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Gettysburg (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
sburg, with between eight or ten thousand prisoners, fifty to sixty pieces of artillery, small arms for fifteen thousand men, and large quantities of quartermaster's, commissary and ordnance stores. The Mississippi River is now open to navigation from St. Paul to the Gulf of Mexico. The fall of Vicksburg and Port Hudson cuts the Confederacy nearly through the middle, and the leaders of the rebellion must now see that their cause is utterly hopeless. We have broken the enemy's lines from Gettysburg to Cabin Creek this month, and unless some of our military commanders make a series of great blunders, the destruction of all the rebel armies cannot be delayed longer than a year or so. Those who have predicted that the war for the Union would be a failure, should now begin to see their mistake if they do not desire it to be a failure. There will no doubt be as hard fighting yet as we have already had; for since the enemy holds no strong position in the west, he can use all his forces i
Arkansas (Arkansas, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
re attention than I have hitherto done to the operations of our troops along the border counties of Missouri. Kansas and Arkansas. A small party of our soldiers who have just arrived from Neosho and Carthage in southwest Missouri, report that the country as well as the enemy. Colonel Cloud, with most of his regiment, the Second Kansas cavalry, and two or three Arkansas regiments, were at Cassville on the 18th instant, and are expected to move south towards Fayetteville and Van Buren in o spare a force sufficient to re-occupy and hold Fayetteville, Arkansas. After the withdrawal of our troops from northwestern Arkansas several months ago, our position at Fort Blunt has been much more difficult to hold than it was before Colonel Harrison left Fayetteville, for, as I have already stated, the enemy have been able to direct all his forces in western Arkansas and the Indian country against the division of Colonel Phillips. Colonel Blair, the Post Commander, has just received a
Missouri (Missouri, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
contests between the State Militia and guerrilas in Southwest Missouri guerrilla warfare leads to retaliation and personaltions Colonel Crittenden, commanding the Militia in Southwest Missouri, after the enemy Colonel Cloud on the march to Fayethe operations of our troops along the border counties of Missouri. Kansas and Arkansas. A small party of our soldiers who have just arrived from Neosho and Carthage in southwest Missouri, report that the militia are actively engaged in that seir sample of the manner in which the war is carried on in Missouri by the enemy. It sometimes leads to bloody retaliation, lled, has operated in Newton, Jasper and Barton counties, Missouri, since early in the war. Our troops have had a great manyebel citizens say that Colonel Coffey is expected in southwest Missouri soon, to take command of Livingston's force. But he are not so many of our troops along the southern line of Missouri as there were during the latter part of the winter; but I
Granby, Mo. (Missouri, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
place, give more attention than I have hitherto done to the operations of our troops along the border counties of Missouri. Kansas and Arkansas. A small party of our soldiers who have just arrived from Neosho and Carthage in southwest Missouri, report that the militia are actively engaged in that section in fighting and chasing bushwhackers and guerrillas. Scarcely a day passes that a contest does not take place between the belligerent parties. On the 13th instant a man was killed near Granby. It was at first supposed that he was murdered by some of the Missouri militia stationed at Newtonia or Neosho. He had been out harvesting, and shortly after returning home in the evening, two men, supposed to have been bushwhackers, rode up, and claiming to belong to the Seventh Missouri militia, called him out, shot him down, and then quickly left. This is a fair sample of the manner in which the war is carried on in Missouri by the enemy. It sometimes leads to bloody retaliation, for
Fort Scott (Kansas, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
Chapter 18: The battalion of the Sixth Kansas cavalry to remain at Fort Scott a few weeks news of the battle of Gettysburg and surrender of Vicksburg and Port Hudson remarks on the progress of the Federal arms backbone of the Confederacy broken frequent contests between the State Militia and guerrilas in Southwest Missouri guerrilla warfare leads to retaliation and personal grudges Major Livingston, the guerrilla leader, killed by the Missouri Militia remarks on the nature oFederal troops complete rout of the enemy and capture of one piece of artillery, colors and prisoners General Cabell came up after the battle was over. The train and escort, composed of the battalion of the Sixth Kansas cavalry, arrived at Fort Scott July 14th. We shall remain here a few weeks, subject to the orders of Major Blair, the Post Commander. In the meantime, the dismounted men of the battalion will be remounted upon fresh animals, and those who have brought their horses through
Honey Springs (Oklahoma, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
nden, commanding the Militia in Southwest Missouri, after the enemy Colonel Cloud on the march to Fayetteville General Blunt attacks General Cooper's army at Honey Springs preparations for the battle furious charge of the Federal troops complete rout of the enemy and capture of one piece of artillery, colors and prisoners Genps. Colonel Blair, the Post Commander, has just received a despatch from General Blunt, stating that he attacked and routed the forces of General Cooper at Honey Springs, on Elk Creek, twenty-five miles south of Fort Gibson, last Friday morning, July 17th. A detachment of about twenty men came through from Fort Blunt with despatches and the mail. Nearly all these men were in the engagement at Honey Springs. I have therefore talked with several of them, to get the particulars of the battle. General Blunt reached Fort Gibson on the 11th, two days after we met him at Cabin Creek. He rested the cavalry and artillery that he took down with him for four
Stockton, Cedar Co., Mo. (Missouri, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
s almost a miracle should intervene in its behalf, those rebels who were counting upon the confiscation of the property of Union prisoners with so much self-satisfaction, are perhaps beginning to regret their hasty actions. They perhaps also regret that they have frequently been so forward in pointing out the property of Union citizens for seizure by the rebel armies. Information reached this post the 16th, which is regarded as reliable, that Livingston was killed about two days ago at Stockton, sixty miles southeast of here,. by the Missouri State militia. It seems that Livingston was leading a charge of about two hundred and fifty men against a small force of the militia posted in a brick house, and that when the enemy came within range of their carbines, they delivered a volley into them, killing Livingston and three or four of his men, besides wounding several. The rebels, after the loss of their leader, retreated, and will not likely be so troublesome in that section very s
Honey Spring (Texas, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
ch continued to watch the movements of the enemy, discovered General Cabell coming in sight with a large force of about three thousand men, about four o'clock in the afternoon. The enemy whom we had fought in the morning, having received large reinforcements, General Blunt expected that they would return and attack him that evening or the next morning. But they did not. Nor did they retreat further South after General Cabell came up. General Blunt called the engagement the battle of Honey spring, as that was the name. of General Cooper's camp on Elk Creek. The First Kansas colored infantry and the Sixth Kansas cavalry suffered most in killed and wounded on our side; though all our troops that participated, behaved with the utmost coolness during the entire battle. The Sixth Kansas cavalry suffered more than the rest of our cavalry on account of having been assigned to the task of turning the enemy's left flank, which they did handsomely by sweeping down upon them in a saber c
Tennessee (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
plenty. It would be difficult to find four companies that have seen harder service than this battalion during the last year. Coming here is almost like entering a new world. News reaches us of the operations of our armies in the east, in Tennessee and along the Mississippi River, of not more than two days old. We have just heard of the great battle of Gettysburg, in Pennsylvania, on the 1st, 2d and 3d instant, and the defeat of the rebel army under General Lee; and of the capture of Vick annoyance to such divisions of our armies as are occupying advanced positions. And he may also be able to make cavalry raids far into the rear of our armies. To keep our lines of communication open from the Ohio River to the southern line of Tennessee and central Mississippi, is no small task for our troops. While the enemy in Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, are not hampered in their movements by defending important points, our troops are occupying so much of their territory that they wil
Texas (Texas, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
s. Soldiers should always, as far as practicable, be allowed to replenish their stores of force before going into battle. The weather was quite warm, and a night march had much fatigued the infantry, so that they required food and rest before engaging the enemy. After his troops had lunched, and rested a short time, General Blunt formed them into two columns for making the attack.. The right, under Colonel W. R. Judson, of the Sixth Kansas cavalry, was to move forward to the right of the Texas road, and the left, under Colonel W. A. Phillips, was to move forward to the left of the road. The whole force, cavalry, infantry, and artillery, marched in columns of companies up to within a quarter of a mile of the enemy's position in the woods, and then came into line on the right and left of the road, and halted for a moment. While General Blunt with his staff and escort were examining the position of the enemy, one of their sharp shooters wounded one of the General's escorts. The ca
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