FORT GARLAND, COLO. TER., June 6, 1864.
Colonel JOHN M. CHIVINGTON, U. S. Volunteers,
                                                   Commanding District:
    COLONEL: Inclosed orders just received from Fort Lyon, to make a forced march to that post. Nothing is stated to enable me to conclude whether the circumstances are such as to justify a forced march or not. The last mail brought me a letter from Lieutenant Baldwin that Major Wynkoop had sent him word that Lieutenant Eayre's command had all been killed by the Indians. Subsequently I learned that the same command was all right. Now, upon what information the major issued the inclosed orders I am ignorant, and am unable in consequence to decide upon the best course to pursue. Shall await further orders. Shall move Company A out to-morrow. Captain Gray has sent back two wagons, and reports the roads in a horrible condition, and his advance toward Fort Lyon consequently very slow. People here (among the Mexicans) are apprehensive of serious difficulties with the Utes; for what reasons I know not. If further information of importance reaches me from Fort Lyon, I shall leave for that post.
        Yours, truly,
                                                   SAM. F. TAPPAN,
                        Lieutenant Colonel First Cavalry of Colorado, Commanding Post.

    P. S.-General Brown has just arrived and reports that a train had been captured between Lyon and Larned, by 45 men.

Source:

United States. War Dept., United States. Record and Pension Office., United States. War Records Office., et al., "Red River Campaign," The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Prepared by The late Lieutenant Colonel Robert N. Scott, Third U. S. Artillery. Published Under the Direction of the Honorable Redfield Proctor, Secretary of War. By Major George B. Davis, U. S. Army, Mr. Leslie J. Perry, Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley, Board of Publication. Series I-Volume XXXIV-In Four Parts. Part IV-Correspondence, Etc. Washington: Government Printing Office. 1891. p. 252.