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1299 Series I Volume XLVIII-I Serial 101 - Powder River Expedition Part I

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KANSAS CITY, March 30, 1865.

Captain MEREDITH,

Lexington:

Move with your troops to Warrensburg as quick as possible.

CHESTER HARDING, Jr.,

Colonel, Commanding.

MEXICO, March 30, 1865.

Lieutenant WAITE:

The storm has caused a suspension of gubernatorial trip. I shall be at Macon to-night.

CLINTON B. FISK,

Brigadier-General.

FORT SCOTT, KANS, March 30, 1865.

Major-General DODGE,

Saint Louis:

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 the border by numerous small parties will soon be resumed with a great deal of activity.

JAS. G. BLUNT,

Major-General.


HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI,
Saint Louis, March 30, 1865-4. 30 p. m. (Received 31st.)

Major-General BLUNT,

Paola:

What spare cavalry you have along the border keep to work under your direction after the guerrillas in Missouri. Communicate with Colonel Harding, so no conflict of troops may occur. Has Third Wisconsin gone yet? Mount Third Wisconsin on horses you are receiving first.

G. M. DODGE,

Major-General.


SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DISTRICT OF NORTH KANSAS, No. 66. Fort Leavenworth, March 30, 1865.

1. In compliance with General Orders, No. 75, current series, Department of the Missouri, one section of the Ninth Wisconsin Battery, with one commissioned officer, will immediately proceed to Fort Scott, Kans., relieving a section of the Second Kansas Battery now stationed at that post.

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By order of Brigadier General T. A. Davies:

D. J. CRAIGIE,
Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General.


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