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n which Adjutant-General Cooper made the endorsement: In my opinion, this command, instead of being put into winter quarters, would be kept free from disease by being ordered to the field in Missouri. Gen. Leonidas Polk wrote from Columbus, January 3, 1862, to President Davis: I am perfectly satisfied that the force now in McCulloch's hands should be controlled by some one who would cooperate freely and vigorously with General Price. So long as the Federal forces under Halleck are kept ocommand of the Federal forces of the southwestern district of Missouri. On December 2d, martial law had been declared in Missouri by Mr. Lincoln, and Curtis was without restraint. The men under him burned the towns of Dayton and Columbus on January 3, 1862, and with a largely superior force proceeded southward, confronted by Price's men. Taking Springfield, after a skirmish on February 12th, and fighting at Crane creek on the 14th, and near Flat creek on the 15th, Curtis met a more stubborn r