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Per a **** near unsourced book I have: on Aug. 28, 1862, Union Brig. Gen. James Totten informed Union Brig. Gen. John Schofield that the governors of Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas, and the rebel governor-in-exile of Missouri had met and called for an invasion of Missouri.

If anyone can point me to that Totten communication I will be grateful.

If anyone can point me to that report from the rebel governors I will dance at your wedding.
 
Going under the assumption that it's James Totten the younger as opposed to his father the Chief Engineer, I'll dig around and see what I can find. I'm sure that the idea had to orginate with Claiborne Jackson.
 
Dear List Members;

I believe, based on this official report, the Senior, is General Joseph G. Totten.

Name TOTTEN, Joseph Gilbert
Born April 17 1788, New Haven CT
Died April 22 1864, District of Columbia
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1805, resigned 1806, rejoined 1808, engineer duty, Mexican war, commanded the Corps of Engineers, supervised many fortifications and coastal defense works.
War Service 1861 continued as chief engineer, March 1863 promoted Brig. Gen. in Regular Army, died of pneumonia.
Brevet Promotions Maj. Gen. U.S.A. April 21 1864.
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O.R.-- SERIES I--VOLUME 1 [S# 1] CHAPTER I.
CORRESPONDENCE AND ORDERS RELATING SPECIALLY TO THE OPERATIONS IN CHARLESTON HARBOR FROM OCTOBER 31, 1860, TO APRIL 14, 1861.
UNION CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.--#5
FORT SUMTER, S.C., February 25, 1861.
General Jos. G. TOTTEN,
Chief Engineer U. S. Army, Washington, D.C.:
GENERAL:
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Son - Captain James Totten

O.R.-- SERIES I--VOLUME 1 [S# 1] CHAPTER VIII
OPERATIONS IN ARKANSAS, THE INDIAN TERRITORY, AND MISSOURI.
February 7-May 9, 1861.
Capt. James Totten, Second U.S. Artillery, of the seizure of the U. S. Arsenal at Little Rock, Ark.

LITTLE ROCK ARSENAL,
Little Rock, Ark., January 29, 1861.
SIR: I have the honor herewith to inclose a copy of a communication received this day from his Excellency Henry M. Rector, governor of the State of Arkansas, and also a copy of my reply to his excellency's communication.
Please submit both these communications to the Secretary of War for the decision of the President of the United States, with the request that instructions be sent me as to my future action in the premises. I also request that means and money may be sent me to carry out the orders I may receive.
I forward, in the same mail with this, copies of the communications, herein mentioned, to the general commanding the Department of the West. I deem it necessary in this connection respectfully to inform the authorities concerned that, in my opinion, most positive and unequivocal instructions are called for, in order that I may not mistake the intentions of the administration regarding the matter at issue. I believe there is trouble ahead for this command, and that by the 4th day of March coming decided action will be absolutely imperative in the officer who may then command this arsenal; and, if left to his own discretion, he may not in everything correspond with the wishes of the Federal authorities.
Whatever orders may be given, I respectfully ask that they may be sent by a reliable agent, and not by the mails, as there appears to be some reason in believing that they are not entirely trustworthy at present. I would not myself, in the present instance, trust to this doubtful medium of communication if I had means at my disposal of sending an officer to Washington, and, indeed, if I can procure the necessary funds, I may yet forward copies of the various communications now inclosed by such an agent as indicated.
I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JAS. TOTTEN,
Captain, Second Artillery, Commanding Post.
Col. S. COOPER,
Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington City, D.C.
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[Inclosure A.]
EXECUTIVE OFFICE,
Little Rock, Ark., February 6, 1861.
SIR: There is now in this city a considerable number of the citizens of this State who have come here, under arms, with the avowed purpose of taking possession of the U.S. Arsenal.
Reliable information has been received that a large force of citizens are on the march to this place for the same purpose. This movement is prompted by the feeling that pervades the citizens of this State that in the present emergency the arms and munitions of war in the arsenal should be under the control of the State authorities, in order to their security. This movement, although not authorized by me, has assumed such an aspect that it becomes my duty, as the executive of this State, to interpose my official authority to prevent a collision between the people of the State and the Federal troops under your command.
I therefore demand in the name of the State the delivery of the possession of the arsenal and munitions of war under your charge to the State authorities, to be held subject to the action of the convention to be held on the 4th of March next. This course is the only one which can possibly prevent the effusion of blood and the destruction of the property of the citizens and the Government. I beg leave to assure you that the steps which the citizens have seen fit to take is not prompted by any personal distrust of you, but the jealousy which naturally exists towards the authorities of the United States under the present unhappy condition of the country.
This communication will be handed you by T. D. Merrick, general of First Division of the Arkansas Militia, who will call on you personally, accompanied by his staff, and who will receive from you your response. Respectfully, your obedient servant,
HENRY M. RECTOR,
Governor of Arkansas.
Captain TOTTEN,
Commanding U. S. Arsenal, Little Rook, Ark.
[Inclosure B. I
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
Little Rock, Ark., February 5, 1861--3 o'clock p.m.
Resolved as a sense of this council, That if there be any impending danger or necessity which requires the seizure of the U.S. Arsenal at this place, it would become the duty of the governor, as the executive head of the State, to order such seizure to be made by the organized military power of the State.
But that all unauthorized attempts to seize the arsenal by persons without orders from the governor is an insult to his station and authority, and deserves the reprehension of all our people, and calculated to injure the cause of States rights, and we earnestly recommend the governor to interpose his authority to check any such movements if unauthorized by him.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be immediately communicated to the governor, and that a committee, to consist of the whole council, be appointed for that purpose, and the same committee to communicate with the leaders of such movement.
C. P. BERTRAND,
Mayor pro tem.
Attest:
A. J. SMITH,
City Records.
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[Inclosure C.]
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
Little Rock, Ark., February 6, 1861.
At a called meeting of the city council, held at 4 o'clock p.m. of this day--
Present: Charles P. Bertrand, mayor pro tern., and Aldermen Waid, Peary, Tucker, Watkins, Henry, Robins, and George--
The following preamble and resolutions were introduced by Alderman Geo. C. Watkins:
"Whereas an armed force of about four hundred men from different parts of this State are assembled at Little Rock for the purpose of seizing the U. S. Arsenal at this place, under the apprehension that the arsenal and the arms and the munitions of war stored therein may at no distant day be used to the injury of the people of this State, and it is reasonably certain that such force will soon be increased to one thousand men, or to five thousand, if necessary for the purpose designed;
"And whereas the governor of the State has on this day officially assumed the responsibility of said movement, and has made a demand in the name and by authority of the State upon the officer in command of the arsenal to surrender the same to the authorities of the State;
"And whereas the arsenal is so located that any attack or defense of it would involve the destruction of much of the property of private citizens of Little Rock, and the loss of many lives of our citizens, and the probable sacrifice of the officers and their command in charge of the arsenal: Therefore, «41 RR» "Resolved, That this council do earnestly deprecate a hostile collision in their midst between the forces of the State and the United States troops stationed at the arsenal, and hope that the same may be avoided if it can possibly be done consistently with a proper sense of duty and honor on the part of those upon whom rests the responsibility of a collision and the deplorable consequences that would inevitably result from it.
"Resolved further, That a copy of these resolutions be furnished to the governor of the State, and also a copy of the same to the officer in command of the arsenal at this place."
A true copy from the record:
Attest:
GORDON W. PEARY,
Acting Recorder pro tern.
[Inclosure D.]
(further resolutions).
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[Inclosure F.]
ORDERS, No. 3.
HEADQUARTERS LITTLE ROCK ARSENAL,
Little Rock, Ark., February 8, 1861.
The troops of this command, consisting of Company F, Second Artillery, and all the enlisted men of the Ordnance Department, Will be prepared to move to-day from this post to a camp to be selected by the commanding officer on the banks of the Arkansas River.
The command will depart as soon as the necessary transportation can be provided.
By order of Captain Totten:
ST. CLAIR DEARING,
Second Lieutenant, Second Artillery, Post Adjutant
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O.R.-- SERIES I--VOLUME 3 [S# 3]
CORRESPONDENCE, ORDERS, AND RETURNS, RELATING SPECIALLY TO OPERATIONS IN ARKANSAS, THE INDIAN TERRITORY, KANSAS, AND MISSOURI,(*) FROM MAY 10 TO NOVEMBER 19, 1861.
CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.--#1
LITTLE ROCK, May 11, 1861.
Hon. R. W. JOHNSON:
DEAR JOHNSON: It is absolute certainty that the enemy's Government will not permit the Indian country west of us to belong to the Confederate States without a severe struggle. I foresaw some time ago that the regular troops would be withdrawn, as too much needed elsewhere to be left there inactive, and that they would be replaced by volunteers, under men actuated by personal hatred of the South. I do not think that more than five or six thousand men will be sent there for a time, but those, I am satisfied, will be there soon.
o occupy that country with safety we ought to have at least an equal force, if we first occupy it, and shall need a much larger one if they establish themselves in it during an inaction. It will hardly be safe to count upon putting in the field more than 3,500 Indians; maybe we may get 5,000. To procure any, or at least any respectable number, we must guarantee them their lauds, annuities, and other rights under treaties, furnish them arms, (rifles and revolvers, if the latter can be had), advance them some $25 a head in cash, and send a respectable force there, as evidence that they will be efficiently seconded by us.
I wrote Mr. Toombs that we ought to have three regiments from Arkansas, or Arkansas and Texas, and must have two or three batteries of artillery. Now I am entirely convinced that we ought to have at least five regiments, two of cavalry and three of infantry. When a little while in service we could not calculate on each regiment affording for duty more than 60 men to a company, or 600 to the regiment. Volunteers are more weakened by sickness than regulars, owing to their inexperience and want of seasoning.
We ought to have four batteries of 6-pounders, six guns each, for field service. We can be furnished two of these batteries, perhaps, or twelve guns, here. The Confederate Government should forward us two batteries more, and we shall need also some heavier guns, 18-pounders, say, on carriages, and ammunition, for the pests to be established, and half a dozen howitzers for casting shells. In addition, we shall have to create a reserve, to be stationed in the State, near the northwestern frontier, of three regiments more, to be called into service by the Confederate Government at a moments warning.
I am informed by Lieutenant Pearce that all the force needed can be procured in the march West when it reaches the line. Commissary stores to supply them for a limited time would have to be forwarded to this point. You know our condition. We can get from the State, for the purpose of putting the force in the field, a hundred thousand dollars. I think and believe all the rest, except that and the men, must be furnished. We have almost literally no arms. If possible, our regiments ought to be well armed. I fear that, the supply of revolvers being limited, it may not be in the power of the Government to supply them to all the cavalry. If they cannot be furnished, there had better be but one regiment of cavalry.
The arms for the Indians should be forwarded as soon as possible, to be placed in depot on the frontier, and there distributed to organized bodies. Of course ammunition must come with the arms. The river is in tolerable stage now, and if speed-is made we may use it to convey everything to the frontier, at Fort Smith or Ozark, and there obtain wagons and mules for transportation.
My plan, if I were put in command, would be to proceed instantly to raise the regiments, rendezvousing them at this point and in Washington or Benton Counties. I should, with as little delay as possible, proceed to the frontier and get the troops in hand, and as soon as we were in sufficient force occupy old Fort Wayne, or a point near it, and also a proper point near the junction of the Arkansas and Grand Rivers, where the great Missouri and Texas road crosses the former. At these points field works ought to be thrown up, so that a part of our force could neutralize or be equal to double their number of any enemy. With our Western frontier for our base of operations, open communications south of the Arkansas with Fort Smith, those communications being properly guarded, and with the power to operate from Fort Wayne on the flank of any force marching south between our frontier and the Neosho River, and to cut its line of communication, we ought not to lose the country. Of course we would need a competent engineer officer and a competent artillery officer. For the latter I hope the Secretary of War will select Capt. James Totten, lately stationed here, and who desires to serve the Confederate States. If he is placed in command of our artillery force, with the rank of major, we shall soon see it efficient. We must also have several regular officers to command the bodies of Indians enlisted. Among these I hope Captain Mcintosh, late of the U.S. Army and now in Georgia, will be included. He desires to go into the service in the Indian country, and I should, if I were to command here, much desire to have him.
I have no right to anticipate that the Confederate Government will confer so important a trust on me as the command of the department to be formed of the Indian country. I should not think of seeking it or any other appointment, and have already written Mr. Toombs that I should prefer the selection of a regular officer of experience and rank. All I can say is, that if it should please the Government to employ me, I will do all and the best I can. If I am employed, I shall wish to indicate one gentleman, eminently qualified, for the appointment of surgeon. Please see to it, if the contingency occurs, that permission to do this be given me.
Arkansas can raise ten regiments. I can raise on shortest notice all that we will need on the frontier. I do not think the troops so raised or called for would be dissatisfied to be placed under my command; but of all this it is more fit you should speak than I. Above all, do not, out of regard for me, in any way embarrass President Davis or the Secretary of War, if other arrangements are thought of. I am nothing, and seek nothing to benefit myself.
Immediate action, speedy raising and arming and forwarding of troops to our frontier, is imperatively demanded. Not a day ought to be lost. I wish to Heaven we were there now. The moment you can say that I am or am not to be commissioned, telegraph me. Moments are worth lives now.
God bless you.
ALBERT PIKE.
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CORRESPONDENCE, ORDERS, AND RETURNS, RELATING SPECIALLY TO OPERATIONS IN ARKANSAS, THE INDIAN TERRITORY, KANSAS, AND MISSOURI,(*) FROM MAY 10 TO NOVEMBER 19, 1861.
CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.--#2
Articles of transfer of Arkansas Volunteers to the Confederate States.
July 15, 1861.
The military board of the State of Arkansas, upon the part of and in behalf of the State of Arkansas, and Brig. Gen. W. J. Hardee upon the part of the Government of the Confederate States of America, agree to the following stipulations and terms in regard to the use and control of the forces, arias, munitions, and supplies now in the service of the State of Arkansas:
[EXCERPT]
In testimony whereof the parties above named hereunto sign their names and affix their seals.
Done at Little Rock, July 15, 1861.
H. M. RECTOR,
Governor and ex officio President Military Board.
BENJAMIN C. TOTTEN.
SAMUEL W. WILLIAMS.
W. J. HARDEE,
Brigadier-General, C. S. Army.
In the presence of---
D. W. DAVIS,
Secretary of Military Board.
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CORRESPONDENCE, ORDERS, AND RETURNS, RELATING SPECIALLY TO OPERATIONS IN ARKANSAS, THE INDIAN TERRITORY, KANSAS, AND MISSOURI,(*) FROM MAY 10 TO NOVEMBER 19, 1861.
UNION CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. -- Con't #3
HDQRS. WESTERN DEPARTMENT,
Saint Louis, Mo., September 21, 1861.
I. The following-named officers are hereby placed on duty in command of divisions as acting major-generals, the brigades composing the divisions to be hereafter designated: Brigadier General Pope. Brigadier-General Sigel. Brigadier-General Asboth. Brigadier-General McKinstry.
II. The following-named officers are hereby placed on duty in command of brigades as acting brigadier-generals, the regiments composing the brigades to be hereafter designated: Colonel Davis. Colonel Mulligan. Colonel Kelton. Lieutenant-Colonel Totten.
By order of Major-General Frémont:
CHAUNCEY McKEEVER,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
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June 17, 1861.--Engagement at Booneville, Mo.
BOONEVILLE, Mo., June 30, 1861.
SIR: I have been too much absorbed in unavoidable business to make a report of the recent operations of the troops under my command. The proclamation of Governor Jackson, of this State, on the 12th instant, calling for 50,000 men to war upon the United States, made it necessary for me to move up the river, in order to anticipate the collection of his forces where it appeared likely such collection would be made. I accordingly proceeded on the 13th instant from Saint Louis with the light battery, under Captain Totten, Second Artillery; Company B, Second Infantry (my company); two companies of recruits for the regular service, under Lieut. W. L. Lothrop, Fourth Artillery; First Regiment Missouri Volunteers, under Col. F. P. Blair, jr.; nine companies Second Regiment Missouri Volunteers, under Col. Henry Boernstein, and advanced by boats to Jefferson City, where I arrived on the 15th about 2 o'clock p.m., and found the governor had fled and taken his forces to Booneville, where, so far as I could then learn, a large force was gathering. Leaving Colonel Boernstein at Jefferson City, with three companies of his regiment, I proceeded on the following day (16th) towards this place, and reached a distance of about fifteen miles below here that night; and starting again early next morning, I came to within about eight miles, and then landed nearly all my forces, leaving one 8-inch howitzer, with an artillery party and Captain Richardson's company, First Missouri Volunteers, as guard to the three boats, and this party had instructions to advance within ange for the siege howitzer of what was understood to be the position of the rebel camp, and to fire upon it. This was done with good effect. In the morning two companies of the Second Regiment Missouri Volunteers, under Major Osterhaus, Companies A and B, Captains Schadt and Kohr, were thrown forward as skirmishers with excellent effect. Company B, Second Infantry, under Sergt. Win. Griffin; Captain Totten's battery, two companies of recruits, regular service, under Lieutenant Lothrop; Colonel Blair's First Regiment, and four companies of the Second Missouri Volunteers, under Lieutenant-Colonel Schaeffer, formed the order of column in march.
After about two miles' march we met an advanced party of the rebel forces, which opened fire upon us, but soon fell back. To meet this resistance, the skirmishers already forward were collected to the right of our read. Company B, Second Infantry, was thrown out to the left, and opened fire. Two pieces of Captain Totten's battery were brought into play, and several shots fired. In advancing from this point, Lieutenant Lothrop, with a company of artillery recruits, Captain Yates' Company H, Missouri Volunteers, and one additional company from the Third Missouri Volunteers, were thrown forward to the right of the road, and in line with our advance.
After proceeding about one mile, the enemy was discovered in force. Company B, Second Infantry, on the left, was now supported by Company B, First Missouri Volunteers, Captain Maurice. The enemy, having shelter of a house (owned by Win. M. Adams) and a thicket of wood behind it, held their position for a while, during which time our approach brought us on to high and open ground, and here most of our casualties occurred. Captain Totten's battery here did effective service, and our troops on both flanks steadily advanced. Captain Burke's company, K, First Regiment Missouri Volunteers, now came forward on the left, and engaged the enemy. In falling back the enemy took advantage of sundry points to deliver a fire and continue retreating. This continued till we arrived above their camp, which was situated to our right, near the river, and which about this time was taken possession of by Captain Cole, with his company, E, First Regiment Missouri Volunteers, who had been sent to the right to extend our front. Companies C, Captain Stone; A, Captain Fuchs; F, Captain Gratz; G, Captain Cavender, took part in skirmishing and relieving those first engaged. Two pieces of artillery were taken (iron 6-pounders). Considerable camp equipage and about 500 stand of arms of all sorts were taken. About 60 prisoners taken were released upon oath to obey the laws of the General Government and not oppose it during the present civil troubles.
On approaching this city I was met by a deputation of citizens, asking security from plunder from my troops, to which I gave an affirmative response, on condition of no opposition to my entrance and occupying of it. This was promised, so far as in their power, and on reaching the town I required the mayor and city council to accompany my entrance. A part of my command was now quartered in the city, and the remainder returned to the boats, now located opposite the fair grounds, at the lower side of the town. This fair ground had been taken by the State for an arsenal, and a considerable number of old rusty arms and cartridges were found. Our loss consisted of 2 killed, 1 missing, and 9 wounded, two of whom have since died. The loss of the rebel force is not known. The troops of Governor Jackson dispersed, but for the purpose of assembling at Lexington. This assembly, however, did not continue, and was broken up soon after, many persons, I am informed, returning to their homes, and a considerable portion going south, in expectation of meeting re-enforcements from Arkansas. It is certain that Governor Jackson, with an escort, has gone from here in that direction, and most of his military leaders with him: I had intended pursuit soon after the breaking up of the Lexington camp, but have been Unavoidably delayed by the trouble of getting up a train here and by continued and heavy rains. I hope to start soon with about 2,400 troops and some artillery, and proceed to Springfield, and there conform to emergencies-as they Shall be found to exist. In the mean time I have given orders to have this river occupied, with a view to keep hostile forces from getting it under Control.
Surg. F. M. Cornyn, First Regiment Missouri Volunteers, and Maj. H. A. Conant acted as staff officers for me during the day with the utmost zeal and intelligence.(*)
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
N. LYON,
Brigadier-General of Volunteers, Commanding.
Gen. GEORGE B. McCLELLAN,
Commanding Division of Volunteers, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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AUGUST 10, 1861.--Battle of Oak Hills, Springfield, or Wilson's Creek, Mo.
No. 1. -- Reports of Maj. Gen. J. C. Frémont, U.S. Army.
[excerpt]
The following-named officers, distinguished for highly important services and marked gallantry, are hereby recommended to the special consideration of the Government:
Maj. S. D. Sturgis, First Cavalry, U.S. Army, distinguished for marked intrepidity and gallantry and for highly meritorious services, both before and after the fall of General Lyon.
Maj. J. M. Schofield, first lieutenant First Artillery, major First Missouri Volunteers, and acting adjutant-general to General Lyon, distinguished for cool and conspicuous courage and for his constant effort to inspire confidence among the troops.
Capt. Gordon Granger, Regiment Mounted Rifles, acting assistant adjutant-general to Major Sturgis, distinguished for active and conspicuous gallantry, and for highly valuable services in reconnoitering the enemy, assisting in the service of the batteries, and in rallying and inspiring confidence amongst the troops.
Capt. James Totten, Second Artillery, commanding light battery, distinguished for conspicuously gallant and meritorious conduct and for highly important and valuable services in the command of his battery throughout all the operations of the day. His name deserves to become "a household word."
Second Lieut., J. V. Du Bois, Regiment Mounted Rifles, U.S. Army, commanding light battery, for gallant and meritorious conduct and for highly important services in the command of his light battery throughout the entire conflict.
Lieutenant Sokalski, attached to Totten's light battery, distinguished "for coolness and bravery throughout the day" and for highly meritorious services in command of his section of the light battery of artillery.
Capt. Thomas W. Sweeny, Second Infantry, acting inspector-general, for gallant and highly meritorious services, "especially distinguished for his zeal in rallying broken fragments of various regiments and in leading them into the hottest of the fight."
Capt. Joseph B. Plummer, First Infantry; Capt. Charles C. Gilbert, First Infantry; Capt. Daniel Huston, jr., First Infantry; Capt. Frederick Steele, Second Infantry; First Lieut. Henry C. Wood, First Infantry; First Lieut. W. L. Lothrop, Fourth Artillery; Lieutenant Canfield, First Cavalry, for conspicuous gallantry and highly meritorious conduct from the beginning to the close of the battle.
Colonel Deitzler, First Kansas Volunteers, distinguished for coolness and courage while leading his regiment against the enemy.
Maj. John A. Halderman, First Kansas Volunteers, distinguished for gallantry and good conduct in leading a battalion of four companies of his regiment against the enemy.
Col. R. B. Mitchell, Second Kansas Volunteers, distinguished for gallantry and good conduct at the head of his regiment being "severely wounded in the thickest of the fight.;"
Lieut. Col. Charles W. Blair, Second Regiment Kansas Volunteers, distinguished for cool and intrepid conduct in the command of his regiment, "attracting the admiration of all who saw him."
Major Cloud, Second I Volunteers; Lieutenant-Colonel Andrews, First Missouri Volunteers; Lieutenant-Colonel Merritt, First Iowa Volunteers; Major Porter, First Iowa Volunteers; Captain Herron, First Iowa Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services.
Lieutenant Conrad, Second Infantry; Major Wherry, volunteer A. D.C.; Major Shepard, volunteer A.D. C.; Mr. E. Cozzens, volunteer A.D. C., especially mentioned for the zeal and courage they displayed throughout the action.
Brig. Gen. F. Sigel, commanding Second Brigade Missouri Volunteers, distinguished for gallant and meritorious conduct in the command of his brigade.
Maj. P. J. Osterhaus, commanding battalion Second Missouri Volunteers, distinguished for gallant and meritorious conduct in command of his battalion of volunteers.
Capt. E. A. Carr, First Regiment U.S. Cavalry, distinguished for gallant and meritorious conduct under the orders of General Sigel.
Second Lieut. Charles E. Farrand, First Regiment U.S. Infantry, distinguished for gallant and meritorious conduct under the command of General Sigel.
First Lieut. D. Murphy, First Missouri Volunteers, distinguished for gallant conduct and for meritorious services, particularly in assisting in the service of Totten's battery.
Sergt. Robert Armstrong, Sergt. Gustave Deyand, Corp. Albert Watchman, Corp. Lorenzo D. Trummel, Light Company F, Second Artillery, for gallant and meritorious conduct, "being on several occasions greatly exposed and severely tried."
First Sergt. George H. McLaughlin, commanding Company E, Second Infantry; First Sergt. Griffin, commanding Company B, Second Infantry, for gallant and meritorious conduct (especially mentioned by their commander, Captain Steele).
I also forward herewith Captain Steele's report of the "affair" at Dug Springs,(*) which preceded the battle at Springfield, and was most credit able to our arms.
I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
J. C. FREMONT,
Major-General, Commanding.
Col. E. D. TOWNSEND,
Asst. Adjt. Gen., Hdqrs. of the Army, Washington, D.C.
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CORRESPONDENCE, ORDERS. AND RETURNS RELATING TO OPERATIONS IN MISSOURI, ARKANSAS. KANSAS, AND THE INDIAN TERRITORY FROM NOVEMBER 19, 1861, TO APRIL 10, 1862.
UNION CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. --11
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE FRONTIER,
Rolla, Mo., March 21, 1862.
Brig. Gen. JAMES TOTTEN,
Comdg. Second Div., Army of the Frontier,
Camp on Elk Creek:

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CORRESPONDENCE, ORDERS. AND RETURNS RELATING TO OPERATIONS IN MISSOURI, ARKANSAS. KANSAS, AND THE INDIAN TERRITORY FROM NOVEMBER 19, 1861, TO APRIL 10, 1862.
UNION CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. --12
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF CENTRAL MISSOURI,
Jefferson City, Mo., April 5, 1862.
Brig. Gen. JOHN M. SCHOFIELD,
Commanding Missouri State Militia:
GENERAL: Numerous irregularities and outrages, such as indicated in Special Orders, No. 27, of this date, from these headquarters (a copy of which has been inclosed to your assistant adjutant-general), have been brought to the notice of the undersigned; and I now have the honor to call your attention to the same, and propose a remedy, in some measure, by which, possibly, they may be hereafter prevented.
The disturbances throughout this district, wherever the Missouri State Militia have been implicated in improper conduct, have principally arisen from a desire for personal revenge to satisfy past difficulties, having no bearing whatever upon the cause for which we are now laboring.
Private quarrels of long standing, originating out of matters connected with property, county politics, and neighborhood disagreement, are too often the cause of persecution of those in military power, and all is made to appear as connected with the rebellion.
This state of things should be put a stop to, and officers and enlisted men should be made to feel that they are watched, and will be punished for any such conduct not warranted by the necessities of the case.
At present I can contrive no better method than having a constant system of inspections made by impartial officers unprejudiced on either side.
I therefore have to propose that some officer of sufficient rank may be appointed and authorized as inspector-general by the State authorities to inspect and investigate all such matters, as well as to attend to the military functions of his office in connection with the Missouri State Militia. My staff is too small and the business of this office too extensive to admit of my detailing one from these headquarters. If, therefore, you could detail such an officer as indicated and direct him to report to me for such orders as I might give I think great good might be the result.
Col. W. D. Wood, aide-de-camp to the Governor, I am inclined to think would impartially, intelligently, and justly fill the position, and could he be detailed, if only temporarily, I should hope to accomplish something beneficial in preventing such troubles and outrages as mentioned.
I beg that you will give your early attention to this and inform me of your conclusions and actions in the case.
I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JAS. TOTTEN,
Brigadier-General, Commanding District.
[Inclosure. ]
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CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE, ORDERS, AND RETURNS RELATING TO OPERATIONS IN KENTUCKY, TENNESSEE, NORTH MISSISSIPPI, NORTH ALABAMA, AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA FROM MARCH 4 TO JUNE 10, 1862.--#9
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You know as well as any man living what your army is able to accomplish. As to that of course I say nothing, but take it for granted that its power is as great now as it will be at any time before the impending conflict with Halleck. What may be the effect of delay and a retrograde movement (which is likely to follow delay) on the spirit of the army is also to be considered.
But I have already extended my letter too far, and beg that you will excuse me on the score of deep interest felt in the subject.
With greatest respect, your obedient servant,
A. W. O. TOTTEN.
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O.R.-- SERIES I--VOLUME XI/1 [S# 12]
MAY 5, 1862.--Battle of Williamsburg, Va.
No. 49. -- Report of Brig. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock, U.S. Army, commanding First Brigade.
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Capt. William A. Bugh, Fifth Wisconsin Volunteers, who commanded a company of skirmishers at the point where the enemy debouched, and opposed them with the greatest obstinacy and fell on the field, severely wounded, when he was captured by the enemy as they hurried on to assault our line, but was recovered by us after the action. Adjt. T. S. West and Lieuts. Enoch Totten and J. B. Oliver are named by the commander of the Fifth Wisconsin Volunteers as having displayed great coolness and gallantry during the engagement. Color-Sergt. George B. Madison, Company B, Fifth Wisconsin Volunteers, is also especially mentioned by his colonel for gallant conduct. Although severely wounded early in the action, he clung to his colors and carried them in safety to the crest. Private W. A. Sears, First New York Battery, is also especially commended by his commanding officer for his gallant conduct during the fight.
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O.R.-- SERIES I--VOLUME XIII [S# 19]
CORRESPONDENCE, ORDERS, AND RETURNS RELATING SPECIALLY TO OPERATIONS IN MISSOURI, ARKANSAS, KANSAS, THE INDIAN TERRITORY, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NORTHWEST FROM APRIL 10 TO NOVEMBER 20, 1862.
UNION CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. -- #11
SPRINGFIELD, August 28, 1862.
Brig. Gen. JOHN M. SCHOFIELD:
From Neosho, and later from Mount Vernon, Colonel Wright reports as reliable that the enemy are concentrating and intend moving north. This information he derives from various reliable sources, and he believes the matter is correct. The same information comes to General Brown, and he has no doubt of its reliability, and I am myself satisfied there is no doubt of such an intention on the part of the rebels. The three States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas are in the combination, and Missouri is to be the battle ground. The four Governors of these States met in convention at Tyler, Tex., and resolved that the only alternative was to invade Missouri for subsistence, and that a death struggle must ensue or gain the point.
I give you the substance of all these reports, and desire to impress you with their reliability and importance. All our available organized force should be equipped and sent to me here with the utmost dispatch. The enemy will move rapidly north with their combined forces, and should be met at every point south of this. Send me the forces and I promise you I will do my duty. I wish to keep a strong corps of observation southward of this. Wright at present is too weak. The force at Mount Vernon should not be less than 5,000 men. The main army remaining here to move in that direction on the approach of the enemy. I shall send General Brown to command this corps of observation as soon as I can get re-enforcements to secure Springfield against secret raids.
I must urge you in the most forcible manner to press forward all the organized forces from the north and east. Be not deceived by any representations which may be made to you from other sources. Every nerve must be strained to meet the impending danger. Delay is ruin. I beg that Huston, Guitar, Catherwood, with as many other regiments from North Missouri, be sent without delay. Act promptly. It will not do to scatter our forces any longer. They must be massed. Blunt, from all I can gather, does not act combinedly with our forces. He should be under the general who commands in Missouri.
JAS. TOTTEN,
Brigadier-General
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HEADQUARTERS SOUTHWEST DIVISION OF MISSOURI,
Springfield, Mo., August--, 1862.
Lieutenant-Colonel MARSH, Assistant Adjutant-General:
Herewith I have the honor to inclose, for the information of Brigadier-General Schofield, report constituting a portion of the information in my possession relative to the intentions of the enemy to invade Missouri with no inconsiderable force. The "Scout No. 1" mentioned was a brother of Colonel Philips, of the Seventh Cavalry, Missouri State Militia, just up from Texas, and for whom the colonel vouches as a shrewd, discerning man. It is evident that the designs of the enemy are serious, and that a much larger force is needed in this direction to successfully thwart them. Verbal information from various scouts here confirms the above intelligence.Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JAS. TOTTEN,
Brigadier-General.

[Indorsement.]
HDQRS. DISTRICT OF MISSOURI, August 30, 1862.
Respectfully forwarded to Headquarters of the Army, for information of the General-in-Chief.
J. M. SCHOFIELD,
Brigadier-General.
Inclosure.]
HEADQUARTERS BRIGADE IN THE FIELD,
Neosho, August 23, 1862.
Brig. Gen. E. B. BROWN,
Commanding Southwest Division:
GENERAL: After diligent inquiry and an immense amount of labor by my scouts I have at last, I think, succeeded in ferreting out the plan of operations amongst the rebels for the coming winter.
Scout No. 1 informs me that Holmes, of North Carolina, has been promoted to a major-generalship, and takes command of Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas, over Brigadier-Generals Barrow [?], who commanded Louisiana and Texas, and Hindman, of Arkansas.
A few weeks since the Governors of the three above States, and Jackson, of Missouri, met in convention at Tyler, Tex., and resolved that their only alternative was to invade Missouri for subsistence, and that a death struggle must ensue or gain the point. The troops could not live south, and they must now fight for bread. Texas is exhausted; her supplies of bread and beef now not sufficient to winter their citizens, and Texas is now moving north 25,000 troops.
There are at this time at Fort Gibson, Park Hill, and Tahlequah, in the Nation, 9,000, under Cooper, and they calculate on making it up to 20,000. Hindman has at Little Rock and Arkansas Valley, now drilling, 25,000 men. Rains and Carroll have at Cross Hollows and Phantom Hill 2,000. Coffee, Cockrell, and company will add 3,500 more, making an aggregate of 75,000 that are now moving north with a view to invading Missouri and wintering on the river. They are all ragged, hungry, and desperate, and are coming here to live, and will approach by the southwest corner of the State.
If the forces at Fort Gibson and Park Hill could be struck successfully and promptly my impression is that it would greatly retard the movement and demoralize their forces. If permitted to remain, they will be a nucleus to form on and the whole force become emboldened.
Scout No. 2 confirms the above statement, and says that they are preparing for a bold movement into Missouri in a short time, and that it will require the most prompt and energetic measures to meet it successfully. There is no doubt but the rebel troops west of the Mississippi will be compelled to come north for subsistence. Texas and Arkansas cannot feed an army, and it will require a heavy force to keep them out.
I am, sir, with very high respect, your obedient servant,
CLARK WRIGHT,
Colonel, Commanding in the Field.
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Saint Louis, Mo., August 28, 1862.
Brigadier-General LOAN, Comdg. Central Div., Sedalia, Mo.:
GENERAL: There are strong indications of the concentration of a large force of rebels in Northwestern Arkansas for the purpose of invading Missouri. They will make a desperate effort to accomplish this as the only means of obtaining subsistence. I shall have plenty of force to meet them in a few weeks without drawing from other parts of the State, but while the new troops are being prepared for the field I must rely upon your division to re-enforce Springfield, should it become necessary.
To be prepared for this emergency your regular troops should be disposed as far as practicable along the southern part of your division, always in condition to move at once and rapidly, while the Enrolled Militia are relied upon mainly to take care of the northern and western portions. If you can send the remaining portions of Catherwood's and McClurg's regiments to Springfield at once it should be done.
I am making arrangements to supply additional arms, also clothing and subsistence, for the Enrolled Militia, and as large a number of them as may be necessary must be kept in active service.
I am informed that there are at Jefferson City about 1,000 stand of arms which can be made serviceable by slight repairs.
You will doubtless find it convenient to establish your headquarters at Jefferson City as the most suitable place, but this will of course be at your discretion.
I rely upon you, general, to carry out these general suggestions as far as may be in your power, leaving to your own judgment the choice of details.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
J. M. SCHOFIELD,
Brigadier-General.
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SPRINGFIELD, August 28, 1862.
Brig. Gen. JOHN M. SCHOFIELD, Commanding:
Colonel Wright writes from Mount Vernon, 8 this morning, that intelligence had reached him that 2,000 of Rains' forces had arrived at Sarcoxie. Reconnoitering party sent in that direction and scout toward Cassville. If only 2,000, Wright will strike them vigorously. Every hour and every report which reaches me satisfies me that the combined forces of the enemy are to return into Missouri and that quickly too.
The above report from Colonel Wright, just received, is but an additional proof of the intention of the rebels. They are already making their initiatory demonstrations. I shall order Wright to hit the column above reported if he feels strong enough, and to fall back if he does not feel secure in so doing. Hurry forward re-enforcements, I most respectfully urge. Clouds overhead now.
JAS. TOTTEN,
Brigadier-General.
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SPRINGFIELD, August 29, 1862.
Brig. Gen. JOHN M. SCHOFIELD:
I am still of the opinion that no time should be lost in pushing forward all available re-enforcements to this point. It is the universal belief that a movement north is actually now in embryo, and that if we do not act promptly the rebels will get the advantage. Give me the men and I promise you there shall be no disaster; but above all things let these re-enforcements come to me thoroughly armed, equipped, and supplied with ammunition. I directed the quartermaster to-day to make requisition for 200 army transportation wagons, horses, and teams, including those already required before my arrival.
JAS. TOTTEN,
Brigadier-General.
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WAYNESVILLE, MO., August 29, 1862.
Colonel GLOVER:
Three hundred armed rebels from Arkansas crossed the Springfield road last night 7 miles south of this post, a big train being at that time en route to Lebanon. The detachment which I sent was too distant to reach them, but they are after them now. Our picket attacked their rear, captured some horses and guns, killed some, and made 3 prisoners, who claimed to be militia-men, which seems not to be the case. The rebels intend to cross the Missouri and join Poindexter. They are under command of Col. Robert R. Lawther.
Please telegraph to Jefferson City.
ALBERT SIGEL,
Colonel, Commanding.
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SAINT LOUIS, Mo., August 30, 1862.
Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK, General-in-Chief:
The Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas troops are assembling in large numbers in Northwestern Arkansas, for the purpose of invading Missouri. This they are compelled to do for subsistence. I shall need re-enforcements as soon as they can be sent me.
J. M. SCHOFIELD,
Brigadier-General.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, August 30, 1862.
General SCHOFIELD, Saint Louis, Mo.:
Unless the emergency is very great we can send no more Illinois troops into Missouri at present. Colonel Callender will issue arms to the new regiments in your district on your approving the requisitions.
H. W. HALLECK,
General-in-Chief.
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O.R.-- SERIES I--VOLUME XIII [S# 19]
CORRESPONDENCE, ORDERS, AND RETURNS RELATING SPECIALLY TO OPERATIONS IN MISSOURI, ARKANSAS, KANSAS, THE INDIAN TERRITORY, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NORTHWEST FROM APRIL 10 TO NOVEMBER 20, 1862.
UNION CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. -- #12
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY,
Washington, D.C., September 16, 1862.
Brigadier-General SCHOFIELD, Saint Louis :
GENERAL: Yours of the 11th received. It is impossible to appoint General Totten with the rank you suggest. A reappointment may date back to original appointment, but a new appointment cannot go back of July 17, when Congress adjourned. The question of rank was raised here and so decided by the Government before I came here.Communicate with General Steele and endeavor to arrange some system of co-operation with your forces. I have heard from him but once in a long time.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
H. W. HALLECK,
General-in-Chief.


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I THINK THIS IS THE REPORT YOU ARE REFERRING TO
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M. E. Wolf
 
Dear Scribe;

Might be a help in looking here:
The Civil War in Texas - 1862 - Page 2 - Texas State Library
View of Brownsville during the war. View of Brownsville during the Civil War. ... Lincoln to invade East Texas and seize the great cotton lands there for the Union. ... He hosted two conferences in Marshall with the governors of Missouri, ... Besides the rifle factory in Tyler, guns were produced in Bastrop, Rusk, ...

www.tsl.state.tx.us/exhibits/civilwar/1862_2.htm... - 29k - Similar pages

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A Get-Tough Governor, A Careful Legislature
The most significant political act of 1862 came when the Texas legislature created a new agency, the Military Board, to purchase arms and ordnance for Texas troops. The members of the board were the governor, state treasurer, and state comptroller. They were given an unprecedented degree of independent power, with the authority to sell or exchange bonds worth up to $500,000 for weapons.
Other than that action, the legislature was conservative in dealing with the war. Governor Lubbock was popular with the public, both for his concentration on wartime affairs and for his crowd-pleasing veto of the legislators' per diem and mileage allowance. But his proposal to take on more debt to fund the Texas war effort found little support among lawmakers.
Lubbock was a whirlwind of activity. He hosted two conferences in Marshall with the governors of Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana to improve the cooperation of the Trans-Mississippi states with the national Confederate government. He and the other governors issued a plea to Jefferson Davis, a close friend of Lubbock's, for better support for the their states, including a commanding general, a treasury branch, and a supply of arms and ammunition.
Lubbock never missed an opportunity to boost the Confederate cause. He even applauded General Paul Hébert when he declared martial law in Texas. Lubbock worked closely with Confederate authorities to organize military units from Texas and ordered that all able-bodied men muster in for frontier defense and stand ready to serve the Confederacy if needed.

Just some thoughts.

Respectfully submitted for consideration,
M. E. Wolf
 
O.R.-- SERIES I--VOLUME 9 [S# 9]
CORRESPONDENCE, ORDERS, AND RETURNS RELATING TO OPERATIONS IN TEXAS, NEW MEXICO, AND ARIZONA FROM FEBRUARY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 18, 1862.
CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.
San Antonio, Tex., August 28, 1862.
His Excellency F. R. LUBBOCK,
Governor of State of Texas, Austin, Tex.:
MY DEAR SIR: Although I had made my arrangements to that effect, I found it impossible to leave in time to meet you in Marshall on the 24th ultimo. Matters not anticipated accumulated at these headquarters so as to preclude my leaving at that time: The enemy's demonstration at Corpus Christi, since realized by actual landing and bombardment; the reports of disloyalty in certain counties, since proved well founded by armed resistance to our troops; the evacuation of New Mexico and Arizona by General Sibley, leaving our Northwest posts exposed, and the arrival of his command, with other matters, made my presence here absolutely necessary about the time that I should have been absent. Furthermore, I had some faint fears that the result of the conference might have involved the taking of more troops from this State (a military exodus), which I think it behooves us to at least put a stop to if possible, unless, in the language of the Secretary of War, Mr. Benjamin, "No invasion of Texas is deemed probable; but if it occurs, its effect must be hazarded." The landing of lumber on Saint Joseph's Island is either for barracks for troops or for a naval hospital for the blockading squadron. On the latter presumption, it means but little; on the former, much. Saint Mary's--only 113 miles from San Antonio--and Corpus Christi are no doubt the landing points for an invasion by sea to reach and support the disaffected portions of the State. The evacuation of New Mexico and Arizona by General Sibley's command leaves the way free from that direction. Colonel Carleton, with his California troops, or a portion of them, has no doubt ere this occupied Fort Bliss; an intercepted dispatch of his showing this to be his intention. One line of forts will have to be abandoned to Fort Clark. To invade in that direction the enemy have a desert, without water, to cross, and must get their provisions from Missouri. When, nearly a year since, I assumed command of this department I immediately set to work to place it in a defensive position. This, I think, I was in a fair way of accomplishing when my best troops were ordered away. Our intention at the time was no doubt a military justification of the orders issued, yet the effect has been to paralyze my efforts and strip me of means of defense. Tired of negotiating here and filling the position of general recruiting officer for other commands and departments, I have applied to Major-General Holmes, commanding Trans-Mississippi District, to be assigned in the coming campaign to the command of the Texas regiments raised by me, now in Arkansas, and whose commanding officers desire to be under me, from written and verbal communications. In the mean time I will stand at my post and do all I can to defend this department. Should the enemy land or invade from any quarter he shall be fought in some way and with success if we can only get him into the interior. The troops I now have are disposed to the best advantage for the general protection of the coast and frontier, and, owing to the extent of both, are necessarily somewhat scattered. Our best troops having gone, and the conscript law leaving the alternative to persons under and above certain ages, I am calling out partisan rangers of the class above thirty-five years of age to serve in the State. To troops of that kind no doubt the military board would not object to extend assistance when necessary and practicable in the way of arms. The infantry regiments stationed near Austin I thought advisable to order east, for reasons which Your Excellency no doubt appreciates, as the order was principally the result of a communication from Your Excellency to General Bee. Should Your Excellency think it advisable, I can order a mounted battalion from the east to Austin. Colonel Ford appears to think such a force very necessary. Please advise me in regard to this. The battalion is a good one, composed of brave, true, and loyal men, and can march at once.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
P.O. HEBERT,
Brigadier-General, Provisional Army.
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O.R.-- SERIES I--VOLUME XIII [S# 19]
CORRESPONDENCE, ORDERS, AND RETURNS RELATING SPECIALLY TO OPERATIONS IN MISSOURI, ARKANSAS, KANSAS, THE INDIAN TERRITORY, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NORTHWEST FROM APRIL 10 TO NOVEMBER 20, 1862.
CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. -- #3
EXECUTIVE OFFICE,
Richmond, Va., September 12, 1862.
GENTLEMEN: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your communication of the 28th July, which was handed to me by the Hon. G. M. Bryan in the current month.(*) While deeply gratified by the expression of your confidence in my desire to spare no effort for the relief and protection of our fellow-citizens in the Trans-Mississippi Department, I anticipated and relied on your devotion to the cause of our country and your determination to second every measure adopted for its defense.
The delay which occurred in making arrangements for the proper organization of the Trans-Mississippi Department arose from causes some of which are too obvious to require mention and others are of a nature which cannot now be divulged.
It is, however, not improper to say that while Virginia was pressed by the whole force of the United States Government, with our capital threatened, and even closely invested, by the largest and best appointed and commanded army of the enemy, it was impracticable to detach such commanding officers for the Trans-Mississippi Department as its importance required.
At no time, however, had the condition and urgent necessities of that department ceased to be subjects of deep solicitude, and long before your letter was received, and immediately after the defeat and dispersion of the enemy by our gallant soldiers in the battles of the Chickahominy, I selected officers possessing my highest confidence for the command and administrative duties of the department and the districts composing it. By the assignment of Major-General Holmes to command the department, and Major-Generals Taylor, Hindman, and Price to the Districts of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, aided by a competent staff, I feel assured that the proper military skill, vigor, and administrative ability will not be found wanting. Large supplies of funds have been sent, and will continue to be furnished as the exigencies of the service require; and although not able to give all the aid in arms and munitions of war that would be desirable, a supply has been sent about equal to that asked for in your letter. Some of these supplies have not yet reached their destination and another part was unfortunately lost by capture of a transport steamer by the enemy, yet I feel gratified in being able to state that on every point indicated in your letter I had anticipated your wishes before its receipt.
On the subject of a branch treasury in your department there will probably be more difficulty in meeting your desires than you are aware of. The law does not now permit it and I am not sure that the project is feasible. That matter will, however, be taken into advisement, and in the mean time effort will be made (I hope successfully) to prevent any further injury to the service from want of funds.
In conclusion, be assured, gentlemen, that your friendly counsels will always be received with satisfaction and treated with the deference and consideration to which both personally and officially you are so well entitled. I am fully aware of your superior advantages for obtaining the information necessary for the intelligent guidance of public affairs in the Trans-Mississippi Department, and desire you to communicate <ar19_880> freely with me. It will always give me pleasure to avail myself of the co-operation which you kindly tender to me.
I am, very respectfully and truly, yours,
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
To Their Excellencies
F. R. LUBBOCK,
Governor of Texas.
C. F. JACKSON,
Governor of Missouri.
T. O. MOORE,
Governor of Louisiana.
H. M. RECTOR,
Governor of Arkansas.
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LITTLE ROCK, ARK., September 15, 1862.
Maj. Gen. STERLING PRICE:
GENERAL: I arrived here about one week since, reported to Major-General Holmes, who confirmed and enlarged my authority, modifying it in one particular only, requiring me to report to him alone officially the result of my efforts at recruiting in Missouri, and requesting me at the same time to advise you of the change. Soon after I reached here I dispatched about 30 persons to different parts of Missouri for the purpose of enlisting and swearing into the service of the C. S. Army all the able-bodied men they could meet with, to have them reported at camp for organization and instruction, remaining here myself, at the request of General Holmes, for the purpose of having an interview with Governor Jackson, who was then expected daily. On yesterday the Governor arrived, and after a long interview between the Governor and general, at which I was present, the Governor turned over to General Holmes all the State property at this place, embracing a large amount of clothing and other army stores: also all now in Mississippi. The Governor also made an order turning over all the State guards now in Missouri to the Confederate States, requiring them to report to me, withdrawing from all persons all power to recruit in future for the Missouri State Guard. I have not seen General Parsons, but arrangements are on foot to turn his entire command over to the Confederate States service, and I think it will be successful, as Governor Jackson, General Hindman, and General Parsons are all trying to effect it in a manner satisfactory to the men.
Quite a large number of troops has already been organized along the southern border of Missouri, and from all the information I have obtained I believe there are many more to be collected and organized. But unfortunately there have been feuds and difficulties of almost every kind among them, which have annoyed General Holmes very much, but I think he has adjusted most of the embarrassing cases, and I hope in future, if possible, to avoid difficulties of a like character. They have been such as are incident to the organization of volunteer forces everywhere.
General McBride has with him about 4,000 men; General Rains has probably the same number. Many of the troops of the former belong to the State. Coffee has from 800 to 1,200 under his command, and from all I can learn there is largely over 30,000 troops in this State, but many of them without arms. But as arms are being collected and received from the east of the river it is hoped that all will be armed ere long. All I meet with are anxious that you should cross the Mississippi River, and many hope that the result of the late great battles, with the movements that must necessarily follow, will enable you to enter the State of Missouri from the southwest, while this army enters at another point, and that they may meet you in the central or some other important portion of the State.
General Holmes is a plain, quiet man, makes no show, but works hard, and I judge from what I have observed that he intends to leave nothing undone in preparing for a forward movement.
I shall write you again at an early day, and will then be more fully advised as to many things than I am at present.
My respects to Colonel Snead and other friends. Hoping that you are in the enjoyment of good health and that I may soon hear of a forward movement by the troops under your command, I remain, truly, yours,
WALDO P. JOHNSON.
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O.R.-- SERIES I--VOLUME XXII/2 [S# 33]
Correspondence, Orders, And Returns Relating To Operations In Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, The Indian Territory, And Department Of The Northwest, From January 1 To December 31, 1863.
CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.--#7
LITTLE ROCK, ARK., July 20, 1863.
1863. Hon. JAMES A. SEDDON, Richmond, Va.:
DEAR SIR: The paymaster-general of Missouri, Col. J. T. Thornton, takes this letter across the Mississippi to mail to you, and will, after a visit on business to Columbia, present you a letter of introduction and bring you information as to affairs here. My position here is satisfactory. When I last wrote you I anticipated great trouble. A firm but conciliatory course, which Colonel Thornton will detail to you, produced a complete alteration in the attitude of General Price and others, and I now have confidence in harmonious action between them and me, in support of the views I expressed in Richmond to you and the President. A system of counterpoises among the military politicians, indispensable to a just exercise of civil authority, will soon be established. The materials for it, are ample.
I inclose a copy of an important letter yesterday received from General E. K. Smith, as you may fail to get a copy. Governor Lubbock and I were schoolfellows in Charleston. I shall seek his co-operation in directing the military toward good ends and good measures. Both Governor Flanagin and Governor Moore will, I think, from my knowledge of them, act in no sectional or separatist spirit.
General E. K. Smith has the confidence of everybody, and, in my opinion, is just the man for this department. We are not at all despondent on account of the loss of Vicksburg, but will endeavor to do our full share in the coming struggle.

It gives me great pleasure to notice the high opinion the military and the public generally entertain of your vigor and ability as a war minister. I write also to Colonel [W. P.] Johnson, by this opportunity, a short letter. Colonel Thornton has confidential verbal messages for you from me, and I think you will not regret giving him a long interview. He has my full confidence, and can be trusted as an intelligent, reliable man.
I remain, dear sir, very truly, yours,
THOS. C. REYNOLDS,
[Governor of Missouri.]
P. S.--If anything should happen to Holmes and Price, old General Roane ranks all other officers here. All tell me Fagan is by far the best of the Arkansas brigadiers, and I think so too; he was distinguished at Manassas, Shiloh, and recently very much at Helena. Let me urge you to have him made a major-general.
[ Inclosure.]
HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT,
Shreveport, La., July 13, 1863.
Govs. THOMAS C. REYNOLDS, F. R. LUBBOCK, H. FLANAGIN, and THOMAS O. MOORE:
SIRS: Upon my arrival in this department, in April last, I found headquarters at Little Rock, Ark. I repaired there from Alexandria, and endeavored to impartially survey the field of my labor. After investigation into the past and present condition of the department, I was enabled to form an opinion of what should be my future course. I determined that my most important duties were administrative, and that I must leave, in a great measure, the active operations of the field to my juniors. I selected this as the most central and best point for depots and headquarters.
Vicksburg has fallen. The enemy possess the key to this department. What will be his future operations can only be determined by time. It is my duty to try to anticipate, meet, and if possible thwart, if not defeat, his plans, whatever they may be.
The possession of the Mississippi River by the enemy cuts off this department from aid from and communication with Richmond; consequently we must be self-sustaining and self-reliant in every respect.
My position as commanding general under existing and future state of affairs places me in the way of ascertaining the wants and necessities of the department better than any other person. These are of the most weighty character, and require serious consideration of the wise and patriotic intellects of the States west of the Mississippi. I see the magnitude of the subject and the great responsibilities connected with it.
I am an humble, but by position an important, agent in the defense of a cause that involves all that makes the name of home and country desirable. With God's help and yours, I will cheerfully grapple with the difficulties that surround us, and if you and the reflecting minds of your respective States will sustain me, with prayer to God, and with my every mental and physical effort devoted to the cause, I shall work on hopefully and, I trust, successfully. To do this, however, I must have your personal acquaintance, your confidence, and your individual and combined co-operation, with that of the leading spirits and judicial minds of your States.
I earnestly desire to secure and merit the confidence of the people whose homes I am ordered to defend. I would, then, respectfully suggest that you will meet in conference with me at Marshall, Tex., on the 15th day of August next, and that you will invite the members of the supreme courts of your States to attend with you at that meeting. I desire to have the support and advice of the representative men of the States composing my department.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, &c.,
E. KIRBY SMITH,
Lieutenant-General, C. S. Army.
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O.R.-- SERIES I--VOLUME XXII/2 [S# 33]
Correspondence, Orders, And Returns Relating To Operations In Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, The Indian Territory, And Department Of The Northwest, From January 1 To December 31, 1863.
CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.--#10
HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT,
Shreveport, La., September 11, 1863.
His Excellency JEFFERSON DAVIS,
President of the Confederate States:
SIR: I have the honor to inclose Your Excellency a copy of the proceedings of a conference called by me at Marshall, Tex., on the 15th ultimo.
Immediately on the fall of Vicksburg and Port Hudson, I felt that our communications with the General Government at Richmond were irretrievably lost, and that the department must henceforth depend entirely on its own resources. Knowing the despondency this great disaster would occasion throughout the entire population west of the river, desiring to strengthen myself in the hearts and confidence of the people, and fearing that despondency and hopelessness, which is ever ready to catch at change, in the hope of bettering itself, might lead to the adoption of measures inimical to the true interests of the Confederacy, I determined upon calling together the executives, judges, and representatives of the several States, that by obtaining their support and co-operation, and by invoking the power of the States and acknowledging the supremacy of the civil laws, confidence might be restored, and the people feel that a Government remained to them capable of administering to their wants and necessities. A few days previous to the meeting, I received a letter from Your Excellency, and one from the honorable Secretary of War, in which the very steps taken by me were recommended. In the letter of the Secretary he recommends calling to my aid the ablest and most influential men of the country, the formation of a civil and military government, and the establishment of the bureaus of the War Department. This advice, to a certain extent, I have followed; ndeed, had previously determined on the measures as a necessity. I have organized the several bureaus of the War Department, placing the senior officers, General Huger, Major Blair, Colonel O'Bannon, and Dr. Haden at their heads. The Treasury Department I have not touched, except to organize a cotton bureau, under Colonel Broadwell, the workings of which shall be kept within the limits of the law.
I feel great hesitancy and repugnance in assuming any powers not clearly expressed or implied by my position as department commander, and only when impelled by necessity will it be done. Powers more full than I now possess, and which are called for by the peculiar situation of this department, with full instructions, should be sent me. Some action, and that without delay, should be taken by the Treasury Department. An Assistant Secretary of the Treasury should be sent here, with full powers, and means should be taken for meeting the financial wants of the department.
I am beset by troubles and difficulties. I shall endeavor to meet them boldly, yet conscientiously, and trust my acts will be reviewed with leniency. I have always thought abler and better men could fill the trusts which have been confided in me. You yourself know I have never sought the positions intrusted to me, and I hope no hesitancy on your part, no regard for my own feelings, will deter you a moment in relieving me from duty, or in making any change in my position that the public interest may require. I shall always labor honestly and conscientiously, and will devote all my energies, mental and physical, in the support of a cause which is holy and righteous, and which, under God's providence, I believe will ultimately triumph; yet I shall hail with pleasure the day which relieves me from cares and responsibilities, never coveted, which are wearing out my constitution and making me prematurely old.
I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,
E. KIRBY SMITH,
Lieutenant-General.
[Inclosure.]
MARSHALL, TEX., August 15, 1863.
In obedience to request of Lieut. Gen. E. Kirby Smith, the following gentlemen met this day for consultation and conference: From Texas, Gov. F. R. Lubbock, Hon. W. S. Oldham, Col. P. Murrah, and Maj. G. M. Bryan; from Louisiana, Governor Moore, Colonel [T. O.] Manning, < Hon. W. Merrick, Hon. Albert Voorhies; from Arkansas, Hon. Robert W. Johnson, Hon. C. B. Mitchell, Hon. W. K. Patterson; and from Missouri, Gov. Thomas C. Reynolds. Whereupon the lieutenant-general commanding the Trans-Mississippi Department submitted the following questions for consideration:
1st. The condition of the States since the fall of Vicksburg; the temper of the people; the resources and ability of each State to contribute to the cause and the defense of the department, and the best means of bringing into use the whole population for the protection of their homes.
2d. The best means for restoring confidence, checking the spirit of disloyalty, and keeping the people steadfast, in the hope of ultimate triumph of our arms.
3d. The question of the currency, and the best method of securing the cotton of this department without causing opposition on the part of the people, and the best method of disposing of the same.
4th. The extent of the civil authority to be exercised, referred to in the letter of the Secretary of War, July 14.
5th. Appointment of commissioner to confer with French and Mexican authorities in Mexico.
6th. Arms and ordnance stores.
The conference was organized on the 17th of August, 1863, by calling Gov. Francis R. Lubbock, of Texas, to the chair, and the appointment of W. K. Patterson secretary.
On motion, the chair appointed the following committees:
No. 1. Governor Reynolds, Missouri; Voorhies, Louisiana; Johnson, Arkansas; Bryan, Texas; Oldham, Texas; and Patterson, Arkansas.
No. 2. Oldham, Texas; Merrick, Louisiana; Mitchell, Arkansas; Reynolds, Missouri; and Lubbock, Texas.
No. 3. Johnson, Arkansas; Moore, Louisiana; Murrah, Texas; Manning, Louisiana; and Merrick, Louisiana.
On motion, the first, second, and sixth propositions were referred to Committee No. 1; second proposition to Committee No. 2; and fourth and fifth propositions to Committee No. 3.
Conference adjourned until to-morrow at 8 o'clock.
TUESDAY, August 18, 1863--8 a.m.
Conference met, and Judge Merrick, Committee No. 3, made the following report; which was unanimously adopted:

The undersigned sub-committee has had under consideration the question submitted by Lieut. Gen. E. Kirby Smith, as to the extent of civil authority to be exercised by him, referred to by the Secretary of War in his letter of July 14, 1863; now report that, in the opinion of the committee, it is intended that such powers only should be exercised as are now exercised by other officers at Richmond, and which are absolutely necessary, on account of inability to communicate with Richmond, that the general should assume in order to augment his army and put the department in the best state of defense.
he objects to which such powers will extend are enumerated generally in the letter of the Secretary of War, and it is impracticable to be more specific here. Of course, when the Secretary of War advises the general in command of the department to assume powers not granted by any act of Congress to any general in the army, and only exercised by other departments of the Government, he expects that such powers (Which are only powers of administration) should be exercised according to existing laws, and that nothing should be changed, except the agents by which the operations of the Government in respect to this department are carried on. The respective States composing the department have organized governments, and it could not have been the intention of the Secretary of War to advise the commanding general to exercise civil authority which belongs to the States, they still having officers present ready to perform their respective duties and functions.
MERRICK,
Chairman.
Committee No. 1 made the following report; which was, on motion, unanimously adopted:
CONTINUED
 
MERRICK,
Chairman.
Committee No. 1 made the following report; which was, on motion, unanimously adopted:
The undersigned, to whom was referred the consideration of propositions Nos. 1, 2, and 6, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to submit the following report:
Since the commencement of the war, the department has labored under peculiar difficulties of a very embarrassing character. It has received but a meager share of the limited supply of arms and munitions of war under control of the Government at Richmond. Many are inquiring at present as to the causes which prevented adequate supplies from being sent west of the river. It is sufficient to say that the supply of arms and ammunition in this department has never been equal to the imperative demands of the army. This was true before the fall of Vicksburg. Now, since the enemy have entire control of the Mississippi River, and have the Gulf coast effectually blockaded, and the State of Missouri overrun and governed by military power, we are completely separated from our confederates east of the river, and must abandon all hope of the imperfect and irregular supply heretofore received from the Government, and at once and entirely rely upon our resources.
Beleaguered as we are by the enemy, the general commanding this department can neither transmit reports nor receive orders regularly from the capital. Hence the safety of our people requires that he assume at once and exercise the discretion, power, and prerogatives of the President of the Confederate States and his subordinates in reference to all matters involving the defense of his department. The isolated condition and imminent peril of this department demand this policy, and will not permit delay; and we believe that all may be done without violating the spirit of the Constitution and laws of the Confederate States, and without assuming dictatorial powers.
As to the temper of our people, we are compelled to report some disaffection and disloyalty and more despondency in all the States of the department. The great mass of the people are loyal to the Government of their choice, and have full confidence in the ability and integrity of the lieutenant general commanding this department, and we believe they have maturely and considerately determined that no greater calamity can befall them than subjugation by or submission to the Federal Government.
Your committee must refer to the resources of the several States in general terms, because they have neither the facts nor time to arrange them, nor do we deem it important to do so, as the general commanding, through his officers, can obtain more copious and accurate statistics than we can possibly give in this report. It is thought that Texas can and will put into the field from 15,000 to 20,000 men; has grain, bacon, and beef enough to feed the army and her people for at least two years; has four gun factories, making eight hundred guns per month; has metal (copper and tin) to make one hundred cannon, and gun wagons for like number completed and in course of construction; is making percussion caps; has two powder mills; has 30,703 pounds common powder, 28,635 pounds lead, 90,000 rounds fixed ammunition, and 6,232 pounds buckshot. One regiment State troops arrived and supplied with ammunition. Has distributed to counties a limited quantity of powder and caps; has forwarded great numbers of cotton-cards to her people; is manufacturing cotton-cards, and has material to keep in good repair the factories in the penitentiary. Arkansas can furnish 8,000 to 10,000 men; has immense quantities of provision and forage. Louisiana can furnish 5,000 to 6,000 troops; has an excess of corn, sugar, and molasses.
As to the manufacturing of clothing, &c., and mineral resources of this department, we refer the general commanding to reports of his clothing, niter, and mining bureaus, and his ordnance department, as more reliable sources of information than any in our possession.
Missouri at present is chiefly valuable as a recruiting ground for the Confederate Army. It is thought that a good system of recruiting in Missouri would add a regiment per month from that State.
As to the best means of bringing into use the whole population for the protection of their homes, we urge the execution of the conscription law, with the privilege of volunteering, the calling out of the militia by the Governor, the enrollment of volunteers for the same term of service most agreeable to persons not liable to military duty, and some proper system of volunteering in districts of country where the conscript law cannot be enforced by reason of actual or threatened invasion, and by every consideration of public safety and necessity we urge the impressment of negro teamsters to take the place of soldiers in all Government trains.
We ask respectfully to be discharged from the further consideration of the means of increasing the loyalty, restoring the confidence, &c., and that that proposition be considered by the entire conference.
THOS. C. REYNOLDS,
Chairman.

CONTINUED
 
Mr. Murrah submitted the following report; which was unanimously adopted:
The undersigned, a sub-committee, to whom was referred this question, the "appointment of commissioner to confer with French and Mexican authorities in Mexico," respectfully submit that the dependence of the Trans-Mississippi Department upon the ports of Mexico for supplies and for communication abroad, together with the relationship of the French and Mexican Governments at the present time, makes an understanding with the authorities by those Governments highly important, if not absolutely essential. The disposition of these powers and other officials can only be ascertained by correspondence with them. The correspond-once, under the existing state of things, even as to civil matters, cannot, perhaps, be conducted desirably through the Government, and as the correspondence is merely directed to the interests of this department and its immediate wants, the law, whenever the law speaks, and propriety, where the law is silent, points out the military commander of the department as the proper official to institute and commence the correspondence. As to the mode of carrying on the correspondence, it is, of course, to be left to the discretion of the commander, and yet it is not deemed improper to suggest that the importance of the subject authorizes, if it does not require, an agent, intelligent, well informed, of known character, one adapted to inspire confidence by his knowledge and discretion, and not likely to be misled, in these times of trial and uncertainty, by mere plausibilities or mere intimations intended to please and flatter without promising or guaranteeing anything of benefit. The selection of such an agent, and the prosecution of such a line of policy, would find its justification in facts which have already transpired in the conduct of French officials. These facts, forming a basis of inquiry, and authorizing an approach to them officially for that purpose, would enable the agent or commissioner to sound upon Mexican soil both French and Mexican authorities, ascertain their disposition toward our Government and people, and what we may expect from them in the way of favor or opposition; what credits, &c., may be founded upon the resources and productions now taken up in our own territory. While the agent might not be dignified by any defined title or grade, which proclaims his authority and its extent, he might at least be authorized to make explanation, give assurance, and come to an understanding, founded upon considerations of reciprocal interests, pointing directly to the wants of this department and embracing the specified matters pertaining to the great questions of credit and supplies from abroad. It is believed that our situation is such that these inquiries cannot be pushed forward with too much industry and discretion. For if it be that the French Government is honorably disposed toward our country, such control has she over the territory and parts of Mexico that her will is likely to be law, and important results may be anticipated from securing her good-will.
The condition of the Trans-Mississippi Department, her wants, what is believed and understood of the disposition of the French authorities toward us, it is believed fully authorizes the commanding general, who is not, and cannot be, instructed from Richmond, to assume and act upon all civil matters pertaining to this agency, questions of mere irregularity or even of doubtful authority in instituting and conducting this correspondence, letting the interest of the country and the necessities under which it labors be the laws to guide his discretion and action.
Respectfully submitted.
P. MURRAH.
The committee to whom was referred the following subjects, submitted by Lieutenant-General Smith, to wit, the questions of currency and the best mode of securing the cotton of the department without causing opposition on the part of the people, submit the following report:
That in view of the difficulties resulting from the occupation of the Mississippi River by the enemy, the cotton of this department is the only safe and reliable means for carrying on efficient military operations for the defense of the country west of the Mississippi. The authority of the general in command, under the circumstances, to use the cotton as a means of purchasing and accumulating military supplies cannot be doubted, under the provisions of the act of Congress usually denominated the "impressment act." As it will be impossible to obtain Confederate Treasury notes to pay for the cotton to the amount that will be required, and as such an additional amount thrown into circulation, largely increasing our already redundant circulation, would tend to the still greater depreciation of Confederate notes as a currency, the committee make the following suggestions, both as to the mode of payment and as a means of sustaining the credit of Treasury notes as currency, for the consideration of the commanding general: That certificates be executed and delivered to the owners of the cotton purchased, pledging the Government for the payment of the price agreed upon, in 6 per cent. coupon bonds, the interest to be paid semi-annually from the date of the certificate, in specie, and with the additional pledge that a sufficient amount of the proceeds of the sale of the cotton shall be inviolably set apart for the payment of the interest-coupons for at least the first two years, and that the Government will provide for the prompt and certain payment of future accumulating interest.
We believe the planters would much prefer such a payment than in Treasury notes; that such certificates would not swell the volume of circulation now afloat, and that their value would be estimated much higher than Treasury notes, and would have a credit that would make them much more available as a means for obtaining whatever the holder might wish to purchase at home or abroad than any other form of security the Government could issue.
Taking possession of the entire amount of cotton, with such exceptions and modifications as the commanding general may deem necessary to meet particular wants or necessities of the people, would take the cotton trade out of the hands of speculators now engaged in it, prevent the further depreciation of Confederate notes by preventing an amount equal to the value of the entire cotton crop being accumulated in the locality of this department, in which a superabundance now already exists, and prevent further demoralization of the public sentiment by the greed of gain and avaricious desire with which it is already infected.
Upon the subject of discharging the necessary military obligations incurred, we venture to suggest that, in case money cannot be obtained from Richmond for that purpose, the commanding general, in the exercise of the special powers conferred upon him by the President, cause the Confederate notes not bearing interest, which have been funded with the various depositories within this department, to be reissued and paid out by the proper officers in discharge of the debts for military purposes, as well as pay due to the soldiers. Although the pledge would not be binding upon the Government, we have no doubt if such notes were reissued, with the pledge of the privilege of being refunded in bonds of the same rate of interest as new issue, the Government, under the circumstances, would not hesitate to ratify the act and redeem the pledge.
OLDHAM,
Chairman.
The foregoing report was unanimously agreed to, except that portion recommending the issuance of specie-paying coupon bonds. That proposition was not agreed to by a tie vote.
The conference having under consideration the best means of restoring public confidence and promoting our cause, Governor Reynolds offered the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That to harmonize and infuse vigor into the patriotic efforts of the people, obtain and diffuse correct information, and discourage disloyalty, an organization should be instituted as follows: The Governors for the time being of the Trans-Mississippi Department should, unofficially, compose a committee of public safety, with a chairman to call it together when necessary and act as its agent, and should provide for corresponding committees in each county and parish, to correspond with the Governors of other States and with the committee. The people of each county and parish should form a voluntary confederate association, to co-operate with the Trans-Mississippi committee of public safety and the corresponding committees. «64 R R--VOL XXII PT II»Hon. C. B. Mitchell offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That from our intercourse with Lieut. Gen. E. Kirby Smith, and on hearing his plans, we have the most implicit confidence in his regard for law, his military skill and ability, his devotion to Southern rights, his purity and integrity as a man, and we believe that the united, vigorous efforts of our people will, under his leadership, insure our final and complete success.
Which resolution was unanimously adopted.
The conference, having considered all the matters submitted by the lieutenant-general, finally adjourned, having received the thanks of the general for attendance and advice.
F. R. LUBBOCK,
Chairman.
W. K. PATTERSON,
Secretary.
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M. E. WOLF
 
Some great posts

on the mumbo-jumbo dispatches emanating from the Trans-Mississippi territory in 1862 and 1863.

"Fellas, we Confederates are in big trouble." (my observation quote)

It's somewhat like the calling together of the railroad executives in the south, long after the Civil War started.

"Son, we're going to run out of rails and nobody can do anything about it." (Again, another of my observation quotes)

Where were all these geniuses before the war started?
 
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