The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 41, In Four Parts. Part 2, Correspondence, etc. Page: 521
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CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.---UNION,
H QRss. SECOND DIVISION, SEVENTH ARMY COPS,
Devall's Bluff, Ark., August 2, 1864.
Major-General STEELE,
Little Rock:
Capt. J. B. Nulton, Sixty-first Illinois Infantry, has just returned
with scout of 100 men on Celeste from Augusta. He surrounded that
place at daylight this morning. Shelby left that place one week ago
to-day with his command, on the Memphis road. On Friday he was at
Bayou De View, going, as universally reported, to ie-enforce Dobbin.
Mr. Hough thinks Shelby's force. is about 1,500. It is variously esti-
mated from that to 3,000. He has four pieces of artillery. Captain
Nulton brought down two prisoners, one of whom may turn out to be
an officer. I consider the reconnaissance eminently successful.
C. C. ANDREWS,
Brigadier-General, Commanding.
HDQRS. SECOND DIVISION, SEVENTH ARMY CORPS,
August 2, 1864-9 p. m.
COMMANDING OFFICER, 3D BRIG., 2D DIV., 7TH ARMY CORPS:
You will send a scout of fifty men to Hickory Plains immediately,
under command of Captain Goodykoontz, Eighth Missouri Cavalry, who
will report immediately in person at these headquarters for instruc-
tions.
C. C. ANDREWS,
Brigadier- General, Commanding.
LEWIS3URG, August 2, 1864.
(Received 8 p. m.)
Capt. C. HI. DYER
Assistant Adjutant- General:
Captain Hinkle returned this evening from scout to Austin. Jack-
man has not been there. McCray was there on Friday last with 1,300
men; went down to attack railroad and fell back to Searcy. Rumors
of his going to West Point to make it his headquarters. Shelby is
east of White River. River rising.
A. H. RYAN,
Colonel.
BROWNSVILLE, August 2, 1864.
(Received 1.45 p. m.)
Capt. C. H. DYER,
Assistant Adjutant- General:
There is quite a large force in rear Bayou Des Arc under command
of McCray. Shelby was expected at Searcy last Saturday. The countr-y
north and south of here is full of rebels, so much so that I am obliged
to keep my men along the railroad to prevent its being torn :up, and
cannot scout as much as I would like to. Colonel Geiger informed me
that he had telegraphed you in reference to the force in Austin last
Friday. I have since learned that they passed 'iorth on Saturday, and
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 41, In Four Parts. Part 2, Correspondence, etc., book, 1893; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth145054/m1/521/?q=McCray&rotate=90: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.