HEADQUARTERS POST OF PILOT KNOB, Brigadier-General BEVERIDGE, Commanding Second District, Cape Girardeau, 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. Maj. Gen. G. M. DODGE, HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF ROLLA, 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, No. 76. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF ROLLA, Rolla, Mo., April 21, 1865. 1. Lieut. Col. Austin A. King, Thirteenth Regiment Cavalry Missouri Volunteers, will send one company of his regiment, mounted, armed, and equipped, 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: General MCNEIL: H. W. WERTH, Lieutenant and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General. LEXINGTON, Mo., April 21, 1865. Five men from Price's army have reported at Independence. They wish to take the oath. I expect a great many from Shelby's 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., General MONEIL: LEXINGTON, April 21, 1865. I have ordered one of the companies at Pleasant Hill to scout up to Dover, another to Greenton, and leave the other with Wyckoff, who is now at Lee's Summit, to escort the mail, and scout actively in conjunction 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 see by orders that the regiment cannot be raised. CHESTER HARDING, JR., Colonel, &c. Capt. G. LUTHY, WARRENSBURG, Mo., April 21, 1865. Commanding First Sub-District, Jefferson City, Mo.: A party of fifty rebels 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. Send special messenger to Tuscumbia to prevent a surprise of the militia at that place. Cannot Captain Dennis' company be sent in that direction? Telegraph any information you may receive in regard to their movements? By order of Brigadier-General McNeil: Captain KITTREDGE, Assistant Adjutant-General : C. G. LAURANT, Assistant Adjutant-General. LEBANON, MO., April 21, 1865. 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 an hour later seven miles out on the Union road, going north. Major Small has gone in pursuit. J. B. WADDILL, Adjutant. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI, 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 discrepancy 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 this 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, Brig. Gen. R. B. MITCHELL, Fort Leavenworth: Following instructions will be given commanding officer of detachment for Niobrara: 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 success. The officer will communicate with Mr. Sawyer on their way up. G. M. DODGE, Major-General. Major-General DODGE: DENVER, April 21, 1865—4.10 p. m. 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. CONNOR, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, GENERAL ORDERS, 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-general's salute will be fired on the levee at 12 m., under the direction of Captain Webster, chief of artillery. S. A. HURLBUT, Major-General of Volunteers. GENERAL ORDERS, No. 42. HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, I. In obedience to Special Orders, No. 132, extract 59, War Department, Adjutant-General's Office, of March 18, 1865, the undersigned resumes command of the Department of the Gulf. 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 commanding 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, April 22, 1865. Brig. Gen. R. A. CAMERON, 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 DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, April 22, 1865—11.22 a. m. (Received 3.10 p. m.) Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War: The application for authority to send General McCook with Congressional 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. (Received 5.20 p. m.) Maj. Gen. JOHN POPE: Send General McCook if he desires to go. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. SAINT LOUIS, Mo., April 22, 1865—11.15 a. m. Brigadier-General EKIN, First Div., Quartermaster-General's 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. Major-General POPE: WASHINGTON, D. C., April 22, 1865—2 p. m. 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, Į HDQRS. MIL. DIV. OF THE MISSOURI, No. 40. Saint 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. MCC. BELL, Assistant Adjutant-General. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, 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 Duffié,* 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 movement 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. I am, general, respectfully, your obedient servant, JNO. POPE, Major-General, Commanding. *See April 8, p. 50. |