The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-09-28
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ST. LOUIS, Sept. 2a-The, following account
Of the battle Of Blue Mills Is derived from. m
authentic source: ssA ~ aes' 9s't
Lieut. Colonel Scott, With SO men Of the 81
Iowa and one piece of artillery, left Cameron
on Monday In pursuit Of the Rebels who left St.
Joseph on the Friday previous. Lieut. Colonel
Scott arrived Ut Liberty, Clay County, on the
morning Of the 18th and moved from that ,lsce
atsl =. N. At 8 o'clock he fell in With the enc.
mys 500 in number. occupying strong posi-
ton. Our skirmishers received CALLING Gre
and slowly retreated to our Min BODY, when the
action became general. Our SIX, FOUNDER was
brought to bear on, the enemy and few shots
we're fred which proved destructive. At this
time heavy fire opened on our single gun, kill
ing one gunner and wounding two Others. On
this, several Others, gunners, Germans from ST.
Louis, abandoned. the gun, carving off the
primer and matches, rendering the piece useless
The action continued one hour, when our column
was slowly Withdrawn to move to open ground,
bringing on the wounded and dragging away the
gun BY hand, all the horses having been killed
or badly wounded. At about this time Colonel
Smith, who left St 10. with !, 400 men about the
time Scott left Cameron, for the same general
purpose, joined the latter Having pushed forward
his mounted men and artillery at a rapid pace,
on receiving q, message from Scott, ten miles
back, that he was advancing on the enemy, but
it being night, their men completely exhausted,
and the enemy reported strongly entrenched in
thicket impossible except by "a narrow road,
q further attack was postponed until morning
Early on the following day an advance was made
by the combined forces but on ARRIVING at Blue
Mills they found the enemy had crossed the river
before day light, taking the road towards Lex
ington. @t'ias3 y 800 sh5 DIS ~ AlY&
The following is a partial list Of the Sd Iowa:
Major Stone, slightly wounded, y ,.-ii y I.
Company A-Capt. O'Neil, slightly; Lieut.
Duane, severely; Priyates w. H. Munger. E.
W. Crtch6eld, D. J.. McCanerty, severely; An
drew Murray, missing. X 9ss9TJa ~ f',i
Company B--Lieut Hobbs; Sergeant Waode,
seriouslvs Privates Robbins, Horta Woodruff,
seriously. i@9e sA-fstsl.l''
Company C-Corporal Hunting, seriously ;
Privates Droane, Maddox and Sq1ires, missing.
Company D-Captain Willet,S seriously; Lieut..
Anderson, laorsally; Priyatea Miller seriously
and Frank missing '---s5
Company Corporal MCGOWAN. seriously
Privates Guthrie and Hill severely. q -
Company F-Lieutenant Brown, slightly Cor
poral Davis, severely; Priv yes Winchel1, Isham,
Saunders, and Homemeb seriously, and Nolan
killed - 20 ~ th .'9Z is' ''' q : = ~
Company G-Priyates Swan, Mccullough,
seriously, and Michael L.4liey and cCHlipagh
missing. e1s2'"i - $50 ~
Company H-Captain Warning, Lieut.. Fuller,
severely; Privates Gamble and Mcclure severe.
ly, and Barbour and Mernee dangerously; Cor
poral Lacy missing l3--,i'- = n.
Com1any Lieut. Knight, Sergeant Forney.
Corporal Bendick, musician Balcomb. seriousIy
Rrivates Buell., Carter, Dolph, Hawks nepper
RUSSELL Stocks, Wilcox, Wslly, Wilbourne, Sc.
verely; Lawlan, MerriAeld, dangerously Wash.
burne mortally; Dorian, BedeIl, Mix, BrowneIl,
killed, and Davenport severely. ,,y....
Total killed 8, wounded "a, missing g. Three
Of the missing are supposed to be in the hands
Of the enemy and the balance killed
In addison to the loss Of the Sd Iowa there
we're Home Guards and Artillery man killed,
among them Captain Cupp, and about 10 wound.
ed. Four of these Home Guards were killed in
the skirmisn about two hours before the battle,
1t is perhaps proper to state that General
Pope's orders to Scott were to remain at Lber-
ty until Joined by Smith, but learning on arrival
at that place that the enemy were 8 miles distant
he sent messenger to Smith with word to that
effect, and pushed on and gave the Rebels battle.
General Fremont has appointed Hrigader-
Generals Poge, Sigel, Asboth and McKinstry to
command Divisions as Acting Major Generals,
and Colonies. Davis, Muligan, Relton and Totten
as Acting Brigadier Generals.
Thomas L. Price, of Jefferson City, has been
commissioned Brigadier- General by the Presi-
dent.
special to the Democrat, from Hamilton,
says report from Camden, miles above Lex
ington, states that the stars and stripes are still
flying over Mulligan's entertainments at o'clock
Saturday morning.