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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book III:—the Third winter. (search)
ounds the Arkansas Valley on the north. On the evening of the 24th he at last overtook the bulk of Shelby's column, but the latter escaped him during the night, and, though he pursued him very closely, he could not prevent him from recrossing the Arkansas on the 27th in the vicinity of Clarksville. A large portion of the Confederate forces had dispersed during this hasty retreat. Not being able to follow the track of the others, McNeil moved toward Fort Smith, which he reached on the 30th of October with about six hundred men. The remainder of his troops returned to Missouri, where his presence was required to keep down the partisans whose boldness had been revived by Shelby's daring raid. One of their chiefs, Colonel Love, had already signalized himself on the 3d of November by capturing a small post near Waynesville, when the return of some Federal soldiers happened to interrupt his plans and compelled his band to disperse. Quantrell, on his part, had availed himself of the r