The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1861-09-28
BEN. McCCll.OCiI,
RuEadlcf General

Now fora few word, about the battle 81 tho
lo,h alt, as a sort OF appendix to my official
report 90 Gen. Mctulach
AZ III, clos, of the battle and when he two
aruir. seemed 10 have grown weary and tired ~
the strife. Cen. NcCuil1ch wa passing over The
G,ld and sw the second battalion OF my rgi-
mcut under the head of lhc Va'ant Lieut. Colonel
Lane djsmouut 10 engage the enemy IN "A hand.
to hand fight Tie told them to halt and wal,
nutll he should approach and ascertain their
strength lie soon returned reporting item
strong 10 nmahcrs and + ton, and they .lae
.ecoud bauaa~. Tt my 5cg,meutJ were mot sup
ported by ans of our troop, te mount anil lead
them away This wAs unfortunate. Cor. in.i st
that time. the first battalion and col ,arrolI +,
regiment Il mounted men, both under ny com.
maud ser5 lowering close in the r,g,r of loteu 8
Battery aud could have swung around and
0luked the sai9c troops while pressed 90 the
wall by those gallant sons Of the Lcuc Star
state.
About . O'Clock the firing from the len wing
Of the enemy nas less brisk than It had been tor
the hunr IRE, ion4 -itg,I hsd been forced from
ht- f,,-,itinn IN eur renr .na h.l taken the roae
toward. C...syille 81 I thought. 20 meet and
destroy oar tram which wa then ,w mile
Of / at once placed Capt II, =. Mahry IN
command OF his own company ltue Dead Shot
Ranrer-5 and Capt j Russell company. and
ordered him To pursue Slpgels force with all
apesd Lieut.. Colonel LAM afterwards attached
10 Capt Mahrys command one company ot Col.
Major : regiment u Missouri troops, which bad
been attached temporarily To my command.
Capt Mabty, with this command. numbering
abou, two hundred and twenty five men immc
diately ike men eager for the fray started 10 The
~. hi t..s a..
when they saw q number IT Sieeel men with
several ammunition wagons, retfeaiiuy under a
Confederate banner For "a moment the wolf IN
.heep- clothing wsa using his deception TO a
good account But Texans were not TO be de-
cciyrd by such ruichery The Dutch accent ut
Uncle Sam. regular, told GA them when they
were ha'lci Capt Mabry, by running through
a dense thickcl passed them and stopped them,
and asked II thty would surrender OF light They
said they would 4urrcuder and all were captured
but one who made his escape through IA swamp.
on foot There were about tIteou men with the
wagons one ~ these wagons was "A most yalu-
able prizo-i ID contained lcw guns, some ammu-
milton. and "a large quantity OF medicines, sursi.
cal instruments. md filters ior the wonrdcd The
other wagons contained hut small amount oi
ammunition, aud few small arms and Goned-
crate flag which they bad taken from SOME Of
the southern troops. 4
Aitey detaching guard for these wagons and
prisoners, Capt Mabry again pushed on with
all speed. -iegel'- command bad then taken IA
road leading on from the tassyille road In an
easterly direction. Capt. Mabry struck their
trail and crossed james Fork of White River
Soon nfer crossing the river, they found two
companic. OF VI ssouraus They had seen Sicgel
tloop-. but would not attack them .Aufr Mabry
a 1 a At 4.
in the road. to move on. They refused TO 90
and said Segcls men were IN ambush. waiting
for them Capt. Mabry told them then. il they
would not 20, to give him the road aud he would
90. Al this they hcsitatcd But The matter
vas soon decided In moment, by Capt. Mabry
ordering hs command to follow him, and he
would find the enemy II is needles TO say his
men followed They rushed pell-mel through
the ranks of Missouriaus who were saying a.
he passed let the id fool go he'll catch il,
and come running back IN munteW Bnt they
were disappointed. They were measuring Texans
hy their own standard Our troops, chagrheel
hy the course Of the Mssourians pursued the
enemy with reduuhled yiaor With their horses
at tall speed they had gone near two miles before
they came in sight OF the enemy, when they fell
upon The rear guard with such precipi,ancy that
they captured Them without firing gun. Soon
they came in view Of the main body Of Scgol's
mcu. They fired few shois aud Acd Then
came an exciting chase and runniug fight for
about two miics The tramp a horse, the yolls
of the Texans, the heavy rumbline OF cannon
carriages aud ammunition wagons, the firing 81
guns, and the shrieks Of the wounjed and dying
filled the hitherto silent forest Capt. Mahry at
the head Of his men, did fearful havoc among the
enemy. But every man was nt his work II
som became apparent that the Texans coull
outride the enemy, who were, many oi them
mounted The dense forest aud rocky prccpieos
through and over which they passed, impeded
the enemy, but the Texans glided through them
like birds Of prey. The enemy roeros-.l james
Fork, and scattered in every direction, leaving
their las, piece Of artillery, aud Sicgclf bauner
in the hands NJ the Texans but they thought
not of booty the enemy was the prize to hc
sought by our men. s,egcl here. with two men
took the woods, aud made his escape, under
cover Of tho brush, after receiving, think. a
slight wound OF the enemy captured by Capt
Mabry's command, was Lieut. COlonel Alber,
one Captain, and over one hundred prisoners
The killed aud wounded Of the enemy left on the
field numbered eighty, nt the least caicul, ion
Capt. Mahrys command suffered no loss in
killed or wounded The Nlissourinns whom
they had lclt in the roar, followed our men 81 q
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