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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore) 7 1 Browse Search
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road. We reached there at twenty minutes past four the next morning, and found the steamer Dove, Captain Erwin, in readiness to move. A detachment from the Eighth Missouri cavalry at that post, numbering forty-five men, under command of Captain J. L. Matthews, reported to me on the boat at twenty minutes past six, and we immediately put off up the river. The gunboat Covington proceeded with us by the mutual wish of the captain of the transport and of Lieutenant G. P. Lord, commanding the guhis fact I discovered very soon, and immediately ordered the cavalry detachment to pursue at their utmost speed, which was done. It appeared that he turned off the Jacksonport road toward McCoy's, one of his places of resort, to which place Captain Matthews pursued him. He, however, escaped. Beyond Fitzhugh's, we came upon one of their camps, which appeared to have been suddenly abandoned, and where, also, we found and appropriated, as far as we needed, a wagon-load of hams. We also gained
re engaged, attests the danger which they so gallantly faced. Captain Lawton had his horse killed, and received a slight wound in the leg. Lieutenant-Colonel Pair, in command of the Thirty-eighth, had his arm shot off, near the shoulder, and Major Matthews was severely, it is feared mortally, wounded. Colonel Evans, commanding the Thirty-first regiment, received a slight flesh wound; and a number of other officers were killed and wounded, as appears by the annexed list. Early in the action, and J. Crawford, 5; non-commissioned officers and privates, 25. Total, 36. Thirty-Eighth Regiment Georgia Volunteers.--Killed: Captains McClusky and Jones, 2; non-commissioned officers and privates, 52. Wounded: Lieutenant-Colonel Parr, Major Matthews, Lieutenants Phillips and Marable, 4; non-commissioned officers and privates, 114. Total, 172. Thirty-first Regiment Georgia Volunteers.--Killed: Non-commissioned officers and privates, 29. Wounded: Lieutenants Johnson, Harrison, Bozeman