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Sperry, Eli, veteran, La Harpe; Swisher, James M., veteran, La Harpe; Tolman, Nathaniel C., veteran, Hamilton; Umshler, John, veteran, Wythe; Vandyke, John M., veteran, Hamilton ; Walters, David, veteran, Wythe; Williams, Seth T., veteran, Fountain Green; Waggoner, Jas- per B., veteran, Carthage; Williams, Anderson D., veteran, Fountain Green; Abbott, William, recruit, Carthage ; Anderson, Benj. G., recruit, Carthage ; Armstrong, Andrew, recruit, Hamil- ton ; Blackburn, James, recruit, Carthage; Beiry, Reuben T., recruit, Carthage; Blincoe, George W., recruit, Carthage; Bailey, George W., recruit, Carthage; Bradley, George H., re- cruit, Hamilton; Cheshire, Isaac F., recruit, Carthage; Culbertson, William C., recruit, El- vaston; Day, Hezekiah, recruit, Carthage; Dodge, Harlan P., recruit, Carthage; Eakins, George W., recruit, Warsaw; Fuller, John B., recruit, Carthage; Finley, John H., recruit, Chili; Garrison, William H., recruit, Fountain Green; House, Richard W., recruit, Hancock County ; Howard, Bennett, recruit, Carthage ; Jones, John, recruit, Hancock County ; Jacobs, John B., recruit, Carthage; Jacks, George W., recruit, Carthage ; Knapp, Chauncey E., recruit, Carthage; Layton, Jesse G., recruit, Carthage; McCune, James H., recruit, Carthage ; McCune, John W., recruit, Carthage; Neal, Hiram E., recruit, Carthage; Nelson, James V., recruit, Carthage; Payne, Henry J., recruit, Chili ; Post, Jacob, recruit, Hamilton; Robinson, Orestes, recruit, Carthage; Robb, James D., recruit, Car- thage; Rathbone, John E., recruit, Warsaw; Shipley, William T., recruit, Fountain Green ; Vest, Joseph, recruit, La Harpe; Waggoner, Jasper B., recruit, Carthage; Williams, James M., recruit, Carthage; Wilson, Charles S., re- cruit, Carthage; Walker, George H., recruit, Hamilton.
Company H-Beck, James E., veteran, Car- thage; Butcher, John M., veteran, Carthage ; Butcher, Bowman, veteran, Carthage; Butcher, Preston, veteran, Carthage; Crawford, John, veteran, Carthage; Cockerhaur, William, vet- eran, Carthage; Haney, Jolın, veteran, Car- thage; Knowles, Robert B., veteran, Carthage; Loveridge, Alfred G., veteran, Carthage; Mark- ham, Aaron J., veteran, Carthage; Markham, Archey, veteran, Carthage; Pate, Andrew J., veteran, Carthage; Smock, Samuel H., veteran, Carthage; Archer, Samuel H., veteran, Car- thage; Archer, John, recruit, Carthage.
Company K-Mullen, Sylvester, recruit, Car- thage.
Company L-Catlin, James K., first lieu- tenant, Augusta; Sexton, Edwin, corporal, Augusta ; Kinghorn, James, blacksmith, Augus- ta; Buck, Harvey S., private, Augusta ; Cook, Hiram W., private, Augusta; Currier, Darius A., private, Augusta ; Hawley, Orestes K., pri- vate, Augusta; Hesler, Francis M., private, Augusta ; Hawley, Giles C., private, Augusta ; Kimball, Henry M., private, Augusta; Swaze, Daniel W., private, Augusta ; Selden, Gideon, private, Augusta ; Stokes, William C., private, Augusta ; Working, Jacob M., private, Augusta ; Harris, James R., veteran, Warsaw; Allen, Stephen A., recruit, Augusta ; Bradford, James H., recruit, Carthage; Cranston, John, recruit, Carthage; Douglass, James A., recruit, Car- thage; Douglass, Joseph W., recruit, Carthage ; Douglass, Thomas C., recruit, Carthage.
Company L-Davis, Thomas J., recruit, Augusta ; Easum, John H., recruit, Carthage ; Goulty, Henry, recruit, Augusta ; Harris, James R., Sr., recruit, Hancock County ; Harris, James R., Jr., recruit, Hancock County ; Obert, Virgil A., recruit, Augusta ; Ray, Jacob, recruit, War- saw; Sweet, Abner B., recruit, Augusta.
Unassigned Recruits-Wilkes, William C., re- cruit, Carthage; White, George G., recruit, Fountain Green.
SECOND (CONSOLIDATED) CAVALRY REGIMENT
Field and Staff-Marsh, Benj. F., Jr., colonel, Warsaw; Marsh, Benj. F., Jr., lieutenant colonel, Warsaw; Simons, David C., q. m. ser- geant, Fountain Green.
Company D-Prentiss, George W., first lieu- tenant, Fountain Green; Day, Miles H., second lieutenant, Fountain Green.
THIRD CAVALRY
Company C-Harris, Levi H., private, War- saw ; Koeppen, George H., veteran-private, War- saw.
Company E-Putnam, William, recruit, St. Mary's.
Company F-Moore, Clay, recruit, Carthage.
THIRD (CONSOLIDATED) CAVALRY
Company K-Haussler, Herman, private, Hamilton ; Leadloff, Augustus, private, Sonora.
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Unassigned Recruits-Dondle, Andrew, re- cruit, Hamilton; Hind, John, recruit, Hamil- toll.
FOURTH CAVALRY
Company E-Cutler, William L., private, Plymouth.
FIFTH CAVALRY
Company E-Turner, James H., recruit, Pilot Grove.
Unassigned Recruits-Carter, John, recruit, Crooked Creek.
SIXTH CAVALRY
Company B-Evers, James R., recruit-veteran, Hamilton ; Hitchcock, Ira, recruit-veteran, Ham- ilton.
Unassigned Recruits-Howard, James, re- cruit. Augusta.
SEVENTH CAVALRY
Company A-Kendall, William H., recruit, Dallas.
Company B-Robb, David C., recruit, Hamil- ton.
Company C-Johnson, William W., recruit, Hamilton ; Johnson, Calvin M., recruit, Hamil- ton; Wolverton, Joseph G., recruit, Hamilton.
Company D-Booth, Thomas, recruit, Hamil- ton; Clayton, ' Stanford, recruit, Hamilton ; Howard, William H., recruit, Hamilton.
Company E-Griffin, David, veteran-recruit, Hamilton ; Hawkins, Homer, veteran-recruit, Hamilton ; Hawkins, James, veteran-recruit, Hamilton ; Osborne, Bennett, veteran-recruit, Hamilton.
Unassigned Recruits-James, William D., re- cruit, Hamilton.
NINTH CAVALRY
Company K-Bassett, Ferdinand, private, Hamilton.
TENTH CAVALRY
Company F-Roberts, James W., recruit, St. Mary's.
Company K-Klepper, Daniel, private, Chili.
ELEVENTH CAVALRY
Company C-Jones, Daniel H., recruit, La Harpe.
Company E-Brooks, Edward L., recruit, West Point; Smith, Henry D., recruit, West Point.
Company G-Vandiver, Nicholas, recruit, West Point.
Unassigned Recruits-Davis, John, recruit, Augusta ; Hall, Philander, recruit, Pilot Grove.
TWELFTH CAVALRY
Field and Staff-Fonda, John G., major, War- saw.
Company A-Dodge, John M., recruit, Hamil- ton.
Company G-Williams, Westley C., sergeant, Carthage; Fuller, Derrick, sergeant, Basco; Wethersolt, William, corporal, Basco; Potter, Henry, corporal, Hamilton; Taylor, Jesse, cor- poral, Webster; Bull, Albert, bugler, Augusta ; Albertson, William, private, Basco; Albertson, Marion, private, Basco ; Bassett, Henry, private, Basco ; Bassett, Lemuel, private, Basco; Boone, Edwin, private, Warsaw; Bull, Delantes, pri- vate, Augusta ; Decker, Andrew, private, Augus- ta; Ewing, Addison B., private, Basco; Ellis, John, private, Hancock County; Fuller, Rus- sell G., private, Basco; Glass, Adam B., private, Webster ; Hutton, John, private, Basco; Lyon, Thomas J., private, Webster ; Morning, Joel W., private, Basco; Morning, John S., private, Bas- co; More, Nathan, private, Basco; Miner, George, private, Basco; McMahon, Owen, pri- vate, Augusta ; Miller, John, private, Webster ; Matthews, Phineas, private, Pilot Grove; Pit- ney, Imri, private, Augusta ; Richards, Augus- tus A., private, Basco; Robison, John C., pri- vate, Webster; Renshaw, James, private, St. Albans; Reardan, Patrick, private, Warsaw; Sanders, Samuel S., private, Basco; Shawl, Prior, private, Basco; Wyman, Horace, private, Pilot Grove; Wyman, Cyrus, private, Pilot Grove; Wilson, John, private, Pilot Grove; West, Edwin B., private, Augusta ; Bourne, Ed- win, veteran, Warsaw; Taylor, Jesse W., vet- eran, Webster; Ailshire, Orlando, recruit, Car- thage; Burch, Elia, recruit, Webster; Claprott, John, recruit, Warsaw; Kelley, Leonidas, re- cruit, Hamilton ; Mickel, Elder Clark, recruit, Augusta ; Newell, Marquis D. L., recruit, War- saw; Parsons, George, recruit, Pilot Grove; Reece, Russell, recruit, Hamilton ; Stewart, Ed.
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T., recruit, Hamilton ; Shinn, Albert C., recruit, Warsaw ; Thompson, Thomas, recruit, Webster.
Company L-Church, Francis A., private, La Harpe; Landis, Joseph, private, La Harpe.
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Company M-Rogers, Jesse C., second lieu- tenant, Durham; Bickford, Franklin, private, Pontoosuc ; Belts, George W., private, Dallas; Cheney, Nathan, private, Nauvoo; Fordice, James R., private, Chili ; Hasse, Joseplı, private, Pontoosuc; Jones, Winfield, private, La Harpe ; McMellan, John A., private, Pilot Grove; Pot- ter, William L., private, Durham; Pagitt, James N., private, Nauvoo; Phelps, James, private, Hancock County ; Rogers, Jesse P. or C., pri- vate, Durham ; Stump, Henry, private, Nauvoo; Stevens, Benjamin E., private, St. Albans ; Smiddy, Andrew J., private, Durham ; Thomp- son, Gideon, private, Durham; Wilcox, Wilbur F., private, Durham; Warrington, Theodore, private, Nauvoo; Wiley, Arthur, private, So- nora ; Yates, James C., private, Durham.
Unassigned Recruits-Shirk, Franklin S., re- cruit, Hamilton.
TWELFTH ( CONSOLIDATED) CAVALRY
Company H-Rodgers, Jesse C., second lieu- tenant, Durham.
THIRTEENTH (CONSOLIDATED) CAVALRY
Company D-Craig, Joseph, private, Hamil- ton ; Johnson, Isaac M., private, Hamilton.
FOURTEENTH CAVALRY
Company A-Hilliard, Zeno, private, Hancock County.
Company C-Kirkham, John, private, War- saw.
Company D-Hickman, Thomas A., corporal, Warsaw.
Company K-Clark, William, private, Tioga. Unassigned Recruits-Andrews, John, recruit, La Harpe; Bolinger, James W., recruit, La Harpe ; Frank, Job, recruit, La Harpe.
SIXTEENTH CAVALRY
Company E-Seibel, Edward M., captain, Warsaw.
Company I, Silver, Hartwell, captain, War- saw ; Silver, Hartwell, first lieutenant, Warsaw ; Silver, Hartwell, second lieutenant, Warsaw ;
Silver, Hartwell, first sergeant, Warsaw ; Butler, Henry, corporal, Warsaw; Lehane, John, cor- poral, Warsaw; Snow, Joseph L., Wagoner, Warsaw; Butler, Garrett, private, Warsaw ; Durand, Robert H., private, Warsaw; Little, John, private, Warsaw; Reed, Clark, private, Warsaw ; Yeager, Samuel, private, Warsaw.
Company K-Ellis, James B., private, Augus- ta ; Lane, James W., private, Carthage; Leger- wood, Newton, private, Augusta ; Mckinley, Daniel, private, Augusta ; Pannock, Taylor, pri- vate, Augusta.
Company L-Leach, Thomas, private, Augus- ta.
SEVENTEENTH CAVALRY
Company F-Delate, Laurin W., private, West Point ; Davis, Edward H., private, West Point ; Delate, William D., private, West Point; Phi- fer, John W., private, West Point.
Company M-Fordyce, James R., private, Chili ; Carver, Mellen, recruit, West Point; Har- vey, Albert, recruit, West Point.
SECOND ARTILLERY
Battery A-Jackson, John, recruit, Appa- noose; Seigrist, Adolph, recruit, Appanoose ; Truthard, John, recruit, Appanoose.
Battery G-Cade, George C., recruit, Hamil- ton ; Condit, Edgar M., recruit, Hamilton ; Keg- win, Horace, recruit, Hamilton; Pike, Warren, private, Hamilton; Tilden, Frederick M., re- cruit, Hamilton ; Tate, William, private, Hamil- ton.
Battery H-Baker, David C., private, Dal- las; Brazelton, Thomas, private, Dallas ; Hild- rick, Edward, private, Dallas; Kendall, George W., private, Dallas; Ward, William, private, Dallas; West, Isaac, private, Dallas; Sickal, Francis M., veteran-sergeant, Augusta ; Fair- childs, Silas W., veteran-corporal, Augusta ; Avery, Joseph, veteran-private, Augusta ; Baker, David C., veteran-private, Dallas; Brazelton, Thomas, veteran-private, Dallas; Hildrick, Ed- ward, veteran-private, Dallas; Lisher, Oliver, veteran-private, Augusta ; Mills, Western F., veteran-private, Augusta ; Mills, Albert N., vet- eran-private, Augusta; West, Isaac, veteran- private, Dallas ; Avery, Marquis, recruit, Augus- ta ; Dean, James H., recruit, Plymouth ; Mills, Leonard F., recruit, Plymouth.
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HENSHAW'S BATTERY
Longan, Thomas, private, Nauvoo.
TWENTY-NINTH REGIMENT U. S. COLORED INFANTRY
Company D-Turpin, James, recruit, St. Mary's.
THIRTEENTH KANSAS INFANTRY
Wilson, Francis M., Hancock County.
FIRST ARMY CORPS
Enlisted Men of Company No. 1, assigned to Company A, Second Regiment United States Veteran Volunteers-Aurand, George W., pri- vate, West Point; Bowker, Homer H., private, West Point; Hayes, Charles G., private, West Point; Hazlitt, Hood, private, West Point; Murphy, Thomas, private, West Point.
Enlisted men of Company No. 3, assigned to Co. H, Second Regiment U. S. Veteran Volun- teers-Hesler, Francis M., private, Augusta ; Hayes, Alexander, private, Wythe.
Enlisted Men of Company No. 4, assigned to Company B, Fourth U. S. Veteran Volunteers- Dusher, William O., - -, Augusta.
Enlisted Men of Company No. 6-Lutman, Isaac W., - -, Durham; Wilson, John H., , Pilot Grove.
Enlisted Men of Company No. 9, assigned to Company D, Sixtlı Regiment U. S. Veteran Vol- unteers-Karuertz, William, - Durham ; Smith, Albert C., -, Appanoose.
Recruits for Regular Army-Bates, Joseph, 13th U. S. Infantry, St. Albans; Martin, John, 13th U. S. Infantry, Dallas.
BLACK HAWK CAVALRY, LATER KNOWN AS SEVENTH MISSOURI CAVALRY
Although this was a Missouri regiment, it contained five companies recruited in Hancock County, Illinois, one of them being Co. F, of which Thomas C. Miller of Carthage, Illinois, was Captain.
The following has been prepared for this his- tory by Mrs. Laura Miller Noyes of Carthage, Illinois, daughter of Capt. Miller, from journals kept by Capt. Miller while in the service, from the muster rolls of Co. F, from letters from Dr. W. D. Foster of Kansas City, Missouri, who
was assistant surgeon of the regiment until the regiment was mustered out, and from letters from the soldiers taken from the Carthage papers of that time.
An incomplete list of the officers of the five companies is here given, together with the mus- ter roll of Co. F, followed by interesting his- torical matters concerning the regiment, and particularly the Hancock County companies.
Company A. Warsaw-Milton H. Brawner, captain ; - Bunner, first lieutenant ; Anderson, second lieutenant; Henry C. Thomp- son, sergeant.
Company B. Augusta-Eliphalet Bredett, cap- tain ; Hesekiah Stait, first lieutenant; Robt. M. Young, second lieutenant.
Lieutenants in this company commissioned later were: James Brackenridge, Mar. 29, '62; Daniel A. Thatcher, May 14, '62.
Three other members of the company were: O. A. Warner, Thomas Wilson, James Ledger- wood.
Company E. Warsaw-George Rockwell, captain ; Skee, first lieutenant.
Company F. Carthage-Thomas C. Miller, captain ; Jas. C. McQuary, first lieutenant ; H. Perham, second lieutenant ; Jos. M. Wightman, first sergeant.
Company G. St. Marys-W. A. Martin, cap- tain ; Francis M. Davis, first lieutenant ; Henry J. Whitney, second lieutenant.
Lieutenants of this company who were pro- moted later were: R. M. Elliott, Sept. 23, '62; John S. Kirkpatrick, Sept. 23, '62; A. S. Mont- gomery, Nov. 1, '63.
The Regimental Officers were: First, Col. Bishop, Black Hawk Cavalry ; Second, Col. Hus- ton, 7th Mo. Cavalry; Lieut. Col. Chandler ; Major McKee; Major Brawner, promoted fron Co. A; Major Bredett, promoted from Co. B; Major Spellman, promoted from Captain; Dr. E. P. Smith, Surgeon ; Dr. W. D. Foster, Assist- ant Surgeon.
Other officers of this regiment we find men- tioned were: Capt. McKee, Capt. Hackney, Capt. Kinslow, Capt. Hawks, Capt. Winters, Capt. Loring, Capt. Love, Capt. Humphry, Lieut. Preble, Lieut. DeWolf, Sergt. Henry C. Thomp- son and Chaplain Stevenson.
We have no records of the names of non-com- missioned officers and privates of any of these companies except Co. F from Carthage. These we take from a muster-roll of the company, the men being recruited from time to time and not
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all original members. In addition to the offi- cers given above we find the following names: Sergeants : George Abbott, George P. Brown, Philander Powell, Wm. Hudkins, John Som- merville, Miron C. Chaffee, James N. Herbert, Jackson F. Perry, Edward J. Doran. Cor- porals : John B. Donley, Andrew Rymer, Wil- liam E. Hill, Edward Stiffler, Hiram Tennyhill, John G. Robinson, Benjamin Robinson, John Wild. Buglers : Patrick Gannon, John C. West- brooks, Wm. T. Waggoner. Blacksmith : James D. Burnham. Farrier: John F. Clokey. Pri- vates : James Anderson, Philip Bond, James Crupper, Benjamin B. Cason, Samuel Duncan, William H. Fox, Jasper Hudkins, Wilfred Mc- Kee, George G. Street, Nathaniel Cobb, Lewal- len J. Andrew, Alvin Grant, Thomas Eaton, George W. Phillips, Sidney Proctor, William D. Foster, M. D., John Graham, Stephen Parsons, Levi Starkey, Nathaniel P. McKee, Charles Grant, Reeder Sweeney, Robert M. Ewing, Wil- liam D. Westbrooks, Ellison Miller, John Bur- ton, A. E. Boude, Peter Ashbaum, Joseph Bragg, Andrew Creeks, William Chadsey, William A. Doffner, John N. Fox, Ira Jackson, Cathimer C. Robinson, Samuel Siegfried, John Huston, Charles E. Plaisted, Simeon Harris, Joseph Lynn, William H. Gill, John A. Warrington, Richard Chamberlain, William Howe, Abram Shoup, William L. Smith, Samuel Troutman, John W. Turner, Thomas Ford, James W. La- tam, Peter H. Dewald, William Boothman, Robert Mclaughlin, William Moore, John Scruggs, John N. Browning, James Creeks, Charles Baird (Hyslop), Anthony Fricker, Thomas Graham, Charles E. Kettle, Leonard Card, Jacob W. Sharp, John Raikin, William B. Cockern, Thomas Jones, Lucien Parker, Ben- jamin E. Stephens, Abram Slingerland, Cyrus Eaton (left sick near Huntsville, in March, 1863), James Wallis, Foster Wood, Jacob Good- enough, Alden Moore, Lott Kerby, Samuel Tay- lor, Alfred Boothman, Salyus Melker, Jonathan Roberts.
These Hancock County companies joined the Black Hawk Cavalry regiment (formerly the N. E. Missouri regiment) under command of Col. Wm. Bishop, at Warsaw, Illinois, in August and September, 1861. They remained in camp at Warsaw till Nov. 9th, when they crossed the river into Missouri in response to a call from the people of Alexandria that about 400 "Sesech" were coming to attack them. The rebels, however, did not come. The regiment
camped near Alexandria till Nov. 25th, when they were ordered to Macon City, Mo. They were stationed at this place all winter, sending out numerous scouting parties, and bringing in many prisoners, fire-arms and ammunition- from one to one hundred bags of powder at a time. Many of the prisoners acknowledged they were lying in ambush for federals.
One happy day at Macon City was Sunday, Jan. 26, 1862, when Co. F. received from the "Good Templars" at home a big box of good things, both to eat and to wear. When many of the gifts had been distributed as marked, one man discovered, near the bottom of the box, a flag. "By George, boys," he said, "here is a flag-a flag. Let's see it-bring it out, Cap- tain." And when it was unfurled they gave three rousing cheers, for the flag and the ladies of Carthage.
While at Macon City, on March 20, 1862, the Black Hawk Cavalry was consolidated with the 22nd Mo. Cavalry and called the 7th Cav., Mo. Vols., much against the wishes of the Illinois men. This consolidated regiment was com- manded by Col. Daniel Huston of the U. S. regulars, and a graduate of West Point. He had been in the regular service for 25 years and was said to be "a soldier, practically and theoretically."
On May 9, 1862, the regiment marched across the country and crossed the Missouri river and went into camp at Boonville, May 13, 1862.
On May 20th they had orders to march to Lexington, reaching that place Sat., May 24, and camped on the battle-ground where Col. Mulligan had surrendered a few months pre- vious ; the trees full of bullet holes ; remains of dead horses all over the ground and graves in every direction. From here many scouting par- ties were sent out bringing in bushwhackers as prisoners, killing some. Company F was camped in the court-house yard as 'a guard for the town. On July 4th the union ladies of . Lexington presented the Regiment with a fine flag. July Sth Capt. Humphry was wounded, on his way to Harrisonville, the third Captain of the Regiment to be wounded since camping at Lexington.
The battle of Independence, in which this Regiment engaged, was fought on Aug. 11, 1862.
On Aug. 15th Maj. Foster, with 750 men and two pieces of artillery, started on a scout. Soon after starting the Major sent Capt. Miller with 24 men to Columbus and Chapel Hill. At Co-
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lumbus they ran in 6 enemy pickets. Three miles further on they were fired on by enemy pickets. They had a camp of about 250 who tried to take the little scouting party, but after a running fight all afternoon the scout got away without the loss of a single man, after riding about 60 miles. The next day was fought the battle of Lone Jack which Lieut. McQuary de- scribes in a letter to the Carthage Republican, as follows :
From Carthage Republican-Aug. 28, 1862. "Interesting Letter from Missouri "Lexington, Mo., Aug. 19, 1862. "Editor Carthage Republican :
"Permit me through your columns, to give a short sketch of one of the most hotly contested fights that has ever occurred in the State of Missouri.
"On Friday morning, 15th inst., at 1 o'clock, the assembly call was sounded in the camp. We were all up with arms in hand on our respective company parade ground instantly, where we received orders to be ready, with three days' rations, to march at 5 o'clock, A. M. According to orders, we left camp with 750 cavalry men and 2 pieces of artillery, under command of Major Foster of the 6th Missouri Regiment of State Militia. We marched until 1 o'clock, P. M., without halting, only just to water, a distance uf 35 miles, near a town called Lone Jack, in Jackson county, where we ran on the pickets of the enemy; they, on our approach, wheeled and ran. We continued our advance through the town for three-fourths of a mile, when we were fired upon by their pickets again. We came to a halt, dismounted, and drew up in line of battle, and advanced slowly, sending two rounds of grape after them. But we re- ceived no answer. The night being dark, the country strange, and the command all tired, we fell back to town, where we foraged our horses and threw ourselves down on the ground, except a heavy picket guard, and all was quiet except the grinding of the horses' teeth.
"At 3 o'clock, A. M., Saturday the 16th, the reveille was sounded, and all hands were up feeding their horses and eating their dry crackers for breakfast. At four o'clock the or- der was given to fall into line-that the pickets were coming and the enemy with them. There were about 3,000 of them. They attacked us on every side-as they could come within 50 yards of us on three sides. We used the can- non on them until 30 out of 36 of the can-
noneers were shot down. We at the same time gave them our minnie balls as fast as 600 men could load and fire. They took our cannon three times, but on account of our heavy fire they could not take them off, and we charged on them and recovered them every time, with a heavy loss of life and wounded. The fight lasted six hours. They retreated back out of range of our guns, and we, leaving our dead and wounded on the field, with 32 men and two surgeons to attend them, left the field and started for Lexington, leaving the cannon on the field, one of them spiked and the other dismounted, thinking that five to one was too many. Our loss was 50 killed, 125 wounded, and some missing, which the enemy took pris-
oners. The enemy's loss was 400 killed, wounded, and missing. The prisoners we took say it was the hardest fought battle they ever saw. There are a great many of them that say they were in all the principal battles fought in Missouri last year.
"There is nobody at home now except very old men, women and children. The most of the rebels that had come forward and taken the oath and given bonds for their loyalty to the United States, have gone into the war again.
"There was in this hard-fought battle five companies of the 7th Cav. Mo. Vol., commanded as follows: Co. A, commanded by Capt. Braw- ner and 2nd Lieut. Anderson; Co. C, com- manded by Capt. Spellman, 1st Lieut. Combs, and 2nd Lieut. Boswell, who was shot dead at his post; Co. E, commanded by 1st Lieut. Skee, who was wounded in the neck during the fore part of the engagement, but not seriously ; Co. F, a detachment of 24 men sent out under Capt. Miller, to reconnoiter. But he could not get to the battle ground for we kept a continual fire upon him with the cannon, thinking it was a squad of the enemy's cavalry, though he did some of the best charging upon the rebels that was done, taking eight prisoners and relieving 30 of our men that they had taken from us. The balance of Co. F was in my command. I had two men killed and eight wounded. Co. I was commanded by 2nd Lieut. Baker, who was badly but not fatally wounded.
"The killed out of my command were Nathaniel O. Cobb-whose family resides near Pilot Grove he was a brave and good soldier, and I hope the citizens of Hancock will assist the bereaved family; and John Huston, a good and brave young man, who was at the time of
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his enlistment living in Carthage with Mr. Henry Bowers. He was as brave and dutiful a soldier as there is in the service. The wounded are as follows : Isaiah Creeks, left thigh broken ; Charles H. Grant, badly in right hip; John Gra- ham, in arm, neck and leg, but slightly. These are all that are wounded from Hancock county and near Carthage.
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