Hd Qt Marmadukes Div (?)
(Miss Gregory’s)Sept 27 9PM
Col
I am so entirely exhausted as to be unable to report in person to Gen Price tonight. My troops are all encamped in the plain & below Ironton with the exception of a force of 4 or 500 men under Col Freeman & Slaybark & Capt Jacobs which are stationed on the RR about a mile north of the fort attacked today with instruction to watch & fwd me information immediately of any movement of the enemy or of the arrivals of reinforcements & then they are also informed of Genl Shelby’s expected arrival and instructed to await any collision with his force
Yrs Resfly
J Marmaduke, Maj Genl
Bryce