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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 3: military operations in Missouri and Kentucky. (search)
. A squadron of cavalry, called the Prairie scouts, one hundred and eighty strong, under Major Frank J. White, surprised this party by a bold dash, October 16. dispersed them, made nearly seventy ofles north of Springfield, Oct. 23, 1861. he sent the combined cavalry forces of Zagonyi and Major White (led by the former), to reconnoiter the position of the Confederates at the latter place, witpe in the face of bullets that fly thick as hail. At the same moment fifty Irish dragoons of Major White's squadron, led by Captain McNaughton, fall upon the foe, and away scampers almost the entiresounded like thunder. This action is a noble example to the army. An accident occurred to Major White and prevented his being in this action. He had sickened on the way and been compelled to lagg its advance in Missouri. Other detachments of cavalry from Fremont's army, besides those of White and Zagonyi, had been operating against the Confederates during the march of the main body. One