Browsing named entities in The Daily Dispatch: August 26, 1862., [Electronic resource]. You can also browse the collection for Quantrel or search for Quantrel in all documents.

Your search returned 4 results in 1 document section:

The Daily Dispatch: August 26, 1862., [Electronic resource], Later from the North. (search)
Louis, Aug. 13. --A fight took place west of Warrensburg on Friday last, in which three thousand guerrillas, under Quantrel and Hughes used up eight hundred State militia, commanded by Major Emory S. Foster, mortally wounding the latter. Thyesterday that a fight had occurred on Friday last near Lexington between about 200 Federal troops and the guerrillas of Quantrel, Hays, and Hughes's gang, in which the Federal were defeated; but no official advices have yet been received. Passeetween parts of Colonels Phillips's and Crittenden's regiments of State troops, 850 strong, and about 3,000 rebels under Quantrel and other guerrilla chiefs, resulting in the defeat of the State forces, with a loss of 200 killed and wounded and two phe place certain. The gunboat Mercier is also here, which can do valuable service in case of an attack. Some of Quantrel's general orders have been found near here. They asked all persons wishing to escape being dratted into the Federal arm