Pine Bluff
« Previous EntriesHEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS- Little Rock- January21, 1865
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, Little Rock, Ark., January 21, 1865 - 3. 45 p. m.
Brigadier-General CLAYTON,
Pine Bluff, Ark.:
You will hold in readiness to move all the force that can be spared to move in your front from Pine Bluff, and cause it to be reported to Brigadier General E. A. Carr on [...]
Clayton Spares Troops for Gen. Carr (January 21, 1865)
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008PINE BLUFF, ARK., January 21, 1865.
Major General J. J. REYNOLDS:
Am I to infer from your dispatch that I am to turn over to General Carr any infantry force? If so, two regiments can be spared. My effective cavalry force is but 222, but if required can spare them.
Respectfully,
POWELL CLAYTON,
Brigadier-General.
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Union Scouting Report- October 31, 1864
Sunday, February 3rd, 2008LITTLE ROCK, October 31, 1864.
GENERAL: A train of thirty-five wagons from Price’s army crossed at Dardanelle on the 20th. On the 23rd about fifty men from the Third Arkansas Cavalry, and some loyal men, attacked the rebel escort, killed 15, wounded others, and drove the rest into the mountains, capturing 35 wagons, 200 horses, [...]
Report of Colonel John F. Ritter, First Missouri Cavalry, commanding Second Brigade
Sunday, February 3rd, 2008Numbers 3. Report of Colonel John F. Ritter, First Missouri Cavalry, commanding Second Brigade.
HDQRS. 2nd Brigadier, CAV., DIV., SEVENTH ARMY CORPS, Little Rock, Ark., October 13, 1864.
SIR: I have the honor to report that, pursuant to Special Orders, Numbers 8, dated headquarters Cavalry Division, Seventh Army Corps, Little Rock, Ark., October 3, 1864, [...]
Report of Major Frederick Behlendorff, Thirteenth Illinois Cavalry.
Sunday, February 3rd, 2008Numbers 4. Report of Major Frederick Behlendorff, Thirteenth Illinois Cavalry.
PINE BLUFF, ARK., October 9, 1864.
COLONEL: In obedience to orders received from you to keep a journal during the scouting expedition which left Pine Bluff on the morning of the 7th day of October, under command of Colonel J. F. Ritter, I hereby have [...]
HDQRS. COMPANY B, THIRTEENTH ILLINOIS CAVALRY-Pine Bluff, Ark., October 27, 1864
Sunday, February 3rd, 2008HDQRS. COMPANY B, THIRTEENTH ILLINOIS CAVALRY, Pine Bluff, Ark., October 27, 1864.
I have the honor to report that I left this post on the evening of the 24th in command of twenty-six men and proceeded toward Mount Elba. Camped that night fifteen miles from here, between the Warren and upper Monticello road. Left camp [...]
Report of Captain Gurnsey W. Davis, Thirteenth Illinois Cavalry-PINE BLUFF, ARK., October 26, 1864
Sunday, February 3rd, 2008Numbers 6. Report of Captain Gurnsey W. Davis, Thirteenth Illinois Cavalry.
PINE BLUFF, ARK., October 26, 1864.
SIR: I have the honor to report that on the morning of October 25 I took command of a detail of fifty men of the Thirteenth Illinois Cavalry Volunteers as escort to telegraph repairer on the line of [...]
HDQRS. DETACHMENT SEVENTH ARMY CORPS, Little Rock, Ark., April 26, 1864.
Sunday, February 3rd, 2008Page 297-298 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. Chapter XLVI.
HDQRS. DETACHMENT SEVENTH ARMY CORPS, Little Rock, Ark., April 26, 1864.
Brigadier General C. C. ANDREWS,
Commanding Detch. Second Div., Seventh Army Corps:
I have the honor to transmit herewith Special Orders, Numbers 23, from these headquarters, assigning you to the command of a detachment of the [...]
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, &C., Little Rock, Ark., April 28, 1864.
Sunday, February 3rd, 2008HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, &C., Little Rock, Ark., April 28, 1864.
GENERAL: I have the honor to inclose herewith copies* of telegrams from Colonel Powell Clayton, commanding at Pine Bluff, relative to the loss of a train and escort en route from Camden to Pine Bluff for supplies.
In addition to the information contained therein, [...]
Report:HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES AT PINE BLUFF (May 24, 1865)
Sunday, February 3rd, 2008HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES AT PINE BLUFF, Pine Bluff, Ark., May 24, 1865.
Colonel JOHN LEVERING,
Assistant Adjutant-General, Department of Arkansas:
If compatible with the public service, I deem it necessary and demanded by the public service that the number of troops be increased at this post, and respectfully request that the One hundred and [...]