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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore), 1861 , July
July 22.
The Confederate States Congress appointed a day of thanksgiving for the victory at Manassas, and deeply deplored the necessity which has washed the soil of our country with the blood of so many of her sons. --(Doc. 113.)
General Sweeney's command dispersed a band of one hundred and fifty rebels stationed at Forsythe, Mo., and took possession of the town.
Five of the rebels were killed and several wounded.
Three of the Federal troops were slightly wounded, but none killed.
The first and second stories of the court-house were filled with blankets, provisions, camp equipage, etc., which, together with two tons of lead found in a well, and other articles secreted in different parts of the town, in all valued between eighteen and twenty thousand dollars, fell into the hands of General Sweeney.--N. Y. Times, July 30.--(Doc. 133.)
Quartermaster-Sergeant Whitney of the Vermont Regiment, was shot this morning by the rebels at Newport News, only a short distance from
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 2. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 150 (search)
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133.-attack on Forsythe, Missouri, July 22, 1861.
Springfield, Mo., Wednesday, July 24, 1861.
Last Saturday 1,200 men were detailed, under Gen. Sweeney, to break up a secession camp located at Forsythe — a point about fifty miles south of this, and situated at or near the foot of the Ozark Mountains.
Monday, at starting, we were thirty miles from Forsythe, having only made twenty miles in the two days previous, owing to heavy rains and the consequent almost impassable character Forsythe — a point about fifty miles south of this, and situated at or near the foot of the Ozark Mountains.
Monday, at starting, we were thirty miles from Forsythe, having only made twenty miles in the two days previous, owing to heavy rains and the consequent almost impassable character of the mountain roads.
However, the day was cool, and the men pushed forward with a vigor that brought them to their destination at 2 P. M. of the same day.
Our command was composed of Companies C and D, Dragoons, under Capt. Stanley, a section of Capt. Totten's battery, under charge of Lieut. Sokalski, five hundred of the First Iowa regiment, under Lieut.-Col. Merritt, and a balance made up of mounted Kansas Volunteers, under Capt. Wood, and Second Kansas Infantry, under Col. Mitchell.
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