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655 Series I Volume XLI-IV Serial 86 - Price's Missouri Expedition Part IV

Page 655 Chapter LIII. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.-UNION.

SPECIAL FIELD ORDERS,
HDQRS. NINETEENTH ARMY CORPS, Numbers 24.
Memphis, Tenn., November 23, 1864.

I. Brigadier General A. Shaler, U. S. Volunteers, will proceed with his brigade to Memphis, Tenn., and report to the commanding officer at that place. The quartermaster's department will furnish transportation.

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By command of Major General J. J. Reynolds:

S. C. FARRINGTON,

Major and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.


HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, Little Rock, Ark., November 23, 1864.

Brigadier General E. A. CARR,
Commanding District of Little Rock, Little Rock, Ark.:

GENERAL: You will please order the two infantry regiments of Brigadier-General Dennis' division, now at Little Rock, to proceed to Devall's Bluff by railroad on the 2 p. m. train to-morrow, and report to General Dennis for duty.

By order of Major General F. Steele:

W. D. GREEN,

Assistant Adjutant-General.


SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. FIRST DIV., 7TH ARMY CORPS, Numbers 150.
Little Rock, Ark., November 23, 1864.

I. Pursuant to orders from headquarters District of Little Rock, the Twenty-ninth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry and the Forty-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry will proceed by the 2 p. m. train to-morrow to Devall's Bluff, Ark., reporting there to Brigadier-General Dennis.

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By order of Brigadier General F. Salomon:

A. BLOCKI,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

DEVALL'S BLUFF, November 23, 1864. (Received 4 p. m.)

Captain C. H. DYER:

Three privates of the Forty-third Infantry captured at Marks' Mills, April 25, arrived here to-day from Tyler, Tex., having made their escape November 7. They force is estimated at 1,500. Rations, corn meal and fresh beef, with half rations of salt.

C. C. ANDREWS,

Brigadier-General.


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