learn, however, from persons conversant with all the roads, their relative practicability
U. S. GRANT
Brig. General
Copies, DLC-USG, V, 4, 5, 7, 8; DNA, RG 393, USG Hd. Qrs. Correspondence. O. R., I, iii, 452-53.
1.
Col. William N. Coler. On Aug. 20, 1861, Brig. Gen. John Pope's hd.
qrs. wrote to USG that this force would arrive "this evening or some time
tomorrow," and would include a battery of Ill. light art., Maj. Peter Davidson.
Copy, DNA, RG 393, District of North Mo., Letters Sent.
2.
This telegram has not been located. On Aug. 23, Pope wrote to Maj. Gen.
John C. Frémont. "The enclosed dispatch is respectfully submitted for the
information of the General comdg the Dept. I would suggest that Genl. Grant be
reenforced by several regiments from this place which under his supervision can
be rapidly put in condition for efficient service at such points as may be considered
advisable—" LS, ibid., Western Dept., Letters Received.
3.
Lexington, Mo., about ninety-five miles northwest of Jefferson City.
4.
Capt. Ezra Taylor's battery, later Battery B, 2nd Ill. Light Art. See letter
to Capt. Speed Butler, Aug. 28, 1861, note 4.
5.
See letter of May 6, 1861.
6.
On Aug. 26, Frémont ordered Maj. Henry Kraut, formerly engineer at
Ironton, to report to USG at Jefferson City. Copy, DNA, RG 393, Western Dept.,
Letters Sent.
7.
On Aug. 27, USG requested "a sectional map of Missouri" from Pope's
hd. qrs. Ibid., District of North Mo., Register of Letters Received.
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Head Quarters Jefferson City Mo. | |
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August 25th 1861 | |
| COL. L. THOMAS | |
| ADJT. GEN. USA | |
| WASHINGTON CITY D. C. | |
| SIR: |
I would respectfully report that on the 7th day of this month, August, I was assigned to duty as Brigadier General, notice of
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