St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-11-21
From the Gin Western Advocate.
A. Cincinnati Boys Account of
the Springfield Charge.

Heron, Of this city, was in the late terri.
bio charge made BY :. 1Fremont's. Body
Guard, on Springfield, Missouri; Friday,
October r26th. We give below his letter
to his parents, as written in camp twenty
six miles from Springfield, qaartered in a
house dad3wagon. yard of q farmer, 7Octo-
bel, 29tt, and have preferred in no wiss to
modify phraseology. c...
:, DEAR LOVED ONES AT HoME.-I am
now sitting at table in house where VIC
are quariered.r It is twenty minutes of 5
o'clock, "A. NJ, / slept first-rate the first
part Of the night, and am now sitting up
With poor: Lieut.: Kennedy, of Covington,
Who was shot In the left arm in in two pla-
ces, !in that dreadful battle at Springfield,
on Friday lin which the ;BedyG uard made
four awful charges, land dispersed 1000
rebe ls,, and killed about, 200.; ."thats &" !"
Three cpippanies Of dragons were with
us, but they would n0t Charge with us,
but came to d counter march and. left
theI.#oods. Their Major.:and a
lot of his men, got cipt9, the secessionists'
hands, l., apd ql,1 are prisenera Me qI,e diqq got
leave them any but woundcd.'' ''''''1
Two have been SPARED through an sa~fal
'battle; fsrv which D., feel thankfal stoelpy
Heavenly Ether, and, ! write this .py first
oppp9rrtuqqity ;t9 let yon k9ow spa I am ssfe apd
sound, not a cut, scar, or any mark What
ever. 1--WE left our eh}camnpr1mmeht' ind went
iby sfstced' emafchestto 81 mmg6s'd,f at Til
/ Etates ot1opd hundred4miIes: id d.twshty-tohr
beurs with only '.hoqs hsoqqtit thass rezts. tell
itde Il nothing Is &c. ''We vvsg4FS tsfSSn
from General FREMONT, ind did not know
where We were-eoims5- but told-we would
have to- hurry ,lS0y the, ftat .nsreh' was
! ItthlrtJ-two miles,, Hhep hen we rested lAtFo
ter you better f xheahiT a Il Have time ''oi waut
now to- tell you of sthe"battle ,yos-''bdy
pasied't through .and; strange tojsay, he'Gd
pass ps through and neyeEl l&iqehed. 1 did
not get excited = bit, and / kept my
thoughts about III INC alf thes tune, ,D" ,''''
W. stopped a few minutes just before
we went into Springfield to make arrange
n7ents, have d little talk 'fhtootrr Majof I'd
|goazirahdlC Captain Foley Y'and akooeaooar-
aging Hesds from apr. .eampaniqus,Is4L II was
p: p.e9 s9' '3Ss TSs ss*sss ~ s pst$s4
|aAdo otheS 'eame'' Tom dG tqHerron add his
patteeb; b;esaad sha*h. che Segesnt and my
partner were shot. My partner and bed
fellow was shot twice.
pi We drew dur Swords looked AFTER our
revolvers, and then .staste& into the Icon.
b ,5ss S|9Esa 3s f3rys$; seS gesa
feld,,ahd ite6S down yRnSP, Hhbes4tep Hhbe4 = TIC
enemy were ip'imbash3 41o ieueandsof
'em. AS We passed they gave u whole
|AtuSdiide, !8ad ws' 'hadh :sIG 46hanccA6 re-
tam tht. fire. ftal:wa An.de thu secqnd
c4esees then, Na7gfBsetah tahe@ @ sdtbb sdtbe !lsA aesaAth
blow. We 1un on them, and charged on
Fthem, Sdd th t6s6@a riSght rSSht 3GH Sle5Ht!s~
phs4B readn n6f men beaas skdt e6%a 'edsao
qseqae, etH, hhsa4s / pef4EaeE X saN )e djd sW Of
|i4befeiev 1s1eet iqtq II 1884, siMlty kh9r3e,
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stuphE!eer ord6hrowe me qee sqrs sa st!lmgeT .sWs
,stPoait ta tla Jas. fHal! did get leaye ei ,tll
twtzhaA 1iissd sNsry sseceeh ina daqpld ifba,
<shd1t xass difficult t9ah tell tRfamii tRVapii is the.y
pyes> drsssedjuat like thaeb cMitizyAlfpssy il ylfp l
|sthck.Ao odr Captains apa kept amN 1eye53. 5.iqg iqt'
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and .ebarstdiinpt3lc hip ee4 thsapg;, saBa. l
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