CIVIL WAR]. FRÉMONT, John C. (1813-1880), Major General . Letter signed ("J. C. Frémont") to Capt. W. Prince, St. Louis 29 August 1861. 1 page, 4to, on stationery of Head Quarters, Western Department . A GLIMSPE OF CIVIL WAR ESPIONAGE. Frémont tells the commanding officer at Fort Leavenworth to be prepared to receive a contingent of Delaware Indians that "The Pathfinder" has recruited for the Union cause. "I have written to the agent of the Delaware Indians, and requested him to secure me the services of 'Fall Leaf' and a band of fifty Delaware indians, whom I have ordered to report to the quarter master of your post to be employed as spies and guides for the Department. You will report by telegraph any intelligence respecting them." Frémont liked to make bold and unconventional moves, and this was among his less controversial acts during his tenure as commander of the Western Department. "He attracted a motley collection of fancily dressed and useless staff officers, mostly German and Hungarians (Boatner, 315)," and the day after signing this letter he declared martial law and issued his own emancipation proclamation freeing the slaves of Missouri. Lincoln promptly revoked it. An important political general, his battlefield failures at Wilson's Creek and the Shenandoah Valley campaign ultimately forced Lincoln to relieve him.
CIVIL WAR]. FRÉMONT, John C. (1813-1880), Major General . Letter signed ("J. C. Frémont") to Capt. W. Prince, St. Louis 29 August 1861. 1 page, 4to, on stationery of Head Quarters, Western Department . A GLIMSPE OF CIVIL WAR ESPIONAGE. Frémont tells the commanding officer at Fort Leavenworth to be prepared to receive a contingent of Delaware Indians that "The Pathfinder" has recruited for the Union cause. "I have written to the agent of the Delaware Indians, and requested him to secure me the services of 'Fall Leaf' and a band of fifty Delaware indians, whom I have ordered to report to the quarter master of your post to be employed as spies and guides for the Department. You will report by telegraph any intelligence respecting them." Frémont liked to make bold and unconventional moves, and this was among his less controversial acts during his tenure as commander of the Western Department. "He attracted a motley collection of fancily dressed and useless staff officers, mostly German and Hungarians (Boatner, 315)," and the day after signing this letter he declared martial law and issued his own emancipation proclamation freeing the slaves of Missouri. Lincoln promptly revoked it. An important political general, his battlefield failures at Wilson's Creek and the Shenandoah Valley campaign ultimately forced Lincoln to relieve him.
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