Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-10-09
Details of tue Battle of Lexington.


JEFFERSON CITY, Sept. 2S-Capt Walter,
Of Col. SlarshaI's Regiment, has arrived {. ON
Lexington, havin. left there at noon on Tues
! day. lie says that ,be main body Of Gen
Prices force is at Lexington. When he left,
sll tie captured United States officers had
been released on parole hut MuiiSan refused
To give his. for private reasons. Gen. Price
has with bin, about ;'j.000 rebels. llarlce
was confidently ry;"ct"i or Thursday with
SuhJ ur 5000 more. On Thursday 10000
rebels were sent across the Missouri River
|. .frcm Lexington. with The ;lroweG intention OF
attacking Jim Lanes command.
At tue time of the Surrender of Lexington
the garrison had no cartridges, grape, or other
kind If Shct, ard no shells; but they lost ,':0l
keys of powder. The rebels arc casting all
kinds Of ball at the Lexington Foundry,
wh;c!! is kert running night and day.
The rc,rs are greatly encouraged ard de-
clare that 81. Louis will Sio,i i" III their pos
.cssun. General 'rcc's official report o! the
battle of i.cXinciun has been rccrived. lhe
closing lr.r.grapt is rs follows.
'Our entire loss in this seri"- ui engage
mar,t3 a:nunnts to % killed and - wounded.
The rr,,nvs loss wss much greater. The
visible fruits Of this almost hion!lcss victory
were very trr:it About :3ijOd prisoners wee
taken among whom were Coloncls Mul;yan,
Marshall, Il ding. White. Grover, Major Van
Horn. ai:l Is other commissioned officers.
Ne a!sl to X ;iv. ii. cr> oi artIllarv amt two
mar arS, over :;iODn STA of ilantr.y arms, q
lar:s. u:iimImr ut Sihrcs, ,ut 10 hor-cS,
many cava!!y; equipments. teams, ammunition,
more than $l0U.09O worth ol cnmmlssary
S,nrrs, anr! ,r.e amount of other property.
I'm addition %! all this. we obtained the reSto-
r:,,inn of the Great Sral of State and Of the
public rccor,l:, vii ch hal heen stoleh from
l,.r pi oier custody, aud about 5000 0OO i'll
mol!,y, of which the banks had been Robbed
and witch l caused to be returned"
The rylcase'i United States officers from
Lexington say that few members Of the
Missouri Legislature had assembled at ti:at
town. and hui passni tic Ordnance Of Sc
c.ss;on. When the ntiic RS f., the l. G:sla-
tu.u was engaged ii discussing an act tu con.
li,c:,,c the property "i al persons orpnsed to
ihe C,';l;e .ern:e States.
Tie Chicago f'tHWn., of the 18th. nc
k.oxlr,lges Tie to:u..l,.lr victory ul t.c Con-
icirraic.:, al l."Xing on. Ii says:
Col liIly Mul;gan held the place with
3.5jD Nnr:i crn tronrs, s:ron" Y cMtrenchcd.
The rcinn,ccmeMtS sent by Fremont to the
relief of Mulgan, We're intercepted and driv.
en- back. lie Sie,:r lasted several days: from
the lG!h to tie 2lSt ultS. Mulligan'S situation
grew desperate. S"rties and skirnishes were
Constantly y occurring. The Home Guards were
much disal..cted and we c the first 10 raise
the white llas. Finally Muligan's oilirers
held !; cou,cil aud dec I'd to capiulalc.
Price demanded the unconditional surrender
Of the officers rs prisoners OF war, allowing
the mrn 10 .lr2art without arms. This was
agreed 10. Tic I,Tiva,es Of AIuleans com
mantl marched ,Ht nt the town t" the tune oi
Dixi.. Miligan, vino had been woundct in
ti:.. fi.l;, shed tears at the scene. The iacn
raveI Lut nevertheless, were obliged to take
All oath not TO serve against the Confederate
| States.
The Memphis Appeal, of Wednesday refer
ring to Federal accO"rt Of the battle OF
Lexington, says:
We have received some facts more reliable
in rerarl to it from resident of Hannibal,
Missouri. who reached Memphis yesterday
morning. 1t is stated that the value OF prop
crty captured by Gen. Price is estimated at
f;tlIy s. 5u00 0U0. Between two and thee
thousan,! horses and luIes are alleged to have
been taken. including thirty pieces Of artillery,
$3.50 prisoners, between six and seven thous,
and stands of arms, two STEAMBOATS, loaded
with stores Of ali kinds clothing, provisions
and ammuri,ion anu $7Oo,OOOn in specie
We further learn that tie whole Of North
crn Missouri is arn,,sc'i that mon are flock
ing in thousands 10 Gen. Prices standard, aud
that there is a command CT $50 iowans. who
marched into Missouri. belr!nga standard in.
scrbcd with the words I'VE come to the re-
! iict of the oppressed"