, 1861-07-19

The fe1loejDg is private letter to friends
l-.e from youEg man formerly member Of i
orr Chicago Light Guard, and now residing !
n Missouri The writer, George B. Eoyl, as
Le states,!wn .one Of the number who WAS |
earliest Eent ont for the protection OF the Hau~ !
:.yal g. st. Joseph Railroad route, mission |
,Le party well performed, attended By scenes
he we'll describes. he has NOW enrolled q |
filtd company OF Missouri Union men who
will do good service under him when they !
:ale the field:
IN CAN'T. E9 N1IEa wEsr or HANNIBAL.
Sunday, July 18th. !
No doubt you have heard many monstrous
stories Is to The trouble oa this road. E1u
give ron DOW complete statement. llefts st.
10 at 12 30, Wednesday noon. to go to Chilli
cothe, 1G rr lies from ST. 10, on bus1ness ot tne
rs. arrived there al 6 2. n. and found the
-cod people In great state Of e1cit toment.
All OF The troops stationed there geo in NUN.
acIl h4d been ordered back on the road, and
III LETT in 3 short time. The Union men Of
Chidscoahe we're very feazdul ct n at1ack tna1
1neye. md on presenting them WAS furnished
With douhle barrel shot gun, and with 67
n;be.s vst on guard au night. At o'clock
Tbu.sdsy morning 800 troops Of the Iowa 81
regiment, and Two campanies OF Major fea-
hot5'e cummaud, L. S: Z, c. Of St. 10. ar-
a,,iyed. Ttsv -emai:ed but 3 ehorL lime
IN CbiD;cothe and left fer the east end
Ct the read 11cccGlanica theln- We Kept
Aca1iu4 al1 along the road the most terrible
stories. One story thas we hard at eIeIy
.scn sur7c,rded a. Monroe city, g miles vest
. Hannibal, acd Lad Ill bec1 Gu: to pieces.
A. Hudson VIC came Up with portion OF tha
iuwa Sd Il, gintn:, Col Williams IN eonmand. NJ
DEF forta vas now hat#cen Ky " ano 4'sN;
Wele{t Hudson cetwotrains a. 80 P. ", and
.:fiyec 1t Salt B.ldcc about g 45 r n. we
:,upd sbie bridge, winch is one Of the p:inci
Il l,:idces en- ,be rtao, totally destroyed By
re. VT tEt7e all d!st1nbarked, and the Elen
ID supre1. Company 4, Capt F. G. Nichols,
&c, the t14ls Ii 7.30 We commenced onr
rarch Of II 1li!ef, ard after considerable dit
..assy in crofssIg the river On the burnt
,.btrs, We au SC: safely over. On both
ices Q: tne track there WIS Tcry heavy
=uth Scout. vera thrown out on bo:h
<.aes in o1dtE1c ayuid surprise a Ia Schemes.
Ne reachtd Hunre~eu, d station three mic;
:r,m SA.t E:ycr, lbou. O'Clock, sad a:ser {
:.alt ol at1u: fifteen minutes, pueiitd ga, 1sas
~ two cempepies OF the 1owa5cd regiment IL
:;uunex t.l Oar turce was no1f about l ,0oo
Uc arrived IL I5nrnc about = O'Clock a1e
y.te yery clad to Eut Ill Of our troops wer1
-,:e so.:r ;Do, Including the Hannibal Hom
,,sA.dt,' - were 10 'srge brick school house
:rvw2 CT eL'rerchments shout leet Aign
n; rts+1 force coneiasrd If l 600 or ], ,.,o1
.4rurted mcr, ty cctuai count. They ha
-,'7:ct 4 canEons q q p5audsr, about hal
.:c, shcts, three striking the building, o.
(which = ent through @indoT, ,oae throug
,.uor, a1,d uue hit .he bricks, making
:ieh: lGeutaton. Nobody nas Aurz. Co
st-lt}l. Of .bs 10Th illinois regimen
50 tkirm!Eh. killing three Or four 39ep IN
,t:d:es. 0se young nan ns1ned West,
'nIupauy Il, Iowa I'd Regiment, from Osc'
oos-, accidentally shot himself while laying
Le.zeaehss. W left Monroe about r.
hat ce1n1,en5 a, of Mejor Peabody's cor
1and, lad beea fred into the night beto
-hilc oE 'e,e cars going from Salt Bridge;
.c.b1ta- Two men were slightly wounded
bcn1n. They rttuEued the fire killing O
~, scd II Is supposed wounded sers.
:hr1a. We seG4ined at Salt Bridge till
clock, ard then lett for liudson On thIr
an erd three engines. Ne arrived at Hr
sn st II oc;se5 S nso. ana tn tntFs xo.t a'ata =
,4aors that several bridges had he
unit, I.leat. Mckinney Of Company 4, 8
&c Iowa Regiment with twenty. seven "a
-c-e or6er. d ahead On the road Is Er as Ca
~ bridge, fourteen mlea iIoI ~, huast t.s. :.
sen msn gave ort~ They got to the brIe
a-l before daylight and found 1t on fre
skt titercas rlacea. They attempted TO
u the fire., when they we're fired on and
81 WEB E1tt LGG uECh- LIE 10 Il
eng well erd Tiu be on duty in few da
.ey returned the Ere, and killed three Of
tliels. ] ka~ tive of rAeir bodies myself
.,er WIS buried by the rebels. After
.n fired the tirst round, the enemy, Of wiz
nrre we're ct least 100, acted III their ~
-sv turned tail and lett for lhe bush. VI
aes co1.ldlide- Lieut. Mckinney called a{
.sE: tc stop, saving: :" You cows1dly whe1
:at ard fcht; there are only thirteen OF i
vi, IS usual, they showed their dikueti
l.rt, NcK md tbs men succeeded IL pntt
ae f:sc cut without any material damage
tcbriGre, Our train arrived at the bridg
t'clotl, We remained there TIL 8,
tslted west, We got AZ far as Brush ca
shich IL IS tuilee from Hannibal, and Il
1c1e auGther bridge burnt, where We
ov, and e1cect 10 De TN to morrow m
X. rhen We hcre the bridge Wall oe sepa
nct*nGs ior &C to pa6s ovel- :, nave
v@rG f:c1a the best authority, that tfoe
'scet, which IL % miles east 81 HUDSON.
ne tFc5ed. One rtasel vas Killed ana
'1S et Powder captured-
cH111aeoxHE, Monday, l.
=. E1an crossed Brush Creek bridge c
III, :nnateE, 1t is now at BropEdeld,
'eT. ~ ~, 1sss ~ thtrtiy. came from Brook
:,.o.4sv psngtn@ We expect the train
Ten W.s,:hase G.os.rg I must speaA
,t...,Ss s;a4n. He hos had charg
Il. n.s rt1 1.s rs 'fsssing st. 10. and like
~vr;ch+ L. H. " Clothes eff since last
-'.r.'.. veE1tln!y dcse1ves much cl
.r.a,1.+ 1.a ~ :. T., eEteh tc has CONDUCTED
'as a2eef ahe us,ne e:ranmstances.