Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-10-16
The Battle of Lexinstor 'aGcn' fr'ce 8
Official Report.
HE,porARrEns Missouri STATE GUARD,
Camp Wallace,
LEXINGTON, September % leol'

A!trr c!,tS;i,iir: the mara'n!':s aruil,, Il
l.auc a..d Montgomery, aId driving them OH;
OF the STATE, aud alter compelling them ,v
abandon Fort Scott, Us detailed i'll my last re-
ls,r:, | continued my march toward tbs point
with all army increasing hourly i'll numbers
Aai enthusiasts.
On tie lU;h lns;., us; as we were about to
encam2 f,r the ,!ay. Il mic or TWO West of
lose Hill. | Learned ina; = detachment vi
Fcdcra' troops ;nI Home Guards were march
i,,., from I."x,:,.lon ;u War;c,s!,urg t" rob
tn, bank iii that place AMI pn:ld"r a'rI Attest
the citizens ut Johnson c"Gnly, IL 'cc2r!a'!cc
with Gen. F-",annts rScc::na.'dn aud 'n-
s.ra>;;cus. !AitGnc.t; n:y in"n were ;;::ic'l'iy
.4!;-2ed h, >e,c... ja : co:t.::u' Z, ''il''r',i"
ma ch:u.. i,.,vr..s.,r.G - pse:s .'r%at'. :" rs
70 su.;,rsc tie c:..:try ii i1sSi''e At'' !r4r'''
nar-. 'l!:tsaiu;r ::!:cl i.'>:'i!I: 4 !" ":'
we ,e.,:,.i ;i.,. ,r;'t e. .,i'i'r3. s:i iA':;"-i
w.i..;,; ;:.irr,n;S .io,. un,! ~" @:::, "a *
mnruins; when it became crid'il iia; tn''
in;:,:i.r,. -. i,w ui whom !';:' ral'n y
IN ,ut!.fu in iwv,'y.tTl l,'.lsr-, coal. rdifE
II, i,lr,i,.:. .l.cm l.ilri l!i:.:n. and Welt
forward with The l.r.er part'l NY nI"pitr'i
tn.n til we cane, s.b nt 'ia!L'r.h, within
si.r >: W.,rrcnSJlrg, where laS:c:iancu t:;;it
Il. cnvr..c Lad hastily tIc'i about 'n!unish''
barring 81 bridges behind them. ihe fadi
.,,..a, Ia fall about the Saie time
THIS ciry,lm stance. coupiu' with tue tact
tl,t my u.,, lad bern i;.St:"S i"r more ':.a
,yr,:, jour iuirS cni~:r"i.,.:, r:'' IL 'l'1'''s"''
In. ca ul pursuing tl.,. c:,:.. ~ u :il nay
:.....n.ry AN artillery il :N!:i.: c'"s ~, 80 N
sS:apej nj Warrca$GIr:G, VIZ {. q .: ,'a ,'''
..i,i, rl.!, os,..: N iec,ii:'S liy '!N",' ias'-
sc: :;,!!..:...S. IA laiESnalN y'"iG.; Storm
:.,;y., 81! iaarei tie neat morning I'LL ~
ocivcl: We ,l.cn i':,S.@; forward rP";'E' sill
ha,;:,- uvcr;;hc ;..e enemy. fl'u!"S
;..;.,,s;:,a 10 dn i:is viii! "y "'A"'F:'
arii, o;ticrs.; ): @ !chmcnt "a :G"E:' '~'L'l'
..::i ,;ci, IN ;si a; Ii. heal cNii;H'"i -;
;wrs,;;t - w;,llia two a.'d n''l ;ni!> ~ i.rS.
,n,t,n. wAei,, havi:y i;arncl In: i'i" ""e''y
,..,.rp ,lrrav wti.i, Iowa, ALI! 1t hri:i% l;''e.
cr.; uv men t:.tig,lel 10y i::.rci mar h, '':''
xticr:y WITHOUT provisions, hsi''::! ior The
yL,.,, .ia:.l.rrak lie rex! morning sharp
,,.S.r.ai !, t.,:s l.iace betwecE our pitkc'S ;tnd
tho .,,.;.ly's os!tp ,,,s. This ttreateied to DE
Gown. rerera Being unwilling, however 10
risk :, doubtful engagement. when :. short de
l,v wu,l.l make success certain, tell back
.wo or ,hr,e miles and awaited tie arrival ct
NV infantry and artillery; these having come
,:;, we a,l"anced upon the town, drfiI'g tas
..nr,..v's nicke,s until we cane within short
.tistaiie,: Of the city itself. Here he enemy
.a.tp,nrc 20 make Il stand: bur they were
.,n;.,;,,; d:iycu from every position, ami forced
r, rake shelter within imtir ii!tiencElnehts.
W. tI;eu look g,,ilun ,iih'. easy raiige "i
.,,e coIlesr, which huj',liag ,i2y 'a "A strongly
i5.liliel, and opened upo. them bFIsE IRE
ran He,is.,c's battery, which, III the aDSe,s's
,sf r.... B!c,lsue. vino hal been Wounds. at
T, ljry IYual, was galautiy colnmande Il by
rnnt. l;mt.ett Mcdonald, and by farson
battery. under sha &killlul comma:id OF capt
.:ubor.
Finding af er sunset taat Ger ammunition,
.hc mos, of which had been LETT behi:iI on
the march from Springfield, was nearly e%-
L,ns,cl and that ms men, thousands ol whom
hsl M, eaten a particle III thirt},SiS hours,
uu:rel rest and food, vilhdrew u 'he
r,r Groun,! and cncamped there. ay am
.suni,ion wagons having been at last brought
.,n.na large rrinfur2rments having becil re
-r,.iveG r.in moved into town ON "ednes-
.iov. tho 18th inst, and began the fina! attack
iupon the cneliy's works.
Brig. Gen Rains Gisi:ion occupied strong
,n;tion OH the east aG,: northeast OF Inc iof-
:l fss:ons, from which an effective ea'iIona-
So was kept up on the cne'ny by E!eaS9e,S
battery, under command except Oh the ia>'
.1ay. of Capt. Emmett McDouald, and another
saitery commanded by Capt. Churchill Clark,
of s.. Louis. Both these gentleman and the
m.n and of:cccs under their commsnd, are
deservcdly co:umandea i'll accompanying re-
port of Brig. Gen. Rains, :
Gen. Parsons took po,t;oii soitkweSt oil
t|,e works, whence Ms .:sHcry, under com
mnna .f Capt Guihor, poured ste'"fy iire
iat" ti.c .':ci4v.
:S;;irmi<hrrs an:i Sla:psha":"rS we're ais"
s>,,, ,Grwar:i irom both divisions 20 harriSS
AM; f;r;..n. the enemy aid 20 ant then! ell
from The water Oh the Hn-h, c;.>: a:iG South
az ,r ,.nj:ocy. and ,!i3 i!:,s:i:ia!!c service III
;hraccom :,!i..':ieit' 9: '!r:;H purposes
s,..;. Ga.,sr,.ya .'ac;,=..:. d!,:s;;.'': a:.;;
-n,,. o! ;;rn S,caa's wee lr'>;:s iIi::'' t'ci'.
i;,ins a.u: iir:. Pa,slaS IS Il ,sa'''', i'i.; ~
n..c.sio;l ycy".:ri :r-c"i; ti."m :ni" "c;!hn.
ihcy wu,. ,.o.:c,.e. II Ill i:c& '!::"':;I Az.
,,a,lg 70 !u-!: r!ru:; t.e ;s:!cinE
s;Y.r,,; a!,rr catering tic e.. ayi tic lSth,
Col I.iyrs, wLo commanded The io"f'" AiV'-
.;io., in llu. absence OF Gen. Slack !e'' h's
segit:.ent and Col, Hag,cS'S a11"S 'he '.'si ,,
:.;u.I. To Il point immsd'i'te'y heiea'n' an
west ul Tia. lnr.IicaIio'>: Heh. - nt"e ;
c,mman.l, ai.l portion {" G":'. tiarsl, GAY
;ns lrsi. orlcte.! 10 reinforce i.ln. Coz k:"cs'
in or,.rr TO cu: Oil ;he c,'e',': tbr;'i> 's es. %
ca,s, Proceeded Gown ;hr LUX oi me li'ei
70 capt ". s,eanhcst wLlcl. was iyihS just
undns their aur:s. just a; 1t;it ;::"ii;'l;1 !:
heavy i::;, was cI,ells nron h'in from C'i.
Andrrsc,l's tsvr ,iwci."" /" 80, OIL tilc sum
nit Of the h!"is. s:4!c;. ''' "'ien,E were &c,
,uP.is's: as ''"'li;:i >!! i.',' "i''e'' q "''''
:isc w::. ....s:n;r,, Scvs!"! CO..: ~ 'e'
gT. ,.,;.,,;.,,I ;:,: ne rai.;liH r''t - Vi