Annotation
[1] ALS, owned by Edward C. Stone, Boston, Massachusetts. The letter from Reverend Francis Springer has not been located, but a letter from Major General Francis J. Herron, St. Louis, March 17, 1863, introduced Waddell as ``just through from the Rebel lines and has important information concerning matters in the South West, and also in regard to the Indians. . . .'' (DLC-RTL). No record has been found of Waddell's appointment to raise troops.