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The Daily Dispatch: November 18, 1861., [Electronic resource], General news items. (search)
bitants, it appears, were looking for the attack, and had a supper prepared for the rebel cavalry, who were headed by the notorious Jenkins, and numbered eight hundred. Eight of our men were killed an a considerable number wounded and taken prisoners. The rebel loss is not known. Col. Ziegler's Fifth Virginia regiment, on its arrival fired the town, and the principal part is now in ashes. The rebels left about an hour before the arrival of Col. Ziegier. Brilliant skirmish near Kansas city. Kansas City, Nov. 11. --This morning, at ten o'clock, Col. Anthony, with one hundred and fifty men, was attacked on an open prairie, about ten miles from this place, by six hundred rebels, under the command of. Upton Hayes, and after a desperate struggle the rebels retreated, seeking shelter in the woods, from which they were again routed. Col. Anthony then fell back about six miles to await reinforcements, which will speedily be forwarded to him. This is supposed to be the
The Daily Dispatch: November 18, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 12 (search)
sday, two sentinels of the Sixteenth Indiana, while on duty, engaged in the practice of the bayonet drill. They had previously taken the caps from their rifles, but in the frolic the coat of one named Lewis B. Caffe, of Laurel, Indiana, got caught in the lock of his opponent, whose rifle discharged and shot Caffe in the left breast, the ball passing through his body, breaking two of his right ribs, and entered the ground. Caffe expired almost instantly. From Missouri — a fight near Kansas city,&c. Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 11. --This morning, at 10 o'clock, Col. Anthony, with 150 mounted men, was attacked on an open prairie, about ten miles from this place, by 600 rebels, under Upton Hays, and after a desperate struggle the rebels retreated, seeking shelter in the woods, from which they were again routed. Col. Anthony then fell back about six miles to await reinforcements, which will speedily be forwarded. It is said there are upwards of 1,000 armed rebels in thi