Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3.
Henry Coppee , LL.D., Ed.

The latter, without losing a moment's time, starts in pursuit of him through that labyrinth, with all the windings of which he is well acquainted. On the morning of the 27th he is on the track of the Confederates, who, that they may avoid the impassable lagoons of Little River, are obliged to make a wide detour to the westward in order to reach Dallas. On his side, General Vandever tries to cut off their retreat, and on the same day inflicts some losses upon them at the passage of White Water River, one of the tributaries of Little River. But, afraid of venturing into this difficult region, he holds back and restrains the fiery McNeil, so that the latter arrives first at the ford of Castor River, then at Bloomfield, a few hours after the rear-guard of the enemy, and each time too late to attack him. On the evening of the 29th, McNeil, at the head of two brigades of cavalry, resumes the pursuit in the direction of St. Francisville, which Marmaduke has been following in order to reach, with the greatest possible speed, the river St. Francis, beyond which the Confederates will be safe. McNeil overtakes him on the morning of the 30th, and presses him sharply; several times his cavalry charges and drives the rear-guard of the enemy in disorder, but the latter finally succeeds in escaping him. On the 2d of May the last cannonshots are exchanged between the two parties from both sides of the St. Francis; on the following day Marmaduke is once more in Arkansas. He never appeared again in Missouri, and the tranquillity of that State was scarcely ever disturbed afterward, the seat of war being gradually transferred far away from its frontiers. During the ensuing months, to which we shall have no occasion to recur, there is scarcely a mention of any skirmish between the small Union detachments and the Confederate partisan bands: one only took place in the districts which have been in dispute since the beginning of the war. On the 28th of May the Southerners obtained a slight advantage along the borders of Little Black River, between Martinsburg and Rives' Store. The other encounters took place north of the Missouri River, where, on all sides, as has already been shown, the inhabitants were organizing in companies of foot or mounted militia, who carried