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1008 Series I Volume XLVIII-II Serial 102 - Powder River Expedition Part II

Page 1008 Chapter LX. LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI.

LITTLE ROCK, ARK., June 27, 1865.

(Received 6. 20 p. m.)

Captain JOS. McC. BELL,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

The muster out of the Fourteenth was completed several days ago, and rolls are forwarded to these headquarters. The men are en route home.

J. J. REYNOLDS,

Major-General.


HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS,
Little Rock, June 27, 1865. (Received 7. 55 p. m. 28th.)

Captain JOS. McC. BELL,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

Telegraph from Fort Smith, June 26, 1865, to Colonel John Levering, assistant adjutant-general, Department of Arkansas:

The Chickasaw delegation reports that a force of wild Indians organized some time since and started for Kansas to operate on the Santa Fe road, but that they had been recalled, and that part of them had returned and the others were expected. The Chickasaws and Choctaws are using their influence with other tribes to prevent hostilities and believe they can do so.

Respectfully, &c.,

CYRUS BUSSEY,

Brigadier-General, Commanding.

Respectfully forwarded to headquarters Military Division of the Missouri for information.

J. J. REYNOLDS,

Major-General, Commanding.


HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI,
June 27, 1865. (Received 9 a. m.)

Captain JOSEPH McC. BELL,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

General Connor telegraphs that a bridge at Fort Kearny will be a great public benefit, and urges me to get one as soon as possible. We are subject to great delays there. If a pontoon bridge can be procured, I have a portable engine there that I can use to lengthen it out, or even to put in a trestle. Please forward this by mail for General Grant's information and in addition to my letter on the subject.

G. M. DODGE,

Major-General.


SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Numbers 172. Saint Louis, Mo., June 27, 1865.

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4. The Eighth Regiment Illinois Cavalry Volunteers having reported at these headquarters, in compliance with Special Orders, Numbers 78, headquarters Military Division of the Missouri, of date June 27, 1865, will take post at Benton Barracks, Mo., and await further orders.

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By command of Major-General Dodge:

J. W. BARNES,
Assistant Adjutant-General.


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