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Official Army Records

Miscellaneous-1 1861-1865

GENERAL ORDERS No. 43.

HEADQUARTERS THIRD ARMY CORPS,

October 3, 1863.

Upon the call of General Rosecrans for the services of Brigadier-General Elliott,

commanding the Third Division of this corps, which takes him from the Army of the Potomac

and from the division which he has so ably commanded, the general commanding the corps

deems it a duty to state his regret at losing so valuable an officer. General Elliott was with

General Lyon at the battle of Springfield; he commanded a cavalry brigade of Iowa and

Michigan troops on the first and successful raid of this war upon the Ohio and Mobile Railroad

at Boonville, Miss., and was engaged and wounded at the second battle of Bull Run, 1862, at the

head of his command. In connection with the services of this gallant officer, the occasion

presents itself to mention other officers of the Third Division of this corps. Colonel Keifer,

commanding Second Brigade, served under Rosecrans and Buell in Kentucky, Tennessee, and at

Corinth. In command of the One hundred and tenth Ohio, with other troops, at Winchester he

gallantly resisted attack, and on the retreat this regiment, now in this corps, assaulted the

pursuing enemy with the bayonet, crossing two walls on either side of Martinsburg pike,

reserving its fire until the regiment had crossed both walls, when the enemy were driven from

their batteries. Colonel Smith, commanding the Third Brigade, Third Division of this Third

Corps, commanded the First Ohio at the battle of Shiloh, and was tendered by the Governor of

Ollie his regiment--the One hundred and twenty-sixth Ohio. The general now commanding the

corps of Hooker, Sickles, Berry, and, as his near friend, dares to raise the shroud of the chivalric

Kearny, needs nothing further to convince the brave and intelligent soldiers of this corps that the

efforts for preference are unjust over the reputation of brother soldiers, no matter what State or

what army may claim them; when they have proved themselves true and faithful to our Union, to

our glorious flag (these troops), ought and must be admitted to the position to which by their

gallantry they are entitled.

By command of Major-General French:

JNO. M. NORVELL,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI,

Saint Louis, February 5, 1862.

COMMANDING OFFICER AT CAIRO:

Send troops forward to General Grant as rapidly as possible. Fort Henry is being largely reenforced

from Bowling Green. The Fourteenth Iowa have left to-day, the Forty-third Illinois will

go to-morrow, and the Second Iowa in a few days.

H. W. HALLECK,

Major-General, Comma

SPECIAL ORDERS No. 150.

HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI,

Saint Louis, February 18, 1862.

1. The Second Iowa and Second Michigan Cavalry will proceed toward the seat of war in

Tennessee, touching at Cairo and Paducah for orders.

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3. The troops now at or about to arrive at Saint Charles, Mo., consisting of four companies

U.S. Infantry, three companies Fourth U.S. Cavalry, five companies Thirty-ninth Ohio

Volunteers, Forty-second Regiment Illinois Volunteers, Forty-seventh Regiment Illinois

Volunteers, Fifth Regiment Iowa Volunteers, Twenty-seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteers, two

batteries First Missouri Artillery, Engineer [Bissell's] Regiment of the West, Company F, Second

Artillery, Eleventh Ohio Battery, will proceed without delay to the seat of war in Tennessee,

stopping long enough at Saint Louis to obtain a full supply of ordnance stores and touching at

Cairo and Paducah for orders.

By order of Major-General Halleck:

J. C. KELTON,

Assistant Adjutant-General

SPECIAL ORDERS No. 208.

HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI,

Saint Louis, March 7, 1862.

7. The Sixth Iowa Infantry will immediately proceed to Tennessee, touching at Cairo and

Paducah for orders.

8. The Minnesota battery, Captain Munch, now at the Saint Louis Arsenal, will proceed

without delay and report to Maj. Gen. U.S. Grant, commanding District of West Tennessee.

By order of Major-General Halleck:

J. C. KELTON,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS No. 213.

HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI,

Saint Louis, March 8, 1862.

5. The Fifth Ohio Battery and the Eighth, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Iowa Volunteers, about to

arrive in this city, will proceed to report to Maj. Gen. U.S. Grant, touching at Cairo and Paducah

orders.

By order of Major-General Halleck:

J. C. KELTON,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

ORDERS No. 7.

HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION,

March 16, 1862.

I. Col. J. A. McDowell, Sixth Iowa Volunteers, pursuant to orders from Maj. Gen. C. F.

Smith, having reported for duty, is assigned to the First Brigade, and being the senior officer,

will at once assume command of the brigade.

II. The cavalry and artillery will land as soon as practicable.

By order of Brig. Gen. W. T. Sherman:

J. H. HAMMOND,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS No. 4.

HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION,

March 18, 1862.

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The Eighth Iowa Volunteers, Colonel Geddes, is hereby attached to the First Brigade,

Colonel McDowell commanding. Colonel Geddes will report with his regiment to Colonel

McDowell on the lines.

By order of Brig. Gen. W. T. Sherman:

J. H. HAMMOND,

Assistant Adjutant-Genera

SPECIAL ORDERS No. 8.

HEADQUARTERS,

Pittsburg, March 19, 1862.

I. The unattached troops at this point are hereby brigaded as follows: Eighth Regiment Iowa

Volunteers is attached to Colonel Lauman's (First) brigade, General Smith's division.

II. Third Iowa Volunteers to Colonel McArthur's (Second) brigade, General Smith's division.

III. Eighty-first Ohio Volunteers to Col. John Cook's (Third) brigade, General Smith's

division.

IV. Fifth Ohio Cavalry to Colonel Hildebrand's (Third) brigade, General Sherman's division.

V. Minnesota battery, Captain Munch, to Colonel Buckland's (Fourth) brigade, General

Sherman's division. The commanding officers of the regiments and companies so attached will at

once report to their brigade commanders.

VI. Fifty-second Illinois Volunteers, Colonel McArthur's (Second) brigade, General Smith's

division.

By order of Brig. Gen. W. T. Sherman:

J. H. HAMMOND,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS No. 147.

HDQRS. DEPT. OF THE MISSISSIPPI,

Saint Louis, May 2, 1862.

6. The Seventeenth Iowa and Fourth Minnesota Volunteers will proceed to Hamburg, Tenn.,

and report to Major-General Pope, without delay.

By order of Major-General Halleck:

S. M. PRESTON,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS No. 50.

HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION

Army of the Tennessee, May 3, 1862.

The division will move at 7 o'clock to-morrow morning. The men will carry four days'

rations and eighty rounds of cartridges. Each regiment will also take one wagon load of

ammunition in the immediate rear. The baggage and tents will follow in a separate division train.

The order of march will be the same as in coming to this camp but the ambulances and

ammunition wagons will follow their regiments. Colonel McDowell will march at 7 a.m. by the

new road on the right of Williams', left of Moore's, to Monterey, and the right-hand road toward

Corinth. Behr's battery will take place in column behind the Sixth Iowa, and Major Taylor will

indicate another battery to follow the First Brigade; other batteries as before.

By order of Brig. Gen. W. T. Sherman:

J. H. HAMMOND,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

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SPECIAL ORDERS No. 106.

HDQRS. ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI,

Corinth Road, May 6, 1862.

The Third Division of this army will consist of--

First Brigade, Brig. Gen. N. B. Buford commanding: Fifth Iowa Volunteers, Colonel

Worthington; Fifty-ninth Indiana Volunteers, Colonel Alexander; Forty-eighth Indiana

Volunteers, ---- ----; Twenty-sixth Missouri Volunteers, Colonel Boomer.

Second Brigade, Col. N. Perczel commanding: Tenth Missouri Volunteers, Tenth Iowa

Volunteers, Thirtieth Ohio Volunteers, Fifty-sixth Illinois Volunteers.

By order of Major-General Pope:

SPEED BUTLER,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

GENERAL ORDERS No. 63.

HDQRS. ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI,

Near Danville, June 12, 1862.

The appointment of Col. W. L. Elliott, Second Iowa Cavalry, and Col. J. D. Morgan, Tenth

Illinois, as brigadier-generals, having been communicated by the major-general commanding this

department, they are announced as such to this army, and will be obeyed and respected

accordingly. Brig. Gen. J. D. Morgan will retain the command of his division. Brig. Gen. W. L.

Elliott is assigned to duty as chief of staff to the major-general commanding the Army of the

Mississippi, and all communications to these headquarters will be addressed to him.

By order of Major-General Pope:

SPEED BUTLER,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

GENERAL ORDERS No. 1.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF KENTUCKY,

Covington, Ky., October 7, 1862.

I. The undersigned, pursuant to Special Orders, No. 51, headquarters Department of the

Ohio, October 7, 1862, hereby assumes command of the Army of Kentucky.

II. Brig. Gen. A. J. Smith is assigned to the command of the advance forces, and will

organize it into brigades as the necessities of service may require.

III. The depot of supplies, of subsistence, forage, ordnance and ordnance stores, camp and

garrison equipage, quartermaster's property, and medical supplies will for the present be at

Covington and Cincinnati, and requisitions for the same will be made through these headquarters

upon the chiefs of the respective departments.

IV. Semi-weekly reports, on Mondays and Tuesdays, of the strength, whereabouts, and

condition of the command will be made through regimental, brigade, and division commanders

to these headquarters.

V. On all marches, scouts, reconnaissances, patrols, &c., the officer commanding the same

will be required to observe carefully the country, its roads, streams, bridges, hills, residences of

important persons, towns, cities, the direction and distances between important points, and roads

running parallel or nearly so--in fact, every topographical feature of the country that could

possibly be of benefit in a military point of view. All this must be set forth in a sketch and report

and submitted to the division commander.

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VI. Capt. F. E. Walbridge, assistant quartermaster, is temporarily assigned to duty with Brig.

Gen. A. J. Smith, and will report to him accordingly.

By order of Maj. Gen. G. Granger:

T. G. BEAHAM,

First Lieut., Second Iowa Cav., and Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen.

GENERAL ORDERS No. 3.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF KENTUCKY,

Covington, Ky., October 11, 1862.

Brig. Gen. A. Baird, U.S. Volunteers, having reported for duty at these headquarters, is

hereby assigned to the command of all the troops now in and around Covington, Ky. General

Baird will, with the least possible delay, organize and get his command ready for the field.

By order of Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger:

T. G. BEAHAM,

First Lieut., Second Iowa Cav., Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen.

GENERAL ORDERS No. 6.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF KENTUCKY,

Covington, Ky., October 17, 1862.

First Lieut. Thomas G. Beaham is announced as aide-de-camp and acting assistant adjutantgeneral;

Capt. J. G. Taylor and First Lieut. J. S. Fullerton, as aides-de-camp on the staff of the

general commanding the Army of Kentucky. They will be obeyed and respected accordingly.

By order of Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger:

T. G. BEAHAM,

First Lieut., Second Iowa Cav., Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen.

Maj. Gen. HENRY W. HALLECK,

General-in-Chief U.S. Army:

GENERAL: I respectfully recommend promotion for the following officers for meritorious

services and qualifications for their advancement: Brig. Gen. C. S. Hamilton; Col. C. C. Marsh,

Twentieth Illinois; Col. M. M. Crocker, Thirteenth Iowa; Col. J. A. Mower, Eleventh Missouri;

Col. M. D. Leggett, Seventy-eighth Ohio; Col. John D. Stevenson, Seventh Missouri, and Col.

John E. Smith, Forty-fifth Illinois.

U. S. GRANT,

Major-General.

GENERAL ORDERS No. 8.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF KENTUCKY,

Covington, Ky., October 22, 1862.

Brig. Gen. H. M. Judah, having reported at these headquarters for duty, is announced as

inspector general of the Army of Kentucky.

By order of Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger:

T. G. BEAHAM,

First Lieut., Second Iowa Cav., and Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen.

GENERAL ORDERS No. 14.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF KENTUCKY,

Lexington, Ky., November 3, 1862.

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Capt. F. E. Walbridge, assistant quartermaster, U.S. Volunteers, is announced as chief

quartermaster; Capt. G. W. Burton, commissary of subsistence, U.S. Volunteers, as chief

commissary; and Capt. W. L. Avery, Seventy-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as aide-de-camp on

the staff of the general commanding the Army of Kentucky. They will be obeyed and respected

accordingly.

By order of Maj. Gen. G. Granger:

T. G. BEAHAM,

First Lieut., Second Iowa Cav., and Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen.

GENERAL ORDERS No. 15.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF KENTUCKY,

Lexington, Ky., November 4, 1862.

I. Passes will not be required from and after this date for citizens to pass and repass within a

circuit of ten miles from the city of Lexington.

II. Persons desirous of leaving the State, or going beyond the limits prescribed above, must

obtain passes for that purpose from the provost-marshall in this city, or from the commanders in

the immediate vicinity of their homes.

III. No citizen nor non-combatant will be permitted within the camps or lines of this army,

without special authority to that effect. This prohibition does not apply to residents already

domiciled within the lines.

IV. No officer nor soldier will be permitted to visit the city of Lexington between retreat and

reveille, except upon urgent public business--those on duty within the city excepted.

V. All officers in or about the city of Lexington, not on duty with the Army of Kentucky, will

report at these headquarters, in person, without delay.

VI. Only one commissioned officer from each regiment, and one enlisted man from each

company in this command, will be allowed to be absent from his regiment or company at anyone

time; nor will such officer or enlisted man be allowed to be so absent at any time that will in any

way interfere with regimental or company duties.

By order of Maj. Gen. G. Granger:

T. G. BEAHAM,

First Lieut., Second Iowa Cav., and Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen.

GENERAL ORDERS No. 18.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF KENTUCKY,

Lexington, Ky., November 7, 1862.

Capt. H. C. Ransom, assistant quartermaster, U.S. Army, having reported for duty at these

headquarters, pursuant to Special Orders, No. 95, headquarters Department of the Ohio, is

assigned to duty with this army as chief of the quartermaster's department. He will relieve Capt.

F. E. Walbridge, as chief quartermaster, and assign him to duty as depot and post quartermaster

in this city.

By order of Maj. Gen. G. Granger:

T. G. BEAHAM,

First Lieut., Second Iowa Cav., and Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen.

GENERAL ORDERS No. 23.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF KENTUCKY,

Lexington, Ky., November 17, 1862.

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Surg. William Varian, U.S. Volunteers, having reported at these headquarters for duty, is

announced as medical director of the Army of Kentucky, and will be obeyed and respected

accordingly.

By order of Maj. Gen. G. Granger:

T. G. BEAHAM,

First Lieut., Second Iowa Cav., Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen.

GENERAL ORDERS NO. 30.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF KENTUCKY,

Lexington, Ky., November 28, 1862.

Lieut. and Bvt. Capt. William E. Merrill, Corps of Engineers, is hereby announced as chief

engineer of the Army of Kentucky, to date from October 12, 1862. He will be obeyed and

respected accordingly.

By order of Maj. Gen. G. Granger:

T. G. BEAHAM,

First Lieut., Second Iowa Cav., and Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen.

GENERAL ORDERS No. 31.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF KENTUCKY,

Lexington, Ky., December 1, 1862.

Capt. L. D. Watkins, Fifth U.S. Cavalry, is hereby announced as chief of cavalry of the Army

of Kentucky. All returns, reports, requisitions, &c., from the cavalry will be submitted to him.

By order of Maj. Gen. G. Granger:

T. G. BEAHAM,

First Lieut., Second Iowa Cav., Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen.

SPECIAL ORDERS No. 11.

HEADQUARTERS THIRD DIVISION,

Camp on Hurricane Creek, December 11, 1862.

I. The Twelfth Indiana Regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel Kempton, and the Twenty-seventh

Iowa Regiment, Colonel Gilbert, will, as soon as practicable, move their respective commands to

the town of Waterford, and there remaining, will report to Colonel Du Bois at Holly Springs.

II. The Thirty-third Wisconsin Regiment and Rogers' battery will, under the command of

Colonel Moore, of the Thirty-third Wisconsin Regiment, move to-morrow, the 12th instant, to

the town of Oxford, Miss., starting at the hour of 9 a.m. Arriving there, will report to Brigadier-

General Lauman, commanding Fourth Division.

By order of Brigadier-General Lauman:

H. SCOFIELD,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

GENERAL ORDERS NO. 36.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF KENTUCKY,

Lexington, Ky., December 19, 1862.

Deserters from the rebel service, and persons who are returning to their homes in this State--

having been followers of the rebel army, but not in the service--will, upon coming within the

limits of the Military District of Central Kentucky, report in person at these headquarters to the

major-general commanding the Army of Kentucky, and submit their respective cases to be

properly adjudged upon and disposed of. Persons included within the terms of this order who

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shall fail to observe the same will be arrested and treated as spies or as prisoners of war,

according to the circumstances of each particular case. Civil officers and loyal citizens are

requested to aid in the enforcement of this order.

By order of Maj. Gen. G. Granger:

T. G. BEAHAM,

First Lieut., Second Iowa Cav., Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen.

GENERAL ORDERS No. 40.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF KENTUCKY,

Lexington, Ky., December 30, 1862.

Capt. William C. Russell, assistant adjutant-general, U.S. Volunteers, having, in obedience to

Special Orders, No. 173, headquarters Department of the Ohio, reported for duty at these

headquarters, is announced as assistant adjutant-general of this army. He will be recognized and

obeyed accordingly.

By order of Maj. Gen. G. Granger:

T. G. BEAHAM,

First Lieut., Second Iowa Cav., and Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen.

SPECIAL ORDERS NO. 151.

HDQRS. DEPT. OF THE TENNESSEE,

Near Vicksburg, Miss., June 5, 1863.

6. The Sixty-third Regiment Illinois Infantry Volunteers, Colonel McCown commanding,

now in Major-General Logan's division, Seventeenth Army Corps, will proceed immediately and

without delay to Young's Point, La., and report for duty to Brig. Gen. E. S. Dennis, commanding.

Land transportation, camp and garrison equipage, will be taken. Immediately upon the arrival of

the Sixty-third Illinois Volunteers, the Twenty-third Iowa Volunteers will proceed to join their

proper brigade in the Thirteenth Army Corps. The quartermaster's department will furnish

necessary transportation by river.

By order of Maj. Gen. U.S. Grant:

JNO. A. RAWLINS,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS NINTH ARMY CORPS,

Milldale, Miss., June 22, 1863.

Major-General GRANT:

One of the cavalrymen sent out this morning on patrol has returned and reported that a

detachment of the Fourth Iowa Cavalry out beyond Bear Creek, blockading roads, were attacked

by a force of 1,000 cavalry and driven back to this side of the creek. Two hundred of our men are

reported missing. The rebels have not yet crossed. Re-enforcements have been sent out.

J. G. PARKE,

Major-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS No. 191.

HDQRS. DEPT. OF THE TENNESSEE,

Vicksburg, Miss., July 15, 1863.

4. Brig. Gen. J. G. Lauman, U.S. Volunteers, will proceed to the State of Iowa and there

await orders. He will take with him his personal staff.

By order of Maj. Gen. U.S. Grant:

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JNO. A. RAWLINS,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF TENNESSEE,

Vicksburg, July 27, 1863.

General L. THOMAS,

Washington, D.C.:

I would very respectfully recommend for gallant and meritorious services and for extreme

fitness for command corresponding to the increased rank the following promotions, to wit: Brig.

Gen. Grenville M. Dodge, Brig. Gen. Alvin P. Hovey, Brig. Gen. John E. Smith, and Brig. Gen.

W. S. Smith, to be major-generals of volunteers; and Col. Charles R. Woods, Seventy-sixth

Ohio; Col. Alexander Chambers, Sixteenth Iowa; Lieut. Col. John A. Rawlins, assistant adjutantgeneral;

Col. Giles A. Smith, Eighth Missouri; Col. John M. Corse, Sixth Iowa; Col. John B.

Sanborn, Fourth Minnesota; Col. W. Q. Gresham, Fifty-third Indiana; Col. M. F. Force,

Twentieth Ohio; Col. T. Kilby Smith, Fifty-fourth Ohio, to be brigadier-generals of volunteers.

These officers have all rendered valuable services in the field and will fill the places for which

they are recommended well. Lieut. Col. John A. Rawlins has been my assistant adjutant-general

from the beginning of the rebellion. No officer has won a more honorable reputation than he has,

and I think I can safely say that he would make a good corps commander. This promotion I

would particularly ask as a reward of merit.

U.S. GRANT,

Major-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS No. 209.

HDQRS. DEPT. OF THE TENNESSEE,

Vicksburg, Miss., August 2, 1863.

4. The Second Regiment Wisconsin Cavalry Volunteers is hereby temporarily assigned to the

Seventeenth Army Corps, Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson commanding, and will report

accordingly.

5. The Third and Fourth Regiments Iowa Cavalry and the Fifth Illinois Cavalry are hereby

temporarily assigned to the Fifteenth Army Corps, Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman commanding, and

will report accordingly.

By order of Maj. Gen. U.S. Grant:

T. S. BOWERS,

Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

GENERAL ORDERS No. 13.

HDQRS. SEVENTEENTH ARMY CORPS,

DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE,

Vicksburg, Miss., April 4, 1864.

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Private Aaron P. Gilbert, A Company, Fifth Iowa Infantry, medal of gold, inscribed, "New

Madrid, Island No. 10, Siege of Corinth, Iuka, Corinth, Vicksburg."

Capt. J. Henry Smith, A Company, Sixteenth Iowa Infantry, medal of silver, inscribed,

"Shiloh, Iuka, Corinth, Vicksburg."

Second Lieut. Samuel Duffin, K Company, Sixteenth Iowa Infantry, medal of gold,

inscribed, "Iuka, Corinth, Vicksburg."

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The general commanding is requested by the board to state that a large number of medals

intended for the several divisions of this corps yet remain to be distributed, upon the

recommendation of commanding officers, who are hereby directed to forward to the board the

names of officers and men whom they deem entitled to wear this badge of distinction for

"gallantry in action and other soldierly qualities."

By order of Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson:

W. T. CLARK,

Assistant Adjutant-General

HDQRS. SECOND BRIG, THIRD DIV., FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS,

Savannah, Ga., January 6, 1865.

Maj. Gen. WILLIAM T. SHERMAN,

Comdg. the Mil. Div. of the Mississippi, Savannah, Ga.:

GENERAL: You no doubt remember our conversation at Cartersville, Ga., in September last,

in reference to your report of the battle of Mission Ridge, and the part my command took in that

battle. Acting upon your suggestion, I address you this note for the purpose of putting upon paper

the statements I then made to you. I was ordered to support General Matthies, whose brigade was

closely engaged with the enemy near the crest of the hill to the left of the tunnel. I went forward

at the double-quick, in two lines, under a sharp artillery fire. I formed the Seventeenth Iowa and

Eightieth Ohio Volunteers behind the fence, on the upper side of the field, and the Fifty-sixth

Illinois and Tenth Missouri Volunteers in the road at the foot of the hill. A short time after these

dispositions were made I received information that General Matthies' brigade was running short

of ammunition. I at once ordered the Seventeenth Iowa and Eightieth Ohio forward, intending to

relieve the troops in front. At this juncture the enemy, massing a considerable force upon the

right flank of Matthies' brigade, made a furious attack upon him. I was with my advance troops,

and therefore could not see what was going on around the point of the hill. My men had not

advanced more than forty yards beyond the fence when I discovered that Matthies' right had been

forced back, carrying mine with it, and that the enemy had actually passed to our rear on the

right, while they were making a vigorous attack in front. The disorder on the right communicated

rapidly, and in a few moments the entire line gave way, and was reformed again as indicated in

your report. The enemy pursued and formed an irregular line below the upper fence. My second

line, composed of the Fifty-sixth Illinois and Tenth Missouri Volunteers, stood firm, engaged the

enemy with spirit, and forced him to retire to his works upon the hill. It was whilst directing the

fire of these two regiments that I was wounded. I did not leave the field, however, until the

engagement was over, so that what I have stated is from my personal knowledge. When I read

your report I supposed that from your position on the hill you were unable to see my reserve

line, and seeing the enemy retire, that it naturally occurred to you that the troops on the left had

driven them back. In making the foregoing statements I do not detract from the just meed of

praise to General Lightburn's command, for at Mission Ridge there was glory enough for all. I

have observed that the Army and Navy Journal, in commenting upon that battle, has followed

your report, thus carrying an error into history. With these statements I leave the matter with you

to make such addenda as will do justice to the living and the dead.

I have the honor to be, general, very respectfully, your friend and obedient servant,

GREEN B. RAUM,

Brevet Brigadier-General.

the Seventh Iowa Infantry to the front to support a battery of Major Cavender's rifled 20-

pounder Parrott guns, which were placed in a position to command a portion of the rebel works. I

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obtained permission from you to associate the regiment of Birge's Sharpshooters in the

movement, and placed the two regiments in position, where they remained during the night.

In accordance with your orders on the morning of Thursday, the 13th instant, I moved the left

wing of my brigade, consisting of the Fourteenth Iowa (Colonel Shaw) and Twenty-fifth Indiana

(Colonel Veatch), from their encampment toward the enemy, who were intrenched about a mile

distant therefrom. The advance was made steadily and in as good order as the nature of the

ground would admit of until we reached the ravine at the base of the hill on which were the

enemy's fortifications. Here we halted until the line could be formed, when the Twenty-fifth

Indiana, under Colonel Veatch, moved steadily up the hill and toward the intrenchments under a

most galling fire of musketry and grape, until their onward progress was obstructed by the fallen

timber and brushwood. Having, however, succeeded in gaining an advantageous position, they

held it unflinchingly for more than two hours, and until ordered to fall back out of range of the

enemy's fire. The loss of this regiment in killed and wounded was very severe. The Fourteenth

Iowa advanced at the same time and took position on the right and across a ravine, and did good

execution. Whilst these two regiments were taking the above positions, the Seventh Iowa

Infantry, under Lieutenant-Colonel Parrott, came up in fine style and took a position in the

center, between the Twenty-fifth Indiana and the Fourteenth Iowa. The First Regiment

Sharpshooters, Western Division, Lieut. Col. B. S. Compton, were posted on the hill to the

extreme right, except a detachment of about sixty who were deployed as skirmishers, and

rendered most effective service in that capacity, and proving by their deadly aim that they are a

most valuable arm of the service. We held this position until night, when we fell back to the

position occupied in the morning. On the following day we remained in camp skirmishing with

the rebels during the day and night. On Saturday, the 15th instant, at about 2 o'clock, I received

your order to advance with my whole brigade and assault the heights on the left of the position

attacked by us on the previous Thursday. The brigade was promptly in motion in the following

order: The Second Iowa. Colonel Tuttle, led the advance, followed by the Fifty-second Indiana

(temporarily attached to my brigade), who were ordered to support them. This regiment was

followed closely by the Twenty fifth Indiana, the Seventh Iowa, and the Fourteenth Iowa. The

Sharpshooters were previously deployed as skirmishers on our extreme right and left. Colonel

Tuttle led the left wing of his regiment in line of battle up the hill, supported by the right wing,

advancing at a distance of about 150 yards in the rear. So soon as he came within range of the

enemy's fire he led his men forward, without firing a gun, up to and charged into the rebels'

works, driving the enemy before him and planting his colors on their fortifications. He was

closely followed by the other regiments in the order of advance before named. The enemy was

closely pursued and driven behind their inner works. Night coming on, we held the position we

had gained, and remained under arms until morning, intending at dawn of day to recommence

the attack. In this engagement the Second Iowa suffered terribly. Captains Slaymaker and

Cloutman fell just as they entered the fortification. Cloutman was instantly killed; Slaymaker

died gallantly, shouting to his men to go forward and consummate the work.

In the morning, as day dawned, we were attracted to the inner fortifications by the sound of a

bugle, and saw the rebels displaying a white flag. I instantly dispatched Lieutenant-Colonel

Parrott to ascertain the intent of it, who reported that an officer wished to see me. I repaired to

the spot and received from him offers of capitulation, which I at once forwarded to you. The

result is well known. It would afford me much pleasure to particularize the various instances of

personal bravery displayed on the occasion by officers under my command, but when all

behaved so well it would be invidious to particularize; but I cannot refrain from mentioning in

this connection the bravery of Colonel Tuttle, Lieutenant-Colonel Baker, and Major Chipman

(who received a severe wound in the thigh), of the Second Iowa; Colonel Veatch and

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Lieutenant-Colonel Morgan, of the Twenty-fifth Indiana, and Colonel Shaw, of the Fourteenth

Iowa; also Lieutenant-Colonel Parrott and Major Rice, who led the Seventh Iowa, and to whom I

return my warmest acknowledgments for the gallant manner in which they led their regiment into

the engagement on the 13th and 15th. They did all that men could do, and well sustained the

reputation of the Seventh Iowa. For the kindness, attention, and skill manifested by the surgeons

and assistant surgeons for so many consecutive hours toward the unfortunate wounded I return

my most sincere thanks.

The total loss in killed and wounded is as follows: Second Regiment Iowa Infantry

Volunteers--Killed, 41; wounded, 157; total, 198. Twenty-fifth Regiment Indiana Volunteers--

Killed, 14; wounded, 101; total, 115. Seventh Regiment Iowa Infantry--Killed, 2; wounded, 37;

total, 39. Fourteenth Regiment Iowa Infantry--Killed, 3; wounded, 23; total, 26. First Regiment

Sharpshooters--Killed, l; wounded, 3; missing, 1; total, 5. Recapitulation--Whole number killed,

61; whole number wounded, 321; whole number missing, 1; total, 383.

I herewith append the reports of the colonels of regiments attached to my brigade, to which I

invite your particular attention.

With sentiments of high regard, I remain, respectfully, your obedient servant,

J. G. LAUMAN,

Colonel, Commanding Fourth Brigade, Second Division.

Brig. Gen. C. F. SMITH,

Commanding Second Division.

HDQRS. SECOND DIV., DIST. OF WEST TENNESSEE,

Pittsburg, Tenn., March 29, 1862.

SIR: I present to the major-general commanding the district the following as the report of the

operations of my division during the attack on Fort Donelson:

The First Brigade, commanded by Colonel McArthur, Ninth [Twelfth] Illinois, consisting of

the Ninth, Twelfth, and Forty-first Illinois Infantry, was detached during almost the entire period

of our three days' operations, and hence its service did not come under my personal notice, save

to a very limited extent. It is well known to me, however, they did gallant service; and as no

official notice has been taken of this, so far as I am aware, I take pleasure in transmitting

herewith the reports of the regimental commanders, with a list of the casualties in the brigade,

amounting to 70 killed and 340 wounded. The Second Brigade, commanded by Col. Morgan L.

Smith, of the Eighth Missouri, consisting of his own regiment and the Eleventh Indiana, was in

like manner detached, and, as the report of General Wallace indicates, performed most

distinguished service. Company C of the Second (Captain F[arrand]) and I of the Fourth Regular

Cavalry (Lieutenant Powell)--the squadron commanded by the former--belonging to the division,

were detached from it from before the fall of Fort Henry until after the fall of Fort Donelson. It is

within my knowledge they did gallant and effective service, for which they have thus far

received no credit. I take pleasure, therefore, in transmitting with this the report of Lieutenant

Powell (Captain F[arrand] being absent on account of ill health), and commending both officers

to the favorable notice of the Government.

That part of the division under my immediate orders was organized as follows: The Third

Brigade, commanded by Col. John Cook, Seventh Illinois, consisted of his own regiment,

commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Babcock; Fiftieth Illinois, Colonel Bane; Twelfth Iowa,

Colonel Woods; Fifty-second Indiana, Colonel Smith, and Thirteenth Missouri, Colonel Wright.

The Fourth Brigade, commanded by Colonel Lauman, Seventh Iowa, consisting of his own

regiment, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Parrott; Second Iowa, Colonel Tuttle; Fourteenth

Iowa, Colonel Shaw; Twenty-fifth Indiana, Colonel Veatch, and Sixteenth [Fourteenth] Missouri

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(commonly called Western Sharpshooters), Lieutenant-Colonel Compton. The Second Battalion,

First Missouri Light Artillery, commanded by Major Cavender, consisting of three batteries of

four Parrott guns each--10 and 20 pounders--commanded, respectively, by Captains Welker,

Richardson, and Stone. Arriving on the evening of February 12 at short distance from the outwork

of the enemy on his right, the investment of the place was partially commenced by

throwing the Fourth Brigade on our left and the Third Brigade on its right, joining the First

Division on the right with the First (McArthur's) Brigade in reserve, with a battery in advance on

the road leading to Dover and Fort Donelson. Early on the following morning (13th) the

regiments were posted in order of investment in easy cannon-range of the enemy's line of

defense from the west--his extreme right--to the south, a somewhat central position with

reference to that line, going as far as possible to the left of the First Division. The ground

covered by the division was thickly wooded and exceedingly hilly and broken. The enemy's

works were on the highest ground in the vicinity. He had an infantry breast-work in front of his

main line (vaguely called rifle-pits), crested with logs, from under which they fired, the whole

strengthened by a wide abatis from felled timber of large size. Ignorant of the ground, we had to

feel our way cautiously. As soon as the regiments were measurably in position, orders were

given to brigade commanders to cover our front of attack with as many skirmishers as possible,

well supported by their regiments, keeping a strong reserve; to press forward as steadily and

rapidly as the ground would admit, and, if the opportunity offered, to assault with the bayonet.

During this time Major Cavender's batteries, by sections or pieces, were posted to the best

apparent advantage, well supported, with orders to open on the enemy. This was handsomely

done and quick response made. Our pieces were shifted from time to time, and served with good

effect, better, as we afterward knew from the enemy, than was suspected; their long ranges

sending shells into the fort and causing sharp loss and great moral effect. Our casualties were

numerous on this day. The reports of the different commanders, partially confirmed by my

personal observations, satisfied me that an assault on almost any part of the entire front covered

by us was not practicable without enormous sacrifice of life. At nightfall the skirmishers were

recalled and the troops ordered to remain in position, but from necessity without fires, as the

night was very inclement--rainy, snow, sleet, and cold--and the discomfort of the men was very

great. On the next day (14th) the same system of annoyance was kept up, but, under the orders of

the commanding general, to a more limited extent. At nightfall the advance parties were recalled

as before. Our casualties on this day were not so numerous as on the day before. The night

inclement as before, with the same discomfort. During the course of this day I made a personal

reconnaissance of the ground on our extreme left and satisfied myself that the only apparent

practicable point of assault was in that quarter, the enemy's extreme right being protected by an

impassable slough, which fact was communicated to the commanding general. Under the orders

of the commanding general the division remained quiet on the next day (15th), except to keep up

the annoyance by skirmishers and slow artillery fire, until toward 3 o'clock p.m., when I received

the general's personal order to assault the enemy's right, a half mile or more from my habitual

position. On the receipt of the order the artillery was ordered to open heavily and the brigade

commanders to press forward with large numbers of skirmishers, and make a dash at any

available opening, whilst the Second Iowa, supported by the Fifty-second Indiana (belonging to

the Third Brigade, but which had been posted to guard the left), Twenty-fifth Indiana, Twelfth

Iowa, &c., was ordered to lead the assault. The regiment was ordered to rely on the bayonet and

not to are a shot until the enemy's ranks were broken. Right gallantly was the duty performed.

The left wing of the regiment, under its colonel (Tuttle), moved steadily over the open space,

down the ravine, and up the rough ground, covered with heavy timber, in unbroken line,

regardless of the fire poured into it, and paused not until the enemy broke and fled. It was

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quickly followed by the other wing, under Lieutenant-Colonel Baker, in the same manner, the

united body pursuing the enemy through their encampment and toward the enemy's works just

above, where they skirmished for a considerable time. The movement of this regiment was a

very handsome exhibition of soldierly conduct.

The Fifty-second Indiana, ordered to follow and support the Second Iowa, from the nature of

the ground and want of tactical knowledge, instead of going to the left, as I had intended, came

up [in] confusion, and instead of moving forward, remained behind the earth-work just taken,

from where, and from some unexplained cause, fired a number of fatal shots into their friends in

front. They remained in this position until ordered to reform in the rear. The Twenty-fifth

Indiana, following in order, moved in advance to the support of the Second Iowa, and covered it

when that regiment, for want of cartridges, retired behind the intrenchments just taken from reenforcements

of the enemy. As soon as the out-work was taken I sent for a section of Stone's

battery, which soon arrived and opened upon the enemy with happy effect, silencing a heavy gun

(24-pounder). Meantime the regiments of the Third (Cook's) Brigade arrived, but as it was

getting late I deemed it better to dispose of the troops for the night and be in readiness for a

renewed assault on the morrow, the crest of the enemy's works being only some 400 yards

distant and the ground more or less favorable. Increasing the artillery on the ground just taken by

a couple of 20-pounder Parrott guns, the Fourth Brigade was disposed to guard the position, with

the Third Brigade in reserve several hundred yards in rear. The Ninth and Twelfth Illinois (First

Brigade)having reported at this time, the latter was thrown forward around the base of the hill

toward the enemy's main work, the Ninth remaining in reserve. The night very cold, but without

the cruel storm.

ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL,

Hdqrs. District of West Tennessee, Savannah, Tenn.

[The foregoing is a true copy of the original pencil draft of General C. F. Smith's report,

unfinished and unsigned. General Smith died April 25, 1862.]

g there, under charge of First Lieut. W. G. McElrea, Company A, Fifth Iowa Infantry:

The train left the landing early on the morning of the 6th with a guard of one corporal and

twelve men from the several regiments of the brigade. Soon after leaving Lieutenant McElrea

learned of the capture of a picket at the landing the night previous, and on arriving near the

church, three miles out, lie discovered a cavalry picket in the roads when he deployed his men

and advanced. He soon discovered a force of about sixty men with two mountain howitzers,

when he halted and sent back for re-enforcements to the hospital. When they arrived, twentyseven

in number, he deployed and advanced. The right of the line fired and dismounted one man,

and the force retreated rapidly. He then advanced with his own guard and train about three

miles, when he met the Sixth Missouri Cavalry, who proceeded after the enemy in the direction

they retreated. He also learned that this was the same force that captured several ambulances the

day previous. He remained last night at Port Gibson and met with no further difficulty. I consider

Lieutenant McElrea entitled to great credit for bringing his train through safely with so small a

force.

Very respectfully,

GEO. B. BOOMER,

Colonel, Commanding.

Capt. M. ROCHESTER,

Assistant Adjutant-General, Seventh Division.

HEADQUARTERS SEVENTH IOWA VETERAN INFANTRY,

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In the Field, near Kingston, Ga., May 20, 1864.

SIR: I have the honor to submit the following report of the part taken by the Seventh Iowa

Veteran Infantry in the engagement on Oostenaula River May 15, 1864:

Our gallant lieutenant-colonel, J. C. Parrott, having been quite unwell for several days, and

feeling worse on the morning of the 15th of May--I regret very much that his health would not

permit him to be with us--turned the command of the regiment over to me. Orders were received

from Col. E. W. Rice, commanding First Brigade, about 7 a.m., to move toward the Oostenaula

River, distant some three miles. When within half a mile of the river I was ordered by Col. E. W.

Rice, through you, to move by the flank into the field on the right of the road in rear of Company

H, First Missouri Light Artillery, to deploy the right wing of the regiment as skirmishers, leaving

the left wing, commanded by Captain Hedges, acting field officer, to support the battery, and

move forward across the field to the river and open a brisk fire on the enemy in case he

attempted to interfere with the pioneers who were laying a pontoon bridge across the river. The

right wing moved in good order on the double-quick, deploying as they advanced. When they

arrived at the river no enemy was in sight. Shortly after I received orders to bring up the left

wing and be in readiness to cross over as soon as the Sixty-sixth Indiana Infantry should all be

across. While the regiment above mentioned was crossing in boats the pontoon bridge was

constructed, and I marched across upon this and formed in line on the right of the road. Orders

were soon received to move the Seventh Iowa forward through the timber in the direction of

Frick's house, about one-fourth of a mile distant, to feel for and engage the enemy, if not in too

strong force. Companies B and F were deployed as skirmishers, under command of Captain

Mahon, to cover the regiment, and moved forward, the regiment conforming to their movements.

When within a short distance of the house the skirmishers' line encountered a large force of the

enemy, and receiving a heavy fire fell back gradually and in good order to the regiment for

support, the regiment moving forward cautiously the while, till they, too, came upon a brigade of

the enemy, and opened a brisk fire and received one in return. Here the enthusiasm was intense,

the men rushing forward, cheering as they charged. About this time I received orders to fall back

gradually, but found much difficulty in communicating this order amidst the heavy firing and

loud cheering. Accordingly the line pushed forward until the enemy was routed and the firing in

a measure ceased. The whole line now fell back a little, where it remained till ordered to fall

back to the river.

It affords me great pleasure to say that the conduct of officers and men, with a very few

exceptions, was unexceptionable, the recruits exhibiting the coolness and courage of veterans.

The following are the names of commissioned officers of the regiment present and absent: Col.

Elliott W. Rice, commanding First Brigade, Second Division, Sixteenth Army Corps; Lieut. Col.

James C. Parrott, sick in field hospital; Maj. J. W. McMullin, commanding the regiment;

Quartermaster C. H. Trott, present; D. T. Bowler, acting assistant adjutant-general, First Brigade,

Second Division, on the field; Surg. J. Everingham, on operating board; Asst. Surg. John Ashton,

on the field; Capt. W. W. De Heus, detached on General Dodge's staff; Capt. R. G. Reineger,

commanding detachment, left at Prospect, Tenn.; Capt. G. J. Bennett, present; Capt. Ben. B.

Gale, present; Capt. T. L. Montgomery, present; Capt. C. F. Conn, present; Capt. Benj. S.

Barbour, present; Capt. Samuel Mahon, present; Capt. J. F. Warner, absent on leave of absence

in Iowa; Capt. C. Hedges, present; First Lieut. A. W. Springer, present; First Lieut. S. P. Folsom,

present; First Lieut. W. H. Berkey, present, commanding Company G; First Lieut. J. B.

Morrison, present, aide-de-camp, First Brigade, Second Division, Sixteenth Army Corps; First

Lieut. J. L. Bess, detailed in pioneer corps; First Lieut. C. D. Dillin, prisoner of war at

Richmond; First Lieut. T. N. Barnes, aide-de-camp to General Lauman; First Lieut. R. N.

Graham, present; First Lieut. F. A. Irwin, detailed in signal corps; First Lieut. M. Wightman,

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present; Second Lieut. Thomas W. Eichelberger, absent, commanding detachment at Tunnel

Trestle; Second Lieut. H. I. Smith, present; Second Lieut. S. Helmick, present; Second Lieut.

John McCormick, present; Second Lieut. Charles J. Sergent, present; Second Lieut. W. Camp,

absent, complained of being sick; Second Lieut. T. Spence, present. Exceptions: Thomas

Tredick, Company C, fell back demoralized during the fight. Corpl. Nicholas Gross, Company

D, color guard, cowardly deserted his post. Private William H. Wortman, Company F, behaved

well till ordered back, then deserted his post and was not seen till evening. Private David Yates,

Company K, deserted his post and has not since returned. With these few exceptions officers and

men are entitled to great credit. Number engaged: Commissioned officers, 21; enlisted men,

431. Casualties: Killed--enlisted men, 3; wounded--1 commissioned officer and 49 enlisted men-

-4 mortally, since died. Prisoners captured during the engagement, 23, nine of whom were

wounded.

JAMES W. McMULLIN,

Major, Commanding Seventh Iowa Veteran Infantry.

D. T. BOWLER,

Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen., 1st Brig., 2d Div., 16th Army Corps.

HDQRS. 100TH REGT. INDIANA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY,

Savannah, Ga., January 3, 1865.

SIR: I have the honor to respectfully report the following as the part performed by the One

hundredth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Second Brigade, First Division, Fifteenth Army

Corps, Department and Army of the Tennessee, in the great campaign of the Federal forces

commanded by Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, from Atlanta to Savannah, Ga.:

In obedience to orders from headquarters Second Brigade, First Division, Fifteenth Army

Corps, the One hundredth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry broke camp at Atlanta, Ga., at 6

a.m. November 15, 1864, and in conjunction with the remaining forces of the command moved

toward McDonough, the county seat of Henry County, Ga., marching the distance of twenty

miles. From thence forward our operations run as follows: November 16, marched at 7 a.m.;

passed through McDonough at 4 p.m., and encamped at 6 p.m., having marched sixteen miles.

November 17, marched at 1 p.m., and encamped on Indian Springs road at 11 p.m., having

marched fourteen miles. November 18, marched at 7 a.m. and encamped at Indian Springs,

having marched five miles. My regiment was placed upon provost duty in the town. November

19, marched at 10 a.m., crossing the Ocmulgee River on pontoon bridge near the Ocmulgee

Mills, and bivouacked at 2 a.m. 20th November on the Hillsborough road, having marched

fifteen miles through the rain and over the worst of roads. November 20, marched at 7 a.m.,

passing to the right of Hillsborough, in Jasper County, and Tranquilla, of Jones County;

encamped near Clinton, county seat of Jones County, having marched fourteen miles. November

21, marched at 6.30 a.m., passing through Clinton, county seat of Jones County, and reaching the

Macon and Savannah Railroad, crossed the same and encamped between Griswoldville and

Gordon on the railroad, having marched eighteen miles. November 22, the Second Brigade, First

Division, Fifteenth Army Corps, to which my regiment is attached, having been ordered to make

a reconnaissance for the purpose of showing to the enemy a column of infantry moving toward

Macon, Ga., I moved the One hundredth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry from their place

of bivouac at 6 a.m. and joined the column of the brigade on the Griswoldville and Macon road,

occupying my assigned place in the column. The column moved forward on the above-named

road some two miles, when we encountered the enemy's cavalry in strong force posted upon

Duncan's farm on the left of the railroad, proceeding toward Macon. We soon drove them from

this position, and as they retreated the column moved forward, driving the enemy before us some

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two miles and a half, when, upon being informed by the major-general commanding the

Fifteenth Army Corps that the object of our reconnaissance was obtained, the command was

ordered to fall back and take up a position on Duncan's farm and remain there until the remaining

troops of the column and trains passed by, and then act as rear-guard to the entire column.

Having arrived at the point designated upon Duncan's farm, we formed line of battle covering the

Macon road, with our flanks resting in the timber while our front and center was in the open

field. The regiments composing the command were assigned positions on the line as follows: On

the right of the road were placed the Sixth Iowa Infantry, One hundred and third Illinois Infantry,

and Ninety-seventh Indiana Infantry; on the left of the road were posted the Fortieth Illinois

Infantry, One hundredth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and Forty-sixth Ohio Infantry,

while in the center and on the road the section of artillery which had accompanied the brigade

took up a position. Having formed line and taken up the position assigned me, I immediately

directed my men to build slight barricades of rails to guard as a precaution against any

contingency that might arise, and then to get dinner, previously, however, covering my front with

skirmishers to give warning of the approach of the enemy in time to be ready to meet him.

In less than an hour after getting into position, as above stated, our skirmishers became

engaged with the advance of the enemy, who was moving upon us, and it soon became apparent

that a heavy battle must ensue, as it was evident the enemy intended to endeavor to drive us from

our position, and with that view had formed in heavy force upon our front and opened upon our

barricades with four pieces of artillery. Brig. Gen. Charles C. Walcutt, commanding Second

Brigade, First Division, Fifteenth Army Corps, perceiving this, ordered me to take the three right

companies of my regiment and support the section of the First Michigan Battery, occupying the

center of the line, which order I immediately obeyed. I had no sooner done this than from the

maneuvering of the enemy it became apparent that he would endeavor to turn our extreme right

flank, and to checkmate him there, General Walcutt ordered me to withdraw three more

companies of my regiment from the left flank, and putting them in position on the extreme right

flank, take charge of that end of the line, and at all hazards hold the enemy at bay at that point. I

accordingly moved Companies A, B, and C of my regiment to the extreme right of the brigade

line, and placing Companies A and C on the line, deployed Company B as skirmishers to extend

the line to the right, instructing the men to shelter themselves behind trees and to hold their

positions at all hazards. Companies I, K, and H, having been placed in the center of the brigade

line, and the Forty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry having, by order of General Walcutt,

previously moved to the right, I had only Companies D, E, F, and G of my regiment with which

to hold what had been the line occupied by the One hundredth Regiment Indiana Volunteer

Infantry and the Forty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. These companies I deployed along the

works so as to cover the two regimental fronts, and placed them in command of Edwin

Goldsmith, lieutenant and adjutant, who managed them admirably during the remainder of the

day. The three companies in the center I placed under the immediate command of Capt. John W.

Headington, and he continued to manage them during the remainder of the fight with skill and

sound discretion. On the right flank my men were much exposed, having no works to shelter

themselves; but the ground being rather favorable, I succeeded in checking the enemy so

suddenly in his effort to turn our line that he did not afterward attempt seriously to get around

our flank, nor did he even have time to discover the strength of our line or number of our forces

at that point. In this engagement, which lasted from 1 o'clock until dark, the enemy made some

seven distinct assaults upon our lines, and was handsomely repulsed with heavy loss on his part

each time. Toward evening I received an order from Col. R. F. Catterson, Ninety-seventh Indiana

Infantry, who in the meantime had assumed command of the brigade, owing to Brigadier-

General Walcutt's having been wounded, to be ready with a heavy skirmish line in my front to

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charge the enemy at the sound of the bugle, and to bring in such of the enemy as had remained

behind in the last repulse and taken shelter under the cover of a ravine which ran along our front.

This movement was accordingly executed, and resulted in the capture of several prisoners, most

of whom were wounded. We found a considerable number of small-arms, which I had brought in

and turned over to the brigade commander, and the wounded prisoners were sent back to the

hospital for care and treatment. After the close of the fight and the gathering up of all the

prisoners obtainable, and property left by the enemy on the field, in Obedience to orders received

we withdrew from the works and rejoined the column some three miles in our rear, and

encamped for the night. In this engagement I lost 2 men killed and 18 wounded, a list of which is

attached hereto. Prisoners captured represent that the enemy attacked us with fifteen regiments of

infantry and seven regiments of cavalry, and yet the gallantry of our men was such that we

successfully held him at bay and drove him from the field. In justice to my men I should state

that at one time the ammunition being scarce, they voluntarily fixed bayonets and expressed their

determination to hold their line as long as there was a man of them left. My officers all behaved

with conspicuous gallantry, and at all times during the engagement kept cheering their men and

telling them to hold their ground and beat back the enemy. My regiment occupying and holding

the left flank, center, and right flank of the brigade line, I could not well be present at each point

but a part of the time, but I am assured that every man and officer did his full duty and behaved

gallantly. The strength of my regiment in this engagement was 330 effective men, armed as

follows:

Springfield rifled muskets, caliber .58 305

Spencer rifles, caliber .52 25

Total 330

November 23, continued our march at 7 a.m., and encamped on the Irwinton road near

Gordon, Wilkinson County, Ga., having traveled the distance of four miles. November 24,

marched at 7 a.m.; distance traveled twelve miles, and encamped at Irwinton, county seat of

Wilkinson County, Ga. November 25, marched at 7 a.m., and encamped on the Oconee River

near Emmett, having marched twelve miles. November 26, marched at 4 p.m.; crossed the

Oconee River at 8 p.m. on pontoon bridge, and encamped at Irwin's CrossRoads, in Washington

County, at 11 p.m., having marched thirteen miles. November 27, broke camp at 1 p.m., and

marched to Riddleville, a distance of thirteen miles. November 28, broke camp at 8 a.m., and

marching eighteen miles encamped on the Savannah road twelve miles from Summerville,

Emanuel County, Ga. November 29, broke camp at 8 a.m., passing through Summerville,

encamping on the Ogeechee River, having marched fifteen miles. November 30, continued our

march at 8 a.m., and encamped on Savannah road; distance traveled, twelve miles.

December 1, broke camp at 6 a.m., and marching ten miles on Savannah road, encamped for

the night. December 2, broke camp at 7 a.m., and marching seven miles, crossed Scull's Creek

and encamped in the edge of Bulloch County, Ga. December 3, remained in camp. December 4,

broke camp at 6 a.m., and marching sixteen miles encamped at 3 p.m. on Savannah road.

December 5, continued to march at 7 a.m., and encamped at 5 p.m., having marched eighteen

miles. December G, broke camp at 3 p.m., and marching in rear of division train as rear-guard,

encamped at 6 p.m. on the Ogeechee River, having traveled nine miles. December 7, the Third

Brigade, First Division, Fifteenth Army Corps, Colonel Williamson commanding, having

obtained possession of Wright's Bridge across the Ogeechee River, crossed that stream and built

works on the east side. In obedience to orders received I moved the One hundredth Regiment

Indiana Volunteer Infantry and the Forty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Major Upton

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commanding, across the river and occupied the works held by Colonel Williamson's command,

while he moved down the river on the east side to co-operate with General Corse, commanding

Fourth Division, Fifteenth Army Corps, at Eden, on the Macon and Savannah Railroad. With

these two regiments I held position on the east side of the Ogeechee River until 12 midnight,

when I received orders to join my brigade, on the west bank of the Ogeechee, and burn all the

culverts across the swamp and the bridge across the river in my rear, all of which I accomplished

as directed, and joined the brigade with my command at 3.30 a.m., December 8, 1864. December

8, broke camp at 7 a.m., and marching twenty miles, encamped at Eden, county seat of Bryan

County, Ga. December 9, remained in camp. December 10, broke camp at 10 a.m., and crossing

the Ogeechee River above the mouth of the Cannouchee River, marched eighteen miles, and

encamped at 9 p.m. before the city of Savannah, Ga. December 11 to 19, moved two miles to the

right and encamped with the brigade on the Ogeechee road eight miles from Savannah. Here we

remained until the 17th of December, when I was ordered to proceed with my regiment down the

Ogeechee road and support the Twelfth Wisconsin Battery, stationed on that road; was relieved

from that position on the night of the 18th and returned to our former camp. December 20,

received orders to proceed with my regiment as escort to forage train across the Ogeechee River

toward Altamaha River, and to command the escort, consisting of 200 mounted infantry; Twenty

sixth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, Major Lubbers commanding; Ninth Iowa Volunteer Infantry,

Captain McSweeney commanding, and One hundredth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry,

Capt. John W. Headington commanding.

Returned to Savannah December 24, having loaded our train, composed of 160 wagons, with

corn and sweet potatoes, and made the whole trip, traveling 100 miles, in four days, and

obtaining supplies without any loss of men or wagons. I also drove into camp 100 head of beefcattle,

which I turned over to the commissary department for the use of the troops. During the

entire campaign from Atlanta to Savannah, Ga., between the dates of November 15 and

December 24. 1864, my officers and men behaved as became good soldiers. The health of the

command during the entire march was unexceptionably good. We foraged largely upon the

country, and yet did it without having it attended with any of the demoralizing influences which

usually steal over a command obliged so to subsist. On starting from Atlanta November 15 my

regiment numbered:

Enlisted men present for duty 361

Officers present for duty 17

Aggregate present for duty 378

At the battle of Duncan's farm, November 22, I lost twenty killed and wounded. On

December 6 one of my men who was detailed as scout at the headquarters of Maj. Gen. O. O.

Howard, commanding Army of the Tennessee, was killed, leaving the strength of my command

on reaching Savannah at---

Enlisted men present for duty 340

Commissioned officers present for duty 17

Aggregate strength present for duty 357

During the entire campaign I have used the following amount of ammunition:

Elongated ball cartridges, caliber .58 22,000

Spencer rifle cartridges, caliber .52 1,610

Henry rifle cartridges, caliber .44 200

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Total 23,810

I regret to state, however, in connection with this report, that Levi Kennedy, a private of

Company K, One hundredth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, having been detailed away

from the command to guard ordnance train, by order of General Walcutt, commanding Second

Brigade, and thus being out from under the healthful moral influences of his company

commander, was led into the committing of the grievous crime of pillaging, for which, however,

he has been tried and properly punished. Save this, there is no exception to the uniform good

conduct and soldierly bearing among any of the men or officers of this command during the

entire campaign, and I am satisfied had Private Kennedy been with his company and regiment no

such misfortune would have befallen him.

Tendering my thanks to the brigade commander and his entire staff for their uniform

kindness and ready assistance during the entire campaign, I have the honor to be, captain, very

respectfully, your obedient servant,

R. M. JOHSTON,

Major, Comdg. One hundredth Regt. Indiana Volunteer Infantry.

Capt. ORLA. J. FAST,

Acting Assistant Adjutant-General to Robert F. Catterson, Colonel Ninety-seventh Indiana

Volunteer Infantry, Commanding Second Brigade, First Division, Fifteenth Army Corps, Army

of the Tennessee.

HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,

Saint Louis, Mo., July 22, 1865.

GENERAL: I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of the

quartermaster's department of Major-General Sherman's army from December 10, 1864, the date

of its arrival before Savannah, Ga., to May 11, 1865, when it commenced the march from

Richmond, Va., to the North:

After the capture of Fort McAllister, December 13, supplies in very limited quantities were

brought from Hilton Head to Ossabaw Sound, and thence up the Ogeechee River to King's

Bridge, and a detail of 2,500 men from the army was immediately set to work to construct a dock

upon which to unload supplies. The channel of the Ogeechee was practicable only for boats

drawing seven feet or less at high tide. We had very few of that class, and all the boatmen were

ignorant of the unused channel and it was very difficult to supply the army by this river. On the

21st of December Savannah was occupied by our army. The north channel of the river, the main

and direct one, had been very thoroughly obstructed by the rebels by sinking in it heavy cribs

filled with stones and brick. Admiral Dahlgren, after an examination of them, assured me that it

was impracticable to remove them at that time, but learning from Maj. C. W. Thomas,

quartermaster at Hilton Head, of a Mr. Orlando Bennett who was employed by the Government

as a wrecker and who was provided with facilities for such work, I requested him to send for

Bennett, who was then down on the Florida coast. He arrived and went to work, and was

eventually entirely successful, but the process of removing the obstructions was necessarily so

slow that it was not completed until about the 20th of February, though a practicable passage was

made by the 3d of February. Until that time we had to use the south channel, which was much

smaller and shallower than the other and very circuitous.

In this the rebels had left unobstructed a narrow passage for their own use, and through it

light draft vessels came up to the wharves at Savannah immediately after our occupation of the

place. It was necessary to unload all the large vessels by lighters at a distance below the city of

from eight to twenty miles. I organized matters by assigning Capt. George B. Cadwalader,

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assistant quartermaster, as chief of the depot and in charge of water transportation; Lieut. L. R.

Young, Thirty-fifth New Jersey Infantry, in charge of forage; Capt. F. C. Butze, assistant

quartermaster, in charge of quartermaster's stores; Capt. F. A. Seely, assistant quartermaster, in

charge of clothing and equipage; Lieut. A. B. Howard, One hundred and seventh New York

Infantry, in charge of corrals and surplus animals turned in from the army, and assignment of

buildings; Lieut. Fred. Hope, Sixteenth Iowa Infantry, in charge of wagon transportation and

repair shops; Lieut. C. F. Matteson, One hundred and third Illinois Infantry, in charge of shops

for repair of vessels, and Lieut. T. J. Lambert, Sixty-eighth Ohio Infantry, in charge of railroads

and all captured railroad property. Under these officers the work of the depot proceeded

successfully. All the supplies that arrived were landed and distributed; all repairs needed by

vessels were promptly made by the shops under Lieutenant Matteson. All the unserviceable and

surplus animals of the army, numbering about 5,000, were turned into the corrals of Lieutenant

Howard, and from them were made up the depot teams. We captured in the city 213 cars and 8

locomotives. These were placed in charge of Lieutenant Lambert, who repaired and operated the

Gulf railroad for 5 distance of ten miles from the city, and brought in over the road all the wood

used by that portion of the army within the city and what was necessary for the citizens. The

effective strength of the army was now about 66,000, with 35,000 animals, 2,690 wagons, and

503 ambulances. The object to be accomplished by the quartermaster's department was to

thoroughly refit the men, the animals, and the wagons, and to accumulate enough to lead the

trains with the more essential articles necessary to the long march into North Carolina, which

was the plan determined on by the commanding general. Time was very valuable, for he desired

to approach Southern Virginia in time to cooperate in the spring campaign. As soon as I learned

that a quantity of supplies had been sent by you to Pensacola, Fla., to meet the contingency of

General Sherman's army coming to the coast at that place instead of at Savannah, I dispatched a

steamer with orders to the vessels containing them to come immediately to Savannah, but only

two arrived in time to be of service in supplying the army before it left Sister's Ferry and

Pocotaligo on the march northward. There was some delay in the arrival of supplies from the

North, and the amount that could be spared from the depot at Hilton Head was very small.

Forage was especially slow in arriving, not being received in sufficient quantities to supply the

daily consumption until about the 10th of January, and for a week the animals suffered a great

deal for want of food. In the meantime they subsisted mainly on rice straw, which was found in

the vicinity, but did not do well on that alone.

My officers worked with ability and almost unceasingly to hasten the resupply of the army,

and notwithstanding the unavoidable delay occasioned by the slow arrival of forage, shoes,

stockings, stationery, wagon grease, and other articles of less importance, the army was

sufficiently supplied by the 15th of January to begin the new campaign. The want of wagon

grease I partially remedied by directing Captain Butze to take possession of and issue a quantity

of tar owned by the Savannah Gas Company, which, mixed with a little flour, made a tolerable

substitute The overflowing of the low country occasioned by the heavy rains delayed the Left

Wing, the command of General Slocum, from crossing the Savannah River at Sister's Ferry until

February 1, and the Right Wing, General Howard, was detained at Pocotaligo until January 29.

Supplies were forwarded to both these points in light-draft steamers up to the last moment before

the troops left, so that before starting they were nearly equipped. The principal deficiency was in

stockings. A partial supply of that article arrived and was immediately forwarded to the two

wings a few days before they left. The commanding general left Savannah for the army January

22, 1865, and ordered me to remain on the coast and be prepared to supply his army wherever it

might be compelled to come to the coast. Georgetown, Wilmington, and Morehead City, and

possibly Charleston, were mentioned as points to turn my attention to. The uncertainty of the

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point was very perplexing and embarrassing, and I determined to make a trip to Morehead City,

looking into the harbors designated, in order to get all the information I could in regard to the

facilities, &c., for supplying an army. After making this inspection I returned to Savannah on

20th of February, 1865, and gave orders that all vessels laden with supplies for our army then at

Hilton Head or in Savannah River, or which should arrive, be sent to Morehead City, except that

some vessels containing forage and subsistence should be left at Hilton Head and some should

go into Cape Fear River so as to be prepared for the possibility of the army's coming to the coast

at Charleston, Georgetown, or Wilmington. Such of our supplies at Savannah as had not been

taken by the army were reladen and sent to Morehead City, leaving sufficient at Savannah for the

troops at that place.

Having a good deal of faith in General Sherman's ability to reach Goldsborough, I

determined to commence at once preparations at Morehead City for a depot. On the 21st of

February I sent my chief depot officer, Captain Cadwalader, and his assistants, to Morehead City

with instructions to commence work at once. Having given instructions to Maj. C. W. Thomas,

quartermaster at Hilton Head, that in case General Sherman should come to the coast, either at

Charleston or Georgetown, to immediately force supplies to him (the means having been left at

Hilton Head for that purpose), I started from Savannah March 4. I touched at Wilmington, placed

an officer in charge of the laden vessels arriving there, and reached Morehead City March 8. At

this place there were no storehouses whatever, and a very small wharf for landing stores. I

immediately applied to Major-General Schofield for 1,500 men for guards and working parties,

who were promptly furnished. I had brought some lumber from Savannah, and immediately

started a saw-mill in the vicinity, getting out more, and bought all the lumber then in the harbor,

which consisted of but a few thousand feet. I sent to New York for some carpenters and laborers,

and to General Rucker, at Washington, for additional mechanics and a supply of felt roofing, in

order to put up some temporary store-houses of the most economical kind. The work of enlarging

our small wharf and of building our store-houses was pressed forward as rapidly as possible, and

the repair of the railroad beyond New Berne was making good progress under Col. W. W.

Wright. For depot teams I had to take some which were being landed for the Twenty-third Corps.

The railroad being entirely occupied in forwarding rails and other material used by the

construction corps, I shipped large quantities of stores to New Berne in light-draft steamers

through Hatteras Inlet and Pamlico Sound (there being eight feet of water by that route), and

thence up the Neuse River to the bridge opposite Kinston. The Twenty-third Corps, which was

being brought from Wilmington to Kinston to cover the working parties on the railroad, was

supplied in this manner.

On the 23d of March General Sherman arrived at Goldsborough, where the commands of

Generals Schofield and Terry joined his former army, making a force of 95,000 men, with

23,000 mules and 10,500 horses to be supplied; the number of men and animals rapidly

increasing by re-enforcements from the North. General Sherman wrote me on the same day

describing the destitution of his command, whose clothing was entirely worn out by their long

and arduous march, and who were out of flour, bread, sugar, and coffee. His letter closed by

saying that he "must be off again in twenty days, with wagons full, men reclad, &c." Two days

later, the 25th, the railroad was completed to Goldsborough, and I commenced sending up

subsistence and clothing, and later quartermaster's stores. There were about sixty cars and four

engines, which were used to the best advantage. Trains were loaded and unloaded at either end of

the road with the greatest dispatch, and no one was allowed to travel on the cars toward the army

except couriers and staff officers under orders. The numerous detachments arriving marched,

officers and all, to the army. I still continued to ship via Hatteras Inlet, sending sail vessels

containing grain to that place, whence their cargoes were taken by steamers to New Berne,

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loaded there into river steamers and a few barges (which had been used by the troops of the

Department of North Carolina in their former operations) and carried to Kinston, or Neuse River

bridge, to which point General Sherman's wagons had been coming for supplies since the 20th

instant. From March 29 to April 2 I was at New Berne, Kinston, and Goldsborough, and while at

the latter place, by order of General Sherman, made an equitable reapportionment of the

transportation of the Fourteenth, Twentieth, Fifteenth, Seventeenth, Tenth, and Twenty-third

Army Corps, and the cavalry command, in view of the campaign which it was soon intended to

begin. The transportation then consisted of 3,140 wagons and 570 ambulances. The railroad from

Wilmington to Goldsborough was completed April 4. The rolling-stock on this road consisted of

a very few captured cars. Some forage and subsistence were brought to Goldsborough by this

line. By the 10th of April, sixteen days from the time the road was finished, and sooner than the

earliest moment anticipated by General Sherman, the army was completely resupplied and the

wagons filled, and they moved from Goldsborough that day. The following is what General

Sherman says in his report dated May 9:

Owing to a mistake in the railroad department in sending locomotives and cars of the 5-foot

gauge we were limited to the use of the few locomotives and cars of the 4-foot 8 1/2-inch gauge

already in North Carolina, with such of the old stock as was captured by Major-General Terry at

Wilmington and on his way up to Goldsborough. Yet such judicious use was made of these, and

such industry displayed is the railroad management by Generals Easton and Beckwith and

Colonel Wright and Mr. Van Dyne, that by the 10th of April our men were all reclad, the wagons

reloaded, and a fair amount of forage accumulated ahead.

The army occupied Raleigh April 13, and the railroad was finished to that place by the

construction corps on the 18th. Additional cars were captured there, giving us 120 cars in all,

with enough engines to move them. The army had been re-enforced so that it now numbered

103,000 effective men, and the number of animals hail also been much increased. All were

supplied satisfactorily and stores accumulated by the railroad until April 30, when the march of

the armies of Georgia and the Tennessee to Washington, via Richmond, commenced, the Tenth

and Twenty-third Corps and the cavalry being left in North Carolina. I relieved such of my depot

officers as I thought would be needed in supplying General Sherman's army at Richmond and

Alexandria, assigning other officers in their places, and turned over the general depots in North

Carolina to Col. J. F. Boyd, chief quartermaster of Schofield's command. May 3 I started from

Morehead City for City Point, Va., taking with me such clothing and other supplies as were not

required for the troops remaining in North Carolina, and as I thought General Sherman's army

would need, not knowing whether they could be spared from the depots of the Potomac army.

The army arrived at Manchester, Va., and refilled its wagons on the 8th, 9th, and 10th of May,

and then recommenced the march to Alexandria. My assistants at the depots in North Carolina

were as follows: At More-head City, Capt. G. B. Cadwalader, chief depot quartermaster; Lieut.

E. R. Haight, One hundred and seventh New York Infantry, assistant; Capt. J. D. Tredway, in

charge of quartermaster's stores; Capt. A. Austin, in charge of railroad and water transportation;

Lieut. C. F. Matteson, One hundred and third Illinois Infantry, and Lieut. T. J. Lambert,

assistants; Capt. A. S. Gear, in charge of wagon transportation and corrals; Lieut. L. R. Young,

Thirty fifth New Jersey Infantry, in charge of forage; Lieut. A. B. Howard, One hundred and

seventh New York Infantry, in charge of coal; Capt. T. F. Orner, Fifty-ninth Indiana Infantry,

inspector, &c. At New Berne, Col. J. T. Conklin had general charge; Capt. A. S. Kimball and

Capt. S. W. Hoskins received and forwarded supplies; Capt. F. A. Seely received at New Berne

and Morehead City all the clothing and equipage for the army; Capt. R. W. Clarke was in charge

of forage at Neuse River bridge; Capt. Justin Hodge received and distributed all stores at

Goldsborough, and Capts. A. S. Flagg and H. B. Whetsel received and distributed all stores at

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Raleigh during the short time the army was there. I consider all these officers entitled to high

praise for the zeal, energy, and success with which the duties intrusted to them were performed,

and commend especially to your favorable notice Captains Cadwalader, Tredway, and Austin for

ability, energy, and industry. Lists of all property issued by the depot officers at Savannah and

Morehead City are annexed hereto. I append the journal of Capt. H. M. Whittelsey, chief

quartermaster Twentieth Corps, from January 27 to March 25, which will give you a good idea

of the difficulties the army had to contend with during the march from Savannah to

Goldsborough. Annexed also is a statement showing the number of animals and amount of

forage captured by the army, with the exception of those taken by the Fifteenth Corps, whose

quartermaster, Lieut. Col. G. L. Fort, has made no report, although directed to do so. In

conclusion I desire to express my appreciation of how greatly our success has been owing to you.

The campaign was such that it was difficult for the army quartermasters to estimate correctly for

any considerable time ahead. The changes of the points of supply were frequent, and the location

of the next base very uncertain. This made it necessary at times to call on you for supplies to be

furnished with the greatest dispatch. Our best thanks are due for the uniformly prompt attention

which all our wants received from you. I also feel greatly indebted to you for valuable

suggestions and advice given me in your visits to Savannah, Morehead City, Goldsborough, and

Raleigh.

I have the honor to remain, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

L. C. EASTON,

Brevet Brigadier-General and Chief Quartermaster.

P. S.--I have also attached to this report a list of vessels used in transporting supplies from

Savannah and Hilton Head to Cape Fear River and Morehead City. I regret that I am unable to

give the cargoes of these vessels. A statement is also attached showing the quantity of

subsistence transported from the Northern cities to Morehead City and points south of that for

the use of General Sherman's army.

L. C. EASTON,

Brevet Brigadier-General and Chief Quartermaster.

Maj. Gen. M. C. MEIGS,

Quartermaster-General U. S. Army, Washington, D.C.

HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF INDIAN TERRITORY,

Fort Towson, Choctaw Nation, February 7, 1864.

Col. S.S. ANDERSON,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

COLONEL: I yesterday returned from the grand council of the Indian tribes, in session at

Armstrong Academy, about fifty-five miles northwest from here. The session was well attended

and will be harmonious, and I think its action will be patriotic. I gave them a talk by special

invitation day before yesterday. Colonel Watie has returned from his raid through the Creek and

Cherokee Nations. Although he was unable to effect as much as he expected on account of the

inclement weather, in all of which he was, still his move has done good. I wish I had as much

energy in some of my white commanders as he displays. He is now gathering his command at

Carriage Point, in vicinity of Fort Washita. I inclose a note handed me by Colonel Adair, of the

Second Cherokee Regiment, who had been requested by Colonel Watie to see me on the subject

therein referred to. The move strikes me favorably. Made a little before a move of the rest of the

command north toward the Divide (toward Holston's, a point heretofore described as convenient

to Fort Smith, Waldron, and the forks of the road from Forts Gibson and Smith to Preston, Tex.),

it would be a good diversion in favor of any move that might present itself as profitable from that

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point. As to the general move I thought it necessary to make, I refer you to former letters. I

inclose letters received from Col. S. A. Roberts, of Bonham, Tex., disclosing the plan of a young

man in whom he has confidence. This move, of course, would be to the left of Watie, and on the

extreme left of the line. It is an enterprise that might be productive of good, and undoubtedly

would be if he can destroy the Pike's Peak nest and bring out 300 or 400 good men. I regard all

moves of that kind as side issues, and will do well enough when they are conducted by men that

can very well be spared, but are not profitable to bank good men on. I know of but one command

in the Confederate service eminently qualified for this work. Quantrill and his men would

exactly do, and if you have nothing else for them to do better they might very well be put to

work at this. I inclose a note from Maj. I. G. Vore, quartermaster, Cooper's division, and Creek

agent, which explains itself. The real design of this move is not far from Watie's.

Believing it my duty to do everything in my power to encourage these people, who, from the

present signs, will have to depend on themselves, I shall give them as much beef as is necessary.

So much for the Indian part of my command. I have made the best disposition for the indigent

Indians the circumstances will admit. What little white force I have, which is scarcely worth

talking about, is, so far as Gano's brigade is concerned, in a deplorable condition. They seem

(most of them) to be utterly demoralized. Desertions are by wholesale, and, judging from my

letters from there, the concern seems panic-stricken or worse. The elegant example of twentyfive

desertions from Hardeman's regiment was magnificently eclipsed by about 200 from De

Morse's regiment a very few days after. Excelsior. The only regiment of the three in the brigade

which has stood good to its colors is Gurley's, now and for a considerable time past commanded

by Lieutenant-Colonel Battle, who has sacrificed his personal popularity for the sake of his

country. I inclose his letter asking to be relieved from duty with the regiment. I know nothing of

Colonel Gurley, only so far as the records disclose the difficulty between himself and Colonel

Bankhead. I can say of Lieutenant-Colonel Battle that the reports of my inspector general and

chief of ordnance speak in the highest terms of this regiment and its management. If Colonel

Gurley returns I see nothing to prevent a re-enactment of the Bankhead and Gurley difficulty (in

the case of Gano and Gurley); and if so, away goes that regiment. The chief of ordnance reports a

great lack of guns in that brigade. I think those who yet remain would use them, and I would like

to give them a chance. I never fully appreciated General Scott's remark on being ordered to

Mexico till now. The best regiment I have is in rear on conscript duty, and in addition I have

recently sent two companies after deserters, one as far down as Caldwell County, the other out to

Denton, where it may take up its abode in the brush. Martin is a good officer--too good to be in

that business. I have frequently asked for him, because I know the necessity of it. I get no reply.

It seems to me that the militia might do this work. Gano's brigade is so greatly reduced (always

small) that it could not stand against a serious attack, and if it gives way the Line road is open.

These things are of too serious moment to admit of delay. Walker's brigade of Indians cannot be

moved from here without exposing this route and all the supplies collected. For the same reason

Watie's cannot be moved. The commissary has succeeded in collecting a valuable quantity of

supplies, including a large amount of pork, at Boggy Depot. The force there (Bass' remnant of a

regiment) is altogether too small to guard it, and yet I have no force to send. De Morse asks to

cross his brigade to the south bank of Red River, representing it as wholly inadequate to hold its

position if attacked; the camp miserable, &c. I have declined, and told him if his ground is not

good to move forward and get better. A retrograde move for any cause across the river would be

attended with disastrous consequences too plain to argue to a military man. Abandon this

country, and the Indians abandon the service. They are under no obligations by their treaty to

leave their Territory. Once they leave us and they are against us. Brigade after brigade may be

piled up elsewhere. The best place to enter is as good as they (the Yankees) want. A Greek

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warrior of the times of mythology was said to have had but a single vulnerable part. That was

found and finished his case.

The gathering up of conscripts in Texas is certainly very important; keeping Yankees out of

Texas more so. Hence I again ask, whilst there is time, that Martin's regiment be sent here. I am

satisfied if I could possess the lieutenant-general commanding of the real state of affairs and the

importance of aid here, he would at once send that and others if he can spare. I shall kick hard

against the fate of my predecessors, but stare decisis is a hard old rule; the precedents are against

me. I intend to point out my wants in the hope that something may turn up. Give me even a

decent-sized white force, and I will hold my position as long as a man will stand. I know the

Indian character. Despondency with them is followed by despair. I was informed by the

lieutenant-general commanding that this had proved the pons asinorum of generals. He has sent

me to the blackboard, and hasn't so much as allowed me a piece of chalk to work with; only keel.

Do not understand me as complaining. I see my inevitable fate if I fail to hold this country, and I

most sincerely trust that some means will be allowed. I have pictured out my campaign, the

outlines of which I have now and heretofore furnished. I hope to have means to make it. I know

perfectly well that he is straining every nerve for the good of the country. I think I have a fair

knowledge of the resources of the various parts of the Trans-Mississippi Department. Unless I

am greatly deceived, the possession of this country and Northern Texas would be the most

serious blow the enemy has ever struck this department. I hope, therefore, he will understand that

I am thus urgent from the intense anxiety I have to sustain my position. I send you the following

latest news from Fort Smith, Van Buren, Fort Gibson, and Waldron, which I deem reliable:

About three weeks ago Blunt and McNeil both left Fort Smith for Washington. Colonel

Cloud now commands at Fort Smith. Six regiments there, viz, two Kansas--one cavalry

(Fourteenth), one infantry--one Iowa cavalry (Eighteenth [sic.]), one negro regiment (not full),

two others (not known where from); sixteen pieces artillery, viz, six mountain howitzers, four

siege guns (32 or 42 pounders, from description); the remaining six 4, 6, and 12 pounders, brass.

Have been issuing quarter rations for two months; poor beef, hard bread, and no salt. They get

rations from Little Rock now; heretofore from Fort Scott till Watie's last raid through the

Cherokee country. One regiment infantry and one of Kansas cavalry left for Little Rock during

the snow. Took no train but baggage train. Was said they were sent to escort trains up. One

company Choctaws, Capt. Jere Ward, does principal scouting. River very low and falling; not

more than knee-deep where my informants crossed last Friday night; was a week ago below Van

Buren, at Major Rector's place. Are fortifying at Nigger Hill, half a mile southwest from Old

Fort, on Sulphur Springs road. Have just commenced work; plan on a large scale; were throwing

up breastworks on the road to Van Buren, half a mile from town (Fort Smith), in the edge of the

prairie. Works about a mile long (ditch on both sides), curving with prairie. East side, next Major

Rector's (or race track), not fortified; only fortified above and below. Worked negro battalion

and all other negro men. Great many negro men there. As soon as grass gets up say they are

going to strike out toward Boggy Depot. Eavesdropped some of the officers (captains and

majors) and heard them talk. Telegraph wires up to Saint Louis and Little Rock. Yanks are

frequently deceived by our men (bushwhackers), who come in and join and get guns, &c., and

leave. One Arkansas regiment raised there since Yanks got there. No pickets out at Fort Smith;

bushwhackers scared them in. None but infantry pickets at Van Buren, one-quarter of a mile out.

Some political troubles amongst themselves, and some Copperheads sympathize with us. Men

don't like McNeil; say he is a tyrant. Cavalry only go out foraging. Forage very scarce. Have to

go out toward Fayetteville and down toward Clarksville for forage. Regiments not full, ranging

from 200 to 500. Time of many nearly out. One regiment, new (Fourteenth Kansas), is larger;

numbers near 800. A good deal of sickness--chills and fever, pneumonia, some frostbitten; one

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whole regiment vaccinated one day with bad vaccine matter; a good many died; they are not well

yet. Some had to have arms amputated. Fort Smith and Van Buren full of sutlers' goods. Not

many Indians trade with them. Sutlers' trains from Springfield via Fayetteville without escorts.

Mail to Fayetteville and Little Rock goes out Wednesdays and Fridays without guard. Indians,

since snow, have been from Fort Gibson to Ray's Mills and Cane Hill, Washington County, Ark.

Are about 1,200 strong, mounted. A good many Pins died during cold weather. I have their

camp-grounds. McNeil has offered condemned horses to farmers to make crops; don't take stock.

But little preparation to raise crops; very little wheat sown. Phillips commands the Indians. Two

regiments at Van Buren, Third Wisconsin Cavalry (Major Schroeling), Thirteenth Kansas

Infantry (Colonel Bowen); one battery, six pieces (from description Napoleons), two mountain

howitzers. The 12-pounders have been condemned and are to be taken to Saint Louis and

exchanged. One regiment Arkansas infantry at Clarksville, and one company cavalry; a negro

regiment at McLean's Bottom, eight or ten miles below Clarksville. At Waldron their force in

December was believed 500 and two pieces artillery. Have some negro troops at Dardanelle

making salt. Infantry armed with Enfield rifles, negroes well as white; cavalry, Sharps carbine,

six-shooter, and saber; horses are very poor. As this, when it touches other sources, agrees, and

as, from a thorough personal examination under the rule of the two, I found their reports to agree,

and as I believe my informants are first-rate Southern men and had the best means of knowing

that of which they speak, I give it as reliable.

Respectfully: your obedient servant,

S. B. MAXEY,

Brigadier-General, Commanding.

If our Arkansas cavalry can't profit by this it is no use sending. This is fresh from first hands,

who left last Friday night was a week ago, one of them using for convenience the provostmarshal's

horse.

S. B. M.

By an order dated 21st ultimo, Maj. James Burnet's battalion of sharpshooters is ordered to

report to me. A portion of that command is without guns. It has not yet been officially reported. I

desire to send it at once to Boggy Depot, the point, you will observe, where my bacon is being

made, and the point, as you will see by information now sent, is spoken of as the one the

Yankees will make for when grass rises. It should be prepared for action.

S. B. M.

SPECIAL ORDERS No. 25.

HEADQUARTERS WESTERN DEPARTMENT,

Saint Louis, Mo., August 5, 1861.

The following movements of troops will take place immediately: Colonel Worthington's

Fifth Iowa Regiment from Keokuk to Boonville; Colonel McDowell's Sixth Iowa Regiment from

Keokuk to Saint Louis; Colonel Lauman's Iowa regiment from Burlington to Saint Louis; Col.

Fitz-Henry Warren's mounted riflemen from Burlington to Saint Louis.

By order of Major-General Frémont:

JNO. C. KELTON,

Assistant Adjutant-Genera

SPECIAL ORDERS No. 42.

HEADQUARTERS WESTERN DEPARTMENT,

Saint Louis, Mo., August 9, 1861.

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General Curtis, Iowa Volunteers, is hereby assigned to command a camp of instruction for

volunteers at Jefferson Barracks. General Curtis will use the utmost expedition in drilling and

disciplining the regiments, which will be directed to report to him. The school of the company

and battalion will be commenced at once. Colonel Burbank, commanding officer at Jefferson

Barracks, will furnish every facility to General Curtis to carry out his instructions by detailing

such of the officers under his command as General Curtis may find useful in tendering efficient

the new regiments which will compose his camp.

By order of Major-General Frémont:

J.C. KELTON,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS No. 284.

HEADQUARTERS WESTERN DEPARTMENT,

Near Jefferson City, October 4, 1861.

I. Col. Frederick Steele, Eighth Regiment Iowa Volunteers, having reported for orders, is

assigned as acting brigadier-general to the division of General McKinstry. He will proceed to

organize a new brigade with the battalion of regular infantry composed of three companies of the

First and two of the Second Infantry, under Captain Huston, First Infantry, and the three

companies of Fourth Cavalry under Captain Stanley. To these will be added, as soon as

practicable, his own regiment (Eighth Iowa Volunteers) and such other troops as may be

hereafter assigned to his command.

By order of Major-General Frémont:

J. H. EATON,

Colonel and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General

SPECIAL ORDERS No. 49.

HDQRS. DEPT. OF THE MISSISSIPPI,

Saint Louis, March 28, 1862.

1. Brig. Gen. J. W. Denver having reported to the major-general commanding the

department, he will, in compliance with General Orders, No. 7, current series, from these

headquarters, proceed to Fort Leavenworth and assume command of the District of Kansas.

2. The Twenty-third Missouri and the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Iowa Volunteers, now at

Benton Barracks will immediately proceed up the Tennessee River and report to Maj. Gen. U.S.

Grant, commanding District of West Tennessee.

By order of Major-General Halleck:

J. C. KELTON,

Assistant Adjutant-General

SPECIAL ORDERS No. 128.

HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI,

Saint Louis, Mo., May 13, 1863.

4. Col. W. McE. Dye, with the brigade under his command (Twentieth Iowa, Twenty-sixth

Indiana, Thirty-seventh Illinois Infantry, and Battery E, First Missouri Artillery), heretofore

attached to the Army of the Frontier, will repair forthwith to Pilot Knob, Mo., and report to

Brigadier-General Vandever.

By command of Major-General Schofield:

A. V. COLBURN,

Assistant Adjutant-Genera

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SPECIAL ORDERS NO. 69.

HDQRS. DEPT. OF THE NORTHWEST,

Milwaukee, Wis., May 21, 1863.

I. In accordance with instructions from the Headquarters of the Army, Brigadier-General

Sully will proceed without the least delay to Sioux City, Iowa, and assume command of the

expedition against the Indians.

II. Brig. Gen. John Cook, on being relieved by General Sully, will report in person to the

headquarters of this department.

By command of Major-General Pope:

R. O. SELFRIDGE,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI,

Saint Louis, Mo., June 5, 1863.

12. The First Cavalry Division of this department will be organized as follows, viz: First

Brigade, Col. Lewis Merrill commanding--Merrill's Horse, First Missouri Cavalry (First and

Second Battalions), Seventh Missouri Cavalry, Eighth Missouri Cavalry. Second Brigade, Col. J.

M. Glover commanding--Third Missouri Cavalry, First Iowa Cavalry, Third Iowa Cavalry (six

companies), Tenth Illinois Cavalry (Second and Third Battalions). Brig. Gen. J. W. Davidson is

assigned to the command of the division. Regiment and brigade commanders will report for

orders by telegraph where practicable, otherwise by letter.

13. Hauck's and Stange's batteries of the Second Missouri Artillery are hereby assigned to the

First Cavalry Division, and the commanding officers of those batteries will report to Brig. Gen.

J. W. Davidson.

15. The Army of the Frontier having been broken up by the transfer of troops from this

department, all public records belonging to the headquarters of that army will be sent to

department headquarters. Commanding officers of regiments, battalions, and batteries of the

Army of the Frontier still remaining in this department and not assigned to the First Cavalry

Division will report for duty to the commanding officer of the district in which they are now

serving.

By command of Major-General Schofield:

A. V. COLBURN,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS No. 78.

HDQRS. DEPT. OF THE NORTHWEST,

Milwaukee, Wis., June 8, 1863.

I. Brig. Gen. B. S. Roberts, having been assigned to the command of the District of Iowa,

will proceed to his headquarters at Davenport and assume his duties.

By command of Major-General Pope:

M. J. ASCH,

Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

WASHINGTON CITY, D.C., October 1, 1863.

His Excellency ABRAHAM LINCOLN,

President of the United States:

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DEAR SIR: I have the honor, by request of the members of the Missouri delegation, to

submit for your consideration the following facts: First. That, let the cause be what it may, the

state of insecurity as to person and property is as great as and, in parts of the Fifth Congressional

District that I have the honor to represent, greater than at any time during 1862. The entire

delegation from Fifth Congressional District will so testify. In all parts of the district outrages

have recently been committed; but to specify some cases: Second. In Cedar County on or about

10th of August a Union man was shot down in his own yard. Witnesses, T. S. Morgan and Alex.

McWilliams, delegates. Third. On 4th of September a band of bushwhackers made raid into

Quincy, Hickory County, and killed four Union men and wounded another. Two of the killed

were officers of the Eighteenth Iowa Regiment; store and post-office were robbed and four stage

horses taken. Witnesses as last. Fourth. Recently, about 15th of August, three or four

bushwhackers visited and were harbored by a man named Kounts, professing to be a Union man.

Lieutenant Ware and seven or eight privates sought them out and were shot at and Lieutenant

Ware wounded severely. The bushwhackers escaped. Kounts' property was taken possession of,

but General Schofield ordered its restoration. Witness, J. L. Consalus, of Morgan County. The

occurrence took place near Sedalia or Tipton. Fifth. Recently, say latter days of August, on

Missouri River, in La Fayette County, a steam-boat was boarded by guerrillas and robbed and

three furloughed Union soldiers shot. Sixth. About 10th of September a store, eleven miles and a

half southwest of Jefferson City on a public road, was plundered by eighteen guerrillas and four

shots were fired into the residence of the owner of store. Witness, A. Peabody, of Jefferson City.

Seventh. About 15th of September near Iberia, Miller County, say fifty miles southwest from

Jefferson City, a storehouse was robbed and a Union man named Jackson was killed in his own

house. Witness, T. J. Babcock, of Miller County. Eighth. Thomas J. Babcock, of Miller County,

will testify that "in the vicinity of Cole and Miller Counties the guerrillas remain robbing," &c.;

that "in Morgan County, recently, Union men's houses have been burned and Union men have to

band together to protect themselves;" that "in Miller County bands of five to fifteen are passing

about almost daily." Ninth. Hon. L. C. Marvin, of Clinton, Henry County, will testify that "thefts,

murders, and robbery are as common as the ordinary incidents of life in former years ;" that

"men are robbed and shot within two or three miles of military posts, and officers seem to be

more ambitious in catching runaway negroes and returning them." Tenth. Mr. B. Hornsby, of

Johnson County, will testify that "robbery and murder were going on in his neighborhood to a

fearful extent and hundreds of families made destitute;" that "the officers in command are in

sympathy with the rebels." Eleventh. Dr. A. Peabody will testify that "while General Curtis was

in command negroes belonging to disloyal owners could and did come into Jefferson City and

that they were registered as contraband. Now such slaves are captured and returned to most

disloyal owners." That "in organizing the provisional regiments officers of equivocal loyalty

have been selected, while the most loyal and efficient have been avoided;" that "much

dissatisfaction exists, and that now General Schofield could do nothing to reinstate himself in the

estimation of loyal men ;" that "he has identified himself with the Conservative party, composed

of the disloyal, headed by a few professedly loyal but pro-slavery, like Governor Gamble; that

now all confidence in him is destroyed;" that "under loyal men, recruiting for both white and

colored regiments might be rapidly going on;" that "loyalty now encouraged will bring strength

to the Government and Administration; that neglected, the result cannot be imagined." Twelfth.

We would respectfully remind you that the contest is between loyalty and disloyalty. Loyalty and

freedom should not receive a blow from their friend.

I have, Mr. President, the honor to be, for members of Missouri delegation from Fifth

Congressional District, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

J. W. McCLURG.

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SAINT LOUIS, January 25, 1862.

General N. B. BAKER,

Adjutant-General of Iowa, Des Moines.

GENERAL: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 17th in relation to the

exchange of prisoners of war. I have frequently urged upon the Government at Washington the

policy of exchanging prisoners but have received no authority to do so except in two particular

cases. I have urgently asked for a general authority and hope soon to receive it.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

H. W. HALLECK,

Major-General.

HDQRS. DEPT. OF THE MISSISSIPPI,

Camp, Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., April 24, 1862.

I. At the military commission which convened at Warrenton, Mo., pursuant to Special

Orders, No. 118, of February 6, 1862, from the headquarters Department of the Missouri, and of

which Capt. E. H. Henry, Tenth Missouri Volunteers, is president, were arraigned and tried:

Francis Skinner.

CHARGE 1: Violation of the laws of war.

Specification.--In this, that he, Francis Skinner, a citizen of Montgomery County, Mo., did in

said county on or about the 10th day of June, 1861, counsel, invite and request Robert Skinner,

John Skinner, Elmer Stowe and other persons unknown to burn and destroy the North Missouri

Railroad to prevent the passage of U.S. troops thereon.

Specification 2.--In this, that the said Francis Skinner did in said county on or about the last

day of July, 1861, make and cause to be made a certain arrangement, viz, a ditch or hole in the

ground with pieces of timber prepared to be placed upright in said hole or ditch in such manner

as to extend above the ties and railing on the North Missouri Railroad in said county in order to

throw from said railroad the train bearing U.S. troops, and did then and there have and procure a

number of men, about forty, with guns to fire upon said troops so thrown from the railroad.

CHARGE 2: Aiding and abetting rebellion against the Government and laws of the United

States.

Specification 1.--In this, that he, Francis Skinner, a citizen of Montgomery County, Mo., did

in said county on or about the 10th day of May, 1861, counsel, invite, request and procure Robert

Skinner, Carelton Tennehill, William Nunly, Thomas Nunly, James Woody, Thomas Miller,

Joseph Custer and other persons unknown to wave and unfurl publicly a secession flag in High

Hill in said county.

Specification 2.--In this, that he, the said Francis Skinner, a citizen of said county, did in said

county on or about the 27th day of October, 1861, counsel, advise and urge that all Union men

should be compelled to leave that part of the country.

Specification 3.--In this, that he, the said Francis Skinner, being a citizen of said county did

in said county on or about the 5th day of December, 1861, offer to furnish one mule ready shod

to any man who wanted to join and aid Price's army.

Specification 4.--In this, that he, the said Francis Skinner, a citizen of said county, did in said

county on or about the 16th day of September, 1861, give two guns, two mules and a certain

quantity of money, amount unknown, to two men unknown to use in aid of Price's army.

To which charges and specifications the prisoner pleaded not guilty.

The commission finds the prisoner as follows:

Of the first specification, first charge, not guilty.

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Of the second specification, first charge, not guilty.

Of the first charge, not guilty.

Of the first specification, second charge, not guilty.

Of the second, third and fourth specifications, second charge, guilty.

And does therefore sentence him, Francis Skinner, to pay a fine of $2,000 for the use and

benefit of the United States at such time and place as the commanding general may direct.

Finding approved; the sentence disapproved. The commission had no authority to confiscate

private property not contraband of war. Francis Skinner will be retained in custody until he take

and subscribe the oath of allegiance and give bond in $5,000 for future good conduct and loyalty

to the Government.

II. At the military commission which convened at Columbia, Mo., pursuant to Special

Orders, No. 160, of February 20, 1862, from the headquarters Department of the Missouri, and

of which Lieut. Co]. William F. Shaffer, Regiment Merrill's Horse, is president, were arraigned

and tried:

Calvin Sartain.

CHARGE: Violation of the laws of war by attacking a vessel transporting U.S. troops.

Specification 1.--In this, that the said Calvin Sartain, a citizen of Howard County, Mo., did

shoot and discharge a loaded gun at and into the steamer White Cloud, which said steamer was

being used for the transportation of troops of the United States on the Missouri River; and the

said Sartain did thereby with malice afore-thought kill and murder a certain person whose name

is unknown, the pilot of said boat. This near the Missouri River in Howard County, Mo., on or

about the 25th day of August, 1861.

Specification 2.--In this, that the said Calvin Sartain, a citizen of Howard County, Mo., did

aid and abet certain persons whose names are unknown in an armed attack upon the steamer

White Cloud, which said steamer was engaged in the transportation of U.S. troops on the

Missouri River. This near the Missouri River in Howard County, Mo., on or about the 25th day

of August, 1861.

To which charge and specifications the prisoner pleaded not guilty.

The commission finds the prisoner as follows:

On the first specification, guilty, except as to the murder and killing of a certain person

whose name is unknown, the pilot of the boat.

Of the second specification, guilty.

Of the charge, guilty.

And does therefore sentence him, Calvin Sartain, to be shot to death at such time and place as

the commanding general of this department may direct.

Finding and sentence approved. Sentence will be carried into effect at a time and place to be

hereafter designated by the general commanding this department. In the meantime the prisoner

will be confined in the military prison at Alton.

James W. Barnes.

CHARGE: Violation of the laws of war by attacking the dwelling of a citizen of the State of

Missouri with the intent to murder the occupants of said house.

Specification 1.--In this, that the said James W. Barnes on the 13th day of December, 1861,

with certain other persons unknown attacked the dwelling-house of one Thomas H. Keene in

Boone County, Mo., and with guns and pistols attempted to murder the occupants of said house.

All this at Boone County, Mo.

Specification 2.--In this, that on the 13th day of December, 1861, the said James W. Barnes,

a citizen of Boone County, Mo., did make an assault upon one Luther B. Caldwell, a citizen of

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Missouri, with intent to kill and murder the said Caldwell. All this at the county of Boone, State

of Missouri.

Specification 3.--In this, that on the 13th day of December, 1861, the said James W. Barnes

did incite certain persons unknown to make an armed attack upon the dwelling-house of one

Thomas H. Keene, a citizen of Missouri, with the intent to murder occupants of said house. All

this at Boone County, Mo.

To which charge and specifications the prisoner pleaded not guilty.

The Commission finds the prisoner guilty as charged, and does therefore sentence him,

James W. Barnes, to be shot to death at such time and place as the commanding general of this

department may direct.

Finding and sentence approved. Sentence will be carried into effect at a time and place to be

hereafter designated by the general commanding this department. In the meantime the prisoner

will be confined in the military prison at Alton.

Matthew Thompson.

CHARGE 1: Aiding and abetting in the destruction of property of the North Missouri

Railroad Company.

Specification 1.--In this, that Matthew Thompson, a citizen of Boone County, Mo., did aid

and abet by his presence among and joined with a band of armed men who were then and there

engaged in the destruction by fire or otherwise of certain rails, ties, bridges and timbers

belonging to and necessary to the use of the North Missouri Railroad Company in the transaction

of their ordinary and legitimate business. All this at or near the town of Mexico, Mo., on or about

the 21st day of December, 1861.

CHARGE 2: Violation of the laws of war by joining, aiding and assisting a band of robbers

and bandits.

Specification 1.--In this, that Matthew Thompson did in company with one Cobb and other

persons join a band of desperadoes whose object was plunder and robbery, and that the said

Thompson for a long space of time, viz, from about the 1st day of November, 1861, taking

advantage of the unsettled condition of the country has been joining with, aiding and assisting

said band in the commission of acts of plunder, robbery and abuse of the citizens of the State of

Missouri.

Specification 2.--In this, that the said Matthew Thompson did on the 21st day of December,

1861, attempt to steal and take away from one Conrad Pewlis, a citizen of Missouri, one horse to

be appropriated to the use of said band of robbers and bandits. This at the house of said Conrad

Pewlis in Audrain County, Mo.

To which charges and specifications the prisoner pleaded not guilty.

The commission finds the prisoner, Matthew Thompson, guilty as charged, and does

therefore sentence him to be hanged to death at such time and place as the commanding general

of this department may direct.

Finding and sentence approved. Sentence will be carried into effect at such time and place as

may be hereafter designated by the general commanding this department. In the meantime the

prisoner will be confined in the military prison at Alton.

III. At the same military commission, Col. Lewis Merrill, Regiment Merrill's Horse,

president, were arraigned and tried:

John E. Waller.

CHARGE: Violation of the laws of war by aiding and assisting in the arrest and

imprisonment of a citizen of the United States within the lines of the U.S. forces.

Specification.--In this, that John E. Waller on or about the 23d day of December, 1861, in

Boone County, Mo, and within the lines of the U.S. forces did with certain other persons

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wrongfully and violently arrest, search and imprison one Perry C. Jeffrey, a citizen of the United

States and of the State of Missouri, the said Waller then and there not being a member of any

regular military organization. To which charge and specification the prisoner pleaded not guilty.

The commission finds the prisoner, John E. Waller, as follows:

Of the specification finds the facts as set forth except the words "wrongfully and violently,"

and the words "the said Waller then and there not being a member of any regular military

organization."

Of the charge, not guilty.

And does therefore acquit him.

Finding and acquittal approved. John E. Waller will be released from arrest upon his taking

and subscribing the oath of allegiance and giving bond for his future good conduct and loyalty to

the Government.

Owen C. Hickam.

CHARGE: Violation of the laws of war.

Specification 1.--In this, that the said Owen C. Hickam did assault one John Quinn, a citizen

of the United States and of the State of Missouri, with intent feloniously to kill and murder said

John Quinn. This within the lines of the U.S. forces at Boone County, Mo., on or about the 1st of

January, 1862.

Specification 2.--In this, that the said Owen C. Hickam did threaten to kill and murder one

James Smallwood; a citizen of the United States and of the State of Missouri, the said

Smallwood being engaged in recruiting men to serve in the armies of the United States. This at

Boone County, Mo., on or about the 1st day of December, 1861.

Specification 3.--In this, that the said Owen C. Hickam did give clothing and goods to certain

persons to be by them appropriated to the use of persons in rebellion against the lawfully

constituted government of the United States. This within the lines of the U.S. forces, at Boone

County, Mo., about December 9, 1861.

Specification 4.--In this, that he, Owen C. Hickam, for a long time past, viz, for four months,

has been threatening the lives of citizens of the United States with intent to further and assist the

existing rebellion against the Government of the United States. This within the U.S. lines at

Boone County, Mo.

To which charge and specifications the prisoner pleaded not guilty.

The commission finds the prisoner, Owen C. Hickam, guilty as charged and does therefore

sentence him to be shot to death at such time and place as the general commanding this

department may direct.

Finding and sentence approved. The sentence will be carried into effect at such time and

place as may be hereafter designated by the general commanding this department. In the

meantime the prisoner will be confined in the military prison at Alton.

Aroswell D. Severance.

CHARGE: Violation of the laws of war.

Specification.--In this, that Aroswell D. Severance did on or about the 23d day of January,

1862, steal and carry away from the possession of one Thomas Throckmorton, a citizen of the

United States, one gray stallion being the property of said Throckmorton. This at or near

Monticello, Lewis County, Mo.

To which charge and specification the prisoner pleaded not guilty.

The commission finds the prisoner guilty as charges and does therefore sentence him,

Aroswell D. Severance, to be shot to death at such time and place as the commanding general of

this department may direct.

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Finding and sentence approved. The sentence will be mitigated to imprisonment during the

war in the military prison at Alton.

IV. At the military commission which convened at Fulton, Mo., pursuant to Special Orders,

No. 62, of January 20, 1862, from the headquarters Department of the Missouri, and of which

Capt. E. Mayne is president, were arraigned and tried:

Austin Brewner.

CHARGE: Administering intoxicating liquors to soldiers.

Specification.--In this, that Austin Brewner on the 7th day of March, 1862, and on divers

days before that time at the county of Callaway, Mo., at a military camp in said county did sell

and administer to Rawley Shaw, Black, George F. Greenough, Murray and Kino and divers other

persons unknown, being soldiers in the volunteer service of the United States, intoxicating

liquors, to wit, whisky and brandy, contrary to martial law then prevailing in the State of

Missouri and in violation of the laws of war.

To which charge and specification the prisoner pleaded guilty.

The commission finds the prisoner guilty as charged, and does therefore sentence him,

Austin Brewner, to pay a fine of $25 and in default of payment to be imprisoned thirty days.

Finding and sentence approved

Henry Willing.

CHARGE 1: Aiding in the destruction of the North Missouri Railroad.

Specification.--In this, that the said Henry Willing on the night of the 20th of December,

1861, with other parties unknown did unlawfully within the Military District of North Missouri

destroy and burn a portion of the ties and rails forming the North Missouri Railroad. This in

violation of martial law prevailing in the State of Missouri.

CHARGE 2: Giving aid and comfort to railroad and bridge-burners.

Specification.--In this, that the said Henry Willing did on the night of the 20th of December,

1861, by his presence and advice give aid, comfort and assistance to a party of armed men who

on the night of the 20th of December, 1861, did destroy a portion of the North Missouri Railroad.

This in violation of martial law then prevailing in the State of Missouri.

CHARGE 3: Accessory before the fact to the destruction of the track and bridges of the

North Missouri Railroad.

Specification.--In this, that said Henry Willing at the county of Callaway, State of Missouri,

on the 18th day of December, 1861, and at divers days before and after that date did solicit,

persuade and induce divers persons whose names are unknown to go to the track of the North

Missouri Railroad in Audrain County, Mo., on the 20th day of December, 1861, and then and

there to destroy, aid and assist in burning and otherwise destroying the track of said road and the

bridges thereon. This in violation of martial law prevailing in the State of Missouri.

CHARGE 4: In giving aid and comfort to the rebellion.

Specification.--In this, that the said Henry Willing in Callaway County, Mo., did on divers

days from the 1st of September, 1861, until the 1st of January, 1862, solicit H. W. Riley,

Company E, Third Iowa Cavalry, and divers other persons unknown to enlist in the rebel service

under General Sterling Price, and did on divers days between the times aforesaid use his

influence to get persons unknown to engage in the rebel service by making false representations

to them in violation of the laws of war.

CHARGE 5: Being a bad and dangerous man.

Specification.--In this, that the said Willing has been a notorious rebel and during the times

aforesaid and still is and was engaged in tearing up railroad tracks and burning bridges and

making war upon private and peaceable citizens and soliciting men to rebel against their country

in violation of the laws of war.

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To which charges and specifications the accused pleaded not guilty.

The commission finds the prisoner as follows:

Of the specification to first charge, not guilty.

Of the first charge, guilty.

Of the specification to second charge, guilty.

Of the second charge, guilty.

Of the specification to third charge, guilty.

Of the third charge, guilty.

Of the specification to fourth charge, guilty.

Of the fourth charge, guilty.

Of the specification to fifth charge, guilty, except the words "and was engaged in tearing up

railroad tracks and burning bridges and making war upon private and peaceable citizens."

Of the fifth charge, guilty.

And does therefore sentence him, Henry Willing, to be shot to death at such time and place

as the major-general of this department may direct.

The commission having acquitted the prisoner of the only specification to the first charge

should also have acquitted him of the charge. Sentence confirmed and will be carried into effect

at such time and place as may be hereafter designated by the general commanding this

department. In the meantime the prisoner will be confined in Alton prison.

James Sisrico.

CHARGE 1: Aiding in the destruction of the North Missouri Railroad.

Specification.--In this, that James Sisrico did on the night of Friday, December 20, 1861.

with other parties unknown destroy a portion of the rails and ties of the North Missouri Railroad.

This in opposition to martial law then prevailing in the Military District of North Missouri.

CHARGE 2: Aiding and abetting in the destruction of the North Missouri Railroad.

Specification.--In this, that James Sisrico on the evening and night of the 20th of December,

1861, did by his presence aid and encourage a body of armed men who on the night aforesaid did

destroy a portion of the North Missouri Railroad. This in opposition to martial law then

prevailing in the Military District of North Missouri.

To which charges and specifications the prisoner pleaded not guilty.

The Commission finds the prisoner as follows:

Of the specification to first charge, not proven.

Of the first charge, guilty.

Of the specification to second charge, guilty.

To the second charge, guilty.

And does therefore sentence him, James Sisrico, to be shot to death at such time and place as

the commanding general of the department may direct.

Finding approved. The commission having recommended the prisoner to the mercy of the

commanding general the sentence will be mitigated to imprisonment during the war in the

military prison at Alton.

James P. Snedicor.

CHARGE 1: Aiding in the destruction of the North Missouri Railroad.

Specification.--In this, that on the night of the 20th day of December, 1861, James P.

Snedicor with other persons unknown did unlawfully within the Military District of North

Missouri burn and destroy certain railroad ties and with crowbars, picks, sledges and axes

remove certain rails, which ties and rails formed a part of the common traveled way known as

the North Missouri Railroad. This in violation of martial law then prevailing in the Military

District of North Missouri.

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CHARGE 2: Giving aid and comfort to railroad and railroad bridge-burners and destroyers.

Specification.--In this, that the said James P. Snedicor did on the evening or night of the 20th

of December, 1861, meet with other parties unknown and plan the destruction and by his

presence aid, assist and afford comfort and assistance to said parties unknown who did burn and

destroy certain ties, rails, track and bridges being part of and appertaining to the North Missouri

Railroad. This in violation of martial law then prevailing in the said Military District of North

Missouri.

CHARGE 3: Accessory before the fact to the destruction of the North Missouri Railroad.

Specification.--In this, that James P. Snedicor at the county of Callaway, State of Missouri,

on the 19th day of December, 1861, and after that date did solicit divers persons to go to the

track of the North Missouri Railroad in Audrain County, Mo., within the Military District of

North Missouri on the 20th of December, 1861, to then and there aid and assist in the destruction

of the North Missouri Railroad. This in violation of martial law then prevailing in the said

Military District of North Missouri.

To which charges and specifications the prisoner pleaded as follows:

To the first charge and its specification, guilty.

To the second charge and its specification, guilty.

To the third charge and its specification, not guilty.

The commission finds the prisoner as follows:

Of the first charge and its specification, guilty.

Of the second charge and its specification, guilty.

Of the third charge and its specification, not guilty.

And does therefore sentence him, James P. Snedicor, to be shot to death at such time and

place as the commanding general of this department may direct.

Finding and sentence approved. The sentence will be carried into effect at such time and

place as may be hereafter designated by the general commanding the department. In the

meantime the prisoner will be confined in the military prison at Alton.

Samuel Jamerson.

CHARGE: Furnishing supplies to the enemies of the Federal Government and giving them

aid and comfort.

Specification 1.--In this, that said Samuel Jamerson at the county of Callaway, State of

Missouri, during the months of September, October, November and December, 1861, did make,

aid, cause and permit to be made at his house a large quantity of clothing, to wit coats, pants,

vests and drawers, made for and given to Pyne, Harris, Jamerson and divers others whose names

are unknown who were and are rebels and enemies of the Federal Government and who have

been in arms against said Government and who were and are in open rebellion against said

Government; and the clothing so made by and at the house of said Jamerson and with his

knowledge, advice and consent was intended to be given and was given to said rebels to aid and

comfort them in their rebellion against the Government, and the said Jamerson furnished all or

part of the cloth and other materials to make said clothing.

Specification 2.--In this, that said Jamerson did aid and assist in taking from the Lunatic

Asylum at Fulton, Mo., a large quantity of blankets, to wit 1,000, the property of the State of

Missouri, which said blankets after they were so taken from said asylum by the assistance,

knowledge and consent of said Samuel Jamerson were by the assistance, advice, knowledge and

consent of said Jamerson given to persons unknown and in arms against the Federal Government

to aid and assist said rebels in arms against the Government. All this at Callaway County, Mo.,

during the months of September, October, November and December, 1861.

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Specification 3.--In this, that said Samuel Jamerson at the county of Callaway, State of

Missouri, during the months of November and December, 1861, did procure, aid and assist in

procuring a large quantity of lead, to wit 500 pounds, which said lead was procured and kept by

the said Jamerson on his premises for the use of the rebels and persons in open rebellion and in

arms against the Federal Government, and the said lead so procured and kept by said Jamerson

was by him concealed to keep the Federal authorities from seizing the same and was by the said

Jamerson and with his knowledge, advice and consent given to the rebels then in arms against

the Federal Government.

Specification 4.--In this, that said Samuel Jamerson at the county of Callaway in the State of

Missouri on the --- day of January, 1862, did permit James P. Snedicor and Joseph Watkins to

stop at his house and did keep the horses of said Snedicor and Watkins and did furnish food,

beds and shelter to the said Snedicor and Watkins, they being at the time rebels in arms against

the Federal Government and having aided and assisted in the destruction of the North Missouri

Railroad on the 20th of December, 1861, all of which was known to the said Jamerson; and the

said Snedicor and Watkins were at the time they were so fed and sheltered by said Jamerson

fleeing from the U.S. authorities to avoid being arrested which fact was well known by the said

Jamerson; and while said Jamerson was so sheltering said rebels and outlaws a detachment of the

Second Battalion, Third Iowa Cavalry, commanded by Major Caldwell, proceeded to the house

of said Jamerson for the purpose of arresting said criminals whereupon the said Jamerson did

declare to the said troops that the said criminals were not at his house; whereupon the house of

said Jamerson was searched by said troops and the said Snedicor and Watkins were found

concealed in the garret of said house, and the arms of said rebels, to wit one carbine, one doublebarrelled

shotgun and two pistols were found in the house of said Jamerson. All of which was

fully known to said Jamerson; and the representations as aforesaid made by said Jamerson were

false and were made to mislead the authorities of the Government and to conceal said criminals

and aid them in their efforts to avoid an arrest and punishment by the U.S. military authorities.

To which charges and specifications the prisoner pleaded not guilty.

The commission finds the prisoner, Samuel Jamerson, as follows:

Of the first specification, not guilty.

Of the second specification, not guilty.

Of the third specification, not guilty.

Of the fourth specification, guilty.

Of the charge, guilty, except the words "furnishing supplies to the enemies of the Federal

Government," and does therefore sentence him to pay a fine of $500 and costs of prosecution and

that he be imprisoned until said fine and costs are paid and he takes and subscribes the usual oath

of allegiance.

Finding approved; sentence disapproved. The prisoner will be retained in custody until such

time as he will take and subscribe the oath of allegiance and give bond in the sum of $2,000 for

future good conduct and loyalty to the Government.

Lewis L. Chaney.

CHARGE 1: Aiding in the destruction of the North Missouri Railroad.

Specification.--In this, that the said Lewis L. Chaney on the night of the 20th of December,

1861, did with other parties unknown unlawfully destroy and burn a portion of the North

Missouri Railroad. This in violation of martial law prevailing in the State of Missouri.

CHARGE 2: Giving aid and comfort to railroad and bridge burners.

Specification.--In this, that the said Lewis L. Chaney on the evening of Friday, the 20th of

December, 1861, did by his presence and advice aid, assist and afford aid and assistance to a

party of armed men who on the night of the 20th of December, 1861, burned and destroyed a

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portion of the ties and rails forming a part of the North Missouri Railroad. This in violation of

martial law then prevailing in the State of Missouri

CHARGE 3: Accessory before the fact to the destruction of the North Missouri Railroad.

Specification 1.--In this, that Lewis L. Chaney at Callaway County, Mo., on the night of the

18th of December, 1861, and on divers days before and after that date did solicit, persuade and

induce divers persons whose names are unknown to go to the track of the North Missouri

Railroad in Audrain County, Mo., on the 20th day of December, 1861, and then and there to

destroy and aid and assist in burning and otherwise destroying the track of said road and the

bridges thereon. This in violation of martial law then prevailing in the State of Missouri.

Specification 2.--In this, that the said Lewis L. Chaney at the county of Callaway, Mo., did

procure crowbars and other implements to be used in destroying the track of the North Missouri

Railroad; and the said crowbars and implements so procured by said Chaney were by him given

and delivered to persons whose names are unknown for the purpose and with the view and

intention of having said persons use said crowbars and other implements in the destruction of the

track of said road and said crowbars and implements were used by said persons to aid in the

destruction of said road. This in violation of martial law then prevailing in the State of Missouri.

To which charges and specifications the prisoner pleaded not guilty.

The commission finds the prisoner, Lewis L. Chaney, not guilty of the charges and

specifications and does therefore acquit him.

Finding and acquittal approved. Lewis L. Chaney will be released from arrest upon his taking

the oath of allegiance and giving bond in $2,000 for future good conduct and loyalty to the

Government.

By command of Major-General Halleck:

N.H. McLEAN,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI,

Saint Louis, February 17, 1862.

III. At the military commission which convened at Pacific, Mo., pursuant to Special Orders,

No. 35, of January 12, 1862, from these headquarters, and of which Capt. A. W. Drips, Ninth

Regiment Iowa Volunteers, is president, was arraigned and tried--

Isaac H. Breckinridge, a citizen of Franklin County, Mo.

CHARGE: Violation of the laws of war.

Specification l.--In this, that Isaac H. Breckinridge did send clothing to his son, then a soldier

in the army of the so-called Confederate States in rebellion against the lawful authority of the

Government of the United States. This in Franklin County, Mo., in the summer or fall of the year

1861.

Specification 2.--In this, that the said Isaac H. Breckinridge did keep ammunition on his

premises for the purpose of furnishing the same to men in rebellion against the lawful authority

of the United States and did harbor and maintain persons in rebellion against the lawful

authorities of the United States. This in the summer or fall of the year 1861 in Franklin County,

Mo., in violation of the laws of war.

Specification 3.--In this, that the said Isaac H. Breckinridge did assist in an attempt to stop

railroad trains and destroy the track of the southwestern branch of the Pacific Railroad. This on

or about the 1st of July, 1861, in Franklin County, Mo., in violation of the laws of war.

To which charges and specifications the prisoner pleaded not guilty.

The commission finds the prisoner guilty as charged and does therefore sentence him, Isaac

H. Breckinridge, to have all his property except his houses and lands confiscated to the use of the

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Government of the United States and that he be detained as a prisoner at hard labor until the end

of the war.

Finding approved. The sentence is mitigated on condition that Isaac H. Breckinridge give

bond in $5,000 to keep the peace against the Government of the United States and that he take

the oath of allegiance. If mitigated sentence should not be complied with the original sentence

will be enforced.

By command of Major-General Halleck:

N.H. McLEAN,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF CENTRAL MISSOURI,

Otterville, December 23, 1861.

Capt. J. C. KELTON,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

CAPTAIN: I have the honor to report that having replaced by troops from La Mine the

garrison of Sedalia I marched from that place on Sunday, the 15th instant, with a column of

infantry, cavalry and artillery numbering about 4,000 men.

On the morning of the 18th Lieutenant-Colonel Brown's forces rejoined the command.

Knowing that there must still be a large force of the enemy north of us I moved slowly on the

18th toward Warrensburg, and when near that town the spies and scouts I had sent before

marching from Sedalia in the direction of Lexington, Waverly and Arrow Rock reported to me

that a large force was marching from the two latter places and would encamp that night at the

mouth of Clear Creek, just south of Milford. I posted the main body of my command near

Warrensburg and Knobnoster to close all outlet to the south between those two points and

dispatched seven companies of cavalry, five of the First Iowa and two of the Fourth Regular

Cavalry, afterward re-enforced by another company of regular cavalry and a section of artillery,

all under command of Col. J. C. Davis, Indiana volunteers, to march on the town of Milford so as

to turn the enemy's left and rear and intercept his retreat to the southeast, at the same time

directing Major Marshall, with Merrill's regiment of horse, to march from Warrensburg on the

same point turning the enemy's right and rear and forming a junction with Colonel Davis. The

main body of my command occupied a point four miles south and ready to advance at a

moment's notice or to intercept the enemy's retreat south.

Colonel Davis marched promptly and vigorously with the forces under his command, and at

a late hour in the afternoon came upon the enemy encamped in the wooded bottom-land on the

west side of Blackwater opposite the mouth of Clear Creek. His pickets were immediately driven

in across the stream--which was deep, miry and impassable except by a long narrow bridge

which the enemy occupied in force as is believed under Colonel Magoffin. Colonel Davis

brought forward his force and directed that the bridge be carried by assault. The two companies

of the Fourth Regular Cavalry being in advance, under the command respectively of Lieutenant

Gordon and Lieutenant Amory, were designated for that service and were supported by the five

companies of the First Iowa. Lieutenant Gordon, of the Fourth Cavalry, led the charge in person

with the utmost gallantry and vigor, carried the bridge in fine style and immediately formed his

company on the opposite side. He was promptly followed by the other companies. The force of

the enemy posted at the bridge retreated precipitately over a narrow open space into the woods

where his whole force was posted. The two companies of the Fourth Cavalry formed in line at

once, advanced upon the enemy and were received with a heavy volley of small-arms, muskets,

rifle and shotguns. One man was killed and eight wounded by this discharge, with one exception

all belonging to Company D, Fourth Cavalry, Lieutenant Gordon. Lieutenant Gordon himself

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received several balls through his cap. Our forces still continuing to press forward and the enemy

finding his retreat south and west cut off and that he was in presence of a large force and at best

could only prolong the contest a short time surrendered at discretion. His force reported by the

colonel commanding consisted of parts of two regiments of infantry and three companies of

cavalry, numbering in all 1,300 men, among whom there were three colonels (Robertson,

Alexander and Magoffin), one lieutenants-colonel (Robertson) and one major (Harris) and fiftyone

commissioned company officers.

I am, captain, your obedient servant,

JOHN POPE,

Brigadier-General, Commanding.

F.

The accused objects to the paper read by the judge-advocate purporting to be an attested copy

of an extract from the official report of General Pope to the [assistant] adjutant-general, Kelton

first, because it purports only to bean extract; second, because it is not evidence of the facts

therein stated; third, because it is ex parte and can not be evidence against the accused; fourth,

because it is only competent testimony to prove the fact that General Pope made a report.

E. MAGOFFIN.

SPECIAL ORDERS No. 81.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI,

Saint Louis, December 21, 1861.

IV. A military commission is hereby appointed to meet in this city on Monday, the 23d

instant, at 10 a.m., or as soon thereafter as practicable, for the trial of such persons as may be

brought before it.

Detail for the commission: Bldg. Gen. S. D. Sturgis, U.S. Army; Col. R. D. Cutts, of the

staff; Lieut. Col. John Scott. Third Iowa Volunteers; Maj. E. W. Chamberlain, First Iowa

Cavalry; Capt. T. W. Sweeny, Second Infantry, U.S. Army. Col. R. D. Cutts will act as judgeadvocate

and recorder.

By order of Major-General Halleck:

J. C. KELTON,

Assistant Adjutant

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI,

Saint Louis, January 9, 1862.

Colonel CARLIN, Commanding, Ironton.

COLONEL: Governor Gamble has referred to me a letter from you to Colonel Murphy,

Eighth Iowa [Wisconsin] Infantry, in relation to the delivery of a fugitive slave to his master

which order was evaded by Colonel Murphy's command. I think you mistook your duty as a

military officer in this matter. I do not consider it any part of the duty of the military to decide

upon the rights of master and slave. It is our duty to leave that question for the action of the loyal

civil authorities of the State. This is accomplished by keeping all such fugitives out of our camps.

This is the object of Orders, No. 3. Those orders should in all cases be enforced and we shall

then be freed from these vexatious questions.

I inclose a copy of a letter to General Asboth in which this view is more fully set forth. I

hope you will not permit difficulties of this kind to occur again in your command, for the action

of the military in regard to fugitives if once admitted into camp is so liable to be misrepresented

and misunderstood.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

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H. W. HALLECK,

Major-General

HEADQUARTERS,

Memphis, Tenn., December 14, 1861.

Col. W. W. MACKALL, Assistant Adjutant-General.

COLONEL: I have the honor to report the departure on this day December 14 for Columbus,

Ky., of ten Belmont prisoners selected by lot from the privates, to wit: H.T. Stein, Company A,

W. W. Sapp, Company A, and W. E. Gregg, Company H, Seventh Iowa Volunteers; George W.

Black, Company H, and B. Faunin, Company A, Thirty-first Illinois Volunteers; Henry

Harrington, Twelfth Illinois Volunteers, Company B; Israel G. Heaps, Company B, A. Anderson,

Company E, and Marcus Tenkesled, Company B, Twenty-seventh Iowa [Illinois] Volunteers; the

whole under command of Captain Begbie, of the Memphis Legion. These prisoners were sent in

obedience to instructions from General Polk, commanding First Division, Western Department,

with the purpose of exchange.

I am, colonel, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

JOHN ADAMS,

Captain, C. S. Army, Commanding.

SPECIAL ORDERS No. 196.

HEADQUARTERS,

Memphis, December 14, 1861.

In compliance with instructions dated headquarters First Division, Western Department,

December 11, 1861, Captain Begbie and ten noncommissioned officers and privates of Memphis

Legion will proceed to Columbus, Ky., in charge of the ten Belmont prisoners selected by lot

from the privates, to wit: II. T. Stein and W. W. Sapp, Company A, W. :E. Gregg, Company H,

Seventh Iowa; George W. Black, Company H, and B. Faunin, Company A, Thirty-first Illinois

Volunteers; James Shaw, Company H, Thirtieth Illinois Volunteers; Henry Harrington, Company

B, Twelfth Illinois Volunteers; Israel G. Heaps, Company B, A. Anderson, Company E, and

Marcus Tankesley, Company B, Twenty-seventh Iowa [Illinois] Volunteers. Turn them over

there subject to the orders of the general commanding. Having performed this duty Captain

Begbie will report with his detachment at this place.

JOHN ADAMS,

Captain, C. S. Army, Commanding.

HDQRS. FIRST DIVISION, NORTHWESTERN DEPARTMENT,

Columbus, Ky., December 19, 1861.

Brig. Gen. U.S. GRANT, U.S. Army,

Commanding, Cairo, Ill.

GENERAL: In pursuance of my agreement I have at my earliest convenience had ten

privates of the prisoners held by me selected to send up to you, that being the difference between

the number released by you, 124, and the number released by me, 114, agreed upon by yourself

and General McCown. This does not include Lieutenant Smith, the attendant of Colonel

Dougherty, who was released by me on parole and of whom no account is taken.

These men were chosen by lot and sent up from Memphis. Since their arrival I find one of

them declines to return; I must therefore send you another in his place at a future day.

I send you also your hostler. The terms on which he was to be returned you have already

discussed with Colonel Tappan.

I have the honor to be, respectfully, your obedient servant,

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L. POLK,

Major-General, Commanding.

List of prisoners sent to General Grant December 19, 1861.

Thirty-first Regiment Illinois Volunteers: Company A, H. T. Stein, B. Fannin (not sent), W.

W. Sapp; Company H, G. W. Black.

Seventh Regiment Iowa Volunteers: Company H, W. E. Gregg.

Twenty-seventh Regiment Iowa [Illinois] Volunteers: Company B, Israel G. Heaps, M.

Tankesley; Company E, A. Anderson.

Thirtieth Regiment Illinois Volunteers: Company H, James Shaw. Twelfth Regiment Illinois

Volunteers: Company B, H. Harrington. Francis M. Smith, hostler of General Grant, sent in

accordance with agreement between Generals Grant and Cheatham to the effect that Colonel

Tappan's colored servant, George, should be returned to him.

HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI,

Cairo, December 19, 1861.

OFFICER IN COMMAND OF MILITARY PRISON,

Columbus, Ohio:

Inclosed you will find copy of an order this day received from headquarters Department of

the Missouri. By forwarding the said prisoner John Groves at once a speedy exchange could be

effected.

U.S. GRANT,

Brigadier-General, Commanding.

GENERAL ORDERS No. 4.

BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS,

Hudson City, July 19, 1861.

For the purpose of more orderly and satisfactory control of the Hannibal and Saint Joseph

Railroad and the maintenance of the various important points that road will be divided into two

divisions and four sections. The first division will extend from Saint Joseph to Brookfield; the

second division from Brookfield to the Mississippi River at Hannibal and Quincy.

The first section of the road will extend from Saint Joseph to Hamilton, and will be held by

the Second Iowa Regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel Tuttle, headquarters at Saint Joseph. The second

section from Hamilton to Brookfield will be held by the Third Iowa Regiment, headquarters at

Chillicothe. The third section from Brookfield to Salt River will be held by the Sixteenth Illinois,

Col. R. F. Smith, headquarters at Hudson City. The fourth section from Salt River to Hannibal

and Quincy will be held by the Fourteenth Illinois Regiment, headquarters at Palmyra.

Each regiment will gradually draw in within its own lines as fast as relieved by the

appropriate force and keep communication at least daily from each post to headquarters of

regiment. Reasonable force will always be held at headquarters to assist any post in case of

attack or for scouting duty. One company of Third Iowa will occupy Brook-field and will be

joined by one company from Sixteenth Illinois, after which that point will be held jointly by the

two companies. Detail of movements to make necessary changes will be ordered by Colonel

Williams within the first division and Colonel Thomas in the second under directions from the

brigadier-general.

S. A. HURLBUT,

Brigadier-General, U.S. Army,

Commanding Line of Hannibal and Saint Joseph Railroad.

HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF NORTH MISSOURI,

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Saint Charles, July 23, 1861.

His Excellency SAMUEL J. KIRKWOOD, Governor of Iowa.

SIR: Your letter to General Hurlbut with a communication from Colonel Bussey has been

transmitted to me. In reply to it I have to say that I most cordially accept the proffered aid in

maintaining peace and quiet in those portions of North Missouri bordering on the Iowa line. In

sending your State or other forces into Missouri be pleased to intrust their command to discreet

and prudent officers, who should be directed to keep me advised of all their operations and who

should inform me frequently of all matters of interest or importance connected with the condition

of that region. It is not my purpose to make arrests for opinion's sake but rather to force the

people throughout this section to keep the peace among themselves and to keep open their own

lines of public communication. It is impossible that the Federal Government can employ for any

length of time so large a force merely to protect public works against destruction by those for

whose benefit they were built, and it is my purpose to offer such inducements to the citizens of

this State as will be sufficient to secure their own active agency in protecting their lines of

railroad and other works of public convenience or necessity. I have published a notice to the

people along the line of the North Missouri Railroad which I intend also to apply to the Hannibal

and Saint Joe road based on these views, a copy of which I herewith transmit. As I shall enforce

the penalty to the letter I hope to see good results follow before many days.

Your active interference in North Missouri will I fear be very shortly necessary and in a

stronger force than you suggest. The unfortunate repulse of our forces at Manassas has aroused

the whole secession element in this State to renewed activity, and intelligence received this

morning from Saint Louis has compelled me to suspend for the present further movements of the

troops from this place in the direction of the Hannibal and Saint Joe road.

It is by no means improbable that I may be obliged within a few days to move the whole

force in North Missouri into Saint Louis to protect that city from civil tumult and bloodshed, and

in that case I shall call upon yourself and Governor Yates to replace them by State forces. I will

communicate further with you in a day or two when affairs have assumed somewhat more

definite shape.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JOHN POPE,

Brigadier-General, U. S. Army, Commanding in North Missouri.

BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS,

Quincy, July 27, 1861.

Maj. Gen. JOHN C. FREMONT, U. S. Army.

SIR: By orders from Brigadier-General Pope, commanding in North Missouri, I assumed

charge of the line of the Hannibal and Saint Joseph Railroad. Four regiments occupied this line--

Nineteenth Illinois, at Palmyra; Sixteenth Illinois, at Hudson City; Third Iowa, at Chillicothe;

Second Iowa, at Saint Joseph. Orders this day issued by General Pope have been obeyed to

forward the Nineteenth Illinois and Second Iowa to Saint Louis. They are on their way.

But it becomes my duty to report to you that the present force is wholly inadequate for the

duty assigned; that the two regiments removed covered the termini of the road and protected its

connections; that the country north of the road is inflamed and excited, and the region

immediately southwest of Hannibal, in Rails County, is infested by strong bands of rebels

threatening Hannibal in considerable numbers and with at least two pieces of iron artillery. To

oppose this I hold Hannibal with one company of Palmer's Fourteenth Illinois and three illdisciplined

companies of home guards; one company of the Fourteenth at South Bridge, between

Hannibal and Palmyra. There is a vacancy from these points to Salt Creek where the outposts of

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the Sixteenth Illinois begin. Thence to Hannibal the road is well guarded; from Hannibal to Saint

Joseph no troops; at Saint Joseph about 350 raw home guards. I go to-morrow the length of the

road. I desire to state expressly and officially that the feeling along the line is hostile to this road.

It is owned in Boston by wealthy men and the people believe it will be repaired if injured. They

call it an abolition road. There is no such feeling as to the North Missouri; that is called a State

road. I will defend it to the best of my ability; but with cavalry and artillery withdrawn from me

and stationary scattered guards of infantry, with an entire regiment (the Third Iowa) without

cartridge-boxes, belts or scabbards, justice to myself and the men under my command compels

me to notify you in advance that my means are wholly insufficient and that if the road is broken

up as I think it will be in forty-eight hours I and my command are not responsible. I have

extended and obeyed of course promptly all orders on this subject; but desire to say that unless as

I presume is the case public necessity requires this movement it exposes our connections and

leaves us with both wings cut off in the heart of an unreconciled and hostile country.

Your obedient servant,

S. A. HURLBUT,

Brigadier-General, U. S. Volunteers.

SPECIAL ORDERS No. 10.

HEADQUARTERS WESTERN DEPARTMENT,

Saint Louis, Mo., July 29, 1861.

Brig. Gen. John Pope is assigned to the command of all the troops in the State of Missouri

north of the city of Saint Louis.

By order of Major-General Frémont:

J. C. KELTON,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF NORTH MISSOURI,

Mexico, August 2, 1861.

COMMANDING OFFICER IOWA FORCES, Keokuk, Iowa.

SIR: Inclosed are instructions for your movement with your command upon Memphis,

Waterloo, Monticello and Edina. In selecting members for the committee of public safety you are

directed to appoint be sure to put upon it at least two or better still three of the most worthy and

prominent secessionists. It is the service of the secessionists I specially require and I desire that

you will give them plainly to understand that unless peace is preserved their property will be

immediately levied upon and their contribution collected at once in any kind of property at hand.

When once the secessionists are made to understand that upon peace in their midst depends

the safety of their families and property we shall soon have quiet again in North Missouri. Take

care that your men are orderly and commit no excesses.

Respectfully, sir, your obedient servant,

JNO. POPE,

Brigadier-General, Commanding.

HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF NORTH MISSOURI,

Mexico, August 2, 1861.

Colonel WORTHINGTON, Commanding Iowa Troops, Keokuk.

SIR: Immediately upon receipt of this order you will direct Colonel Bussey with his cavalry

to march forthwith to Memphis, in Scotland County, and having discharged the duty hereafter

specified in this order to effect a junction at Edina with the remainder of the forces under your

command. You will please put one of your infantry regiments on march for Edina by the way of

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Waterloo and with the other regiment under your immediate command you will take boat for

Canton and proceed to Edina by way of Monticello. When you have effected a junction there

with your other forces report to me your operations and all matters of interest. Buy provisions for

your troops whenever you need them and give orders for payment on the chief commissary at

these headquarters.

You will disperse all bands of armed secessionists and if any are captured in arms send them

direct to this place for trial. I send you a printed notice to be distributed along the routes pursued

by your respective columns and direct the commanding officer to appoint committees specified

in the printed order, selecting for that purpose the most wealthy and prominent men in the county

preferring mostly the secessionists. The printed orders and accompanying letter will inform you

fully of the system I intend to adopt in Northeast Missouri. I wish to give the secessionists such

inducements as loss of property and danger to families to aid Union men in keeping the peace.

Notify all the population that the forces stand prepared to enforce this printed notice fully and

vigorously and commence it with your forces as soon as you think it desirable. Act promptly and

vigorously and I think peace will result to all parts of North Missouri.

Respectfully, your obedient servant,

JNO. POPE,

Brigadier-General, Commanding North Missouri.

NOTE.--The same instructions given to the commanding officer of the Iowa forces were

furnished Col. T. A. Marshall for his movement upon Paris; Captain Peck, Twenty-first Illinois

Volunteers, for move-meat with his company upon Troy and Warrenton; Captain McNulta for

movement with one company of cavalry upon Bowling Green and Danville, and to the

commanding officer of Fourteenth Regiment Illinois Volunteers for movement with four

companies upon Huntsville and Fayette.

HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF NORTH MISSOURI,

Mexico, August 2, 1861.

COMMANDING OFFICER IOWA FORCES, Keokuk, Iowa.

SIR: Inclosed are instructions for your movement with your command upon Memphis,

Waterloo, Monticello and Edina. In selecting members for the committee of public safety you are

directed to appoint be sure to put upon it at least two or better still three of the most worthy and

prominent secessionists. It is the service of the secessionists I specially require and I desire that

you will give them plainly to understand that unless peace is preserved their property will be

immediately levied upon and their contribution collected at once in any kind of property at hand.

When once the secessionists are made to understand that upon peace in their midst depends

the safety of their families and property we shall soon have quiet again in North Missouri. Take

care that your men are orderly and commit no excesses.

Respectfully, sir, your obedient servant,

JNO. POPE,

Brigadier-General, Commanding.

HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF NORTH MISSOURI,

Mexico, August 2, 1861.

Colonel WORTHINGTON, Commanding Iowa Troops, Keokuk.

SIR: Immediately upon receipt of this order you will direct Colonel Bussey with his cavalry

to march forthwith to Memphis, in Scotland County, and having discharged the duty hereafter

specified in this order to effect a junction at Edina with the remainder of the forces under your

command. You will please put one of your infantry regiments on march for Edina by the way of

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Waterloo and with the other regiment under your immediate command you will take boat for

Canton and proceed to Edina by way of Monticello. When you have effected a junction there

with your other forces report to me your operations and all matters of interest. Buy provisions for

your troops whenever you need them and give orders for payment on the chief commissary at

these headquarters.

You will disperse all bands of armed secessionists and if any are captured in arms send them

direct to this place for trial. I send you a printed notice to be distributed along the routes pursued

by your respective columns and direct the commanding officer to appoint committees specified

in the printed order, selecting for that purpose the most wealthy and prominent men in the county

preferring mostly the secessionists. The printed orders and accompanying letter will inform you

fully of the system I intend to adopt in Northeast Missouri. I wish to give the secessionists such

inducements as loss of property and danger to families to aid Union men in keeping the peace.

Notify all the population that the forces stand prepared to enforce this printed notice fully and

vigorously and commence it with your forces as soon as you think it desirable. Act promptly and

vigorously and I think peace will result to all parts of North Missouri.

Respectfully, your obedient servant,

JNO. POPE,

Brigadier-General, Commanding North Missouri.

NOTE.--The same instructions given to the commanding officer of the Iowa forces were

furnished Col. T. A. Marshall for his movement upon Paris; Captain Peck, Twenty-first Illinois

Volunteers, for move-meat with his company upon Troy and Warrenton; Captain McNulta for

movement with one company of cavalry upon Bowling Green and Danville, and to the

commanding officer of Fourteenth Regiment Illinois Volunteers for movement with four

companies upon Huntsville and Fayette.

HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF NORTH MISSOURI,

Mexico, August 4, 1861.

Capt. J. C. KELTON.

CAPTAIN: I have the honor to report for the information of the general commanding the

department that by a simultaneous movement I shall to-night or to-morrow morning occupy in

force the county seats of the nineteen counties lying east of the North Missouri Railroad and its

proposed continuation north to the Iowa line. The three Iowa regiments have been instructed to

move as follows: The cavalry regiment to Memphis, the county seat of Scotland County, and

thence to Edina, the county seat of Knox, near which it is reported that a camp of 2,500

secessionists has been established; one infantry regiment to march upon Edina direct from

Keokuk, the other to come down to Canton and thence to march upon Edina by way of

Monticello. These three regiments will effect a junction to-night or to-morrow morning at that

point. Brigadier-General Hurlbut is instructed to occupy Palmyra, Shelbyville and Bloomington,

the county seats of Marion, Shelby and Macon. He has probably done so to-day. Colonel

Marshall with 500 infantry, 100 cavalry and 2 pieces of horse artillery moved from this place

day before yesterday with the design of occupying Paris, the county seat of Monroe, and thence

upon New London and Hannibal; Captain McNulta with 100 cavalry upon Bowling Green, the

county seat of Pike County, from Montgomery City, on the line of North Missouri road. Captain

Peck, Twenty-first Illinois Volunteers, with 300 infantry from Warrenton on this road marched

yesterday and occupies to-day Troy, the county seat of Lincoln. Five companies of infantry

under Major Goddard occupy Fulton, the county seat of Callaway County. Lieutenant-Colonel

Johnson with 400 men occupies Huntsville, seat of Randolph County, to-day. Macon City, the

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junction of Hannibal and Saint Joe road, is held by five companies of Sixteenth Illinois

Volunteers, and Sturgeon on line of North Missouri road by four companies of the Fourteenth.

If these movements have been made promptly and vigorously by to-morrow morning the

forces will occupy all those points, and as no place of retreat for armed parties of secessionists

will be left in all that region without the certainty of encountering some portion of the U. S.

forces it is expected that they will either be taken or dispersed. The object of these movements

was as much to put in operation the policy marked out in Special [General] Orders, No. 3, from

these headquarters, copies of which are inclosed, as with an expectation of finding any

considerable force in arms against the United States. I inclose also copy of instructions issued to

officers in command of these various columns as also copy of a letter addressed to J. H.

Sturgeon, Esq. These various papers will explain fully the policy I am pursuing and the reasons

therefor. In addition to the reasons thus assigned I have to say their by pursuing the system of

hunting out these guerrilla par-tics the whole force under my command will be as much

demoralized and as little fitted for active service in campaign as the marauding parties

themselves. I am compelled to pursue some policy however harsh which will enable me to

assemble my forces in a camp of instruction that I may establish that discipline and habit of

service essential to any efficiency in the field hereafter. Raw troops such as these grow worse

every day by this system of small detachments scattered over the country on police duty, and if it

be pursued for two months I shall have a mob and not an army to command.

I have selected a point near Brookfield, on the Hannibal and Saint Joe Railroad, for a camp

for all the forces under my command. Water is abundant and good and the ground fine rolling

prairie with timber at hand on both sides. I shall move to that point as soon as the quartermaster

in Saint Louis can send forward transportation. It is my design in moving to that point to occupy

in succession Columbia, Fayette, Glasgow and Keytesville.

I am, captain, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JNO. POPE,

Brigadier- Commanding in North Missouri.

SAINT LOUIS, August 8, 1861.

General S. A. HURLBUT:

If the train was fired into investigate it immediately. Find what section [the] party which fired

came from and immediately occupy it with Illinois or Iowa regiments, quartering the men in

houses and demanding subsistence, &c., for them in compliance with Special [General]

Orders,No. 3. It is to enforce this order promptly and rigorously that I wish to keep your force

concentrated. As soon as you can ascertain from what county those who fired came from march

instantly with a whole regiment to occupy it. Shoot any who were concerned in the firing. My

headquarters will be here. Keep me advised by telegraph every day.

JNO. POPE,

Brigadier-General, Commanding.

HEADQUARTERS U.S. FORCES,

Jefferson City, Mo. August 26, 1861.

Col. WILLIAM H. WORTHINGTON, Fifth Iowa Volunteers:

See E. B. McPherson, a true Union man, who will show you a copy of the Boonville Patriot.

Bring all the printing material, type, &c., with you. Arrest J. L. Stevens and bring him with you

and some copies of the paper he edits. Bailey is a particularly obnoxious person and should be

arrested. B. S. Wilson & Co. have been furnishing the rebels with groceries. You may therefore

pay him a visit and if you require it draw two or three days' supplies for your command, keeping

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an account of the amount taken, its value, &c. Give secessionists to understand what to expect if

it becomes necessary to visit them again. Take all canteens you may find from a tin-shop which

is reported to have been working for the rebels. It is reported that the proprietor of the ferry-boat

has observed his part of the engagement entered into as far as practicable but there is no doubt

that he is deceived daily as to the character of the parties he is crossing, and now so many will

want to cross that his boat will be taken possession of if not given freely.

U.S. GRANT,

Brigadier-General.

HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF NORTH MISSOURI,

Saint Louis, August 31, 1861.

Colonel WILLIAMS, [Third] Iowa Regiment, Brookfield.

COLONEL: Immediately upon receipt of this letter you will proceed to Palmyra with all the

effective men of your command, leaving the Missouri regiment(Morgan's) to occupy Brookfield

and guard the public stores there. The object of your movement is to open the road which is

reported to be obstructed near Palmyra and occupy Palmyra so as to insure the safety of travel.

You will at once dispatch a messenger to General Hurlbut with the inclosed order and make sure

that he gets it. You can send for your regimental baggage as soon as the road is clear as your

station for some time to come will be Palmyra or Hannibal.

I am, colonel, your obedient servant,

[JNO. POPE,

Brigadier-General, Commanding.]

SAINT JOE, September 15, 1861.

Major-General FREMONT:

Road to Hannibal open except Platte River bridge (finished to-morrow) and all quiet.

Secessionists numbering some 2,500 in detached bands retreating southward to cross river below

Independence. I have sent column of 1,000 men and three pieces of artillery under Colonel Smith

to march rapidly from this place in pursuit, and the Iowa regiment with one piece of artillery and

fifty irregular horse to move rapidly from Cameron upon Liberty and there effect junction with

Smith. There is no doubt in my judgment that the large train of plunder will be captured, though

as usual I presume the forces will disperse, and being cavalry will mostly escape unless Smith

can surprise them. I have put all irregular forces--home guards and others--in motion scouting

the country on all sides. Colonels Cranor and Edwards-the first commanding irregular forces of

Missouri Volunteers, the second about 600 Iowa State troops--will be here to-day having swept

whole region north of this place clean. I put them immediately in motion along both sides of

railroad to clean out the small squads remaining in the woods from Saint Joseph to Chillicothe.

In five days North Missouri will be again quiet and the regiments of Tindall, Moore, Foster,

Morgan and Glover will return. So you will please send Tindall's regiment as soon as possible to

Chillicothe.

I go east to-day to urge into the field the regiments named. There are some disturbances of

minor importance in the extreme northeast and I must get to Canton and Keokuk without

awaiting the return of Smith's command. Can Glover and Bussey get their cavalry armed at

once?

JNO. POPE,

Brigadier-General.

HUDSON, MO., September 16, 1861.

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General FREMONT:

Just arrived here on my way to Keokuk. Find Ohio regiments on their way to Utica. If you

can send Tindall's regiment to Chillicothe immediately the Sixteenth Illinois and Third Iowa can

also be forwarded to Lexington. There will be no more considerable trouble in North Missouri.

JNO. POPE,

Brigadier-General.

HEADQUARTERS WESTERN DEPARTMENT,

Saint Louis, October 26, 1861.

Col. G. M. DODGE,

Fourth Iowa Volunteers, Commanding, Rolla, Mo.

SIR: Your letter of the 24th instant in relation to prisoners taken belonging to Harris's and

Wood's gang of rebels has been received. In reply I beg leave to state that I do not know what

disposition can be made with these men as there is no military commission in session here. I

think, however, the best course to have pursued would have been to have shot them when they

were captured.

I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

CHAUNCEY McKEEVER,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF CENTRAL MISSOURI,

Otterville, December 29, 1861.

To the officers commanding detachments of Eighth Iowa, Seventh Missouri, light artillery,

and cavalry belonging to forces in this department:

Immediately upon receipt of this order you will concentrate your forces at Kansas City where

the senior officer present will assume the command. He will then proceed to Sedalia by way of

Pleasant Hill and Warrensburg breaking up and dispersing all camps of rebels and armed squads,

disarming every person who cannot give undoubted proof of loyalty and arresting and bringing

to Sedalia all persons concerned in any way in having given aid, assistance or countenance to

Price's army.

JNO. POPE,

Brigadier-General, Commanding.

SPECIAL ORDERS No. 28.

HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI,

Saint Louis, January 10, 1862.

1. The order for the military commission to meet at Wellsville by Special Orders, No. 17, on

January 8, 1862, current series, from these headquarters, is hereby revoked and the following

detail substituted to meet on Monday, the 13th instant at 10 a.m., or as soon thereafter as

practicable for the trial of such persons as may be brought before it.

Detail for the commission: 1, Lieut. Col. Samuel A. Holmes, Tenth Missouri Volunteers; 2,

Capt. Richard Y. Lanius, Eighty-first Ohio Volunteers; 3, Capt. A. C. Todd, Tenth Missouri

Volunteers; 4, Surg. John O. Edwards, Third Iowa; 5, Capt. Martin Armstrong, Eighty-first Ohio,

who will act as judge-advocate and recorder.

The commission will sit without regard to hours.

By order of Major-General Halleck:

J. C. KELTON,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

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HEADQUARTERS NORTH MISSOURI RAILROAD,

Saint Louis, January 27, 1862.

Maj. W. M. STONE,

Third Iowa Volunteers, Comdg. Post, Mexico, Mo.

MAJOR: The commanding general desires me to advise you in regard to Col. Jeff Jones, now

held as a prisoner by you, that you will release him from confinement upon the following

conditions, viz: He must give his bond in the sum of $10,000 that he will not leave the county of

Callaway, Mo., without the written permission of Brigadier-General Schofield and that he will

report in person at any military post in his command immediately after a notice to do so shall

have been left at his residence. Upon the execution of his bond as above you will give him a

certificate of release and a safeguard forbidding any United States or State troops from molesting

him or his family in person or property until the charges against him shall have been examined

and disposed of.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

C. W. MARSH.

HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT NORTH MISSOURI RAILROAD,

Saint Louis, Mo., February 26, 1862.

Captain HERRON,

Third Iowa Volunteers, Commanding Huntsville, Mo.

CAPTAIN: You will be guided in your treatment of prisoners by the inclosed circular. In all

eases of bad and dangerous men they will be kept and evidence sought. Soldiers from Price's

army may be put under bonds if judged advisable and they have not been engaged in violations

of the laws of war. Negroes will not as a general thing be regarded as property subject to seizure,

and when taken for urgent reasons the same must be immediately reported to this office.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

CHARLES S. SHELDON,

Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS SAINT LOUIS DISTRICT,

Saint Louis, Mo., March 13, 1862.

Major CALDWELL,

Third Iowa Cavalry, Mexico, Mo.

MAJOR: You were correct in deciding that no terms but unconditional surrender of

themselves and their arms could be granted to the rebels.

It may be well, however, to let them know that those who come in voluntarily are likely to be

treated much more leniently than others. Thus General Halleck's circular provides that those who

give themselves up may be released on bonds and oath and receive back all property taken from

them except that of a military character while those captured are to be held as prisoners of war.

It must of course rest with the military authorities to decide after a full knowledge of the case

whether a prisoner who has surrendered himself voluntarily can be released on any terms, and no

promise of release can be given before arrest or surrender unless the character and conduct of the

party is known.

Those who commit acts of rebellion and insurrection within the territory occupied by our

troops are not entitled to be treated even as prisoners of war and probably will not be much

longer. If the influential secessionists want to preserve peace and save their deluded friends from

severe punishment they may as well take the fact above mentioned as the basis of their actions.

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Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

J. M. SCHOFIELD,

Brigadier- General.

George W. Jones, of Iowa, former Delegate in Congress from Michigan and Wisconsin, U.S.

surveyor-general, U.S. Senator from Iowa, and late minister resident from the United States at

Bogota, New Granada, was arrested in New York by an order of the Secretary of State on the

20th day of December, 1861. His arrest was a precautionary measure to prevent his carrying into

effect a purpose he had repeatedly professed that he entertained--of going South to join his

fortunes and his efforts with those of the rebels. In a letter dated Bogota, New Granada, May 17,

1861, addressed by Jones to Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, President, &c., as his "noble and

very dear friend," Jones dwells at length upon his sympathy with Davis and his cause; his

admiration of the system of slavery; his hatred of all friends of freedom, and his own wrongs in

being compelled by public opinion to emancipate nine slaves during his residence in the

Territory of Iowa. He says:

You may well say as you do in your letter to me that you "know you (I) will sympathize with

us (you)." How can I feel other, dear old friend college mate and colleague, than sympathy for

you and the people whom you represent on such an occasion? Born in what they tauntingly call a

free State (Indiana), brought up in Missouri, and educated them and in Kentucky, and having

resided for the last thirty-four years in Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa, l cannot but be well

acquainted with the principles, feelings and actions of the parties to the contest which is now

going on in my beloved country.

When I went to Wisconsin, then Michigan, I took with me my servants whom at their request

I purchased, they having been born in Illinois and made slaves under the ordinance of 1787.

Abolitionists who like Doty, Bronson, Burnett, et al., came to my house to share my hospitality

told my slaves that they were free, and actually made the ignorant but happy Paul to believe he

was free and to bring suit for himself and his sister Charlotte, both of whom you may recollect as

they waited on you when you visited us. I had a vexations and long law suit with Paul but

triumphed over him and his abolution advisers. I served in Congress as Delegate from Michigan

and Wisconsin two years each, and was then beaten for the third term by Doty because I served

as a second in the Cilley and Graves duel and was a slave-owner. In 1841 I was removed from

the office of surveyor-general of Wisconsin and Iowa by General Harrison's administration

through Doty's influence as the then Delegate simply because I was a Democrat and sympathized

with the South; no single objection having been made against me of any other character. Mr.

Polk, God bless him, restored me in 1845, and put out the long-legged black Republican Jim

Wilson, of New Hampshire, who had superseded me. I was transferred from the surveyor

General's office in December, 1848, to the U.S. Senate, and driven therefrom by the Abolitionists

in 1859, no other objection having been made to me save that I was a followed of the South and

a "dough-face" for such men as yourself, Clay and other Southerners. If therefore I had no other

reason for sympathizing with the South the bad treatment which I have received at the hands of

Northern Abolitionists would have made me do so.

Further on in the same letter he says:

My prayers are all regularly offered up for the reunion of the States and for the peace,

concord and happiness of my country. But let what may come to pass you may rely upon it as

you say that neither I nor mine will be found in the ranks of our (your) enemies. May God

Almighty avert civil war, but if unhappily it shall come you may--I think would without doubt--

count upon me and mine and hosts of other friends standing shoulder to shoulder in the ranks

with you and our other Southern friends and relatives whose rights like my own have been

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disregarded by the abolitionists. I love Wisconsin and Iowa for the honors conferred by them on

me and because I served them always faithfully; but I will not make war with them against the

South whose rights they shamefully neglected.

He concludes this long letter by saying: "The dissolution of the Union will probably be the

cause of my own ruin as well as that of my country, and may cause me and mine to go South."

Jones states in this letter that his latest advices from the United States were of the date of

February 22, 1861, so that he had barely heard of the installation of his correspondent as

President of the insurgent Confederacy. Fearing, however, that his letter might not reach its

destination he sent a copy by a subsequent mail accompanied by a letter dated Bogota, May 23,

1861, in which he says:

It will not be many months, I guess, before my successor shall present himself here. I shall

then return home immediately to try and so arrange my financial matters as to be enabled to save

my delightful residence as a home for my noble and beloved wife and our children. Should I fail

in that I know not what I shall do or whither to look for another, for I shall not be willing to

continue at Dubuque or in. Iowa or the North.

I wish I had taken John M. Bass' advice a few years ago and had sold off the most of my then

valuable property and gone down to Louisiana, Mississippi or Texas and had purchased a cotton

plantation as he did on credit, paying for it in a few years thereafter. Now my property is

unsalable and I apprehend it will grow worse if the reunion of the States be not speedily effected.

To cap the climax the dissolution of the Union will absolutely blast all my hopes. If Breckinridge

or Lane had been elected business and prosperity would have soon revived, and besides I would

doubtless have been retained here. I want you to write me and to give at length your views and

opinions of the present and prospective condition of the country and advise me what to do. Your

letter shall be confidential entirely if you wish it. I have, dear Jeffie, as your wife calls you, more

confidence in your opinion than in that of any living man. The secession of the States leaves us

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