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May 6, 1864, Springfield,
Mo.,
Brigadier General John B. Sanborn to Colonel Judson
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI,
Springfield, Mo., May 6, 1864.
Colonel JUDSON,
Comdg. District of the Frontier, Fort Smith, Ark.:
A scout from Neosho to Grand River has returned, and reports only 150 rebels at Gilstrop's Ferry and in that vicinity. An Indian, one of Stand Watie's men, captured, says Quantrill has gone north with 300 men.
JOHN B. SANBORN,
Brigadier-General, Commanding
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