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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—the first autumn. (search)
ion of them, directing them to meet him in the south-western part of the State, which was his usual rallying-point. In thus keeping close to the Arkansas frontier he secured the cooperation of McCulloch, who was still in that State. It was necessary to act with promptness, for the Federals threatened to press him closely. While Fremont was gathering his forces and Sturgis was preparing to cross the Missouri, Lane sent some mounted troops to harass Price's rear. Consequently, on the 24th of September, a Confederate detachment which occupied the pass of the Osage at Osceola was surprised and put to flight by a party of four hundred Federal mounted men from Kansas, and the depot which they were guarding was given up to plunder. But Price deceived his adversaries by sending his cavalry to threaten several points at once, and by means of forced marches he succeeded in escaping them with the troops he had retained about him. He started on the 27th, the very day on which Fremont began h