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: 55
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CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.-UNION.
Ford's command to my support; also subsistence. I will open com-
munication with you in the morning by messenger by way of Inde-
pendence. If you telegraph me after I leave, direct to Warrensburg.
I have tapped the wire here, but operator will leave when I do. What
information have you? Please answer before I leave.
JAS. G. BLUNT,
Major- General.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE BORDER,
October 17, 1864.
General BLUNT,
In the Field :
Your dispatch received. Deitzler is at Independence, and I will try
to re-enforce the Lexington line. Do not get yourself cut off from my
command by allowing enemy to get this side of you. Nothing impor-
tant. Militia hesitate about moving forward.
S. R. CURTIS,
Major- General.
INDEPENDENCE, October 17, 1864.
(Received 7 a. m.)
Major-General CURTIS:
The following just received from Pleasant Hill:
Colonel FORD:
I am just leaving this place on Warrensburg road with 2,000 cavalry and nine
howitzers. Price is evidently moving with his main column toward Lexington and
Independence. He has a large train and a drove of cattle and sheep. Send scouts
well out on Lexington road and keep me posted. I am repairing telegraph this
morning to Independence. I hope to connect with Sanborn to-day unless he has
fallen back to meet Maj. Gen. A. J. Smith. Sanborn has 10,000 men and twelve
pieces of artillery. Price's force is not less than 20,000
JAS. G. BLUNT,
Major- General.
FORD,
Colonel.
INDEPENDENCE, October 17, 1864.
Major CHARLOT:
Major Smith left last evening at 7 o'clock with 300 men; have not
heard from him since. I also sent out two scouts at 4 o'clock this
morning, one on Spring Branch road directly east, another on Lone Jack
road; both returned; they were out about ten miles; could see nothing.
When will General Deitzler be hereI
FORD,
Colonel, &c.
INDEPENDENCE, MO., October 17, 1864.
Lieut. I. W. STANTON:
I have the honor herewith to report, for the information of the major
commanding, that I scouted in a southeast direction through Texas
Prairie; found a large trail going east, supposed to be Todd's cornm-55
CHAP. LIII.]
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United States. War Department. 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., book, 1893; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth145061/m1/55/: accessed May 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.