Louisville Journal, February 26.
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upon their pickets, which, after a short skirmish, were driven in, and chased at a smart gallop into the town, in time to intercept the prisoners named.
The infantry coming up a half an hour afterward were posted on the bank of the river, and as soon as it was daylight fired upon their camp, wounding two or three, when the rest of the rebels broke and fled.
Major Thompson, being unable to cross the river in time to make a successful pursuit, returned to Sedalia with his prisoners, whom he brought to St. Louis on Thursday, on their way to Alton.
They were Brig.-Gen. Price, Col. C. Dorsey, Major Cross, and Capt. Inge.
Van Nostrand. New York, New York. 1862.
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