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398 Series I Volume XXXIV-IV Serial 64 - Red River Campaign Part IV

Page 398 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. Chapter XLVI.

MACON, MO., June 15, 1864.

Brigadier General CLINTON B. FISK:

Colonel Greene, assistant adjutant-general, telegraphs to arrest H. Truman, put him in irons, and send him to you. the train from Saint Joseph is in the ditch at Callao. I shall take some men with me on the western train and arrest him there. His partner, Brown, as he calls himself, is now in the guard-house here by my order. Brown has a man here under arrest, whom I shall release, s there are no charges against him. Colonel Williams left for Chariton County this morning. Captain Smith will be in command here.

DAN. M. DRAPER,

Lieutenant-Colonel Ninth Cavalry.


HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF NORTH MISSOURI,
Saint Joseph, Mo., June 15, 1864.

Lieutenant-Colonel DRAPER, Macon, mo.:

Arrest the Gilstrap who accompanied H. T. on his late campaign and send him to me under guard on the next train. Let no villains connected with the damnable outrages escape. Iron Brown.

CLINTON B. FISK,

Brigadier-General.


HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF NORTH MISSOURI,
Saint Louis, Mo., June 15, 1864.

Captain E. J. CRANDALL, Brookfield, Mo.:

Be very careful and not allow any of the H. T. party to escape. Arrest the whole of them and send to me under strong guard. Tell the people that I have matters in my own hands now, and that punishment will be meted out to the guilty and the rights of the people respected and maintained.

CLINTON B. FISK,

Brigadier-General.

BROOKFIELD, MO., June 15, 1864.

General FISK:

Mr. Veatch, Mr. Hidde, and Mr. Horsley, from Keytesville, are here claiming property taken by H. Truman. I know nothing of the men. I have made some inquiry and think they are not bad men; they say they sent letters from prominent Union men in that vicinity to H. Truman. What shall I do about them if they can produce satisfactory evidence of their loyalty? Shall I deliver them their property?

E. J. CRANDALL,

Captain.


HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF NORTH MISSOURI,
Saint Joseph, Mo., June 15, 1864.

Captain E. J. CRANDALL, Brookfield, Mo.:

Your action is approved. Let the people understand that H. Truman was not in this district by my authority, but against my most


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