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HEADQUARTERS SAINT LOUIS DISTRICT,
Saint Louis, April 21, 1864.
COMMANDING OFFICER,
Pilot Knob:
I wish you to report to me, uniformly, the result of all scouts sent out from Patterson or other outposts. I have heard nothing for a week. Has any scouting party from Patterson returned from thee neighborhood of Poplar Bluff or Doniphan within that time?
THOMAS EWING, JR.,
Brigadier-General.