Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1861-11-01

Aho war VI Hhi9nOurt.
The following dispatch was received this
HnAp QuARrERs NnAn HumANsvrt1r
40, Oct. 22.-To Capt McKecn, Assis.
ant AdjuiRnt General: Yesterday after |
,oon Mai. Zagonyi at The head ofmy Guards
nade most brilliant charge upon a body
,fthe enemy drawn Up in lno Of battle 10
heir camp at Springfield, 2Ooo or 22oo
itrong. He completely routed them, and
lroye them from the town, hoisted the ma
ionsl flag upon the Court House, and re-
tired upon reinforcement which he has al
ready joined. Our loss not great. This
successful charge against such very large
odds is a noble example to the army. Our
advance will occupy Springfield,
[Signcd, j. c. FREMONT,
Major General Commanding.
Fremouts body guard numbers 800.
The rebel camp was just outside of the
city. Zagonyi was compelled TO pass thro'
lane and let down number Of fence rails
before he could charge on the foe, thus
drawing their fire. There was good deal
of street firing in Springfield and from the
houses. Two secessionisls who ran out of
their dwellings aud fred upon the body
guard, were killed.
Col John M. Richardson, who rode over
to the vicinity of Springfield last evening
says Zagouyi was guided to the town from
the Jefferson to the Mt Vernon roads by
Judge Owens.
Zagonyi was advised Of the force of The
rebels, but he was determined to have 2
fight.
Col. Price, said to be from Arkansas
commanded one of the rebel regiments, and
it is thought that the cause of increased
rebels al Springfield was the largo amoun
of plupder gathered there for some weeks
past, which it is stated they intend to take
South with them, but which will Of course
fall into our hands. The loss of either il
not stated
MAJOR Frank White, who captured Lex
ington recently, at the head of $50 men
and released the sick and wounded soldiers
after driving out some 500 rebels, is Sol
of prominent lawyer in New York.
Fifty prisoners, taken in the battle 0
Fredericktown, have been put to work il
the trenches at Cape Girardeau.
Accounts of Major Schofield, who com
manded the battery in that action, shoy
that this victory was the most complete Q
any yet achieved by our army during tb
war.
jeff. Thompson escaped on foot after hay
ing his horse killed under him. The rebe
, force was about 5000 while ours was onl
1000.
Camp Richardson, Bolivar, Polk Co., Mo
Oct. 26.-Gen. Fremont and staff arrive
at Boliver, Polk Co., l6 miles from Cam
Morrisey, and encamped this evening o
the outskirts of the town. Boliver, lik
nearly all the towns in Southern Missour
is almost entirely deserted, the stores bein
; all closed and many of the houses abandon
ed. 1t is n)w ascertained that the loss
Fremout's body guard in the brilliar
charge at Springfield was to killed an
IS to 20 wounded. A number Of mo
brilliant instances of daring were shown G
: our side. One sergeant had three hors'
: shot from under him, and rebel placed
pistol at the breast of Zagonyi, and was
the very act Of firing when tho Major seve
: ed his arm from his shoulder and laid hi
dead at his horses feet.
Camp Morrisoy, "a miles south of Wa
saw Mo-, Oct. 28.-The correspondents
the st. Louis papers state that Gen. Lar
captured the transportation train of the e
emy near Butler, in Bates county, and toe
the escort of prisoners, few days since.-
Among tho latter were Capt. Whiting an
: Lieut. Vaughn.
! Lane also reports that he found lare
number of sick and wounded rebels at Ro
Hill, johnson county, in starving cond
> tion, to whose wants he administered.
Nine contrabands arrived in camp a dt
j or two ago, sent here by one of Gen. Lane
: officers. Their case has been investigate
and it is understood Gen. Fremont will n
return them to their masters.
. . Gen. Lane also captured largo amou
u of lead in one of the Western counties al
, sent it to Fort Scott, Kansas.
d There is no definite news of the whel
o abouts Of Price or McCulloch.
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