surgeon Forty-third Infantry Missouri ~olnnteers,is hereby appointed medical director of the district, and First Lient. Gustavus Saltzman, Company A, Forty-third Missouri Volunteer Infantry, is relieved from duty as acting assistant adjutant- general at the headquarters of the Fourth Sub-District and will report to these headquarters for duty in the same capacity in the office of the assistant adjutant-general of the district. CHESTER HARDING, JR., Colonel Forty-third Infantry Missouri Vols., Gomdg. District. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF CENTRAL MISSOURI Warrensburg, Mo., April 24, 1865. COMMANDING OFFICER FIRST SUE-DISTRICT: SIR: The colonel commanding directs me to inform you that advices from department headquarters indicate that Kirby Smiths army is breaking up and that large numbers of the men are returning in arm Page 184 184 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. (CHiP. LX. to Missouri. All possible diligence must be used to obtain and forward at the earliest moment accurate information concerning their move- ments. Every precaution must be taken to guard against surprise and the capture and plundering of towns. The militia must be mustered in as rapidly as possible and can be called upon to defend posts, & c., with such arms as they have, until they can be regularly called into service. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, C. G. LAURANT, Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF CENTRAL MISSOuRI, Warrensburg, ]Jfo., April 24, 1865. Capt. C. E. SPEDDEN, Commanding at Chapel Hill: Sin: The colonel commanding directs me to inform you that large numbers of men of Kirby Smiths army are returning in arms to Mis- souri. Several parties of from forty to fifty are now in the eastern portion of the district, moving north. All possible diligence must be used to obtain and forward at the earliest moment accurate information concerning their movements. Every precaution must be taken to guard against surprise. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, C. G. LAURANT, Assistant Adjutant- General. JEFFERSON CITY, April 24, 1865. Captain LAURANT, Assistant Adjutant.General: About seventy-five rebels are reported moving north in small squads, aiming to cross the Missouri River at iRocheport. Last night they were near Pratts Mill, on the South Moreau, in Cole County. I have informed Captain Miller at Boonville, and Captain Calhoun at Tipton, and Lieu tenant Hart at Syracuse. G LUTI3IY, Captain, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF CENTRAL MISSOURI, Warrensburg, April 24, 1865. COMMANDING OFFICER, California: You are ordered to California in consequence of reliable information being received that gangs of men from the rebel army in large and small numbers are crossing the railroad and making their way to the Missouri River. It is supposed that they design crossing from Roche- port. You are to watch for and intercept these parties as far as you can, scouting in all directions from California. You must be cautious and watchful not to be taken at disadvantage by combinations which they may attempt to make. Obtain all the information you can and advise me by telegraph of your actions and movements, and of the intentions and plans of the rebels as far as you can learn them. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, CHESTER HARDING, JR., Colonel, Commanding District Page 185 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 185 WARRENSBTJRG, April 24, 1865. COMMANDING OFFICER, lipton: Be on the lookout for strong parties of guerrillas crossing near you. Send the following to La Mine bridge: COMMANDING OFFICER COMPANY H, FORTY-FIFTH MISSOURI VOLUNTEERS, La Mine Bridge: Do not move until further orders. Keep sharp lookout for an attack. CHESTER HARDING, JR., Colonel, Commanding District. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, & tint Louis, April 24, 1865. Brig. Gen. C. B. FISK, Macon, Mo.: Direct the Fifty-first Missouri Infantry to move immediately. The commanding officer of the regiment will divide it into three detach- ments, to proceed as follows: One to Miami, one to W averly, and one to Lexington. Upon arriving at his station he will report by letter to Col. Chester Harding, at Warrensburg, Mo. By order of Major-General Dodge: J. W. BARNES, Assistant Adjutant- General. MACON, A 24, 1865. Maj. J. W. BARNES, Assistant Adjutant-General: The Fifty-first Regiment were en route for Saint Louis before your order reached them. Shall I send them via Saint Louis to destination, or back to Saint Joseph, or by steamer ~ W. T. CLARKE, Lieutenant and Acting Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, iS1aint Louis, April 24, 18652.10 p. m. Colonel BLAIR: The following dispatch is forwarded for your information. Be on the lookout for them.* G. M. DODGE, Major- General. (Same to Col. J. H. Ford, Fort Riley.) SPECIAL ORDERS, ~ HDQRS. DIST. OF THE UPPER ARKANSAS, No. 85. Fort Riley, Hans., April 24, 1865. 1. The Second Regiment Colorado Cavalry is hereby relieved from duty at Fort Riley, Kans. The regimental headquarters will be sta- tioned at Fort Zarah, Kans. The regimental band will remain at these headquarters until further orders. * * * * * * * By order of Brevet Brigadier-General Ford: J. E. TAPPAN, Acting Assistant Adjutant- General. See Bussey to Pope, April 23, p. 163 Page 186 186 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 24, 18654.10 p. m. Brig. Gen. P. E. CONNOR, Denver: How are you progressing with Indian expedition ~ Have you staff officers ~? Keep Colonel Potter and Captain Murfey at Leavenworth poste(l well ahead in what you may need. Also let me know and keep me posted. Letter about Utah received all right.# I furnished the escort for wagon road party up Niobrara. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. DENVER, April 24, 1865. Major-General DODGE: Have written you about expedition. Most of my cavalry horses are on half rations for want of corn, and unless more transportation is sent me I will not be able to accomplish much for some time. The militia will be discharged this week. I will go down the road next week, dis- tribute troops for its protection, and take the field as early as possible. Captain Soule, provost-marshal, was killed by a soldier last night. Indians killed one soldier and wounded another Friday last near Fort Laramie. P. E. CONNOR, Brigadier-General. GENERAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF NEW MExIco, No. 11. Santa ES, N. Alex., April 24, 1865. The general commanding the department announces to the troops that our colors again wave over the city of Richmond and the city of Petersburg, in Yirginia. The prospect now is that Peace, with all the blessings which follow in her train, will soon descend upon our coun- try, and that our brethren both North and South will forget the ran- cor engendered by this unhappy quarrel which has so long estranged them one from the other, and, will soon as of old clasp hands again under the flag of oar fathers, and alike feel proud that they are citizens of the great Republic. This seems to be a fitting occasion when, in the gladness and thankfulness which fill all our hearts, we can consider those who are prisoners and be lenient toward them. The department commander therefore directs that all non-commissioned officers now in arrest or confinement in the Department of New Mexico be released and returned to duty. Those who owe the United States will make good what they owe. Those who lost time by desertion will make good that lost time. Those who have been sentenced to be drummed out of serv- ice are restored to duty, and all who had their pay stopped will have it recommence from this date. In further commemoration of this triumph of our arms a national salute will be fired at every post having artillery in the department the day following the receipt of this order. By command of Brigadier-General Carleton: BEN. C. CUTLER, Assistant Adjutant- General. ~ See Connor to Barnes, April 6, 186~, Vol. L, Part II Page 187 CHAP. LX. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 187 WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington City, April 25, 18651.50 p. m. Major-General CANBY, New Orleans: General Sherman made on the 18th an armistice and an agreement with Joe Johnston for the suspension of hostilities. The President disapproved General Shermans action and ordered hostilities to be resumed and sent General Grant to direct operations against Johnstons army; but JelL Davis and his companions will no doubt take advan- tage of the armistice to escape to Europe or Mexico with a large amount of plunder in specie. You will disregard the armistice and treat it as void and take measures to arrest Davis and any of his confederates. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. IIDQRS. MILITARY DIvISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, OFFICE OF CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, New Orleans, La., April 25, 1865. Lient. Col. C. T. CHRISTENSEN, Asst. Adjt. Gen., Military Division of West Mississippi: COLONEL: I have the honor to state that no information of impor- tance from the enemys lines has reached this office to-day. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, A. M. JACKSON, Major, Tenth U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery. (Tn absence of Capt. S. M. Eaton, chief signal officer M of West Mississippi.) , ilitary Division GENERAL ORDERS, ~ IIDQRS, MIL. Div. o~ WEST MISSISSIPPI, No. 42. New Orleans, La., April 25, 1865. The following general field order is published for the information of all concerned: GENERAL FIELD ORDERS, HDQRS. ARMY AND Div. OF WEST Mississippi, No. 27. Mobile, Ala., April 19, 1865. I. All absent persons who are bona fide residents of Mobile and who were either sent away from here by the rebel authorities or prevented by them from returning, are hereby permitted, if they so desire, to return to their homes and families, report- ing upon arrival in this city to the provost-marshal-general. II. Allpersons now living in the city of Mobile who desire to change their place of residence for any other locality within the lines of the U. S. armies are at liberty to do so, and the provGst-marshal-general will on application furnish the necessary passes. Excepted from this privilege are, however, all persons who, by sentence of court-martial or by order of other competent authority, have been sent fromthe North and beyond our lines for misbehavior. III. The wives, children, or other relatives of officers and men in the rebel army, or any other parties desirous of entering tbe lines of that army, will be accommodated accordingly. They may register their names at the office of the provost-marshal- general, and as soon as the rebel authorities have designated some point on the river or railroad where such persons can be received the necessary transportation will be furnished by the quartermasters department. By order of Maj. Gen. E. R. S. Canby: C. T. CHRISTENSEN, Lieutenant-Colonel and As8istant Adjutant- General. By order of Maj. Gen. E. Ii. S. Canby: C. II. DYER, Captain and Assistant Adjutant- General Page 188 188 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS~MISSISSIPPI. (CHAP. LX. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, OFFICE CHIEF OF ARTILLERY, New Orleans, April 25, 1865. Lieutenant-Colonel CROSBY, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General, Department of the Gulf: SIR: I have the honor herewith to submit to you a statement of the condition of the light and heavy artillery of the Department of the Gulf as it exists at the present date. The batteries are generally well equipped with men. The only ones that are short are the Thirteenth Wisconsin and the Fourth Jowa Bat- teries. The former has now eight guns, six of them being the battery proper and two are mountain howitzers, which were issued to it for a special expedition, and they yet retain them. There are only three commissioned officers mustered into service, as the general commanding the department considered they had not men enough to entitle them to any more officers. There are, however, two enlisted men of the bat- tery holding commissions from the Governor of Wisconsin, who desire to muster into service. I would respectfully recommend that the men be mustered as commissioned officers, or else that the commanding offi- cer be directed to turn in to the ordnance department all guns and har- ness, with implements and equipments, which he may have over and above four guns, & c.; or, in other words, it be reduced to a four-gun battery. If they are required to retain the six guns they should have the officers. All other batteries have men enough to man and equip all the guns they have, and they are usually well equipped. The only thing they require to make them all fit for service is horses. It will be seen by the statement accompanying this that there are now reqnired 540 horses to fully equip the twelve batteries of light artillery; also, that there is but one battery in the department that has a sufficient number of horses to enable it to take the field at once, and that is the Sixteenth Ohio Battery, located at Greenville, La. The Second Ohio Battery, at Ship Island, owns no horses at all. They have the guns, the harness, and the men, but no horses. Battery A, Second Illinois, was dismounted in January last for incompetency of officers and negli- gence of the men in care of horses and public property, and the horses were taken to fit np General Steeles army. There is an acting assist- ant quartermaster attached to the artillery corps of the department, and his duties include supplying horses for the artillery. In February last he received upward of 300 horses, but General Canby ordered, in Circular No. 5, from headquarters Military Division of West Missis- sippi, February 26, 1865, that no artillery animals will be issued except upon reqnisition approved by the chief of artillery and ordnance, Military Division of West Mississippi, and this officer will always sup- ply first those batteries already engaged in active field service. Artil- lery animals will only be furnished inactive batteries when the number of horses on hand for issue is more than sufficient for active service. Then, again, in reply to communication inclosing requisition for horses for Thirteenth Wisconsin Battery, Twelfth Massachusetts, and Second Vermont Batteries, General Totten says: Carefully select the batteries which you wish horses issued to, forward your requi- sitions here, and I will approve the issue, provided the number on hand for issue to batteries actively engaged in the army is not reduced below 300. This number must be kept on hand for supplying deficiencies in this army, by direction of Maj. Gen. E. R. S. Canby. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, JAS. TOTTEN, Brig. Gen. and Chief of Artillery and Ordnance, Mil Div. of We8t Missi88ipj~i Page 189 Ciw. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 189 The above letter of General Totten was written on April 7, 1865. Colonel ilolabird, chief quartermaster, Department of the Gulf, received information from Brigadier-General Ekin, Washington, D. C., dated March 16, 1865, that the assistant quartermaster at Saint Louis had been directed to invoice and forward to Lieut. I. N. Mitchell, acting assistant quartermaster, artillery corps, Department of the Gulf 600 horses for the use of the artillery of this department, but as yet nothing has been heard from or of the horses. There are now fifty horses in the artillery stables in this department fit for issue, but under the existing orders from military division headqnarters none can be issued to ths department. The Second Vermont and Twelfth Massachusetts Bat- teries, at Port Hudson; the Thirteenth Wisconsin Battery, at Baton Rouge; the Sixth Massachusetts Battery, at New Orleans; the Twenty- fifth New York Battery, at Brashear, have so few horses that it is impossible for them to drill with any satisfactory results in battery maneuvers, and they have too many to ignore such drill altogether. Of the heavy artillery serving in the Department of the Gulf I will respect- fully state that there are but five companies, ~viz, Battery G, First Indi- ana HeavyArtillery, at Morganza; Batteries ID, E, and F, First Indiana Heavy Artillery, at Batou Rouge, La., and Battery D, First Wisconsin Heavy Artillery, at Brashear City, which report at this office. The various regiments, batteries, and detachments of U. S. colored heavy artillery in this department have never reported to this office since I have been connected with it, and they have not been required to do so. It will be observed by the statement* of heavy artillery accompanying this that none of the heavy artillery is supplied with horses except one battery (E), First Indiana, which has but four, and only one battery (G), Ffrst Indiana, with mules for transportation. The latter has the necessary artillery harness, but no animals to work in it. The twelve mules reported are used in the wagons. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, DANIEL WEBSTER, Capt. First Wisconsin Batty., Actg. Chief of Arty., Dept. of the Gulf. SPECIAL ORDERS, ~ HDQRS. SOUTHERN Div. OF LOUISIANA, No. 139. * New Orleans, April 25, 1865. * * * * * * 2. The battalion of the Eleventh U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery now at Fort Jackson will take post as soon as practicable at Brashear. The company of the Tenth U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery now at Bat- tery Saint John and Bayou Gentilly will proceed to Fort Jackson and be reported to the commanding officer of its regiment. The six com- panies of the Tenth U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery then at that station will be judiciously distributed between the posts of Forts Jackson and Saint Philip, so as will best subserve the purposes of defense and care of the armament. The quartermasters department will furnish trans- portation as soon as practicable. * * * * * * By command of Brigadier-General Sherman: WICKHAM HOFFMAN, Major and Assistant Adjutant-General. * Not oun Page 190 190 LOUISIANA AND. THE TRANS~MISSISSIPPI. (CHAP. LX. HEADQUARTERS SOUTHERN DIVISION OF LOUISIANA, New Orleans, La., April 25, 1865. CoMMANDINc~ OFFICER FORT JACKSON: Eight or ten of the crew of the rebel ram passed into the canal forty-two miles below here, probably with the purpose to pass to the Gulf by Fort Livingston. Notify Fort Livingston as soon as possible, and take any other means in your power to intercept them. Acknowl- edge receipt. By order of Brigadier-General Sherman: WICKHAM HOFFMAN, Major and Assistant Adjutant-General. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS, Camden, Ark., April 25, 1865. Maj. Gen. J. J. REYNOLDS, Commanding U. S. Forces in Arkansas: GENERAL: Your communication of 14th instant, by flag of truce, with copy of correspondence between Generals Lee and Grant,terms of surrender, & c., of the Army of Northern Virginia, and proposing such terms - for the surrender of the C. S. forces under my command, reached me to-day. It is the first instance within my knowledge of a commanding officer having been called on to surrender his army to an invisible enemy. Were it not that I am satisfied you are obeying the mandates of the Government you serve, and that the proposition did not originate with you, your communication would have been returned unanswered. Permit me to decline being the medium through which you desire to communicate your instructions from Washington City as to terms offered the commanding general of the Trans-Mississippi Department. This paper of yours from Washington says: Perhaps General Kirby Smith and others may accept certaiu terms of surrender, and contains further the gratuitous information that the Confederate Government has gone up. This magnanimous proposal, couched in such elegant phrase, General Kirby Smith and others~ will never be received through my command. Allow me, therefore, to suggest that you adopt some other mode to capture the C. S. forces of this department. Permit me to say in behalf of my troops that when they lay down their arms it will be after peace has been restored to their country and when her soil is rid of the invader, and upon terms which they expect to have the honor to dictate. I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. F. FAGAN, Major- General, Commanding District of Arkansas. HEADQUARTERS, & C., Pevalls Bluff, April 25, 18651.30 p. m. Col. JOHN LEVERING, Assistant Adjutant- General: Lieutenant Parrisen, aide-de-camp, bearer of dispatches under flag of truce to Brig. Gen. M. Jeff. Thompson, has just returned. He found it impossible to deliver the dispatches on account of the flooded state o Page 191 CHAP. LX1 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 191 the conntry~ and has brought them back. Shall I send him up the Saint Francis River, the only practicable route, or return the dispatches to you~l ALEXANDER SHALER, Brigadier- General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS Little Rock, Ark., April 25, 1865. Brigadier-General SHALER, Devalls Bluff: Send wherever General Jeff. Thompson is to be found. J. J. REYNOLDS, Major- General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 25 1863 Brig. Gen. E. D. TOWNSEND, ~2.12 ~. m. Assistant Adjutant- General, Washington, D. C.: A large number of paroled men are arriving here. They are desti- tute and out of money. Lieutenant-Colonel Brown, chief paymaster, is out of funds, and these men cannot be furloughed until he gets them. Please have funds sufficient to pay paroled men forwarded to him. G.M. DODGE, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, Mo., Aprd 25, 1865. Maj. Gen. JOHN POPE, Commanding Military Division of the Missouri: GENERAL: I sent Captain Jonas to Lexington to look into those matters. I issued orders two weeks ago to all district commanders to put every mounted man in the brush and keep them there and not to let them garrison towns. I shall issue an order to-day on the boat question, as suggested by Mr. Rollins. Captain Coryell has 1,200 horses for issue this morning. My requisitions now in, approved by you, are: Fourteenth Missouri Cavalry, 345; Seventeenth Illinois Cavalry, 200; Thirteenth Missouri Cavalry, 600. The last was issued by War Depart- ment and has been waiting for issue. This will allow me to put 1,000 additional men in active service in Central and Rolla Districts. I have also sent a regiment of infantry to garrison the crossing points on Mis- souri River, as designated in the order to issue. I hear daily of gangs of these marauders coming into the State. It is a pretty sure indication of the breaking up of Kirby Smith. M. Jeff. Thompson issued an order for eight regiments and four bat- talions to concentrate at Jonesborough and other points May 1. He denounces guerrillas, & c. I have a force in Southeast Missouri able to take care of him as soon as the Saint Francis River can be crossed. Would it not be good policy to send down to him and offer the Grant- Lee terms, as he is so easy to reach. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, G.M. DODGE, Major- General Page 192 192 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSoURI, Saint Louis, Mio., April 25, 1865. Maj. Gen. G. M. DODGE, Gommanding Department of the Missouri, Saint Louis, Mo.: GENERAL: In relation to M. Jeff. Thompson, it is probable that guarded overtures made by the commanding officer nearest to him might be useful. For instance, the nearest commander might inform Jeff. Thompson that he has no doubt that if he will offer to accept the same terms acceded to Lee the military authorities here will grant them; that he, the nearest commander, will forward any propositions based strictly on General Grants arrangement with Lee to department headquarters, and that he has little doubt they will be granted by the department commander, but that if he does not make some such arrangement immediately there will be soon an order issued declaring all men who continue in arms against the United States in Missouri and Arkansas are outlaws for whom there will be no terms at all. The officer who communicates with Jeff. Thompson must be instructed care- fully to allow nothing more than this to be discussed. A purely military arrangement providing for surrender on the same conditions granted to Lee is the only proposition which must be discussed, considered, or received. - Respectfully, yours, JNO. POPE, Major- General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 25, 1865. Capt. JoSErH McC. BELL, Asst. Adjt. Gen., Military Division of the Missouri: CAPTAIN: I inclose a petition which I respectfully request may be brought to the attention of the major-general commanding. This is but a sample of a large number I have received and am receiving. I have great trouble in banishing the families of bushwhackers. There are plenty that will plead for them. If I undertake to send away the families of rebel soldiers and disloyal citizens there is no end to it. I might select a few of the most obnoxious. The fact is, the radical Union men in the several loyal counties are bound to drive out every- body they can who ever had any hand in this rebellion, and it is done in such a manner that we cannot reach them. They urge soldiers to deeds that we cannot countenance, and in most cases that we cannot fasten upon them. There is no doubt that the rebels in Cooper, Saline, Lafayette, and Jackson Counties; while they profess great friendship for the Union, are daily protecting, feeding, and aiding these outlaws, and the moment we put our hands on them they find plenty to plead and represent their cases to ns. This is especially the case now in the counties mentioned. I desire the opinion of the general. Up to this time, except in a very few cases, I have only banished bushwhackers and their families. I have the honor to be, captain, your obedient servant, G. M. DODGE Major-General, Commanding Page 193 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 193 [Inclosure.] SALINE COUNTY, Mo., February 22, 1865. Maj. (len. G. M. DODGE, Commanding Department of the Missouri: SIR: The undersigned, loyal citizens of Saline County, Mo., would most respectfully represent that a great many persons formerly resi- dents of Saline County have left said county and enlisted in the rebel armies; also that many disloyal citizens have ~eft the county tempo- rarily in order to escape the draft or get rid of doing militia duty. We would further represent that many of both classes have left their fami- lies in our midst, and whereas it has been fully demonstrated that rebels and rebel sympathizers give aid and comfort to guerrillas, robbers, and outlaws, and that such rebels, guerrillas, and outlaws do not infest or stay any length of time in communities exclusively loyal, and believing as we do that the families of such persons are the worst enemies the loyal citizens of Missouri have now to contend with, we most earnestly and respectfully request that the families of all such persons be ban- ished from said county of Saline during the present rebellion, believing this to be the only means by which peace can be restored within our county. And we, your petitioners, will ever pray, & c., THOMAS FARRELL, JR. C. J. MILLER. W. D. HARRIS. [AND 100 OTHERS.] [First indorsement.] HEADQUARTERS CENTRAL DISTRICT OF MISSOURI Warrensburg, April 10, 1865. The within petition is fully concurred in by me. The signers know what is best for their county, and all my information goes to show that their claim is founded in justice. JOHN MCNEIL, Brigadier- General, Commanding. [Second indorsement.] EXECUTIVE MANSION, Jefferson City, April 11, 1865. Respectfully forwarded, with the opinion that it is necessary that the families of the men who are in the rebel army should be moved from their homes. As long as they are left at their present residences it is au inducement to bring back from the rebel army the men who make the bushwhackers. I fully concur in the objects of this petition. The families of rebels in the army of the enemy should be sent South. TUG. C. FLETCHER. 13 R RYOL XLVIII~ PT I Page 194 194 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE Missouni, OFFICE OF PROVOST-MARSHAL-GENERAL, iS1aint Louis, Mo., April 25, 1865. Hon. C. A. DANA, Assistant Secretary of War, Washington, D. C.: SIR: I have the honor to state that in the month of January last I obtained information from various sources of the presence, in Saint Louis and other river cities, of a number of men employed by the rebel authorities to destroy Government property and steam-boats. I gave immediate attention to the matter, using all the means at my command to find and secure the parties, with so much success that early iu Feb- ruary 1 was enabled to make the arrest of ten of them, among whom was one Edward Frazor, the leader. One of the parties implicated at once made a full confession, upon the understanding that he should not be prosecuted. I then preferred charges against Frazor, intending to make his the test case, and turned him over with the evidence to a military commission. Circumstances over which I had no control have delayed the trial, and Frazor, probably becoming weary of his imprison- ment, and hoping that he might be reprieved by giving evidence against his accomplices, a few days since made a confession of his connection with the boat burners, which not only corroborates the information I had already procured, but throws additional light on the matter From this statement it appears that Frazor went, in company with others to Richmond in the summer of 1864, and was introduced to Mr. Seddon, the Secretary of War. His account of what occurred at that interview is as follows: At Richmond, Clark introduced me to the Secretary of War, Secretary Seddon. Clark told his business, when he sent us to the Secretary of State, J. P. Benjamin. I believe he looked our statement over and took time to consider. * * * The next day I went there, and Mr. Benjamin asked me if I knew all these claims for destroying U. S. property were right and correct. I told him they were, as far as I knew. He then offered $30,000 in greenbacks to settle. I to]d him I could not take that. Then he said he would take time to study again. * * * * * * * Benjamin next offered $35,000 in gold. Then Clark went to see him, and before he went I told him to get all he could, but not take less than the $35,000 down and get all the more he could. When he came back he said he had taken the $35,000 down and $15,000 on deposit, payable in four months from date, provided those claims of the Louisville matter (burning of Government medical stores last year) were all right. I think that is the way the receipt read. I went over to Benjamins to sign the receipt, and while I was there the President, Jefferson Davis, sent for me. I went in to see him with Mr. Benjamin. Mr. Davis was talking about sending men up here to destroy the long bridge, near Nashville. He asked me if I knew anything about itknew where it was. I told him I did. He asked me which would be the best route to send men up here to do it. I told him I thought it was rather dangerous to send men up here who had never been here. He wanted to know if I would not take charge of it. I told [him] yes, provided he would stop all men from coming up here, as they would only hinder the work. He said he would do it, and wanted to know if I wanted any men from there to help me. I said I didnt. Benjamin said the pay would be $400,000 for burning the bridge. After we got all ready to leave Mr. Benjamin gave us a draft for $34,800 in gold on Columbia, S. C. * * Clark got passes from the Secretary of War, twelve or thirteen in all. The party, some six in all, left Richmond, drew the money, and started for Memphis. At Mobile they were arrested, but upon tele- graphing the fact to Jeff. Davis, he ordered General Taylor, command- ing the department, to release them, which was done, and they proceeded on their way, entering our lines near Memphis. At this place they separated, going in various directions. The names and residences o Page 195 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 195 the principal men engaged in this infamous pursuit, which has resulted in the destruction of so much valuable property and life, are as follows: No. i Name. Residence. Remarks. 1 Tucker, Judge a Mobile, Ala Chief of this service under the Secretary of War. 2 Majors, Minor Next in rank to Tucker, and chief of this serv- ice in our lines. 3 Barrett, Hon. John R. b. Saint Louis, Mo In charge of land operations; can get him any time. 4 Harwood, S. B do Can arrest him any time. 5 Frazor, Edward do In Gratiot Prison. 6 Clark, Thomas L Grenada, Miss Supposed to be in rebel lines. 7 Irwiuwilbam Louisville, Ky 8 Dillingham, Henry Inside our lines. 9 Fox, Harrison Saint Louis, Mo 10 Stinson, Mobile, Ala 11 Roberts, Kirk do 12 Louden, Robert Saint Louis, Mo Under sentence of death. Escaped from Lieu. tenant Post while being transferred from Gratiot to Alton Military Prison. Last heard from in New Orleans; supposed to be in rebel lines east of Mississippi. 13 Fishire, Isaac c In Gratiot Prison iast year, but released for want of evidence; supposed to be inside rebel lines east of Mississippi River. 14 Ralson, John 15 Mitchell, Peter Saint Louis, Mo Inside our lines. 16 Murphy, William New Orleans, La Camevoluntarily and exposed the others; after- ward left suddenly; am looking for him. 17 OKeife, Natchez, Miss 18 Triplett, 19 Parks, John G Near Memphis, Tenn In Gratiot Prison. a Tucker formerly resided in Missouri, and was an editor; published the State Journal, and was subsequently connected with Missouri Republican. b Formerly Member of Congress from Missouri. Went to Europe in 1863, it is supposed on busi- ness for the rebels where he was in conference with Mason and Slidell. Arrested by this office in 1864 on charge of being a member of the Order of American Knights, but afterward released. Has a brother in rebel artillery service. c Burned the Robert Campbell, during which the lives of a number of soldiers were lost. The foregoing list contains the names of the principal men only, as far as I have been able to ascertain them, and does not embrace any merely supposititious cases. A number of those most needed, it will be observed, are in territory which until recently has been occupied by the rebel army, where it will require your authority to operate. I there. fore respectfully suggest that you order the commanding generals of the several departments to ascertain whether any of the parties above named are within the limits of their jurisdictions and if so, to arrest and forward them to Saint Louis without delay. It would be impossible to obtain a correct account of the property destroyed by these parties during the war, but the following list has been traced to one or the other of the men whose names are given above: Name. Where burned. Date. City of Madison vicksburg, Miss August, 1863. Champion Memphis, Tenn Do. Robert Campbell, jr Millikens Bend September 28, 1863. Imperial Saint Louis, Mo Do. Hiawatha do Do. Post Boy do Do. Jesse K. Bell do Do. Chancellor Forest Queen Catahoula Saint Louis, Mo September, 1863. Wharf-boats Mound City, Ill Do. Do CairoIll Do. Small tow-boat Memphis, Tenn Do. CLIP. LX. Page 196 196 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. Since the outbreak of the rebellion to the present time over seventy steam-boats owned in Saint Louis have been destroyed by fire alone. Of this number only nine have been fired by rebels in arms, and there can be little doubt but the greater portion of the balance were fired by the above or similar emissaries of the rebel government. By direction of Major-General Dodge: I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. II. BAKER, Colonel and Provost-Marshal- General, Dept. of the Missouri. [First indorsement.] IIEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, ,S1aint Louis, April 26, 1865. Respectfully forwarded to the Assistant Secretary of War, Washing- ton, D. 0. I consider it important that these parties be brought to justice, and would suggest that good detectives be sent to Richmond and Mobile to arrest -the parties gamed as in the rebel service and obtain further evidence. There is no doubt of the guilt of the parties. They were in the habit of burning boats, store-houses, & c., taking to Richmond papers with full account of burning, there filing affidavits, and on that receiving their pay. They then came into our lines and squandered the money, which brought them to our notice, and on making arrests the entire modus operandi was divulged. We have a large amount of testimony in the case, but desire to obtain more proof before we go to trial, and, if possible, get all the parties. G. N. DODGE, Major- General. [5econd indorsement.] WAR DEPARTMENT, BUREAU OF MILITARY JUSTICE, May 16, 1865. Respectfully returned to the Secretary of War. It appears from the within report of Col. J. II. Baker, provost-marshal- general, Department of the Missouri, that two members of the con- spiracy engaged in destroying Government b9ats and property on the Mississippi River, principally in 1863, have confessed that they were employed by the rebel authorities and that they were paid at Richmond by the rebel Secretary of State, and that in one instance one of them was personally engaged and contracted with by Davis himself to des- troy valuable property in the use of our Government. The confession of Frazor to this effect is fully detailed by Colonel Baker, and would appear to be most conclusive. Colonel Baker presents a list of names of the parties connected with this conspiracy (by which, as he estimates, some sixty boats were con- sumed and in some cases lives of soldiers, & c., were destroyed), and urges that the commanding officers of the various departments be ordered to ascertain which, if any, of the individuals named are within their jurisdiction and to arrest such as are found and send them to Saint Louis for trial. Major-General Dodge further advises, in his indorsement, that detectives be sent to Richmond and Mobile to arrest parties supposed to be commorant there, and to obtain further evidence. These recommendations are concurred in. The subject is regarded as one of great importance, especially as illustrating the fa6t that Davis and other leaders of the rebellion have been the principals in this and other similar detestable and treasonabl Page 197 CEix~. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 197 enterprises executed by men who were merely their hirelings. It is esteemed to be of the greatest consequence that such men, especially as Judge Tucker, John R. Barrett, Isaac Elshire, Louden, and other conspicuons members of the conspiracy, should be apprehended as promptly as possible, and that all of the gang who can be found should be tried together by military commission for a treasonable conspiracy in the interest of the rebellion. It is further recommended that certi- fied copies of all the affidavits and other written evidence in the case be required to be forwarded to the War Department for the use or ref- erence of the executive officers of the Government. A. A. HOSMEB, Major and Judge-Advocate. (In the absence of the Judge-Advocate-General.) [Third indor8ement.] WAR DEPARTMENT, Respectfully referred to the Adjutant-General. May 26, 1865. The recommendations of the Judge-Advocate-General, Colonel Baker, and General Dodge are approved, and will be carried into effect with- out delay. By order: JAS. A. IIARDJE, Inspector-General U. ~. Army. SPECIAL ORDERS, IIDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, No. 109. 5 AS~aint Louis, Mo., April 25, 1865. * * * * * * * 4. The Fiftieth Regiment Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers will proceed by steamer up the Missouri RiVer and be distributed by the regimental commander in detachments at the following points, viz: Boonville, two companies (temporarily); Arrow Rock, one company; Cambridge, one company; Miami, two companies; Waverly, one company; Berlin, one company. The headquarters of the regiment will be established for the present at Miami, from where the regimental commander will report by letter to Col. C. Harding, commanding District of Central Missouri, for further orders. The different detachments of the regiment will draw their supplies from the nearest depots on the river. The quarter- masters department will furnish the necessary transportation and the regiment will move to-morrow, the 26th instant. 5. All ferry-boats, skiffs, fiat-boats, wood-boats, and all means of crossing the Missouri River will be immediately taken possession of by the military authorities, and no person allowed to cross the river south of Leavenworth City without the necessary military permits, except on the boats used by the North Missouri Railroad Company for the crossing of passengers, freights, & c. Regular ferries will be permitted at Saint Charles, Washington, llermann, Jefferson City, Boonville, Glas- gow, Miami, Waverly, Lexington, Kansas City, Wyandotte, Parkville, and Leavenworth City, to be run by the owners of the ferry-boats, under military guards; and the commanding officers of districts will place proper officers and troops at these points to give proper passes and fur- nish guards for the boats. All owners of boats of every description on the Missouri River below Leavenworth City will take their boats to th Page 198 198 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. commanding officers at the above-named points, deliver them np, and take receipts therefor, and said boats will be held under guard until orders to the contrary are issued from these headquarters. Any per- son detected in using any boat or raft contrary to the provisions of this order, and any person crossing the river except at the above-named points, and as above required, will be immediately arrested. Citizens crossing at Saint Charles, other than the passengers of the railroad, must obtain permits as above required. Steam-boats plying the Missouri River are prohibited from tying up at night below Kansas City at any point except military posts or where United States or State troops are stationed. The commanding officers Districts of North Kansas, Central Missouri, North Missouri, and Saint Louis are charged with the execution of this order. * * * * * * * By command of Major-General Dodge: J. W. BARNES, Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS SAINT LOUIS DISTRICT, April 25, 1865. General BEYERID~E, Gape Girardean: A company of infantry will be sent soon to Sainte Genevieve to relieve the cavalry. If you deem it necessary to re-enforce the garrison at New Madrid you can send a company from the Cape. By order of Brigadier-General Wagner: H. HANNAHS, Major and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General. PILOT KNOB, Mo. [April 25, 1865]. Brigadier-General BEVERIDGE, Commanding Second Sub-District, Gape Girardean, Mo.: A dispatch from Captain Smith, at Patterson, Mo., says 200 guerrillas are moving in the direction of Farmington. They were fourteen miles from Patterson this morning on Bear Creek. They are trying to strike the wagon train at Farmington, I think. I am sending sixty men out to re-enforce the train guard. F. M. MALONE, Lieutenant- Colonel. CAPE GIRARDEAU, April 25, 1865. Lieutenant-Colonel MALONE, Pilot Knob: A post can be established temporarily at Big River Mills for the pur- pose asked by Captain Kellermaun. Can you spare the troops, or can they be spared from Fiftieth Missouri ~ But take no action until you learn more of the 200 guerrillas. JOHN L. BEVERIDGE, Brevet Brigadier- General Page 199 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 199 PATTERSON, Mo., April 25, 18655.30 p. m. Lient. Col. F. M. MALONE, Pilot Knob, iWo.: Look out for guerrillas; 200 rebels have just been reported. They were this morning fourteen miles from this post on Bear Creek, march- ing in the direction of Farmington. I have sent a force to look after them. JAMES SMITH, Captain, Commanding Post. CAPE GIRARDEAU, April 25, 1865. Lient. P. MCRAE, Frederiektown: Keep a sharp lookout for the 200 guerrillas. Call in all the armed citizens. JOHN L. BEVERIDGE, Brevet Brigadier- General. PILOT KNOB, Mo. [April 25, 1865]. Lient. PHILIP MCRAE, Commanding Post of Predericktown: Two hundred guerrillas are coming up toward you from below. Be on your guard. They were on Bear Creek, fourteen miles from Patter- son, this morning. F. M. MALONE, Lieutenant- Colonel. HEADQUARTERS POST OF PILOT KNOB, April 25, 1865. Lieutenant MOIIAB, Frederiektown: Patterson is not taken and cannot be by any force this side of White River at present. F. M. MALONE, Lieutenant- Colonel. BLOOlVEFIELD, Mo., April 25, 1865. Brig. Gen. J. L. BEVERIDGE, Cape Girardean, Julio.: I learn to-night that Jeff. Thompson is at Harrisburg, but have not learned his force. Kitchen is near Gainesville with a scattered force of about 200. Bolin is between Clarkton and Keunett with about 100. It appears that they are plundering the citizens there in general. This information is not from any of my scouts. I expect some of them in to-night or in the morning. They are about Jonesborough and Chalk Bluff. Saint Francis 100 yards wide and swimming. ED. COLBERT, Captain, Commanding Post Page 200 200 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. (CEAP. LX. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, Mo., April 25, 1865. Col. CHESTER HARDINc+, Jr., Comdg. District of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, Mo.: COLONEL: Troops are posted to prohibit guerrillas crossing the Mis- souri River, to break up bands of guerrillas near place posted. The troops must be kept under strict discipline, and any depredations upon citizens or property will be severely dealt with. They must confine their duty to military matters and not interfere in civil matters. It will also be their duty to carry out the orders in relation to ferries, which will be furnished them. I have the honor to be, colonel, your obedient servant, G. M. DODGE, Major- General, Commanding. WARRENSEURG, April 25, 186510.40 a. m. General DODGE: Two. companies of cavalry from Greenton Valley and Chapel Hill are working their way to Marshall, Saline County. One company and part of another have been sent to California, where they arrived last night. Some gangs have been attempting to enter the State through Bates. On the 18th Lieutenant Atkinson with sixteen men pursued and overtook ten killed six, among whom was Capt. W. W. Brinton, of Buchanan County, who had a recruiting commission in his pocket. CHESTER HARDING, JR., Colonel, fic. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 25, 186512 m. Colonel HARDING, - Warrensburg: I send the Fiftieth Wisconsin Infantry from here up the Missouri River to garrison points designated. There are nine companies. At what places shall they be stationed so as to cover crossing places, boats, & c.? 0. M. DODGE, Major- General. WARRENSEURG, April 25, 1865. General DODGE, Saint Louis: I presume there is no danger to boats below Jefferson City. Port- land, inCallaway, used to be a bad place. Providence and Rocheport, in Boone County; Arrow Rock, Cambridge, and Miami, in Saline; Waverly, Berlin, Wellington, and Napoleon, in Lafayette, need troops. Brunswick ought to be garrisoned, if it is not, and Glasgow, too. Will write by mail so that orders can intercept the boat at Jefferson City. CHESTER HARDING, JR., CQlonel, & e Page 201 C~. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 201 HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 25, 18653.30 p. m. Colonel HARDING, Warrensburg: There are troops in all places named, I think; at any rate, in all per- haps with exception of Providence, and troops can be stationed there. G. M. DODGE, ]Jiliajor- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 25, 18651.20 p. m. Maj. B. K. DAVIS, Lexington: By what authority do you close a loyal mans church (McFarlands), and what are the reasons for such orders ~ They are unauthorized, founded on assumption of power that you have no right to exercise. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. LEXINGTON, April 25, 18657 p. m. Major-General DODGE: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of telegram of this date inquiring by what authority I closed loyal mans church, and what are the reasons for such orders, to which I would respectfully answer that I do not think I have closed a loyal mans church. My reasons for closing the Methodist Episcopal Church South, of this place, are briefly these: On the 7th of April, from the well-known disloyalty of the churches of this place, I issued a post order that on the next Sabbath the pastors of the churches should return thanks for the late victories and prospect of peace. The pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church South did not do so. I passed the matter unnoticed until the evening of the 15th instant, when, not having opened or caused his church to be opened for the Thanksgiving service, in accordance with the proclama- tion of His Excellency Governor Fletcher, I informed the pastor that I should take the keys of the church until it could be occupied by a loyal preacher. I hope the general commanding will allow me the privilege of sustaining this action as a proper military necessity. I have the honor to be, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, B. K. DAVIS, Major, Comdg. Fourth Sub-District, Central District of Missouri. CALIFORNIA, April 25, 1865. Colonel HARDING: Arrived here at midnight. Can learn nothing definite in regard to rebels. Have sent scouts out in all directions. Will communicate with you again to-day. J. M. BERNARD, Captain Page 202 202 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. CALIFORNIA, April 25, 1865. Col. CHESTER HARDING: SIR: My scouts have returned. No bushwhackers in this vicinity. Forty men, supposed to be rebels, passed north on Sunday. Can I follow up ~ I respectfully request to be allowed to work my way slowly northward. Please answer. J. M. BEItNARD~ Captain. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, April 25, 186510.55 a. m. Lient. W. T. CLARKE Acting Assistant Adjutant- General, Macon: At what point is the Fifty-first Missouri ~ Let it come forward to Saint Louis. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. MACON, April 25, 186511.15 a. m. Major-General DODGE: The Fifty-first is here at Macon. Will send it to Saint Louis. By order of Brigadier-General Fisk: W. T. CLARKE, Acting Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 25, 1865. Brigadier-General FISK: Send the Fifty-first to Saint Joseph to take steamer for destination. Have them move at once, and as expeditiously as possible. J. W. BARNES, Assistant Adjutant- General. SPECIAL ORDERS, ~ HDQRS. DISTRICT OF NORTH MISSOURI, No. 85. 5 Macon Mo., Aprit 25, 1865. 1. Commanding officer of Company H, Third Cavalry Missouri State Militia, having reported at this post with his command for muster out of service, will at once turn over all Government property in his posses- sion to the proper staff officers; quartermasters property to Capt. A. G. Burr, district quartermaster, and ordnance and ordnance stores to Lieut. C. G. Holme, acting district ordnance officer. * * * * * * * By order of Brig. Gen. C. B. Fisk: W. T. CLARKE, First Lieutenant, Aide-dc-Camp, and Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen. Page 203 CHAP. LX] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 203 HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 25, 1865. Capt. JOHN WILLANS, Assistant Adjutant- General, Fort Leavenworth, Kans.: Have two nountain howitzers turned over to the two companies of infantry to accompany the wagon road party up Niobrara River. G. M. DODG19~, Major- General. GENERAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO, No. 12. Santa ES, N. ALex., April 25, 1865. To provide for the better protection of the Mesilla Valley, and to lessen the perils of the Jornada del Muerto, a military post, to be known as Fort Selden, to perpetuate the memory of the late lamented Col. Henry 11. Selden, will at once be established at IRoblero, N. Mex., on the site already selected by Lient. Col. Nelson H. Davis, assistant inspector-general, U. S. Army. This post will be built of adobes and have capacity for a company of infantry and a company of cavalry with sixty horses. For the present its garrison will consist of Captain Whitlocks company (C), First Veteran Infantry California Volunteers, and Captain Cooks company (F), First Infantry New Mexico Volun- teers. Capt. James H. Whitlock will be the commanding officer ~z~d Capt. Rufus C. Vose, First Cavalry California Volunteers, will be the quartermaster and commissary. The troops designated will move at once upon the ground. Col. John C. McFerran, U. S. Army, chief quartermaster of this department, will give orders in detail as to the plan and construction of the work and will furnish all necessary employ6s, funds, tools, means of transportation and supplies which, in his judgment, may be necessary to have the post completed at the earli- est practicable day. The troops will assist in the work as far as possi- ble. Lient. Col. Nelson H. Davis, U. S. Army, will mark out as much ground contiguous to the site already selected as will be necessary for the military reserve at Fort Selden. This ground will not be settled upon by persons not connected with the military establishment at Fort Selden. By command of Brigadier-General Carleton: BEN. C. CUTLER, Assistant Adjutant- General. [APRIL 26, 1865.For General Orders, No. 74, War Department, Adjutant-Generals Office, amending General Orders, No. 70, relating to extension of military lines, see Vol. XLVI, Part III, p. 956.] HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, OFFICE OF CHIEF SIG-NAL OFFICER, New Orleans, La., April 26, 1865. Lieut. Cob C. T. CHRISTENSEN, Asst. Adjt. Gen., Military Division of West Mississippi: COLONEL: I have the honor to report that no information of impor- tance from the enemy~s lines has reached this office to-day. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient Servant, A. M. JACKSON, Major, Tenth U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery. (In absence of Capt. S. M. Eaton, chief signal officer, Military Division of West Mississippi. Page 204 204 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI [CHAP. LX. HEADQUARTERS SOUTHERN DIVISION OF LOUISIANA, New Orleans, April 26, 1865. Capt. F. W. PERKINS, Assistant Quartermaster: CAPTAIN: The brigadier-general commanding directs that you in- struct l4ie captain of the boat Colonel Chandler, hence for Fort Liv ingston, to be on the lookout for a party of the rebel crew of the ram Webb, reported to have passed into the canal on their way to the Gulf near Fort Livingston. A guard of ten men from the Forty-sixth U. S. Colored Infantry will be ordered to report to you for duty on the boat this trip. They will be relieved upon their return. I am, sir, respectfully, WICKIIAM HOFFMAN, Major and Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS SOUTHERN DIVISION OF LOUISIANA, New Orleans, April 26, 1865. ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF: I have the honor to report the return of Capt. G. W. Curry, Tenth Illinois Cavalry, who was sent with a squadron of cavalry night before last to apprehend the refugees of the ram Webb. He has succeeded in arresting twenty-six of them, who I have ordered to be turned over to the commissary of prisoners, they being all, as he informs me, enlisted men. He has been directed to send in a written report with the descriptions of the men. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, T. W. SHERMAN, Brigadier- General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS SOUTHERN DIVISION OF LOUISIANA, New Orleans, April 26, 1865. COMMANDING OFFICER FORT LIVINGSTON: SIR: A party of about ten of the crew of the rebel ram Webb has passed into the canal and it is supposed will attempt to escape into the Gulf near Fort Livingston. You will make every effort to intercept and capture them. I am, sir, respectfully, WICKIIAM HOFFMAN, Major and Assistant Adjutant-General. FORT JACKSoN, April 26, 1865. (Received 9 a. in.) Maj. WICKHAM HOFFMAN, Assistant Adjutant-General: Dispatch saying crew rebel ram had passed ini~ canal forty-two miles below New Orleans received. Have sent to notify Fort Livingston. A. J. FITZWATER, Major, Commanding Page 205 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 205 HEADQUARTERS SOUTHERN DIVISION OF LOUISIANA, New Orleans, A 26, 1865. Brigadier-General CAlVEERON, Commanding La Fourche District: GENERAL: The brigadier-general commanding directs that you have the country on the right side of Bayou La Fourche, the country between Donaldsonville and Plaquemine, and the country back approachable by gun-boats and by your small boats scoured by cavalry and infantry patrols once a week, and that you make a weekly report to these headquarters on each Saturday of the operations within your command during the preceding week. Respectfully, your obedient servant, WICKIIAM HOFFMAN, Major and Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI, Vicksburg, Miss., April 26, 1865. Brig. Gen. W. F. TUCKER, C. S. Army: GENRRAL: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your com- munication of the 24th instant, with its inclosure, handed to me this day by Brig. Gen. George B. lodge, C. S. Army, and to inclose herewith a copy of an agreement entered upon between General lodge and myself. I am, general, very respectfully, N. J. T. DANA, Major- General. [Inclosure.] AGREEMENT. Whereas Lieutenant-General Taylor, commanding the Confederate Military Department of Mississippi, Alabama, and East Louisiana~ has notified Brig. Gen. W. F. Tucker, C. S. Army, commanding the Con- federate Military District of Mississippi and East Louisiana, that he has received assurances that a truce was declared between General Johnston, C S. Army, and General Sherman, U. S. Army, on the 18th instant, with a view to a final settlement of difficulties, and has directed General Tucker to notify Maj. Gen. N. J. T. Dana, U. S. Army, com- manding the Department of Mississippi, of this suspension of hostilities; and Whereas General Tucker has directed Brig. Gen. George B. lodge, C. S. Army, to arrange for a suspension of hostilities between the forces under the command of Major-General Dana, U. S. Army, and Brigadier- General Tucker, C. S. Army: therefore, An armistice is agreed upon between Major-General Dana and Brig- adier-General Tucker, subject to the approval of their respective super- iors, the conditions of which are as follows: First. The cessation of hostilities shall be total, and the troops on each side shall.remain in statu quo Page 206 206 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. Second. Either party reserves to itself the right to punish guerrillas and other offenders against the peace, and to enforce the requisite police regulations within the limits of their respective commands. Third. Existing regulations of trade and intercourse shall continue as heretofore under a liberal construction of the present policy. Fourth. This armistice shall commence and be binding on each party from and after the hour of 9 a. m. on the 28th instant. Fifth. This armistice shall terminate forty-eight hours after the recep- tion of notice by either of the parties from the other of their desire to terminate it, or immediately after the reception of notice by either party of the disapproval by the superiors of the other party agreeing hereto. N. J. T. DANA, Major- General, U. S. Army. GEG. B. lODGE, Brigadier- General, 0. 5. Army. (For Brigadier.General Tucker.) SPECIAL ORDERS, WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERALS OFFICE, No. 188. 5 Washington, April 26, 1865. * * * * * * * 2. Lient. Col. Lorenzo Sitgreaves, Corps of Engineers, having com- pleted the duties to which he was assigned by the Chief Engineer U. S. Army, will report in person without delay to the commanding general Military Division of the Missouri for duty as engineer for the operations under his command. * * * * * * * By order of the Secretary of War: W. A. NICHOLS, Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, Little Rock, Ark., April 26, 1865. Brig. Gen. JEFF. THOMPSON, Commanding North Sub-District of Arkansas: GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 12th instant. The report of Maj. C. C. White, herewith inclosed,* will show what steps have been taken in the premises. I will punish the perpetrators of every species of depredation when. ever they can be caught and convicted. I have now in my possession two men, with regard to whom I request information, viz, Rutherford and Watkins. They are both said to be robbers and murderers. If you can furnish any evidence in their case the persons giving it shall have safe conduct to come and go. Very respectfully, J. J. REYNOLDS, Major- General, Commanding. *Not found Page 207 Cnip. LX.] CORRESPONDENcE, ETC.UNION. 207 HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES AT PINE BLUFF, Pine Bluff, Ark., April 26, 1865. Lient. Col. Jorn~ LEVERING, Assistant Adjutant- General: SIR: I have the honor to state that deserters from the rebel army are coming into this post at the rate of five per day. A majority of these men are utterly destitute. Many of them claim to have beeu conscripted by Price during his raid into Missouri, and to have homes in that State, to which they are anxious to return. Others again wish to return to their farms in this State and raise a support for their families. The remainder seem uncertain what to do, but express a willingness to go any place where they can find employment. They are all anxious to take the oath and leave the rebel army. I respectfully ask instructions as to what disposition shall be made of these men. Shall I form them into camps here and furnish them subsistence, forward them to Little Rock, or give them transportation direct to any points north which they may elect ~ General Orders, No. 30, paragraph 5, current series, headquarters Military Division of West Mississippi, forbids local pro- vost-marshals administering the oath of allegiance. Please inform me whether this applies to the provost-marshal of this post. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, POWELL CLAYTON, Brigadier. General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, General DoDGE: April 26, 18659.55 a. m. General Reynolds has sent to M Jeff. Thompson offering same terms Grant gave Lee. It will be unnecessary for you to send. JNO. POPE, Major- General. DE SoTo, Mo.,. April 26, 1865. Major HANNARS, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General: llilderbrand was day before yesterday again four miles east of Big River Mills with some men. It is new moon again, and he is getting ready for another raid. For pitys sake do detail ten men to Cadet. There are here at De Soto yet thirty-five men for duty, and twenty-five are certainly enongh to hold this place. There will be trouble within the next two weeks. Please answer. F. KELLERMANN. SAINT LOUIS, April 26, 18654.15 p. m. General BEVERIDGE, Cape Girardean: It is reported that llilderbrand was four miles east of Big River Mills on the 24th instant. By order of Brigadier-General Wagner: H. HANNAIIS, Major and Acting As8i8tant Adjutant- General. Page 208 208 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CnAP. LX. CAPE GIRARDEAU, April 26, 1865. Major HANNAIIS, Saint Louis: Jeff. Thompson is reported by Captain Colberts scouts at Harrisburg, Ark. He is also reported with 400 men between Patterson and Fred- ericktown. There is some force in there. I move at once Colonel Hynes with 400 men and one section of artillery in pursuit by way of Dallas, to fall in the rear, and directed Colonel Malone to collect his forces and harass him in front. Will look after Hilderbrand when this affair is ended. I wonld ask another company of infantry be sent to the Knob. JOHN L. BEVEItIDGE, Brevet Brigadier- General. CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., April 26, 1865. Lient. Col. F. M. MALONE: Make snch disposition of Captain Smiths force as you deem best. Major llannahs telegraphs, Infantry will be sent to the Knob. De Soto is not in my command. I will ask Hannahs to send them down temporarily, when you request, in case of great need. Get your recruits down and arm them. Advise Potosi and Mineral Point to be on the alert, if onr communications are broken. Keep Hannahs posted of the state of affairs. JOHN L. BEVERIDGE, Brevet Brigadier- General. CAPE GIRARDEAU, April 26, 1865. Lieutenant-Colonel MALONE, Pilot Knob: Colonel Hynes will start this evening with 400 men and one section of artillery, by way of Dallas, to fall in rear of Jeff. Thompson. Collect what force you can and head him off. I have directed McRae to act under your orders. Call in your force at Centerville. JOHN L. BEVERIDGE, Brevet Brigadier- General. PATTERSON, Mo., April 26, 1865. Lient. Col. F. M. MALONE, Commanding, Pilot Knob, Mo.: On yesterday evening I sent Lieutenant Wildey with ten men in pur- suit of a reported force of rebels under command of Jeff. Thompson, with positive orders to report to me by messenger should he learn any news regarding the enemy. I have not heard from him since. He is either captured or has met and defeated the reported JelL and his com- mand. There is nothing like a scare when guerrillas wish to steal horses. I yesterday received information that there were 200 rebels on Bear River. This morning from the neighborhood citizens report there were only seven. I received orders this morning from Saint Louis to have Lieutenant Weston and four men sent to Saint Louis to attend court-martial. Shall I send them or not ~l Wagons will leave here in the morning at daylight. JAMES SMITH, Captain, C~mmznding Po8t Page 209 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 209 PATTERSON, April 26, 18658 a. m. Lieutenant-Colonel MALONE, Commanding at Pilot Knob, Mo.: I hope the excitement about M. Jeff. Thompson is over, and will be recorded with those events that never were, are not, and never will be. I am satisfied that he was not here with 400 men and if he was we can lick him with the men at this place. Now, I wish to say that wheu the troops are ordered away from here on account of an enemy it is equiva- lent to moving every loyal man out of Southeast Missouri south of Pilot Knob. I wish to state further that I am well acquainted with the charactei of the rebels with which we are contending, and I do not think they can go to Fredericktown, Centerville, & c., in force without me knowing something about it. I am sure that when you hear the facts it will all turn out to be a party of thieves telling this to scare somebody until they can accomplish their object and escape. On Tues- day we heard that 200 men were within ten miles of this place, and a still larger force were going up Castor River. Oii yesterday we learned that there were seven men only, Vix, Peter Smith, McGee, and others. I think the thing is all premature and will only turn out to be a few guer- ni las. I hope, colonel, you will put some confidence in us down here and suppose at least that we have as good an opportunity to learn something about Jeff. Thompson as you can have at Pilot Knob. It is about one-half of my business to know what is going on below. There is not a man here who feels the least uneasiness, but we all think that we are sufficient for the day and hour thereof:, and if Jeff. Thompson comes let him come and be dd to him. Our wish is not to be ordered away until we see him or some other elephant. In short, I think it all a very great humbug. Yery respectfully, your obedient servant, WM. T. LEEPER, Captain. PILOT KNOB, April 26, 1865. COMMANDING OFFICER, Mineral Point: A force of rebels under Jeff. Thompson, 400 strong, is near Frederick- town, coming up. Keep on the alert. Advise the commanding officer at Potosi of the above by a courier. F. M. MALONE, Lieutenant-Colonel. CAPE GIRARDEAU, April 26, 1865. Lieut. P. MORAB, Frederiektou~n: Have the Seventh Kansas men remain to-day and rest their horses. Go out with your squad. If yoir find the enemy, push him with yours and Seventh Kansas men. Also advise Colonel Malone in case you meet or hear of the enemy. JOHN L. BEXTERIDGE, Brevet Brigadier-General. 14 R L~.voi~ XLVIII7 PT I Page 210 210 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. CAPE GIRARDEAU, April 26, 1865. Lient. P. MCRAE, Predericktown: How many men has Thompson ~ Has he any artillery ~l Colonel Hynes will start this evening with 400 men and one section of artillery. He xvill go by way of Dallas. Get all the information you can of the force, and you act in conjunction with Colonel Malones forces. JOHN L. BEVERIDGE~ Brevet Brigadier- General. BLOOMFIELD, Mo., April 26, 186.5. Brig. Gen. J. L. BEVERIDGE, Commanding Second Sub-District, Gape Girardean: Some of my scouts are in and report Jeff. Thompson at Harrisburg with about 100 armed men and conscripting citizens; part of Bolins men on West Prairie laying in supplies; Kitchen at home; Clark on Grand Prairie with about fifty men. Saint Francis River impossible to cross except in dug~outs; overflows the banks for half a mile, but falling. It might be crossed in five or six days. Yours, & c., ED. COLBEIIT, Captain, Commanding Post. BLOOMFIELD, Mo., April 26, 1865. Brig. Gen. J. L. BEVERIDGE, Commanding Second Sub-District, Cape Girardeau: Harrisburg is a small town of about twenty inhabitants about twenty miles from Jonesborough, and I learn this evening that Jeff. Thompson intends to make a speech to all the different gangs at or near Jones- borough on the 1st of May. I will try and have some scouts there to hear what he has to say. ED. COLBELIT, Captain, Commanding Post. CAPE GIRARDEAU, April 26, 1865. Captain COLEERT, Bloomfield: A rebel force is moving northward toward Fredericktown, within fifteen miles of that place. Jeff. Thompson is reported in command. We are after them. Direct Lieutenant Grosvenor to come in in the morning. You must take care of Bloomfield. JOHN L. BEVERIDGE, Brevet Brigadier- General. BLOOMFIELD, April 26, 1865. General BEVERIDGE: Do you wish me to send Lieutenant Grosvenor by the Fredericktown road ~ If they contemplate an attack on this place I think it would be a good plan. I will patrol the Greenville, Fredericktown, and Cape roads to-night. ED. COLBEIRT, Captain, Commanding Post Page 211 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 211 BLool~FIELn, Mo., April 26, 186510 p. m. Maj. J. W. BARNES, Asst. Adjt. Gen., Department Headquarters, Saint Louis, Mo.: Capt. Ed. Colbert, commanding post, received a telegram to-night from Brigadier-General Beveridge that a force of rebels under Jeffi Thompson were within fifteen miles of Fredericktowu. There was a company of the Seventeenth Illinois Cavalry sent here on scout and are ordered back to the Cape. We are short of cavalry at this place, and I would request that they be ordered to remain here for the present. If this be true, Jeff. intends to carry out the plan I spoke of in my last dispatch. The artillery has not beeu heard of. What kind have I to prepare for? I must know it to enable me to make the platforms. If you cannot send it at once, send it as soon as you can. D. F. TJEDEMANN, Lieutenant- Colonel and Assistant Engineer. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF CENTRAL MISSoURI, Warrensburg, Mo., April 26, 1865. Maj. J. W. BARNES, Asst. Adjt. Gen., lid qrs. Dept. of the Missouri, Saint Louis: SIR: For the information of the major-general commanding depart- ment, I have the honor to state that with troops posted as indicated in my telegrams of yesterday I believe navigation can be kept safe and bushwhackers prevented from gathering or crossing the river in any considerable numbers. The cavalry operating at and around Miami will be sent down into the interior to co-operate with two other com- panies which have been ordered into Saline County. The company of the Forty-third Infantry Missouri Volunteers now at Waverly will be moved up to Sibley on the arrival of the Fiftieth Missouri Infantry. Sibley, opposite the mouth of Fishing River, has always been one of the worst places on the river. There are but few houses left in the town and scarcely any inhabitants, but the facilities for crossing and recross- ing the Missouri and the opportunity for hiding in the Fishing River bottom lands remain the same. I shall send another company of the Forty-third to Napoleon as soon as militia can occupy the stockades at the railroad bridges over the Big Blue and Rock Creek. It will be seen by a glance at the map that our post, Kansas City, Independence, Sibley, Napoleon, Wellington, Lexington, Berlin, Waverly, Miami, Cam- bridge, Arrow Rock, and Boonville, on this side of the river, are chiefly within easy communication of each other. If Missouri City, Camden, Brunswick, Glasgow, Rocheport, and Providence, on the other side of the river, be occupied by troops also, active scouting between posts ought to prevent any assemblage of guerrillas or crossing either way in bands, as well as to give security to boats, & c. Jackson, C ass, and Lafayette Counties have been pretty thoroughly scoured and cav- alry is still and will be kept active there. Saline and Cooper have not hitherto had so much attention paid to them. There is one company of cavalry now in Saline. Two more are on the way there. One will go into Cooper. One company is in Pettis operating in that and Monitean Counties. A portion of the Third Wisconsin Cavalry is now on its way from California northwardly and will eventually return to Lafayette, whence it came. I see by the papers that the railroad people arc a Page 212 212 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. last satisfied with the protection they get. I shall send some cavalry down into the counties south of here as soon as I can arrange the matter. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, CHESTER HARDJNG, JR., Colonel, Commanding District. WARRENSIBURG, April 26, 1865. Maj. J. W. BARNES, Assistant Adjutant- General, Department of the Missouri: SIR: I find that in Bates County and in Henry, and perhaps in others, there are organizations of forty or fifty active, brave, loyal men,who wish to be accepted nnder General Orders, No. 3, headquarters State of Missonri, and, on account of their desire to remain in their own coun- ties for local defense, object to consolidations which they think might operate to take them away. They are aware that they can organize as platoons nnder the militia law, bnt the militia is not called into serv- ice, and, moreover, they donbt if the State can promptly furnish them arms, ammunition, clothing, and partial subsistence, which they need. Some of these men have already been in active service without orders or promise or prospect of pay. All of them can assist in keeping their respective regions free from trouble. In fact, they can to a great extent do it unaided, if properly put in the field. If General Orders, No. 3, were so modified as to allow platoons to be accepted, or if the militia were called out and promptly supplied, I believe these men and others in other counties would render invaluable service. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, CHESTER HARDING, JR., Colonel, Commanding District. [First indorsemeut.] HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 28, 1865. Respectfully referred to his excellency the governor of Missouri. It appears to me that such organizations should be authorized and armed by the State and not organized under Order No. 3. This will relieve the State of any expense in the matter of payment. The State can get the arms from the United States Government if it has not got them. G. M. DODGE, Major- General, Commanding. [Second indorsemeut.] EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT OF MISSOURI, April 30, 1865. Respectfully returned to Col. Chester Harding, commanding Central District of Missouri, with assurance that I will call into active service any platoon or company of Volunteer Missouri Militia he may at any time suggest, and on his approval of requisition for arms, & c., they will be furnished, THO. C, FLETCHER Page 213 CUAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 213 WARRENSBURG, April 26, 18658 a. m. Maj. J. W. BARNES, Assistant Adjutant- General: Is the Osage or Gasconade the eastern boundary of my districfi CHESTER HARDING, JR., Colonel, & e. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MIssouRI. Saint Louis, April 26, 186511.10 a. m. Colonel HARDING, Warrensburg: Osage. See General Orders, No. 234, series 1864, from these head- quarters.* J. W. BARNES, Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 26, 186511.15 a. m. Colonel HARDING, Warrensburg: In sending the Fourteenth Missouri Cavalry to you, what route had they best take so as to make their trip useful against bushwhackers? G. M. DODGE, 111 ajor- General. WARRENSBURG, Mo., April 26, 1865. General DODGE, Saint Louis: If the Fourteenth Cavalry is at Rolla, as I suppose, the best route would be to cross the Osage at Mining Post, and thence to Tiptou, fol- lowing the trail of the bushwhackers as nearly as possible. Please order the commanding officer to report by telegram from Tipton, as I may want to use them from that point, How many companies are there~ They must be careful not to mistake our militia for the enemy. C. HARDING, JR., Colonel, Commanding. WARRENSBURG, Mo., April 26, 1865. General DODGE, Saint Louis: I respectfully recommend that the Fourteenth Cavalry be sent to Jefferson City by boat and thence proceed to Versailles, where their depot can be established for a while, and from that point to scout thor- oughly down the Big Gravois westwardly to Cole Camp and into Henry County; also southeastwardly toward Tuscumbia. C. HARDING, JR., Colonel, die. * See Vol. XLI, Part IV, p. 936 Page 214 214 [CHAP. LX. LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, April 26, 1865. Colonel HARDING, Warrensburg: The Fiftieth Wisconsin left Saint Louis this morning by boat, ordered to report to you. The telegram yesterday was correct. J. W. BARNES, Assistant A djutant- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 26, 18653.50 p. m. Colonel HARDING, Warrensburg: I hear many complaints of depredations of bushwhackers up near Longwood, Pettis County. What is the Pettis County local company doing? Are they armed? Cannot some of them be sent out in that portion of the county? G. M. DODGE, Major- General. WARRENSBURG, April 26, 18655.10 p. m. Maj. J. W. BARNES, Assistant Adjutant- General: I understand that there are no troops in the Saint Joseph Sub-District. Lieutenant-Colonel Pinger~ of my regiment, commands it. Can he not be sent to Lexington to take command of the Fourth Sub-District? CHESTER HARDING, Jm Colonel, die. LEXINGTON, Mo., April 26, 1865. Colonel HARDING: Lieutenant Blain, Company A, Third Missouri State Militia, has reported and was sent to Dover on Sunday. Captain Le Clair, Coin- A Seventeenth Illinois Cavalry, goes with forty men to Green- ton to-day. Twenty-five of his men will join him after having scouted the Tabo country on Salt Pond road. Send me Bernard as soon as practicable. B. K. DAVIS, Major. HDQRS. FOURTH SUB-DIST., CENTRAL DIST. OF MISSOURI, Warrensburg, April 26, 1865. Maj. B. K. DAVIS, Commanding Fourth Sub-District: MAJOR: You are doubtless aware that comparatively large bodies of returning rebels have come up to the east of WarrensbQrg into Moni- tean, Cooper, and Saline Counties, aiming to cross the river. Operations in Jackson, Cass, and Lafayette have deterred them from making their way to any considerable extent through those counties. But when they find that Saline and the adjacent counties are thoroughl Page 215 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 215 scouted they may return to their old route through Greenton Valley, the Snibar, and so on. You may use the Seventeenth Illinois Cavalry, now with you, and the other company when it reports. Captain Ber- nard is ou his way from California to Lexington. That portion of his company at Hickman Mills has been relieved and is on its way to join you. You have also Wyckoff, Peery, Lieutenant Praul at Lone Jack, and Company A, Third Missouri State Militia, which ought now to be at Dover or near there. I shall not take any of this cavalry from you unless occasion requires it, but when I do you must fill up the gaps the best way you can. The Fiftieth Infantry Wisconsin Volunteers has been ordered to the command; it is now on its way up the river. It will be posted at different points, and two companies will be in your sub-district, one at Waverly, and one at Berlin. As soon as the coin- pany arrives at Waverly, Company F must be removed to Sibley, which you know is opposite the mouth of Fishing River. There is no town there now, but the point is as important as it ever was. As soon as the militia is called out and placed under your command, order some of them to relieve Morton and move him to Napoleon. The general instructions to be given to all of the river posts are that they must actively scout around and between posts, keep up communications with each other as far as practicable, prevent guerrillas from assembling or crossing the river, protect the gun-boats, & c. There is to be a chain of posts all the way to Jefferson City. Keep me fully advised of every- thing of importance occurring in the sub-district. Look out to have a good supply of ammunition. You can draw from Leavenworth or Jefferson City. The chief ordnance officer of the district is at the latter place. I am, major, very respectfully, your obedient servant, CHESTER HARDING, JR., Colonel, Commanding District. SPRINGFIELD, Mo., April 26, 1865. (Received 2 p. in.) Maj. J. W. BARNES, Assistant Adjutant- General: A soldier by the name of Canning Kemper, who seems to be a reliable man, came in yesterday, having left the rebel army on the 3d instant. He stated that the army was concentrating on the Red River at some point below Shreveport, and that all the troops that have been up the river in Texas have moved or will be moving down the Red River, excepting some two or three bands of guerrillas who were in the vicinity of Sherman, Tex., and designed to go out upon the plains and attack the trains moving west to Santa F6 and other points. Major Pierceys command and many of Andersons men were part of the force that was going on to the plains. The army had no knowledge of our successes East. Portiomis of it were much demoralized, and three regiments had disbanded and gone home. Scout from Newton County, Ark., reports that Dobbin is now at Batesville, and that his command numbers 1,500 men, many of whom are now on furlough, but are all to report in Batesville on the 1st of May, proximo, and these enlisted mcii on furlough say that the command will make a raid into Missouri as soon as they get together again, and also state that Dob- bin has four pieces of artillery, but this I do not credit. There is general quiet in the district at present. JOHN B. SANBORN, Brigadier- General, Commanding Page 216 [CHiP. LX. 216 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. MACoN, April 26, 1865. Major-General DODGE, Saint Louis: I have accompanied the Governor through Howard and Randolph Counties. We were not bushwhacked by the curs or revolutionists this time. The Governor and myself will be in Saint Louis on Friday to confer with yourself. CLINTON B. FISK, Brigadier- General. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF NORTH MISSOURI, Macon, JIfo., April 26, 1865. GEORGE S. PARK, Esq., Paricrille, Mo.: DEAR SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your valued favor of 21st instant, and hasten to reply. I am surprised at the apathy of the loyal men of Platte County. lt is their own fault that they are not thoroughly organized. Nearly every county in my district is in the best state of preparation for apprehended trouble, excepting Platte. Why is this ~ Why have not your people enrolled and organized into companies or platoons as provided in the militia law l It was an easy thing to do. The law was plain, and because Eads was not right was no good reason for withholding earnest effort to organize! Organize! Organize! Platte County ought to have two companies of 100 men each, well armed with Spencer rifles and revolvers. Captain Fitzgerald has been authorized to organize one such company for active service immediately, and I will authorize any other good, brave man you may name for another company. I will authorize a platoon for your imme- diate section. Give me the name of a good, earnest, vigorous, honest man for your commanding officer and I will set him to work at once. I know of radical men in Platte Couuty who could have organized the whole county by this time had they devoted the same euergy to that most necessary work that they have given to the vacant civil offices. I am glad to hear from you always, because 1 know I am getting the truth when you write. All volunteer troops are being withdrawn from North Missouri~ martial law will soon be abrogated; civil law will be supreme. Spencer rifles must aid in the good work. Governor Fletcher is here with me to-day. I shall urge liim to go to Platte County very soon and exhort your people to unite in harmonious vigor against the marauders. The end of the rebellion is very near. Redemption draw- eth nigh. Praise God from whom all blessings flow. I will do all I can for you while I remain in command, but hope soon to be in civilian clothing. Remember me with love to yonr good wife. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, CLINTON B. FISK, Brigadier- General. SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DISTRICT OF NORTH MISSOURI, No. 86. 5 Macon, Mo., April 26, 1865. 1. The Boone County compauy of volunteer militia, commanded by Capt. H. N. Cook, is hereby called into active service, to date from April 21,1865. 2. Lient. Col. John Pinger, Forty-third Regiment Infantry Missouri Volunteers~ is hereby relieved from duty as commanding, officer pos Page 217 Cn~. LX.1 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 217 and Sub-District of Saint Joseph, and will proceed without delay to join the regiment at Warrensburg, Mo., taking with him such officers and men of his regiment as may be on detached service in the Sub- District of Saint Joseph. 3. Commanding officer of the company of Fifty-first Missouri Volun- teers will assume the duties of post commander until further orders. By order of Brig. Gen. C. B. Fisk: W. T. CLARKE, First Lieutenant, Aide-de-Camp, and Actg. Asst. Adjt. (len. Cow CREEK, KANs., April 26, 1865. [Major-General DODGE:] GENERAL: On my arrival at this place last evening I found that the indians had made a raid on this place and driven off sixteen head of mules and one pony. They did it in the night and when the men were up and passing about the buildings as usual. From the footprints (moccasins) it is believed to be a party from the north. Lieutenant EhIe saw a number of pony tracks in the Plum Buttes, passing south. This and the number of Indians seen at different points leads me to believe that quite a party of Cheyennes and Sioux are about us, and need great care and caution to prevent further mischief. My runners are not in as yet, but I look for them every moment. If they should run into this party of hostiles they may meet with trouble, but I hope for the best. Should some of the Comanches or Arapahoes arrive soon I shall try and get them to go after this hostile band and to return the stolen stock. The stage company lost eleven mules; I lost four ; the ranch one mule and pony. Respectfully, your obedient servant, J. H. LEAVENWORTH, U. S. Indian Agent. HEADQUARTERS IN THE FIELD, Fort Zarah, Kans., April 26, 1865. First Lient. J. B. TAPPAN, Acting Assistant Adjutant- General: SIR: In consequence of Indian troubles I have had to station Lieu- tenant Ehle, with forty men of Third Wisconsin Cavalry, at Cow Creek Ranch. When the two companies of infantry arrive at Fort Riley you will order one company on duty at Fort Riley and send the other to this post. Upon arrival here the commanding officer will report to me for orders. JAS. H. FORD, Brevet Brigadier- General, Commanding District. Cow CREEK STATION, SANTA F ROAD, April 26, 1865. Brevet Brigadier-General FORD: GENERAL: I have the honor to report that I found on my arrival here yesterday that the stock of the ranch had been stolen the night before by Indianssixteen mules and one pony. It is said by those who claim to have a knowledge of Indian tactics that they are Chey- ennes or Sioux. I sent a dispatch to Little Arkansas Station to warn them and get information. I saw plentythat is, many, pony tracks ii Page 218 218 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. the Buttes yesterday, moving in a southern direction. Last night the herders in charge here of twenty-four yoke of Government cattle saw Indians, four in number, and they finally approached near enough to my picket-post so that my own men got a shot at them. There is evidently quite a number of them about us. Respectfully, your obedient servant, MARSHALL M EIILE First Lieutenant, Third Wisconsin Cavalry, (Jorndg. Station. FORT LEAVENWORTH, April 26, 18656.40 a. m. Maj. J. W. BARNES, Assistant Adjutant- General: Shall the same precautions be taken above Leavenworth City as below in regard to the Missouri River boats? Please answer. ROBT. B. MITCHELL, Brigadier- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO, Santa F5, N. ]JIex., April 26, 1865. Brig. Gen. JAMES II. FORD, Gomdg. District of the Upper Arkansas, Fort Lamed, Kans.: GENERAL: I received a letter from Major-General Dodge, command- ing Department of Kansas, stating that you would co-operate with me in giving protection to trains en route to and from New Mexico across the plains. I have sent two companies from Fort Bascom, on Red River, to escort trains by the Palo Duro route to Fort Lamed, and not having available public transportation for those companies the owners of the trains carried the necessary supplies, so that these two compa- nies will be at Fort Lamed without transportation to return. I beg you will do me the favor to order that two first-rate teams for each of these companies be transferred to them to enable them to return. If you can conveniently do so, we would like for you to let us have the teams, to be receipted for and retained here. In this event the commanders of the companies alluded to can give the necessary receipts and transfer them to the quartermaster of their post on their arrival in New Mex- ico. In case you cannot do this, we will return the teams to you. I beg that you will direct the commanding officer at Fort Lamed to return the companies belonging to New Mexico in the order of their arrival at his post, at least once in two weeks, escorting traitis this way. Please cause him to notify these headquarters by mail of the date of departure of each company for New Mexico, the route it trav- els, and the trains it guards, so that we may know when to expect it. If the train is a Government train I wish you would cause copies of its bills of lading to be transmitted at the sawc time, as a knowledge of what is on any one train that has passed Fort Lamed and of the prob- able time of its arrival in New Mexico will be of great service. In return for these favors please call upon us for anything which we can do for you. Respectfully, your obedient servant, JAMES II. CARLETON, Brigadier- General, Commanding. NoTE.Please order the company of the First Infantry New Mexico Volunteers now at Fort Lyon to proceed to Fort Union without delay. J. II. C Page 219 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 219 GREAT SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH TER., April 26, 1865. General CONNOR: DEAR SIR: Aware of the arduous duties you have to perform, still I trust a few lines from me will not prove an intrusion. As I intend starting for the Eastern States on the 1st of May, I could not in justice to my own feelings leave Utah without expressing my heartfelt thanks and gratitude to you for the protection you have afforded not only to myself, but to our church in general, together with the many acts of kindness you have rendered us, and in the behalf of a grateful peo- ple permit me to say our prayers shall ever be offered for your welfare before the throne of grace, and we shall ever hail with delight the announcement of your advancement to honor and trust, which we believe you so justly merit. As a people we have our religions peculiar- ities of belief, differing, however, in reality, not to any greater extent than the various religious sects differ from each other. But our religion teaches us loyalty to our Government, not mere lip service, but to render every assistance for its support that may be required; and we trust that the dark stigma which has been attached to the name of the Latter-Day Saints by the actions of men who, fired with ambitions views of political power, lustful and covetous desires, have basely striven to cloak their iniquitous proceedings under a mask of religion, will ere long pass away, and the Latter-Day Saints be acknowledged in the ranks of the moral, virtuous, and loyal. To this end we are laboring, and I am thankful to God that I have been instrumental in his hands of bringing many in Utah to a knowledge of the duties they owe to God, their country, and their fellow-men. I deeply deplore your absence from Utah, as affairs now present a very different aspect than during your administration in person. Our church is prosperous. I leave behind me a good organization with a competent president, and am expecting missionaries from the East this spring to prosecute the work with renewed vigor; but the fear that was gradually leaving the people has since your departure returned, and they are afraid of being placed in greater bondage than ever. Heavy threats are made by Brigham and his colleagues against those who dare to differ from him in sentiment. Dark deeds are contemplated and enacted. At the last conference Brigham instituted a military law of his own, and com- manded the bishops to put it in force, viz, none of his people to be allowed in the street after 10 p. in.; also organized a strong police force in every ward, subject to his instructions, to patrol night and day, and the people are under greater surveillance than ever. I would mention the attempt that has been made to assassinate Mr. Maloney, but I understand he has written you on the subject. I cannot, how- ever, help indulging the hope that Utah will be favored by your pres- ence again at some period not far distant. You will pardon me, but I cannot help entertaining the impression that you are destined to shape the destiny of this Utah, mold and fashion it from its present loathsome and repulsive appearance into something more favorable and delight- some. The material is here, I am satisfied, to make a virtuous and loyal people, if their slavish chains were struck off and their corrupt leaders dealt with as they justly merit, and nothing would afford myself and friends greater satisfaction, now that peace is about to be restored to our glorious country, than to see Utah, freed from her corruption, enrolled as a State. Once more thanking you for your kindness, allow me to remain, very respectfully, H. II. ATWOOD Page 220 220 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. [Indorsement.] Atwood is a missionary of a branch of the Mormon Church called Josephites, of whom young Joseph Smith is the leader. They are anti- polygamists and loyal. CONNOR. HEADQUARTERS LA FOURCHE DISTRICT Brashear City, La., April 27, 1865. Col. WILLARD SAYLES, Third Rhode Island Cavalry, Commanding, Napoleonville: The general commanding the district directs that a weekly cavalry reconnaissance of fifty men be made from your post to Bayou Saint Vin- cent and along the canal to Lake Verret, for the purpose of cleaning out the guerrillas and jayhawkers now infesting that section of coun- try. No regular day will be established for these scouts, as this would enable the enemy to ambush you or get out of your way for the time. You will telegraph these headquarters whenever these parties are ordered out, giving time of starting, destination, and instructions in brief. Written reports of these expeditions will be made out and for- warded immediately after their return. These reports should always be forwarded in time to reach these headquarters not later in the week than Wednesday. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, B. B. CAMPBELL, Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General. HEADQUARTERS LA FOURCHE DISTRICT, Brashear City, La., April 27, 1865. Lieutenant-Colonel RICE, Seventy-fifth U. S. Colored Infantry, Bayou Beuf: The general commanding the district directs that a weekly recon- naissance of 100 men in small boats be made from your station through the bayous north of Lake Palourde, south of Lake Natchez, east of Grand Lake, and west of Bayou La Fourche, for the purpose of clean- ing them of guerrillas, thieves, and smugglers. No regular day will be established for these expeditions, as this would enable the enemy to ambush and perhaps defeat you. You will telegraph these headquar- ters whenever these scouting parties are ordered out, giving time of starting, destination, and instructions in brief. Written reports of these expeditions will be made out and forwarded immediately after their return. These reports should always be forwarded in time to reach these headquarters not later in the week than Friday. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, B. B. CAMPBELL, Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General. HEADQUARTERS LA FOUROHE DISTRICT, Brashear City, La., April 27, 1865. Col. S. B. JONES, Seventy-eighth U. S. Colored Infantry, ffhibodeaux, Let.: The general commanding the district directs that a weekly mounted reconnaissance of fifty men be made from your post through Labadi Page 221 CHA1~. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 221 yule and Bruld Texas and Landry to the Shell Bank, on Lake Verret, for the purpose of watching that section of country and preventing any intended raids or thieving excursions. No regular day will be established for these scouts, as this would enable the enemy to ambush and perhaps defeat you. You will telegraph these headquarters when- ever these parties are ordered out, giving time of starting, destination, and instructions in brief. Written reports of these expeditions will be made out and forwarded immediately after their return. These reports should always be forwarded in time to reach these headquarters not later in the week than Thursday. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, B. B. CAMPBELL, Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General. HEADQUARTERS LA FOURCHE DISTRICT Brashear City, La., April 27, 1865. Col. W. 0. FISKE, First Louisiana Volunteer Infantry, Donaldsonville, La.: The general commanding the district directs that in future a weekly cavalry reconnaissance of forty men be made from your post to Bayou Gonla, aPd another of 100 men once a week from your post across Grand Bayou to Bay N atchez, for the purpose of cleaning that section of country of guerrillas and jayhawkers. The expedition going to Bay Natchez will leave a guard of thirty men with the horses at Grand Bayou Crossing. No regular day will be established for these expedi- tions, as this would enable the enemy to ambush and perhaps defeat you. You will telegraph these headquarters whenever these parties are started out, giving time of starting, destination, and instructions in brief. Written reports of these expeditions will be made out and forwarded immediately after their return. They should always be for- warded in time to reach these headquarters not later in the week than Thursday. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, B. B. CAMPBELL, Captain and Assistant Adjutant- General. GENERAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DISTRICT OF YICKSBURG, No. 27. Vicksburg, Miss., April 27, 1865. An armistice having been entered into between Maj. Gen. N. J. T. Dana, commanding Department of Mississippi, and the rebel authori- ties, there will be a total cessation of hostilities on the part of the Federal forces within the limits of this district from and after the hour of 9 a in., 28th instant. The troops will remain in statn quo, and the same discipline and regulations will be observed and enforced as here- tofore. This order is iiot intended to interfere in any way with the apprehension of guerrillas or other offenders against the peace, but, on the other hand, every possible exertion should be made for their arrest and punishment. This order to remain in force until revoked by com- petent authority. By order of Brig. Gen. M. L. ~mnith: A. C. FISK, Assistant Adjutant- General Page 222 222 LOUiSIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. GENERAL ORDERS, IIDQRS. DISTRICT OF MORGANZA, iNo 18. Morganza, La., April 27, 18G5. Brigadier-General MeKean, desiring to avail himself of a leave of absence, hereby turns over the command of the district to Col. William H. Dickey, Eighty-fourth U. S. Colored Infantry, the ranking officer present. By command of Brigadier-General McKean: G. G. BENNETT, First Lieutenant and Acting Assistant Adjutant- General. GENERAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DISTRICT OF MORG-ANZA, No. 20. Morgauza, La., April 27, 1865. I. In pursuance to General Orders, No. 18, current series, from these headquarters, the undersigned assumes command of the District of Morganza. In addition to the officers now serving on the (listrict staff, the following are announced: Capt. Frank Morey, Ninety-second U. S. Colored Infantry, acting assistant adjutant-general; First Lieut. Morris Foster, Sixty-fifth U. S. Colored Infantry, acting assistant adjutant- general and acting aide.de-camp. II. Col. Henry N. Frisbie, Ninety-second U. S. Colored Infantry, is assigned to the command of the forces stationed at Morganza, as post commander. WM. H. DICKEY, Colonel Eighty-fourth U. S. Colored Infantry. HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 27, 18652.20 p. m. (Received 5.10 p. in.) Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War, Washington, P. C.: I sent a few days since an important letter to the President to you through General Grant, with an inclosed letter to you. As General Grant is absent, will it not be well to get this letter from his office ~ JNO. POPE, Major- General. SAINT LoUIS, April 27, 18652.20 p. rn. Colonel VINCENT, Assistant Adjutant. General, Washington: Is the Sixth U. S. Volunteers, raised at Camp Douglas, Chicago, to serve in this division l If so, I would like to know it as soon as is con- sistent, as I wish to use the regiment to relieve others for duty south. JNO. POPE, _____ Major- General. WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERALS OFFICE, Washington, April 27, 186511.55 p. m. Maj. Gen. JOHN POPE, Comdg. Military Division of the Missouri, Saint Louis, Mo.: Sixth U. S. Volunteers will be for service iii your division. I will let you know at an early date when it will be ready for the field. THOMAS M. VINCENT, Assistant Adjutant- General Page 223 CH~.r. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 223 (I. S. STEAMER LEXINGTON, JYfouth of Red River, April 27, 1865. Colonel SPRAGUE, (Received May 1.) Commanding, dee., Cairo, ill.: Please dispatch the following to Major-General Pope, U. S. Ar my, commanding, Saint Louis, Mo., and oblige: The rebel ram Webb, commanded by the infamous Read, of the Tacony infamy, ran by the fleet at the mouth of Red River on the 23d instant. At New Orleans she passed with the U. S. flag at half-mast. Twenty-five miles below New Orleans the U. S. steamer Hollyhock gave her a broadside. She was run ashore by the crew and bnrned; all escaped but three men. Two hundred and seventeen bales of cotton were destroyed. The Webb left Shreveport on the 17th instant. At that place she took on board 250 cords of pine wood; at Alexandria fifty tons of pine knots. To-day I sent a letter to General Smith by the rebel Ecommissioner] of exchange. JOHN T. SPRAGUE, Lieutenant- Colonel, U. S. Army. LITTLE ROCK A Maj. Gen. A. PLEASONTON: , pril 27, 1865. (Received May 3.) Yours of the 22d received to-day. Will require 2,000 sets of horse equipments. Requisitions will be forwarded at once. J. J. REYNOLDS, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF EASTERN ARKANSAS, Col. JOHN LEVERING, Helena, Ark., April 27, 1865. Assistant Adjutant- General, Department of Arkansas: COLONEL: Last night I received a letter from Maj. Gen. John Pope, commanding Military Division of the Missouri, to report in Saint Louis immediately; also directing me to turn over the command here to next in rank, which I will do to-day and leave for Saint Louis to-night. Affairs in this district are now so regulated that my absence will not be prejudicial to the public service. General Pope desires me to accom- pany a Congressional committee to the plains and New Mexico. My absence from this command may be but temporary, and will, of course, be decided when I report to General Pope. I have reduced the stores to a proper proportion for the troops on duty, and am now loading the last boat with quartermasters stores and grain. In regard to the future government of the district I have no suggestions to make. Colonel Bentzoni, Fifty- sixth U. S. Colored Infantry, will be instructed in all the details of command before I leave. I am, very respectfully, your obedielit servant, A. MCD. MoCOOK, Major- General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 27, 18653 p. m. Major-General POPE: us not the Powder River General Sullys objective point in his cam- paign9l About what time will he move~ G. M. DODGE, Major- General Page 224 224 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSouRI, Saint Louis3 April 27, 13653.30 p. m. General DODGE: Sully will make a campaign against the Indians northwest of Black Hills, and will establish a post on Powder Itiver. He thinks the post will be 150 miles north of Laramie. He will leave Sioux City about May 12. JNO. POPE, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, Mo., April 27, 1865. Maj. Gen. G. M. DODGE, Commanding Department of the Missouri, Saint Louis, Mo.: GENERAL: This petition, asking for the banishment to the South of disloyal families from certain counties in Missouri, with accompanying letter and indorsements of Governor Fletcher and General McNeil, recommending that it be granted, is respectfully returned to you.* The banishment of residents of Missouri to the South is no longer admissi- ble, if, indeed, it has ever been judicious or just. The Southern armies and State governments are now broken to pieces, and the object of the General Government is to restore peace and reinstate civil government in the Southern States. It is clear enongh that there are a sufficient number of disloyal men and lawless vagrants in those States already to make the attempt to restore peace very difficult. What right has the State of Missouri to ask that these difficulties be further increased by re.enforcing the disaffected iu the Southern States by the same class of people from Missouri ~ Certainly the State of Missouri is better able to deal with the comparatively small number of such characters now in the State than is any State of tlie South, not one of which is not much more grievously afflicted wIth the same kind of population. It cer- tainly would not now be proper or judicious or acceptable to the Gen- eral Government that the small number of disloyal and lawless people referred to in this petition be sent to the Southern States to re-enforce the much larger element of the same kind now there. It would simply be imposing Missouris burden and her duty upon those States very much less able to bear the one or do the other, and would be compli- cating and greatly increasing the difficulties which now surround the set- tlement of affairs in the Southern States. Missouri must herself deal with such people, properly residents and citizens of the State. This petition is therefore disapproved, and you will please hereafter refrain and require your subordinate officers to refrain from banishing to the South any citizens or residents of Missouri or of any other State within your military department. I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JNO. POPE, Major- General, Commanding. SPECIAL ORDERS, IIDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, No. 111. 5 Saint Louis, Mo., April 27, 1865. 1. The Fifty-first Regiment Missouri Infantry Volunteers, Lient. Col. N. B. Giddings commanding, having reported at these headquarters * See incloeure, & c., to letter of Dodge to Bell, April 25, 1865, p. 192 Page 225 (lEAP. LX.) CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 225 in compliance with orders, will report to Brig. Geii. George D. Wagner, commanding Saint Lonis District, for duty. Immediate steps will be taken to arm and equip the regiment. * * * * * * * 5. Col. John G. Clark, Fiftieth Regiment Wisconsin Volnnteers, hav- ing reported at these headquarters in compliance with Special Orders, No. 8, headquarters Draft Rendezvous, Madison, Wis., with detach- ments of the Fiftieth, Fifty-second, and Fifty-third Wisconsin Volun- teers, will proceed without delay with the detachment of the Fiftieth Wisconsin by railroad to Jefferson City, Mo., thence by steamer to Miami, Mo., and report by letter to Col. C. Harding, commanding Dis- trict of Central Missouri, at Warrensburg, Mo., for orders. The qnar- termasters department will furnish transportation. The detachments of the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Wisconsin Volnnteers will report for duty to Brig. Gen. G. D. Wagner, commanding Saint Lonis District. 6. Capt. E. S. Rowland, Battery K, Second Regiment Missonri Light Artillery Volunteers, with one section of his battery, without caissons, will at once proceed to Springfield, Ill., and report to Brig. Gen. John Cook for duty during the funeral ceremonies of the late President of the United States, which being ended, Captain Rowland will return to his station at Franklin, Mo. The quartermasters department will furnish the necessary transportation. * * * * * * * By command of Major-General Dodge: J. W. BARXBS, Assistant Adjutant- General. SPECIAL ORDERS, ~ HEADQUARTERS SAINT Louis DISTRICT, No. 96. Saint Louis, Julio., April 27, 1865. 1. In compliance with paragraph V, Special Orders, No. 109, current series, Department of the Missouri, Colonel Weydemeyer, commanding First Snb-District, will place one company of infantry at Saint Charles and half a company of infantry at Washington, taking it from Com- pany I, Fiftieth Missouri Volunteers, at Hermann. He will cause due notice of the instructions contained in the above order to be given to all persons having in their custody ferry-boats, ski ifs, fiat-boats, wood-boats, and other means of crossing the Missouri River between the mouth of the Gasconade River and the mouth of the Missouri River, and after a reasonable length of time shall have been given them to comply therewith, Colonel Weydemeyer will seize all boats not delivered as directed and arrest the persons having them in their custody. Colonel Weydemeyer will issue the necessary instructions to his sub- ordinates to carry out the objects of the department commander in the matter. * * * * * * * 3. The detachments of the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Wisconsin Volunteers, Lieut. Col. H. J. Lewis commanding, having reported in compliance with Special Orders, No. 111, current series, Department of the Missouri, will report for duty to Colonel Bonneville, commanding Benton Barracks. 15 R RYOL XLVIII, PT I Page 226 226 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. 4. The Fifty-first Missouri Volunteers, having reported as directed in Special Orders, No. 111, current series, Department of the Missouri, will report for dnty to Colonel Bonneville, commanding Benton Barracks. * * * * * * * By order of Brig. Gen. George D. Wagner: H. HANINAHS, Major Fiftieth Missouri Volunteers and Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen. SAINT Louis, Mo., April 27, 1865. Lieut. Col. F. M. MALONE: A company of infantry has gone to the Knob; will reach you to-mor- row. The recruits for the Seventh Kansas will probably reach you to-day. By order of Brigadier-General Wagner: II. HANNAIIS, Major and Acting Assistant Adjutant- General. CAPE GIRARDEAU, April 27, 1865. Major HANNAHS, Saint Louis: I am about satisfied that the report of Jeff. Thompson and his gang between Patterson and Fredericktown is false. JOHN L. BEVERIDGE, Brevet Brigadier- General. CAPE GIRARDEAU, April 27, 1865. Lieutenant-Colonel MALONE, Pilot Knob: Send ten or fifteen men to hold the stockade at Centerville, and as soon as you are satisfied there is no rebel force in that connty have Lieutenant Henry take his company back. JOHN L. BEVERIDGE, Brevet Brigadier- General. PATTERSON, Mo., April 27, 18653.10 p. m. Lient. Col. F. M. MALONE, Pilot Knob, Mo.: Lieut. J. H. Wildey has returned. He killed one-third of Jeff.s com- mand and captured all his horses. Number killed, 1; number of com- mand, 3; aggregate, 3. This is all the rebel force there was. JAMES SMITH, Captain, & c. WARRENSETJRG, April 27, 1865. Maj. J. W. BARNES, Asst. Adjt. Gen., Department of the Missouri, Saint Louis: SIR: Six men from Shelbys brigade, Prices army, came into the neighborhood of Chapel Hill and sent word to the commanding officer that they wished to deliver themselves up. They were received and sent here for examination. The assistant provost-marshal recommends that five of them be released upon taking the oath of allegiance. Th Page 227 CB~. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 227 sixth is willing to take the oath if he can do no better. There is no doubt that they are really deserters, and, as many cases of the kind are likely to arise, I respectfully request instructions on the subject. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, CHESTER HARDING, JR., Colonel, Commanding District. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MIssouRI, Saint Louis, April 27, 186510.30 a. m. Brigadier-General MITCHELL, Fort Leavenworth: The precautions specified in Special Orders, No. 109, in relation to Leavenworth will be carried into effect. J. W. BARNES, Assistant Adjutant- General. SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. POST OF FORT LEAVENWORTH, No. 81. April 27, 1865. 1. In accordance with paragraph 10, Special Orders, No. 97, cnrrent series, headquarters Department of the Missouri, and in obedience to Special Orders, No. 78, headquarters District of North Kansas, I hereby assume command of the post of Fort Leavenworth. All orders here- tofore promulgated will remain in force nntil further orders. * * * * * * * By order of Lieutenant-Colonel Heinrichs: J. G. DODGE, Lieutenant and Post Adjutant. DENVER, April 27, 1865. General G. M. DODGE: Previous to my taking command there was plenty of transportation, because citizens goods were thrown out on the road as their teams passed. I require 100 wagons to load with corn at Omaha or Atchison for Laramie. - rphe constant movements of troops to keep the Indians north of the road keeps my transportation occupied. I ask your per- mission to move my headquarters to Julesburg for a few months. P. E. CONNOR, Brigadier- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 27, 186511.25 p. m. Brig. Gen. P. E. CONNOR, Denver: By May 12 have an escort organized at Fort Kearny, under a relia- ble, competent officer, of fifty men, one-third cavalry, to accompany J. T. Evans, division engineer, Union Pacific Railroad, in his surveys. Give instructions to them to protect his party and render all aid desired to have him accomplish his work. Also give orders to furnish the party supplies at any of our posts. Answer. G. M. DODGE, Major- General Page 228 228 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF THE PLAINS, Denver, Cob. Ter., April 27, 1865. Col. THOMAS MOONLIGHT, Fort Laramie: Two hundred pack-mules and equipments have been ordered sent to you from Cottonwood. Dispose of your troops so as to prevent the Indians from crossing the Platte or Sweetwater. Where is Little Thunders band~ By command: GEG. F. PRICE, Acting Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO, Santa F~, N. Mex., April 27, 1865. Capt. JAMES H. WHITLOCK, Commanding at Las Cruces, N. Alex.: CAPTAIN: By this mail you will receive an order to establish Fort Selden. You will turn over the command of the post of Las Cruces to Lieutenant Jennings when you leave. You are authorized to take Lieu- tenant Oliphant, his first sergeant, company records, and, say, two other sergeants, two corporals, and twenty of the most dissipated of his men with you to Fort Selden, where you will need some mounted men. The best horses will be taken, and must be kept in condition all the time for immediate field service. As Lieutenant Jennings will be alone for some little time at Las Cruces, he should have the most sober, steady men stay with him; therefore you will select the men who are to go to Fort Selden. Generally the most dissipated men in towns are the best for field service. I hope Lieutenant Oliphant is more temperate than he used to be, otherwise his stay in the service will be very brief. Doctor Smith will live at Las Cruces; but he will attend the sick at Fort Selden. Those who are so sick as to go to a hospital will be taken to Las Cruces. You will have a fine hospital steward at Selden, and as soon as your hospital is completed Doctor Smith will be ordered there. Surgeon Bryan will write to Doctor Smith on the details of this matter. I shall be down, starting from here not later than the 10th proximo. Respectfully, your obedient servant, JAMES H. CARLETON, Brigadier-General, Commanding. NoTE.Oliphant can turn into store at Las Cruces all company prop. erty not necessary to take to Fort Selden. For this Lieutenant Jen- nings can give the usual receipts for property received for storage. J. H. C. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO, Santa D5, N. Alex., April 27, 1865. Capt. WILLIAM BRADY, Commanding at Fort Stanton, N. Mex.: CAPTAIN: I understand the people on the Rios Bonito, Rnidos, and Tularosa are fearful that the troops are to abandon Fort Stanton. This is not true. There will be at least two companies there during the sum- mer months, and when the troops return from escort duty on the plains there will be, doubtless, one or more companies sent there to winter Page 229 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNTON. 229 This last is not certain, but may be; so I wish you to inform the people in season for them to put in all the crops they can this spring. I shall leave for Franklin about the 10th of May, and shall return, doubtless, by Forts Stanton and Sumner. Have company gardens made down at what is known as the Apache farm, some twelve miles below the post, on the left bank of the river. There the land is irrigated by a large spring which issues from the bluffs. That place belongs to the United States and is not to be occupied by citizens. It is reserved for the use of the troops at Fort Stanton. (Joinmence these at once. Plant all the ground you can. What is raised that may not be needed by the com- panies and hospital can be sold for company fund, so the men do the work. If any more Indians come about do you follow them as long as they make a track. The troops are stationed at Fort Stanton for a pur- pose, not to draw pay and eat rations without doing any service in the way of killing hostile Indians. Respectfully, & c., JAMES H. CARLETON, Brigadier- General, Commanding. NAVY DEPARTMENT, April 28, 1865. Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War: SIR: From a dispatch which has been submitted to me by the Acting Secretary of State, received from the U. S. consul at Teneriffe, it appears that the rebel ram Stonewall left that island, where she obtained a supply of coal, on the evening of the 1st instant, and steamed rapidly to the south. It is believed that her destination is some point on our coast. The Stonewall is represented by all parties to be a very formida- ble vessel and to possess superior speed. It behooves us to be prepared against surprise and to adopt every precaution to prevent injury from her. The Department has to-day advised all the squadrons and the navy-yards of the movements of the Stonewall, and directed that all the available formidable force be prepared to resist her approach. To give additional security, I would suggest that the commandants of the forts for the defense of our harbors be advised of the contemplated approach of the Stonewall and prepared to contest her advance should she make her appearance. Very respectfully, & c., GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy. SPECIAL ORDERS, WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERALS OFFICE, No. 193. 5 Washington, April 28, 1865. * * * * * * * 50. Capt. E. S. Richards, assist ant adjutant-general of volunteers, will report in person without delay to Brevet Major-General Sully, U. S. Volunteers, commanding District of Iowa, Dubuque, Iowa, for duty. * * * * * * * By order of the Secretary of War: W. A. NICHOLS, Assistant Adjutant- General Page 230 230 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. IIDQRS. MILITARY DIvISIoN OF WEST MississiPPi, OFFICE OF CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, New Orleans, La., April 28, 1865. Lient. Col. C. T. CHRISTENSEN, Asst. Adjt. Gen., Military Division of West Mississippi: COLONEL: I have the honor to submit to your consideration the fol- lowing report of information received at this office this 28th day of April, 1865: Mr. Bell, a scout, reports that he crossed the Mississippi from Morgauza to Tunica in a skiff and obtained the following informa- tion in regard to the crossings of the Mississippi: The only place of crossing below Natchez is at Tunica Bend, and no crossings are made except by skiffs since the water has been so high. No persons of any importance have crossed there within the last month. It is not con- sidered possible that any troops will attempt to cross during the high water. Nothing was heard of an intention to cross ~ and ~ regiments from East Louisiana. A few furloughed men occasionally cross. A mail crosses weekly in both directions. Friday is the regular day for the meeting of the couriers at the Mississippi to exchange mail, but of late there has been some irregularity about it. A man named Curry, living near Tunica Landing, has been the ferry- man on the east side. The couriers are escorted by twelve men. The skiffs leave Tunica at night, passing down into Old River, and thence the mail is taken to Simsport. The route used before high water was near Fort Adams and the upper mouth of Red River. A gentleman thoroughly conversant with the blockade-running business at Havana, who left that place on the 22d instant, states that there have been as many as twenty-five different steamers engaged in running into Galves- ton, and nearly all have been successful. The most important ones are the Francis, built by Morgan, at Wilmington, Del., and owned by Henderson, of Havana, or some parties in the North, laying up for repairs in Havana, only having made one trip; the Owl, Captain Maffitt, is in Galveston and expected back to Havana; the Lunar, Clyde steamer, Captain Robinson, to sail for Galveston in a few days; the Albatross, Clyde steamer, three smoke stacks; the Badger, Clyde steamer, Captain Brown, iron vessel with turtle back; the Fox, Clyde steamer, Captain Lawless, like the Badger; the Colonel Lamb, like the Badger, but the best of the Clyde steamers; the Denby, Clyde steamer, wooden, is on her twenty-first trip; the Major Whiting, like a Long Island Sound boat, and the Pelican, propeller. The business is decreasing, not because there is any danger from the blockading fleet, but from the scarcity of cotton at Galveston. The trade with Mata- moras is dead, on account of the expense in transporting the cotton through Texas. There are a few light.draft vessels running into Saint Marks, Fla. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, A. M. JACKSOIN, Major, Tenth U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery. (In absence of Capt. S. M. Eaton, chief signal officer, Military Division of West Mississippi.) HEADQUARTERS SOUTHERN DIVISION OF LOUISIANA, New Orleans, April 28, 1865. Col. S. B. HOLABIRD, Chief Quartermaster: A crevasse has just opened on the left bank opposite Chalmette, and it is said can be stopped if attended to promptly with the necessary aid Page 231 Cn~. LX.) CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 231 Captain Bicker reports that the citizens above are unable to stop it. I have the honor to request that a small steamer be sent down there with lumber and workmen, if any can be spared, to report to Captain Bicker, at Chalmette, to aid in this work. Yery respectfully, T. W. SHERMAN, Brigadier- General, Commanding. DISTRICT OF LA FOURCHE, Brashear, A 28, 1865. Major HOFFMAN, Asst. Adjt. Gen., Southern Division of Louisiana, New Orleans: A crevasse occurred about two miles below La Fourche Crossing on this the west side yesterday morning. The provost-marshal of the parish of La Fourche has visited it and reports to me that it is about 150 feet wide. It has caused the water in the bayou at Thibodeaux to fall about three feet. The backwater has reached as far as the railroad, but it is thought it will not injure the road. It is believed to have been cut by private individuals to benefit their lands by the deposit which it will leave. Had it broken above the railroad or on the east side above liockland, it would have prevented the use of the road for months. Yours, & c., H. A. CAMERON, Brigadier- General, Commanding District. HEADQUARTERS SOUTHERN DIVISION OF LOUISIANA, New Orleans, April 28, 1865. Capt. H. K. BICKER, Seventy-seventh U. S. Colored Infantry, Comdg., Chalmette: The brigadier-general commanding directs that you turn out the whole population in your vicinity and stop the break in the levee if possible. The services of the superintendent in charge of levees has been applied for to cooperate with you. I am, respectfully, your obedient servant, WICKHAM HOFFMAN, Major and Assistant Adjutant- General. BAYOU BIEUF STATION, April 28, 1865. Capt. B. B. CAMPBELL, Assistant Adjutant- General: SIR: I have the honor to report that I received information yester- day, 27th instant, at 10 a. in., that Lient. Oinar Boudreaux, of the rebel Whitakers company, had passed out of Bayou Black into Bayou Chdne two hours previously in a boat with six other rebels, and was moving rapidly down the latter stream. I immediately telegraphed the infor- ination to your headquarters. An hour later, having received no orders in the case, I took twelve men in boats and gave chase, believing that the heavy rain falling at the time would induce Boudreaux to stop some- where about the lower end of the Chime. I went as far as Sweet Bay Lake, at the mouth of the Chimne, and satisfied myself that he had passed on without stopping anywhere. I could only conjecture what course he had taken, as it was exceedingly difficult to get any informa- tion from the inhabitants, and it being nearly night-fall I abandone Page 232 232 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. the pursuit and returned. Arriving here I found telegraphic orders received an hour after my departure, which contemplated a somewhat more extended pursuit than I had given, but it seemed to me altogether too late then to renew the chase, and believing it would appear so to the general commanding, I made no further effort. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,, JNO. L. RICE, Lieutenant- Colonel Seventy-fifth U. S. Colored Infantry. HEADQUARTERS SOUTHERN DIVISION OF LOUISIANA, New Orleans, La., April 28, 1865. Major PIKE, Seventy-fourth U. S. Colored Infantry, Fort ]Iliacomb: Telegram received. Relieve the picket. Nearly all the crew of the Webb have been caught. Acknowledge receipt. WICKHAM HOFFMAN, Major and Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF MISSISSIPPI, Vicksbur.q, April 28, 1865. Lieut. Col. C. T. CHRISTENSEN, Asst. Adjt. Gen., Military Division of West Mississippi: I have the honor to inform you that the armistice entered upon by Brigadier-General Tucker and myself on the 27th instant will termi- nate at 12 m on the 1st of May next. I am, very respectfully, N. J. T. DANA, Major- General. (Same to Maj. Gen. N. P. Banks.) HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF MISSISSIPPI, Vicksburg, April 28, 1865. ADJUTANT-GENERAL OF THE ARMY: I have the honor to report that on the p7th instant I entered upon an agreement with tM rebel military authorities for an armistice along my front, and to inclose a copy of the agreement (A)* My action was based on the inclosed telegraphic dispatch from Lieutenant-General Taylor, C. S. Army, to Brigadier-General Tucker, C. S. Army (B),t communicated to me by General Tucker, in the accom- panying dispatch (C)4 The armistice entered upon between Major-General Sherman and General Johnston having been disapproved, I have dispatched the inclosed notice (D) to Brigadier-General Tucker, giving him notice that our agreement must terminate forty-eight hours from the time of his reception of my communication. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, N. J. T. DANA, Major- (ienera~. See inclosure, Dana to Tucker, p. 205. I See Bullock to Tucker, p. 176. ~ See Tucker to Dana, p. 175. ~See Dana to Tucker, next poa Page 233 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 233 HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF Mississippi, T7icksburg, Miss., April 28, 1865. Brigadier-General TUCKER, C. S. Army, Commanding District of Mississippi and Louisiana; The agreement between Major-Geueral Sherman and General John- ston having been disapproved by the President of the United States, I have the honor to notify you that the agreement entered upon between us for an armistice will terminate forty-eight hours from the reception of this communication, as provided therein. This will be delivered to yon by Colonel Lieb, of my staff; to whom you are requested to deliver a receipt. I am, sir, very respectfully, N. J. T. DANA, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF Mississippi, Vicksburg, Miss., April 28, 1865. Brig. Gen. J. W. DAVIDSON, Commanding District of Natchez: I have the honor to inform you that the major-general commanding has this day forwarded a notice to the rebel military authorities that the armistice agreed upon on the 27th instant will cease forty-eight hours after the reception of such notice by them. This notice will probably reach its destination by 12 m. on the 30th instant, forty-eight hours from which time hostilities will be resumed. I am, sir, respectfully, N. J. T. DANA, Major- General. MEMPHIS, TENN., April 28, 1865. Hon. E. M. STANTON: Will you please order an inquiry to be made at Yicksburg to ascer- tain why 2,000 released Federal prisoners were crowded on board the ill-fated steamer Sultana, against the remonstrance of the captain of the boat and when two other large steamers were in port at the same time, bound up river, with very few passengers ~ The loss of life is known to eXceed 1,400,~ C. C. WASHBURN, Major- General, WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERALS OFFICE, Washington, April 28, 18651.30 p. m. Maj. Gen. JOHN POPE, jSvaint Louts: To what point in your division do you desire the Sixth U. S. Volun- teers ordered ~ Please answer by telegram. THOMAS M. VINCENT, Assistant Adjutant- General. * See reports, Part I, p. 210 Page 234 234 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHM~. LX. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MissouRI, Saint Louis, April 28, 18654.30 p. m. Col. T. M. VINCENT, Assistant Adjutant- General, Washington: The Sixth U. S. Volunteers had best be ordered to Fort Leavenworth. JNO. POPE, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 28, 18652 p. m. General BUSSEY, Fort Smith: Your dispatch of yesterday received.* If you have not communicated the facts to General Reynolds do so. My advices from Red River indi- cate the retreat of Kirby Smith to Texas. JNO. POPE, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 28, 1865. Maj. Gen. JOHN POPE, Comdg. Mil. Div. of the Missouri, Saint Louis, Mo.: GENERAL: The large number of men returning from Kirby Smiths army that succeed in reaching Missouri, without any check south of my lines, renders it necessary, in my opinion, that we should place on the southern border of the department more cavalry, and for this purpose I would suggest that four or five regiments of cavalry be obtained from Department of the Cumberland or some other point east. It is evident that we cannot expect the State to do much in South Missouri, they have not the men or the means, and the concentration of so large a force of rebels in North Arkansas, without any means of con- centrating rapidly a force against them, leaves us snbject to raids that will be a great detriment to our efforts to quiet the State. I have the honor to be, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, G.M. DODGE, Major- General, Commanding. [Indorsement.] HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 29, 1865. Respectfully referred to the General-in-Chief of the Army, with the request that General Dodges application be complied with. If quiet can be kept in Missouri for a month or two, all concern for the State can be safely dismissed, and it is very important that these returning soldiers, who will be bush whackers and outlaws, be inter- cepted before they get into Missouri. JNO. POPE, Major- General. *Seo Part 1d?-202 Page 235 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 235 HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, April 28, 18652.04 p. m. Brigadier-General BEVERIDGE, Gape Girardean: What report have you of the movement north of any force from Arkansas ~ G. M. DODGE, Major- General. CAPE GIRARDEAU, April 28, 18653 p. m. Maj. J. W. BARNES, Assistant Adjutant- General: I have none. The reported force moving north between Patterson and Fredericktown is reduced to three thieves. I have scouts all over that country. The force I sent ont will be in to-morrow. Captain Colbert, at Bloomfield, has scouts out in Northern Arkansas. JOHN L. BEVEHIDGE, Brevet Brigadier- General. CAPE GIRARDEAU, April 28, 1865. Col. JATVIES T. FOSTER, Frederiektown: On May 1 the Seventeenth Illinois, at Fredericktown, will be relieved by one officer and thirty men of Dallas County Monnted Militia. It is important that yonr organization be hnrried up, and induce the people to remain quiet at home. I am satisfied rebel sympathizers are doing their utmost to frighten loyal people out of the State. JOHN L. BEVEHIDGE, Brevet Brigadier- General. HEADQUARTERS SAINT LOUIS DISTRICT, Saint Louis, Mo., April 28, 1865. Lieutenant-Colonel MALONE, Pilot Knob: The citizens are rushing to Saint Louis from the southeast perfectly frantic with fear, driving their stock and moving their families here. Cant you stop it ~ They have filled the country with the most extrava- gant reports of a large force of rebels in Farmington, and north and east of there. Citizens have buried their valuables and are seeking shelter at any point that offers any hope of safety. Inform General Beveridge of the case. The stampede is real. Men by the dozens are here with knees trembling and hearts in their throats. There is no information here confirming the first report of the presence of rebels in the southeast. By order of Brigadier-General Wagner: - H. HANNAHS, Major and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General. SAINT LoUIS, April 28, 1865. Lient. WILLIAM MORAN Gomdg. Company 11, Piftieth Missouri Volunteers, Potosi, Mo.: Is there any truth iu the stories brought here by the citizens of Potosi as to Thompsons and Shelbys raid l Send me full particulars, and i Page 236 236 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. the enemy presses you draw in the men from Webster and concentrate the company at Potosi. Look out for Hilderbrand and his gang. I shall get the men paid off to-morrow, and will be down Monday, I think. Direct answer to headqnarters District of Saint Louis. They think here at headquarters that it is all a silly scare. Have you picketed the Farmington road? AIITHUH WILKINSON, Captain Company B, Fiftieth Missouri Infantry. HEADQUARTERS SAINT LOUIS DISTRICT, Aprit 28, 1865. Lieutenant MORAN, Potosi: Inform the citizens of Potosi that the rumor of a large force of rebels in Southeast Missouri is without foundation in fact. Keep them quiet and keep your men well in hand. Telegraph Colonel Malone, at Pilot Knob, and he will advise you of the facts. Inform the citizens that there is no danger, and if they then choose to leave they do so without justification. H. HANNAHS, Major, c~e. CAPE GIRARDEAU, April 28, 1865. Captain COLBERT, Bloomfield: Keep your scouts constantly out in Dunklin County and in Northern Arkansas. JOHN L. BEVEHIDGE, Brevet Brigadier- General. HEADQUARTERS, Rolla, April 28, 1865. Major-General DoDO-E: Is there a force of rebels coming up through Saint Louis District? There is much excitement at Steelville, caused by inhabitants of that district coming np reporting a force advancing from the southeast. JOHN MORRILL, Colonel. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 28, 18G58.10 p. m. Colonel MORRILL, Rolla: The commanding officer at Cape Girardean says the scare was all caused by three thieves. We know of no force north of Arkansas line. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS STATION, Marshall, Mo., April 28, 1865. Capt. C. G. LAURANT, Asst. Adjt. Gen., Dist. of Central Missourt, Warrensburg, Mo.: CAPTAIN: In pursuance of Special Orders, No. 77, dated headquarters Fourth Sub-District, District of Central Missouri, Lexington, Mo., Apri Page 237 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 237 24, 1865, I hare the honor to report that I marched with my command from Greenton Valley, Lafayette County, Mo., on the 25th instant and arrived at this station on the afternoon of the 27th instant. I had the country scouted thoroughly on each side of the road from Greenton Valley to this place. I have sent out two scouts this morning and will send out the third one this evening. I most respectfully ask for instructions in regard to my operations in this part of the district. I am, captain, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JAMES D. EADS, Capt. Company 1111, 1st Cay. Missouri State Militia, Comdg. Station. HEAIQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MissouRI, Saint Louis, April 28, 18G54.20 p. m. Colonel POTTER, Fort Leavenworth: General Connor telegraphs that his cavalry are ou half rations; that the troops have been in the habit of seizing all kinds of trains, citizens and Government, and since he has put a stop to it it cuts him down in transportation, so that he cannot 1n ke his campaign without more. He requests that 100 wagons be loaded with corn at Omaha or Nebraska City and sent to him at Fort Laramie immediately. Have you got the teams at Omaha or Nebraska City? If not, how many have you? Perhaps part can be sent from there and part from Leavenworth. It is important that Connor gets off before long. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 28, 186512 m. Brigadier-General CONNOR, Denver: Your letter of April 14 to General Dodge has been laid before me. General Sully, with 1,200 cavalry and some light guns, will march from Fort Pierre about May 15, by way of north side of Black Hills, to a point on Powder River 150 or 200 miles north of Laramie. At that point a large post will be established, to be supplied probably from Laramie. His object is to fight the hostile Sioux or other Indians of that region and establish this post. It is desired that you co-operate with him as far as possible, and keep yourself advised of his move- ments by scouts and runners so that your expedition may co-operate. It is hoped that your combined movements into that region this sum- mer may bring about conclusive results. It is not, however, intended to bind you to any restraint on account of Sullys expedition. You need only depend upon and act in conjunction with it as you may deem judicious. Sully is advised on this subject. JNO. POPE, Major- General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 28, 1865. Brig. Gen. P. E. CONNOR Commanding District of the Plains, Denver, Cob. Ter.: GENERAL: I am in receipt of your communication of date 14th instant. I think it is important you should move pretty soon, for fol- lowing reasons: General Sully, with 1,200 mounted men, moves earl Page 238 238 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. in May. He will make his objective point some place on Powder River, and it is agreed that your movements shall be in concert. General Sullys movement will be northwest of Black Hills. He will establish a post on Powder River about 150 miles from Laramie and will leave Sioux City about May 12. You are the best judge how your move shall be made to make it successful. Your idea of finding the location of Indians is good. I supposed that was known, and think you should go straight at their villages, especially should they endeavor to annoy you with small armed parties. I shall soon forward you eight companies of Fifth Regiment U. S. Volunteers, which will add to your strength. The officers left in charge of the Overland Route should have instruc- tions to concentrate the cavalry left behind in case the indians should get in the rear and come back on the Overland Route. What is your idea of the length of time you will have to be absenf? I telegraphed you to give protection to the party of Pacific Railroad engineers under Mr. Evans. Should they want supplies or any aid, give such instructions that they can receive them. We have labored under great difficulty in not being informed in advance in relation to what was wanted, what supplies, & c. If you will see that we get proper notice I will see that you are fully supplied. It takes time to get these supplies to the depots. Also inform the quartermaster and commissary at Leavenworth of the depots established or decided upon by you. We shall have to supply General Sullys command from Fort Laramie, but I have the estimate and will see that they go forward from here. Write me fully yonr plan of campaign. I have the honor to be, general. very respectfully, your obedient servant, G. M. DODGE, Major- General, Commanding Department. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF. THE MISSOURI, & mint Louis, April 28, 18G54.30 p. m. Brigadier-General CONNOR, Denver: Do you want the trains turned over to you to use on the plains, or only to take the corn and return? We shall probably have to send the trains from Leavenworth. You can make headquarters at Julesburg. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS DISTRIC~V OF THE PLAINS, Denver, Cob. Ter., April 28, 18G5. Lieut. Col. WILLIAM M. JOHNS, Third Battalion California infantry, Camp Douglas, Utah: COLONEL: I deem it necessary and important in a military point of view, as well as for the benefit of the Pacific States, that a better and nearer road than the present one should be made between Denver and Salt Lake; and having assurance that such a road can be made over the route by Uintah Valley and Middle Park, saving in distance 200 miles, and passing over a country fertile and well timbered, and which by building the road will be open to settlement and cultivation, and also shortening the time of transmission of the overland mai Page 239 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 239 between the points named two days, over a route not subject to Indian attacks, and making a less distance to protect in case of necessity, and taking all the advantages to be gained into consideration, I had deter- mined to build a military road; but finding that the Overland Stage Company has a charter from the Territories of Colorado and Utah for a road over the proposed route, and desiring to have the mail route changed before next autumn, you will cause the men of your command to perform such work on the road, and on such route as Bela M. Hughes, the agent of the company, may direct. Mr. Hughes will pay the men of your command a fair compensation for such labor as they may per- form. I would enjoin upon you to use all possible exertion and speed in the performance of the work assigned you, and on your arrival in this city report to Bvt. Brig. 0-en. Guy V. Henry, commanding South Sub-District of the Plains, for duty. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, P. EDW. CONNOR, Brigadier- General. HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, OFFICE OF CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, New Orleans, La., April 2.9, 1865. Lient. Col. C. T. CHRISTENSEN, Asst. A~jt. Gen., Military Division of West Mississippi: COLONEL: 1 have the honor to submit to your consideration the fol- lowing report of information received at this office this 29th day of April, 1865: Lieutenant Curtiss reports from Baton Rouge the 24th instant that he has reliable information that Colonels Powers and Griffiths regiments had gone to join Forrests force with all the men they could raise in East Louisiana, leaving in that region only jay- hawkers. Captain Fitz reports from Port Hudson on the same day that he learns that Colonel Griffith has returned with his regiment to some point near Clinton, La. Mr. Kellogg, who was sent up on the west side of the Mississippi to ascertain the points of crossing for the rebels, makes a report similar to that of Mr. Bell from the east side. He thinks the rebel mail could be easily captured by a party on the lower end of IRaccourci Island, where the skiffs pass. Mr. Kellogg saw Captain Collins, the scout, and the Confederate agent for the exchange of prisoners. They both express the opinion that Kirby Smith will sur- render on the same terms as General Lee. Collins says that General Smith is a defaulter to the Confederate Government to the amount of $5,000,000, and that will be a great inducement for him to surrender. lt was reported that General Buckner was ordered to Shreveport and General Thomas to Natchitoches. without changing the location of the troops, however. Several of the prisoners captured from the rebel ram Webb state that they were detailed from Parsons Missouri division, which was at Shreveport when they left on the 7th instant. General Parsons commands the division. It has two brigades, Burns and Mitchells. Burns brigade is composed of the Tenth Missouri Infantry, Colonel Moore; the Eleventh Missouri Infantry, Colonel Lewis; the Sixteenth Missouri Infantry and a battalion of sharpshooters, Colonel Pindall. Mitchells brigade is composed of the Eighth and Ninth Mis- souri Infantry, Searcys battalion, and Perkins battalion. The two brigades are about the same size, and are variously estimated at from 1,000 to 1,800 each. This division arrived in Shreveport from Camden April 1. It was not known whether they were to go farther or remai Page 240 240 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. ICHAP. LX. in Shreveport. Marmadukes old division of cavalry is broken up. A part is in Texas, a part on White River, and many were dismounted and compelled to join infantry regiments. General Shelby was at Shreveport at the time they left, but his command was at Clarksville, Tex. Shavers battalion and two or three companies of Texas cavalry were on duty in Shreveport. The railroad is running from Marshall, Tex., to within twelve miles of Shreveport. Two of the men were from the iron-clad Missouri. Her armament is one 11-inch gun (smooth- bore) in the starboard angle of the bow; one 32-pounder guu (smooth- bore) in the port angle of the bow, and one 9-inch (smooth-bore) amid- ships on pivot, to be used on either side. No ports in the stern. She draws nine feet of water. The smoke stack is twenty feet forward of the main hatch. She has never attempted to stein the current alone. They all express the opinion that she will not attempt to come below Alexandria. Her crew is about eighty men. The following is a list of her officers: Lieateiiaiit-Commander Carter, commanding; Lieutenant Cram, executive officer; Lieutenant Larmour; John A.Douglass,inaster; Musgrave, master; Benthall, actingmaster; Shaw, midshipman; Condor, boatswain; Florey. gunner; Cobert, chief engineer; Dorsey, second engineer. The principal transports above Alexandria are the Mary T., the General Quitman, and the G. L. lodge. One of these men was from the Steam-Boat Battalion, composed of Whites and Stewarts companies. Whites company was at Marksville, La., an(l Stewarts twenty miles below Alexandria. They were very much scattered, doing picket duty. The rebels are still at work on the forts at Alexandria, though they are nearly completed. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, A. M. JACKSON, Major, Tenth U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery. (In absence of Capt. S. M. Eaton, chief signal officer, Military iDivision of West Mississippi.) HEADQUARTERS SOUTHERN DIVISION OF LOUISIANA, New Orleans, La., April 29, 1865. Brigadier-General CAMERON, Commanding La Fourche District, Brashear (Jity, La.: GENERAL: It is reported to these headquarters that an attempt will be made by the rebel ram Missouri to get out of the Red River by the Atchafalaya during the present high water. Look out for her. Acknowledge receipt. WICKIAM HOFFMAN, Major and Assistant Adjutant- General. BRASHEAR, April 29, 1865. (Received 4.50 p. in.) Major HOFFMAN, Assistant Adjutant-General, Southern Division of Louisiana: Yours in regard to the rebel ram Missouri is received. R. A. CAMERON, Brigadier- General, Commanding District Page 241 CHAP, LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 241 HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF WEST TENNESSEE, Maj. Gen. N. J. T. DANA, Memphis, [Penn., April 29, 1865. Commanding Department of Mississippi: GENERAL: In view of the probable fact that Jeff. Davis will attempt to cross the Mississippi between Yicksburg and New Orleans, I send you the Third U. S. Colored Cavalry, under Brevet Brigadier-General Osband. By reason of the overflowed condition of th~ country from Yicksburg to this point, it seems rather improbable that he will attempt to cross above Vicksburg, though it would not I e strange if he should run out of the Yazoo, as he could easily seize one or all of the numerous trading boats up there for that purpose. It looks to me as though the most likely point of crossing would be between Vicksburg and Natchez, probably in the neighborhood of Rodney. C. C. WASHBURN, Major- General. P. S.The steamer John Raine, which will take these troops down, I wish you would order back as soon as possible, as she is much wanted here. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, Major-General REYNOLDS, April 29, 18655.25 p. m. Little Rock: I have sent you 1,500 horses and will send 500 more to-morrow. Many small parties are crossing the Arkansas and coming up into Mis- souri. Your cavalry should be kept constantly employed to intercept such parties. Let me hear by telegraph as soon as you hear from Fagan or Jeff. Thompson. JNO. POPE, Major- General. ENGINEERS OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, Little Rock, Ark., April 29, 1865. Maj. Gen. J. J. REYNOLDS, Commanding Department of Arkansas: GENERAL: The portion of the State of Arkansas which lies south of the Arkansas River and is traversed by the roads numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, in my letter to you dated April 8, is well known as a mountain- ous and rugged region. The ranges known as the Potean, Washita, Cassatot, Magazine, Petit Jean, Fourche la Fave, and Caddo Mountains are found in this section and are crossed by one or more of the roads named. There are cross-roads, by means of which empty or lightly loaded wagons can pass from one road to the other. One of these roads leaves Danville, follows up Dutch Creek, and joins the Fort Smith road at Waldron. It has been used by our scouting parties. Another, leaving the Mount Ida road a few miles south of Danville, follows the Fourche la Fave Creek and joins the Fort Smith road near the Washita Mountains and about fifteen miles south of Waldron, Dallas, known on some maps as Panther, and Caddo Gap, a point about twelve miles southeast of Caddo Cove, appear to be the principal points at and near which trains pass through the Cassatot and Caddo Mountains. After crossing these mountains, going south, the elevation of the coun- 16 R RYOL XLYIII,PT I Page 242 (CHAP. LX. 242 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. try gradually declines until we reach Ultima Thule and lNlurfrees- borough, when the country becomes level or slightly undulating. The soil becomes darker in color and the country better cultivated. Below this line, joiniug Murfreesborough and Ultima Thule, onr troops have never been. The citizens have remained at home and cultivated their farms, except a few of the large planters, who have carried their negroes across Red River for safety. I think that there is no doubt about sub- sisten~e and forage in sufficient quantities being found in this section of country and on the Red River. Cross-roads abound and in dry weather are practicuble for any movements of the army. In wet weather these black lands are difficulties in our way only so far as mud is con- cerned. Supposing our column at Paraclifta, and wishing to move across Red River, there are several points which may be selected: We can go to Fulton, where the rebels had a pontoon bridge, which is about thir- teen miles from Washington and twenty-nine from Paraclifta; or, crossing Little River, which is given a breadth of between 400 and 500 feet, at Laynes Ferry, four miles from Parachfta, we can move toward the Red River and cross at loopers or Thompsons Ferries; or, keep- ing upon the old Clarksville stage road, cross at Laynesport, or just above at Mill Creek Ferry. The Red River is reported to me to be about 700 feet wide at these points, whenever it is necessary to bridge it. My idea is to cross the Red River as high up as possible, so as to cross the Sulphur Fork or Red and Big Cypress high up, these streams both having a bad reputation for bad bottom lands and for overflowing their banks down near their junction with Red River. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. B. WHEELER, Captain of Engineers, Chief Engineer of Department, & c. STEAMER CITY OF CAIRO Cairo, Api-il 29, 18656.30 p. m. (Received 30th.) Maj. Gen. JOHN POPE: At 9 a. m. on the morning of the 23d instant the rebel ram Webb ran out of Red River, passing all our gun.boats and iron-dads at the mouth; passed down the Mississippi at great speed. Lieutenant-Commander Foster, on gun-boat Lafayette, started in pnrsuit, followed by the ram Vindicator. The Webb came near destroying the steamer Saratoga. The object is to destroy all boats south of Red River and then escape to the Gulf. She is very fast, built in New York, and is a sea-going vessel. The telegraph was destroyed below Baton Rouge, so that she would arrive at New Orleans without notification. I left Helena on morning of 28th. No boat from INew Orleans for two days. The Sul- tana was last boat. I will be in Saint Louis to-morrow evening. A. McD. MeCOOK, Major- General. SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, No. 103. 5 Little Rock, Ark., April 29, 1865. * * * * * * 7. The following order is republished for the information and guidance of troops in this department: * 8. Brig. Gen. A. N. Duffi~, U. S. Volunteers, having reported to these headquarters in obedience to orders from headquarters Military See Special Orders, No. 40, Military Division of the Missouri, April 22, p. 158 Page 243 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 243 Division of the Missouri, will report to Maj. Gen. J. G. Blunt, com- manding District of South Kansas, for assignment to duty. * * * * * * * 11. Subject to approval of the War Department, the First, Sec- ond, and Third Regiments of Indian Home Guards will be mustered out of service and reorganized into one or more regiments to serve until the last day of February, 1866, unless sooner discharged. The muster out to date 30th instant and the reorganization May 1 proximo. Maj. Gen. J. G. Blunt, commanding District of South Kansas, is charged with the execution of this order under special instructions from these headquarters. * * * * * * * By command of Maj. Gen. J. J. Reynolds: JOHN LEVERING, Assistant Adjutant- General. HDQRS. THIRD BRIG., THIRD Div., 7TH ARMY CORPS, Port Gibson, C. N., April 29, 1865. Brig. Gen. CYRUS BUSSEY, Oomdg. Third Division, Seventh Army Corps, Port Smith, Ark.: SIR: A scout of the enemy, some thirty-five in number (all mounted), swam Arkansas River at a point thirty-eight miles above. They also swam Verdigris; no ford at either place. Some infantry and every scout I could mount are after them. They travel in the night. I think from the course last reported they will cross at Gilstraps Ford, eighty- five miles up Grand River, and are working tuward Bentonville. They came in from Red River. I am stationing my troops so as to take in any party, if possible. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, W. A. PHILLIPS, Colonel, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, April 29, 186510.50 a. m. General DODGE: I think you had best send to Jeff. Thompson, inclosing Grants corre- spondence with Lee, and the official telegrams announcing surrender of Mobile and Johnston, and notifying Thompson that if he does not at once accept the same terms for himself and his men, he and they will be declared outlaws, who will be hunted down and to whom no terms will be granted hereafter under any circumstances. JNO. POPE, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, Mo., April 29, 18653.35 p. m. General DODGE: Following telegram just received. Instruvt Colonel Ford accordingly: WASHINGTON, D. C., April 29, 186512 m. Major-General POPE: The Secretary of the Interior informs me that Leavenworth has no authority to make any treaty with the Indians whatever, and that there is no reason why Ge Page 244 244 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. eral Dodge should not proceed vigorously and at once with his campaign. You will instruct him according to your own judgment as best for the service. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. [IndorsementI I concur in the foregoing instructions. J. P. USHER, Secretary of the Intersor. JNO. POPE, Major- General. [APRIL 29, 1865.For Dodge to Davis and Bennett~ relating to sur- render of the Confederate forces under General M. JefL Thompson, see Part I, p. 229j [APRIL 29, 1865.For Dodge to Thompson, offering terms of sur- render to Confederate forces in INortli Arkansas, see Part I, p. 229.] HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 29, 18658 p. m. DISTRICT COMMANDERS: No more banishment of citizens can be made. Orders received pro- hibit it. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 29, 18657.20 p. m. Colonel HARDING, Warrensburg, and DISTRICT COMMANDERS IN STATE OF MISSOURI: All men who report from rebel armies who are deserters and have no charges against them for crimes release on taking amnesty oath. Give deserter a copy of oath, which will be his protection so long as he obeys laws of the United States and State, and forward one copy to provost-marshal-general. G. ~. DODGE, Major- General. SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DISTRICT OF NORTH MISSOURI, No. 88. Macon, Mo., April 29, 1865. * * * * * * * 3. Capt. W. W. Harris, Howard County Company Missouri Militia, will until further orders assume command of the post at Fayette, Mo. By order of Brig. Gen. Clinton B. Fisk: THOS. J. TJDSWELL, JR., Lieutenant and Acting Assistant Adjutant- General Page 245 CnAt~ LX.) CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 245 HEADQUARTERS SAINT Loi~is DISTRICT, April 29, 1865. Lieutenant-Colonel MURPHY, Washington, Mo.: There is no foundation in truth for the rumor that Shelby is advanc- ing on Riciwoods or any other point in this State. The whole thing is the fabrication of some poor deluded coward who, if he did not actually see three black crows, saw something as black as a crow, and that was his own shadow. Let the people be quiet. II. HANNAIIS, Major, & c. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF THE UPPER ARKANSAS, Fort Riley, Kans., April 29, 1865. Major-General DODGE: Arrived here yesterday. All quiet, except the Indians stole all of Colonel Leavenworths mules; also some belonging to the stage com- pany on Cow Creek and Little Arkansas. I have troops out after them. I have had to station one company at Cow Creek and one at Little Arkansas, on Santa Fd road. I shall go down to the southern part of. my district to-morrow. Upon my return, if all is quiet, should like to visit Leavenworth City on important private business. Can I do sol Please answer by telegraph. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, JAS. H. FORD, Brevet Brigadier- General, Commanding District. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 29, 18654.30 p. m. (Received 30th.) Brevet Brigadier-General FORD, Fort Riley: The following dispatch is sent you for your information.* You will proceed with your campaign without delay, keeping me advised of your movements. Also have an eye to any movement from Red River toward our line of communication on Arkansas River. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. GENERAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DIST. OF THE UPPER ARKANSAS, No. 12. Fort Riley, Kans., A 29, 1865. The following changes on the staff of the general commanding the district are hereby announced: I. Capt. B. D. Boyd, Second Colorado Cavalry, district inspector and chief of cavalry, having met with a severe accident while in the dis- charge of his duties, is hereby temporarily relieved from duty as district inspector and chief of cavalry. The general commanding tenders especial thanks to Captain Boyd for the faithful discharge of his duties as a staff officer. II. Capt. W. H. Greene, Second Colorado Cavalry, is hereby announcea as chief of cavalry; Capt. E. L. Berthoud, Second Colorado Cavalry, * See Stanton to Pope, 12 in., p. 243 Page 246 246 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. rOHAP. LX. district inspector; Capt. U. B. Holloway, Second Colorado Cavalry, iii addition to his duties as judge-advocate, as assistant commissary of musters. They will be obeyed and respected accordingly. By order of Brevet Brigadier-General Ford: J. E. TAPPAN, Acting Assistant A(jutant- General. FORT LEAVENWORTH, April 29, 186512.20 p. m. Major-General DODGE: Dispatch received. I have at least 25,000 bushels of cornwell on the way to Denver, Julesburg, Laramie, afl(1 other points; starting more every day. Have just got out a train of fifty wagons colnl)lete, which will be sent at once to Captain Turuley for General Connor. This is all I can spare just now, but will try to send him all he needs. Have got all ready for the Niobrara party and only waiting for a boat I have chartered to take all that the Alone cannot take. .1. A. POTTER, Colonel and Quartermaster. DENVER, CoLo. TER., April 29, 1865. Maj. Gen. G. M. DODGE, Department of the Missouri, Saint Louis, Mo.: I require the teams in my district. I am much embarrassed for want of transportation. The pack-mules are scarcely able to carry their saddles. We are nearly out of supplies at some points. Corn and stores should be forwarded in large quantities immediately. I dis- missed the militia yesterday. I start for Julesburg Tuesday next. The escort for Evans will be ready. P. EDW. CONNOR, Brigadier- General, Commanding. GENERAL ORDERS, ~ HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO, No. 13. Santa F~ N. Mex., April 29, 1865. A great and good man has fallen. Abraham Lincoln died on the morning of the 15th instant. He was assassinated. The following telegraphic dispatch from the War Department has just been received, atid is published for the information and guidance of all commanders of posts and arsenals in the Department of New Mexico * By command of Brigadier-General Carleton: BEN. C. CUTLER, Assistant Adjutant- General. SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPT. OF THE NORTHWEST, No. 75. Milwaukee, Wis., April 29, 1865. I. Maj. T. J. Weed, additional aide-dc-camp, having reported, is a ssigned to duty at these headquarters from the 16th of March, 1865. * * * * * * By command of Major-General Curtis: C. S. CHAIILOT, Assistant Adjutant- General. * See General Orders, No. 69, Vol. XLVI, Part III, p. 809 Page 247 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 247 SPECIAL ORDERS, ~ WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERALS OFFICE, No. 195. Washington, April 30, 1865. * * * * * * * 3. Bvt. Brig. Gen. William Hoffman, colonel Third U. S. Infantry, will proceed without delay to Memphis, Tenn., and such other points in the vicinity as may be necessary, to investigate and report npon the circumstances connected with the destruction of the steamer Sultana and the loss of life among the paroled prisoners of war consequent thereto, in accordance with verbal instructions of the Secretary of War. Upon completing this duty he will return to this city.* By order of the Secretary of War: W. A. NICHOLS, Assistant Adjutaut- General. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF LA FOURCIIE, OFFICE OF ACTING ASSISTANT JNSPECToR-GENERA..~, Thibodeaux, La., April 30, 1865. Lieut. Col. W. D. SMITH, Actg. Asst. insp. Gen., Southern Division of Louisiana: COLONEL: I have the honor to make the following tn-monthly report for this date: Since my arrival at these headquarters on the 28th instant no movements of troops have takei~ place, so far as 1 am informed. The records in the adjutant-generals office show that on the 21st instant Maj. J. M. fiuidreth, with Companies B and K of his regiment (Six- teenth Indiana Mounted Infantry), went 011 a scout to Bayou Goula for the purpose of capturing or dispersing Captain Browns company of guerrillas. Five of them were discovered, of whom three were cap- tured, the others escaping in the swamps, with the loss of their horses. Four horses, 3 prisoners, 1 Burn side carbine, and 3 pistols were brought in. The expedition reached camp at 12 m. on the 22d instant. On Monday, the 25th instant, Brigadier-General Cameron moved his headquarters temporarily to Brashear City. None of the staff officers were moved except the adjutant-generals office. There have been no changes of station among the troops since the 20th instant. Since my arrival I have been able to visit but two of the provost-marshals offices in the district, viz, that at Brashear City and that at Thibodeaux. The records at both appear to be well kept. The guard-house at Brashear was neat and clean. The prisoners are confined in the attic, but the provost-marshal (First Licut. S. E. Shepard, Eleventh Wisconsin Vol- unteer Infantry) informed me that it was intended to add another (second) story to his guard-house. The parish jail at Thibodeaux is dark and damp. The floors are washed nearly every day, but it takes all day for them to dry. There are a large number of prisoners here awaiting trial or publication of sentence. None of them appear unreasonably detained. While at Brashear City yesterday I took occasion to observe the drill of the Ninety-eighth U. S. Colored Infan- try and of Battery A, Second Illinois Light Artillery (doing duty as heavy artillery). Many companies of the former were drilled by ser- geants, and in a manner more than useless, confirming the men in irregularities. Some of the officers were grossly unmilitary, and exhib- ited ignorance of primary principles. Swearing at the men seemed to be an approved mode of imparting instructions. A sergeant was drilling the battery above named as infantry, while men in the ranks * For report, see Part I, p 213 Page 248 248 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. laughed and talked. The guns in Fort Brashear garrisoned by this battery are neglected, screws rusty, & c. I design commencing the stated inspection of troops on Monday next, begiuning at Brashear City. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, II. K. SOUTHWICK, Captain, Eleventh U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery, Acting Assistant Inspector- General, District of La Fourche. WASHLNGTON, April 30, 18651 p. m. Major-General DANA, Vicksburg, Miss.: Station troops at Rodney or that vicinity at once, with cavalry to patrol the river and prevent all rebels from crossing it. It is probable Davis and his cabinet will try to cross. If they do it will be between the mouth of Big Black and Natchez. Call upon the navy for co- operation, and make every preparation to intercept him if he should. Notify commander at Baton Rouge to the same effect and communicate here your action. U. S. GRANT, Lieutenant- General. IIDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, New Orleans, La., April 30, 1865. Maj. Gen. N. J. T. DANA, Comrnandin~ Department of Mississippi, Vicksburg: GENERAL: By the inclosed copy of telegram* from the honorable Secretary of War you will see that the armistice agreed upon by General Sherman and General Johnston has been disapproved. I have for- warded a copy of the same to Major-General Canby, at Mobile, but have not as yet received any instructions. It is generally supposed here that Jeff. Davis aiid other prominent members of the rebel gov- ernment will attempt to cross the Mississippi River for the purpose of making their way to Mexico. The river at all points that there is any probability of their effecting a crossing shonld be well guarded. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, C. H. DYER, Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General. WASHINGTON, April 30, 186511.30 a. m. Maj. Gen. J. J. REYNOLDS, Little Rock: Y~u may release the prisoners you have on their taking the amnesty oath and oath of allegiance, exercising your discretion about those who should not have this privilege extended to them. Invite every one to lay down their arms on the same terms, except you will only parole those who do not come within the Presidents amnesty proclamation. U. S. GRANT, Lieutenant- General. See Stanton to Canhy, April 25, p. 187 Page 249 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 249 IUDQRS. NORTHERN SUB-DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS, Harrisburg, Ark., April 30, 1865. Maj. Gen. J. J. REYNOLDS, U. S. Army, Commanding U. S. Forces in Arkansas, Little Rock, Ark.: GENERAL: Your favor of the 18th instant, inclosing a copy of your communication to Maj. Gen. J. F. Fagan, has this instant reached me.* Being disposed to believe that you are actuated by philanthropic prin- ciples in making these propositions, or are acting in conformity to orders, I receive them in more kindness than I otherwise would, but I respectfully and most positively decline accepting your offer. While frankly admitting that the news that has reached me of the condition of the Confederate cause in Virginia is very discouraging, yet believing firmly in the justness of our cause and our ability to succeed in the course of time, I will march firmly on in the path of my duty until my Government or superior officers shall bid me stop, which I hope and pray will never be until the Southern people are a free and independent nation. I regret exceedingly the necessity of sacrificing more brave men, and mourn for the suffering of our people, but it seems only thus that it is possible to gain our independence, and we must meet the shock and bear the brunt as our forefathers di~ in 76, and I there- fore cheerfully bear my portion of the responsibility and will abide the consequences. I have the honor to be, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, N. JEFF. THOMPSON, Brigadier- General, Commanding. P. 5.Allow me to express my sincere regret and horror at the man- ner in which President Lincoln came to his death. Yours, most respectfully, M. JEFF. THOMPSON, Brigadier- General. PROVOST-MARSHALS OFFICE, Mouth of White River, Ark., A 30, 1865. Maj. C. C. WHITE, Provost-Marshal- General, Department of Arkansas: SIR: I have the honor to report inforinatioii received from deserters since the 15th instant as follows: Capt. William A. Bull, late provost-marshal, Bradley County, Ark., who took the oath of allegiance here April 24, reported that he was told by Garland, rebel Member of Congress from Arkansas, that Kirby Smith was at Shreveport with a force of 10,000 cavalry and an infantry force of 20,000, and was ordered to Arkansas, intending to start about that time (24th). Another deserter (Delanny) was told by Colonel White, Twelfth Missouri Infantry and provost-marshal Second District of Arkansas, April 10, he being then direct from Shreveport, that Kirby Smith had 10,000 cavalry and 30,000 infantry at that place. His horses were shod and preparations seemed nearly completed for a move in some direction. April 15, Kirby Smith was still at Shreveport * See inclosure, ReynQlds to Pope, April 19, p. 134 Page 250 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. 250 ICHAP. LX. and many troops were passing through that place who seemed to be moving southward. J have no report of suspicious or dangerous char- acters to make this month. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, CHAS. M. KNOX, Captain and Provost-Marshal. WASHINGTON, April 30, 1865. Major-General DODGE: General Grant has countermanded his order to build Iron Mountain Railroad bridges, and the work will not be done by Government. D. C. MoCALLUM. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISsOuRI, Saint Louis, Mo., April 30, 1865. Capt. JOSEPH McC. BELL, Asst. A~jt. Gen., Military Division of the Missouri: CAPTAIN: In accordance with instructions received from the major- general commanding, I sent my aide, Captain Jonas, to Lexington to inve~tigate the complaints of A. Comingo, B. K. Davis, and W. B. McFarland. He could fiud nothing to justify the charges. The district is more quiet now than it has beeu for a long time, and the Union men say it is better commanded. They think the military authorities justi- fied in every arrest they have made. There were in prison at Lexing- ton five men and three women, the men under proper charges. The women were the wife, mother, and daughter of a. notorious bushwhacker who had participated in feeding and aiding bands of outlaws. He says there is a bitter quarrel up there between the two factions; both desire to use the military for their own purposes. The arrests made in that section were by Colonel Hardings order, with the exception of two, one a notorious bushwhacker and the other a noted rebel. The latter is the only person who has been arrested for carrying arms. It was done through ignorance of order lately issued, and as soon as the provost-marshal learned his error he rectified it. The order allowing arms to be carried was published in all newspapers, and persons de~ir- ing to have them were buying freely and openly. The preacher McFar- land has the reputation of being a strong rebel. Major Davis closed his church because he refused to pray for the President and paid no attention to Governor Fletchers order, although notified of it. The possession of the church was in dispute at the time, two sets of trus- tees claiming it, one loyal and the other, with whom McFarland was connected, disloyal. Upou the receipt of my order it was given up. Major Davis had already been reprimanded by Colonel Harding for his action in the matter. The Mr. Comingo, who is provost-marshal, and wrote the letter to Colonel Broadhead making complaints of district provost-marshal, is said by all loyal men to be decidedly more favorable to rebels than to loyal men. At least he has always interested himself in the worst class of persons who have been arrested in that section. No facts could be obtained from parties making complaints as to arrests, but they promised to get affidavits and send them down. One of the parties brought before the captain, as a specimen of the oppression and tyranny practiced, was known by loyal men to have not only aided bushwhackers, but to have harbored them; and, indeed, some wer Page 251 CHAP. LX3 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 251 willing to certify that he had been out with them in the brush; although, on the other hand, the complainants certified to his good character and loyalty. The provost-marshal is a Wisconsin officer (Captain Rogers) who Captain Jonas says is endeavoring to do his duty. While he was at Lexington five bushwhackers surrendered at Independence. He reports all the troops active, scouting the country. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, G. M. DODGE, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 30, 18657 p. m. Brigadier-General CONNOR, Denver: Captain Murfey, commissary of subsistence at Fort Leavenworth, says he has forwarded all supplies asked for by staff officer on plains; that large amounts are now going forward on the estimates for one years supplies from July next. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. Abstract from return of the Military Division of West Mississippi, JYIaj. Gen. Edward B. S. Canby, U. S. Army, commanding, for the month of April, 1865. Present for duty. Command- General headquarters.-- -~-. - Department of the Gulf (Banks): Staff Infantry Cavalry Artillery Total Department of Mississippi (Dana): Staff Infantry Cavalry Artillery Total Sixteenth Army Corps (AJ. Smith): Staff Infantry Artillery Total Thirteenth Army Corp s (Granger): Staff Infantry Artillery Total Pieces of artillery. a -1 27 27 27 35 2 38 42 384 12, 167 15, 309 17, 714 85 2 92 2805 3,801 4,827 3 lot 3,865 4672 5,012 208 87 612 18,839 23,820 27,595 293 92 22 22 22 148 4,063 5,356 5,919 65 1,571 1,990 2,964 77 3,174 3,695 3,953 62 97 312 8,808 11,063 12,858 62 97 6 6 6 723 13,582 16,637 26,496 21 662 733 888 24 750 14,244 17,376 27,390 24 26 9 35 35 703 15, 593 18, 786 24, 566 23 839 911 1,077 39 752 16,441 19,732 25,678 39 neadquarters- New Orleans, La., and in the field. New Orleans, La. vicksbnrg, Miss. Montgomery, Ala. Mobile, Ala Page 252 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. ECSIAP. tX. Abstract from return of the Military Division of West Mississippi, 4~c.Continued. n Pieces of Present for duty. n a artille a- ry. a a a Command. Headquarters. IS be be~ a an 5-~ F~ -5 ~ a be be c~ ~e bb a a 0 -~ s~ Cavalry Corps (Grierson): Staff - 2 Cavalry - 227 Infantry . ~ 14 Artillery 8 Total District of South Alabama (T. K. Smith): Staff 3 Cavalry 12 Artillery 16 Total 31 District of Key West and Tortu~fas (Newt011): Infantry Cavalry Total 66 District of West Florida (As. both): Staff Infantry Cavalry Total Engineer Brigade (Bailey): Staff. Infantry Total First Division, U. S. Colored Treops (Hawkins): Staff Infantry Total Siege Train (Totten): Staff Artillery Total Grand total 6,213 374 218 7, 2 109 414 226 10, 289 102 299 10 251 6,805 7,751 11,092 10 3 3 238 359 512 518 669 768 756 1,031 1,283 5 5 5 58 1,057 2,160 2,813 3 150 224 446 1,207 2,389 3,264 4 4 4 40 1,230 1,485 1,632 37 785 1,067 2,355 81 2,015 2,556 3,991 2 2 2 34 - 1,008 1,192 1,303 36 1,008 1,194 1,305 4 4 6 187 5,035 5,582 6,820 191 5, 035 5, 586 6, 826 I 1 1 36 1,067 1,197 1,303 24 10 37 1,067 1,198 1,304 24 10 3,146 76,225 93, 723 122, 613 379 272 New Orleans, La. Fort Gaines, Ala. Key West, Fla. Barrancas, Fla. In the field, Ala. Montgomery, Ala. Mobile, Ala. Organization of troops in the Military Division of West Mississippi, Maj. Gen. Edward R. S. Canby, U. S. Army, commanding, April 30, 1865. DEPARTMENT OP THE GULF. Maj. Gen. NAThANIEL P. BANKS. SO UTHERN DIVISION OF LOUISIANA. Brig. Gen. THOMAS W. SHERMAN. DISTRICT OF CARROLLTON, LA. Col. WILLIAM S. MTJDGETT. 25 Page 253 253 CHAI. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. Carroilton, La. 80th U. S. Colored Troops, Col. William S. Mndgett. 11th U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery (four companies), Maj. Joseph J. Comstock, jr. Greenville, La. 80th U. S. Colored Troops (detachment), Lieut. Frank Frost. DISTRICT OF LA FOURCHE, LA. Brig. Gen. ROBERT A. CAMERON. Brashear City, La. Col. SIMON JONES. 93d U. S. Colored Troops, Col. Simon Jones. 98th U. S. Colored Troops, Lieut. Col. Robert F. Atkins. 2d Illinois Light Artillery, Battery A, Lieut. Frank B. Fenton. New York Light Artillery, 25th Battery, Capt. Irving D. Southworth. 10th U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery, Company G, Capt. J. Horace McGuire. 1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery, Company D, Capt. Henry W. Peck. Donaldsonville, La. Col. WILLIAM 0. FISKE. 16th Indiana (mountedfour companies), Maj. James M. Hildreth. 1st Louisiana (eight companies), Col. William 0. Fiske. 78th U. S. Colored Troops (four companies), Maj. Rufus J. Palen. Napoleonville, La. 3d Rhode Island Cavalry (five companies), Col. Willard Sayles. Plaquemine, La. Col. J. HALE SYPHER. 3d Rhode Island Cavalry (two companies), Maj. Edmund C. Burt. 11th U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery (four companies), Maj. Richard G. Shaw. Terre Bonne, La. Col. HENRY W. FULLER. 75th U. S. Colored Troops, Col. Henry W. Fuller. 1st Louisiana Cavalry, Company K, Capt. John H. Alexander. 3d Rhode Island Cavalry, Company C, Capt. George F. Bicknell. 3d Rhode Island Cavalry, Company M, Capt. Joseph A. Rhodes. Thibodeaux, La. Col. SAMUEL B. JONES. 16th Indiana (mountedsix companies), Lient. Col. Robert Conover. 1st Louisiana, Company I, Lient. George M. Severy. 1st Louisiana, Company K, Lient. Marcena C. S. Gray. 78th U. S. Colored Troops (six companies), Col. Samuel B. Jones. Iowa Light Artillery, 4th Battery, Capt. Philip H. Good Page 254 [CJIAP. LX. 254 LOUiSIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. FORCES LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN. Lient. Col. HENRY STREET. 1st New Orleans, Company A, Lient, Hyppolite Perrault. 1st New Orleans, Company D, Capt. Charles W. Bootliby. 1st New Orleans, Company F, Lient. Frank ii. Haggett. 1st New Orleans, Company H, Lieut. William M. Batchelor. 77th U. S. Colored Troops. Company C, Capt. James Parker. 77th U. S. Colored Troops, Company F, Capt. Henry K. Bicker. 77th U. S. Colored Troops, Company K, Lient. George B. Oldham. FORCES SHIP ISLAND, MISS. Col. ERNEST W. HOLMSTEDT. 74th U. S. Colored Troops (six companies), Col. Ernest W. Holmstedt. Ohio Light Artillery, 2d Battery, Capt. Augustus Beach. DISTRICT OF BONNET CARR1~, LA. Col. JAMES J. BYRNE. 18th New York Cavalry (dismounted), Col. James J. Byrne. 3d Rhode Island Cavalry (three companies), Lient. Col. Charles H. Parkhurst. TROOPS REPORTING DIRECT. INFANTRY. Yew Orleans. 1st New Orleans (two companies), Lient. Col. Eugene Tisdale. 56th Ohio (one company), Capt. Benjamin Roberts. 1st United States, Col. Robert C. Buchanan. 2d Battalion U. S. Veteran Reserve Corps (five companies), Capt. William W. H. Lawton. 20th U. S. Colored Troops, Col. Nelson B. Bartram. 46th U. S. Colored Troops, Col. Julian E. Bryant. 77th U. S. Coloi~ed Troops (three companies), Capt. Edwin R. Wingate. 77th U. S. Colored Troops (two companies), Capt. James Stewart. Camp of Distribution (three companies), Maj. Curtis W. Killborn. Algiers, La. 56th Ohio (three companies), Lieut. Col. Henry E. Jones. Pass Ji~Jianchac and Dc Sair, La. Maj. GEORGE WEBSTER. 77th U. S. Colored Troops, Company C, Capt. Greenleaf A. Goodale. 77th U. S. Colored Troops, Company I, Capt. Charles F. Allgower. Fort Macornb. 74th U. S. Colored Troops (two companies), Maj. Christopher C. Pike. Fort Pike. 74th U, S. Colored Troops (two companies), Lieut. Col. Alfred G. Hall Page 255 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 255 ARTILLERY. New Orleans. Massachusetts Light, 6th Battery (F), Capt. Edward K. Russell. (heenville, La. Camp of Instruction (two companies), Capt. Russell P. Twist. Fort Jackson, La. Maj. ANnREw J. FITZWATER. 10th U. S. Colored Heavy, Company A, Lient. Justin E. Brown. 11th U. S. Colored Heavy (four companies), Maj. Andrew J. Fitzwater. Fort Saint Philip, La. 10th iT. S. Colored Heavy (five companies), Maj. Edward P. Lorii~g. Fort Livingston, La. 10th U. S. Colored Heavy, Company C, Capt. Albert Loring. NORTHERN DiVISION OF LOUISIANA. Maj. Gen. FRANCIS J. HERRON. DISTRICT OF BATON ROUGE, LA. Brig. Gen. MICHAEL K. LAWLER. Cavalry Brigade. Col. JOHN G. FONDA. 118th Illinois (mounted), Lient. Co]. Thomas Logan. 6th Missouri, Maj. Bacon Montgomery. 19th Pennsylvania, Capt. Frank Reeder. 1st Texas, Maj. Alfred F. Holt. Wisconsin Light Artillery, 1st Battery, Lient. Oscar F. Nutting. Provisional Brigade. 7th Kentucky (four companies), Col. George W. Monroe. 2d Ifonisiana, Maj. Alfred Hodsdon. 1st Indiana Heavy Artillery, Company D, 1st Indiana Heavy Artillery, Company E, Capt. Jesse Hadden. Unassig~ted. 164th Company, 2d Battalion, U. S. Veteran Reserve Corps, Lient. G. A. Ralph Baum. Chicago Mercantile Battery, Lient. Henry Roe. Wisconsin Light Artillery, 13th Battery, Capt. Richard R. Griffith. DISTRICT OF PORT HUDSON, LA. Brig. Gen. CYRUS HAMLIN. 55th U. S. Colored Troops, Maj. William B. MeCord. 81st U. S. Colored Troops, Lieiit. Col. Charles B. Gaskill. 4th U. S. Colored Cavalry, Capt. Isidore McCorrnack. Massachusetts Light Artillery, 12th Battery, Capt. Jacob Miller. Vermont Heavy Artillery, 1st Company, Capt. Henry W. Fales. Vermont Light Artillery, 2d Battery, Capt. John W. Chase Page 256 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. DISTRICT OF MORGANZA, LA. Col. WILLIAM H. DICKEY. Morganza, La. Col. HENRY N. FRISBIE. 65th U. S. Co1oi~ed Troops, Maj. George Baldey. 67th U. S. Colored Troops, Col. Alonzo J. Edgerton. 84th U. S. Colored Troops, Maj. Emil Boedicker. 92d U. S. Colored Troops, Maj. Charles W. Haw~. 14th New York Cavalry (six companies), Capt. George Breuning. 1st Indiana Heavy Artillery, Company G, Lieut. Robert Fuller. BRAZOS SANTIAGO, TEN. Col. THEODORE H. BARRETT. 34th Indiana, Lient. Col. Robert G. Morrison. 62d U. S. C6lored Troops, Lient. Col. David Branson. 87th U. S. Colored Troops, Lient. Col. William W. Bliss. 2d Battalion Texas Cavalry, Capt. James Speed. NEW ORLEANS, LA. Signal Corps (detachment), Capt. James B. Ludwick. DEPARTMENT OF MISSISSIPPI. Maj. Gen. NAPOLEON J. T. DANA. ESCORT. 2d Wisconsin Cavalry, Company C, Capt. Andrew J. Palmer. DETACHMENT OF SIGNAL CORPS. Lient. GEORGE W. BAILEY. DISTRICT OF J~ICKSBURG. Brig. Gen. MORGAN L. SMITH. POST AND DEFENSES OF VICKSBURG. Brig. Gen. MORGAN L. SMITH. MALTBY~S BRIGADE. Brig. Gen. JASPER A. MALTRY. 58th Ohio (five companies), Capt. Louis Keller. 49th U. S. Colored Troops, Capt. Lester C. Hubbard. 52d U. S. Colored Troops, Col. George M. Ziegler. 53d U. S. Colored Troops, Col. Orlando C. Risdon. 66th U. S. Colored Troops, Col. Michael W. Smith. CAVALRY. Col. GEORGE W. JACKSON. 9th Indiana, Lient. Col. Eli Lilly. 4th Missouri (four companies), Capt. Edward L. De Grendele. 2d Tennessee, Lient. Col. William R. Cook. [CHAP. LX~ 25 Page 257 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 257 RESERVE ARTILLERY. Maj. WILLIAM H. BOLTON. 2d Illinois Light, Battery L, Capt. Erastus A. Nichols. Ohio Light, 7th Battery, Capt. Harlow P. MoNaughton. 2d U. S. Colored Light, Battery C, Capt. Robert Ranney. 2d U. S. Colored Light, Battery D, Capt. William M. Pratt. ENROLLED MILITIA. Brig. Gen. GEORGE C. McKEE. 1st Mississippi, Col. William B. Holbrook. 2d Mississippi, Col. William Woods. 1st Mississippi Freedmen, Col. Matliew M. Miller. UNBEIGADED. 64th U. S. Colored Troops, Maj. Edward B. Meatyard. 5th U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery, Lieut. Col. Erastus N. Owen. DISTRICT OF NATCJIEZ. Brig. Gen. JOHN W. DAVIDSON. DETACHMENT OF SIGNAL CORPS. Lient. ERNEST A. DENICKE. POST OF NATCHEZ. 8th New Hampshire (three companies), Capt. James H. Landers. 58th U. S. Colored Troops, Col. Simon M. Preston. 3d Enrolled Mississippi Militia, Col. Ernest A. Denicke. 6th U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery, Col. Bernard G. Farrar. Ohio Light Artillery, 26th Battery, Capt. Theobold D. Yost. POSTS OF NATCHEZ AND RODNEY. 70th U. S. Colored Troops, Col. Willard C. Earle. 10th Tennessee Cavaliy, Lieut. Col. James T. Abernathy. Ohio Light Artillery, 8th Battery, Capt. James F. Putnam. BULLITT S BAYOU AND VIDALIA, LA. 63d U. S. Colored Troops (six companies), Lieut. Col. Albion L. Mitchell. SIXTEENTH ARMY CORPS. Maj. Gen. ANDREW J. SMITH. PONTONIERS. 114th Illinois, Capt. John M. Johnson. FIRST DIVISION. Brig. Gen. JOHN MOARTHUR. First Brigade. Second Brigade. Col. WILLIAM L. MCMILLEN. Col. Lucius F. HUBBARD. 33d Illinois, Col. Charles E. Lippincott. 47th Illinois, Col. David W. Magee. 26th Indiana, Col. John G. Clark. 5th Minnesota, Lieut. Col. William B. 93d Indiana, Maj. Samuel S. Crowe. Gore. 10th Minnesota, Lieut. Col. Samuel P. 9th Minnesota, Col. Josiah F. Marsh. Jennison. 11th Missouri, Maj. Modesta J. Green. 72d Ohio, Licut. Col. Charles G. Eaton. 8th Wisconsin, Lieut. Col. William B. 95th Ohio, Lieut. Col. Jefferson Brum- Britton. back. 17 U UVOL XLVIII~ PT I Page 258 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. Third Brigade. Col. WILLIAM B. MARSHALL. 12th Iowa, Maj. Samuel G. Knee. 35th Iowa, Lieut. Col. William B. Keeler. 7th Minnesota, Lient. Col. George Bradley. 334 Missouri, Lient. Col. William H. Heath. Unbrigaded. Colored Pioneer Company, Lieut. Charles S. Porter. SECOND DIVISION. Brig. Gen. KENNER GARRARD. First Brigade. Col. JOHN I. RINAKER. 119th Illinois, Col. Thomas J. Kinney. 122d Illinois, Maj. James F. Chapman. 89th Indiana, Lient. Col. Hervey Craven. 21st Missouri, Capt. Charles W. Tracy. [CHAP. LX. Second Brigade. Brig. Gen. JAMES I. GILBERT. 117th Illinois, Col. Risdon M. Moore. 27th Iowa, Maj. George W. Howard. 324 Iowa, Lient. Col. Gustavus A. Eber- hart. 10th Kansas (four companies), Lient. Col. Charles S. Hills. 6th Minnesota, Lient. Col. Hiram P. Grant. Third Brigade. Col. CHARLES L. HARRIS. 58th Illinois (five companies), Capt. John Murphy. 524 Indiana, Lient. Col. Zalmon S. Main. 34th New Jersey, Col. William H. Lawrence. 178th New York (five companies), Lient. Col. John B. Gandolfo. 11th Wisconsin, Maj. Jesse S. Miller. THIRD DIVISION. Brig. Gen. EUGENE A. CARR. Second Brigade. Col. SAMUEL A. HOLMES. 40th Missouri, Lient. Col. Alexander G. Hequembourg. I 49th Missouri, Lient. Col. Edwin Smart. I 14th Wlsconsin, Lieut. Col. Eddy F. Ferris. First Brigade. Col. JONATHAN B. MOORE. 724 Illinois, Lient. Col. Joseph Stockton. 95th Illinois, Col. Leander Blanden. 44th Missouri, Capt. Frank G. Hopkins. 334 Wisconsin, Lieut. Col. Horatio H. Virgin. ARTILLERY. Capt. JOHN W. LOWELL. Illinois Light, Cogswells Battery, Lient. William R. Elting. 24 Illinois Light, Battery G, Lieut. Perry Wilch. Indiana Light, 1st Battery, Capt. Lawrence Jacoby. Indiana Light, 3d Battery, Capt. Thomas J. Giun. Indiana Light, 14th Battery, Capt. Francis W. Morse. Iowa Light, 24 Battery, Capt. Joseph R. Reed. Ohio Light, 17th Battery, Capt. Charles S. Rice. POST OF MONTGOMERY, ALA. Col. JAMES L. GEDDES. 81st Illinois, Lient. Col. Andrew W. Rogers. 108th Illinois, Col. Charles Turner. 124th Illinois, Bvt. Col. John H. Howe. 8th Iowa, Lient. Col. William B. Bell. 25 Page 259 CHAP. LX.I CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 259 THIRTEENTH ARMY CORPS.* Maj. Gen. GORDON GRANGER. FIRST DIVISION. Brig. Gen. JAMES C. VEATCH. First Brigade. Brig. Gen. JAMES K. SLACK. 99th Illinois (five companies), Lieut. Col. Asa C Matthews. 47th Indiana, Lient. Col. John A. McLaughlin. 21st Iowa, Lient. Col. Same G. Van Anda. 29th Wisconsin, Lient. Col. Bradford Hancock. Second Brigade. Brig. Gen. ELIAS S. DENNIS. 8th Illinois, Col. Josiah A. Sheetz. 11th Illinois, Col. James H. Coates. 46th Illinois, Col. Benjamin Dornblaser. Third Brigade. Bvt. Brig. Gen. LOREN KENT. 29th illinois, Lient. Col. John A. Callicott. 30th Missouri (four companies), Lient. Col. William T. Wilkinson. 161st New York, Lieut. Col. William B. Kinsey. 23d Wisconsin, Maj. Joseph E. Greene. Artillery. Massachusetts Light, 4th Battery (D), Lient. George W. Taylor. THIRD DIVISION. Brig. Gen. WILLIAM P. BENTON. First Brigade. Second Brigade. Col. DAVID P. GRIER. Col. HENRY M. DAY. 28th Illinois, Maj. Hinman Rhodes. 91st Illinois, Lient. Col. George A. Day. 77th Illinois, Lieut. Col. John B. Reid. 50th Indiana (five companies), Lient. Col. 96th Ohi& (five companies), Lient. Col. Samuel T. Wells. Albert H. Brown. 29th Iowa, Col. Thomas H. Benton, jr. 35th Wisconsin, Col. Henry Orif. 7th Vermont, Col. William C. Holbrook. Third Brigade. Col. CONRAD KREZ. 33d Iowa Col. Cyrus H. Mackey. 77th Ohio (six companies), Lient. Col. William E. Stevens. 27th Wisconsin, Lieut. Col. Ten Eyck G. Olmsted. 28th Wisconsin, Lieut. Col. Edmund B. Gray. Artillery. New York Light, 21st Battery, Capt. James Barnes. New York Light, 26th Battery, Lient. Adam Beattie. * For roster of Second Division, see p. 261 Page 260 260 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. CAVALRY CORPS. Bvt. Maj. Gen. BENJAMIN H. GRIERSON. Second Brigade. Col. JOSEPH KARGIi. 10th Indiana, Ma,j. George II. Swallow. 12th Indiana, Maj. William H. Calkins. 13th Indiana, Col. Gilbert M. L. Johnson. 2d New Jersey, Lieut. Col. P. Jones Yorke. 4th Wisconsin, Lieut. Col. Webster P. Moore. Ohio Light Artillery, 14th Battery, Capt. William C. Myers. Third Brigade. Brig. Gen. THOMAS J. LUCAS. 2d Illinois, Col. Daniel B. Bush, jr. 1st Louisiana, Lieut. Col. Algernon S. Badger. 2d New York Veteran, Col. Morgan H. Chrysler. Massachusetts Light Artillery, 2d Battery (B), Capt. William Marland. DISTRICT OF SOUTH ALABAMA. Brig. Geu. T. KILBY SMITH. DAUPHIN ISLAND. Lieut. Col. BYRON KIRBY. 3d Maryland Cavalry (six companies), Lieut. Col. Byrou Kirby. 6th Michigan Heavy Artillery (five companies), Capt. Seymoul Howell. MOBILE POINT. 6th Michigan Heavy Artillery (five companies), Lieut. Col. Charles E. Clarke. DISTRICT OF KEY WEST AND TORTUGAS. Brig. Gen. JOHN NEWTON. 110th New York, Col. Charles Hamilton. 2d U. S. Colored Troops, Col. Benjamin R. Townsend. 99th U. S. Colored Troops, Maj. Samnel Pollock. 2d Florida Cavalry (five companies), Maj. Edmund C. Weeks. DISTRICT OF WEST FLORIDA. Brig. Gen. ALEXANDER ASBOTH. Barrancas. 25th U. S. Colored Troops (four companies), Col. Frederick L. Hitchcock. 1st Florida Cavalry (six companies), Capt. Emeric Meszaros. 2d Maine Cavalry, Col. Ephraim W. Woodman. Fort Barrancas. 25th U. S. Colored Troops (four companies), Col. Frederick L. Hitchcock. Fort Picicens. 25th U. S. Colored Troops (two companies), Maj. Thomas Bondren. ENGINEER BRIGADE. Brig. Gen. JOSEPH BAILEY. 96th U. S. Colored Troops, Col. John C. Cobb. 97th U. S. Colored Troops, Col. Georgc D. Robinson. 1st Company of Pontoniers, Capt. John J. Smith Page 261 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.IJNION. 261 U. S. EXPEDITIONARY FORCES. Maj. Gen. FREDERICK STEELE. FIRST DiVISION U. S. COLORED TROOPS. Brig. Gen. JOHN P. HAWKINS. First Brigade. Second Brigade. Col. LADISLAS L. ZITLAYSKY. Col. HIRAM SCOFIELD. 61st U. S. Colored Troops, Lient. Col. 47th U. S. Colored Troops, Lient. Col. John Foley. Ferdinand E. Peebles. 73d U. S. Colored Troops, Lieut. Col. 50th U. S. Colored Troops, Col. Charles Henry C. Merriam. A. Gilchrist. 82d U. S. Colored Troops, Lient. Col. 51st U. S. Colored Troops, Col. A. Wat. George Tucker. son Webber. 86th U. S. Colored Troops, Lient. Col. George E. Yarrington. Third Brigade. Col. CHARLES W. DREW. 48th U. S. Colored Troops, Col. Frederick M. Crandal. 68th U. S. Colored Troops, Lieut. Col. Daniel Deusmore. 76th U. S. Colored Troops, Maj. William E. Nye. Artillery. Massachusetts Light, 7th Battery (G), Capt. Newman W. Storer. SECOND DIVISION, THIRTEENTH ARMY CORPS. Brig. Gen. CHRISTOPHER C. ANDREWS. First Brigade. ~ Second Brigade. Col. HENRY BERTRAM. Col. WILLIAM T. SPICELY. 94th Illinois, Capt. James C. McFarland. 76th Illinois, Col. Samuel T. Busey. 19th Iowa, Lieut. Col. John Bruce. 97th Illinois, Lieut. Col. Victor Yifquain. 23d Iowa, Col. Samuel L. Glasgow. 24th Indiana, Lieut. Col. Francis A. Sears. 20th Wisconsin, Lient. Col. Henry A. 69th Indiana (four companies), Lient. Starr. 1st Missouri Light Artillery, Battery F, Col. Oran Perry. Capt. Joseph Foust. Third Brigade. Col. FREDERICK W. MOORE. 37th Illinois, Maj. Ransom Kennicott. 20th Iowa, Lieut. Col. Joseph B. Leake. 34th Iowa, Col. George W. Clark. 53d Ohio, Lieut. Col. William H. Baldwin. 114th Ohio, Col. John H. Kelly. Artillery. Connecticut Light, 2d Battery, Capt. Walter S. Hotchkiss. Massachusetts Light, 15th Battery, Lient. Albert Rowse. UNATTACHED. New York Light Artillery, 18th Battery, Capt. Albert G. Mack. * Detached from division Page 262 262 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. ~CnAI.. LX. SIEGE TRAIN. Brig. Gen. JAMES TOTTEN. 1st Indiana Heavy Artillery, Companies B, C, F, H, I, K, L, and M, Col. Benjamin F. Hays. A bstract from return of the Military Division of the Missouri, iVliaj. Gen. John Pope, U. S. Army, commanding, for the month of April, 1865. Present for duty. Command. I. General headquarters Department of the North- west (Curtis): Staff Infantry Cavalry Artillery Orderly sergeants and hospital stewards. Total Department of Arkansas (Reynolds): Staff Infantry Cavalry Artillery Total Department of the Missouri (Dodge): Staff Infantry Cavalry Artillery Signal Corps Total Grand total 15 13 a be be 28 a beu be 28 Pieces of artillery. a 40 13 86 87 28 919 1,422 1,475 9 73 2,139 3,223 3,539 20 3 140 177 177 8 5 5 14 144 3,451 4,913 5,283 51 40 41 43 463 12, 550 15,946 20, 604 7 9 244 5,854 8,023 9,895 2 39 1,350 1,519 1,811 11 64 786 19, 754 25, 529 32, 353 18 75 78 80 86 191 6, 509 7, 968 9, 629 349 10, 190 13, 183 17, 812 4 27 20 939 1,124 1,299 4 55 2 33 36 51 840 17, 671 22, 391 28, 877 8 82 1, 585 40, 889 52, 861 66, 541 26 Headquarters. Saint Louis, Mo. Milwaukee, Wis. Little Rock, Ark. Saint Louis, Mo. 208 Organization of troops in the Military Division of the Missouri, Maj. Gen. John Pope, U. S. Army, commanding, April 30, 1865. DEPARTMENT OF THE NORTHWEST. Maj. Gen. SAMUEL R. CURTIS. DISTRICT OF IOWA. Brig. Gen. ALFRED SULLY. FORT BERTHOLD, DAT. TER. 6th Iowa Cavalry (one company), Capt. Abraham B. Moreland. CROW CREEK, DAT. TEE. 6th Iowa Cavalry (one company), Capt. Scott Shattuck Page 263 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 263 DAVENPORT, IOWA. 4th U. S. Veteran Reserve Corps, Company K, Capt. George E. Judd. 172d Company, 2d Battalion, U. S. Veteran Reserve Corps, Lieut. Victor Chandone. KEOKUK, IOWA. 169th Company, 2d Battalion, U. S. Veteran Reserve Corps, Lient. Sherman Clemin- shaw. FORT RANDALL, DAK. TER. 6th Iowa Cavalry (five companies), Capt. Lucien L. Ainsworth. FORT RICE, DAK. TER. 1st U. S. Volunteers (six companies), Col. Charles A. R. Dimon. FORT SULLY, DAK. TER. 6th Iowa Cavalry (three companies), Maj. Albert E. House. SIOUX CITY, IOWA. 6th Iowa Cavalry (detachment), Lient. Col. John Pattee. 7th Iowa Cavalry (three companies), SPIRIT LAKE, IOWA. 6th Iowa Cavalry (one company), Capt. Daniel F. Eicher. FORT UNION, DAK. TER. 30th Wisconsin, Company I, Capt. Napoleon B. Greer. VERM1LLION, DAK. TER. Dakota Cavalry, Company A, Capt. Nelson Miner. YANKTON AGENCY, DAK. TER. Dakota Cavalry, Company B, Capt. William Tripp. YANKTON, DAK. TER. 6th Iowa Cavalry (one company), Lient. Benjamin King. DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA. Brig. Gen. HENRY H. SIBLEY. FIRST SUB-DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA. Maj. EBENEZER A. RICE. Chengwatona, Minn. 2d Minnesota Cavalry, Company M (detachment), Lient. Patrick S. Gardner. Fort Ripley, Minn. CAPT. HENRY S. HOWE. 1st U. S. Volunteers, Company G, Lient. John P. Eaton. 2d Minnesota Cavalry, Company E, * Lient. Henry Rnegg. Hatchs Battalion Minnesota Cavalry, Company E, Capt. George Boyd, jr. Minnesota Light Artillery, 3d Battery (section), Lient. John C. Whipple. *Detachment Company K, 2d Minnesota Cavalry, attached Page 264 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. 264 [CHAP. LX. Fort Snelling, Minn. Maj. EBENEZER A. RIcE. 2d Minnesota Cavalry, Company A, Lient. Albert R. Field, jr. 2d Minnesota Cavalry, Company D (detachment),~ Capt. James M. Paine. 2d Minnesota Cavalry, Company H, Lient. John T. Morrison. 2d Minnesota Cavalry, Company L, Lient. Frank MeGrade. Hatchs Battalion Minnesota Cavalry, Company F, Capt. Edward Oakford.t Saint Paul, Miun. 23d U. S. Veteran Reserve Corps, Company K, Capt. Milo E. Palmer. Sank Center, Miun. 2d Minnesota Cavalry, Company K (detachment), Lient. Jonathan Darrow. SECOND SUB-DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA. Lient. Col. WILLIAM PFAENDER. Fort Ilidgely, Miun. Lieut. Col. WILLIAM PFAENDER. 2d Minnesota Cavalry, Company A, Capt. John R. Jones. 2d Minnesota Cavalry, Company F, Capt. Thomas M. Smith. 1st U. S. Volunteers, Company I, Capt. Richard W. Musgrove. 1st Independent Company U. S. Volunteers, Lient. Cyrus L. Hutchins. Minnesota Light Artillery, 3d Battery (section), Licut. Don A. Daniels. North Line. 2d Minnesota Cavalry, Company G, Capt. Henry W. Biugham. South Line. 2d Minnesota Cavalry, Company I, Capt. Isaac Bonham. THIRD SUB-DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA. Lient. Col. C. POWELL ADAMS. Fort Abererombie, Dak. Tsr. Lient. Col. C. POWELL ADAMS. Hatchs Battalion Minnesota Cavalry, Company A, Lieut. George A. Frendenreich. Hatchs Battalion Minnesota Cavalry, Company H, Lieut. Stephen H. Miner. Hatchs Battalion Minnesota Cavalry, Company D, Capt. William R. Ross. 1st U. S. Volunteers, Company A, Capt. Hooper B. Strant. PRINCETON, MINN. 2d Minnesota Cavalry, Company M (detachment), Lient. Frank C. Griswold. FORT WADSWORTH, DAK~ TEE. Maj. ROBERT H. ROSE. 2d Minnesota Cavalry, Company B, Capt. Lewis J. Patch. 2d Minnesota Cavalry, Company C, Capt. Aaron S. Everest. 2d Minnesota Cavalry, Company D (detachment), Lient. Lyman B. Smith. 1st U. S. Volunteers, Company F, Lient. George E. Handy. Minnesota Light Artillery, 3d Battery (section), Lient. Horace H. Western, UNASSIGNED. 1st U. S. Volnuteers (four companies), Lieut. Col. William Tamblyn. Detachments Companies B and C, Second Minnesota Cavalry, and Third Minne sota Battery attached. tAt Draft Rendezvous Page 265 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN. Brig. Gen. THOMAS A. DAVIES. MILWAUKEE, WIS. Lient. Col. CHARLES G. FREtTDENBERG. 4th U. S. Veteran Reserve Corps, Company E, Capt. Charles D. Lyon. 4t~h U. S. Veteran Reserve Corps, Company H, Capt. John W. Payne. 23d U. S. Veteran Reserve Corps, Company A, Lient. William H. Morgan. 23d U. S. Veteran Reserve Corps, Company F, Lient. John Morton. DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS. Maj. Gen. JOSEPH J. REYNOLDS. ESCORT. 1st Kansas (monntedtwo companies), Capt. Milton Kennedy. PONTONIERS. 18th Illinois (three companies), Capt. Jabez J. Anderson. FIRST DIVISION. Bvt. Maj. Gen. FREDERICK SALOMON. First Brigade. Bvt. Brig. Gen. THOMAS M. BOWEN. 43d Illinois, Col. Adolpli Dengler. 2d Kansas Cavalry (dismountedsix companies), Maj. Julius G. Fisk. 12th Kansas, Col. Charles W. Adams. 13th Kansas, Maj. Caleb A. Woodworth. 35th Missonri, Lient. Col. Horace Fitch. 9th Wisconsin (four companies), Lient. Col. Arthur Jacobi. Second Brigade. Col. JAMES M. WILLIAMS. 54th U. S. Colored Troops, Lient. Col. Charles Fair. 57th U. S. Colored Troops, Col. Panl Harwood. 60th U.S. Colored Troops Col. John G. Hudson. 79th U. S. Colored Troops, Lient. Col. Richard G. Ward. 83d U. S. Colored Troops, Lieut. Col. John H. Gillpatrick. 113th U. S. Colored Troops,, Col. Lauriston W. Whipple. Artillery. 3d Illinois Light, Battery A, Lieut. James Irwin. 1st Indiana Heavy, Company A, Capt. Abram W. Simmons. 1st Missouri Light, Battery K, Capt. James Marr. 2d Missouri Light, Battery E, Lient. Louis Holland. Iowa Light, 3d Battery, Capt. Orb H. Lyon. Ohio Light, 5th Battery, Capt. Theophilus Kates. POST OF LITTLE ROCK. Bvt. Maj. Gen. FREDERICK SALOMON. Separate Cavalry Brigade, Seventh Army Corp8.t Lient. Cob. JOHN H. REED. 1st Missouri, Maj. Albert P. Peabody. 3d Missouri (five companies), Capt. Francis Hyatt. 8th Missouri, Lient. Col. George L. Childress. 11th Missouri, Lient. Col. James F. Dwight. ~ Or Seventh Army Corps. t Dismounted. 26 Page 266 266 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP LX. Cavalry Brigade. Col. MATTHEW M. TRUMBULL. 4th Arkansas, Col. Lafayette Gregg. 9th Iowa, Lieut. Col. John P. Knight. 3d United States (six companies), Capt. George W. Howland. Artillery. Ohio Light, 25th Battery, Capt. Julius L. Hadley. SECOND DIVISION. Brig. Gen. ALEXANDER SHALER, First Brigade. Col. WILLIAM H. GRAVES. 54th Illinois, Col. Greenville M. Mitchell. 36th Iowa, Lient. Col. Francis M. Drake. 6th Kansas Cavalry (dismountedfive companies), Capt. John T. Blake. 12th Michigan, Lient. Col. Dwight May. 3d Minnesota, Col. Hans Mattson. Second Brigade. Lient. Col. LEWIS C. TRUE. 62d Illinois, Capt. Allen Gibson. 106th Illinois, Capt. John Shockey. 14th Kansas Cavalry (dismounted), Capt. Charles H. Haynes. Artillery. Delaware Light, 1st Battery, Lieut. Thomas A. Porter. Un brigaded. 9th Kansas Cavalry (eight companies), Maj. Willoughby Doudna. 3d Wisconsin Cavalry (dismountedseven companies), Maj. Thomas Derry. THIRD DIVISION. Brig. Gen. CYRUS BUSSEY. First Brigade. Brig. Gen. JOHN EDWARDS. 1st Arkansas, Ma.j. Francis M. Johnson. 2d Arkansas, Col. Marshall L. Stephenson~ 18th Iowa, Lient. Col. Hugh J. Campbell. 40th Iowa, Col. John A. Garrett. 22d Ohio (two companies), Capt. John Creagan. 1st Arkansas Cavalry (dismounted), Maj. Thomas J. hunt. Arkansas Light Artillery, 1st Battery, Capt. Henry H. Easter. Kansas Light Artillery, 2d Battery, Capt. Edward A. Smith. Third Brigade.* Col. WILLIAM A. PHILLIPS. 1st Indian Home Guard, Lient. C ol. George Dole. 2d Indian Home Guard, Lient. Col. Fred. W. Schaurte. 3d Indian Home Guard, Maj. John A. Foreman. 14th Kansas Cavalry, Company M (dismounted), Lient. Dudley Sawyer. ~ Or Indian Brigade Page 267 267 ChAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. DISTRICT OF EASTERN ARKANSAS. Col. CHARLES BENTZONI. 87th Illinois Infantry (mounted), Lieut. Col. John M. Crebs. 56th U. S. Colored Troops, Col. Charles Bentzoni. 63d U. S. Colored Troops, Company D, Capt. Benjamin Thomas. 63d U. S. Colored Troops, Company G, Lieut. Otho R. Sensibaugh. 2d U. S. Colored Light Artillery, Battery E, Lieut. Harmon T. Chappel. U. S. FORCES MOUTH OF WHITE RIVER. Brig. Gen. GEORGE F. MCGINNIs. 126th Illinois, Lient. Col. Lucius W. Beal. 1st Indiana Cavalry (two companies), Capt. James A. Pine. POST OF SAINT CHARLES, ARK. Brig. Gen. JOHN M. THAYER. 5th Kansas Cavalry (two companies), Lieut. Thomas Stevenson. 2d Missouri Light Artillery, Battery D, Capt. Frederick W. von Bodungen. POST OF PINE BLUFF, ARK. Brig. Gen, POWELL CLAYTON. 13th Illinois Cavalry, Lient. Col. George M. Alden. 2d U. S. Colored Light Artillery, Battery H, Capt. John Driscoll. POST OF LEWISBURG, ARK. 3d Arkansas Cavalry, Col. Abraham H. Ryan. DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURL Maj. Gen. GRENYILLE M. DODGE. DRAFT REND~ZYOIJS, BENTON BARRACKS. Col. PITCAIRN MORRISON. Drafted men, recruits, and U. S. Veteran Reserve Corps. JEFFERSON BARRACKS. Capt. DONALD C. MCVEAN. 35th Company, 2d Battalion, U. S. Veteran Reserve Corps, Lient. Lawrence Cahill. 62d Company, 2d Battalion, U. S. Veteran Reserve Corps, Capt 70th Company, 2d Battalion, U. S. Veteran Reserve Corps, . Donald C. McVean. MARINE HOSPITAL. 13th Company, 2d Battalion, U. S. VeteranReserve Corps, Lient. Thomas D. MoAlpine. ARTILLERY RESERVE, FRANKLIN. 2d Missouri Light, Batteries B, H, K, and M, Maj. Clemens Landgraeber. DISTRICT OF SAINT LOUIS. Brig. Gen. GEORGE D. WAGNER. FIRST SUB-DISTRICT. Col. JOSEPH WEYDEMEYER. Carondelet. 51st Wisconsin (one company), Capt. John C. Sackett Page 268 268 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CXiAP. LX. De Soto. 53d Wisconsin (one company), Capt. Henry Bailey. Franklin. Missouri VolunteerMilitia (one company), Lieut. Thomas Thomas. Biermaun. 50th Missouri (one company), Lieut. William R. Vaughan. Opposite Saint Charles. 50th Wisconsin (one company), Capt. John C. Spooner. Saint Louis. 144th Illinois (four companies), Maj. Emil Adam. 41st Missouri, Maj. Henry F. Dietz. 7th Kansas Cavalry (one company), Capt. Jacob M. Anthony. 14th Missouri Cavalry (detachment), Lieut. John C. A. Warfield. SECOND SUB-DISTRICT. Bvt. Brig. Gen. JOHN L. BEVERIDGE. Bloomfield. 50th Missouri, Companies A, D, and H, Capt. Edwin P. Diehl. 7th Kansas Cavalry, Company F, Capt. Edward Colbert. Cent erville. 7th Kansas Cavalry, Company D, Lieut. William Henry. Charleston. Missouri Volunteer Militia (one oompany), Capt. John A. Rice. Cape Girardean. 39th Missouri, Companies A, G, and K, Capt. William Glover. 50th Missouri, Companies B and G, Capt. Charles Perry. Missouri Volunteer Militia (one company), Capt. Ezra King. 17th Illinois Cavalry, Lieut. Col. Dennis J. Hynes. 2d Missouri Light Artillery, Battery C (section), oleon Boardman. 2d Missouri Light Artillery, Battery M, Capt. Nap Dallas. Missouri Volunteer Militia (one company), Capt. John R. Cochran. New Miadrid. 2d Missouri State Militia Cavalry, Company A, Lient. John M. Hiller. Patterson. 7th Kansas Cavalry, Companies C, E, and K, Capt James Smith. Perryville. Missouri Volunteer Militia (one company), Capt. Hiram Minor Page 269 Cnxn. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. Pilot Knob. 52d Wisconsin, Company C, Capt. George A. Spurr. 53d Wisconsin, Company D, Capt. Asa G. Blake. 7th Kansas Cavalry (four companies), Capt. Burr H. Bostwick. Potosi. 50th Missouri, Company E, Lient. William Moran. Sainte Genevieve. i39th Missouri, Company B, Capt. Joseph R. Good. BENTON BARRAcKS. Col. BENJAMIN L. E. BONNEVILLE. 1st Missouri State Militia (one company), Capt. John Rupp. 39th Missouri (one company), Capt. Adam Theis. 51st Missouri, Col. David Moore. 51st Wisconsin (five companies), Capt. Loring J. Edwards. 52d Wisconsin (three companies), Lieut. Col. Hiram J. Lewis. 534 Wisconsin (two companies), Capt. Reuben R. Wood. 14th Missouri Cavalry (four companies), Lieut. Col. Joseph J. Gravely. DISTRICT OF ROLLA. Col. JOHN MORRILL. 49th Wisconsin, Lient. Col. Edward Colman. 13th Missouri Cavalry, Maj. John E. Mayo. 5th Missouri State Militia Cavalry (detachment), Lient. Albert Mnntzel. DISTRICT OF CENTRAL MISSOURI. Col. CHESTER HARDING, Jr. BOONVILLE. Missouri Volunteer Militia (mountedone company), Capt. George Miller. DOVER. 3d Missouri State Militia Cavalry (one company), Lieut. James A. Blain. GRFENTON. 17th Illinois Cavalry (one company), Capt. Francis Le Clair. INDEPENDENCE. Missouri Volunteer Militia (mountedone company), Capt. William S. Smith. JEFFERSON CITY. 48th Missouri (one company), Lient. George B. Miller. 524 Wisconsin (one company), Lieut. Dwight Jackson. LA MINE BRIDGE. 48th Missouri (one company), Lient. David K. Steele. LEXINGTON. 43d Missouri, Capt. John B. Majors. 3d Wisconsin Cavalry (one company), Capt. John M. Bernard Page 270 270 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX LEE S SUMMIT. 1st Missouri State Militia Cavalry (one company), Capt. John Wyckoff. LONE JACK. 3d Missouri State Militia Cavalry (one company), Lient. Lafayette Praul. MARSHALL. 7th Missouri State Militia Cavalry (one company), Capt. Charles E. Spedden. Missouri Volunteer Militia (mountedone company), Capt. John S. Cram. MIAMI. 50th Wisconsin, Lient. Col. Edwin E. Bryant. OSAGE BRIDGE. Missouri Volunteer Militia (one company), Lient. G. B. Douglas. PLEASANT HILL. 1st Missouri State Militia Cavalry (one company), Capt. Henry F. Peery. SEDALIA. 4th Missouri State Militia Cavalry (one company), Capt. Walter B. Hamilton. Missouri Volunteer Militia (mountedone company), Capt. H. C. Donohue. SYRACUSE. Missouri Volunteer Militia (mountedone company), Lient. Andrew J. Hart. TIPTON. Missouri Volunteer Militia (mountedone company), Capt. John B. Calhoun. WARRENSBURG. 50th Missouri (two companies), Capt. James R. Fulkerson. 7th Missouri State Militia Cavalry (one eom~any), Capt. Nathan Arnold. Missouri Volunteer Militia (mountedone company), Lieut. William E. Chester. IN THE FIELD. ist Missouri State Militia Cavalry (one company), Capt. James D. Eads. 4th Missouri State Militia Cavalry (one company), Capt. Albert Roecker. DISTRICT OF NORTH MISSOURI. Brig. Gen. CLINTON B. FISK. FAYETTE. f~th Missouri State Militia Cavalry (one company), Lieut. Archibald R. McFarland. MACON. 39th Missouri (one company), Capt. John D. Meredith. 17th Illinois Cavalry (one company), Capt. Calvin H. Shapley. 3d Missouri State Militia Cavalry (two companies), Capt. William T. Hnnter. 9th Missouri State Militia Cavalry (one company), Lieut. Monte Lehman. 2d Missouri Light Artillery, Battery C, Capt. Frederick W. Fuchs Page 271 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 271 MEXICO. 9th Missour4 State Militia Cavalry (one company), Lieut. James B. Decker. SAINT JOSEPH. 51st Missouri (one company), Capt. William H. Tilson. STURGEON. 9th Missouri State Militia Cavalry (three companies), Lient. Luther T. Hayman. DISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. Brig. Gen. JOHN B. SANBORN. BOLIVAR. 15th Missouri Cavalry, Company D (detachment), Lieut. William Gammon. CASSYILLE. 15th Missouri Cavalry, Companies A, G, and H, Maj. James M. Moore. CAVE SPRINGS. 15th Missouri Cavalry, Company C, Lieut. Josiah P. Boyd. FAIR GROVE. 16th Missouri Cavalry, Company E (detachment), Sergt. David A. Headlee. FORSYTH. Missouri Volunteer Militia (one Company), Capt. William L. Fenex. GREENFIELD. 15th Missouri Cavalry, Company E, Maj. Wick Morgan. HAZLE GREEN. 16th Missouri Cavalry, Company A (detachment), Lieut. Samuel A. Harshbarger. HUMANSYILLE. 15th Missouri Cavalry, Company D (detachment), Capt. Thomas B. Sutherland. JASPER COUNTY. Missouri Volunteer Militia (one company), Lieut. Lyman J. Burch. LEBANON. 16th Missouri Cavalry (five companies), Maj. John Small. LICKING. 16th Missouri Cavalry, Company K, Capt. William Monks. LINN CREEK. Missouri Volunteer Militia (one company), Capt. Henry G. Bollinger. MARSHFIELD. 16th Missouri Cavalry, Company D (detachment), Lient. Thomas G. Smith. MELVILLE. 15th Missouri Cavalry, Company I, Lient. William K. Pyle Page 272 272 LOUISIANA AND TILE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. MOUNT VERNON. 15th Missouri Cavalry, Company B, Col. John D. Allen. NEOSHO. 15th Missouri Cavalry, Companies F and L, Maj. William B. Mitchell. NEWTONIA. 15th Missouri Cavalry, Company K, Lieut. Oscar Wear. OSCEOLA. Missouri Volunteer Militia (one company), Lient. Elias Disney. OZARK. 16th Missouri Cavalry, Company C (detachment), Sergt. James A. Chaffin. OZARK COUNTY. 46th Missouri, Company I, Capt. William J. Piland. QUINCY. 15th Missouri Cavalry, Company D (detachment), Sergt. Melville IL. Cooper. ROCK PRAIRIE. 16th Missouri Cavalry, Company A (detachment), Capt. Robert M. Hayter. SAND SPRINGS. 16th Missouri Cavalry, Company F, Capt. Thomas M. Alsup. STOCKTON. 15th Missouri Cavalry, Company M, Capt. Dennis IL. Connaway. STONE COUNTY. Missouri Volunteer Militia (one company), Lient. Patrick C. Berry. SPRINGFIELD. Lieut. Col. JOHN F. MCMAHA 46th Missouri, Company K, Capt. ILenry Sullivan. 56th Missouri (recrnits),* Capt. James T. ILubbard. 6th Missouri State Militia Cavalry (recruits). 8th Missouri State Militia Cavalry, Company K, Lient. John F. Feldman. 14th Missouri Cavalry (detachment),* Capt. ILarrison Mitchell. 16th Missouri Cavalry (detachment), Lient. Col. John F. McMahan. 1st Missouri Light Artillery, Battery L, Lient. John IL. Kendall. WARDENS STATION. 16th Missouri Cavalry, Company M, Lient. James M. Agnew ALTON, ILL. Col. JOHN IL. KUHN. 144th Illinois (six companies), Lient. Col. James N. Morgan. * Not armed Page 273 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 273 DISTRICT OF NORTH KANSAS. Brig. Gen. ROBERT B. MITCHELL. FORT LEAVENWORTH, KANS. Lieut. Col. GUSTAV HEINRICHS. 2d U. S. Volunteers (two companies), Capt. Luther F. Wyman. 5th U. S. Volunteers, Capt. George XV. Williford. 11th Kansas Cavalry, Company G, Capt. Alfred C. Pierce. 15th Kansas Cavalry, Company H, Capt. Oscar F. Dunlap. 16th Kansas Cavalry, Company I, Capt. Absalom hyde. U. S. Colored Light Artillery, Independent Battery, Capt. H. Ford Douglas. Wisconsin Light Artillery, 9th Battery (sectiop), Capt. Watson D. Crocker. LAWRENCE, KANS. Capt. SHUBIAL P. THOMPSON. 48th Wisconsin. Company C, Capt. Edwin A. Bottum. 3d Wi~consiu Cavalry (detachment). FIRST SUB-DISTRICT OF SOUTII KANSAS. Col. CHARLES W. BLAIR. Goldwater Grove, Fans. 5th Kansas Cavalry, Company M, Capt. Livingston G. Parker. Fort Curtis, Mo. 3d Wisconsin Cavalry, Company K, Capt. Robert Carpenter. Fort Blamer, Mo. 3d Wisconsin Cavalry, Company I, Lient. Henry T. Perry. Humboldt, Fans. 15th Kansas Cavalry, Companies A and I, Capt. Samuel XV. Greer. Fort Insley, Mo. 3d Wisconsin Cavalry, Company F, Licut. Charles W. Porter. Fort McFean, Fans. ~d Wisconsin Cavalry, Company H, Capt. James B. Pond. Marmaton, Fans. 15th Kansas Cavalry, Company M, Lient. Jacob A. Slonaker. Mound City, Fans. 48th Wisconsin, Company G, Capt. hobart M. Stocking. Olathe, Fans. Capt. ORRIN F. WALLER. 48th Wisconsin, Company H, Capt. Orrin F. Waller. 5th Kansas Cavalry, Company L, Capt. James H. Young. 18 H HVOL XLVIII, PT I Page 274 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. 274 O8age Miis8ion, Hans. 15th Kansas Cavalry, Company E, Capt. CPrtis Johnson. Paoia, Hans. Capt. ALEXANDER J. LUMSDEN. 48th Wisconsin, Company F, Lient. George S. Rogers. 15th Kansas Cavalry, Company C, Sergt. John G. Henderson. McLains (Colorado) Battery, Licut. George S. Eayrc. Fort Scott, Hans. Col. CHARLES W. BLAIR. 48th Wisconsin (six companies), Col. Un B. Pearsall. 15th Kansas Cavalry (five companies), Capt. Tyrus 1. Hurd. Wisconsin Light Artillery, 9th Battery (section), Licut. John A. Edington. Trading Post, Hans. 15th Kansas Cavalry, Company G, Licut. Henry L. Barker. DISTRICT OF THE PLAINS. Brig. Gen. P. EDWARD CONNOR. EAST SUB-DISTRICT. Col. ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON. Alkali Station, Nebr. Ter. 7th Iowa Cavalry, Company A (detachment), Capt. Edward B. Murphy. Beauvais Station, Nebr. Ter. 7th Iowa Cavalry, Company C (detachment), Capt. Harrison W. Cremer. Columbus, Nebr. Ter. 7th Iowa Cavalry, Company E (detachment), Capt. James B. David. Cottonwood Springs, Nebr. Ter. Maj. GEORGE M. OBRIEN. 3d U. S. Volunteers, Company C, Capt. Byron M. Richmond. 3d U. S. Volunteers, Company D, Capt. Fritz Reliwinkel. 1st Battalion Nebraska Cavalry, Company C, Lieut. Martin B. Cutler. 7th Iowa Cavalry (detachment). Dakota City, Nebr. Ter. 1st Battalion Nebraska Cavalry, Company B, Capt. Zaremba .Jackson. Gilmans Station, Nebr. icr. 1st Battalion Nebraska Cavalry, Company A, Capt. Charles F. Porter. Fort Kearny, Nebr Ter. Capt. LEE P. GILLETTE. 1st Nebraska Cavalry, Company A, Capt. Lee P. Gillette. 1st Nebraska Cavalry, Company K, Lient. Edward Donovan. 3d U. S. Volunteers, Company A, Lient. Will N. Whitlock. 3d U. S. Volunteers, Company B, Capt. Charles Fisher. [CHAP. LX Page 275 275 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. Midway Station, Nebr. Ter. 1st Nebraska Cavalry, Company H, Capt. William W. Ivory. OFallons Bluff, Nebr. Ter. 7th Iowa Cavalry, Company B (detachment), Lieut. Thomas S. Parker. Omaha, Yebr. Ter. 1st Nebraska Cavalry, Company C, Lient. Thomas H. Griffin. Plum Creek, Nebr. Ter. Capt. THOMAS J. WEATLIERWAX. 1st Nebraska Cavalry, Company E, Capt. Sterrit M. Curran. 1st Nebraska Cavalry, Company G, Capt. Thomas J. Weatherwax. 1st Nebraska Cavalry, Company I, Capt. Henry H. Ribble. WEST SUB-DISTRICT. Lient. Col. MILO GEORGE. Fort Bridger, Utah Ter, Maj. NOYRS BALDWIN. 2d California Cavalry, Company L, Capt. Albert Brown. 2d California Cavalry, Company M, Lient. George D. Conrad. 1st Battalion Nevada Cavalry, Company A, Lient. James H. Stewart. 1st Battalion Nevada Cavalry, Company B, Capt. Joseph H. Matheweob. Camp Connor, Utah Ter. 3d California, Company C, Capt. James W. Stillman. Camp Douglas, Utah Ter. Lient. Col. WILLIAM M. JOHNS. 3d California, Company A, Lieut. Charles Billig. 3d California, Company B, Capt. Joseph C. Morrill. 3d California, Company D, Capt. Willard Kittredge. 1st Battalion Nevada Cavalry, Company C, Capt. John H. Dalton. 1st Battalion Nevada Cavalry, Company F, Capt. Joseph W. Calder. NORTH SUB-DISTRICT. Col. THOMAS MOONLIGHT. Fort Laramie, Idaho Ter. Capt. THOMAS J. MAJORS. 7th Iowa Cavalry, Company A (detachment), Lieut. James G. Smith. 7th Iowa Cavalry, Company B (detachment), Capt. John Wilcox. 7th Iowa Cavalry, Company D, Capt. William D. Fonts. 16th Kansas Cavalry (detachment), Lient. Thomas Flanagan. 1st Battalion Nebraska Cavalry, Company A (detachment), Lient. John Talbot. 1st Battalion Nebraska Cavalry, Company D, Capt. Henry F. C. Krumme. 1st Nebraska Cavalry, Company F, Lient. John P. Mnrphy. 11th Ohio Cavalry (detachment), Lient. William Ellsworth. Camp Jtliarlkall, Dak. Ter. 11th Ohio Cavalry, Company E, Capt. Levi G. Marshall Page 276 276 LQUISJANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. Camu Mitchell, Dak. Ter. 11th Ohio Cavalry, Company H, Capt. Jacob S. Shuman. Platte Bridge, Dak. Ter. 11th Ohio Cavalry, Company G, Lieut. Henry C. Bretney. Fort Rankin, Cob. Ter. Lient. Col. SAMUEL W. SMITH. 3d U. S. Volunteers, Company E, Lient. Earl T. Campbell. 3d U. S. Volunteers, Company F, Capt. David Ellison. 7th Iowa Cavalry, Company C (detachment), Lieut. George M. Swain. Pawnee Scouts, Company A (mounted), Capt. Frank lorth. Camp near Platte Bridge, Dak. Ter. 11th Kansas Cavalry, Lieut. Col. Preston B. Plumb. SOUTH SUB-DISTRICT. Bvt. Brig. Gen. GUY V. HENRY. Camp Collins, Cob. Ter. 11th Ohio Cavalry, Company F, Capt. William 1-1. Evans. Denver City, Cob. Ter. 1st Colorado Cavalry, Company D, Lient. Luther Wilson. lith Ohio Cavalry, Company L, Lieut. James W. Hanna. Camp Fillmore, Cob. Ter. 1st Colorado Cavalry, Company F, Lieut. Frank Murrell. Fort Garland, Cob. Ter. 1st Colorado Cavalry, Company B, Capt. Charles Kerber. Fort Flialleck, Idaho Ter. 11th Ohio Cavalry, Company K, Capt. Jacob L. Humfreville. Jnnction Station, Cob. Ter. 1st Colorado Cavalry, Company A, Lieut. George W. Hawkins. Camp Bobbins, Cob. Ter. 1st Colorado Cavalry, Company G, Lient. John E. hilL UNASSIGNED. Buffalo Station, Cob. Ter. 7th Iowa Cavalry, Company F, Capt. Nicholas J. OBrien. Camp near Cottonwood Springs, Kebr. Ter. 16th Kansas Cavalry, Lient. Col. Samuel Walker Page 277 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. DISTRICT OF THE UPPER ARKANSAS. Byt. Brig. Gen. JAMES H. FORD. Fort Dodge, Kans. Capt. THOMAS J. MOLONY. 2d U. S. Volunteers, Company F, Capt. William E. hayward. 2d U. S. Volunteers, Company G, Capt. Thomas J. Molony. 11th Kansas Cavalry, Company C, Capt. Henry Pearce. Fort Ellsworth, liians. Capt. CURTIS CLARK. 2(1 U. S. Volunteers, Company C, Capt. William F. Armstrong. 7th Iowa Cavalry, Company H, Capt. Curtis Clark. Fort Lamed, Hans. Capt. THOMAS MosEs, Jr. 2(1 U. S. Volunteers, Company E, Lient. Thomas D. Melcy. 2d U. S. Volunteers, Company H, Capt. Marion F. Bishop. 2d Colorado Cavalry, Company F, Lieut. Menzo H. Keith. 2d Colorado Cavalry, Company G, Lieut. Fred. A. Spencer. 24 Colorado Cavalry, Company H, Lieut. Albert L. Gooding. 2d Colorado Cavalry, Company I, Lient. Richard W. Jenkins. 2d Colorado Cavalry, Company K, Lient. Benjamin F. Johnston. 2d Colorado Cavalry, Company L, Lient. Irving W. Stanton. 24 Colorado Cavalry, Company M, Capt. Thomas Moses, Jr. 11th Kansas Cavalry, Company E, Capt. John D. Walker. Camp Plum Creek, Kans. 7th Iowa Cavalry, Company G, Lient. Job S. Beals. Fort Riley, Hans. 12th Kansas, Company H, Capt. Augustus W. Burton. 24 Colorado Cavalry, Company D, Capt. Edward L. Berthoud. Saline, Hans. 2d U. S. Volunteers, Company I, Capt. John Cowgill. Fort Zarak, Hans. Maj. JESSE L. PRITcHARD. 24 Colorado Cavalry, Company E, Lient. George W. Culver. 24 U. S. Volunteers, Coumpany B, Capt. Benjamin Reisdorph. 2d U. S. Volunteers, Company K, Licut. Ezra F. Hinds. En route to Fort Lamed, Hans. 2d Colorado Cavalry, Company C, Lient. Martin Hennion. 3d Wisconsin Cavalry (unassigned recruits), Capt. Theodore Conkey. 27 Page 278 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. Abstract from return of the Department of New Mexico, Brig. Gen. James H. Carleton, U. S. Army, commanding, for the month of April, 1865. Present for -~ 6 Pieces of ~ a duty. ~ a artillery. O4~ 9, Command. a a a be be~ a a8 8-~ a . ~a -~ u 8 a be be ~ 0 ~ -~ ~ General headquarters 24 25 26 Albuquerque 1 55 57 61 4 Fort Bascom 3 156 170 324 Fort Craig 4 138 160 237 2 13 Fort Cummings 1 22 24 81 FortMarcy 2 6 8 17 2 Fort McRae 1 28 42 79 Fort Stanton 2 95 110 159 Fort Sumner 8 309 315 417 4 Fort Union 16 501 569 963 4 2 UnionDepot 1 6 7 7 Fort Wingate 1 97 104 117 Franklin 2 115 132 232 Las Cruces 3 103 118 183 LosPinos 41 43 45 In the field, en route 2 92 94 95 Total 71 1,764 1,998 3,083 6 25 Organization of troops in the Department of New Mexico, Brig. Gen. James lii. Carleton, U. S. Army, commanding, April 30, 1865. Albuquerque. 3d U. S. Artillery, Battery A, Capt. John B. Shun. - Fort Bascom. Maj. EDWARD H. BERGMANN. 5th United States, Company E, Capt. Martin Mullins. 1st New Mexico Cavalry, Company D, Lient. Charles Haberkorn. 1st New Mexico Cavalry, Company E, Capt. Santurnino Baca. 1st New Mexico Cavalry, Company I, Lient. Michael Cronin. 1st New Mexico Cavalry, Company M, Capt. Charles Dens. Fort Craig. Lient. Col. EDWIN A. RIGG. 1st California, Company B, Capt. Daniel B. Haskell. 1st California, Company E, Capt. Thomas P. Chapman. 1st California Cavalry, Company H, Lient. William Oman. Fort Cummings. 1st California. Company G, Lient. Joun K. Houston. Fort MicBae. 1st California, Company D, Capt. William Ffrench. 27 Page 279 CHAr. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. Fort Stanton. Capt. WILLIAM BRADY. 1st New Mexico Cavalry, Company A, Capt. William Brady. 1st New Mexico Cavalry, Company H, Lieut. Edwin J. Edgar. Fort Sumner. Maj. WILLIAM MCCLEAVE. 1st California, Company A, Lient. Robert Edmiston. 5th United States, Company D, Capt. Henry B. Bristol. 5th United States, Company I, Lieut. Charles Speed. 1st California Cavalry, Company B, Capt. Emil Fritz. 1st California Cavalry, Company G, Capt. Samuel A. Gorham. 1st New Mexico Cavalry, Company G, Capt. Lawrence G. Murphy. Fort Union. Col. FxAuclsco P. ABREU. 1st New Mexico (seven companies), Col. Francisco P. Abreu. 5th United States, Company A, Lient. Charles Porter. 1st California Cavalry, Company F, Capt. Thomas A. Stombs. 1st California Cavalry, Company K, Lient. Sullivan Heath. 1st New Mexico Cavalry, Company C, Capt. Thomas Henderson. 1st New Mexico Cavalry, Company L, Lieut. Robert Thompson. Union Depot. Capt. WILLIAM R. SHOEMAKER. Fort Wingate. Lient. Col. JuLIus C. SnAw. 1st New Mexico Cavalry, Company B, Lient. George C. Strong. 1st New Mexico Cavalry, Company F, Capt. Donaciano Montoya. Franklin, Tex. Capt. DAVID H. BROTHERTON. 5th United States, Company G, Capt. Samuel Ovenshine. 5th United States, Company K, Capt. David H. Brotherton. 1st California Cavalry, Company C, Capt. Charles P. Nichols. Las Cruees. Capt. JAMES H. WHITLOCK. 1st California, Company C, Capt. James H. Whitloek. 1st California Cavalry, Company M, Lieut. John E. Oliphant. Los Pino8. 5th United States, Company B, IAeut. Nelson Thomasson. En route to Fort Selden. 1st New Mexico, Company F, Lieut George H. Pettis. 27 Page 280 280 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. SPECIAL ) HEADQUARTERS - FIELD ORDERS, ARMY AND DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, No. 50. ) Mobile, Ala., May 1, 1865. * * * * * * * 2. Brig. Gen. Joseph 11. West, U. S. Volunteers, will proceed without delay to New Orleans, La., for the purpose of assuming comman(l of the cavalry forces designated for special field service and making the necessary immediate preparations accordingly. * * * * * * By order of Maj. Gen. E. it S. Canby: C. T. CHuIISTENSEN, Lieutenant- Colonel and Assistant Adjutant- General. HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, OFFICE OF CHlEF SIGNAL OFFICER, New Orleans, La., May 1, 1865. Lient. Col. C. T. CHRISTENSEN, Asst. Adjt. Gen., Military Division of West Mississippi: COLONEL: I have the honor to submit to your consideration the fol- lowing report of information received at this office this 1st day of May, 1865. Lieutenant Dyer reports from Plaquemine, April 24, that desert- ers state that about 700 men of the Seventh Louisiana Cavalry are sta- tioned between New Iberia, La., and Saint Martinsville and about 200 at Franklin. The headquarters of the regiment are said to be at Franklin, and they occupy the country as far as Berwick City. There are no other troops this side of Alexandria on that route. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, A. M. JACKSON, Major, Tenth U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery. (Ju absence of Capt. S. M. Eaton, chief signal officer, Military Division of West Mississippi.) GENERAL ORDERS, ~ WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERALS OFFICE, No. 78. 5 Washington, May 1, 1865. I. Maj. Gen. N. J. T. Dana, U. S. Volunteers, is relieved from corn maud of the Department of Mississippi, and lXlaj. Gen. G. K. Warren, U. S. Volunteers, is assigned to the command of that department. II. On being relieved Major-General Dana will proceed to his place of residence and from there will report by letter to the Adjutant- General of the Army for orders. By command of Lieutenant-General Grant: W. A. NICHOLS, Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS DiSTRICT OF CENTRAL MISSiSSIPPI, Jackson, May 1, 1865. Maj. Gen. N. J. T. DANA, U. S. Army, Commanding Department~ of Mississippi, T7iclcsburg: GENERAL: I have just received the in closed dispatch from Lieutenant- General Taylor, at Meridian, which I fi)rward through Brig. Gen. George B. lodge, C. S. Army, to whom you will please give a receipt. I am, general, very respectfully, W. F. TUCKER, Brigadier-General, C. S. Army Page 281 CRAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. UNION. 281 [Inclosure.] Brigadier-General TUCKER: MERIDIAN, ]Ifay 1, 1865. An armistice was agreed U~Oll by Generals Taylor and Canby oil the 29th to apply to all troops under their respective commands. Hostili- ties may be renewed by either party upon giving forty-eight hours notice to the other. Present position of troops to remain unchanged until such notice shall be given or received. Pickets to continue at l)resent stations. No scouting to be done by either party outside of his own picket-lines. Particulars will be published in orders. You will give such orders to your pickets and scouts as observance of this armistice requires. Notify Federal commander at Yicksbnrg, who will receive notice in dne conrse from Major-General Canby. By order of Lieutenant-General Taylor: W. F. BULLOCK, JR., Assistant Adjutant- General. I IEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF Mi~si~si~~i Vicksburg, ]Jifiss., May 1, 71865. Licut. Commander WILLIAM li. HOEL, Commanding Naval District, U. S. S. Vindicator: I have the honor herewith to inclose a copy of a telegram this moment received frond Major-General Thomas, informing me of the intended crossing of Jeff. Davis toward Texas with his coconspirators and their l)lullder. It appears to me hardly possible, on account of the very great overflow, that he can cross at any point above here, except by seizing one or more of the cotton-trading boats now up the Yazoo River ,aud rnnuing out of that stream. Should you know of any point on the river where he could approach between here and Friais Point I could sen(1 a detachment of infantry there; It aI)pears to me of the greatest impor- tance that the iiver should be actively patrolled, the mouth of the Yazoo strongly guarded, and cotton-boats carefully examined, and that every cotton-trading boat within your district should be required for the pres- cut to lie closely nuder your guns. It is in the power of Jeff. Davis treacherously to seize several small boats now up the Yazoc, load them with his dismounted cavalry or other troops, and run down that river with the view of surprising and capturing, by boardimig, any one gun- boat there. This being the case, I hope you will pardon the liberty I take in suggesting that the Louisville and at least one other gumi-boat be stationed there, using every possible precaution against a daring attempt at surprise. I have no cavalry to aid your efforts, having ordered half of all I have to the vicinity of Rodney and Bruinsburg and the other half below I~atchez, but where infantry will answer I can send it. I am, very respectfully, N. J. T. DANA, [Inciosure.] Major- General. General WASHBURN, NASHVILLE, April 27, 1865. Memphis, Tcnn.: It is reported that Jeff. Davis is endeavoring to escape across the Mississippi, escorted by a picked body of 500 cavalry. Keep Scout Page 282 282 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. (CHAP. LX. out in your front, and if lie should attempt to pass near your command intercept and capture him if possible. General Washburn will send this information to all commanders on the Mississippi. GEO. H. THOMAS, Major- General, U. S. Army, Commanding. (Copy forwarded by Washburn to Dana, April 28.) HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF MISSISSIPPI, Yicksburg, Miss., May 1, 1865. LIEUT. COMMANDER COMMANDING U. S. S. LOUISVILLE: The U. S. S. Vindicator having left for up river most unexpectedly to me, and it being of the utmost importance that I should immediately communicate with the officer commanding the district, I inclose a con- fidential dispatch* for him, which I beg you will place in his hands with as little delay as practicable. In view of the importance of the matter and of the danger of hazard by delay I inclose also for your informa- tion a copy of my dispatch t to Lieutenant-Commander Hoel, and I request, unless your orders positively prohibit it, that you will move your vessel to the mouth of the Yazoo until you receive orders from Lieutenant libel. Very respectfully, N. ~ T. DANA, M~or- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF MISSISSIPPI, Vicksburg, Miss., May 1, 1865. Brig. Gen. J. W. DAVIDSON, Commanding District of Natchez: I inclose for your information a copy of a telegram from Major. General Thomas, just received here4 It would appear most likely that Jeff. Davis might attempt to cross in the vicinity of Grand Gulf, Rodney, or Bruinsburg, or in that of Jackson Point, or Fort Adams, or Tunica Bend. You have already a garrison at Rodney, and I shall now send to that vicinity, to land at Bruinsburg, all the mounted men I have here (about 400), and some dismounted cavalry. The latter will probably proceed np Bayou Pierre to Port Gibson, and the former will make a circuit to the rear of that place, with a view also of cap. turing Captain Glenney, the naval traitor, who is there. Brigadier- General Osband has this moment reported here with 450 men of his regiment, from Memphis, Cor the same duty. I send him to you to be used to intercept JelL His service in this department is only tempo- rary. It appears most important that the navy should patrol actively, and especially that Captain McCauley should carefully guard the mouth of Bayou Pierre, as there are one or two cotton-boats up there which Jeff. might seize and attempt to run out with a guard of his cavalry dismounted. I think McCauley ought to require for the present that every cotton-trading boat in his district should lie closely under his guns. A gun-boat ought also guard the mouth of Big Black, as there is a small canal propeller belonging to Mr. William Butler up there. Osband will leave here at midnight to-night. Respectfully, N. ~. T. DANA, Major- General. Next, pO8t. Next, ante. ~Seep. 2S1 Page 283 Cxip. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 283 GENERAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF NATCHEZ, No. 21. 5 Natchez, Miss., JlIay 1, 18G5. The loyal and well-disposed inhabitants of the counties of (i3laiborne, Jefferson, and Adams, of the State of Mississippi, and the parish of Concordia, State of Louisiana, are freely permitted to bring into the city of Natchez live-stock, marketing, provisions of all kinds, fuel, and materials required for the use of the inhabitants, and are allowed to take out such supplies as may be required for family use, not to exceed in value the products brought in. For these purposes persons with produce as above indicated, on presenting themselves at the lines and exhibiting their oath Qf allegiance, may be passed in and out with such family supplies as are properly permitted by the Treasury agent and approved at the district headquarters. This permission will not author- ize the importation of products for shipment or intercourse for other than the public benefit. By order of Brig. Gen. J. W. Davidson: B. F. MOREY, Gaptain and Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, May 1, 18G512 noon. (Received 1 p. in.) Lieutenant-General GRANT, General-in-Chief, Washington: Quartermaster here has received orders from Quartermaster-General to buy no more horses; so Reynolds cavalry will remain without horses. Only about one-third the necessary number has been sent. I have not yet heard from officer I sent to Kirby Smith offering same terms you gave to Lee. I have little doubt they will be accepted as soon as authentic news reaches Red River of surrender of all forces east of Mississippi. I incline strongly to belief that no campaign west of Mississippi will be necessary, and would therefore advise that prepa- rations for it be not hurried. Rivers very high and streams in Arkansas impassable. I would think it well to wait a couple of weeks to see what Kirby Smith may do. The high water is likely to keep up for six weeks, so we can get all supplies we want up to Fort Smith for a long time yet. It seems useless to subject the Government to the great expense of getting ready for the campaign until it is certain that Kirby Smith wont surrender. The streams and swamps in Arkansas are in such condition that we cannot commence a land movement for some time. JNO. POPE, Major- General. WASHINGTON, D - C., May 1, 18659 p. m. (Received 2d.) Major-General POPE: You may suspend preparations for campaign west of the Mississippi for the present. If Kirby Smith attempts to hold out, a force will be sent to overrun the whole country west of the Mississippi. U. S. GRANT, Lieutenant- General Page 284 284 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OP THE MISSouRI, ]JiLcty 1, 1865. Major-General REYNOLDS, Little Rock: General iVicCook has been relieved at Helena by authority of War Department to accompany to the plains Congressional conimittee to investigate Indian affairs. You best know whether the officer next in rank is fit for command at Helena. JNO. POPE, Major- General. SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, No. 104. 5 Little Rock, Ark., ]IIay 1, 1865. * * * * * * * 6. Maj. James A. Phillips, First Indian Home Guard, is relieved from duty as acting assistant inspector-general at post of Fort Smith and will report in person to Major-General Blunt, commanding District of South Kansas, at Fort Gibson, for orders. The duties of this office will devolve upon Capt. Frank Strong, Company L, First Arkansas Cavalry, acting assistant inspector-general of Third Division, Seventh Army Corps. * * * * * * * 8. Brig. Gen. John Edwards, U. S. Volunteers. is relieved from duty at Fort Smith, Ark., and will report in person at these headquarters for orders. * * * * * * * By command of Maj. Geim. J. J. Reynolds JOHN LEVERING, Assistant Adjutant- General. IIDQRS. THIRD DIVISION, SEVENTH ARMY CORPS, Fort AS~mith, Ark., May 1, 1865. Col. W. A. PHILLIPS, Commanding Third Brigade: I forwarded the subpinnas to witnesses in cases of Wattles and Crafts, but the distance is so great that I do not believe they will be able to get here. If the cases can be tried without them it should be doiie. I have no news of importance. A Saint Louis paper of the 24th which I saw states that General Blunt passed through the city a day or two since on his way to Arkansas. I presume lie will turn up soon if he is coining this way, bnt I cannot believe lie is coming here. General Reynolds has Major-General McCook in command at helena with one regiment, and I have no doubt lie knows Blunt too well to send him here. The same paper has a dispatch that Kirby Smiths army is disbanding. Jeff. Davis is understood to have - crossed the Mississippi River and gone into Texas, & c. Respectfully, CYRUS BUSSEY, Brigadier- General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, Little Rock, Ark., May 1, 1865. Maj. Gen. J. G. BLUNT, Commanding District of South Kansas: GENERAL: In accordance with paragraph 11, Special Orders, No. 103, current series, from these headquarters, you are charged with the reo Page 285 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 285 gariization of the Indian troops serving in this department. The major- general commanding directs me to state that the selection of officers for the new organizations should be made with care and discrimination, having in view their l)eculiar titness, and, if I)ossible, experience with Indian troops. The selection when made will be submitted by you to these headquarters for approval of ~the major-general commanding. All officers now serving with these regiments will be deemed entitled to remain ia service unless the l)ublic interest will be promoted by muster- ing out any officer or officers you may designate. In this event they may be mustered out at once upon year order. Officers selected for serv- ice may be placed temporarily on duty until the action of the War Department can be had upon recommendations for promotions. Very respeetfally, JOHN LEVERING, Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, May 1, 186511.50 a. rn. General DODGE: Did you receive the dispatch I sent you Saturday, concerning Colonel Leavenworth, from the Secretary of War ~ JNO. POPE, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, Mo., May 1, 18654.20 p. m. Major-General POPE: Yes; and immediately ordered General Ford to move~. He is all ready and will move on receipt of dispatch. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, Mo., May 1, 1865. (Received 11.20 a. in.) Major-General POPE: Colonel Ford reports that Indians stole all of Colonel Leavenwoj4hs stock; also some belonging to stage company. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. FORT LEAVENWORTH, May 1, 18651.30 p. m. Major-General DODGE: Dispatch received. Have received from Detroit 495 ponies. Sent to General Connor 316; General Ford, 100, leaving on hand, unservice- able, 79. The expedition to Niobrara left yesterday. Men, horses, rations, mules, howitzers, complete, on one boat chartered for that pur- pose. J. A. POTTER, Colonel and Quartermuster Page 286 286 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRs. DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, No. 115. Saint Louis, Mo., May 1, 1865. * * * * * * * 8. The battalion of the Fourteenth Regiment Missouri Cavalry Volun- teers now stationed at Benton Barracks, Mo., will proceed without delay by steamer to Jefferson City, Mo.; thence march to Versailles, Mo., where regimental headquarters will be established. The command- ing officer will report for duty by telegraph from Jefferson City to Col. C. Harding, jr., commanding District of Central Missouri, at Warrens- burg, Mo. The quartermasters department will furnish the necessary transportation. * * * * * * * 10. Upon the receipt of this order at headquarters District of North Kansas the Independent Battery U. S. Colored Light Artillery sta- tioned at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., will be dismounted. The horses will be turned over to the quartermasters department and the horse equipments to the ordnance department and the battery placed on duty as heavy artillery. * * * * * * * By command of Major-General Dodge: J. W. BARNES, Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF CENTRAL MISSOURI, Warrensburg, Mo., May 1, 1865. Maj. J. W. BARNES, Assistant Adjutant- General, Department of the Missouri: SIR: I have the honor to report that during the period since the last tn-monthly return from this district the troops have been kept active. About thirty-four bushwhackers have been killed in the district. The larger part of them were killed by the militia. I take it to be a good sign of returning peace that the citizens are taking this thing of bush- whacking into their own hands. The Missouri River is effectually guarded. The mail line and the line of the Pacific Railroad from Kan- sas City to Warrensburg are unmolested. With the cavalry which is coming here to look after matters south of this point I fear no organi- zation of troops in force. I can collect my troops together before the enemy can make headway. I think it probable that in this district we will have the worst elements of the disbanding armies of the rebels to deal with. They have friends, wives, mistresses, fathers, mothers, & c., living with ns. My men will certainly kill them if they come in through the brush. I respectfully suggest that some general plan be made known by which repentant rebels may have at least the benefit of becom- ing prisoners of war. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, CHESTER HARDING, JR., Colonel, Commanding District. HEADQUARTERS STATION, Marshall, Mo., May 1, 1865. Capt. C. G. LAURANT Asst. Adjt. Gen., Dist. of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, Mo.: CAPTAIN: I have the honor to report that since I have been stationed here I have kept the men of my command constantly scouting out ever Page 287 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 287 day and night, only on muster day, April 30, when I had them all in to be mustered. I have to-day about 100 men in the brush, and will keep every efficient or available man in the brush until we kill or drive out every bushwhacker and murderer who infests this country. The men who are out are on the trail of a band of twelve bushwhackers, and I hear of fifteen within three miles of Arrow Rock who took dinner at a Mrs. Scriptures, and her son went off with them. I shall endeavor to call on her soon. I am, captain, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JAMES D. EADS, Capt. Company M, First Cay. Missouri State Militia, Comdg. Station. EL DORADo, KANS., May 1, 1865. Lient. J. E. TAPPAN, Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen., District of the Upper Arkansas: LIEUTENANT: I have the honor to report my scout in the Indian country between Whitewater and Arkansas Rivers. I have had an interview with the chiefs of the Shawnees and Delawares through their old interpreter (Mr. Hill). They say that they expect the Southern Indians near the Arkansas may be in in about three weeks, maybe sooneix This they learned from the Osage Indians. Knowing the facts, I asked the chiefs if they were willing to give me some of their good Indians for scouts, & c., to which they replied that they are ready at any moment. My plan was to take some of them with me as scouts and guides, at least as many as I thought proper; some of them to watch on the other side of the Arkansas, so if there is any force coming I will know in time to report so the troops may be moved accordingly. In regard to the Kiowas and Comanches, I have heard nothing since the killing of these Mexicans, but the Shawnees say that they are still on the lookout for them and will report their movements to me. During my conversation with those chiefs a few of the Shawiiees returned from a buffalo hunt, saying that they do not like the action of the Kiowas and others. They say Some for peace, some for fight; no good. My rations are due on the 10th of this month. I think you had better send me one months rations if there is a prospect of my remaining here; also a few hundred extra rations for those Indians, if my plan is approved by the general commanding, for I am satisfied that this is the point to scout for the benefit of the troops west as well as southeast. On my last scout I ordered all white men that are strag- gling about in the Indian country to leave, for I am satisfied their business is not for the good of the Government, except a man has papers to prove what business he is on. Some can come in from Texas as spies, & c.; therefore I think proper even to arrest such parties. Please answer me about this. I very respectfully ask for some more men as soon as possible. I have but twelve men here. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, WM. WISE, First Lient. Company D, Second Regiment Colorado Cavalry, Commanding Outpost of Kansas. P. S.Some bands of the Kiowas reported below Cow Creek and Little Arkansas. Please give me notice how General Ford is moving Page 288 288 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. DENVER, May 1, 1865. Major-General DODGE: I have received General Popes dispatch.* I find at this late day that the troops at Laramie and vicinity are nearly out of ammunition. 1 will be ready, however, when the time comes. P. E. CONNOR, Brigadier- General. GENERAL ORDERS, IIDQRS. DISTRICT OF THE PLAINS, No. 8. Denver, Gob. Ter., May 1, 1865. I. The headquarters of the District of the Plains is hereby trans- fered to Julesburg, Cob. All reports, returns, and correspondence will hereafter be directed to that point. The quartermasters depart- ment will furnish the necessary transportation for the general com- manding and staff. * * * * * * * By command of Brigadier-General Connor: GEG. F. PRICE, Acting Assistant Adjutant- General. IIDQRS. DIST. OF MINNESOTA, DEPT. OF THE NORTHWEST, Saint Paul, Minn., May 1, 1865. Maj. C. S. CHARLOT, Asst. Adjt. Gen., Hdqrs. Dept. of the Northwest, Milwaukee, Wis.: MAJOR: Lieutenant Munger, Veteran Reserve Corps, arrived here yesterday with about 100 ex-rebels for service in this district, and it is reported that 200 more are intended to be sent. I made an appeal to General Pope while lie was in immediate command of the department to refrain from ordering any more of these men to this district. I have now about 300 apart from those received yesterday, making 400, without a single officer, Lieutenant Mnnger being ordered back to Milwaukee. I have made the best disposition I could of these ex-rebel deserters, but experience has already demonstrated the necessity of stationing other troops with them to keep them in any sort of order, and I cannot do this without materially interfering with operations. There are some good men among these ex-rebels, but the large proportion are des- perate characters, who can only be dealt with by the strong hand. If they were oflicered I could get along with them. I trust no more of these men will be sent here under existing circumstances. I respect- fully ask that Lieutenant Munger be inimediately ordered back to his company. I am, major, very respectfully, your obedient servant, II. II. SIBLEY, Brigadier- General. Commanding. GENERAL ) HEADQUARTERS FIELD ORDERS, ARMY AND DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, No. 33. ) Mobile, Ala., May 2, 1865. All officers and men of the rebel army who enter the lines of this military division under the stipulation of the surrender of General Lee * See April 28, p. 237 Page 289 CHAP. LX.l CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.TJNION. 289 to General Grant are required to report without delay to the respective post commander or provost-marshal. The latter officer will register the names, rank, corps, & c., of all such persons and furnish them with passes to proceed to and remain at their homes withont molestation so long as they observe the conditions of their paroles and the regulations and laws in force at their places of residence.* By order of Maj. Gen. E. li. S. Canby: C. T. ChRISTENSEN, Lieutenant- Colonel and Assistant Adjutant- General. IIDQRS. ARMY AND DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, Mobile, Ala., May 2, 1865. Maj. Gen. N. P. BANKS, Commanding Department of the Gulf, New Orleans, La.: Sin: The major-general commanding directs that orders be issued to commanders of troops within the limits of your department east of the Mississippi River to cease all offensive operations and destruction of property, except so far as they might be necessary to counteract aggres- sive movements on the part of the enemy. The troops will, however, continue to be kept well in hand for any purpose for which they might be required. No relaxation will take place in your efforts for the cap- ture of Jeff. Davis and company or the murderer of Abraham Lincoln and his associates. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, P. J. OSTERHAUS, Major- General and Chief of Staff. (Same to Major-General Dana.) HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF New Orleans, May 2, 1865. Maj. Gen. F. J. HERRON Comdg. Northern Dirision of Louisiana, Baton Rouge: GENERAL: Information being received that officers of the rebel army under command of General Kirby Smith are desirous of a conference upon the subject of the capitulation of the forces west of the Missis- sippi, you are authorized to communicate with any officers of that army at any point in the vicinity of the posts under your command, and to receive from them such information and l)ropositions npon the subject of surrender as they may be ready to submit. Such propositions will be reported without affirmation or approval on your part, with a state- ment of all that may transpire duriiig any interview you may hold with these officers, to these headquarters, in order that they may at once be laid before the commander of the division. I remain, your obedient servant, N. P. BANKS, Major-General, Commanding. * Republished May 4, as General Orders, No. 44, Military Division of West Mississippi. 19 R RYOL XLVIII, PT I Page 290 [CHAP. LX. 290 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, New Orleans, May 2, 1865. COMMANDING OFFICER, Baton Rouge: Information has been received that Jeff. Davis will attempt a passage of the Mississippi, possibly within the lines of this department. You will take such measures as may be iu your power to intercept him if he comes within your lines, and communicate to headquarters any information you may receive upon this snbject. N. P. BANKS Afajor-General, Commanding. CAMP TOWNSEND, May 2, 1865. Maj. Gem N. J. T. DANA, Commanding Department, Vieksburg: GENERAL: I have the honor to send extracts from a letter to me from Brigadier-General Tucker, showing the true feelings of the Southern soldiers. I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, N. G. WATTS, Colonel and Agent. [Inclosure.] HEADQUARTERS, Jackson, Miss., April 29, 1865. Col. N. G. WATTS, Agent of Exchange: COLONEL: Your letter, 27th instant, just received. * * * I am pleased with the tone of General Danas letter to General Davidson, published in the Herald of the 25th instant. Every Confederate must view the assassination of President Lincoln with horror and disgust. No Southern hand struck the blow, nor did Southern brains hatch the plot. Lincoln was not a bad man. Johnson has as much intellect as his predecessor. * * * President Lincolns death is universally considered a calamity to the South. I am, colonel, very respectfully, & c., W. F. TUCKER, - Brigadier- General. GENERAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DISTRICT OF YICKSBURG, No. 30. Vicksburg, Miss., May 2, 1865. Official notice having been furnished these headquarters that the armistice affecting this front will terminate at 9 a. m. May 3, 1865, it is ordered that from and after the hour. before mentioned hostilities on the part of the troops within the limits of this district will be resumed against all rebels in arms or disloyal persons according to the rules and discipline of war. By order of Brig. Gen. Morgan L. Smith: A. C. FISK, Assistant Adjutant- General. IIDQRS. DISTRICT OF NATCHEZ, DEPT. OF MISSISSIPPI, May 2, 1865. Major-General DANA, Commanding 1)epartment of Mississippi: GENERAL: I have placed the subject of a municipal government for the city of Natchez before some of the leading men of the place. Th Page 291 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 291 general desire seems to be to postpone such action until after the June convention at Yicksburg. Copies of Burwells address and your letter to me are being circulated freely outside. Should you determine, how- ever, to take action before the convention meets I would suggest the name of the former mayor, William Dix, for mayor; M. 11. Wallace as recorder, William Eustis as treasurer. The former common council might be continued, also, on taking the prescribed oath. I am, general, very respectfully, J. W. DAVIDSON, Brigadier- General. SPECIAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF NATCIIEZ, No. 111. ]ATatchez, Miss., May 2, 1865. 1. Brevet Brigadier-General Osband, having reported his command at these headquarters in compliance with paragraph 5, of Special Orders, No. 146, current series, from headquarters Department of Mis- sissippi, will proceed with his command to Fort Adams, Miss., pursuant to the instructions already given him, reporting by first opportunity his arrival at that point and his movements thereafter. * * * * * * * By order of Brig. Gen. J. W. Davidson: B. F. MOREY, Captain and Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF NATCHEZ, Natchez, Miss., May 2, 1865. Col. W. C. EARLE, Commanding Post of Rodney, Miss.: COLONEL: You are directed to use the utmost vigilance at the post of Rodney. I have just received information that you may be attacked by a force of from 1,500 to 2,000 men. Your force is sufficient, if the precautions I enjoined upon you when at Rodney have been taken. You must work day and night at the redoubt until finished and put the buildings occupied in the lower part of the town in a complete state of defense. Your outposts must be vigilant, and pay attention to the companies of the Tenth Tennessee Cavalry that their duties are performed with more strictness. A gun-boat has been ordered to anchor at Rodney during the night and the nearest patrol-boat to repair to you at the sound of cannon. You must use every precaution against surprisc. I am, sir, very respectfully, J. W. DAVIDSON, Brigadier- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF MISSISSIPPI, Vicksburg, Miss., May 2, 1865. Brig. Gen. M. L. S1~nTII, Commanding District of Vieksburg: GENERAL: The major-general commanding directs me to inform you that the armistice affecting this front, which began the 28th ultimo Page 292 292 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPL [CHAP. LX. will terminate to-morrow, 3d instant, at 9 a. in., and that if Colonel Jackson is ready to move with his forces he may be sent out to-morrow morning at daylight. I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. WARREN MILLER, Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, Mo., May 2, 1865. (Received 5 p. in.) Lient. Gen. U. S. GRANT: I respectfully request that War Department Order No. 188, assigning Lieutenant-Colonel Sitgreaves as chief engineer of this division, be revoked. Captain Wheeler, Engineer Corps, already occupies that position, and having served a long time in Department of Arkansas, is perfectly familiar with the whole country to be covered with mili- tary operations. I greatly prefer to retain him. Please answer by telegraph. JNO. POPE, Major- General, Commanding. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 2, 186511.50 a. m. Major-General POPE: Please inform this office by telegraph if Brig. Gen. A. N. Duffi6, U. S. Volunteers, has yet been assigned by you to a command. R. WILLIAMS, Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, May 2, 18653.40 p. m. Lient. Col. R. WILLIAMS, Assistant Adjutant- General, Washington: General Duffi& has been ordered to report to General Reynolds at Little Rock. He has not yet been assigned a command. JNO. POPE, Major- General. GUN-BOAT LEXINGTON, Mouth of Red River, May 2, 186510 a. m. (Via Cairo, 8th.) Mao. Gen. JOHN POPE: General Smith has sent a steamer which is to take me to Alexandria, where I am to meet him on the 6th. I leave to-morrow. JNO. T. SPRAGUE, Colonel, U. S. Army. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, Little Rock, Ark., May 2, 1865. Maj. Gen. JOHN POPE, Commanding Military Division of the Missouri: GENERAL: Your several communications per General Duffi6 received. You may rely upon the hearty co.operation of this entire department Page 293 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 293 I do not think it safe to depend upon averaging more than ten miles per day to the Red River, though if everything should prove favorable fifteen miles may be made. This will require about twenty days to the Red River, say Fulton or Laynesport. General Blunt will probably get off to-day for Fort Gibson. I have made arrangements to supply him with light artillery for his command. The following regiments will be ordered to Fort Gibson at once: Fourteenth Kansas tavalry, now at Pine Bluff; Sixth Kansas Cavalry, now at Devalls Bluff (Sixth and Ninth consolidated); Second Kansas Cavalry (to be consolidated with Fifth and Seventh) now at Lewisburg. Copy of letter to Governor Crawford herewith sent will explain action taken- in accordance with your indorsement on Governor ~ application for the consolidation of the Kansas cavalry regiments. General Blunt has been instructed (copy inclosed) in reference to the reorganization of the Indian troops at Fort Gibson. The Canadian horses will be forwarded immediately on their arrival. It is understood that the Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry is to join General Blunt. The battalion of the Third Wisconsin Cav- alry now at Devalls Bluff will be ordered to Kansas as soon as it can be replaced, the consolidation and removal from that place of the Sixth and Ninth Kansas rendering it imprudent to move itimmediately. I sent Capt. C. A. Henry, acting corps quartermaster, to Saint Louis to con- fer with Colonel Myers on the subject of transportation. He can give much information concerning the country from the Arkansas River to Camden and vicinity. We have not been able thus far to learn much about the country south of the Red River except in very general terms. I send what additional information Captain Wheeler has procured. We have one pontoon train, canvas boats, and will require another, wooden boats, for which requisition has been made. Colonel Simpson, of the engineers, reports that he will promptly furnish it from Cincin- nati. It might be well for yon to reqnest him not to delay. We are organizing one engineer regiment, with good prospect of filling it very promptly. I request that you will telegraph the War Department to make appointments of a department quartermaster and a corps quar- termaster for Seventh Corps. I have long since recommended for those places, respectively, Capt. Henry T. Noble and Capt. C. A. Henry, but can get no action. It is but justice to them and the department that some action be taken and that one or both be appointed, as may be decided. The Arkansas River is now navigable to Fort Gibsoncer- tainly to Fort Smithand promises to continue navigable to Fort Smith during the month of June, but it is extremely uncertain. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. J. REYNOLDS, Major- General, Commanding. SPECIAL ORDERS, ~ HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF ARRANSAS, No. 105. 5 Little Rock, Ark., May 2, 1865. * * * * * * * 3. The Fourteenth Kansas Cavalry Volunteers (dismounted) is hereby detached from the Second Brigade, Second Division, Seventh Army Corps, at Pine Bluff and will be reported without delay to the commanding officer at Fort Gibson for duty. The quartermasters department will furnish transportation. * * * * * * Page 294 294 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. 8. The troops now assembling in the District of South Kansas will be reported as the Fourth Division, Seventh Army Corps. They will be brigaded by Major-General Blunt, commanding the district. * * * * * * * By command of Maj. Gen. J. J. Reynolds: JOHN LEVERING, A ssistant Adjutant- General. SPECIAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS SAINT Louis DISTRICT, No. 100. Saint Louis, Mo., May 2, 1865. * * * * * * 2. Captain Wilkinson, Company E, Fiftieth Missouri Volunteers, will proceed with his detachment to Potosi and report by telegraph to Brevet Brigadier-General Beveridge, commanding Second Sub-District. The quartermasters department will furnish transportation. By order of Brig. Gen. George D. Wagner: H. HANNAHS, Major Fiftieth Missouri Volunteers and Aetg. Asst. Adjt. Gen. CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., May 2, 1865. Liout. Col. F. M. MALONE: An expedition has started to-day into Arkansas to offer terms of peace (Grants terms to Lee) to Jeff. Thompson. To cover this expedi- tion you will move on Thursday morning, say, 130 men, under proper officers, with twenty days rations, and a good supply of ammunition. Send forty-eight men from~ Centerville on any route to Doniphan. Make up a batch of force from the Knob and send them to Poplar Bluff and have the Missouri parties move down toward a line as if making Pocahontas the objective point. JOHN L. BEVERIDGE, Brevet Brigadier- General. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF ROLLA, Rolla, Mo., May 2, 1865. Maj. J. W. BARNES, Asst. Adjt. Gen., Dept. of the Missouri, Saint Louis, Mo.: MAJOR: I have the honor to state for the information of the major- general commanding that the report of scouts of Captain Monks com- pany (K), Sixteenth Missouri Cavalry Volunteers, stationed at Licking, Mo., for the month of April, 1865, resulted in the killing of 8 bush- whackers and capturing 3 horses. Number of miles marched, 625. No casualties on our side. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOHN MORRILL, Colonel Sixty-fourth Illinois Infantry Volunteers, Commanding Page 295 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 295 BOONYILLE, Mo., May 2, 1865. Colonel HARDING: I penned nine bushwliackers on an island about sixteen miles below here. Captured eight horses and equipments; also arrested one citi- zen for assisting them to cross the river. The guerrillas escaped in the brush. I will report as soon as possible.* A. A. PUTNAM, Captain, Commanding Post. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI, Springfield, May 2, 1865. Major-General DODGE, Saint Louis: Your order in regard to refugees received and promulgated. We should have no trouble here with them if it was not for the unending stream of them pouring in from Arkansas and Texas. In the vicinity of Fayetteville, and between Cassville and Fayetteville, several deaths from starvation have occurred of women and children the past month, as I am reliably informed. As soon as the winter wheat crop matures this condition will terminate, and the issue of rations can stop without causing great suffering. It seems that to stop the issue prior to that time will result in the loss of much life. There are no guerrillas now and none have passed through since the party of fifty, nearly all of whom were killed, as I am informed, before reaching the railroad. Another deserter from General Ganos command has come and states that quite a force of rebels had been sent by Kirby Smith to Hemp- stead, in Texas. JOHN B. SANBORN, Brigadier- General, Commanding. FAYETTEVILLE, May 2, 1865. Brigadier-General SANBORN: Major Cooper had an interview with Lieutenant Munday on Pea Ridge on Friday. He says all his men except ten have surrendered to the colonies; that he is disgusted with the war, and will never fight again. He has gone back to induce the remainder to surrender. He has promised to come to Fayetteville with Lieutenant Munday this week. There are now five flourishing colonies in Benton County, namely, Ben- tonville, Osage, Pea Ridge, Sugar Creek, and Elkhorn, numbering 100 men. This breaks up the last gang in the three western counties. Of the men who came in with Jacks this spring one is left alive. Thus the good work goes on. M. LA RUE HARRISON, Colonel, Commanding. FORSYTH, Mo., May 2, 1865. Brigadier-General SANBORN: The enemy is menacing this place at this time, but not in force suffi- cient to attack us, unless they get some advantage. We have so many points to guard and so few men that we are not able to advance on them *See Part I, p. 253 Page 296 296 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. unless they would make a stand at some point, which they have as yet failed to do. I shall watch them closely until I see a chance to strike, when you will agaiu hear from me and my brav~ boys. Respectfully, your obedient servant, WM. L. FENEX, Commanding Taney County Volunteer Missouri Militia. GENERAL ORDERS, HDQRs. DISTRICT OF NORTH Missouni, No. 21. Macon, Mo., May 2, 1865. Capt. William T. Clarke, assistant adjutant-general, 15. S. Volunteers, having reported at these headquarters in accordance with orders from the War Department, is hereby announced as assistant adjutant-general for the District of North Missouri. He will be obeyed and respected accordingly. By order of Brig. Gen. Clinton B. Fisk: THOS. J. TJDSWELL, JR., Lieutenant and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General. FORT SCOTT, KANS., May 2, 1865. Capt. JOHN PRATT, Assistant Adjutant- General, Fort Leavenworth, Kans.: As I have not seen the order to which you refer nor received any reports from troops in consequence thereof, I cannot tell what stations and detachments maybe under my command by the same. At present I have two companies of the Fifteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry at Humboldt, one at Osage Mission, one at Marmaton, and five here, all under orders for Little Rock and now getting ready. I have four com- panies of the Third Wisconsin Cavary, part of which are acting as out- posts in Missouri near here, and the remainder on detached service near Kansas City, Mo. I have at Mound City one company of the Forty-eighth Wisconsin Infantry and at this post six companies of the same regiment and one section of the Ninth Wisconsin Battery. The infantry here are erecting a new fort, pursuant to orders from Major- General Dodge. As soon as my reports get in I will forward my monthly and tn-monthly returns. CHAS. W. BLAIR, Colonel. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, ]tfay 2, 186511.35 a. rn. Colonel BLAIR, Fort Scott: A Mexican train was robbed 30th ultimo near Westport, by whom unknown. Take means to prevent a similar occurrence. J. W. BARNES, Assistant Adjutant- General. (Same to Coloiiel Harding, Warrensburg, Mo. Page 297 Cuir. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.IJNION. 297 HEADQUARTERS, Cow Greek Station, May 2, 1865. Lient. J. E. TAPPAN, Acting Assistant Adjutant- General: LIEUTENANT: I have the honor to report, in obedience to Special Field Orders, No. 21, that nothing of importance has occurred since my last report worthy of record. The Indians have in no way troubled this post, although I am convinced that there is still quite a body of them on the opposite side of the Arkansas, may be not more than fifty. We have repeated reports coming from Jarrete that they see Indians, but scouts from my command have been in every direction for fifteen and twenty miles and no signs are to be seen. I had the misfortune to lose yesterday by stampede four mules belonging to stage company and six horses. It was all occasioned by the breaking of a halter on one horse, which occasioned the running ofi~ of the balance. My men are now out after them and those who came in this morning report that they have taken down Smoky. I have sent out a squad this morning after them again, and have no doubt but that they will find them. I have completed almost a building designed for quarters, forty feet in length and twelve feet in width, and hope soon to occupy the same. Respectfully, your obedient servant, MARSHALL M. EHLE, First Lieut., Comdg. Company L, Third Wisconsin Cavalry. I neglected to add that Colonel Leavenworth has not heard from the Southern Indians yet; that one runner, called Keith, has returned and has brought no news from them. He could not find them. His man Keith reports that there are a number of white men at mouth of Little Arkansas who are running stock out of Indian country to the great detriment of the Government. This band is composed of deserters and desperadoes. M.M.E. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis Mo Maj. Gen. SAMUEL H. CURTIS, , ., May 2, 1865. Commanding Department of the Northwest, Miluaukee, Wis.: GENERAL: I am directed by the major-general con~manding this military division to inclose you copies of communications* to Bvt. Maj. Gen. Alfred Sully, relative to the establishment of military posts along the border of Iowa and Dakota settlements. These posts will be kept up until further orders, and at least throughout this year. I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOS. McC. BELL, Assistant Adjutant- General. HDQRS. ARMY AND DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, Mobile Ala Maj. M. D. MOALESTER , ., May 3, 1865. Chief Engineer, Army and Division of West Mississippi: SIR: You will please prepare for an expedition by sea, the immedi- ate object of which is to attack and take a fortified sea-port. About 15,000 infantry, with some field artillery and heavy siege train, will * See Pope to Sully, April 10, and Smith to Sully, April 20, pp. 68, 149 Page 298 298 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. constitute the expedition. A sufficient number of surf-boats will accompany the trool)s to land from the transports 5,000 men at once. They must have with them all the necessary tools and material to intrench themselves after the landing is effected. Please have all the intrenching tools and material necessary for the work, together with your bridge train, got in readiness. The beach at the intended landing being sandy and with but little vegetation, you will provide for a large number of sand-bags and lumber for the laying of platforms and the construction of wharves, & c. The expedition is to start by the 15th instant from Mobile and New Orleans, and you will, therefore, as soon as possible, give me or Colonel Sawtelle all information necessary for the latter officer to provide for the transportation. Please designate such engineer troops of the military division as you will like to have to accompany the expedition. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, P. J. OSTEIIHAUS, Major- General and Chief of Staff. IIDQRS. ARMY AND DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPi, Mobile, Ala., May 3, 1865. Brig. Gen. JAMES TOTTEN, Chief of Artillery and Ordnance, Army and Division of West Mississippi, Mobile: An expedition of about 15,000 infantry and artillery will leave by sea on or about the 15th instant. They will be accompanied by so much of your siege train as will be designated hereafter, and two field batteries, four 3-inch and four 12-pounders, light, which you will select from the artillery of the military division and report to these headquarters. The field batteries will, besides their full caissons, take an extra supply of 150 rounds assorted ammunition per gnn, and the infantry will carry 100 rounds of ammunition with them and 150 rounds in reserve. You will at once give the quartermaster such information as will enable him to make full calculation for the necessary transportation. You will, furthermore, prepare at once to keep the army fully supplied with any ordnance and ordnance stores after they have sailed, during an active campaign and a siege of a sea-port. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, P. J. OSTETIHAUS, Major-General and Chief of Staff. HDQRS. ARMY AND DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, Mobile, Ala., May 3, 1865. Lient. Col. C. G. SAWTELLE, Chief Qnarterrnaster, Ar my and Div. of West Mississippi: COLONEL: You will at once prepare for an expedition by sea, to con- sist of infantry and artillery, together about 17,000 men, with 2 field batteries, 8 guns, a siege and bridge train and engineer tools, 90 to 100 army wagons and teams, and 90 to 100 ambulances, and 1 horse for every mounted officer. The expedition will start on or about the 15th instant from Mobile and New Orleans, La. The exact numbers to be shipped from eitber port will be furnished hereafter. In procurin Page 299 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENcE, ETC.UNION. 299 vessels for this expedition you will select them with a view to great capacity and light draft, and collect a sufficient number of surf-boats to land at least 5,000 infantry at once. The vessels carrying the above expedition will be supplied with fifteen days rations and 100 rounds of ammunition, for which ample room must be allowed, in such manner that these supplies are on the same boats with the respective troops. You will furthermore prepare for sufficient transportation to keep the army, after it has effected a landing, well, and without inter- rnption, supplied in all regular wants, and all which may be caused by a protracted siege of a sea-port, including land transportation to organ- ize supply train for a campaign. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, P. J. OSTElIHAUS, Major- General and Chief of Staff. IIDQRS. ARMY ~si~ DIVISION o~ WEST MISSISSIPPI, Mobile Ala Lieut. Col. C. B. IIINSDILL, , ., May 3, 1865. Chief Commissary of Subsistence, Army and Division of West Mississippi, Mobile, Ala.: SIR - An expedition of 17,000 men will leave from New Orleans and Mobile by sea on or about the 15th day of this month. The men will take with them aboard vessels fifteen days field rations and besides a sufficient amount of stores will be held in readiness to b~ shipped imme- diately after the departure of the troops, to keep them regularly and fully supplied during an active campaign. You will furnish to the chief quartermaster all the necessary data to prepare the means of sea transportation for your stores. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, P. J. OSTERHAUS, Major- General and Chief of Staff. HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, OFFICE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, New Orleans, La., May 3, 1865. Licut. Col. C. T. CHRISTENSEN, Asst. Adjt. (Jen., Military Division of West Mississippi: COLONEL: I have the honor to submit to your consideration the fol- lowing report of information received at this office this 3d day of May, 1865: I)eserters from Powers regiment state that he left Whitestown, Miss., to join Forrest on the 11th of April with all of his regiment he could collect. They believe he did not succeed in taking more than 100 men, as his line of march lay through the country where most of the men resided, and they were constantly deserting. The desert- ers will not continue in arms even about their own homes, but are only anxious to give up the contest. Colonel Griffith was under orders to follow Powers. The Independent Scouts had also been ordered out of that district to go north, and had mostly gone, thus leaving that region bare of Confederate troops. Lieutenant Curtiss reports from Baton Rouge, May 1, that Brigadier-General Humphreys has assumed com- mand of the District of Mississippi and East Louisiana and that th Page 300 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. 300 Fourteenth Confederate Cavalry, Colonel Dumonteil, relieves the Fifth Louisiana Cavalry and Eleventh Arkansas in East Louisiana. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, A. M. JACKSON, Major, Tenth U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery. (In absence of Capt. S. M. Eaton, chief signal officer, Military Divis- ion of West Mississippi.) SPECIAL ORDERS, ~ IIDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, No. 117. New Orleans, May 3, 1865. * * * * * * * 13. Brig. Gen. B. B. Brown, U. S. Volunteers, will proceed to Brazos Santiago, Tex., and assume command of the U. S. forces at that station. The quartermasters department will furnish the necessary transportation. * * * * * * * By command of Major-General Banks: J. C. STONE, Captain and Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS SOUTHERN DIVISION OF LOUISIANA, New Orleans, May 3, 1865. Lieutenant-Colonel CROSBY, Aetg. Asst. Adjt. Gen., Department of the Gulf: COLONEL: Your letter of yesterday with inclosures was duly received. General Cameron has been minutely instructed to prevent any passage through the Lower Atchafalaya and to obtain the co-operation of the gun-boats at Brashear in watching for the Missouri or any other ves- sels attempting to pass out to the Gulf. A circular has been issued (copy of which will be duly furnished) stopping all crossing the Missis- sippi River within my limits above Carroliton, except by special per- mits, and a request for the gun-boats to co-operate with the local com- manders in preventing all passage across the river, except at specially assigned localities. Every step possible v~ ill be taken to prevent Jetf. Davis and company from getting through this portion of the depart- ment. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, T. W. SHERMAN, Brigadier-General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS SOUTHERN DIVISION OF LOUISIANA, New Orleans, May 3, 1865. Lieutenant-Colonel CROSBY, Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen., Department of the Gulf: COLONEL: Brigadier-General West exhibits an order from headquar- ters Division of West Mississippi directing the Eighteenth New York Cavalry to proceed to New Orleans to report to him for remount. No such order has been received at these headquarters. Shall I order the Eighteenth New York down here~ Four companies of this regimen Page 301 CH~. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.~-UNION. 301 are on detached service escorting rebel prisoners from Ship Island np the Mississippi. The rest of the regiment are at Bonnet Carr~ and above, taking charge of that country. I have no troops to relieve them, unless I remove the Eightieth [U. S. Colored Infantry] from the Parapet, where it is miow usefully employed, but it can be relieved if necessary. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, T. W. SHEEMAIN, Brigadier. General, Commanding. SPECIAL ORDERS, ~ HDQRS. SOUTHERN Div. OF LouIsIANA, No. 147. 5 New Orleans, May 3, 1865. * * * * * 4. Four companies of the Eightieth U. S. Colored Infantry, to be selected by the colonel, will immediately proceed to Bonnet Carr~ Bend and relieve the Eighteenth iNew York (dismounted) Cavalry, which last, on being relieved, will proceed by the same transport to New Orleans and report to Brigadier-General West, U. S. Volunteers. Captain Perkins, assistant quartermaster, will immediately send a transport to Colonel.Mudgett, at Camp Parapet, and will carry out this order in the least possible time. 5. The four companies of the Eighteenth New York (dismounted) Cav- alry now performing escort duty at Ship Island will, as soon as relieved, move to New Orleans and report to the regimental commander. The commanding officer at Ship Island will relieve the escort as far as prac- ticable with the troops of his command. The quartermasters depart- ment will furnish the necessary transportation. By order of Brigadier-General Sherman: WICKIIAM HOFFMAN, Major and Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS SOUTHERN DIVISION OF LOUISIANA, New Orleans, ilEay Sq 1865. Brig. Gen. R. A. CAMERON, Commanding La Fourehe District: GENERAL: The brigadier-general commanding directs that you increase your vigilance on the Atchafalaya, Teche, and Grand Rivers with the view of intercepting Mr. Jefferson Davis and his cabinet and the treasures they are reported to be seeking to take out of the country, in case they should pass in your direction. The theory that if they have succeeded or do hereafter succeed in getting across the Mississippi they may endeavor to run out of the Atchafalaya in preference to crossing Texas is a plausible one, and the gun-boats on the Atchafalaya should be called upon by you to effectually co-operate in the task of a strict watch sufficiently in advance of your defenses to insure the destruction of the transports or rams by a timely notice to the garrison of Brashear and its co-operating force. I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant, WICKHAM HOFFMAN, Major and Assistant Adjutant-General Page 302 302 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [ChAp. LX. HEADQUARTERS SOUTHERN DivIsIoN OF LoUISIANA, New Orleans, La., May 3, 1865. COMMANDING OFFICER, Bonnet Carre: The brigadier-general commanding directs me to inform you that instructions are on the way to you to stop all passage across the river within the limits of your command, without special authority from your- self or higher authority in all cases, with a view to intercept any persons or property belonging to the rebel government, and especially those of Jeff. Davis and his cabinet. You will act on these instructions at once, and will request the gun-boats in your vicinity to co-operate. WICKHAM HOFFMAN, Major and Assistant Adjutant- General. (Same to commanding officers at Hermitage Plantation, Donaldson- yule, and Plaquemine, La.) HEADQUARTERS SOUTHERN DIVISION OF LOUISIANA, New Orleans, ]Jiiay 3, 1865. COMMANDING OFFICER EIGHTIETH U. S. COLORED INFANTRY: Brigadier-General Sherman directs me to instruct you that the posi- tion at Gaines Landing need not be held. The four companies of your regiment ordered to relieve the Eighteenth New York Cavalry will hold Bonnet Carr6 Bend and the picket station eight or ten miles in advance. The companies going to Bonnet Carr6 should be complete. All men on special duty will be relieved and rejoin their companies. I am, respectfully, your obedient servant, P. J. MALONEY, First Lieutenant, Aide-de- Camp, and Aetg. Asst. Adjt. Gen. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, New Orleans, May 3, 1865. Major-General HERRON, Commanding Northern Division of Louisiana, Baton Rouge: The major-general commanding directs that you use all the means in your power to prevent the crossing of the Mississippi by Davis. J. SCHUYLER CROSBY, Bvt. Lieut. Col., Aide-de-Camp, and Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen. MISSISSIPPI SQUADRON, FLAG.SHIP TEMPEST, Baton Rouge, May 3, 1865. General HERRON, Commanding at Baton Rouge: GENERAL: I beg leave to say to you that no steamers should be allowed under the present emergency, and until the escape or capture of Jeff. Davis is determined, to land between Baton Rouge and Helena, except at military posts or to communicate with gun-boats. I respect- fully request that the military authorities will regulate their permit Page 303 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 303 accordingly, and I will with all convenient dispatch give corresponding instructions to the gun-boats. Permit me to suggest the advantage to be derived from having a large cavalry scout of the country from Baton Rouge as far north as your means will allow, with a view to capture Jeff. Davis and his cabinet and other rebel leaders. It would be very well, too, to encourage, by the hope of reward, the colored people and other well-disposed persons to give information promptly. I will thank you to communicate promptly, by sending a messenger on a steam-boat, any useful information you may receive to the gun-boats. I have the honor to be, general, very respectfully, yours, S. P. LEE, Acting Rear-Admiral, Commanding Mississijppi Squadron. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF KATCHEZ, May 3, 1365. Capt. J. WARREN MILLER, Assistant Adjutant- General: CAPTAIN: I have to report to the general that every precaution has been taken in this district that my means will allow to prevent the rebel leader from escaping across the Mississippi. Captain McCauley, com- manding the naval district, has been fully posted with regard to the subject-matter of the generals letter to me of the 1st instant, and in addition has been requested to have all skiffs heretofore allowed upon the river to collect drift, & c., brought to Natchez and held. General Osband reported here yesterday, coaled, and left under orders for Fort Adams and vicinity. I have some six companies on the west bank, useless there from high water now, and I shall send these temporarily to Quitmans Landing. These small posts I will keep a careful eye over, that they are not jumped by larger forces of the enemy. I must again repeat to the general my deficiency in cavalry to patrol and guard a river line 120 miles long. General Grierson sent me a dismounted regiment here, the Tenth Tennessee, having about 100 unserviceable horses. This is the whole cavalry force of the district. If possible I would like to have the First Iowa Cavalry sent here from the eleven regiments now in the District of West Tennessee. I am, sir, your obedient servant, J. W. DAVIDSON, Brigadier- General. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF VICKSBURc~, Yicksburg, Miss., May 3, 1865. Brig. Gen. J. W. DAvIDSoN, Commanding District of Natehez: GENERAL: Colonel Jackson, commanding cavalry forces in this dis- trict, started down the river to-day with about 1,000 men, half mounted, to look after Glenney, who attempted to sell out the gun-boat Rattler some time ago, and to keep a general watch along the river upon per- sons attempting to cross. I write this to let you know the object of the expedition should you hear of it down your way. M. L. SMITH, Brigadier- General of Yolunteers Page 304 304 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, Little Rock, Ark., May 3, 1865. Maj. Gen. JOHN POPE, Commanding Military Division of the Missouri: GENERAL: The flag of truce sent to General Fagan at Washing- ton, Ark., returned to-day. A copy of his answer is inclosed.* The flag-of-truce party was stopped outside of Arkadeiphia and scarcely treated with courtesy. The roads are in very bad condition and would be impassable for a train of ten wagons, the country entirely destitute of subsistence and forage. Since writing the above the inclosed reply from Brig. Gem M. Jeff. Thompson has been received.t Very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. J. REYNOLDS, Major- General, Commanding. SPECIAL ORDERS, IIDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, No. 106. Little Rock, Ark., May 3, 1865. * * * * * * * 6. The Second Kansas Cavalry Volunteers is relieved from duty at the post of Lewisburg, and will be reported without delay to Major- General Blunt, commanding District of South Kansas, at Fort Gibson, C. N. * * * * * * * By command of Maj. Gen. J. J. Reynolds: JOHN LEVERING, Assistant Adjutant- General. IIDQRS. SECOND DIVISION, SEVENTH ARMY CORPS, AND U. S. FORCES AT DEVALLS BLUFF, ARK., May 3, 1865. Lieutenant WHITSON Commanding Outpost on East Side of River: SIR: Before dark this p. m. a detachment of fifty men will be sent you to relieve those now on duty. The same boat will take Captain Haughawout with 100 men and land them on the west side above Wat- tersaw Bayou at Bucks Landing for the purpose of catching, if possible, a small party now conscripting in the neighborhood of Des Arc. The rebels cross White River, I am informed, somewhere near Des Arc, and as Captain Haughawout will approach from the west it is desired that you take forty or fifty of the old or new men and move on to Upper Surrounded Hill, passing up to the neighborhood of Des Arc, to iiiter- cept such as may endeavor to escape across the river. You should reach that neighborhood during the night, but iieed not stay later than 9 or 10 a. m. to-morrow. The boat will take Haughawout and his party on board at Des Arc at 12 m. to-morrow and will stop at your landing for the old guard. Should the water or other causes prevent you from carrying out this ~)rogramme let Haughawout know it as he goes up this evening. By order of Brig. Gen. A. Shaler: CIIAS. E. HOWE, Captain and Assistant Adjutant- General. See April 25, p. 190. See April 30, p. 249 Page 305 CHAP. LX.) CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 305 HDQRS. SECOND DIvIsIo.N, SEVENTH ARMY CORPS, AND U. S. FORCES AT DEVALLS BLUFF, ARK., ]Jlay 3, 1865. Capt. W. J. HAUGHAWOUT, Commanding Detachment Ninth Kansas Cavalry: SIR: The general commanding directs that you march your men on board the steamer Izerta and proceed up White River, land officer and fifty men to report to Lieutenant Whitson, and then run up to Bucks Landing, disem1i~ark your men on west side of the river and scour the country from there to and in the vicinity of Des Arc, observing the ver- bal instructions given you. You will arrange so as to reach the river at Des Arc to-morrow at noon, when the bGat will be in waiting to take you on board to return to this post. In returning the boat will stop at the old ferry and take on board the old guard from Lieutenant Whit- son. Upon your arrival back report to these headquarters before marching your men to camp. Respectfully, your obedient servant, CHAS. E. HOWE, Captain and Assistant Adjutant- General. - IIDQRS. THIRD DIVISION, SEVENTH ARMY CORPS, Port ASvmith, Ark., May 3, 1865. Col. JOHN LEVERING, Assistant Adjutant- General, Department of Arkansas: COLONEL: I have directed Colonel Harrison, First Arkansas Cavalry, to go to Little Rock to see the governor. He will probably be down in two or three days. Colonel Harrison has been organizing colonies by compelling every male person above the age of fourteen to join a colony, or be considered a bushwhacker and suffer accordingly. I have numerous delegations of old men of loyalty and good character to see me, who represent that they have been living under a reign of terror for some time and that the colony system nuder Harrisons compulsory order is oppressive, & c. I have directed Colonel Harrison to rescind his order, but to grant every encouragement to the people who want to form colonies, and to preserve their present organization if agreeabie to them. He has also been issuing full rations to the Arkansas Militia, so called. They are the men engaged in farming. In March 16,000 full rations were issued to men able to work. The consequence was his command was entirely out of supplies for several days and suffered very much with hunger. I have also directed that no more rations be issued to Arkansas Militia. So many complaints have been made and so much irregularity exists in the command at Fayetteville that I shall order Colonel Harrison to Van Buren with a part of his regiment. I have evidence that he is about to engage in a trade store at Fayette- ville and have also heard many other charges against him. He is a good talker and writes a good letter, and 1[ respectfully ask that no authority be granted him on any account until I have an opportunity of indorsing my opinion. I understand he expects to carry his policy, with the aid of the governor, who is not correctly informed, over my head. I have no doubt he thinks his policy the best for the country, but I am convinced otherwise after two months careful investigation. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, CYRUS BUSSEY, Brigadier- General, Commanding. 20 U UVOL XLVIII, PT I Page 306 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. 306 SPECIAL ORDERS, ~ IIDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, No. 117. * iSaint Louis, Mo., May 3, 1865. * * * * * * 4. Col. H. E. Maynadier, Fifth lIT. S. Volunteers, with the officers and enlisted men of the regiment now at Alton, Ill., will proceed by steamer without delay to Fort Leavenworth, Kans., and report to Brig. Gen. R. B. Mitchell, commanding District of North Kansas. * * * * * * * By command of Major-General Dodge: J. W. BARNES, Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF CENTRAL MISSOURI, Warrensburg, Mo., May 3, 1865. Maj. J. W. BARNES, Assistant Adjutant.General, Department of the Missouri: SIR: The governor has sent me word that I may call intQ active serv- ice such of the militia as I deem necessary to be used. I shall be very sparing in the exercise of this authority, but I would like to relieve some of my volunteer infantry and place them on the Osage. I respect- fully request instructions as to whether I am authorized to furnish sub- sistence and quartermasters stores to militia serving under me. In some extreme cases I have ordered the issue of rations and of ordnance stores. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, CHESTER HARDING, JR., Colonel, Commanding District. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF CENTRAL MISSOURI, Warreusbury, Mo., May 3, 1865. Captain DONOHUE, Sedalia, Mo.: SIR: You will proceed with your company northward toward the Blackwater and establish your headquarters at some point where sup- plies of forage and fuel can be obtained. Give receipts for everything you take, and instruct the holders of them to send them to the assistant quartermaster at this place for settlement. Maintain the strictest discipline in your command and report to me by letter frequently. You are expected to keep your men actively employed in scouting the region you are in. Be careful not to injure peaceful citizens, but give no mercy to bushwhackers. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, CHESTER HARDING, JR., Colonel Forty-third Missouri Volunteer Infantry, Comdg. District. FORT SCOTT, May 3, 186511.45 a. m. Maj. J. W. BARNES, Assistant Adjutant-General: Westport is not in my command, and is within three miles of Colonel Hardings headquarters, at Kansas City. It is 100 miles from here Page 307 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 307 My nearest station to it is a company of infantry at Olathe, twenty-five miles distant therefrom. They have heard nothing of a traiu being robbed. My closest cavalry to Westport is at Paola, forty miles off, while Colonel Hardings cavalry is all around it. CHAS. W. BLAIR, Colonel. SPECIAL ORDERS, IIDQRS. DIST. OF THE UPPER ARKANSAS, No. 93. Fort Riley, Kans., May 3, 1865. * * * * * * * 4. Company G, Seventh Iowa Cavalry, is hereby relieved from duty at Fort Zarah, Kans., and will immediately proceed to Cow Creek, Kans., relieving troops at that station. The troops thus relieved will proceed to Fort Zarah, Ka us., reporting immediately to the command- ing officer of that post for duty. * * * * * * By order of Brevet Brigadier-General Ford: J. E. TAPPAN, Acting Assistant Adjutant- General. HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSiPPI, OFFICE OF CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, New Orleans, La., May 4, 1865. Lient. Col. C. T. CHRISTENSEN, Asst. Adjt. Gen., Military Division of West Mississippi: COLONEL: I have the honor to report that no information of impor- tance from the enemys lines has reached this office to-day. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, A. M. JACKSON, Major, Tenth U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery. (In absence of Capt. S. M Eaton ch of West Mississippi.) . , ief signal officer, Military Division Major-General CANnY, MOBILE, ALA., May 4, 1865. Commanding, Mobile, Ala.: GENERAL: I learn that Mr. Wagner, son of Peter Wagner, of New Orleans, passed through here early in February last as bearer of dis- patches from Maximilian through General Kirby Smith to Jeff. Davis. Another person passed through Jackson, Miss., with duplicates about the same time. I also learn from an intelligent Texas soldier just from Virginia that he had an interview with Mr. Sexton, Member of Con- gress from Texas, at Petersburg on the 1st of March, who said that it was desirable for all Texas soldiers to hasten home with such arms as they could carry, and be prepared for an organization to regenerate Texas; that it (Texas) should be the last theater of war, if not for the Confederacy at least for the republic of Texas; that assistance was at hand; that the United States,in consideration of regaining the country south of the parallel of 34O~ would let Texas go as an independ- ent republic as a neutral ground or barrier between Mexico and th Page 308 308 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. United States. I propose on arriving at Matamoras, and if on finding that the Lone Star delegates have not reached there, to go on to San Antonio, where I shall certainly learn of their whereabonts, and if they have not reached the latter point to proceed to Houston, via Aus- tin, gather all the information I can, and return to Matamoras and communicate, as you directed, to Brazos Santiago. If the delegates are in Matamoras or thereabouts I can of course learn all from them, and will then join their party and act according to circumstances. There is but little more than time enough to reach Matamoras before the time of their expected arrival. I will have the honor to call npon you to-morrow morning, hoping that such necessary orders for trans- portation, funds, & c., will be ready so that I can have some few days to spare in New Orleans and receive further instructions. Respectfully, your obedient servant, A. II. CANEDO. SPECIAL ORDERS, IIDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, No. 118. 5 - New Orleans, Allay 4, 1865. * * * * * * * 3. The Chicago Mercantile Battery, now at Baton Rouge, La., will report to Brig. Gen. Joseph IR. West, commanding cavalry forces in process of organization in this city, fully prepared and equipped for immediate field service. Such additional horses as are required and necessary for this battery will be issued by First Lieut. I. N. Mitchell, acting assistant quartermaster, Artillery Corps, upon requisitions approved at these headquarters. The quartermasters department will furnish the necessary transportation. * * * * * * * By command of Major-General Banks: J. C. STONE, Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General. SPECIAL ORDERS, IIDQRS. SOUTHERN Div. OF LOUISIANA, No. 148. 5 New Orleans, May 4, 1865. 1. The Forty. sixth U. S. Colored Infantry having been ordered by headquarters Department of the Gulf to proceed to Brazos Santiago, Tex., all detached companies and detailed officers and men will rejoin their regiment. * * * * * * * 3. The six companies of the Eightieth U. S. Colored Infantry, with headquarters now at Camp Parapet, will march to New Orleans and relieve the Forty-sixth U. S. Colored Infantry. The quartermasters department will furnish transportation for the baggage of the regiment. * * * * * * * By order of Brigadier-General Sherman: WICKIIAM HOFFMAN, Major and Assistant Adjutant.General Page 309 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 309 HEADQUARTERS POST TERRE BONNE, Terre Bonne, La., May 4, 18G5. Capt. GEORGE F. BICKNELL, Company C, Third Rhode Island Cavalry: The colonel commanding directs that you send immediately a detail of one commissioned officer and twelve privates to scour the country below Chacahoula, and ascertain if possible the whereabouts of a gang of bushwhackers said to rendezvous near Shaffers plantation. A party of twelve men in citizens dress passed around the station at Chacahoula last night and captured two pickets belonging to the detachment of the Seventy-fifth U. S. Colored Infantry. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, CHARLES S. COOPER, First Lieutenant and Po8t Adjutant. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, New Orleans, May 4, 1865. Major-General HERRON: By direction of the major-general commanding the Military Division of West Mississippi you will at once cease all offensive operations and destruction of property east of the Mississippi River, except so far as they may be iiecessary to counteract aggressive movements on the part of the enemy. The troops will, however, continue to be kept well in hand for any purpose for which they may be required. No relaxation will take place in your efforts for the capture of Jeff. Davis and company. By command of Major-General Banks: J. C. STONE, Captain and Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF MIsSISSIPpI, Maj. Gen. ~. ~ HERRON, Vicksburg, Miss., May 4, 1865. Commanding at Baton Rouge, La.: GENERAL: I am instructed by Major-General Dana to communicate for your information and such action as you deem requisite the follow- ing telegram, which has just been received from Lieutenant-General Grant.* I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant WM. H. H. EMMO4 Assistant Adjutant- General. VICKSBURG, May 4, 1865. (Received 11.45 p. m. 8th.) Lient. Gen. U. S. GRANT: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your telegram of the 1st instant [30th ultimo], and in reply to state that the dispositions ordered therein had already been made by me, and in addition cavalry had been stationed at Fort Adams and Tunica. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, K. J. T. DANA, Major- General. * See Grant to Dana, April 30, p. 248 Page 310 310 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. (CHAP. LX. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF Mississippi, Vieksburg, May 4, 1865. Maj. Gen. P. J. OSTERHAUS, Chief of Staff: In reply to your letter of the 1st instant I have to state that hostili- ties were resumed on this front on the 2d instant. All my mounted force is operating in the vicinity of Port Gibson, and I have an infantry garrison at Rodney with a view of intercepting Jeff. Davis. Four hun- dred and fifty men of the Third U. S. Colored Cavalry have reported here from Memphis for temporary duty and I have sent them to Gen- eral Davidson, at Natchez, to operate in the vicinity of Fort Adams and Tunica for the same purpose. There are three gun-boats at the mouth of the Yazoo, one at Big Black, and one at Bayou Pierre, and the river is also actively patrolled by the navy. The only mounted force belonging to this department is the Fourth Missouri Cavalry, which will be sent to New Orleans as soon as it returns from Port Gibson. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, N. J. T. DANA, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF Mississippi, Vicksburg, Miss., May 4, 1865. Brig. Gen. W. F. TUCKER, C. S. Army, Comdg. Department of Central Mississippi, Jackson, Miss.: GENERA~L: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 1st instant at the hands of Brig. Gen. George B. lodge, C. S. Ar my, inclosing a telegram from Lieutenant-General Taylor, C. S. Army, dated Meridian, May 1, 1865, and announcing that an armistice was agreed upon between the latter and Major-General Canby, U. S. Army, on the 29th ultimo. In reply it becomes necessary to inform you that, having received instructions from the War Depart- ment at Washington, D. C., to recognize or conclude no armistice, it is impracticable for me to acquiesce in any suspension of hostilities until official instructions shall have been received from Major-General Canby, which, up to the present~time, have not arrived. Very respectfully, N. ~. T. DANA, Major- General. SPECIAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF NATCIIEZ, No. 113. 5 Natchez, Miss., May 4, 1865. * * * * * * * 2. The post at Bullitts Bayou, La., will at once be broken up, the three companies of the Sixty-third U. S. Colored Infantry now serving there embarked under the superintendence of the senior officer present for Quitmans Landing, Miss., and the ordnance and ordnance stores turned over to the post ordnance officer at Natchez, Miss. The quarter- masters department will furnish the necessary transportation. * * * * * * * By order of Brig. Gen. J. W. Davidson: B. F. MO REV, Captain and Assistant Adjutant- General Page 311 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 311 IIDQRS. ARMY AND DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, C~itronelle, Ala., May 4, 1865. (Received 7th.) Maj. Gen. C. C. WASHBURN, Memphis: Lieutenant-General Taylor has this day surrendered to me with the forces under his command on substantially the same terms as those accepted by General Lee. I have sent this information to General Thomas, and requested that troops be sent from Memphis to garrison Grenada as soon as General Taylor notifies you that the present garrison is relieved. E. R. S. CANBY, Mqjor- General, Commanding. IIDQRS. ARMY AND DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, Maj. Gen. N. ~. ~. DANA, Citronelle, Ala., May 4, 1865. Vicksburg, Miss.: Lieutenant-General Taylor has this day surrendered to me with the forces under his command on substantially the same terms as those accepted by General Lee. You will please to select and hold in readi- ness troops to garrison Jackson, Brookhaven, and Gallatin, infantry at the first two places and cavalry at the latter, for the purpose of keep- ing constant communication between all these points. The duty of these troops will be to protect all public and private property against jayhawkers and other evil doers. The comThanding officers will be instrncted to maintain the strictest discipline and see that the people are treated with leniency. P. J. OSTERHAUS, Major-General and Chief of Staff. IIDQRS. ARMY AND DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, Mobile, May 4, 1865. Maj. Gen. P. JOSEPH OSTERITAUS, Chief of Staff: GENERAL: Before furnishing the information called for in your com- munication of yesterday it is necessary that I have information upon the following points: Taking for granted that all my floating bridge will be required for the expedition, what length of it will be necessary for accompanying movable columns on shore, i. e., what rivers will have to be crossed? Will the bridge detached with General Bailey be available by the 15th instant for shipment with the expedition at or near INew Orleans? Supposing all the bridge not required, will all the batteaux belonging to the bridge left be required as ferry (surf) boats? There are no funds in the hands of the engineer department for purchase of mate- rials for wharves in connection with field operations, these (as well as other means and facilities for transportation) belonging to the quarter. masters department to supply. I would therefore respectfully request that I be not required to supply lumber for wharves, as per your com- munication. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, M. D. MoALESTER, Brevet Major and Chief Engineer Page 312 312 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, May 4, 18654.20 p. m. Major-General MCCOOK, Dayton, Ohio: Did YOU receive my dispatch requesting you to be here by 9th instant? JNO. POPE, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, Julio., May 4, 1865. Maj. Gen. G. M. DODGE, Commanding Department of the Missouri: GENERAL: The major-general commanding requests that you issue an order that no district, post, or detachment commanders in Missouri shall issue any orders in any manner affecting citizens or residents of the State without first submitting such order to the department com- mander for his apl)roval. I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOS. MoO. BELL, Assistant Adjutant- General. CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., May 4, 1865. Brigadier-General WAGNER: The infantry and one section of artillery still here. One section an(l 400 mounted men gone into Arkansas with two staff officers of General Dodge in search of Jeff. Thompson. The artillery and 100 men will halt at Chalk Bluff. Have moved 130 mounted men from Pilot Knob toward Doniphan to attract attention and be ready in case Jeff. shows fight. All are instructed to make no war, only in self-defense. JOHN L. BEVEHIDGE, Brevet Brigadier. General. SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DIST. OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI, No. 114. Springfield, Mo., May 4,1865. * * * * * * * 4. Maj. William B. Mitchell, Fifteenth Missouri Cavalry Volunteers, - now at Neosho, Mo., is hereby assigned to the immediate command of the troops comprising the garrisons at Neosho, INewtonia, and Granby, Mo. Such reports and returns as he may require will be made to him direct, but all other returns will continue to be made as prescribed by existing orders. * * * * * * * By order of Brig. Gen. J. B. Sanborn: WM. T. KJTTREDGE, Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI, Springfield, Mo., May 4, 1865. Maj. WiLLIAM B. MITCHELL, Fifteenth Missouri Cavalry Volunteers, Neosho, Mo.: in transmitting to you an order assigning you to the command of the posts of Neosho and Newtonia, and in addition thereto of the pos Page 313 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. CHAP. LX.) 313 just established at Granby, No., I am directed by the general com- manding to communicate the following instructions, which you are to carefully observe and euforce within the limits of your command, and especially at and about the post of Grauby: First. The couutry iu the vicinity of Granby, embracing particularly the lead mines, is to be protected from the incursions of bushwhackers, thieves, and armed rebels to the extent of the means at your command, as also the men engaged in working the mines. Second. Details will at all times befurnished by the garrison atGranby to protect those engaged in cutting timber and in performing other neces- sary labor, so far as the same can be done without prejudice to the interests of the service. Third. It is especially enjoined upon you to enforce and maintain peace and good order between the soldiers and the men employed by the min- ing company. You will give it strictly in charge to the officers and men of your command that peaceful and conciliating conduct and obedi- ence to law and existing orders will be rigidly insisted upon on the part of every one. No workmen in employ of the mining company shall be in any way molested or threatened on account of any previous aid or sympathy which they may have extended to the rebellion. The work- men will, however, be required to take the prescribed oath of allegiance in all cases when they are not known to have been loyal men, and will be expected upon their part to conduct themselves in a peaceable and loyal manner and refrain from giving any just cause for provocation. Fourth. In case any one of the posts composing your command should be threatened by a superior force of the enemy you will draw troops from the other posts and oppose a strong resistance. No post, however, will be entirely evacuated by you without orders from these headquarters, unless this course shall be rendered imperatively necessary by the sud- den advance of a largely superior force of the enemy. A copy of this letter will be furnished by you to the commanding officer at Granby and Newtonia. Your owi~ headquarters will remain at Neosho. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, WM. T. KITTREDGE, Assistant Adjutant-General. HEADQUARTERS I)ISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI, Springfield, Mo., May 4, 1865. Capt. WILLIAM L. FENEX Commanding at Forsyth: CAPTAIN: You are already aware, I presume, that General Lee has sur- rendered the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia to General Grant and that General Johnston has surrendered the Army of Georgia and North and South Carolina to General Sherman. It is also true that General Dick Taylor is negotiating for the surrender of the Confed- erate troops in Mississippi and Alabama, and General Kirby Smith has had an interview with the chief of staff of General Pope at the mouth of Red River, with the view of surrendering the Confederate Army west of the Mississippi. From these facts any one will clearly see that the idea of establishing the Confederate Government, or of dividing the old Union, has been abandoned even by the leaders of the rebellion, and all that remains for any of us to do is to establish that order and quiet so essential to the comfort, happiness, and prosperity of all people. The most sanguine devotees of the Confederacy must now admit th Page 314 314 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. ability and, I presume, the purpose of the United States Government to maintain its authority and enforce its laws in all places of its domin- ion, and therefore must admit the folly and crime of longer resisting its authority and laws. The main resistance to its authority in this vicin- ity now is south of your post, along the White River Valley and its tributaries. This resistance does not bear upon or in any way affect the United States Government, but directly and solely upon the non-com- batants, women, children, and families of the section, reducing them to the most abject poverty and wretchedness. To terminate this state of misery and poverty I have deemed it advisable for you to hold a confer- ence with the captains and leaders of companies and partisan bands in that section, with the view of inducing them to surrender to the Govern- ment, again becoming its valuable and cherished citizens. All who will surrender and take the oath of amnesty will be allowed to retain their own private arms and such public arms as may be in their possession, an invoice, however, to be made of the same and forwarded to the adjutant-general of the State of Arkansas; all private property to be retained by the parties who thus surrender, and private property to be protected in Northern Arkansas. The parties who thus surrender are to stipulate to use every effort to drive all lawless persons, maranders, and rebels from the country. As soon as the parties now operating in your front thns surrender, all goods and merchandise will be allowed to go into that portion of Arkansas free of any tax, the same as before the war. Stores may be established at Forsyth or at any other points desired. You may inform all parties that the Government will under no circumstances allow Northern Arkansas to be made a base for guer- rillas or other marauding operations into Missouri, if to prevent it all property has to be destroyed and the land desolated, although its choice is to make all its subjects rich and happy instead of poor and miserable. The bands in Northern Arkansas have nearly all surren- dered, and if those operating in the White River Valley will do the same peace, plenty, and quiet will again reign ~there and the people soon be restored to their former wealth and happiness. Wishing you success in carrying out these instructions, I remain, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOHN B. SANBORN, Brigadier- General, Commanding. P. S.A roll of all who surrender will be at once made out by you, and they will report to take the oath as soon as they can do so. JOHN B. SANBORN, Brigadier- General, Commanding. CASSYILLE, iJiEay 4, 1865. Brigadier-General SANBORN: There are some rebels still staying on White River. Some are deserters from the Federal Army; some have recently come from Price~s army. They fired on the mail party last night five miles south of this place. We have no horses to spare from other duty to scout after them.. General, can some of my men furnish their own horses to scout and draw their forage l We do not care anything about pay for use of~ horses. WM. RAY, Captain Page 315 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 315 HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI, Springfield, Mo., May 4, 1865. Capt. WILLIAM RAY, Cassville, Mo.: Existing orders prohibit the use of Government horses for any pur- pose except that of scouting and carrying dispatches. Enlisted men may furnish their own horses at that post if they desire and receive such forage as the Government furnishes there. Jt will be but little till the crop matures. Scatter some men around in the country on foot and waylay those bushwhackers. Jf there is a Confederate officer of any responsibility or standing in that vicinity I wish you would obtain a conference with him and inform him that all the Confederate armies east of the river have surrendered, and see if he will not also surren- der his forces. If he will do so, the men upon taking the amnesty oath may retain all their private arms and property, making an invoice of the public property in their possession for the adjutant-general of Arkansas. If they will do this, I will remove all restrictions to trade immediately, and the people of Northern Arkansas can cultivate their lands again and live in peace and plenty once more. JOHN B. SANBORN Brigadier- General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS WEST SUB-DISTRICT OF THE PLAINS, Camp Douglas, Utah Ter., May 4, 1865. Capt. GEORGE F. PRICE, Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen., District of the Plains, Denver City, Cob. Ter.: CAPTAIN: I have the honor to represent the following facts, which are respectfully submitted for the consideration and action of the gen- eral commanding: It has come to my knowledge from various trust- worthy sources that a system of espionage and insolent interference with the affairs of individuals not belonging to the Mormon Church has been organized in Great Salt Lake City, under the auspices and by dictation of Brigham Young and others of the church authorities. I think its origin may be safely ascribed to the parties named, as they have very recently, at different times and places, in the presence of respectable witnesses, fully indorsed and recommended the unlawful proceedings that have swiftly and significantly followed such authoriza- tion. The footsteps of Gentiles, even the most respectable, are persist. ently dogged about the streets after night-fall by parties evidently set to watch them, and recently this annoyance has become so impertinent, and there has been shown such a disposition to violence on the part of these spies, that citizens, considering their lives in danger, have called upon me for protection, which, if found necessary, I shall give unless otherwise directed by the general commanding. On the night of the 1st instant several persons, walking quietly on the streets in company with ladies, were stopped and insolently questioned as to their business by men who when asked by what authority they acted answered that they came to this country first and intended to do about as they pleased. In one case a soldier was suddenly assaulted by three men and beaten with a pistol, or other weapon, and two pistols which he carried, one belonging to the Government, taken from him and not since returned. I am persuaded from representations made to me by citizens that there exists a systematic determination to harass and proscrib Page 316 316 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. Gentile residents of the city, which, if persisted in, may make neces- sary the employment of military force for the maintenance of public order and to guarantee the personal security of those who may have become obnoxious to the church dignitaries and the objects of danger- ous persecution. In view of the foregoing facts I most respectfully urge upon the general commanding the propriety of keeping all the troops now stationed here in the immediate vicinity of Salt Lake City, as I think myself justified in believing that their removal would lead to serious results and make the residence among the Mormons of citi- zens not professing their creed exceedingly difficult, not to say danger- ous. I have further to represent that I am in possession of informa- tion which gives me some uneasiness with regard to the safety of the Government flour train iu the neighborhood of Rocky Ridge. Hostile Indians are reported to be in the vicinity, and the fear of them is said to prevent the repair of the telegraph line, which is down near that point. I have directed Major Baldwin, at Fort Bridger, to make dili gent inquiries into the truth of the statement, and, if any danger is to be apprehended, to order a company of cavalry there for its protection, which, although beyond my jurisdiction, I trust, if found necessary, will meet with the approval of the general commanding. I deem it my duty to call attention to certain deficiencies found to exist in the quartermasters department at this post. They are approximately as follows, to wit: 827,000 pounds of hay, 60,000 ponnds of carrots, 18,000 ponnds of charcoal, 20,000 pounds of bituminous coal. and 650 cords of wood. It seems to me that these deficiencies are all of extraordi- nary dimensions, and withont attempting to account for them, the way out of the difficulty does not to me seem quite clear. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, MILO GEORGE, Lieutenant- Colonel First Battalion Nevada Cavalry, Commanding. INSPECTOR-GENERALS OFFICE, DEPT. OF NEW MEXICO, Las Cruces, N. ]iJiex., May 4, 1865. General J. H. CARLETON, Santa P6, N. Alex.: DEAR GENERAL: Your letter of 28th ultimo received. Was pleased to hear from you. My report of Indians will show their perfidy, & c. The special express takes you matter from Franklin; a report that the Texans are soon to visit us. Do not think a Confederate force will; a lawless body of adventurers and raiders may. It is well to keep an eye open to windward. I am too busy to write more. When you come we will talk of minesa rich country. Maston will not sell, I think, except at a high figure. We have marked off some. The war East must soon close, but what a cold-blooded assassination. I am, vcry respectfully, your obedient servant, N. II. DAYIS, Assistant Inspector- General, U. S. Army. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO, Santa PS, N. Alex., May 4, 1865. To THE PEOPLE: After the 15th instant no more companies can be spared from Fort Union to escort trains until some of those now absent on this dut Page 317 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 317 return, when due notice will be given of the time of departure of the next company. It is well for the people to know that Colonel Carson will establish, at or near Cedar Bluffs or Cold Spring, a camp of three companies for the summer, so as to afford all possible protection to trains passing that dangerous neighborhood on the Cimarron ronte. These troops will leave Fort Union on the 20th instant. By command of Brigadier-General Carleton: BEN. C. CUTLER, Assistant Adjutant- General. IIEADQUARTER~ DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO, Santa P6, N. Mex., May 4, 1865. Col. CHRISTOPHER CARSON, Taos, N. Mex.: COLONEL: I received your note of the 12th of April. It is my pur- pose to establish a camp of three companies during the summer at or near Cedar Bluffs or near Cold Spring, on the Cimarron route, to give assistance to trains en ronte to and from the States. I believe if yon go npon duty at that point you will be able to have a talk with some of the chiefs of the Cheyennes, Kiowas, and Comanches, and impress them with the folly of continuing their bad course. The troops would have been ordered out to that point before now, but the spring was so back- ward the grass would not sustain the animals. Pfeiffer perhaps may be spared to go. It would be well for you to get ready to go from Fort Union by the 20th instant. Please talk with Colonel St. Vram about purchasing the beaver skins for me. Respectfully, your obedient servant, JAMES II. CARLETON, Brigadier- General, Commanding. NOTE.Jt would be well if Mr. I3enthner would send out to your camp some necessaries to sell to your soldiers, and canned fruit, which would keep them healthy. Besides he would sell much to passing companies and trains. J. II. C. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE NORTHWEST, Milwaukee, Wis., May 4, 1865. Brig. Gen. II. II. SIBLEY, Saint Paul, Minn.: GENERAL: Yours of the 1st instant relative to the arrival in your district of 100 ex-rebels is at hand, and in reply I am directed to inform you that the troops above mentioned were sent here without any special instructions, and were forwarded to your district to join other troops of the same sort as the best disposition for ~uch troops in this depart- ment. II am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, C~ S. CHARLOT, Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF IOWA, Dubuque, May 4, 1865. Major-General POPE, Saint Louis, Mo.: GENERAL: An officer just arrived from the upper country tells me that a lieutenant and a few men on their way down from Fort Berthol Page 318 318 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. to Fort Rice were met by a party of Santees, who took from them their horses, arms, and rations, and compelled them to foot it to Rice. I do not believe anything can be done with these Minnesota scamps except to exterminate them. He also reports no grass in the country, the cold rains and snows keeping it back. I have also heard from Major Bracketts battalion. On the 22d of April they were at Fairmont, Minn. In a terrible snow-storm some few of their animals had died. They must be in Sioux City by this time, and if their loss is not very heavy it can be remedied. I write you this to show you that we cannot move by several days as early as you expected, but I am most anxious to get up into the country before the Cheyennes can get their horses in order to get out of my way. With much respect, your obedient ~rvant, ALE. SULLY, Brigadier. General. IIDQRs. ARMY AND DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, Mobile, Ala., May 5, 1865. Lient. Col. C. 0-. SAWTELLE, Chief Quartermaster, Army and Division of West Mississippi: CoLoI~EL: The following is a memorandum of transportation required for engineer material in the sea expedition: A, from Mobile, for bateau bridge and equipage complete, exclusive of wagons and teams for fifty- eight bateaux; B, from New Orleans, for bateau bridge and equipage complete, including 40 wagons and 300 mules, for trench tools and material, the principal bulk being 1,500 feet of lumber and 10,000 tools. The wagons belonging to the fifty-eight bateaux (A) now at Blakely are to be sent to New Orleans in time to have them ready to be forwarded to the expedition, when landed, together with the necessary teams. About 12,000 troops (Second Division) will be sent from Mobile. They will be accompanied by such stores as mentioned in former communications. Yery respectfully, your obedient servant, P. J. OSTERHAUS, Chief of Staff. IIDQRS. ARMY AND DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, Mobile, Ala., May 5, 1865. Maj. 0-en. N. P. BANKS, Commanding Department of the Gulf, New Orleans, La.: SIR: It is reported that there is a good deal of suffering amongst the people at and in the vicinity of Clinton, La., and that they appre- hend considerable annoyance from the depredations of jayhawkers and other marauding bands. You will please to send an infantry force to garrison that point, with orders to protect public and private prop- erty against any unlawful interference from whatsoever source. The selection of a well-disciplined organization, under an energetic and dis- creet commander, is recommended. Our troops must realize the fact (and act accordingly) that under the new state of affairs the people of the South must necessarily look upon our armies as their sole protectors. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, P. JOS. OSTEEHAUS, Major- General and Chief of Staff Page 319 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 319 IIDQRs. ARMY AND IDiVISION OF WEST Mississippi, Mobile Al Capt. C. II. DYER, a.~ May 5, 1865. Assistant Adjutant-General, New Orleans, La.: CAPTAIN: The Fourth Missouri Cavalry, which was ordered by Spe- cial Field Orders, No. 49, paragraph 2, of April 30, to proceed to New Orleans and report to General Osterhaus, will upon its arrival be ordered (in special orders) to report to General West. As our departure from this city may be delayed for many days in consequence of the work required in carrying out the details of Dick Taylors terms of surren- der, I have to request that you will continue, until otherwise advised, to send the mails for these headqvarters (official and personal) as here- tofore. Very truly, yours, C. T. CHRISTENSEN, Lieutenant-Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General. IIDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF WEST Mississippi, OFFICE OF CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, New Orleans, La., May 5, 1865. Lieut. Col. C. T. CHRISTENSEN, Asst. Adjt. Gen., Military Division of West Mississippi: COLONEL: I have the honor to submit to your consideration the fol- lowing report of information received at this office this 5th day of May, 1865: Captain Bailie, reporting from Morgauza April 30, gives more minute particulars in regard to the rebel iron-clad Missouri lying at Alexandria, which agree in all essential points with previous reports from this office. Deserters state that the forts at Alexandria mount about eight guns each. They are surrounded by pine woods within half a mile of them. Thomas brigade numbers five regiments, four of which are at Cotile, and one (the Twenty-eighth Louisiana, Colonel Landry) at Pimmeville, one mile above Alexandria. Grays brigade of three regi- ments is at Natchitoches. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant A. M. JACKSON, Major, Tenth U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery. (In absence of Capt. S. M. Eaton, chief signal officer, Military Division of West Mississippi.) GENERAL ORDERS, IIDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, No. 51. 5 New Orleans, La., May 5, 1865. No person who has been in civil service in the rebel States or resident therein during the war, or who has assisted the rebel government in its conspiracy against the United States, has a right to return to this department except upon the express permission of the military author- ities and the observance of such conditions and regulations as may be established for the government of such persons. The right of parole and return which is accorded to officers and soldiers of the armies that have surrendered to the authorities of the United States does not attach to persons in civil life. Until the status of such persons shall be established by the General Government they must be dassed as public enemies Page 320 320 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. (CHAP. LX. They cannot claim, as of right, the privilege of residence or partici- pation in public affairs or of entering upon professional or other private business. All persons of the class herein described who have been in the civil service of the rebellion or residents in the rebel States daring the war, and who are now present within this department, are directed to report forthwith to the provost-marshal-genera] at New Orleans or to the provost-marshal of the parish where they may be. Any person of this class returning to this department who shall fail to make such report or to conform to the regulations established therein will be subject to arrest and imprisonment, or such other punishment as may be ordered. The oath of amnesty prescribed by the Presidents proclamation of the 8th of December, 1863, will be admiiiistered only to those persons who have remained in the department during the war or who return by express permission of the proper military authorities. To obtain recognition of the military authorities it is required that the oath be administered to each person by the circuit or district court of the United States at New Orleans, or by the provost-marshal- general of the department, or Division of West Mississippi, in a formal and solemn manner, and that it be registered for permanent preser- vation in the office of the provost-marshal-general. The provost-marshal-general is authorized to take such guarantees as may be necessary to insure that the affiant will thenceforward keep and maintain said oath inviolate. The officers of the several military posts in the department and the provost-marshal-general and subordinate provost-marshals of the dif- ferent parishes are charged with the duty of enforcing a strict observ- ance of this order. By command of Major-General Banks: J. SCIIUYLER CROSBY, Bvt. Lieut. Got., Aide-de-Gamp, and Aetg. Asst. Adjt. Gen. SPECIAL ORDERS, IIDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, No. 119. * New Orleans, May 5, 1865. * * * * * * 5. Col. Samuel M. Quincy, Seventy-third U. S. Colored Infantry, is relieved from his present duties and is hereby assigned to the duty of acting mayor of the city of New Orleans. Upon the receipt of this order he will proceed to the City Hall and assume the duties of that office. The present acting mayor is directed to surrender, to him all the papers connected with that office. * * * * * * * By command ~f Major-General Banks: J. C. STO~E, Captain and Assistant A djntant- General. SPECIAL ORDERS, IIDQRS. SOUTHERN Div. OF LOUISIANA, No. 149. * New Orleans, May 5, 1865. * * * * * * 2. The Ninety-third U. S. Colored Infantry, Col. S. Jones command- ing, is hereby relieved from duty at Brashear and will proceed to Cam Page 321 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 321 Parapet, La., and take post there. Colonel Jones will furnish the necessary and usual guards for Carroilton and the vicinity. The quartermasters department will furnish transporta Lion. * * * * * * * 4. Col. Charles Everett, Second Louisiana Volunteers, is hereby appointed military commander of the District of Bonnet Carr6 and is announced as such. He will be obeyed and respected accordingly. * * * * * * * By order of Brigadier-General Sherman: WICKHAM HOFFMAN, Major and Assistant Adjutant- General. SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF Mississippi, No. 150. T7icksburg, Miss., May 5, 1865. * * * * * * * 3. The Sixty-sixth U. S. Colored Infantry will immediately take post at Grand Gulf. The regiment will be provided with twenty days rations and 100 rounds of ammunition per man and tools for the construction of suitable defenses. The commanding officer will be governed by the letter of instructions of this date from these ~headquarters, communi- cated throngh headquarters District of Yicksburg. The quartermasters department will furnish transportation. H * * * * * * By order of Maj. Gen. N. J. T. Dana: FREDERIC SPEED, Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT o~ Mississippi, Vicksburg, Miss., May 5, 1865. CoMDG. OFFICER SixTY-SIXTH U. S. COLORED INFANTRY: (Through Brig. Gen. M. L. Smith, Comdg. Dist. of Yicksburg.) You will immediately ou landing at Grand Gulf throw out pickets to guard against surprise, and proceed to erect such (lefenses suitable for defense by six companies (probably a small, square redoubt) against an overwhelming force, in case he should attack. The immediate object of your mission is to prevent the crossing of Jeff. Davis and his friends over the Mississippi River and of capturing them if possible. You will with that view co-operate with the commanding officer at Rodney, Col- onel Earle, and the cavalry force in the vicinity under the command of Colonel Jackson. You will patrol the country from Big Black to Bayou Pierre for information, & c., as far as you can with safety. You are par- ticularly directed not to molest nor incohmode quiet and well-disposed citizens, and will be held to a strict accountability that your men do not commit depredations of any sort. Horses, fences, farm property, & c., will be secure, and remuneration will be compelled and puni~shment inflicted for all infractions of this rule. You will preserve the most exact discipline. The well-disposed people of the country must be made to feel that the troops are for their protection rather than for their incon- venience. You will make frequent reports to these headquarters, con- veying all the information you can obtain. By order of Maj. Gen. N. J. T. Dana: FREDERIC SPEED, Assistant Adjutant- General. 21 R RYOL XLYIII~ PT I Page 322 [CHAP. IX. 322 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 5, 1865. (Received 1.40 P. in.) Major-General POPE: Gun manufacturers are applying for leave to sell guns and ammuni- tion to the loyal people of Missouri under such military restrictions as may be deemed proper. Is there any objections to opening the trade to the sale of fire-arms and ammunition, and under what restrictions, if any~i EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. SAINT Louis, Mo., May 5, 1865--3 p. m. (Received 6.45 p. in.) Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War: There are no restrictions upon the sale of fire-arms or ammunition in Missouri. I removed all restrictions of the kind shortly after I took command here. Dealers in such articles are only required to keep a list of persons to whom arms are sold, with a description of arm, to prevent them from selling directly to bushwhackers. It is a mere form. JNO. POPE, Major- General. LITTLE ROCK, ARK., May 5, 1865. (Received 10th.) Maj. Gen. JOHN POPE, Saint Louis: Fagan and Thompson decline to surrender. Sent answers by mail on 3d.* J. J. REYNOLDS, Major- General. GUN-BOAT LEXINGTON, Mouth of Red River, May 5, 18654.20 p. m. (Received 13th.) Major-General POPE: I have been detained here. I am not very well. Colonels Flournoy and Alston came for my dispatches to General Smith. Declined giving them. They will accompany me to Shreveport to-morrow. Smith sent them. JOHN T. SPRAGUE, Colonel, U. S. Army. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, May 5, 18654.20 p. m. General DODGE: Please do not allow any official reports about bushwhackers sent to your office to be published in the newspapers. I see one in the after- noon paper. Such publications are not of general importance and have no effect except to keep up excitement, which it is our object to keep down. JNO. POPE, Major- General. *See p. 304 Page 323 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 323 HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, May 5, 1865. Colonel HARDING: It is reported that 150 rebels in arms passed north some twenty-five miles east of Fort Scott last night, going toward Missouri River. Be on the lookout for them. J. W. BARNES, Assistant Adjutant- General. JEFFERSON CITY, May 5, 1865. Colonel HARDING, Commanding: I have the honor to report that four companies of the Fourteenth Missouri Volunteer Cavalry under my command arrived here this day en route to Versailles, Mo., where I proceed without delay to establish regimental headquarters, in pursuance with orders from headquarters Department of the Missouri. The strength of the battalion is 296 enlisted men, 345 horses. H. B. MILKS, Major, Fourteenth Missouri Cavalry. WARRENSBURG, Mo., May 5, 1865. Captain SMITH, Independence: Scout down toward Hickman Mills and Little Santa F6. Rider is said to be in there with about forty men. Re-enforcements have been sent to Hickman Mills. C. HARDING, JR., Colonel, Commanding District. WARRENSEURG, Mo., May 5, 1865. Major Lexington: Guerrillas are going into your sub-district. Keep all your cavalry in the saddle. I have ordered McGinnis to put his regiment in the field. Call out the Jackson Conuty Militia through their commanding officer and put them on duty between the Blues and west of Big Blue. C. HARDING, JR., Colonel. WARRENSBURG, Mo., May 5, 1865. Maj. B. K. DAVIS, Lexington: Rider with about forty men is said to be in the region of Hickman Mills. I have ordered a re-enforcement from Pleasant Hill, and ordered Smith to scout down from Independence. Put all the cavalry you can spare into that region, with instructions to scout to Little Santa F6 and back toward Westport, as well as between the Blues. C. HARDING, JR., Colonel Page 324 324 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. WARRKNSBURG, Mo., ]Jfay 5, 1865. Maj. B. K. DAVIS, Lexington, Mo.: You will move all available forces down in the direction of Hickman Mills and Little Santa F6. You are threatened by iSo organized guerrillas. You must organize and call into service all the militia that you can in the field out of Jackson County. By order of Colonel Harding, commanding district~ G. SALTZMAN Acting Assistant Adjutant- General. BOONVILLE, May 5, 1865. Colonel HARDING: COLONEL: J have no consolidated reports on hand,but will rule and as soon as possible transmit. in the engagement at the island below town 3 guerrillas were killed and 2 wounded. A.A. PUTNAM, Captain, Commanding Post. KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 5, 1865. Colonel HARDING: Sergeant Pitcher, commanding, Hickman Mills, reported here this morning he cannot hold that place. He says that Captain Rider with forty bushwhackers are in that vicinity, and he believes that there are sixty bushwhackers around there that were driven away from Sni Hills. The citizens there will arm a small party to protect the train. Four robberies have been committed in the last three days on the Santa F6 road. Sergeant Pitcher asks for re-enforcements. Can I order Captain Smith? What shall I do? A. DUSOLD, Captain, Commanding Post. PLEASANT HILL, Mo., May 5, 1865. Colonel HARDING, Commanding: Lieutenant Johnson went out after ten bushwhackers this morning. We have not more than seven effective men for duty at present. Lieu- tenant Johnson will be back this [p. in.] I think. Bushwhackers killed a citizen and a discharged soldier three miles northwest from town and threatened several others. SUMMERS, Sergeant, Commanding Post. MACON, May 5, 18659 a. m. Maj. J. W. BARNES, Assistant Adjutant- General: Three scouts, named John Goddard, Andrew and Thomas Higgin- botham, killed four bushwhackers named Doe Hines, Bill Hines, Caleb Hines, and Harvey Bucker this morning at daylight foarteen mile Page 325 CHAP. LK.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.TJNION. 325 south of Sturgeon, on the Silver Fork. Doe Hines was the leader of the bandseventeen in number. The scouts joined the band two or three weeks since to ferret them out and killed the four named this a. m. while they were asleep. Nine other busliwbackers were camped a few hundred yards distant. The scouts brought in the horses and clothes of the bushwhackers. A. J. HARDING, Lieutenant and Aide-de- Camp. FORT SCOTT, KANS., May 5, 1865. Capt. JOHN WILLANS, Fort Leavenworth, Kans.: One hundred and fifty rebels iii arms passed north about twenty-five miles east of here last night, going in the direction of the Missouri River. CHAS. W. BLAIR, Colonel. FORT SCOTT, KANs., May 5, 1865. CoMMAi~DING OFFICER, Mound City, Kans.: One hundred and fifty bushwhackers passed north last night about twenty-five miles east of here. Send word forthwith to Trading Post. I-lire a messenger, if necessary, and direct the officer in command at that station to look sharp for them. CflAS. W. BLAIR, Colonel. OLATHE, KANS., May 5, 1865. Col. C. W. BLAIR, Commanding: Report received at these headquarters to-day from Lieutenant Dun- lap, of this command, stationed at Aubrey, on the Missouri line, states that the bushwhackers in that vicinity are concentrating and becoming bold and troublesome. They are twenty-seven strong; appear to have horses and arms. Reports rumors that Quantrill is on his way up, and thinks that we may look for a second edition of the Lawrence raid at an early day. Have ordered troops with all serviceable horses at this post to the border. Respectfully, 0. F. WALLER, Captain, Commanding Post. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF THE PLAINS, Julesburg, Cob. Ter., May 5, 1865. Maj. Gen. G. M. DOIXrE Commanding Department of the Missouri, Saint Louis, Mo.: Arrived last night. My headquarters are now here. I go down road as far as Omaha to-night to regulate matters. Respectfully ask you Page 326 326 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. permission to visit you at Saint Louis. It is important that I should consult with you. Dispatch will meet me at Kearny or Omaha. P. EDW. CONNOR, Brigadier- General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF THE PLAINS, Julesburg, Cob. Ter., May 5, 18G5. Col. THOMAS MOONLIGHT, Comdg. North Sub-Dist. of the Plains, Fort Laramie, Dak. Ter.: SIR: The general commanding directs that you dispose of the two companies of the Third U. S. Volunteers as follows: Send one company to Three Crossings, where the headquarters of the company will be located. Details will be made of one or two non-commissioned officers and twelve men for each of the following telegraphic stations: South Pass, Saint Marys, and Sweetwater. The men thus detached will be reported as part of the garrison at Three Crossings, absent on detached service at the places above named. The headquarters of the other company will be at Camp Marshall, and similar detachments, to be reported as above, posted at Platte Bridge, Deer Creek, and Horse Shoe Stations. You will place one squadron of cavalry at Camp Marshall, detailing fonr men from it for each of the above stations, whose duty it will be to assist the telegraph operators to repair the line when required, and to be reported as above. The remainder of the cavalry garrisoning the above stations you will order to Laramie. A telegram was sent to yon to-day directing that you send to Leavenworth the transportation belonging to Colonel Potter. You will cause all teams returning to Julesburg from Laramie, or other points in your vicinity, to be loaded with wood for this post. The general also directs that you keep the saw-mill in your vicinity running night and day if pos- sible, and that you send to this post; by the first opportunity a supply of lumber, and continue sending lumber from time to time when it cau be done. Two companies of infantry will be sent to you as soon as the Fifth U. S. [Volunteers] arrives here. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, GEG. F. PRICE, Acting Assistant Adjutant- General. GENERAL IIDQRS. DISTRICT OF THE PLAINS, ORDERS, Julesburg, Cob. icr., May 5, 18G5. I. The following-named officers are announced as sub-district inspect- ors and assistant chiefs of cavalry of the District of the Plains: Capt. John S. Cochrane, Third U. S. Volunteers, for the South Sub-District of the Plains; Capt. B. M. Richmond, Third U. S. Volunteers, for the North Sub-District of the Plains; Capt. John II. Dalton, First Bat- talion Nevada Cavalry, for the West Sub-District of the Plains; First Lieut. Edward Donovan, First Nebraska Veteran Cavalry, for the East Sub-District of the Plains. They will report without delay to the com- maiiding officer of the respective sub-districts to which they are assigned for duty. II. The quartermasters department will furnish the necessary trans- portation. By command of Brigadier-General Connor: GEO. F. PRICE, Acting Assistant Adjutant- General Page 327 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 327 HDQRS. DIST. OF MINNESOTA, DEPT. OF THE NORTHWEST, & tint Paul, Minn., May 5, 1865. Maj. Gen. S. E. CURTIS Commanding Department of the Northwest, Miilwau kee, Wis.: GENERAL: I had the honor to inform you in a dispatch dated yes- terday that I had made a demand for the delivery by the State authori- ties of a half-breed deserter named Campbell, who was strongly sus- pected of participation in the late murders committed by hostile Indians in Blue Earth County, in this State. I have since learned that he was I aken forcibly from the civil officers who had him in custody and hanged at Mankato on the 3d instant. He made statements before his execution to the effect that several war parties were in the vicinity of the settlements, and that the warriors from 900 lodges would start from their camp on the Missouri Coteau for the frontier of this State so soon as the grass is sufficiently grown to subsist their horses. While I do not place implicit faith in these statements, some of them are cor- roborated from other reliable sources, and no doubt exists of the fact that there are several parties of warriors near the settlements awaiting an opportunity to strike. I am making every disposition practicable to thwart and puni8h these wretches, but the defensive line is so extended that it is impossible to guard it at all points. Great alarm exists on the border and many families are leaving in consequence. I beg leave to report to you, what I have often heretofore mentioned in my dispatches to department headquarters, that this warfare on the part of the hos. tile Sioux will continue until the British Government is induced either to station troops along the boundary line to prevent the passage of these bands into Her Majestys dominions when pursued by our troops, or to permit them to be followed by the latter wherever they may lice. For the past two years, since the refusal of the British Government to allow these murdering refngees to be pursued beyond our own line, they establish their camps within a short distance of the boundary, and when menaced by the U. S. forces they cross into the possessions of Her Majesty and are safe. The raiding parties who commit the out. rages upon our settlers are from these camps, aiid I respectfully and ear- nestly request you to make such representations to the honorable Sec- retary of War as will result in a demand upon Her British Majestys Government to put a speedy end to the violation of international comity referred to. Unless this is done our frontiers will continue to be drenched with the blood of our citizens, for no amount of force can avail entirely to prevent the recurrence of these raids of the lurking and treacherous savage. If the avenue of escape to British soil is cut off, the camps of these Indians can be reached and destroyed. It is a well-known fact, in wars with these people, that they will not go to a distance from their lodges when their families are menaced by expe- ditionary forces into their country. I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, H. H. SiBLEY, Brigadier- General, Commanding. IIDQRS. DIST. OF MINNESOTA, DEPT. OF THE NORTHWEST, ASaint Paul, Minn., May 5, 1865. To the EDITORS OF THE PRESS AND PIONEER: GENTLEMEN: I have been requested to state publicly the measures which have been adopted by the military authorities to defend th Page 328 328 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. frontier of this State against the incursions of hostile Indians, with a view of appeasing the apprehensions of the settlers in the border counties. First, it was represented to me that the line of stations occu- pied by the troops last year did not sufficiently cover the settlements made and contemplated. Lieutenant-Colonel Pfaender was instructed, therefore, to take up a new line from twenty to twenty-five miles farther west, extending from Alexandria south to the Iowa line, and the posi- tions were indicated in my instructions to him. Fourteen posts, includ. ing Alexandria, constitute the new line, some of them fifteen or sixteen miles apart, but generally the interval is but ten to twelve miles between them. Detachments of fifteen or twenty men are directed to be stationed at each, mostly of cavalry, and daily communication kept up along the whole line. Besides these Colonel Pfaender was instructed to keep other cavalry parties in motion along the posts north and south of the Minnesota River to detect the passage of Indians at any point and follow their trail and to destroy utterly any raiders who might be overtaken, taking no prisoners under any circumstances. Second, a second line was directed to be formed, extending from Fort Abercrom. bie to the James River, by the way of Fort Wadsworth, to be held by trusty scouts in such force as to enable them to intercept and destroy or drive back any war parties who were on their way to the border. The positions assigned to them are on the usual approaches by way of the great water-courses and the Cotean des Prairies to the Minnesota and Iowa settlements, and if in full operation it seems hardly possible that any number of Indians could penetrate through both of these lines of defense without discovery. The same orders to take no prison- ers have been given to Major Rose, commanding Fort Wadsworth, under whose command all the scouts are acting. It is true, notwith- standing the known vigilance and efficiency of the two officers named, that one or more small parties of savages have made their way undis- covered through the double lines or have turned them by proceeding south through Western Iowa and have committed brutal murders, which no one can deplore more deeply than I do, and it is quite possi- ble that during the movements of troops, & c., to their new stations these Indians may have passed through between them without detec- tion, and I am frank to confess that, notwithstanding every precaution and the exercise of the utmost vigilance on the part of officers and men, small parties may again succeed in the hazardous undertaking of reaching the settlements and perpetrating similar outrages to those already committed, but I would reasonably ask of those who are ever ready to cavil at and find fault with the management of affairs to be good enough to indicate a better plan of defense before they proceed further in that direction. Every one that I know of at all acquainted with the subject, and I have consulted with very many frontiersmen, has expressed an unquali- fied approval of the arrangement. I claim, therefore, that the military authorities have done and are doing everything practicable to afford protection to our citizens to the extent of the means at their command. And now a word to the dealers in periodical panics, who unfortunately are found in numbers along the borders. If, instead of fleeing in ter- ror at the appearance of a few Indians, these men would seize their muskets and show a bold front, my word for it, in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred they would be left undisturbed. A few resolute men would suffice to clear out a neighborhood of these prowlers who lie in wait to murder unresisting women and children and unarmed or timi Page 329 Ca& ~. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 329 men, but who are extremely loath to confront men determined to fight. Kentucky, Ohio, and other Western States were not settled nnder the protection of soldiers, but rather by men who depended upon their own strong arm and unerring rifles. The Government does not under- take to furnish a guard of armed men for every house and farm on the frontier, and I can state, without any violation of official confidence, that it is chiefly owing to my earnest request to my superiors in com- mand that I have been permitted to employ so many troops for the local defenses of the State and to guard the main avenues of approach. Let the settlers organize in small bodies, prompt to succor each other when cause for alarm exists, and I will promise on my part, as commander of the district, that there shall be no remissness or relaxation of effort on the part of the military to secure them against attack. Myself a citi- zen of the State, and identified with its interests, I can give no better assurance than is presented by that fact of my intention and desire to protect every man, woman, and child in the State against the attacks of the merciless savages. And I will state in reply to the charge of leniency toward these wretches that if my influence or appeals could have been of any avail, all of the fiends concerned in the outbreak of 1862 or in like outrages since that period, who have fallen into my hands, would long since have been swinging in the wind at the end of a stout rope. I have no reason to believe that there will be any attempt by any considerable body of warriors to penetrate to the settlements, but even if such should be made I have no fears of their meeting with success in any such enterprise. Yours. very respectfully, II. II. SIBLEY, Brigadier- General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI Saint Louis, Mo., May 5, 1865. Bvt. Maj. Gen. A. SULLY, Commanding Di8trict of Iowa: GENERAL: I have the honor to inform you that all the supplies designed for the post to be established by you on Powder River have gone forward to Fort Laramie, from which post you can also draw supplies for your command. I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOS. MoC. BELL, Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES, Washington, May 6, 1865. (Received 13th.) Major- General CANBY, New Or7eans: The chief engineer deems it indispensable that Captain McFarland should return to Key West to take charge of the operations there. If he can be sparcd, please direct him to do so. By command of Lieutenant-General Grant: JNO. A. RAWLINS, Brigadier-General and Chief of Staf Page 330 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. 330 [CHAP. LX. IIDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, OFFICE OF CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, New Orleans, La., May 6, 1865. Lieut. Col. C. T. CHRISTENSEN, Asst. Adjt. Gen., Military Division of West Miississippi: COLONEL: I have the honor to submit to your Consideration the fol. lowing report of information received at this office this 6th day of May, 1865: Captain Hargroder, Corn pany B, Seventh Louisiana Cavalry, reports that he left his regiment on the 25th of April, at which time the companies were distributed as follows: Headquarters of the regi- ment, with five companies, a little below Yerniillionville, La., on this side of Vermillion Bayou. (Colonel Bringier commands the regiment.) One company (F), Captain Tertron, stationed near the mouth of Ver- million Bayou; four companies under Captain Murphy, stationed at Burns plantation, above Irish Bend. These companies picket the country from Butte-a-la-Rose to Berwick Bay. The station at Butte-a- la-Rose has seven men who scout as far as Harts plantation, on Grand River. There are thirty men on Lake Fausse Pointe and twelve at Indian Yillage. The posts below Franklin not known. The effective strength of the regiment is about 300 or 400. It was formerly the Fourth Louisiana Cavalry, Colonel Bush commanding. it is composed mostly of men who kept out of the service as long as possible. There are about 200 of them lying in the woods waiting an opportunity to escape. Their principal duty is to catch deserters from other regi- ments, but will themselves desert if any demonstration is mad& by our forces in that country. Supplies very scarce. The informant heard by deserters who left the regiment on the 29th that they were to move on the 30th from Vermillionville to Opelousas. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, A. M. JACKSON, ltEajor, Tenth U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery. (In absence of Capt. S. M. Eaton, chief signal officer, Military Division of West Mississippi.) GENERAL ORDERS, ~ HDQRS. MIL. DIV. OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, No. 45. 5 New Orleans, La., May 6, 1865. All commercial or other intercourse with the country west of the Mississippi River beyond the limits of actual military occupation is forbidden, and all licenses or permits by which such intercourse has been authorized are suspended until further orders. Any attempt to bring iu products or to take out supplies will work the forfeiture of the property and the means of transportation employed. Military com- manders are directed and naval ~mmanders requested to see that no communication, except such as is purely military in its character, be allowed with any part of West Louisiana or Texas that is beyond the lines of occupation. By order of Maj. Gen. E. It. S. Canby: C. H. DYER, Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General. BAYOU SARA, May 6, 1865. Maj. Gen. F. J. IIERRON, Commanding Northern Division of Louisiana: The troops ordered to be moved from Morgauza are encamped on the hill back of this place. Nearly all the baggage is here and the remain Page 331 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 331 der will be brought down to-morrow. The transports can be spared on Monday. Sixty horses are required to mount the Fourteenth iNew York Cavalry. Our present effective cavalry force is entirely too small. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, WM. H. DICKEY, Colonel Eighty-fourth U. AS. Colored Infantry, Comdg. District. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF Mississippi, Vicksburg, Miss., May 6, 1865. Brig. Gen. M. L. SMITH, Commanding District of Vicksburg: I am instructed by the commanding general to direct that the oper- ation of paragraph 3, Special Orders, No. 150, current series, from these headquarters, which directs the Sixty-sixth U. S. Colored Infantry to take post at Grand Gulf be suspended until further orders. I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, WM. H. II. EMMONS, Assistant Adjutant- (Jeneral. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF Mississippi, Yicksburg, Miss., May 6, 1865. Col. N. G. WATTS, Big Black: Please forward the following to General Tucker: Brig. Gen. W. F. TUCKER, C. S. Army, Jack8on: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your dispatch, dated yesterday, and to inform you that the proper instructions will be at once forwarded to the corn- mauders along the river N. J. T. DANA, Major- General. FREDERIC SPEED, Assistant Adjutant. (Jeneral. SPECIAL HDQRS. DISTRICT OF VICKSEURG, ORDERS, Vicksburg, Miss., May 6, 1865. * * * * * * * II. In obedience to instructions from headquarters Department of Mississippi, of date May 6, 1865, the Seventh Ohio Battery will be immediately equipped as infantry, and its present armament and artil- lery equipments will be turned over to Battery C, Second U. S. Colored Light Artillery. * * * * * * * V. In obedience to Special Orders, No. 151, Paragraph IV, head- quarters Department of Mississippi, of present date, the Sixty-sixth U. S. Colored Infantry will move at 8 a. m. to-morrow and take position at Big Black River, as directed in the above-mentioned order. A train of cars will he in readiness for this purpose. By order of Brig. Gen. M. L. Smith: A. C. FISK, Assistant Adjutant- General Page 332 332 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF MISSISSIPPI, T7icksburg, Miss., ]iliay 6, 1865. Brig. Gen. J. W. DAVIDSON, Commanding District of Natchez: GENERAL: I have the pleasure of communicating to you the news of the surrender of Lieutenant-General Ta~ br and the forces under his command to Major-General Canby, and by direction of Major-General Dana to incbose the accompanying telegram, received via Jackson this a. m.* I am, sir, respectfully, FREDERIC SPEED, Assistant Adjutant- General. WASHINGTON, May 6, 18651.30 p. m. Maj. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Nashville, Tenn.: Please send such cavalry as you can spare, not exceeding a full brigade, to Major-General Pope, commanding Military Division of the Missouri. By command of Lieutenant-General Grant: JNO. A. RAWLINS, Brigadier- General and Chief of Staff. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, Little Rock, May 6, 1865. (Received 5 p. m. 9th.) Major-General POPE: In accordance with the understanding that as many of the Indians as possible at Fort Gibson were to be made efficient, I ordered General Blunt to reorganize them, by Special Order 103, April 29. From recent indications I doubt the approval of the order by the War Department. Please telegraph the Department on the subject and advise. J. J. REYNOLDS, ]Jiliajor. General. LITTLE ROCK, May 6, 1865. Brigadier-General CLAYTON: Brevet Major-General Salomon will, by direction of Major-General Reynolds, send to-day by steamer a force of 300 men to destroy a party of 200 guerrillas reported to be camped on the north bank of the river about forty miles below Pine Bluff. Have you any information in rela- tion to this enemy, and will you co-operate by sending out a force of cavalry ~i A. S. KENDRICK, Acting Assistant Adjutant- General. PINE BLUFF, ARK., May 6, 1865. Lieut. A. S. KENDRICK, Acting Assistant Adjutant- General, Little Rock: I have no information of as large a force as you report. Vaugine with about fifty men showed himself at my outpost on the north side * Not found as an inclosure, but see Osterhaus to Dana, May 4, p. 311 Page 333 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 333 of the river to-day. Husbands company is upon that side about forty strong. I think he will surrender he has already made informal over- tures to me to that effect. I will co-operate with General Salomon in any way he may suggest. POWELL CLAYTON, Brigadier- General, Commanding. LITTLE Roox, May 6, 1865. Brig. Gen. POWELL CLAYTON, Commanding Post: GENERAL: Two hundred and fifty infantry and seventy-five cavalry left on iRose ilambleton at 7 p. m. The object of the expedition is to destroy these guerrilla bands and to capture the horses which were stampeded at Devalls Bluff on the 3d instant. The officer in command will be governed by such information as he may receive from you, and will depend upon you for guides. General Salomon requests that you will send out such a force and give such instructions as you think nec- essary to insure success. Yery respectfully, A. S. KENDEICK, Acting Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, Little Rock, ]lJiay 6, 1865. Col. A. II. RYAN, Commanding at Lewisburg, Ark.: COLONEL: It is reported that small bands of rebels are crossing the river and finding their way into Missouri. Do all you can to inter- cept them. J. J. REYNOLDS, Major- General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF TIlE MISSOURI, May 6, 18654.45 p. m. Brig. Gen. C. BUSSEY, Fort Smith, Ark.: The Second Kansas Battery is en route to report to you at Fort Smith. G.. M. DODGE, Major- General. SPECIAL ORDERS, IIDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, No. 120. Saint Louis, Julio., May 6, 1865. * * * * * * * 4. No district, post, or detachment commander in the State of Mis- souri will in future issue any orders in any manner affecting citizens or residents of the State without first submitting such order to the depart Page 334 334 LOUISIANA AND TIlE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. ment commander for his approval. The district commander will see that all officers of their respective commands comply herewith. * * * * * * * By command of Major-General Dodge: J. W. BARNES, As8istant Adjutant- General. CAPE GIRARDEAU, May 6, 1865. Major HANNAHS, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General: Colonel ilynes arrived at Chalk Bluff evening of the 4th and expected to cross on a raft yesterday. Heard Jeff. Thompson had gone to Jack- sonport with flag of trnce. As soon as the anthorities in Saint Louis are satisfied that Thompson has surrendered I ask for orders to call the forces back, as forage is very short that way. JOHN L. BEVERIDGE, Brevet Brigadier- General. SPECIAL ORDERS, ~ HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF ROLLA, No. 85. 5 Bolla, Mo., May 6, 1865. 1. Col. E. C. Catherwood, Thirteenth Regiment Cavalry Missouri Volunteers, will relieve Col. Samuel Fallows, Forty-ninth Infantry Wisconsin Volunteers, as post commander of Rolla, Mo. On being relieved Colonel Fallows will report for duty with his regiment. * * * * * * * By order of Col. John Morrill, commanding: H. W. WERTH, Lieutenant and Acting Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF CENTRAL MISSOURI, Warrensburg, Jib., May 6, 1865. Col. JOHN G. CLARK, Oomdg. Fiftieth Wisconsin Volunteer infantry, Boonville: SIR: ii am instructed by the colonel commanding to inclose to you Special Orders, No. 95, assigning you to the command of the First and Second Sub-Districts, with headquarters at Boonville. You will appoint your own acting staff. Subsistence for your command can be drawn from Lexington, Jefferson City, and Warrensburg. Blank transporta- tion books can be obtained from the quartermasters department on the application of the acting assistant quartermaster. Requisitions for means of transportation will be filled by Capt. J. K. Shaw, assistant quartermaster at Warren sburg. It will be necessary to send men to take care of the mules, & c. Four from each company may be detailed. Procure your forage in the country, giving receipts to be taken up by Capt. J. K. Shaw, district quartermaster at Warrensburg. You will forward a tn-monthly return of the troops under your command on the 10th and 20th and last days of each month, made out from the latest returns which have been received at your headquarters at those dates. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, C. G. LAUIRANT, Assistant Adjutant- General Page 335 CORRI~SPONDENCE, ETC.tLNION. Cn& p. LX.] 335 HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF CENTRAL MISSouRI, Warreusburg, Mo., May 6, 1865. Col. JOHN G. CLARK, Commanding Fiftieth Wiscon8in Volunteer Infantry: SIR: You are assigned to the command of the First and Second Sub- Districts of this district, with your headquarters at Boonville. You have all of your own regiment, except two coml)anies in the Fourth Sub-District, stationed at Waverly and Berlin; four companies of cav- alry, with headquarters at Versailles; two companies of infantry at Jefferson City; one company of cavalry at Sedalia; two at Marshall, and one at Boonville. Besides these you have all the militia raised under Order No. 3, headquarters of the State of Missouri, and will have all the Missouri militia organized under the militia law. Your command is one of importance, and you must use it actively; no idling around posts; scout down to the Osage and see that the orders respecting ferries, skiffs, & c., are enforced. I am authorized to say that you may give private information to rebels and bushwhackers that they will be treated with leniency if they will at once surrender their arms. Where you catch them in arms kill them. Bona fide deserters may return to their homes upou taking the prescribed oath of allegiance. Persons who harbor bushwhackers and rebels voluntarily must be arrested and sent to the nearest safe post, charges to be preferred and names of wit- nesses mentioned and forwarded to the assistant provost-marshal of district at this post. You must keep the Osage and Moreau railroad bridges guarded. You must also look well to the line of the Osage River in Benton, Morgan, and Miller Counties. The militia will help you in this. With some assistance and encouragement from us they will soon be able to take care of their counties themselves. You may go to Jefferson City and take the cars to this place and confer with me personally if you desire more explicit instructions. I am, sir, very respectfully, CHESTER HARDING, JR., Colonel, Commanding. LEXINGTON, Mo., May 6, 1865. Colonel HARDING: On yesterday I ordered forty of the Seventeenth Illinois Cavalry to Hickman Mills. To-day I ordered part of Companies D and G, Forty- third Missouri Volunteers, to same vicinity. The militia have got to organize in Jackson County. I called out two companies this evening. B. K. DAVIS, Major, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF CENTRAL MISSOURI, Warrensburg, Mo., May 6, 1865. COMMANDING OFFICER BATTALION FOURTEENTH MISSOURI VETERAN CAVALRY AT VERSAILLES, Mo.: SIR: You will keep your command active. The men must scout into Henry and Bates Counties. They must also go down to Tuscumbia and along the Big Gravois. Take guides as you can find them. Draw your supplies from Jefferson City. Do not interrupt peaceable citizens, but arrest all who harbor bushwhackers and aid in keeping up rebellion. You must be very watchful about returning troops of Kirby Smith Page 336 336 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. army. At Mining Ford there is a runway for them. If they do not surrender, you kill them. If they do surrender, take their arms and horses and send them to this place. You must get word to the bush- whackers that if they deliver themselves np they may expect clemency. If they do not, you must leave them wherever you find them. Do not destroy houses unless you are satisfied that they are notorious harbor- ing places for rebels. Get your forage in the country. Give receipts, to be taken up by Capt. J. K. Shaw, assistant quartermaster of this dis trict. Maintain strict discipline. Allow no man to straggle or plunder. Col. John G. Clark, Fiftieth Wisconsin Infantry, commands your sub- district and will send you further instructions. You will forward to this office a consolidated morning report of your battalion as soon as practicable. The above instructions are communicated by order of the colonel corn m anding the district. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, C. G. LAURANT, Assistant Adjutant- General. FORT LEAvENWORTH, May 6, 1865. Major-General DODGE, - Saint Louis Mo Just received the following dispatch from Col. C. W. Blair: FORT SCOTT, May 6, 1865. Sixty more bnshwhackers passed through Vernon County, Mo., last night, making about 300 who have passed up in a week. This party is going to North Missouri to engage iu bushwhacking, and are under a man named Robinson. A Union scout stayed all night with them night before last and got this. CHAS. W. BLAIR, Colonel. IROBT. B. MITCHELL Brigadier- General, Commanding. (Repeated by Dodge to Sauborn and Harding, May 7.) FORT LEAVENWORTH, May 6, 1865. Colonel BLAIR, Fort Scott, Kans.: I have just directed the commanding officer at Paola to send scouts into Missouri and ascertain if pos~ible the locality of those rebels. Send scouts from your headquarters also. Direct some to be sent from Linn County. If possible ascertain their locality. Have all available troops in readiness to move at a moments notice if opportunity offers to crush them. ROBT. B. MITCHELL, Brigadier- General, Commanding. FORT SCOTT, KANS., May 6, 1865. Brig. Gen. It. B. MITCHELL, Fort Leavenworth: - Troops from here and Trading Post have been in Missouri two days after the bushwhackers. I telegraphed to Paola yesterday orders for th Page 337 CHAP. LX.1 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 337 troops at Aubrey to scout the country opposite there in Missouri thor- oughly. There are about 200 of these guerrillas, under Henry Taylor, who intend to stay in the adjacent counties of Missouri if they can. The balance are making for the Sni Hills and North Missouri. They are passing up rapidly, and it would be well to concentrate more troops on the border if possible. The Fifteenth [Kansas] is almost dis- mounted, and of course nearly useless without horses. CHAS. W. BLAIR, Colonel. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, May 6, 1865. Colonel BLAIR: Has the section of Second Kansas Battery which was ordered to Fort Smith left yet ~ G. M. DODGE, Major- (Jeneral. FORT SCOTT, KANS., May 6, 1865. Major-General DODGE, Saint Louis, Jib.: Jt has started, but is some place between here and Kansas City. CHAS. W. BLAIR, Colonel. PAOLA, May 6, 1865. Colonel BLAIR: Commanding officer at Coldwater Grove informs me that his men killed a bushwhacker night before last, and he told the party that Quantrill and Porter were on the Blue with about eighty men. Com- manding officer at Aubrey received information while on a scout that the troops were driving Quantrill out of the Sni Hills. I will send scouts out immediately. A. J. LUMSDEN, Captain, Commanding Post. HDQRS. FIRST SUB-DISTRICT OF SOUTH KANSAS, Fort Scott, Kans., May 6, 1865. Capt. T. I. HURD, Commanding Fifteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry: SIR: On Monday next you will proceed to Humboldt and take tern. porary command of the troops in Allen County. You will see that all soldiers are held strictly in camp on Wednesday, the 10th instant, the day of the election for the establishment of the county seat. Inter- ference with said election by the soldiers has been apprehended by the Governor and he has requested that measures be taken to prevent the same. You will therefore hold the men closely in camp, allowing none to leave it or go near the place of holding the election on any pretense, unless some of them be legal voters, in which case they will be permitted to simply go and deposit their votes and return. I am informed that none of the soldiers there are citizens of that county. You must be thoroughly satisfied that they are legal voters before you allow them 22 R RYOL XLYIII, PT I Page 338 338 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. to claim their suffrages at the election. On the day after the election you will return to this post, unless the interests of the service require that you should remain longer. On your. return you will report your proceedings. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, CHAS. W. BLAIR, Colonel Fourteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, Commanding. FORT LEAVENWORTH, May G, 18G5. COMMANDING OFFICER, Paola, Kans.: Send immediately some trusty scouts into the border counties of Mis- souri. Colonel Blair reports from 200 to 300 rebels going north; were last heard from in Vernon County. Keep your men in readiness for service at a moments notice, and report promptly all information received to these headquarters; also to Colonel Blair at Fort Scott. ROBT. B. MITCHELL Brigadier- General, Commanding. Cow CREEK RANCH, KANS., May 6, 1865. Bvt. Brig. Gen. JAMES H. FORD, Commanding District of the Upper Arkansas: GENERAL: Yours of this date has just been received informing me of the commencement of hostilities against the Indians. This action at this moment is unfortunate, I think, just as I have got the Indians together for a final peace, but I shall not complain. I would, however, call your most earnest attention to the exposed situation of the inhab- itants of the Little Arkansas, White River, Walnut, and Cottonwood. This country is thickly settled and greatly exposed to the inroads of the Indians, and if precaution is not taken the massacres in Minnesota will be nothing compared to the sufferings of these people. My health is not good, but 1 should be very much pleased to meet you before you go out if possible. I have no means of traveling in my crippled state. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. H. LEAVENWORTH, U. S. indian Agent. FERNANDO DE TAos, N. MEX., May 6, 1865. Brig. Gen. JAMES H. CARLETON, Comdg. Department of New Mexwo, Sante FJ, N. Mex.: IDEAR GENERAL Your letter of the 4th instant, by the politeness of Col. C. St. Vram, came to hand, and in reply allow me to say that I am much pleased with the idea of the expedition, and your ideas are excellent. I am also pleased to hear that you will allow Major Pfeiffer to go with me on the expedition, as I wish him if possible to accompany me. Major Pfeiffer came with me after the court adjourned at Union and intended leaving for Sante F6 in the morning, but on receipt of your letter I have advised him to remain here with me until I hear from you by return of this express.* I remain, very respectfully, yours, C. CARSON. * Some strictly personal matter omitted Page 339 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 339 PASS MANCHAC, LA., May 7, 1865. Major JACKSON, Acting Signal Officer, Military Division of West Mississippi: It is reported that Jeff. Davis is in Mississippi, and has been at Summit. General Hood is said to be with him. I get the report from a paroled prisoner who goes to iNew Orleans to-day. - Respectfully, GEG. WEBSTER, Major Seventy-seventh U. S. Colored Infantry, Commanding. GENERAL ORDERS, IIDQRS. CARROLLTON DISTRICT, No. 9. Carrollton, La., May 7, 1865. I. The undersigned having been assigned to duty within the limits of this military district by virtue of rank, hereby assumes command. II. Capt. T. J. Whiteman, Ninely-third U. S. Colored Infantry, is announced as acting assistant adjutant-general, relieving First Lient. George W. H. Allen,Eleventh U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery, who will immediately report to the commanding officer of his battalion for duty. - SIMON JONES, Colonel Ninety-third U. S. Colored Infantry, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF Mississippi, Vicksburg, May 7, 1865. Maj. Gen. P. J. OSTERITAUS, Chief of Staff, Military Division of West Mississippi: Your telegraphic dispatch of the 4th instant received by me through the rebel lines, and ordering me to prepare a cavalry garrison for Gal- latin, compels me to retain the battalion of Fourth Missouri Cavalry which you had previously ordered me to send you at New Orleans. I take it for granted the new state of affairs has rendered this force unnecessary for you, and I therefore postpone sending it, as previously directed, till I hear from you again. Very respectfully, N. J. T. DANA, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF Mississippi, Vicks burg, Miss., May 7, 1865. COMMANDING OFFICER U. S. FORCES AT BIG BLACK RIVER: SIR: The major-general commanding directs me to notify you that he has information that the Texas troops in your front may refuse to comply with the terms of General Taylors surrender, and that you are to be on your guard against surprise or annoyance by them. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. WARREN MILLER, Assistant Adjutant- General Page 340 340 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. SPECIAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF NATCHEZ iNo. 116. Natchez, Miss., May 7, 1865. * * * * * * * 2. The Fifty-eighth U. S. Colored Infantry and the Veteran Bat- talion Eighth New Hampshire Volunteers will be held by their respect. ive commanders in readiness for immediate movement, with camp alid garrison equipage and twenty days rations. By order of Brig. Gen. J. W. Davidson: B. F. MOREY, Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General. MEMPHIS, May 7, 1865. (Received 11.50 p. m. 8th.) Lient. Gen. U. S. GRANT: I have received the following telegram from Major.General Canby, via Senatobia.* I am repairing the telegraph line, and hope to be in direct communication in three or four days with Mobile. In the mean- time I hold the telegraph cffice at Senatobia, and any dispatches you may wish to send I can send them from there if the line is not disturbed. C. C. WASHBURN, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF WEST TENNESSEE, Memphis, Tenn., May 7, 1865. Maj. Gen. E. R. S. CANBY: I have received your dispatch of the 4th. I shall establish a post at Grenada, as you request, immediately. I hope to have the telegraph so as to communicate direct by the way of Holly Springs in a very few days. Until then any dispatches you may wish to forward North you can send to Senatobia and they will be forwarded here by the officers in command there. No news of importance from the North. C. C. WASHBURN, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF WEST TENNESSEE, Memphis, Teun., May 7, 1865. Maj. Gen. E. R. S. CANnY, Comdg. Military Division of West Mississippi, Mobile, Ala.: The President has issued a proclamation reciting that Jeff. Davis, late of Richmond, is proven to have incited and concocted the assassina- tion of the late President, and offers a reward of $100,000 for his capture. General Thomas instructs me to make every exertion to intercept and capture him, and says that when last heard from he was apparently endeavoring to pass across the country north of Atlanta, so as to avoid Wilsons cavalry and the forces at Dalton and Decatur, North Alabama. C. C. WAS UIBURN, M~jor- General. * See Canby to Washburn, May 4, p. 311 Page 341 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 341 HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF WEST TENNESSEE, Lieut. Col. HUGH CAMERON, Memphis, Tenn., May 7, 1865. Commanding U. S. Forces at Senatobia: Your dispatch is received. I shall send you in the morning 2,000 rations and two days forage (short) for 600 horses. As soon as received you will withdraw all your forces to Collierville and La Fayette, where they belong, except 100 men and a telegraph operator, whom you will leave at Senatobia. The prisoners which you have you will parole, all except such as you believe to be guerrillas; those you will send here. The telegraph I shall put in operation to Mobile, via Grand Junction and Holly Springs. The officer remaining in command of Senatobia will receive and send to me any dispatches from General Canby, until I can get direct communication open, when the troops will be with- drawn. Of the rations and forage sent leave as much as possible with the troops that remain there. I send you some proclamations offering $100,000 for Jeff.s capture, which please circulate in the country. Leave one of your best officers in command at Senatobia. Your obedient servant, C. C. WASHBURN, Major- General. CAPE GIRARDEAU Mo Major HANNAUS, , ., May 7, 1865. Acting Assistant Adjutant- General: Colonel Hynes reports from Chalk Bluff on the 6th that Captain Bennett, with sixty men, has gone forward to Jonesborough. Jeff. Thompson has gone to Jacksonport with truce flag at request of Fed- eral officers. The force will return by next Saturday. I would respect- fully ask permission to send company of Seventh Kansas at Bloomfield to Pilot Knob and station a company or more of Seventeenth Cavalry at Bloomfield. JOHN L. BEVERIDGE, Brevet Brigadier- General. JEFFERSON CITY, May 7, 18655.05 a. m. Maj. J. W. BARNES, Assistant Adjutant-General: Twelve men armed with from two to four revolvers crossed the river above this place three miles to the north night before last. Yesterday Lieutenant Warfield, with thirty men of the Fourteenth Missouri Cav- alry, was sent across the river and closely pursued them within twelve miles southwest of Ful eon, where he lost their track. They repre- sented themselves to the citizens to be returned Confederates. They were dismounted and had bridles and blankets. H. B. MILKS, Major Fourteenth Missouri Cavalry. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, May 7, 1865. Col. CHESTER HARDING, Jr., Commanding Central District, Warrensburg, Mo.: COLONEL: In reference to your letter relative to bushwhackers who desire to give themselves up, you can say to all such who lay dow Page 342 342 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. (CHAP. LX. their arms and surrender and obey the laws that the military laws will not take any further action against them, but that we cannot protect them against the civil law should it deem best to take cognizance of their ~~ases. It is useless for them to continue the contest, and sooner or lauer they will be caught, and no terms will be granted them. 1 have the honor to be, colonel, very respectfully, your obedient servant, G. M. DODGE, Major- General, Commanding. WARRENSBURG, May 7, 1865. General DODGE: The bushwhackers are in pretty strong force, 110 men, at Kingston this morning. I think we will exterminate them, but it will be neces- sary to put militia in the field. The railroad line is not injured. The telegraph line between here and Holden is cut. CHESTER HARDING, JR. Colonel & c. WARRENSBURG, May 7, 1865. Major-General DODGE: A party of about forty bushwhackers is in this county; passed seven miles north of here an hour ago. Robbed Holden at 2 oclock this morning. My men are in hot pursuit; have killed three and will probably get the whole gang. CHESTER HARDING, JR., Colonel, & c. WARRENSBURG, May 7, 1865. General DODGE: I believe it will be necessary to put troops on the line of the railroad between here and Pleasant Hill. The hands are very much alarmed. Four railroad teamsters were killed at Kingsville this morning. The guerrillas are going northeast, and will encounter our forces from Mar- shall, Sedalia, and Waverly. To guard the road I shall need still more forces. CHESTER HARDING, JR., Colonel, & e. CHALK BLUFF, SAINT FRANCIS RIVER, ARK., May 7, 186510 p. m. Major-General DoDGE: I feel quite sure that Thompson has gone south. He has no command that will obey him. Bennett started this morning with a party to move rapidly to Jonesborough. Expect he will bring back information that will decide me to return. C. W. DAVIS, Lieutenant- Colonel Page 343 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 343 HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST Missouni, Springfield, Mo., May 7, 1865. Major-General DODGE, Commanding Department: Dispatch received.* These rebels cross the Arkansas River west of Gibson and keep on the west side of the Grand, or Neosho, River, enter north of Jasper Connty, and then bear east throngh the northwest corner of Burton and through Vernon County across the Osage. The Grand River has been a perfect sea for six weeks. I have made two attempts to get troops across it to operate west in the Nation, and have failed both times for high water. I will make the effort again in a few days if I can possibly spare the mounted troops. Major Coopers band, of about 150 men that has all the time been operating on Kings and White Rivers and constantly threatening the Government trains going to and from Fayetteville, have all surrendered and taken the oath of amnesty. I am making an effort to get the rebel force oper- ating on White River south of Forsyth to surrender also. If I succeed I can send troops west into the Nation at once and close up that run- way. Thirty rebel deserters from Arkansas took the oath yesterday at Cassville. JOHN B. SANBORN, Brigadier- General, Commanding. STURGEON, May 7, 1865. Captain CLARKE, Assistant Adjutant- General: The bushwhackers are tolerably plenty in Boone and Callaway Counties. They attacked a squad of my men under Lieutenant Smith among the Blackfoot Hills. Our boys killed one of the rebels and the rest took to the brush. I weiit after a squad of fifteen last evening. They went to the cedar and we lost track of them. Shall I return to Macon or stay and hunt them ~ Please reply. C. II. SHAPLEY, Captain, & e. FORT SMITH, May 7, 1865. (Received 3.45 p. in.) Major-General POPE: Arrived here last night. River in good boating stage to Fort Gibson. Snpplies going forward rapidly. I shallleave for Fort Gibson to-morrow. JAS. G. BLUNT, Major- General. FORT SMITH, May 7, 1865. Brigadier-General BLAIR: Direct First Colorado Battery to proceed without delay to Fort Scott; there turn over their guns to ordnance officer and proceed to Fort Gibson with their horses. I have procured other guns for them. JAS. G. BLUNT, Major- General. ~See Blair to Mitoliell, May 6, repeated by Dodge to Sanborn, May 7, p. 336 Page 344 344 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. FORT LEAVENWORTH, May 7, 1865. Col. C. W. BLAIR: There are no mounted troops in that part of the district. You will have to do the best you can with the troops at your disposal to cover the border to the Kansas River. By order of General Mitchell: JNO. PRATT, Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, May 7, 186511.20 a. m. Brig. Gen. P. E. CONNOR, Omaha or Fort Kearny: You have permission, and I desire to see you. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS, Fort Bialleck, Dak. Ter., May 7, 1865. Brig. Gen. G. V. HENRY, Comdg. South Sub-District of the Plains, Denver, Cob. Ter.: SIR: In reply to yours, there are no Indians in this vicinity that have come from the direction of Sweetwater. I have kept parties out in the hills, but as yet have seen no signs of any. There are thirty lodges of Arapahoes within nine miles of here. They are from Laramie and have their families, and passes from different persons; among others one from Colonel Chivington. I had some of the chiefs here to-day. Had a talk; told them I would want them to stay where they are for some few days, and iiot to go away until they gave me five days notice. They are all good Indians, Nearly three years ago the Chey- ennes or Snakes ran off a companys horses (of our regiment), and they pursued and brought them back. They also assisted in getting some of the white women from the Cheyennes. I can recommend them to you as good men. Any orders you may have relative to them I will carry into effect. The game is very plenty is why they stay here. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. L. IIUMFREVILLE, Captain, Eleventh Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Commanding Post. SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO, No. 15. Santa FJ, N. Mel., May 7, 1865. * * * * * ~~ IV. Col. Christopher Carson, with Maj. Albert H. Pfeiffer and Com- panies C and L of his regiment, and Company F, First Cavalry Call- fornia Volunteers, will proceed from Fort Union, N. Mex., starting on the 20th instant, to Cedar Bluffs or Cold Spring, on the Cimarron route to the States, where, at or near one of these places Colonel Carson will select and establish a camp to be occupied until the 1st day of November next, unless otherwise ordered from these headquarters. The object of establishing this camp is to have troops at that danger- ous part of the route in order to give protection to trains passing t Page 345 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETCUNION. 345 and from the States. The details as to how this force can best effect that object are left entirely with Colonel Carson. The chiefs of the different departments will furnish Colonel Carson with the necessary supplies and means of transportation. Sixty days rations of subsist- ence will be taken with the command. Other rations will be sent from the depot at Fort Union as required. Lieutenant Savage, First Cav- alry California Volunteers, will act as acting assistailt quartermaster and acting commissary of subsistence. * * * * * * * By command of Brigadier-General Carleton: BEN. C. CUTLER, Assistant Adjutant- General. [MAY 8, 1865.For General Orders, No. 83, War Department, Adju- tant-Generals Office, reducing the volunteer cavalry forces of the Army, see Vol XLVI, Part III, p. 1112.] IIDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, - OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, New Orleans, La., May 8, 18G5. Lieut. Col. C. T. CHRISTENSEN, Asst. Adjt. Gen., Military Division of West Mississippi: COLONEL: I have the honor to submit to your consideration the fol- lowing report of information received at this office this 8th day of May, 1865: Maj. George Webster reports from Pass Manchac that it is reported that Jeff. Davis and General Hood are in Mississippi, and have been at Summit, Miss. A man who acted as ferryman for a year for the rebels to cross the Mississippi at Tunica states that the only practicable route below FQrt Adams is at that point. The skiffs are taken up a bayou protected by willows into Cross Lake to a landing where the highlands at Tunica touch the lake. There they are con- cealed, and from that point they start with mails and passengers. The common roate is to pass around Raccourci Island, either above or below, and entering Old River land somewhere near Williamsport, or crossing the levee at that point into Bayou Latenache, to proceed down that into the Atchafala3 a. At the present stage of water he says Curry, the present ferryman, can take any person or thing of importance directly across the head of Raccourci Island, which is under water, and thence across the country to the Atchafalaya, thus requiring only a straight crossing of the Mississippi and Old Rivers. The only way to effectaally stop this crossing is to take possession of the highlands about Tunica. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, A. M. JACKSON, Major, Tenth U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery. (In absence of Capt. S. M. Eaton, chief signal officer, Military Division of West Mississippi.) GENERAL ORDERS, IIDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, No. 52. New Orleans, La., May 8, 1865. I. All further proceedings under General Orders, No. 2, dated head- quarters Department of the Gulf, the 17th of January, 1865, and al Page 346 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. 346 [CHAP. LX. other orders concerning the draft, are hereby suspended until further orders, in conformity with instructions from the Secretary of War. 1J. Col. Sheldon Sturgeon, acting assistant provost-marshal-general and superintendent of the draft, will report to these headquarters the condition of enrollment under such orders and all facts relating to the enlistment of drafted men and substitutes. By command of Major-General Banks: J. SCIIUYLER CROSBY, Bvt. Lieut. Cot., Aide-de-Camp, and Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF MISSISSIPPI, Vicksburg, May 8, 1865. Lieut. Col. C. T. CHRISTENSEN, Asst. Adjt. Gen., Military Division of West Mississippi: I have the honor to urge the immediate necessity for cavalry in this department to patrol the interior, to suppress the marauders and guer- rilla parties certain to be formed from disbanded Texans and other troops, who are in a state of destitution, returning from the rebel armies. Outrages from these parties have already commenced. It is necessary also that I should have some white infantry regiments with which to garrison interior towns and districts when I am ordered to do so. I believe there are still eleven cavalry regiments at Memphis, and I cannot see the utility of their detention there. I would suggest that the First Iowa, Second Wisconsin, and Eleventh and Twelfth Illinois be sent here to report to me. Very respectfully, N. J. T. DANA, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTi~WNT OF MISSISSIPPI, T7icksburg, May 8, 1865. Brig. Gen. W. F. TUCKER, C. S. Army, Jackson, Miss.: GENERAL: I have received your communication of the 7th instant, and in reply have to imform you that I will be obliged for any informa- tion, by any opportunity. It is proposed to postpone the occupation of Jackson until orders arrive from General Canby, unless an urgent neces- sity arises. I am, sir, respectfully, N. J. T. DANA, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF MISSISSIPPI, Vicksburg, Miss., May 8, 1865. Brig. Gen. J. W. DAVIDSON, Gommanding District of Natchez. I am instructed by the major-general commanding to notify you that it is currently reported that the Texas troops of General Taylors com- mand refused to surrender or be paroled in accordance with the terms granted to the Confederate forces, and that the officers of these troops are now engaged in recruiting their companies from dissatisfied soldier Page 347 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 347 with a view to a continuance of hostilities. The commanding general directs that you take every precaution to counteract their efforts and to guard against surprise and injury from them. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, WM. H. H. EMMONS, Assistant Adjutant-General. SPECIAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF NATCIIEZ No. 117. 5 Natchez, Miss., May 8, 1865. 1. Col. B. G. Farrar, Sixth U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery, having reported at these headquarters on expiration of leave of absence will resume command of the Post and Defenses of Natchez. * * * * * * * By order of Brig. Gen. J. W. Davidson: B. F. MOREY, Captain and Assistant Adjutant- General. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, May 8, 186510.40 a. m. (Received 9th.) Major-General HALLECK, Richmond: Have you received lately any letter from General Pope in relation to a Sioux Indian settlement ~ It is supposed by some who have inter- ested themselves on the subject that General Pope misunderstands the matter and that you can set him right, if you have received a letter from him. EDWIN M. STANTON, AS!ecretary of War. HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF TILE MISSOURI A3aint Louis, Mo., May 8, 18652 p.m. Lieut. Gen. U. S. GRANT, (Received 6 ~ in.) Washington, D. C.: Colonel Sprague, whom I sent to Red River, met Kirby Smith on Saturday last at Alexandria. The result of his mission will be known in a couple of days. JNO. POPE, Major- General, Commanding. WASHING-TON, D. C., ]Jfay 8, 1865. General POPE: Please report immediately your objections to friendly Sioux Indians being located at Red Wing. U. S~GRANT, General Page 348 348 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MiSSISSIPPI. [CHAI?. LX. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, Little Rock, Ark., May 8, 18651 p. m. ADJUTANT-GENERAL OF THE ARi~1y, Washington, D. C.: Pursuant to instructions of lieutenant-general commanding, dated Washington, April 30, the privilege of taking the amnesty oath and oath of allegiance was extended, through Colonel Levering, assistant adjutant-general, in person, to all prisoners of war in confinement at this place on the 6th instant. The offer was unanimously accepted and without hesitation. The number liberated will be, viz, 1 lieutenant- colonel, 1 major, 1 surgeon, 11 captains, 24 lieutenants, and 293 enlisted men. J. J. REYNOLDS, Major- General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, Little Rock, Ark., May 8, 1865. Maj. Gen. JOHN POPE, ASraint Louis, Mo.: GENERAL: The order for reorganizing the Indians has been revoked, in accordance with instructions from Provost-Marshal-General of April 29. J. J. REYNOLDS, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, Little Rock, Ark., May 8, 1865. Hon. JAMES A. BUTLER, Helena, Ark.: Yours referring to the raising of a company to be commanded by Mr. Fisher is received. Authority to raise military companies for special service has been directly declined by the War Department, and the company, if organized, must be a home colony. Such companies have been formed in many parts of the State, and are doing much good. Without adopting any general rule, as each locality seems to require special treatment, I have furnished these companies with means of defense, and in some cases with provisions, until they can raise for themselves. The companies act under orders of the nearest post com- mander and are not paid by Government. If Mr. Fisher will raise a company of 100 men or less I will order that they be furnished with ammunition and, where necessary, with arms, the captain being respon- sible for them, and, at the discretion of the post commander, subsistence while in pursuit of rebels. In short, without taking these companies into the U. S. service, it is designed to aid them in every way possible in raising crops this year and in ridding the country of guerrilla bands. The Government will commission Fisher as captain. Yery respectfully, J. J. REYNOLDS, Major- General, Commanding Page 349 CHn~. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION 349 SPECIAL ORDERS, ~ HDQRS DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, No. 110. Little Rock, Ark, May 8, 1865. * * * * * * * 3. The Provost-Marshal-General of the United States having issued orders dated April 29 ultimo, prohibiting further enlistments of troops, paragraph 11, Special Orders, No. 103, dated April 29 ultimo, from these headquarters, is hereby revoked. The First, Second, and Third Regiments of Indian Home Guards will be mustered out of military service on the 31st day of May instant, pursuant to authority granted by the War Department dated February 13, 1865. * * * * * * * By command of Maj. Gen. J. J. Reynolds: JOHN LEVERING, Assistant Adjutant- General. HDQRS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, AS~aint Louis, Mo., May 8, 1865. (Received 9.20 a. in.) Major-General POPE: Colonel Blair and General Sanborn report body of bushwhackers, 300 strong; working north; crossed Arkansas River west of Fort Gibson; came through Indian Nation. Colonel Harding reports two bands on line of Union Pacific Railroad about 100 strong. They killed four teamsters on railroad; says our troops are on them. The ground on Osage River has been overflowed, so it is impossible to cross troops. Major Coopers battalion surrendered to General Sanborn and took the oath. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. JEFFERSON CITY, May 8, 18658.25 p. m. Major-General DODGE: Twelve bushwhackers crossed from the south to the north side of the Missouri River near this place night before last. Twenty-two crossed below here last night and to-day stole horses in Callaway County. THOS. C. FLETCHER. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, May 8, 18659.50 p. m. Governor T. C. FLETCHER, Jefferson City: At what ferries did those parties cross ~ There are troops enough up there to eat them up. I send two more regiments into Central Missouri to-morrow morning. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. JEFFERSON CITY, May 8, 186510.30 p. m. Major-General DODGE: The rebels crossed on rafts and in skiffs. They did not cross at a ferry. The Callaway company are after them. THOS. C. FLETCHER Page 350 350 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP LX. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISsOuRI, May 8, 18653.45 p. m. Brig. Gen. M. C. MEIGS, Quartermaster- General, Washington: General Connor sends the following dispatch: FORT KEARNY, May 7, 1865. I most earnestly and respectfully request that no more of the Canadian ponies be sent me. They are utterly worthless and of no service in this district. The 2,000 ponies ordered to be purchased for our use on the plains were to be good, substantial ones. It is reported to me instead of get- ting such horses they pick up young colts and broken-down ponies around Detroit. If better ones cannot be furnished please change the order to Colonel Potter and let him buy on the plains. He can get much better ones there and save transportation. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, May 8, 1865. Brigadier-General EKIN, Chief of Cavalry Bur~u, Washington: The Canadian ponies or horses sent us are utterly worthless. We can purchase far better on the plains. Unless they can send us better ponies I think you had better authorize Colonel Potter to purchase them on the plains. That will save transportation. Those furnished us are nothing like those furnished General Sully. Please answer. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT iF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, May 8, 1865. Major-General PLEASONTON: General Connor telegraphs that the Canadian ponies furnished us are utterly worthless and requests no more to be sent him. I telegraphed General Ekin the facts and requested that Colonel Potter be author- ized to purchase ponies on the plains if better ones could not be fur- nished from Canada. Please advise him to this effect. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, No. 122. 5 Saint Louis, Mo., May 8, 1865. * * * * * * * 3. The Fifty-first and Fifty-second Regiments Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers will proceed by railroad to Warrensburg, Mo., to-morrow, the 9th instant, and report for duty to Col. C. Harding, commanding District of Central Missouri. The quartermasters department will furnish the necessary transportation. * * * * * * By command of Major-General Dodge: J. W. BARNES, Assistant Adjutant- General Page 351 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 351 HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, May 8, 18651 p. m. Colonel MORRILL, Rolla: Push five or six companies of cavalry out along the Osage and endeavor to strike some of the bands working north. G. M. DODGE, _____ Major- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, May 8, 186510.10 p. m. Colonel MORRILL, Rolla: Move those companies of the Thirteenth Missouri Cavalry in the morning. They must work well west, and if they want any supplies let them send to the nearest depot. The guerrillas are raising the devil in Central Missouri. G. M. DODGE, Major. General. SPECIAL ORDERS, ~ HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF IROLLA, No. 86. RoUa, Mo., May 8, 1865. 1. Commanding officer of the Thirteenth Regiment Cavalry Missouri Volunteers will detail from his command one company to proceed to Salem, Mo., and relieve Company H, of same regiment, at that place. Upon being relieved the commanding officer of Company II, Thirteenth Regiment Cavalry Missouri Volunteers, will proceed with his company (H) to Rolla, Mo., and report for duty to the commanding officer of his regiment. 2. Commanding officer Thirteenth Regiment Cavalry Missouri Vol- unteers will detail from his command five companies, provided with eight days rations, under the command of a field officer, to report at these headquarters for instructions without delay. * * * * * * * By order of Col. John Morrill, commanding: H. W. WERTH, Lieutenant and Acting Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS, Rolla, May 8, 1865. Major TURLEY, Waynesville: You will take forty men and proceed to Linn Creek and report to Lieutenant-Colonel King, who will be in that vicinity to-morrow night. You will take eight days rations for men. JOHN MORRILL, Colonel. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, - May 8, 18659.05 a. m. Colonel HARDING, Warrensburg: [will send you another regiment of infantry. Has the Fourteenth Missouri Cavalry arrivedl Had you not better put them down on Osagel G. M. DODGE, Major- General Page 352 [CHAP. LX. 352 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, May 8, 18651.45 p. m. Colonel HARDING, Warrensburg: I have ordered one regiment of infantry to leave on cars to-morrow for Warrensburg; also, six companies of Colonel Morrills command go out and scout the Osage River country. ~-. M. DODGE, Major- General. WARRENSEURG, May 8, 18657.55 p. m. General DODGE: It is reported to me that 700 rebels are marching on Sedalia. How they could get through Blunts or Sanborns lines I cannot imagine. I do not believe the story true. I shall know in a short time. I shall go to the assistance of Captain Hamilton if the story be true. CHESTER HARDING, JR., Colonel, d~c. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, May 8, 1865. Colonel HARDING: I sent you Colonel Blairs report of 300 bushwhackers being in Ver- non County. That is the gang that is no doubt marching north toward Sedalia. if the troops in your district do their duty and fight when an opportunity offers, they can whip those bushwhackers even if ~he odds are five to one. Whenever they appear citizens should bushwhack them. Keep the cavalry on the move day and night. I dont think the troops on the Missouri River are doing their duty. Some forty of those gangs crossed last night and yesterday. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. WA1iRENSBURG, May 8, 18659.30 p. m. Major-General DODGE: I intend to go up the road with Mr. Garrison and party to-morrow. I may be gone some days, but shall have constant communication from Captain Laurant, assistant adjutant-general. The report of 700 men coming into Sedalia is now said to be paroled men who reported at Springfield. I do not believe a word of either account. CHESTER HARDING, JR., Colonel, & e. WARRENSBURG, Mo., May 8, 1865. General DODGE, Saint Louis: The guerrillas are just as well posted about my business as I am. They avoid me. I think they will not be able to escape all the parties I have out. They killed eight men at Kingsville. The cavalry have reported from Versailles and are hard at work. There are two parties, one of 110 men in complete uniform at Kingsville and one of 30 a Page 353 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 353 Holden. My scouts from here have returned. The militia was too poorly armed to put confidence in themselves. The volunteer cavalry was too weak in numbers to do much good. The enemy cannot cross the Missouri River. I will endeavor to keep them in my district. CHESTER HARDING, JR., Colonel, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, May 8, 186510 p. m. Colonel HARDING, Warrensburg: What points had the troops from Rolla better go to on the Osage? Colonel Blair has been ordered to push his cavalry into the counties between the line and Osage River. G.M. DODGE, Major- General. WARRENSBURG M General DODGE: , ay 8, 186510.20 p. m. I think they had better come up by Mining Ford and report here. They can scout as they come up, and I can then put them on the rail. road. The contractors will not defend themselves or let us defend them unless we are so strong as to make attacks of guerrillas impos- sible. CHESTER HARDING, JR., Colonel, & c. HEAI~QUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, May 8, 186510 p. m. Colonel HARDING, Warren8burg: flave you left orders for posting the regiment of infantry going up to-morrow l Did any of our forces strike the bands that committed the depredations at Holden and Kingsville? G.M. DODGE, Major- General. General DODGE: WARRENSBURG, May 8, 1865. I have left orders for the infantry coming here, and also for every emergency that I can think of. Please trust me for doing everything I am capable of accomplishing. CIIESTER IIAJ~DJKG, JR., Colonel, & c. General DODGE: WARRENSBURG, May 8, 186510.30 p. m. Two parties from here did come upon the Kingsville guerrillas. They did not accomplish much. I have the expectation that Captain Ber- nard captured Captain Spedder. Captain Hamilton and the men from Lone Jack and Greenton Valley will do a great deal. CHESTER HARDING, JR., Colonel, cte. 23 R RVOL XLVIII, PT I Page 354 354 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF CENTRAL MISSOTIRI, Warrensburg, Mo., May 8, 1865. Maj. J. W. BARNES, Asst. Adjt. Gen., Department of the Missouri: MAJOR: I have the honor to report that my communications by tele- graph, addressed to the general commanding the department, did not state the whole case respecting the present raid in this district. There are more rebels who claim to be Confederate soldiers, and there are more bushwhackers proper who are at work than I believed to be on my hands. I have all my men at work. I doubt if I have not weakened this post too much, as I find call for troops every day. The telegram announcing that another regiment is to be sent to me relieves me of some anxiety. I am going myself to look at matters beyond my imme- diate supervision, and hope to have them in good condition in every Part of the district as they are in the Fourth Sub-District. Captain Lanrant, assistant adjutant-general, will attend to all business in my absence. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, CHESTER HARDING, JR., Colonel, Commanding District. SEDALIA, Mo., May 8, 1865. Colonel HARDING: A citizen has just reported to me of a gang of guerrillas, supposed to be about 100, passing north; thinks they crossed the railroad at the tank west of Dresden, going in the direction of Dunksbnrg; passed his house about 3 oclock last night. HAMILTON, Captain. SEDALIA, MO.) May 8, 1865. Colonel HARDING: Have sent a messenger to Captain Donohue. From what I can learn the guerrillas are making in the direction of Pisgah. Have sent in that direction, with orders to pursue as long as possible. HAMILTON, Captain. LEXINGTON, Mo., May 8, 1865. Colonel HARDING: Jim Anderson and Bill Pool with forty men are beyond doubt in Greenton Yalley. They reconnoitered Le Clairs camp this morning, and discussed the possibility of attacking. His men are absent but about twenty. I have sent troops to take care of the devils. B. K. DAVIS, Major. JEFFEI~SO~ CITY, Mo., May 8, 1865. Colonel HARDING: COLONEL: I was ordered by Major-General Dodge to the Central District of Missouri, and instructed to report to you for duty by tele- graph from this place, which I now hold. I have five companies of cay Page 355 CHA.r. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 355 airy, one major, four captains, and six lieutenants. I was also instructed to establish brigade headquarters at Versailles. I have 150 horses to shoe before the entire command can move. I have ordered Major Milks and four companies to Versailles. They left this place this morn- ing. Please answer this communication and direct such disposition of the five companies as you may desire. I will remain at this place until further orders. J. J. GRAVELY, Lieutenant- Colonel Fourteenth Missouri Cavalry. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOuRI, Saint Louis, ]Jiliay 8, 1865. Brigadier-General SANBOR~: You must get your troops into a position that will strike those bands working north. Some five bands have reached Central Missouri; sacked two towns and murdered several citizens, and the first knowledge we get of them is their appearance on the Pacific after traversing the entire State of Missouri. Put every mounted man you have to work. I have ordered six companies on the Osage from Rolla. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MIssouRI, Saint Louis, May 8, 1865. Captain CLARIiZE, Assistant Adjutant.General: Governor Fletcher reports that twelve bushwhackers crossed the river near Jefferson City last night, and twenty-two crossed below Jefferson City into Callaway County night before last. You must get troops after them. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. LEAVENWORTH, May 8, 1865. Hon. E. M. STANTON, (Received 10.30 i~. in.) Secretary of War: I respeetfaily call your attention to my written application for arms to protect Government trains from Indians on route No. 2 over the plains. Indian depredations have recommenced, and arms wanted immediately. ANDREW STUART. COMMANDING OFFICER, MACON, May [8], 1865. Sturgeon, Mo.: Send a scout of from fifty to seventy men down through Boone into Callaway. General Dodge transmits me information of the crossing of thirty whackers below Jefferson City on the night of the 7th instant, and directs the immediate pursuit of them. By order of General Fisk: W. T. CLARKE, Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General Page 356 356 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MissouRI, Saint Louis, May 8, 1865. [Brigadier-General MITCHELL:] The bands of guerrillas working north cross Arkansas River west of Fort Gibson and come up through Indian Nation into Bates and Yernon Counties, then north. Instruct Colonel Blair when he hears of them to strike them if possible before they get out of his reach. Sanborn can- not cross Grand or Osage Rivers on account of high water. Blair must get after them whenever he hears of them. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, May 8, 1865. Brigadier-General MITCHELL, Fort Leavenworth: Order Colonel Blair to push all the spare cavalry over into the counties between the line and Osage River and see if he cannot stop some of those bands working north. G.M.DODGE, Major- General. FORT LEAVENWORTH, May 8, 1865. Major-General DODGE, Saint Louis: I directed Colonel Blair on Saturday to pay no attention to State lines, but move on the guerrillas whenever he could find them without await- ing further orders. ROBT. B. MITCHELL Brigadier- General, Commanding. FORT LEAvENWORTH, ]Jilay 8, 1865. Col. C. W. BLAIR, Commanding Fort Scott: As soon as you can ascertain the locality of the guerrillas on the border, strike them with all the available force at your disposal without further orders. Pay no attention to State or district lines. ROBT. B. MITCHELL, Brigadier- General, Commanding. FORT LEAVENWORTH, May 8, 1865. Col. C. W. BLAIR: You will exercise supervision and command over all the former District of South Kansas excepting the post of Lawrence. By order of Brigadier-General Mitchell: JNO. PRATT, Assistant Adjutant- General. FORT SMITH, May 8, 1865. Bvt. Brig. Gen. C. W. BLAIR: Concentrate the Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry at Fort Scott and send them to Fort Gibson to report to me withont delay. JAS. G. BLUNT, Major- General Page 357 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 357 FORT SCOTT, KANS., May 8, 1865. Maj. Gen. J. G. BLUNT, Fort Smith: Your headquarters started from here the 3d instant. Captain Hampton is at the court-martial at Leavenworth. Governor Crawford is expected here daily, and is said to be going down to you. fl~ve not beard myself from him. Have heard nothing of your family. Is the Fourteenth ordered to your command ~ CHAS. W. BLAIR, Colonel. FORT SMITH, May 8, 1865. Bvt. Brig. Gen. C. W. BLAIR: Order Companies M and L F Gibson immediately. , ifth Kansas, to report to me at Fort JAS. G. BLUNT, Major- General. FORT SCOTT KANS Capt. JOHN PRATT, , ., May 8, 1865. Assistant Adjutant- General, Fort Leavenworth: General Blunt orders me by telegraph to send the Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry, Companies M and L, Fifth Kansas Cavalry, and the First Colorado Battery to Fort Gibson without delay to report to him. As I suppose the order directing me to report to Brigadier-General Mitchell detaches me from Major-General Blunts command, I await General Mitchells instructions on the subject. I would like also to know the exact status of my command. If the old District of South Kansas is taken from General Blunts command, is its official designation abol- ished; and what is the official designation of my command ~ CHAS. W. BLAIR, ______ Colonel. FORT LEAVENWORTH, May 8, 1865. Col. C. W. BLAIR: You will not send the troops mentioned to Fort Gibson without orders from these or department headquarters. The order assigning you to the command is not very explicit as to geographical limits. The coun- try comprised in the District of South Kansas still retains its former designation and is under your command, excepting Lawrence. Efforts are being made for the issuing of orders that will prevent confusion in this matter. By order of General Mitchell: JNO. PRATT, Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis Mo Hon. NEWTON EDMUNDS, .~ May 8, 1865. Governor of Dakota Territory and lix- Officio Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Yankton, Dak. Ter.; SIR: Your letter of the 19th ultimo to Brevet Major-General Sully has been laid before me.* In reply thereto I have the honor to inform 1~4ot found Page 358 358 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS~MISSISSIPPL [CHAP. LX. you tliat there are no Sioux Indians in Dakota Territory with whom it is judicious to make such treaties of peace as you propose. The hostile Sioux still in arms against the Government are public enemies who are not entitled to any consideration until they themselves express a desire to cease hostilities. They are in a state of war and are therefore under the proper jurisdiction of the military authorities and not of the civil officers of the Indian Department. There certainly can be no good reason for rewarding such Indians for the massacres and outrages they have committed by giving them presents of goods, monet, & c., and thus encouraging them to further hostilities every time they need more supplies. However the policy of such treaties as have been made by the Indian Department may be viewed and acted upon at Washington in relation to other Indian tribes, it is [certain] that the hostile Siouxs in Dakota are not now in such a condition of mind as would justify the making of a treaty such as you suggest with them. Being in a state of war they must be dealt with by the military authorities, and I regret, therefore, to inform you that for the present I do not feel authorized to assist or permit any arrangements for a treaty with them. When- ever they choose to have peace instead of war the commanding officers on the frontier are instructed as to the terms, which do not involve the giving of presents or making of treaties, nor any expenditure whatever of public money. Those Indians lately hostile who have already come into the military posts and begged for peace are ~prisoners of war to the United States and are under the control of the military authorities. With such prisoners of war I do not understand that the Indian Department has anything to do. The Indians who have delivered themselves up at the military posts or who have sent in to ask for peace have been met kindly and informed that there will be peace with them so long as they keep the peace; that any hostile acts on their part toward any white man or friendly Indian will be visited by imme- diate hostilities against their tribe by the troops from all the military posts in their country. This arrangement the Indians thoroughly understand and it furnishes them much stronger inducements to keep the peace than can be offered by presents of goods and money annuities. Such is my belief and understanding of these matters, so far as relates to the Sioux Indians in Dakota Territory, and I regret that I feel obliged to decline acceding to the arrangements for making a treaty with them, set forth in your letter, unless I am otherwise ordered by superior military authority. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JNO. POPE, Major- General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE NORTHWEST, Milwaukee, May 8, 1865. Capt. Jos. MoO. BELL, Assistant Adjutant- General, Saint Louis, iWo.: CAPTAIN: The points suggested by General Pope, for a line of forts along the northern border of lowa and Dakota, April 10,1865, does not connect with the Minnesota line,and I shall direct General Sully to modify his positions accordingly, reporting for the generals approval. We must have a line from the settlement on Niobrara to Spirit Lake. The massacre in Blue Earth County, Miun., and the news of other hos- tile Sioux movements induce me to make a hasty visit to Saint Paul t Page 359 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 359 confer with General Sibley. General Sully is here urging his proposed expedition to the Black Hills, but I desire that his attention may be given first to these movements of the Sioux, which extend to his dis- trict on the frontiers of Iowa and Minnesota. I transmit a letter from General Sibley relating to the affair at Blue Earth River for the gen- erals information.* Yigorous efforts will be made to avoid the Indian forays which are named. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, S. H. CURTIS, ]liliajor- General. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, liiliay 8, 18651.40 p. m. Brigadier-General SIBLEY, & ~int Paul: I have just received a letter from Mr. unman, missionary, in regard to settling certain Sioux Indians on their old lands. If the Governor and people of Minnesota desire these Indians again to be located in contact with their frontier settlements and will themselves be respon- sible for the results, I will interpose no further ob~jectiorfs, though in my judgment it will not be wise to allow any Indian settlements inside the line of posts. The assent or request of the Governor must be made in writing. Answer. JNO. POPE, Major- General. SAINT PAUL, May 8, 1865. (Received 2.30 p. m. 9th.) Major-General POPE: GENERAL: Your dispatch received. Governor Miller is absent. I do not believe the people will consent to have Indians so near the frontier. Something shonld, however, be done for those who have remained faithful. Formidable raids occurred near Mankato. Troops are pur- suing the savages. H. H. SIBLEY, Brigadier- General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO, A3anta P6, N. Mew., May 8, 1865. ADJUTANT GENERAL OF THE ARMY, Washington, D. C.: GENERAL: I am anxious that some five or six of the principal chiefs of the Navajo Nation of Indians and some three or four of the principal men of the Mescalero Apache Indians from the 9,000 of these two peoples now upon the reservation at the Bosque Redondo, N. M ex., should go to Washington to see and talk with the President, the Sec- retary of War, and the Secretary of the Interior. They are very anxious themselves to go, and I am confident that for them to see our authorities and to see our country en route to the seat of government will have a beneficial result. I respectfully beg leave from the War I~ See Sibley to Curtis, May 4, Part I, p. 252 Page 360 360 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. Department to send them on under the charge of Capt. Henry B. Bristol, Fifth U. S. Infantry, who has for a long time been stationed iii their midst, has directed their labors, settled their little differences, has taken uncommon interest in their welfare and advancement, and whom they look upon with great affection and confidence. This can be done with but a trifling expense, as they can go to Leavenworth in public wagons. I trust the honorable Secretary will be pleased to know that they wish to see him and to take him by the hand. He cannot fail to have his feelings interested in their behalf once he has seen what intelligent and manly fellows they are. And once they know that the heads of the Government take an earnest interest in their welfare and are disposed to be generous to them and their people they will return satisfied and happy. I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JAMES H. CAI~LETON, Brigadier- General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO, & ~nta P6, N. lJfex., May 8, 1865. Col. CHRISTOPHER CARSON, First Cavalry New Mexico Volunteers, Taos, N. Miex.: COLONEL: I received last evening your note of the 6th instant, and inclose herewith the order for your mOvement.* In my opinion your consultations and influence with the Indians of the plains will stop the war. Be sure and move on the appointed day. I have full faith and confidence in your judgment and in your energy. To have a fine camp with ovens, a comfortable place for the sick, good store-rooms, some defenses thrown up to prevent surprise, pickets established at good points for observations, hay cut and hauled to feed nights, or in case the Indians crowd you, large and well-armed guards under an officer with the public animals when herding, promptness in getting into the saddle and in moving to help the trains; a disposition to move quick, each man with his little bag of flour, a little salt and sugar and coffee, and not hampered by packs; arms and equipments always in order; tattoo and reveille roll-calls invariably under arms, so that men shall have their arms on the last thing at night and in their hands the first thing in the morning; to have an inspection by the officers at tattoo and at reveille of the arms, and to see that the men are ready to fight, never to let this be omitted; to have if possible all detachments commanded by an officer, to report progress and events from time to timethese seem to be some of the essential points which of course you will keep in view. lf the Indians behave themselves, that is all the peace we want, and we shall not molest them. If they do not we will fight theni on sight and to the end. The war is over now, and if necessary 10,000 men can at once be put into the field against them. Tell them this. It is a short speech, but it covers all the ground. You know I dont believe much in smoking with Indians. When they fear us, they behave. They must be made to fear us or we can have no lasting peace. They must not think to stop the commerce of the plains, nor must they imagine that we are going to keep up escorts with trains. We do this now until we learn whether they wilIbehave or not. If they will not we will end the matter by a war which will remove any further neces * See Spet3ia[ Orders, No. 15, Department of New Mexico, ~iay 7, p. 344 Page 361 Ca4P. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 361 sity for escorts. Keep up discipline from the start and all the time. After you have established your camp and got matters in training, please report in full. Very respectfully and truly, JAMES II. CARLETON, Brigadier- General, Commanding. [MAY 9, 1865.For General Orders, No 87, War Department, Adju- tant-Generals Office, concerning engineer property and labor on field works, see Vol. XLVI, Part III, p. 1119.] [MAY 9,1865.For circular from War Department, Adjutant-Generals Office, authorizing the immediate muster out of all officers and soldiers whose term of service expires prior to May 31, 1865, see Vol. XLVI, Part III, p. 1118.] IIDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF WEST MISSIsSIpPI, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, New Orleans, La., May 9, 1865. Lieut. Col. C. T. CHRISTENSEN, Asst. Adjt. Gen., Military Division of West Mississippi: COLONEL: I have the honor to report that no information of impor- tance from the enemys lines has reached this office to-day. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, A. M. JACKSON, Major, Tenth U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery. (In absence of Capt. S. M. Eaton, chief signal officer, Military Division of West Mississippi.) IIDQRS. ARMY AND DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, Mobile, Ala., illay 9, 1865. The president and directors of the New Orleans, Jackson, and Great Northern Railroad Company will be put in possession of the offices, depots, locomotives, rolling-stock, and all other material and property pertaining to said road so far as it may be nuder the control of the U. S. military authorities within the limits of this command, and are author- ized to put the said road in working order, and to run under the regula- tious established by the said president and directors on such conditions as may be imposed by military authority. But this order will not be construed as barring any questions of private interests that may be involved in this property, or as barring or restraining any legal pro- ceedings that may be hereafter instituted against this company. E. R. S. CANBY, Major- General, Commanding. IIDQRS. ARMY AND DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, Mobile, Ala., May 9, 1865. Maj. Gen. GORDON GRANGER, Commamding Thirteenth Army Corps, Mobile, Ala.: GENERAL: The major-general commanding (lirects me to say to you that the expedition by sea mentioned to you before this, and intende Page 362 362 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. (CHAP. LX. to attack and take a fortified port of the Gulf, is to be ready for embar- kation on the 15th instant. The troops of Bentons and Andrews divisions of your command will sail first, taking, however, but two light batteries with them. The remaining material and General Veatchs division will follow as soon as the necessary transportation can be fur- nished and the troops on duty in and near Mobile can be relieved by others. The land transportation to be taken with the troops is limited to one wagon for every 200 men, and two ambulances for every 500 men, and one horse for each mounted officer. All other transportation is to be left behind and will come up with the remainder of your corps. The infantry is to be supplied with 100 rounds of ammunition per man, and the artillery with the full amount they can carry in their caissons and limber boxes. A reserve supply for 150 rounds for small-arms and artillery is required besides. General Totten, chief of ordnance, is apprised of these wants and has prepared for them. A sufficient num- ber of intrenching tools must be distributed within the commands to enable about 5,000 men to throw up a line of defensive works immedi- ately after they have been landed. The chief engineer, Major McAlester, has orders to provide for these tools and a large nnmber of sand-bags, & c., and will be ready to meet your requisitioiis; so will also the quar- termasters department in regard to water and land transportation, and all stores and materials which may be wanted during the sea voyage, the landing, and attack. Colonel llulTIsdill, chief commissary of sub- sistence, will be prepared in good season to supply the troops with field rations up to the last of this month. I am, general, with great respect, your obedient servant, P. JOS. OSTERIIAUS, Major-General and Chief of Staff. [Indorsement.l Filed; orders afterward countermanded verbally. GENERAL ORDERS, )~ IIDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE GULP, No. 54. 5 New Orleans, La., May 9, 1865. The draft having been suspended in this department in pursuance of an order from the Secretary of War, all persons not having been assigned to any regiment, who are detained under orders relating to the draft, will be released upon giving their personal recognizance to appear when called upon for duty. By command of Major-General Banks: J. SCIIUYLEIt CROSBY, Bvt. Lient. (Jol., Aide-de-Camp, and Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen. SPECIAL ORDERS, IIDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF TIlE GULF No. 122. 5 New Orleans, May 9, 1865. * * * * * * 2. The Eighty-first U. S. Colored Infantry, now at Port lludson, La., will report to Brig. Gen. T. W. Sherman, commanding Southern Division of Louisiana, for duty. ALL officers and enlisted men detached from the regiment, except by authority from these or superior head- quarters, will be at once ordered to rejoin their regiment. The quar- termasters department will furnish the necessary transportation. * * * * * * Page 363 Caip. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 363 5. The Eighty-seventh U. S. Colored Infantry upon its arrival from Brazos Santiago, Tex., Will proceed without delay to Port Hudson, La., and report for duty to Brig. Gen. Cyrus Hamlin, commanding post. The quartermasters department will furnish the necessary transporta- tion. By command of Major-General Banks: J. C. STONE, Captain and Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES, Plaquemine, La., JIlay 9, 1865. Maj. EDMUND C. BURT, Third Rhode Island Cay., Comdg. Detachment, Plaquemine, La.: SIR: Pursuant to instructions from headquarters La Fourche IDis- trict you are hereby directed to proceed with all your available force to Bayou Goula on a special reconnaissance, for the purpose of clearing that section of country of the guerrillas and jayhawkers with which it is said to be infested. You will make a written report to these head- quarters of your expedition immediately after returning to the post. Your attention is called to General Orders, iNo. 45, from headquarters l)efenses of New Orleans, dated at New Orleans, December 27, 1864, to which you will strictly conform in rendering your report. By order of Col. J. H. Sypher, commanding post: J. C. WHITING, JR., First Lieut. and Adjt. 11th U. S. Colored Heavy Arty. and Post Adjt. HEADQUARTERS LA FOURCHE DISTRICT, Brashear City, May 9, 1865. Maj. WICKUAM HOFFMAN, Asst. A~jt. Gen., South~ru Division of Louisiana, New Orleans: The train left last evening before your telegram was received. I do not know where to communicate with it, and hardly think it will be safe for it to return. The post commissary here reports 65,000 rations on hand. The ammunition on hand is as follows: 227 rounds per gun for 12-pounder light guns; 283 rounds per gun for 24-pounder guns; 220 rounds per gun for 30-pounder guns; 285 rounds per guu for 32-pounder guns; 224 rounds per gun for 42-pounder guns. There is some surplus shot for some calibers and some surplus powder for other calibers. The powder can be made over in an emergency should it arise before a supply arrives. Shot and shell enough should be sent to make up 400 rounds for the 12-pounder guns. There is a sufficient supply of grape and canister. I shall order the post commander to make out requisitions for the amount required and have them sent through by an officer on a hand-car. If I find in a few hours that there will be no train through to-day I will go to Tigerville, via Bayou Thinuf, on the Cornie, and make a personal inspection of the troops and bridges, taking with me five days rations for those stations and Bayou Louise which can be supplied by hand-car from Bayou Boi~uf. Will be able after a personal inspection to make further suggestions. I do not think it advisable under the present emergency to avail myself of the leave of absence granted me yesterday, but shall remain at my post. P~ A. CAMERON, Brigadier- General, Co~~~manding District Page 364 364 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF LA FOURCHE, Brashear City, La., ]Jiliay 9, 1865. Maj. W. HOFFMAN, Assistant Adjutant- General, Southern Division of Louisiana: I have just returned from Tigerville and the road east of there. I think there is no danger of the bridge at Tigerville or Bayou Bo~uf, but there is of the bridge at Bayou Ramis. But the greatest danger is in the swamp half a mile east of Tigerville. I ran up there and found the water Iiowing over the embankment and rails with great force for more than half a mile, cutting and washing the lower side of the track. The fall is now some eighteen inches and it is washing very fast. The water is still rising and I do not believe it possible for a train to pass over it with safety two days more. Captain Upham has 50,000 rations at Algiers, and I have telegraphed Mr. Johnson, master of transportation, to send them certainly in the morning. I have had the commanding officer send an officer to you with requisitions for ammu- nition. He started to-day, but cannot arrive until to-morrow. Jn the meanwhile Colonel Atkins, commanding the post, will telegraph to you the amount of the requisition, so it may be sure to be ready for the train day after to-morrow, if not by to-morrow. R. A. CAMERON, Brigadier- General of Volunteers, Commanding District. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, New Orleans, May 9, 1865. Maj. Gen. F. J. HERRON, Commanding: You will send as soon as practicable an infantry force to garrison Clinton, La., with orders to protect public and private property against any unlawful interference from whatever source. The selection of a well-disciplined organization, under an energetic and discreet com- mander, is suggested. Our troops must realize that under the new state of affairs the people of the South must necessarily look upon our armies as their sole protectors. Please advise these headquarters on departure of the command. The Eighty-first 111. 5. Colored Infantry, now at Port Hudson, is ordered to this city, and the Eighty-seventh ordered to replace it. By command of Major-General Banks: J. SCHUYLER CROSBY, Bvt. Lieut. Col., Aide-de-Camp, and Aetg. Asst. Adjt. Gen. BATON ROUGE, May 9, 1865. (Received 2 p. in.) Maj. Gen. N. P. BANKS: I have rumors from good rebel sources on the west side of the river that Jeff. Davis is now at Shreveport. This may, however, be a ruse to throw us off the watch. I have my small cavalry force occupying the ridge from Bayou Sara to Fort Adams watching closely for him. F. J. HERRON, Major- General Page 365 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 365 HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, New Orleans, May 9, 1865. Maj. Gen. F. J. HERRON, Commanding: Your telegram is received and contents noted about Davis. We learn from reliable sources that Jeff. Davis is in the vicinity of his plantation, or has been, and will attempt to cross there. Every exer- tion shonict be made to prevent it if possible. By command: J. SCHUYLER CROSBY, Acting Assistant Adjutant. General. BATON ROUGE, May 9, 1865. Maj. Gen. N. P. BANKS, Commanding Department of the Gulf, New Orleans: GENERAL: As the probabilities of Davis getting across the Missis. sippi and escaping into Mexico are strongly in his favor, I take the liberty of making a suggestion which I hope will not be considered officious on my part. You are aware that the Liberal party nuder Jnarez occupy Monterey, Piedras Negras, and all points on the Rio Grande down as far as Camargo. Near the latter place is General Certoria with 2,000 Liberal troops waiting for a favorable opportunity to capture Matamoras. I am now and have been in communication with him personally for some time. He states that the moment our forces occupy Matamoras this will give the Liberal party entire control of the Rio Grande. Their feeling and friendship for the United States Government is well known. It therefore seems to me that if we should occupy Brownsville at once thus, without the slightest violation of neu- trality, helping the Juarez party to secure the line of the Rio Grande, we could through the present extradition treaty secure Davis and such of his accomplices as escape into Mexico. I was in command for seven months on that frontier, and am confident Juarez and his officers would act with us in the most hearty manner. I am speaking confidentially for Certoria and the other officers on the Rio Grande, and know they would work as hard, if not harder, to secure Davis than our troops. It would require to occupy and hold Brownsville and the country up to Riuggold Barracks about one regiment of infantry and one of cavalry. My only excuse for venturing these suggestions is my great desire to see Davis and company captured and brought to justice. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, F. J. HERRON, Major- General. PINE BLUFF, ARK., May 9, 18651 p. m. Lieut. Col. JOHN LEVERING. Assistant Adjutant-General: The troops sent from Little Rock, Ark., by General Salomon were directed to land between the mouth of Bayou Meto, and operate between that stream and White River. A co-operating force of 170 cavalry under Major Davis was sent from this post to scour the country between Bayou Meto and the Arkansas River. POWELL CLAYTON, Brigadier General, Commanding Page 366 366 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. PINE BLUFF, ARK., ]Yliay 9, 1865. Brevet Major-General SALolVEoN: I sent the troops from Little Rock below the mouth of Bayou Meto, with instructions to scout the country betweeu that stream and White River. At the same time I had a cavalry command from this post, 170 men, cross the Arkansas with orders to scour the country between the Arkansas and Bayou Meto. I think this is the best disposition that could be made and hope it will be productive of good results. POWELL CLAYTON, Brigadier- General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, Jilay 9, 1865. Lieutenant-General GRANT, General-in- Chief: Your telegram concerning location of friendly Sioux at Red Wing received and fully answered by mail to-day. JNO. POPE, llifajor. General. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, Mo., ]liliay 9, 1865. Lient. Gen. U. S. GRANT, General-in- Chief, U. S. Army: GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt this morning of your telegram of yesterdays date, asking me to state my objections to friendly Sioux Indians being located at Red Wing. The dreadful massacres of 1862 and the continued hostility of the great mass of the Sioux bands have so exasperated the people of Minnesota that I do not believe that the life of any Indian would be safe from the frontier set- tlers if he came within their reach. The attempt to bring back to their reservations and settle immediately in contact with the frontier settle- ments of Minnesota any Sioux Indians whatever would, I am certain, create the profoundest anxiety and alarm, and would certainly lead to hostile acts against the Indians, which, being resented and revenged, would very soon plunge us again into an Indian war, if, indeed, such a war were not again preceded by extensive massacres. It is impossible for Indians and white men to live in contact on the frontier without con- stant danger of hostilities. Surely the history of our Indian affairs for the last twenty-five years has made this fact very plain. The massacres of 1862 and the war with Indians since have involved nearly the entire Sioux Nation. By these acts they have themselves voluntarily forfeited all claims under former treaties, and we have it now in our power to manage matters so that there will be comparatively little danger of such massacres as have hitherto marked our Indian relations. I have estab- lished a line of military posts (small posts mostly) beginning at Fort Abercrombie on the east and extending entirely around the frontier set- tlements of Minnesota to Spirit Lake and thence across the Missouri River at Fort Pierre. This line of posts is far outside of the extreme frontier settlements. I have invited all friendly Sioux to locate in the vicinity of any of these posts, to occupy as much land as they please, and have furnished them with the means to put in crops. No white man, except religious instructors or military officers, is permitted to go amon Page 367 CHiP. LX.1 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 367 them. All persons duly authorized to trade with them are required to locate their trading houses at one of the military posts and be super- vised by military authority in their trading transactions. A wide reach of country is placed between these Indians and the frontier settlements aild they are placed in that relation to the military forces which insures them protection both against white and red rascals or enemies. I hope gradually thus to assemble most of the bands of hostile Sioux along this chain of posts, securing them land in the neighborhood to culti- vate and the wide prairies beyond for hunting grounds. Thus kept separated from white men and expecting nothing from the General Gov- ernment as the price of peaceful conduct except kind treatment, I hope to keep them in peace both with whites and Indians. I transmit inclosed my orders on this subject, and would also invite your attention to my letter to the Secretary of War coTicerning the whole subject of our Indian affairs, published in the Army and Navy Gazette of April 26, 1864.* Your own experience on the frontier will, I am sure, fully confirm all that is therein stated. A settlement of the Sioux Indians where it is proposed by the Rev. Mr. human, missionary, again makes a nucleus in the immediate vicinity of the frontier settlements for the reassembling of nearly the entire Sioux tribes and the recommencement of quarrels, bickerings, stealing, and outrage which will sarely lead to another Indian outbreak. It is my firm belief that by permitting this settlement to be made at Red Wing we are simply laying the foundation of another Indian massacre, if, indeed, the Indians themselves be not massacred in advance of the whites. It is my purpose to keep the two races separated by a line of soldiers and by broad extents of country. In this way I hope to secure peace. The scheme of Rev. Mr. un- man, if carried out, destroys, in my opinion, all hope of securing the satisfactory result now within our reach. I wrote to General Sibley some days since, informing him that although my objections to Mr. unmans project were not in any manner modified, yet if the Governor and people of Minnesota desired or would consent to such a settlement as is suggested I would reconsider the matter. I am sure you will find the stror gest opposition to this scheme almost universally manifested by the people of Minnesota, and this opposition of itself would be suf- ficient to bring it to naught. Both for the sake of the Indian and the white man and for the best interests of the Government, I recommend that no such scheme be put into execution and no orders given requir- ing me to change or greatly modify a policy which has already led to good results and which depends upon its permanency for any success at all. I send inclosed a printed letter on this subject from Hon. J. R. Brown, of Minnesota. He has lived in that region of country for forty years, most of the time amongst Indians, and is the best authority on the subject that I know of. I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JNO. POPE, Major- General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIvISIoN 013 THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, Mo., May 9, 1865. Rear-Admiral S. P. LEE, Commanding Mississippi Squadron: ADAIRAL: I have the honor to request that you will send two or three light-draft tin-dads to operate a month or two on the Missouri *See Pope to Stanton, Vol. XXXIV, Part II, p. 259 Page 368 368 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. rcEAP. LX. River. Large numbers of deserters and bushwhackers in considerable parties are returning from the rebel armies to Missouri, and it is desir- able that none of them be permitted to cross to the north side of the Missouri River. All precautions possible have been taken by the land forces in the State, but the services of two or three gun-boats of the character mentioned would be invaluable in patrolling the river, destroy- ing all rafts, flats, skiffs, & c., except at authorized places of crossing and in intercepting parties of the enemy attempting in any ma,~nner to cross the river. If you can send the boats asked for their commanders had best communicate fully with General Dodge, commanding Depart- ment of the Missoari, who can keep them advised of the position and orders of the land forces and can give theiu intelligence of the approach of parties of the enemy coming from the south toward the river. Will you please advise me at your earliest convenience whether you will be able to comply with this request? I am, admiral, respectfully, your obedient servant, JNO. POPE, Major- General, Commanding. SPECIAL ORDERS, llnQus. DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, No. ill. Little Rock, Ark., May 9, 1865. * * * * * * * 2. The Eighteenth Illinois Infantry Yohrnteers is hereby assigned to duty with the First Brigade, First Division, Seventh Army Corps, and will report to Bvt. Maj. Gen. F. Salomon, commanding division, without delay. * * * * * * * By command of Maj. Gen. J. J. Reynolds: JOHN LEVERING, Assistant Adjutant- General. IIDQRS. THIRD DIVISION, SEVENTH ARMY CORPS, Fort smith, Ark., May 9, 1865. Col. JOHN LEVERING, Assistant Adjutant- General, Department of Arkansas: SIR: Your letter informing me that the general commanding had approved Colonel Harrisons (First Arkansas Cavalry) colony system, and the issue of provisions to the same, is just received. Permit me to state that these colonies are not formed by the people, but by Colonel Harrison, who has virtually driven the people from their homes to these colonies. The people are very much opposed to the manner in which these colonies are organized, and hundreds of them have appealed to me for relief, stating that they did not want to leavb their homes, where they were able to live without assistance from the Government. At a public meeting in Fayetteville Major Worthington, now dead, declared in a speech that any man who did not go into these colonies would be shot and have his house burned, & c. Colonel Harrison was present at this meeting, and did not correct the impres- sion which went outthat every man must go into the colonies or be considered a bushwhacker. I have no confidence in any home-guard organization which is compulsory. lf the people are oppressed, as Page 369 CHAP. LX.] CO1?T?ES~PONDENCE, ETOTTNTON. 369 believe they are, they will accomplish no good and their famijies will starve. I have carefully investigated the facts, and have the testi- mony of nearly all the officers of the First Arkansas Cavalry, aiid many citizens who are vouched for as loyal men, and they all express the same view of the subject. I have every reason to believe that Colonel Harrison is organizing these colonies for the purpose of con- trolling the vote of seven counties to elect him to Congress next fall. He was a candidate two years since and will be again. He has issued full rations to what he styles militia of Arkansas, men who are enrolled as your militia at Little Rock are. This includes all home colonies or labor organizations, and I assure you there is no necessity for it, as I have abundant evidence to prove. In fact, many parties who were enrolled were too proud to take the ration, but it was issued to the sergeant and disposed of no doubt for private gain. Colonel Harrison has been over two years at Fayetteville, and I am convinced he has been there too long. An immense steam tannery has been carried on up there at Government expense, and the leather when manufactured has been sold to citizens. I am having this matter investigated. There is no rebel force in Northwest Arkansas. Colonel Harrison wrote to the Treasury Department at Little Rock a few days since urging that a large amount of goods be permitted to [sic] Fay- etteville (which I have evidence to believe he is interested in), and stating as a reason that the people were nearly all loyal, and that an officer in full uniform could ride over seven counties alone without danger. If this be true the people can organize near their homes for their own protection, when they know that eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. I believe I have examined this subject with impar- tiality, and have had these views forced upon me by the overwhelming testimony of those who are acquainted with the facts. You will doubtless remember that I wrote you two or three letters in March speaking favorably of Colonel Harrisons colonies. At that time I had heard nothing of them except his letters. I have directed Colonel Harrison to permit the people to organize colonies, but not to inter- fere to compel them, and to encourage them in every possible manner, but to stop the issue of rations to the militia. Colonel Harrison should have forwarded his communications through this office, as he expected they would be presented to department headquarters, where he hoped, by the assistance of Governor Murphy, to have his policy approved. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, CYRUS BUSSEY, Brigadier- General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS, Rolla, May 9, 186511 a. m. Major-General DODGE: Lieutenant-Colonel King, of the Thirteenth Missouri Cavalry, with five squadrons, left here early this morning. Will be in the vicinity of Liun Creek to-night. I have ordered Major Tarley from Waynesville with forty men to report to Colonel King at that point. All quiet here. JOHN MORRILL, Colonel. 24 u RYOL XLVIII, PT I Page 370 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. 370 HFJADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOuRI, May 9, 186510.10 a. m. Colonel HARDING, Warrensburg: Give such instructions to companies at Jefferson City arid below as will secure all the rafts and skiffs on the river, in accordance with my order. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE Missounl, May 9, 186510.1 0 p. m. Colonel HARDING, Warrensburg: The six companies from IRolla cannot report to you; they are sent o to sweep the Osage. I must keep them in striking distance of Rolla district. G. N. DODGE, Major- General. WARRENSBURG, Mo., May 9, 1865. Col. CHESTER HARDING, Jr., or Capt. C. G. LAURANT: DEAR SIR: If it is the purpose to place the troops on line of road that are on their way up on train, it would be better to let 100 stay with the train that is laying iron. We have a large amount of supplies on this train. Also 100 at Holden, 100 at Kingsville, 150 at Duncans Branch, and so on to Pleasant Hill. Infantry are better for this pur- pose than cavalry. I think with this arrangement we could go on with the work rapidly. Pardon me, sir, for the liberty I take in suggesting this to you, but if I do not get protection for our workmen, and that soon, we will lose them all. Yours, respectfully, D. R. GARRISON, Vice-President Pacific Railroad and & tjpt. of Construction. LEXINGTON, Mo., May 9, 1865. Colonel HARDING: Clement, commanding Amlersons guerrillas, was on the Columbus road ten miles out last night. He sent me a letter this morning making threats of retaliation if his friends were hurt, and that he would treat all men who were reported for militia duty as public enemies. He has divided his command of over 100 men into two parties. One has gone east. Cy. Porter was fourteen miles out on the Salt Pond road. He has over 100 men. He was with Clement and Anderson at Holden, but his men claim to have taken no part in the outrage committed there. From all reports, and I am glad to say they are plenty, there are over 200 bushwhackerS in the country. I have not a mounted available man here, except those men from Wyckoff. Before I knew of this increase I had sent them out in parties so small that there is danger of their being taken in detail. I would earnestly urge the necessity of at once sendin Page 371 CHAP. LXJ CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 371 a sufficient cavalry force to this section to effectually hunt them down. I think their intention is to cross the river. They report other parties coming in this direction. We wilJ have to fight it out on the Missouri River. Thomas Woodson has gone into Sabine with as many as twenPy- five men. All these men left Texas together about the 18th of A.pril. Men in Porters command said they knew nothing of Johnstons sur- render until last week. They did not expect to find the people so changed, and that a large portion of them are anxious to give them- selves up if they can be treated as prisoners of war. They do iiot speak for Andersons men. David Pool said to citizens that he would surren- der on the same terms. Citizens think if terms would be granted them a large portion of them would give themselves up. What should I do in case they make formal overtures ~ Please let me know if you can send me cavalry. B. K. DAVIS, Major, Commanding. WARRENSBURG Mo Maj. B. K. DAVIS, , ., May 9, 1865. Lexington: Tell Colonel Harding that 200 guerrillas are reported in the vicinity of ilolden. The infantry regiment to arrive to-night will be sent to flolden. Captain Donohne reported from Longwood, Pettis County, that he was in pursuit of a band of gnerrillas traveling northeast from that place at 7 oclock last night. Have you any report that Coloitel Hardings escort was attacked on the road ~ C. G. LAURANT, Assistant Adjuta.nt- General. SEDALIA, Mo., May 9, 1865. Captain LAURANT: The following just received: Captain HAMILTON, LONG-WOOD, May 8, l865~p. m. Sedalia: I just returned from scout out north. Did not find anything. Rebels followed after me, about twelve miles behind. I did not hear of them until I returned to camp. I started in pursuit immediately. They went noirtheast. H. C. DONOHUE, Oaptain. W. B. HAMILTON, Gapta~m. SEDALIA, Mo., May 9, 1865. Captain LAUHANT: My scouts have just returned. Found no enemy. Just received dis- patch from Captain Donohue. He had just returned to Longwood. Found no enemy. Learned since he came back that they were follow- ing him. He was going for them. He did not state how many there were. This I learn by a dispatch from Captain Donohue. W. B. HAMILTON, Captain Page 372 [CHAP. LX. 372 LOUISIANA AND TIlE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT oa~ SOUTHWEST MISSOURI, $jpringfteld, ]Jlio., May 9, 1865. Major-General DODGE, & tint Louis: Your dispatch is received. I am getting all the mounted troops into the field that I poSsibly can. No band has gone through this district, except that one of thirty about a mouth since, that has now been broken up and nearly destroyed, and that one had three men killed in Vernon County. Our drovers from here who have spent the winter in Saline and Cooper Counties say that quite a large number of these men have spent the winter there, and many have gone up through the Nation and along the Kansas border. This I am trying to stop. JOHN B. SANBORN, Brigadier- General, Commanding. SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. P1ST. OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI, No. 119. Springfield, Mo., May 9, 1865. * * * * * * * 2. Col. John D. Allen, commanding Fifteenth Missouri Cavalry Yol- unteers, will immediately upon receipt of this order organize a detaeh- ment of 100 mounted men, properly officered, to operate continually in the field until further orders, in the border counties, the Indian Nation, and Kansas. The commanding officer will be instructed to move and operate with the sole view of striking and destroying all bands of guerrillas and rebels moving north or traversing the country in any direction. Rations will be forwarded foi~ Colonel Allen to this command from time to time as they may be needed. The commanding officer will move to such positions and cover such country as will be most likely to be traversed by the rebel bands moving. In organizing this detach- merit no post will be reduced below or~e-half of its present force. * * * * * * * By order of Brigadier-General Sanborn: WM. T. KITTREDGE, Assistant Adjutant- General. MACOT~, May 9, 1865. General DODGE, Saint Louis: Captain Shapley, Seventeenth Illinois Cavalry, returned from a scout in Boone and Callaway last night, and reports the country pretty thoroughly invested by the bushwhackers. The organization of corn- panies under General Orders, No.3, has been much retarded by our not having the line officers required by General Orders, No. 28, to superin- tend the recruiting. If 500 cavalry soldiers could be sent into the dis- trict for a months or six weeks service it would lift us out of trouble and save us hard work in latter part of summer. Will send 100 men of the Ninth Cavalry down into Callaway County. W. T. CLARKE, Assistant Adjutant-General Page 373 Ciw~. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 373 HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMFANT OF THE MISSOURI, May 9, 186510.10 p. m. Capt. W. T. CLARKE, Assistant Adjutant- General, Macon: I have no ca~valry to send you. The local companies must take care of North Missouri. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. SPECIAL ORDERS, ~ HDQRS. DISTRICT OF NORTH MISSOURI, No. 95. * Macon, Mo., May 9, 1865. * * * * * * 3. Capt. John D. Meredith, Company D, Thirty-ninth Infantry Mis- souri Volunteers, is hereby assigned to the temporary command of the post and Sub-District of Macon, relieving Capt. W. T. Hunter, Com- pany M, Third Cavalry Missouri State Militia, whose term of service has expired. * * * * * * * By order of Brig. Gen. C. B. Fisk: W. T. CLARKE, Assistant Adjutant-General. WARRENTON, May 9, 1865. General FISK: It is telegraphed to me that twenty-two bushwhackers in Montgom- ery County captured seven of the Danville soldiers and killed two. No particulars. 1 have sent Lieutenant Ford and twenty men to Dan- ville to look after them. S. W. HOPKINS, Captain, & c. FORT SCOTT, May 9, 1865. General R. B. MITCHELL, Fort Leavenworth: Henry Taylors command of bushwhackers have broken up into small squads and scattered. The balance have all gone north. They crossed the Osage River near Papinsville, Mo., and Grand River near the east line of Bates County, Mo. My troops followed their trail that far. They claimed to be Shelbys men and committed but few depreda- tions, seeming to be anxious to get through the country as quietly as possible. C. W. BLAIR, Colonel. JULESEURG, CoLo. TER., May 9, 1865. Brig. Gen. P. E. CONNOR, Omaha, Nebr. Ter.: The following dispatch received to-day from Colonel Moonlight: PJATTE BRIDGE, May 8, 1865. The scout sent by Laramie Peak got in last night. Searched thoroughly. Found no enemy. Am satisfied that Cheyennes are north and west of this. More depred Page 374 (CHAP. LX. 374 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. tions committed between South Pass and this place. Have positive information that a large village of Uheyennes are on Wind River and Big Horn, and operating on this line from there. Have concentrated my available force with eight days rations in saddle-bags and two on pack-mules. Will strike that village by rapid night marches and while this moon lasts. Will try and cut through on return by Rocky Ridge, picking up stragglers and thieves. T. MOONLIGHT. GEO. F. PRICE, Acting Assistant Adjutant- General. IIEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO, & tnta EJ, N. Mex., May 9, 1865. ADJUTANT-GENERAL, U. S. ARMY, Washington, D. C.: GENERAL: I have the honor to inclose, marked I, II, III, a commu- nication, with inclosures, from Capt. David II. Brotherton, Fifth U. S. Infantry, commanding at Franklin, in Texas, and also to inclose for your information my reply to Captain Brotherton. This is marked IV. It is with reluctance that I call your attention so many times to the exposed condition of this department. The Indian hostilities upon the plains and in other portions of this widely extended Territory require more troops than are here properly and speedily to bring them to a successful and permanent issue. 1f superadded to these troubles, the Territory is to be menaced by large bands of lawless ruffians, who will flee from the great theater of the war to portions of the country so sparsely settled as to offer but a feeble resistance to their efforts at robbery and bloodshed, you will admit that such portions, and New Mexico is one of them, should have timely and efficient succor and protection. This subject demands your serious attention now. The season will soon be too late for troops to cross the plains and arrive in this country without their animals breaking down. Subsistence stores and other supplies for at least 2,500 more troops will be in depot when our estimates are met, so that no more such stores need be sent this year, even though the force should be increased to that limited and reasonable extent. Two regiments of infantry and one of cavalry should, in my humble judgment, be ordered at once into New Mexico to meet the pressing demands of the service, and to occupy proper points along the frontiers of Texas and Mexico, which adjoin this department. I am, general, very respectfully, JAMES H. CARLETON, Brigadier- General, Commanding. (Inclosure T.] HEADQUARTERS, Franklin, Tex., May 3, 1865. ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, DEPT. OF NEW MExIco, Santa FJ, N. Mex.: SIR: I have the honor to forward herewith a statement made to me by a Texan refugee this afternoon. His party, consisting of nineteen men, came from Johnson County, Tex.; struck the Pecos about forty miles below the mouth of Delaware Creek; from thence in by the South Pass, Guadalupe Mountains, Huecca Tanks, & c. (Popes route). The statement that he has made I think has some foundation. I shall disarm all small parties coming in, and will endeavor to keep informe Page 375 CHiI~. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 375 if any large parties are on the roads by keeping scouting parties in the direction of the Pecos and Fort Davis. A majority of the horses of Captain Nichols company are in such condition as to be almost totally unfit for a scout of any length. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, D. II. BROTIIERTON, Captain, F~fth U. ~. Infantry, Commanding. [Inclosure II.] & atement of William J. Davis. HEADQUARTERS, Franklin, Tex., ]JIay 3, 1865. I was born in La Fayette [Fayette] County, Ala.; came from John- son County, Tex. (Alvarado town); left there on the 3d of April last. I have been in the Confederate service as a soldier. I entered it the 13th of June, 1862, Colonel Bass regiment, afterward consolidated in Major Johnsons battalion. I left the Confederate service the 19th of last February, on furlough to the 25th day of March. I served prin- cipally in the Indian Nation and in Arkansas. I left Texas and the service of the Confederates because I did not like the cause I was fighting in; was opposed to it froni the commencement. Nineteen of us left together; held a council in the Cross-Timber and left. Thee of us came in ahead this morning; the rest we left this side of the iluecca Tanks. I have taken the oath of allegiance, administered to me this morning, because I wish to see peace again and the Govern- ment restored, and to live once more under the Stars and Stripes. Judge Baird, a former resident of this Territory, and another man are raising a force to come to New Mexico. Baird, in the first place, had an order from Henry McCulloch, brigadier-general, to raise a battalion of Confederate troops to range in the direction of New Mexico. Various reports among the peoplewas said they were going to El Paso, Santa F6, & c. It was to be a marauding party, of course. When I left had nine full (eighty-four men) companies. They had come in to the various camps near Gainesville, Cooke County, and Fort Belkuap. I was told by a clerk in the quartermasters department connected with the expedition that they would probably get two full regiments, as the men were coming in by hundreds. This clerk was a connection of a brother-in-law of mine. I do not recollect his name. These companies were composed of all sorts of meubushwhackers, some of Quantrills and Andersons bushwhackers, & c. The impression that prevailed among the men was that they were coming out here for the purpose of again coming into the Federal Government, taking the oath of allegiance, & c. The real object was not known, but I believe its object is to overrun, if they can, this country. They were to start about the beginning of this n~onth (May), as soon as the grass became good. They were to take the direct route west from Belkuap. The Confederate authorities tried to force these men down from Hempstead, in Austin County, where the Confederate depot had been established, to get them into the rebel service. They went, I think, about 100 miles~ then refused to go any farther, and were ordered back to Gainesville. This force was well mounted, but I dont think they had a sufficiency of arms. I was thirty days in traveling from Johnson County to this point, averaging twenty miles per day. The route we traveled was bad on account of water and grass, and I dont believe large bodies of troops could travel it. There was a party of twenty-five men started for this countr Page 376 376 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. before we did; in fact, we were to come together. I have not heard anything about them since we started. They were guided by a man named Frank Martin, who said he had been in New Mexico last fall, and had gone back to Texas again last fall. It was said he knew the route. I think he came here as a refugee and took the oath of allegiance last fall. My only purpose in leaving Texas was to get where Federal rule was; to get to Missonri and get my family out of Texas. This statement was sworn to before me this 3d of May, 1865. B. II. BROTHERTON, Captain, Fifth U. S. Infantry, Commanding. [Inclosure III.] INSPECTOR-GENERAL~S DEPT., DEPT. OF NEW MEXICO, Las Cruces, N. Hex., May 4, 1865. Capt. D. II. BROTHERTON, Commanding, Franklin, fliex.: CAPTAIN: Your express has arrived. Your communications to depart- meiit headquarters, under cover to me, have been read. They will go hence to Craig by special express, as you request. You are authorized, and I suggest it as advisable, to employ from one to three secret police or spies, to inform you of the approach of any suspicious persons or organized forces, or of their presence in or near El Paso. I do not apprehend the invasion of this Territory by a Confederate force, but a lawless body of men may attempt a raid for mischief and plnnder in their desperation. The prefect of El Paso can aid you by convincing him it is for your mutual interests to act together in this matter. By order of General Carleton: I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, N. II. DAYJS, Assistant Inspector- General, U. S. Army. [Inolosure IV.] HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO, Santa P6, N. Hex., May 9, 1865. Capt. DAVID II. BROTHERTON, Commanding at Franklin, Tex.: CAPTAIN: I have had the honor to receive your letter of the 3d instant covering a statement of William J. Davis, a Texan refugee, with reference to the assembling of an armed party near Gainesville and Fort Belknap, in Texas, having in view the making of a marauding expedi- tion into New Mexico, under the leadership of one Spruce M. Baird, who was formerly a lawyer in this Territory. When Davis left Texas neither Richmond nor Mobile had fallen, nor had Lee aiid Johnston and Mosby surrendered, nor had the quasi Confederate Government dissolved and scattered. So that what those men proposed to do under what they claimed as a Government having armies, a political organization, and a flag (not recognized by us it is true, except to consider the land and naval forces of that quasi Government as belligerents in order that the war might be conducted according to the rules of civilized warfare) they could not now perform without putting themselves in the position of freebooters and pirates, for they represent no political nationality and can now march under not even the flag of the so-called Confederate States. Therefore, as those men, wherever found, must be considered asoutlaws,robbers,andhighwaymen,whichfacttheythemselveswil Page 377 Ca& r. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 377 know as soon as they learn the success of our cause, it is hardly pos- sible that they will wish to continue in a career which can have nothing in prospect but a halter. I shall leave Santa F6 for Franklin as soon as the next eastern mail comes in, which will doubtless be by next Sat- urday, allowing me to start the following MouL~y But until my arrival, when this matter will be more fully considered, you will send out spies, as suggested by Jnspector~General Davis, and get all the informa- tion you can. In case you find such a body approaching you will send an officer with a flag into their camp and give them formal notice of the great changes which have just taken place and warn them of the con- sequences which will follow the further prosecution of hostile demon- strations against the troops or people of the United States. You will require them to desist in their enterprise and to return to their homes. All armed men coming from Texas you will disarm. Their arms thus taken will be held until further orders, and care will be taken to have them carefully labeled and described so that the men may receive them again at a fitting season. Respectfully, your obedieiit servant, JAMES H. CARLETON, Brigadier- General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS, Fort Craig, N. ]JIex., ]JJiay 9, 1865. Brig. Gen. JAMES II. CARLETON, Santa P6, N. ]Jfex.: GENERAL: It is my melancholy duty to report that a serious accident occurred here yesterday afternoon. After much labor we succeeded in getting a good, substantial rope across the river just below the post, and had commenced crossing Company F, First New Mexico Volunteers, Lieut. George II. Pettis commanding. The company had successfully crossed, together with Lieutenant Pettis family, when, on the second trip of the boat, she sank forward and went down. On board were Capt. D. B. ilaskell. First Veteran Infantry California Volunteers; Lieut. John S. Crouch, same regiment; Lient. A. B. Johnston, acting commissary of subsistence; Mr. John Hubbell, brother of Judge Hub- bell; Doctor Strachn, of Albuquerque; Wagon-Master John Mull, from Albuquerque, and a number of the men and laundresses of Company F, First New Mexico Volunteers. Captain Haskell, Mr. John Hubbell, and sonic eight men of Company F, First New Mexico Volunteers, were drowned. I have not been able to obtain the names of the men lost from eompany F, for the reason that many were sent down to the bank of the river to assist or find the bodies. Lieutenant Johnston was res- cued by three brave fellows of Company F, who swam to his assistance and supported him until rescued. Captain Haskell was an expert swim- mer, but was lost. He probably was injured by being washed over the mules that were struggling in the water. I deeply deplore Captain Haskells loss. He was a high-minded, energetic, and valuable officer. His loss is a seriou.s one to his regiment. None of the bodies have as yet been found, though I have had most of my command searching for them since the accident. The mules attached to the wagon were all drowned. The river is still rising, and I fear will inundate most of the valley now planted. The boat has been raised, but it is useless against the strong current (loaded) uRless rebuilt entirely. If it were possibl Page 378 378 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [OnAP. LX. to procure a couple of good carpenters we might build a boat that would at all times be safe. The lives of these men lost cautions us to supply safe boats in the future. I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, EDWIN A. RIGG, Liout. Gol. First Veteran Infantry California Volunteers, Comdg. FORT SUMNER, N. MEX., May 9, 1865. Lient. B. TAYLOR, Jr Fifth U. S. Infantry, Post Adjutant: SIR: I have the honor to report for the information of the major com- manding that at the last count of the Navajoes on the reservation, made the 30th day of April, 1865, it showed a loss of about 900 Indians. Upon inquiring among the chiefs I am informed that a great many poor and sick families have left the Bosque, the former to herd sheep for Mexicans, who are herding their stock on the Llano Estacado, in the vicinity of the Alamo Gordo and at and aronud the many water holes between this and the Rio Colorado. The sick have gone to regain their strength and health. Many yet remain who complain of constipation, headache, and fevers. I am of the opinion that many deaths have occurred that have not been reported. The sickness generally is among the grown np and aged. Many of the Navajoes express dissatisfaction at not being allowed to plant on the west side of the Aceqnia Madre, but the feeling, I think, is fast being lost, as they have already commenced to plant upon their own accord in many places and are making new aceqnias. I wonld respectfully reqnest that a mounted~detail in charge of an officer be sent to visit the Indians off the reservation and order them back to their homes at once, ~nd that the Navajoes in camp at or near the Alamo Gordo who have done no work on the reservation be directed to go to cut wood with Lientenant Foxs party at the Cedar Springs. In conclusion, I would state that the number of spurious tickets are increasing and that they are so handsomely executed as to be undistinguishable. Three hundred of these tickets are among the genuines and are so much alike and the same that Mr. Edgar is unable to throw them out. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, H. B. BRISTOL, Captain, Fifth Infantry. HEADQUARTERS, Fort Sumner~ N Mex., May 9, 1865. Capt. EMIL FRITZ, First California Cavalry: CAPTAIN: I am informed by Capt. H. B. Bristol, Fifth U. S. Infantry, now superintending the Navajo lndians, that a great many of that tribe are at present absent from this reservation. Orders have this day been issued directing you to proceed and send to this reservation all the Indians found at Large between this post and the settlements. Visit the different herds as you pass along, and on your return see the Indians who have their herds near the Alamo Gordo. These latter have done no labor on the farm this season. They must either go and cut wood with Lieutenant Foxs party or return at once and assist on the farm. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, WM. MoCLEAVE, Major, First California Cavalry, Commanding Page 379 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 379 HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, New Orleans, La., May 10, 1865. Lient. Col. C. T. CHRISTENSEN, A~st. Adjt. Gen., Military Division of West Mississippi: COLONEL: I have the honor to report that no information of impor- tance from the enemys lines has reached this office to-day. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, A. M. JACKSON, Major, Tenth U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery. (In absence of Capt. S. M. Eaton, chief signal officer, MilitaryDivision of West Mississippi.) IIDQRS. ARMY AND DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, Mobile, Ala., May 10, 1865. Lient. Col. C. G. SAWTELLE, Chief Quartermaster, Army and Division of West Mississippi: I am instructed by M ajor-General Osterhaus to state for your infor- mation that from reports received from Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger the troops of his corps destined to be shipped from this port will number 13,000 men. Besides these troops two engineer regiments, under com- mand of Colonel Cobb, will also be shipped, making the whole number about 14,000 men or more. Very respectfully, sir, your obedient servant, ALFRED FREDBERG, Captain and Acting Assistant Adjutant- General. IIDQRS. ARMY AND DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, Mobile, Ala., May 10, 1865. Col. J. C. COnE, Commanding Engineer Brigade, Mobile, Ala.: COLONEL: I am directed by the major-general commanding to inform you that your brigade has been designated for service with an expedi- tion that will leave this place by sea about the 15th instant, and to request that you will call upon Major-General Osterhaus, chief of staff at these headquarters to-morrow (Thursday) morning at 10 oclock for detailed instructions. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, C. T. CHRISTENSEN, Lieutenant- Colonel and Assistant Adjutant- General. SPECIAL ORDERS, ~ WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERALS OFFICE, No. 219. * 5 Washington, May 10, 1865. * * * * * * 5. The leave of absence granted Brig. Gen. T. J. MeKean, U. S. Vol- unteers, by Special Orders, No. 99, ApriL 13, 1865, from headquarters Department of the Gulf, is hereby extended twenty days. On the expiration of his leave of absence he will report in person to the com- manding general. Military Division of the Missouri for assignment to duty. * * * * * * * By order of the Secretary of War: B. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant- General Page 380 380 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, New Orleans, May 10, 1865. Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War: SIR: Maj. Gen. F. J. ilerron entered upon service in this department July 26, 1863, in command of the Second Division, Thirteenth Army Corps. During the campaign in Texas he was placed in command of the forces on the Rio Grande until July, 1864, when he assumed com- mand of the Districts of Baton Rouge and Port Hudson, and is now in commaiid of the Military Division of Northern Louisiana. He is an officer of energy and capacity, has distinguished himself in the service in which he has been engaged. His commands have always been effi- cient and prepared for service. His administration in the districts he has commanded has been efficient and satisfactory. On the Rio Grande he maintained the interests of our Government with great fidelity, and without in any respect complicating us with Mexico. He has been a most patriotic and faithful officer, and merits, as I hope he will receive, the approval of the Government for his valuable labors here as in other military departments. I have the honor to be, with high respect, your obedient servant, N. P. BANKS, Major- General, Commanding. GENERAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, No. 55. 5 New Orleans, May 10, 1865. All ferry-boats, skiffs, fiat-boats, wood-boats, and all means of cross- ing the Mississippi River, will be immediately taken possession of by the military authorities between Carrollton and Red River Landing, and no person will be allowed to cross the river at any intermediate point without the necessary military permit, except on the boats designated and controlled by proper military authority, and at such points as the military commander of the division may designate, who will place proper officers and troops at these points to give proper passes and fur- nish guards for the boats. All owners of boats of any description on the Mississippi River between the points designated will take their boats to the nearest military post and deliver them up to the proper military commander or provost-marshal and take receipts therefor, and the said boats will be held under guard until further orders from these headquarters. Any person detected in using any boat or raft contrary to the provisions of this order, or any person caught attempting to cross the river, except at such points as designated by the division commander, will be immediately arrested and confined and these head- quarters notified of the circumstances of the case. No steam-boat will be allowed to tie up at night within the limits of tl~e provisions of this order, except at regular military posts. The commanding officers of the Ilorthern and Southern Divisions of Louisiana are charged with the immediate execqition of this order. By command of Major-General Banks: J. SCHUYLER CROSBY, Bvt. Lient. Col., Aide-de-Gamp, and Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen Page 381 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 381 HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, New Orleans, lIllay 10, 1865. Maj. Gen. P. J. OSTERHAUS, Chief of Staff, Headquarters Army and Division of West Mississippi, Mobile, Ala.: GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your com- munication of the 5th instant, directing that an infantry force under a discreet and energetic commander be sent to garrison Clinton, La. The Seventh Kentucky Veteran Volunteers and the Second Louisiana Infantry, numbering about 800 in all, under command of Colonel Mon- roe, of the Seventh Kentucky, will move from Baton iRouge to-day to occupy the place. I would respectfully ask if it would not be advisa- ble to post the force on the Jackson railroad near Osyka rather than at Clinton, La. ~ Very respectfully, your obedient servant, N. P. BANKS, Major- General, Gommandtng. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, New Orleans, May 10, 1865. Brigadier-General BROWN, New Orleans: I inclose to you a copy of a letter from Hon. William H. Seward, Sec- retary of State, dated November 23, 1863, for your government while in command of the western frontier of Texas.* This dispatch states with clearness and force the rules of conduct to be observed by the officers of the United States as to its relations with Mexico, and you will follow implicitly the instructions there given. The relations of this country with Mexico are of so much interest and importance as to require frequent reports of the condition of puhlic affairs on the border. All the informa- tion you maytransmit tothese headquarters will be forwarded to the Sec- retary of State at Washington. It is not improbable that active opera- tions will soon be commenced in Texas unless the rebel army shall at once surrender. You will therefore take such measures as may be necessary for the efficient organization of the forces at Brazos Santiago, and such orders will be sent to you from time to time as may be required in the execution of any plan of operations that may be adopted. The trans- portation of any property from Texas into Mexico, except it be under the authority of the Treasury officers of the United States, is illegal and will be prohibited. As a matter of special and important inter- est your attention is called to the probability of the passage of Jeff. Davis, the fugitive President of the Confederacy, across the Mississippi into Texas, with a view of entering Mexico by that route. We have rumors here to-day that he is at Shreveport. Other information justi- fies the belief that he may attempt the passage of the Mississippi in the neighborhood of Fort Adams, that being the place of his former residence. In any event his escape from Texas into Mexico should be prevented if possible. The Government of the United States has offered a reward of $100,000 for his capture. It is not improbable that there may be parties in Mexico who would be both able and willing to prevent his entrance to that country and return him to the United States if such reward were opened to them. A copy of this proclama- tion is transmitted to you, and you are authorized to take any meas * See Vol. XXVI, Part I, p. 815 Page 382 382 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CH~. LX. ures justified by the proclamation which may result in his capture. It is unnecessary to say that such success on your part would be of the greatest service to the Government and reflect the highest possible honor upon your command. It is not known with certainty whether he will attempt an escape by the Mississippi River or by the Gulf from Florida, but every possible exertion should be made to prevent his escape by the Mississippi and Texas route. All information received of his movements will be sent to you without delay. I am confident that President Juarez and his officers would act with us in the heartiest manner in this object, and would be as anxious as our troops to secui-e Davis on political grounds, without reference to the reward which is offered, but to which they would doubtless be entitled if successful. It may be necessary for the accomplishment of this purpose to occnpy Brownsville and the country up to Riuggold Barracks. One regiment of infantry and one of cavalry would be sufficient for this purpose. But inasmuch as the Rio Grande has been abandoned except at Brazos Santiago, it would not be justifiable to attempt its occupation unless it be necessary for the purpose designatedthe capture of Davis and his associate officers. The Liberal party under Juarez occupies Monte- rey, Piedras, Piedras Negras, and all points on the Rio Grande as far as Camargo. Near the latter place is General Certoria with 2,000 Lib- eral troops waiting for a favorable opportunity to capture Matamoras. It will be necessary to avoid any complication with him in their move- ments against the Imperial Government in Mexico, but any measures resulting in the capture of Davis would doubtless be approved by our Government. I have the highest confidence in your faithful discharge of the duties assigned you at that important post, which may become the theater of important events in the progress of the war now near its close. I remain, your obedient servant, K. P. BANKS, Major- General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS LA FOURCIJE DISTRICT Brashear City, La., ]Jiliay 10, 1865. Lieutenant-Colonel ATKINS, Liommanding Post, Brashear ~Jity, La.: The general commanding directs that you send twenty-five men with three days~ rations, under a competent officer, on board steamer Cornie, with directions to proceed to Bayou Long under a flag of truce for the purpose of distributing rations of hard bread to families that have been driven out of their homes by the recent water and overflow and who are suffering for food. Destitute families, their cattle, and goods found there will be taken by the Cornie to the Shell Bank, on Lake Palourde, or to Gibbons Point, as they may prefer. No persons of this descrip- tion will be brought to Brashear City. Captain lJpham, commissary of subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, will be instructed to send 600 pounds of hard bread and 100 pounds of salt in charge of the officer in command, to be distributed to the families most needy. A memorandum will be kept of the names, amounts, and number of persons issued to in each family. Immediately o~u the return of the boat a written report will be made out of action taken under these instructions. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, B. B. CAMPBELL, Captain and Assistant Adjutant-Genera Page 383 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 383 BONNET CARR~, May 10, 1865. Maj. W. HOFFMAN, (Received 1.30 P. in.) Assistant Adjutant- General: I have just received the following communication from Captain Poch6, and respectfully refer it to you for orders: HEADQUARTERS SCOUTS ON LOWER AMITE RIVER, French Settlement, May 4, 1865. Maj. EDWARD BYRNE, Commanding Military Station, Gainnies Landing: MAJOR: In compliance with my promise to you on the occasion of our late inter- view, I reported as soon as practicable to Col. Daniel Gober, commanding District of Southwest Mississippi and East Louisiana, and asked his permission to allow me to surrender my squad of scouts to you. I am authorized by the colonel to surrender as soon as Johnstons army surrenders; hence as soon as you are officially notified of said surrender you will oblige me by informing me of the same. It is understood that we will be received under the same conditions that were given to General Lee by General Grant. You will inform me if you agree to said conditions, in your answer. I am authorized to state to you that Captain Bradley, commanding a detached com- pany of the Fifth Louisiana Cavalry Regiment, will report to you with the remnant of his men under the same conditions Respectfully F. P. POCH]~, Commanding Scouts, 4~c. CHARLES EVERETT, Colonel, Commanding District of Bonnet CarrS. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, New Orleans, May 10, 1865. Major-General HERRON: Your dispatch of last evening received. Measures have been taken its accordance with your suggestion to prevent the escape of Davis and his associates. General Brown assumes command at Brazos Santiago, and will give attention to that matter. N. P. BAIN KS, Major. General, Commanding. FIvE MILES FROM BAYOU SARA, ON WOODYILLE ROAD, May 10, 1865. Capt. W. H. CIJAPP, Assistant Adjutant- General: CAPTAIN: I arrived here early to-day. To-morrow I will send part of the command to Fort Adams, and will go myself to Woodville, leav- ing a small force here. So far have learned nothing of interest. Respectfully J. G. FONDA, Colonel, Commanding. RICHMOND, VA., May 10, 1865. (Received 9.45 a. in.) lion. E. M. STANTON, Washington: I have not lately any communication from General Pope in regard to the Sioux Indians. All communications on that subject are either in General Hardies hands or on file in my former office, under Major Scott. U. W. HALLECK, Major. General Page 384 384 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP~ LX. PINE BLUFF, ARK., May 10, 1865. Lieut. Col. JOHN LEVERING, Assistant Adjutant-General: Major Davis, Thirteenth Illinois Cavalry, who commands the scout sent from this post to co-operate with that sent by General Salomon informs me that Captain Husband, Captains Maybery and Vaugine, who command three companies of rebels north of Arkansas IRiver, wish to surrender themselves and commands; in all, about seventy men, on condition that they be treated as prisoners of war. Shall I accept their surrender upon those terms ~ Please answer to-night, as Major Davis is awaiting an answer from me. These commands compose all the troops upon that side of the river. POWELL CLAYTON, Brigadier- General, Commanding. HDQRS. THIRD BRIG., THIRD Dlv., 7TH ARMY CORPS, Port Gibson, C. N., May 10, 1865. Mn]. Gen. J. J. REYNOLDS: SIR: Although I have learned that we are attached to a new division, we have as yet not received the order. I have seen the general orders from department headquarters for mustering in and mustering out the Indian command. From what I learn I fear that the order is to be con- strued so as to muster out men and officers of date April 30. The inns- ter out of the First Regiment will begin at once and take several days. The month will probably be closed, or nearly closed, before the men are relieved from duty or mustered out. As their terms have not legally expired, I submit that the date of the muster out of those who do not re-enlist ought to be the date of their actually being mustered out or relieved from service, and I ask that instructions be sent to that effect to the mustering officer. Should these Indian soldiers be mustered out otherwise they will be deprived of pay to which they are justly entitled and which they cannot subsequently collect so easily as other parties. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, WM. A. PHILLIPS, Colonel, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOuRI, ~5aint Louis, Mo., Maq,i 10, 1865. Lieut. Col. J. T. SPRAGUE, U. S. Army: (Care of Captain Foster, commanding U. S. gun-boat Lafayette, off mouth of Red River, La.) COLONEL: As soon as you have received a reply to my commnnic~a- tion sent by you to Lient. Gen. E. Kirby Smith you will please return without delay to this city. A decline to send an answer to my letter will be sufficient. No further delay on Red River will probably lead to any profitable result, and it is not desired that you remain any longer than is necessary for the purposes heretofore stated. Johnsto.n surren- dered to Sherman all forces east and north of Chattahoochee River. An official telegram from General Canby announc~es the surrender to him of Lieut. Gen. Dick Taylor and all the rest of the Confederate forces east of the Mississippi River. Ii am, colonel, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JNO. POPE Major-General, Commanding Page 385 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 385 GENERAL ORDERS, IIDQRS. MIL. Div. OF THE MISSOURI, No. 14. 5 saint Louis, Mo., May 10, 1865. The following telegraphic order of the War Department is promul- gated for the information and guidance of all concerned in tbis inil- itary division. Commanders will take immediate measures to have this order carried into effect: WASHINGTON, D. C., May .9, 1865. Major-General POPE: Upon receipt thereof you are authorized to cause the immediate muster out or discharge from service of all officers and soldiers of your command whose term of service will expire prior to May 31, 1865. In discharging the said troops the fol- lowino will be observed: First. The muster out will be made in accordance with existing regulations by the commissary of musters of division, under the direction of the commissary of musters of corps or departments. Second. Army and department commanders will forthwith ascertain the number of men within their respective commands to be discharged and report the same direct to the Paymaster-General of the Army, forwarding a duplicate of the report to the Adjutant-General Such report must specify the number for each regiment or com- pany if an independent one. Third. The Paymaster-General will arrange to make immediate payment to the men discharged, said payments to be made in the armies or departments in which the men may he serving at date of muster out. By order of the Secretary of War: E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General. command of Major-General Pope: JOS. MoC. BELL, Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIvISIoN OF THE MISSOURI, & tint Loui9 Mo Ma Maj. Gen. G. M. DODGE, ., ., y 10, 1865. (Jornmandinq Department 4/ the Missouri: GENERAL: I have the honor to transmit herewith inclosed copy of a letter to Maj. Gen. A. McD. McCook, U. S. Volunteers, directing him to proceed to Fort Leavenworth for the purpose of joining Congres- sional committee now on its way to the plains to examine into Indian affairs. The general commanding directs that you issue such orders as will enable General McCook to obtain such supplies, escorts, assist- ance, & c., as specified in the inclosed letter, as he may need. I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOS. McC. BELL, Assistant Adjutant. General. [Inclosure.] HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIvISION OF THE MISSOURI, iS1aint Louis, Mo., May 10, 1865. Maj. Gen. A. McD. McCooK: GENERAL: You will proceed to Fort Leavenworth and join the Con- gressional committee now on its way to the plains to examine into Indian affairs. A proper escort will be ordered to report to you, and commanding officers of posts on the routes pursued will be instructed to furnish additional escorts and supplies, if needed, on your requisi- tion, as also the depot quartermaster at Fort Leavenworth. You will please accompany and escort the Congressional committee to what! 25 R RYOL XLVIII, PT I Page 386 386 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. tCHAP. LX. ever sections of country they desire to visit, and will furnish them with every assistance and all the information at your command in prosecut- ing their investigation. You are instructed to call their attention to all matters concerning the treatment of Indians by Indian agents or by the military authorities, and the result of the Indian policy hitherto pursued. This whole subject ought to be fully laid open to the knowl- edge of the committee, both in justice to the Government and to the Indian. Your long experience in the Indian country enables you to invite the attention of the committee to all the errors, mistakes ,frauds, and wrongs of the present system of Indian policy, and it is desired that you do so fully, to the end that proper revision of the whole sys- tem be made at the next session of Congress. On your return from the plains you will please report in person at these headquarters and make out a report of your mission. So far as is known here the com- mittee which you are to accompany consists of Hon. J. R. Doolittle and Hon. L. S. Foster, U. S. Senate. There are, perhaps, others belonging to the committee, but it is not known here who they are. I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JNO. POPE, Major- General, Commanding. CAPE GJRARDEAU, May 10, 1865. Major IIANNAHS, Acting Assistant Adjutant. General: We have dispatches from Lieutenant-Colonel ilynes, dated Chalk Bluff 9th, to the effect that Jeff. Thompson was then in his camp nego- tiating a surrender of his command. fle has no force with him, but represents it to be large, though greatly scattered. He has been given forty-eight hours to consult with his subordinate commanders at Jones- borough -as to the terms, and to arrange for the collection of his com- mand at some rendezvous. I leave immediately for Bloomfield and may go to Chalk Bluff. G. B. WAGNER, Brigadier- General. CHALK BLUFF, May 10, 1865. Major-General IDoncn~: Brig. Gen. Jeff. Thompson is in our camp. He is a witty fellow,and is continually talking about impossibilities. He has not yet decided whether to surrender or not. Shall try and convince him. If he gives up it will [bej hard to find his army. C. W. DAVIS, Lieutenant- Colonel. CHALK BLUFF, May 10, 1865. Major-General DoDGE: Geticral Thompson, having no force at hand, thinks he has no author- ity to surrender his scattered forces without consulting his brigade commanders. We have therefore given him forty-eight hours to com- municate with Colonels Dobbin and McCray. Thompsons command is scattered over all Northern Arkaiisas, and it will require several day Page 387 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETCUNION. 387 to collect them at any designated point. I would therefore recommend that Wittsburg, on the Saint Francis River, and Jacksonport, on White River, be designated as the points of rendezvous for him to collect his forces for parole. These two points can be reached by steamers. It will be impossible to collect but few at this point. Does this arrange- ment meet with your approval ~ Answer immediately. C. W. DAVIS, Lieutenant- Colonel. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, May 10, 18658.15 p. rn. (Via Bloomfield.) Lient. Col. C. W. DAVIS, Chalk Bluff: Licut. Gen. Dick Taylor has surrendered all the forces under his command to General Canby, so that all Confederate forces east of the Mississippi River have surrendered on the Grant-Lee terms. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, May 10, 18658.15 p m. (Via Bloomfield.) Lient. Col. C. W. DAVIS, Chalk Bluff: You can select such points as you may deem best, as it seems to me that he can get his officers together at most any place to sign paroles for the men, and we can deliver the paroles to the officers to be delivered to the men. If they desire, bowever, to collect them at the points designated it will suit us. Have the rolls signed in duplicate, each officer signing for his command. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. [MAY 10, 1865.For correspondence between Davis and Thompson, relating to surrender of the forces commanded by latter, see Part I, pp. 233, 234.] HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, AS~aint Louis, May 10, 1865. Colonel HARDING: It is reported that Henry Taylors command of bushwhackers have broken up into small squads and scattered. The balance are working north. They crossed the Osage near Papinsville and Grand River on the east line of Bates County. Colonel Blairs troops followed their trail that far. They claimed to be Shelbys men, and committed few depredations, seeming to be anxious to get through the country as quietly as possible. J. W. BARNES, Assistant Adjutant- General Page 388 388 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSiSSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. LEXINGTON, May 10, 1865. General DODGE: I arrived here last night. Find things satisfactory so far as the river troops are concerned. I will return to Warrensburg to-morrow, as I see no occasion to be absent so long as to visit my different posts. More parties of guerrillas and of Prices men are reported moving into my district. To-morrow I hope to attack one strong band. I have directed the Fourteenth Missouri Cavalry to move up to Warrensburg, to be used as occasion may require. The guerrillas know when I weaken a point and move accordingly. CHESTER HARDING, Jn., Colonel, ct~c. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF CENTRAL MISSOURI, Warrensburg, Mo., May 10, 1865. COMDG. OFFICER FIFTY-FIRST WISCONSIN VOL. INFTY.: SIR: The colonel commanding directs that you move by rail to the end of the road; thence your regiment will march to Kingsville and camp in its immediate vicinity. You will send two companies to take post at Duncans Branch. One company will be assigned to ~he pro- tection of the construction train. Large bodies of guerrillas are reported in the neighborhood of Kingsville. Your men must be kept active and precautions taken to guard against surprise. You will leave your quartermaster and commissary to draw supplies at this post. A return of your command will be sent to this office as soon as practicable. You will receive further instructions from the colonel commanding. In the meantime you will afford all possible protection to the road between Kingsville and Pleasant Hill. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, C. G. LAURANT, Assistant Adjutant- General. MACON, May 10, 18659.25 a. m. Maj. J. W. BARNES, Assistant Adjutant. General: It is reported at these headquarters that three men of the Warren and Montgomery County companies were killed yesterday morning by a gang of twelve bushwhackers between Danville and Portland. The guei~rillas were dressed in complete Federal uniform and were taken by the militia for Federal troops. They traveled a mile or two in com- pany, when at a signal the guerrillas commenced shooting. There were 43 militiamen3 known to be killed, 2 missing, and 1 escaped. I have 75 men of the Ninth Cavalry Missouri State Militia in pqrsuit. W. T. CLARKE, Assistant Adjutant- General. MEXICO, May 10, 186541.25 a. m. Col. J. H. BAKER, Provost-Marshal- General: Captain Mitchell, of the militia of Littleby, Au4rain County, cap- tured four bushwhackers yesterday and has brought them to me. One is the noted Saunders, from Saline County; Brown, from Linn County Page 389 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.~UNION. 389 and Berry, from Chariton County. They have been staying in Illinois the past winter. I have no subsistence here for prisoners. Can I send them to you before I get the evidence against them? II. B. SAYRE, Lieutenant and Assistant Provost-Marshal. MEXICO, May 10, 1865. General FIsx: I have Sawney Blue, Ben Saunders, Miller, and Brown, bush. whackers from Illinois, captured by Captaiu Mitchells company of militia, of Littleby, in Audrain County. What shall I do with them? The company did nobly. Brown is badly wounded. Captured 4 horses and 5 revolvers. II. B. SAYRE, Lieutenant and Assistant Provost-Marshal. POST COMMANDER, HUNNEWELL, Mo., May 10, 1865. Macon: Jim Porter with twenty-two guerrillas stole some twenty horses at and near Palmyra Monday night. They killed Mr. Shaw, a Federal soldier, near Warren, nine miles east of here. Some eight passed through Monroe yesterday morning and were at Florida, fifteen miles south of here, yesterday p. in., and went from there in the direction of Mexico, on North Missouri Railroad. This is reliable. DUNNING, Operator. FORT LEAVENWORTH, May 10, 186510 a. m. Maj. J. W. BARNES, Assistant Adjutant- General: The following dispatch just received.* ROBT. B. MITCHELL, Brigadier- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Brigadier-General MITCHELL, May 10, 18653.30 p. m. Port Leavenworth: Get Fifth U. S. Volunteers ready to march to Fort Kearny and Jules- burg. Report when ready. G. M. DODGE, Major- General. SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DISTRICT OF NORTH KANSAS, No. 90. Port Leavenworth, May 10,1865. 1. The detachment of the Fifth U. S. Volunteer Infantry, now at this station, will be immediatelyplaced in readiness to march to Fort Kearny, Nebr. Ter., and Julesbnrg, Cob. Ter. The commanding officer will * See Blair to Mitchell, May 9, p. 373 Page 390 390 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. make immediate requisition for necessary supplies of all kinds. All possible dispatch will be made ~n preparation, and as soon as the detach- ment is in readiness to march the fact will be reported to these head- quarters. * * * * * * * By order of Brig. Gen. Robert B. Mitchell: JNO. PRATT, A8sistant Adjutant-General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF KEW MEXICO, AS~anta .F5, N. Mex., May 10, 1865. EDITOR OF THE SANTA F~ GAZETTE: DEAR SIR: Some information has just been received by myself that a baud of lawless desperadoes has been forming in the northern part of Texas with the avowed purpose of making a raid into New Mexico. The people of this Territory will hear the intelligence doubtless in an exaggerated form, and may, perhaps, become unduly alarmed at what they hear. In order that they may know the matter as it is known at these headquarters, I beg that you will do me the favor to publish the following official correspondence on the subject: We as a people have just passed through the greatest civil commotion which has ever threatened the political existence of any nation known to history, and withont alluding to the causes which led to it, the terrible energy by which it has been conducted, or the intense vigor and unexampled gallantry shown by the combatants on each side, it is sufficient now to know that the cause of the Republic triumphed. Therefore, although we can never return to the status quo ante bellum, all good citizens of the United States, be they from the North or the South, from the East or the West, are in duty bound to unite in the feeling, as well as in the determination, to let bygones be bygones, and now, to vie with each other in the exercise of forbearance and charity and of all the virtues which will the soonest bind up our wounds, allay feelings of exaspera- tion, and break up sectional prejudices, and go hand in hand in the resolution to make every portion of our common country more orderly, more law abiding, more just, more magnanimous, and therefore more united, powerful, prosperous, and happy than ever before. These thoughts are suggested on this particular occasion by the threatened approach of this party of ruthless murderers and robbers, who, if they come at all, come not from any desire to help the cause of what was claimed to be the Southern Confederacy, for that cause and the time for that help belong to the past, and such men at any period would bring discredit upon any cause and disgrace upon any flag. They come not to protect any invaded right, not to avenge any public or private injury received from the people of New Mexico, but they come to murder and rob for the same reasons that pirates sail the ocean to murder and rob. It has been the case that consequent upon all great civil wars lawless men, under cover of acting for one side or the other, have enacted the grossest and blackest crimes of bloodshed and rapacity until whole communities have risen en masse to make common cause against them and to exterminate them. Should these ruffians come it is our bounden duty, every man of us, whether that man be from the North or the South, to take up arms and by day or by night, at all times and at all places, to attack them until they are utterly destroyed. Through this course lies our only road to safety and tran- quililty. Let each good citizen show that whatever in this quarrel ma Page 391 CHAP. LXI CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 391 have been his opinion of open and honorable war, brigandage and assas- sination here meet only with feelings of abhorrence and universal exe- cration, and their authors and actors with sentiments of utter and nurelenting hostility. While the efforts of the troops shall be directed to the protection of the people, and every possible means tending to this end be adopted, yet in a case of this kind it behooves every man to rise and become au open, active, nncompromising enemy to all who would continue to foment discords and dissensions, either by impreca- tions ou our country, our laws, our magistrates, and our flag, but more especially upon those who, by dastardly and devilish deeds of violence, disgrace the age in which we live, render opprobrious the name Amer- ican, of which we have been so proud, and make us the byword and reproach of the whole civilized world. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, JAMES II. CARLETON, Brigadier- General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OI~ THE MISSOURI, May 10, 1865. Major-General CURTIS, Milwaukee, Wis.: General Sibley had best send communication to the Sioux Indians at Devils Lake, informing them that they can have peace by stopping hostilities against the whites. That while they keep peace the U. S. forces will not molest them, bnt that unless they immediately signify their purpose to keep peace hereafter, the Government will send a large force to Devils Lake this summer and establish a large military post there, and will continne to establish military posts all over this country and destroy or drive off all their game. By keeping the peace they will avoid that. No other treaty is needed or will be made. JNO. POPE, Major- General, HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, May 10, 1865. Major-General CURTIS, Milwaukee, Wis.: The line of posts along the frontier settlements of Dakota and Iowa were located by my order, and I do not wish their location changed. If another or two is needed to connect them with the Minnesota line of posts please have them established, but without changing those already ordered to be established by General Sully. Sully ought not to be detained a moment longer than is necessary. JNO. POPE, M~jor- General. SAINT PAUL, MINN., May 10, 1865. Capt. JOS. MoC. BELL, Assistant Adjutant-General: Order for muster out of patients being carried out. Band of Indians trying to escape after skirmish near Mankato; several sutlers and one soldier killed. Our troops hope to overtake Indians again. S. H. CURTIS, Major- General Page 392 392 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [Cn& ~, LX. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, Hon. NEWTON EDMUNDS, ,S~aint Lonts, Mo., May 10, 1865. Governor of Dakota and Ex- Officio Supt. of Indian Affairs: GOVERNOR: Your letter of the 19th ultimo to Brevet Major-General Sully has been laid before me. I regret very much that I am not able to agree with you as to the wisdom of making any treaty for the preseut with the hostile Sioux of the Upper Missouri. These Indians are still in arms against the United States, and in conjunction with the bands of the same tribe along the Platte they have committed and are still committing depredations and murders. General Connor, from Colo- rado, and General Sully, from the Upper Missouri, are about to move with a cavalry force into the Indian country north and west of the Black Hills, and until this summers operations are over it will not be judicious to attempt to make any treaty with these Sioux bands. I need not remind you, though I do so with all respect, that when Indians are in open hostility they must be dealt with by the military authori- ties. When they signify a desire for peace it will be time enough for the Indian Department to act. I am constrained, therefore, to inform you that no treaties with these Indians are at present adini~sible. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JNO. POPE, Major- General, Commanding. [MAY 11, 1865.For General Orders, No. 90, War Department, Adjutant-Generals Office, relating to punishment of guerrillas, see Vol. XLVI, Part III, p. 1134.1 HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, OFFIOE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, New Orleans, La., May 11, 1865. Lieut. Col. C.T. CHRISTENSEN Anst. Adjt~ Gen., Military Division of West Mississippi: COLONEL: I have the honor to submit to your consideration the fol- lowing report of information received at this office this 11th day of May, 1865. Captain Kinninment reports from INatchez the 6th instant that an escaped prisoner (citizen) from Alexandria, April26, states that there were four regiments and one battery at Alexandria and two or three pieces in position in time works. When he left these troops had received orders to march, except three companies. The impression among officers and men was that they were going into Texas. All the troops from Alexandria to Natchitoches had received the same orders. I have The honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, A. M. JACKSON, Major, Tent7m U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery. (In absence of Capt. S. M. Eaton, chief signal officer, Military Division of West Mississippi.) GENERAL O~RDERS, IIDQRS. MIL. DIV. OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, No. 46. New Orleans, La., May 11, 1865. Under instructions from the Provost-Marshal-General of the Army, all recruiting for volunteer forces, white and colored, within the limit Page 393 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 393 of this division, will at once be discontinued. The draft under divisIon? General Orders, No. 4, of 1865, will also be discontinued, and the officers in charge of it in the Departments of the Gulf and of Mississippi will report the results through the commanders of their departments, stating specifically the number drafted, the number mustered into service, and the number exempted, and the cause of exemptions. In the case of alienage the names of exempts will be reported. By order of Maj. Gen. E. It. S. Canby: C. H. DYER, Captain and Assistant Adjutant- General. BRASITEAR CITY, May 11, 1865. Maj. W. HOFFMAN, Assistant Adjutant- General, Southern Division of Louisiana: Sin: I learn this morning that fifty yards of the track is gone between Chacahoula and Terre Bonne and that it is doubtful if the train can run as far as Terre Bonne. Terre Bonne or La Fourche Crossing will be the terminus of the road from New Orleans. We can reach the road from this place as far as Tigerville by boat, but there is now no means of c& mmunicating between Tigerville and Terre Bonne. The road is cut for weeksno one can tell how long. A train reached Bayou Bo~uf Station yesterday before the break with 50,000 rations and three car loads of coal. I shall send the Cornie after it as soon as she returns from Bayou Long, where I sent her after receiving your dispatch yes- terday to save a few drowning families. The gun-boat Glide has gone into Lake Chicot and Bayou Ch~ne on the same mission. I have tele- graphed Colonel Fuller to send the companies at Chacahoula to Tiger- ville for the purpose of removing them to this place by boat. As soon as it is definitely ascertained that the two companies at Tigerville and the one at Bayou Lewis can be of no further use to any part of the road I will move them, as their quarters are surrounded with water. At Bayou Beuf, how ever, they have a fine, dry shell bank, and we can keep in daily communication with them, and I think they should remain as an outpost and to hold Bayou Bo~uf. The water is constantly rising here and now overflows half of this place. It is encroaching upon the camps and I am afraid renders the water battery useless, the magazine of that battery now being full of water. I have no fear, however, but what we will have dry ground enough to camp on during the flood. As to the question of ammunition, Colonel Atkins says there are 30,000 rounds left by Colonel Jones, which the said Colonel Jones told him were gained, and no count has been made of them. This will increase our small ammunition to 125 rounds per man. We should have at least 125,000 more. I had no idea that there was any deficiency in small ammunition, as Coloiiel Atkins told me the supply was up to the order, but he says he was supposing that 100 rounds was all that exist- ing orders required. I cannot see how this post could be thoroughly inspected by Colonel Smith and Captain Southwick and the fact not .having been ascertained that orders from Southern Division of Loui- siana requiring 600 rounds per man to be kept on hand were totally dis- regarded by the former post commander. I intended to send this by telegraph from this place, but the line is also washed away, and I will send it through to Bayou Bo~ut?, and if the line is not working there, through to Terre Bonne by special messen~r, from which place it will be telegraphed. My present plan of communication will be to send a boa Page 394 394 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CnAP. LX. up to Tigerville with the mail at least every other day and have a heroic messenger wade through the swamp from there to Terre Bonne. I cannot spare the Cornie oftener than that, as she is needed here for so many other purposes, and the Little Tommy is in constant use as a picket-boat. I will have the commanding officer of each station in the road keep a party out to keep up the telegraph line, if possible, also. The water has just reached at this 10 a. m. the platforms of the guns in the water battery and we must move them by 2 oclock this day. Two 32-pounder Parrotts will be mounted in the redoubt covering the river. At Fort Buchanan the sally-port is being dammed up and the terre- plein will be kept dry by means of pumps. Yery respectfully, 11. A. CAMERON, Brigadier- General of Volunteers, Commanding District. NEW ORLEANS, May 11, 1865. General HERRON: GENERAL: There are no horses to be procured for the cavalry at Baton Rouge. General West is organizing a command for Texas or some other place, which precludes the possibility of securing a single horse. General Canby is expected here to-morrow. I shall wait his coming. Will make proper representations and proceed to Baton Rouge thereafter by first boat. Yours, J. F. KNIPE, Brigadier- General. PORT HUDSON, May 11, 1865. Capt. W. H. CLAPP, Assistant Adjutant-General: The road from here to Jackson is in a fair condition. There is but one bridge on this road, which is about two miles from here. I will have that repaired immediately. Lieutenant-Colonel Mitchell returned from Clinton this morning. The citizens say they think Davis crossed the river about three days ago above Bayou Sara. Heard nothing about Colonel Scott. Says that there is quite a number of officers and men at Clinton waiting for Colonel Monroe. CYRUS HAMLIN, Brigadier- General, Commanding. PORT HuDsoN, May 11, 186511 p. m. Captain CLAPP, Assistant Adjutant-General: SIR: The following information was sent me to-day by a loyal citizen. That part of it which refers to the crossing of General Hood is, I think, correct: Jeff. Davis staid at Centerville last Sunday night. Hood was at Liberty. Hood crossed the river at Tunica on Tuesday night, attended by Colonels Cunningham and Graham. I hear from a number of sources that Davis crossed the river early in the week. I can get nothing definite, but the impression that he has got over is genera Page 395 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 395 among the citizens. This is confirmed by the fact that Davis nephew, Captain Bradford, surrendered himself to-day. Colonel Marks, of the Twenty-second Louisiana, also came in to-day, and says he has no doubt Davis has escaped. I shall send Bradford to Baton Rouge to be tried as a guerrilla. I shall remain here untiL 12 oclock for any instruc- tions the commanding general may have to give me. Shall I consider the Fourteenth New York Cavalry relieved by Colonel Fondas command? iNo report from Colonel Fonda to-night. Very respectfully, WM. H. DICKEY, Colonel, Commanding District of Morganza. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF WEST TENNESSEE, Memphis, Tenn., May 11, 1865. Maj. Gen. N. J. T. DANA, Commanding Department of Mississippi: GENERAL: At the request of Major-General Canby, on the 8th instant, I sent a force of ~3OO cavalry under Col. Otto Funke to garrison Grenada. I am repairing the telegraph as rapidly as possible, and in a few days the connection with Mobile will be completed, via La Grange, Holly Springs, and Jackson. I have a small garrison at Senatobia, and shall send a small detachment to Holly Springs to assist in preserving the peace. I am, general, yonr obedient servant, C. C. WASHBURN, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIViSION OF THE MISSOURI, ASTaint Lo~.tis, Mo., May 11, 1865. Licut. Gen. U. S. GRANT, General-in- Chief, Washington, D. C.: GENERAL: I have the honor to transmit, inclosed, a letter to the Secretary of War on business of much importance to this State. May I request that you deliver it into his hands for such action as he deems judicious? 1 am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JNO. POPE, Major- General, Commanding. [Inclosure.I HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, Mo., May 10, 1865. Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War: DEAR SIR: A mass of papers concerning the destruction of the property of Dr. J. M. Martiii, a loyal citizen of Callaway County, Mo., a year or two since, has been received at the headquarters Department of the Missouri with an indorsement of Hon. C. A. Dana, Assistant Sec. retary of War, directing General Dodge to assess the secession sympa- thizers in Callaway County the full amount of the damages. I beg leave to represent respectfully that under the policy I have pursued in this State, which was approved, and upon which I was instructed to proceed by the late President of the United States, that part of Mis- souri north of the Missouri River has already passed into the contro Page 396 396 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANSMISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. of the civil authorities of the State, all troops and provost-marshals being withdrawn. Five counties south of the Missouri River have also been relieved from the operation of martial law, and the whole State is gradually and surely passing into the hands of its proper civil officers and laws. Of course, this result is all important, and it was the dis- tinct understanding with the late President that to render this policy successful, all complaints of citizens of the State of Missouri against each other should be referred to the Governor of the State and by him settled or otherwise dealt with. Up to this time this policy has been steadily pursued and the beneficial results are very perceptible and highly encouraging. The order contained in the indorsement of Hon. Mr. Dana entirely upsets the whole policy and requires the immediate re-establishment of martial law and the replacement of troops and pro- vost-marshals in North Missouri. The State is thus thrown back into the condition of uncertainty, confusion, and disorder which character- ized it six months ago. There is no doubt that the execution of this order will create great dissatisfaction among the great mass of citizens and the Governor and other civil officers of the State. There are cer- tainly at the lowest estimate 50,000 loyal persons in this State who have suffered precisely as Dr. J. M. Martin has suffered and whose claims are equally strong. Of course, as soon as it is known that Doctor Martins claim has been settled all other sufferers will throng in with their claims, and if they are not satisfied in the same manner there will be infinite clamor and dissatisfaction and the War Department will be thronged with these claimants from this time forth. Thousands and thousands of fraudulent claims will be presented which must be adjudi- cated. This order opens the whole subject of compensation to loyal men for losses in the war, and if such compensation is to be made by assessing secession sympathizers, some system should be adopted for the investigation of claims and the imposition and collection of assess- ments. Who is to determine the validity of claims as to the facts and the amounts? Who is t~ determine who are the secession sympathizers, and the amounts to be levied on each? Who is to receive and disburse these amounts to claimants? In truth, this order opens the whole field of controversy on this sub- ject, or rather, having determined the mode of compensation in the case of Doctor Martin, this indorsement of the lion. Mr. Dana settles the fact that the loyal citizens of the United States are to be reimbursed for losses of property, & c., in the war, and that the manner of compensa- tion shall be assessments of the disloyal, to be made and collected by provost-marshals or other military agents. I need not tell you that the execution of this order in the case of Doctor Martin will be considered an announcement of the policy of the Government in such cases, and will most certainly be followed by the immediate presentation of not less than 50,000 other cases of the same character from Missouri alone, which must in common justice be settled in the same manner. It is not easy to convey to you an idea of the excitement which the execution of this order in Missouri will produce. Scarcely a man will consider his property safe, since his loyalty or disloyalty or Southern sympathy is after all to be determined by provost-marshals or the military agents, not all of whom are above taking bribes. I am very sure the present loyal State Executive and civil officers of Missouri will be bitterly opposed to the execution of this order. While I stand prepared to execute any orders of the War Department, I think it my duty to invite attention to a state of facts and a state of feeling and opinion which will produce consequences of the gravest and most perplexing charac- ter. My opinion is entirely against the execution of this order or othe Page 397 CHAP. LX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION. 397 exceptional orders of like character. Being on the spot and well acquainted with the condition of affairs in Missouri, I do not hesitate to say that the execution of this order will lead to unfortunate conse- quences. I have, therefore, deferred its execution until I receive further orders on the subject from you. Perhaps it may not be improper for me to say that until some general policy upon this subject is determined upon and laid down by the General Government it will be better to take no action on such claims, or when they arise in a State like Missouri, which has a loyal State Executive and civil officers, to refer them to the Governor of the State. These questions between citi- zens of Missouri can for the present be settled more to the satisfaction of the people by their State authorities than by exceptional orders from the Government to cover individual cases. I trust, therefore, that until some general policy is determined on all controversies or claims in which citizens of Missouri are parties will be referred to the Governor of the State for such action as he may deem judicious. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant~POPE ]Jlajor- General, Commanding. GENERAL ORDERS, ~ IIDQRS. MIL. Div. OF THE MISSOURI, No. 15. iSaint Louis, Mo., May 11, 1865. The following extract from orders of the War Department is pub- lished for the information and guidance of all concerned in this military division: GENERAL ORDE RS,~ WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERALS OFFICE, No. 77. Wa8hington, D. C., April 88, 1865. For reducing expenses of the military establishment. Ordered: * * * * * VI. All officers and enlisted men Who have been prisoners of war, and now on fur- lough or at the parole camps, and all recruits in rendezvous, except those for the Regular Army, and the First Army Corps (Hancocks) will likewise be honorably discharged. Officers whose duty it is nuder the regulations of the service to make out rolls and other final papers connected with the discharge and payment of soldiers are directed to make them out without delay, so that this order may be carried into effect immediately. Commanding generals of armies and departments will look to the prompt execution of this work. * * * * * * I~y order of the Secretary of War: W. A. NICHOLS, Aasi8tant Adjutant-General. ]~r command of Major-General Pope: JOS. MCC. BELL, Assistant Adjutant- General. IIEADQLTARTERS I~ORTHERN DIVISION OF LOUISIANA, Baton Rouge, La., May 11, 1865. Maj. Gen. J. J. REYNOLDS, Commanding Department of Arkansas, Little Rock: GENERAL: I send you herewith the report of your scout, C. S. Bell, which he left with me on his arrival at this place, requesting that I forward the same to you. I have the honor to be, general, your most obedient servant, F. J. HERRON, Major- General Page 398 398 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CHAP. LX. [Ilclo8ure.] Tteport of 0. S. Bell, scout. I left Little Rock, Ark., January 1, 1865, at 6 a. m. By a long detour I gained the Benton road, about ten miles distant from Little Rock. This detour was necessary from the fact of there being a rebel flag of truce at that time at the pickets on the Benton road. I reached Beuton, twenty -five miles southwest of Little Rock, at 7 p. m. The 2d, about 10 a in., I left Benton in company with the flag of truce, whiTh had come up an hour previously in charge of Lieut. Col. John P. Bull, of Morgans regiment of Arkansas (rebel) cavalry. Crossing the Saline two miles farther on, we made a point six miles north of Rockport, which is twenty-two miles from Benton. I find, much to my surprise, that two ladies, Mrs. Shaver, wife of the rebel commander at Camden, and Mrs. Cravens, wife of Major Cravens, of an Arkansas command (rebel), who were at Major-General Reynolds head- quarters a few days since, and were positively refused passes, are with the flag. They recognize me, but as they know nothing I feel easy on that score. I remained all night with Judge Miller, two miles north of Rockport; the flag four miles farther north still. At 8 a. m. the 3d of January, in company with the flag, I passed on southward. I find the country hence to Arkadelphia, seventy-six miles distant from Little Rock, utterly destitute of forage or even supplies for the inhabitants. But few people live on the road. The flag halted in the edge of the bottom about eight miles north of Arkadelphia and remained all night. I remained at the house of James Barkman, in Arkadelphia. There is but a picket guard here. We came the east road; that is, we did not cross at Rockport, but kept east of the Washita until arriving at Arkadelphia. Road good and no bridges broken down. January 4, started at 10. a. m. and reached a point twenty miles southwest. Remained with a Captain Reed. Country still destitute; timber, pine; roads hard and no broken bridges. January 5, started at 6 a. in.; rainy. Reached Washington at 5 p. in. Good fords at Antoine and Wolf Creeks, respectively, sixteen and nine- teen miles northeast of Washington. Little Missouribottom bad for four miles; ford good. Learned that Price was in Texas on sixty days fur- lough. Half of the cavalry to be dismounted. Magruder superiutends the dismounting at Fulton, fourteen miles distant. I remained at Washington until the 15th. I had a very satisfactory interview with ~ Magruder near Fulton on the 8th. He promised me all I desired,~~n1 ~ was very cordial indeed. I was to leave Washington on the 16th for Shreveport to pursue my mission. The evening of the 15th, however, as I was passing the guard-house, I was recognized by one W. R. Delaney, a deserter from the Eleventh Texas (rebel) cavalry, who had for a year past resided at Pine Bluff and Little Rock, and who was in the confidence of the post commander at the latter place. He had in 1862 killed his lieutenant-colonel in an altercation near Corinth, Miss., and been compelled in consequence to seek safety in flight. He located at Pine Bluff on its capture by our army, and is well known there as a desperate gambler. He saw me on the steamer Emma No. 2, while on White River, destined for Devalls Bluff, in December, 1864. About the time I left Little Rock this scoundrel also left on the post com- manders pass, good till furfher orders. He also had the oath of allegiance and an amnesty oath. After leaving Little Rock his inten- tion was to proceed to Kaufman County, Tex., and obtain certai Page 399 CHAP. LX.) CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.IJNION. 399 moneys owned by him; thence go to Mexico and return to Arkansas. He was recognized at Camden, Ark., about the 8th of January by an officer of his regiment, and immediately arrested and sent to Washing- ton. Here he was charged with murder and put in irons. He saw me and by a full betrayal he thought to cause my death and save his much endangered life. A note was by him sent to Magruder, terms were agreed upon, and from being free at noon of the 15th the setting sun of the same day beheld me ironed and charged witl4 being a Federal spy. My trial commenced on the 22d and was prosecuted with vigor; I had able counsel. I impeached Delaney and two other witnesses, all that were brought against me. I proved a clear character; that Iliad fought and bled for their bogus Confederacy, and after a long delay and an expenditure of all my effects I was fully acquitted on the 22d of February. The proceedings in my case were not published until the 12th of March. I received a copy the 20th. My irons were removed and a change of clothing allowed me. The sentry who had positive instructions to watch me at all times was relieved. I had suffered everything but death for sixty-four days; confined in a room but eighteen by twenty-eight; were at no time less than thirty-five pris- oners and at times npward of sixty. They existed (they could not live) there. My irons were heavy and but little motion was allowed me. Upon reading the general order in my case I saw at once a flaw. I had been acquitted by a court of competent jurisdiction act- ing under an act of the rebel Congress. Magruder had approved the acquittal, but still would deprive me of my liberty and send me to Tyler for an indefinite period. He did not wish to acknowledge he was wrong. Here was a case for habeas corpus. I applied and on the 4th of April it was granted by the judge of the circuit court for Hempstead County, Ark., and I was free. Before night I was con- scribed into the C. S. service and had passed a medical examination. I was pronounced fit for actiye service, and assigned by Special Orders, No 18 headquarters Commandant of Conscripts, District of Arkan- sas, to McNallys battery of light artillery. For fear that conscripts will not report promptly they are kept in prison a time and then sent to their respective commands under guard. This was my fate. I was started with four others to Shreveport en route to my battery on the 10th of April. It was impossible to escape. I had seen the results of attempts to escape from the den at Washington. Those who escaped, even Confederate soldiers, white men, were trailed with blood hounds and most brutally abused otherwise. I had seen five men led out to execution during my confinement, and written for them theirlast sad messages to their friends. These were Southern soldiers condemned for slight offenses. To kill a blood hound on your track was death by the military law as resistance to capture. Such is chivalry! First trail the unfortunate negro, then their own flesh and blood, with hounds. I reached Shreveport Sunday [Monday?~, the 17th of April. Here I was confined in the stockade, about two miles and a half southwest of the city. The fare was tolerably good here, consisting of a moderate quantity of bread made of unsifted meal, and very lean beef, at the rate of three-quarters of a pound per day to each prisoner. There have been many Union soldiers confined here within eighteen months past. During the evening of my arrival a sergeant of the guard, belonging to the Third Louisiana Infantry, attacked and brutally beat several col- ored soldiers of the Seventy-fifth and Ninety-second U. S. Regiments; two of them in particular I noticed with blood trickling over their brows Page 400 400 LOUiSIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSiSSIPPI. [CHAP. LX~ Several of us remonstrated with the scoundrel for thus beating helpless prisoners, even though they were black, and he replied that By Gd hed cut their dn hearts out if they didnt work when he set them at it. The truth was he would not give the men time to put on their shoes~ but immediately beat them without provocation. The morning of the 18th I was taken before the post commander at Shreveport, and he informed me that I was to be sent to Tyler. I showed him a copy of the writ of habeas corpus granted me at Wash- ington, Ark., and he would not listen to it. I then showed him my special order from Colonel Danley, commandmt of conscripts, District of Arkansas. This caused him to send me to General Kirby Smith, who said Magruder had been very importunate in his demands that I be sent to Tyler, but that under date of the 15th of April Major-General Fagan had said I had clearly proved myself a Confederate citizen. I then informed him that I had been most grossly abused while seeking to aid the South, and that 1 was now conscribed into the service. After some further conversation he said. I would go to the battery to which I was assigned for the present. I reached the battery the evening of the 19th, at Rocky Mountain, La., thirty miles northeast of Shreveport. On the 24th, while on dress parade, a general order dated the 23d and signed E. Kirby ~ was read to the troops. He recounted the disasters to Lees army and bade his army to be hopeful; to not abandon their colors that the eyes of the world were upon them; that their resources were inexhaustible, and that on them depended the fate of the Confederacy. The effect of this order upon the troops was marked in thesextreme. The men instantly became dejected. Mutiny and wholesale desertion was openly talked of. This soon gave way to a general apathy and indifference, but through all could be seen by a close observer that the Army of the Trans-Mississippi was in spirit crushed. Th. night of the 26th of April was rainy. In company with a Union-loving lad who had been forced from his home by the press gangs of the Confederacy in March, I set out for liberty and our lines. We traveled southwest all night. At daylight the baying of hounds told us but too truly that we were followed. To be taken was death. We were in the vicinity of Red River, and plunging into the deep swamps, we fled onward through the day among snakes and mosqui- toes, with the blood hounds close behind. By almost superhuman exertions we kept beyond the reach of the hounds, although they were several times within 200 yards. My only weapon was a large knife. Our only safety was in keeping in the water. The horns of the drivers were continually heard. At last the welcome shades of night covered the ear~h, and our baffled pursuers called off their dogs until the light of another day should enable them to regain our trail. Celerity and ten miles travel would save us. I knew where a canoe lay on a bayou eighteen miles above Shreveport. We struck out for a road, reached it, and after avoiding several pickets, reached the canoe. Wet, weary, and exhausted, we stepped silently within it. My comrade, utterly exhausted, sank immediately into a deep slumber. I guided our craft until day, and, landing in an obscure place, we went ashore. Here we lay all day. I saw certain success in the future; my comrade naught save disaster. At night (this was Friday, the 28th) we again set out. Passed Shreveport at 2 a. m. Saturday. This day I made out two false furloughs for myself and comrade and they were well cal- culated to deceive. We sped on, night and day; passed Katchi- toches and Alexandria by night, and ran on the picket a few miles above Fort De Hussy Thursday morning, the 4th of May. Here ou Page 401 CHAP. LX.) 401 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC,UNION. furloughs saved us from Certain detection. After some further diffi- culties and dangers we arrived safe on the bank of the Mississippi twenty-five miles above the mouth of IRed River on the 7th of May. Here my eyes were gladdened by a sight of our glorious star spangled banner. We had made a journey of 400 miles in a canoe in the short space of eight days, and subsisted on a very small allowance of parched corn, moldy bread, and rancid bacon. I have made thirty- seven forays or scouts singly into the enemys lines and met every danger, but for suffering, anxiety, and torturing suspense this last long adventure has eclipsed any of my former ones. I appei~d such items of interest as I have been enabled to obtain and also a statement of certain commands. These may be implicitly relied upon. In the county of Marion, but more especially that of Cherokee, are very extensive iron-works. Arrangements are being made to cast heavy ordnance at the latter works. A manufactory for percussion- caps has been established at Houston, Tex. The machinery was built and put in operation by a mechanic from a Northern arsenal. A large powder-mill and armory has been established at Marshall, Tex. Sev- eral large cotton factories have been put in operation near Houston, Tex. At Shreveport a laboratory for the fabrication of ammunition has been established on a large scale; also an arsenal for the complete equipment of arms of all grades. There are no works in the Trans- Mississippi Department for the manufacture of heavy ordnance. Noth. ing larger than 12-pounders have as yet been attempted, so far as I can learn. There is reported to be but twenty-one heavy guns in the Trans. Mississippi Department. Of these eleven, viz, two 11-inch, one 10- inch, two 8-inch, and six 24 and 32 pounders (the latter rifled) are now at Alexandria, the remainder at Galveston. Some of the guns at Alexandria were transported on wheels from Galveston at an immense expenditure of labor and time. The resources of the Trans-Missis- sippi are as follows: Arkansas is literally starved out. There is not enough to feed the people on the route between Little Rock and Shreve- port, via either Camden or Washington. Louisiana is better supplied; still an army could by no means subsist off the country, and it is prob- lematical whether a small column of cavalry would not starve their horses on a scout of 250 miles in any direction. Texas is full to reple- tion. Cattle, hogs, and horses, immense graneries of corn, and abun- dant forage may be found within 100 miles of the Arkansas or Louisiana borders. The people throughout Arkansas and Louisiana are intensely hostile to the Federal Government. In Texas they are more moderate. They have so far lost confidence in the Confederacy that all trade has been on a specie basis for six months past. The people ot the entire Trans-Mississippi infinitely prefer an alliance with a foreign power to a return to old ties. France has the first choice. As to the numbers and conditions of the forces at present west of the Mississippi, I would estimate them at 58,000, with 120 pieces of artillery, well served. I have seen sixteen batteries of field artillery, of four guns each. The guns of the artillery are 6-pounders (old pattern), part smooth-bore, balance rifled, 12-pounder howitzers and several rifled 10-pounder Par- rotts. Ammunition plenty and of good quality. The infantry are well armed with Enfield, Austrian, and Springfield rifles, and the small-arms, equipments, and ammunition are in every respect good. The men are for the most part badly clothed, but their drill is superb. The cavalry, as a general rule, are very badly mounted and indifferently armed with Sharps rifles and Austrian and Enfleld 26 R RYOL XLYIII~ PT I Page 402 [CHAP. LX. 402 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. rifles shortened into carbines. Revolvers are quite plentiful; sabers not used. Magruder armed one regiment (Gordons Arkansas cavalry) in February with lances, guns, and revolvers. The force in the Trans- Mississippi is divided as follows: Infantry: Churchills division, 4 brigades 6, 500 Parsons division, 2 brigades 3, 200 Forneys (Walkers) division, 3 brigades 4, 500 Polignacs division, 3 brigades 5, 000 Four divisions in the vicinity of Galveston and Houston 18,000 37,200 Cavalry: Shelbys division, 2 brigades ~ 500 Monroes and Slemons, 2 brigades (consolidated) Brooks and Logans, 2 brigades 1, 150 Coopers, 2 brigades (Indian District) 3,000 One division, 3 brigades, in Texas 7,000 14, 950 Artillery: Twenty-eight 4.gnn batteries. There is but one 6-gun battery in Trans- Mississippi Department. Among the batteries are Collins, Ruffners, Zimmermans, Hugheys, Wests, and Bradfords 3,500 Grand total 55,650 Cavalry on Lower Red River, 2 brigades 3,000 Aggregate 58,650 Names of district commanders in Trans-Mississippi Department: District of Texas, Major-General Magruder; Indian District, Major- General Cooper; District of Arkansas and West Louisiana, Lieut. Gen. S. B. Buckner commanding by general order from E. Kirby Smith, of date 19th of April. The bulk of the Trans-Mississippi Army was massed in the vicinity of Galveston, Tex., in March. Cause of this movement was because of the embarkation of our army for Mobile. They thought the Texas coast threatened. A division of infantry and two brigades of cavalry with two light batteries remained at Alexandria until about the 16th of April, when the infantry and one brigade of cavalry moved to Natchitoches. I estimate the force at Alexandria April 10 at 7,500 men; the force now there at 2,000. it is extremely probable that Alexandria is about to be abandoned and the heavy guns mounted on works farther up the river at Katchitoches, or thirty-five miles above. There are no heavy guns at Shreveport, but the works, consisting of redoubts and curtains with extensive rifle-pits, are very formidable. At Shreveport there are three light batteries and a brigade of infantry. Force will not exceed,