1863 Jun 21

CAMP ON CURRENT RIVER,

Four miles above Doniphan, June 21, 1863.

General MARMADUKE, Jacksonport:

GENERAL: Scouts returning from 6 miles of Ironton report 6,000 Federals there, nearly all mounted, and they are trying to mount all; 1,000 at Bailey's, 8 miles from Patterson, on the Ironton road; they are cavalry also; 100 at Centreville, in Reynolds County, all lying still, sending out no scouts. It is rumored there that they are preparing to go northwest. They are expecting us to attack them daily.

T. REVES,

Captain, Commanding Independent Company of Scouts.