AOA Provost Reports

Perryville, 4^th May – 6 p.m.

Brig. Gen. JACOB H. MOYER

Provost Marshall,

 

GENERAL: Lieut. Carrier has passed through Perryville and reports enemy 1^st Cavalry Div. deployed at Ozark, Castete and Boonville. Two divs. of I Corps on march toward Ozark, near Boonville yesterday. Will report details when arrives at Little Rock.

 

Your obedient servant,

 

Maj. HENRY THAYER,

Chief Signal Officer.

 

Reporting to Moyer – 6^th May – 8:00 a.m.

General, I was in Castete on the night of May 3d and found the 3d Brigade, 1^st Cavalry Division deployed there to guard the crossroads. I made inquiries and found that the 1^st Brigade of the same division is deployed at Boonville and that the 2^nd Brigade and Glenn’s Battery had advanced to Ozark. I can confirm that our order of battle for the enemy’s 1^st Cavalry Division was 100% accurate.

I infiltrated the enemy’s lines and several men informed me that the I Corps is marching north to Ozark with pontoon trains somewhere to their rear. The 1^st Division, I Corps was nearing Castete, but the 2^d Division was delayed somehow and was somewhere near Boonville. The men did not have any information on 3d Division, I Corps. Rather than risk detection or delay, I decided to return with due haste to report this information. The men I spoke with, were very clear that the 1^st and 2^nd Divisions were on the march to Ozark, but none of them had any knowledge of the 3^rd Division. I believe it is reasonable to assume that 3d Division is not part of the movement and may deployed for a different purpose.

 

Little Rock, May 7^th 1864

Brig. Gen. JACOB H. MOYER,

Provost Marshall, Army of the Arkansas,

 

GENERAL: I have received confirmation of assignment from the following commanders and reg’ts assigned to the Provost Marshall’s office:

 

Fifty-Seventh Wisconsin, Col. Frazier - Began recruitment in Perryville today and recruited men

 

Two-Hundred and Thirty-Fifth Ohio , Col. Russell – Left Arkansas Post for Pine Bluff today

Sixty-Third Missouri, Col. Dunlop – The regiment has departed Arkansas for Lawrenceville this morning

 

Fourteenth Minnesota, Lieut. Col. Wilson – The regiment has begun recruitment in Arkansas and reports great enthusiasm among the former slave population.

 

Fourteenth Tennessee, Col. Womer – Began recruitment in Hot Springs today with over 150 former slaves recruited

 

Thirty-Fifthh Kansas, Col. Ullery – Departed Hot Springs for Benton toda

 

Two Hundred and Thirty-Second Ohio, Col. Rutter – Left Hot Springs for Pine Bluff this morning

 

I have asked all regiments to report no later than the May 14^th and will consolidate a report for you on May 15^th.

 

 

Your obedient,

 

Lieut. LEVI BOLTON,

Staff Officer.