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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