CIVIL WAR MISSOURI, OCTOBER 27, 1864, ORDER TO ABANDON CASSVILLE

CIVIL WAR MISSOURI, OCTOBER 27, 1864, ORDER TO ABANDON CASSVILLE

OCTOBER 27,1864
ORDER TO ABANDON CASSVILLE

Order to Abandon Cassville by J. D. Brutsche, Lieutenant-Colonel and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General

HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI,
Springfield, Mo., October 27, 1864.

Major MELTON, Cassville:

Price is moving south. Hold yourself in readiness to move.

J. D. BRUTSCHE,
Lieutenant-Colonel and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General

HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI,
Springfield, Mo., October 27, 1864.

Major MELTON, Cassville:

Move with your command at once by forced marches to Mount Vernon. I leave for that place this afternoon. Send operator with instruction to Springfield.

J. D. BRUTSCHE,
Lieutenant-Colonel and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General

SOURCE: OR, Series I, Volume 41 (Part IV), Page 281.

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