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373 Series I Volume XLVIII-II Serial 102 - Powder River Expedition Part II

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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI,
May 9, 1865-10. 10 p. m.

Captain W. T. CLARKE,

Assistant Adjutant-General, Macon:

I have no cavalry 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.

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3. Captain John D. Meredith, Company D, Thirty-ninth Infantry Missouri Volunteers, is hereby assigned to the temporary command of the post and Sub-District of Macon, relieving Captain W. T. Hunter, Company M, Third Cavalry Missouri State Militia, whose term of service has expired.

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By order of Brigadier General 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 Montgomery County captured seven of the Danville soldiers and killed two. No particulars. I have sent Lieutenant Ford and twenty men to Danville to look after them.

S. W. HOPKINS,

Captain, &c.

FORT SCOTT, May 9, 1865.

General R. B. MITCHELL,

Fort Leavenworth:

Henry Taylor's 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 Shelby's men and committed but few depredations, seeming to be anxious to get through the country as quietly as possible.

C. W. BLAIR,

Colonel.

JULESBURG, COLO. TER., May 9, 1865.

Brigadier General P. E. CONNOR,

Omaha, Nebr. Ter.:

The following dispatch received to-day from Colonel Moonlight:

PLATTE 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 depredations


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