The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 41, In Four Parts. Part 4, Correspondence, etc. Page: 411
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CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.--UNION.
public of Mexico. We regard that country as the theater of a foreign
war mingled with civil strife. In this conflict we take no part, and, on
the contrary, we practice absolute non-intervention andnon-interference.
In command of the frontier it will devolve on you as far as practicable,
consistently with your other functions, to prevent aid or supplies being
given from the United States to either belligerent. You will defend
the United States in Texas against any enemies you may encounter
there, whether domestic or foreign. Nevertheless you will not enter
any part of Mexico, unless it be temporarily, and then clearly neces-
sary for the protection of your own lines against aggression from the
Mexican border. You can assume no authority in Mexico to protect
citizens of the United States there, much less to redress their wrongs
or injuries committed against the United states or their citizens,
whether those wrongs or injuries were committed on one side of the
border or the other. If consuls find their position unsafe on the Mexi-
can side of the border, let them leave the country rather than invoke
the protection of your forces. These dii ections result from a fixed de-
termination of the President to avoid any departure from lawful neu-
trality and any unnecessary and unlawful enlargement of the present field
of war. But at the same time you will be expected to observe military
and political events as they occur in Mexico, and to communicate all that
shall be important for this Government to understand concerning them.
It is hardly necessary to say that any suggestions you may think proper
to give for the guidance of the Government in its relations toward
Mexico will be considered with that profound respect which is always
paid to the opinions which you express. In making this communica-
tion, I have endeavored to avoid entering into the sphere of your mili-
tary operations and to confine myself simply to that in which you are
in contact with the political movements now going on in Mexico.
I am, general, your obedient servant,
WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI,
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER,
New Orleans, La., November 3, 1864.
Lieut. Col. C. T. CHRISTENSEN,
Assistant Adjutant- General, Mil. Div. of West Mississippi:
SIR: I have the honor to submit to your consideration a statement of
the information received at this office this 3d day of November, 1864,
from the following sources, a report from Lieut. Franklin Swap, Jeffer-
son City, Mo., October 18; a report from Capt. John R. Kelso, Spring-
field, Mo., October 3:
On the 25th [27th] of September Price attacked Pilot Knob and was
repulsed with heavy loss. October 1, he attacked and burned a part of
Franklin on the Pacific Railroad; burned Hermann on the 3d instant;
Cole's Creek bridge on the 4th; Osage bridge on the 5th; Gasconade
bridge and thirty cars and two locomotives on the 6th; attacked Jeffer-
son City on the 7th; burned Gray's Creek bridge, eight miles west of
Jefferson City, on the Pacific Railroad, on the night of the 7th; burned
the La Mine bridge on the 9th; took Boonville on the 10th, and Sedalia
on the 15th. Price's army at the time he entered Missouri is estimated
at 10,000 armed men and some conscripts who were unarmed. His entire
force in the attack on Jefferson City was about 10,000 effective men and
sixteen pieces of artillery, four of them being 12-pounders. He hasC . LIII.]
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