New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-23


fellow, was mortally wounded by a cannOn-ball,
which struck him in the face twenty minutes
after tie battle cosnmeDred.
Company C, Capt. Peter Mcfarland, is from
Leavenwortl, and composed mainly OF lrIshmen'
Capt. HcTarl.vld was shot in the head Win
Mimic hall, which, ere thi', has probably proved
iat4l; but while the blood was streaming down
lis face, lie waved his handkerchief and shouted
I 10 his boys 30 mover mind him, but do tner
duty; aud right loby they did their duty
throughout tho day. Company ID, Capt L. d.
Swift is from Lawrence. Capt Swilt VINO was
| wounded, was formerly on editor OF one OF inc
Lawrence pagers. secoDd-Lieut. Caleb 81 Pra't'
killed, vas widely known in Kansas, ana UNI
versalIy esteemed.
Company Z, Capt. Powell Clayton, balls from
Leagcuworth. 1t went into the fight 70 strong,
and came out of it with only 2G uotaraed men
| At ono time, Wien tie company was separated
from the regiment, il joined another regiment
supposed to be ,he lss Iowa; but Capt Clayton
suGdeuIg discovered that il was a regiment OF
tho enemy, Jed by Col. Clarkson, formerly post
ma.ter Of Leayenworb, ard notorious Border
| RuGian. Tho rebels supposed them to bo en- Ar
Lansas company, and CAPT. Clayton, with great
preserce of ,uinl, DID nothing 10 aPprse bis own
men ,f their Danger; bat cried out: Boys, you
ere crowdiug here; obiquc to the right They
obeJed, nnl werc forty or fifty PAGES away when
the rebels began to he suspicious, and one OF
their cilicers rode up and asked: "What troops
| are YOU" " Fint Kansas" was the captains
prompt reply. "Who are youi" 81 an the
ad;utant Of the Missouri 5th" Southern
troops :" "Yes, Sir" replied the adlutant, put
ting spnra to his horssi but in 40 instant Capt
Cl,y ton dragged him 10 tho ground, and. with
cooked pistol at Lis breast, commanded him to
surrender ard give up bis sword. lie obeyed;
but BY this time tho rebel regiment had dlscoy-
cred 90 the sitaatiou," and presented their guns.
| Capt. Clayton stl held the udjutant by the col
lar, directly in front Of his little band, where he
would he tho most exposed il the rebels fired,
anl said: 4" Order your regiment not to fire.
Tue aljutant not only refused to do this, but
ordered his men to "open fire." regardless of
h'm. He was instantly bayoneted aud shot fatal
! ly. Rebel though be was, he was certainiy
bravo fellow. The Missourans fred upon Capt.
Caytons lt,le company, now only hboat 40
strcug bringing down about dozen men. The
Kausas boys replied with one vOlley, and then
ran for their lives, coon reaching one of our
regiments. But for the cOOlness Of their COM
mander they must hays been captured or quite
cut to pieces.
Company +, from Lawrence, Wyandotte, and
| Olathe, is commanded by Captain Sam. Walker,
who acquired national reputation during tho
Kansas pnrs by his nerve aud bravery. 1t will
te remembered that on one occasion the noto-
rious Border Ruf1aU, Colonel Titus went OUT to
cppture Walker, aud Illustrated the old rroyerb
Of going for wool and coming back shorn, for
Walker nf,er bloody fght, wounded him, and
brought bin in prisoner of war! On the
morning Of the Springfield battle Captain Walker
was 60 III that be was not fit to be out Of his
| he'd, but he persisted in leading bis company the
whole lay That he sought posts of danger, is
sttested BY tie fact that Of his si1ty-four men
| only twenty four came out unharmcd. The
death Of bis First Lieutenant, l.. L. Jones of
| Lawrence, is universally deplored. Mr. Jones
was o journalist, and yOung man of unusual
promise.
Company G., Capt. Job T. Stockton, from Leaven.
worth, came out of the battle with bot light loss.
Company II, Capt. Dan McCook also from Leaven-
worth, was badly cut up. Capt. MeCcok, by se-
we're Illness was utterly incapacitlted to take tie
field Lieut. McGonige was struck in the breast
by q shell early in the engagement. Sergeant o. NJ.
Temyson was removing him from the field, when
they were both taken prisoners. They have since
been released upon parole. Company /, Capt.
Zeach, likewise comes from LeayenwOth, aud is
composed Of Germans, who fought admirably
Company X, from AtchisoD, commanded by
Capt G.. III. Fairchld but he resigned the evening
before the battle. 1t was led by Lieut.. Agniel who
was Lilled at the outset. Second Lieut.. Barker
then took command, and though he soon after re.
ceived two serious wounds, led the company until
the battle was ended, with iorttade and irmness
which won high encomiums.
The Kansas First viii soon be filed up again, and
ready to sustain the brilliant reputation which it
achieved in the battle Of Springfield.
FIRST KANSAS REGIMENT,
Col. G. W. Deitzler commanding. List Of the killed,
wounded, aud missing;
worsDso-CoL @. W Dei;rls'.
COmp1Ay A.
KIryp-Privae. Jpn.. Burel George Dsvinc, William
'Wo"Sp.p~t tapt. B. F. CnaDowslth; lat Sergeant Frank
Dr,nfiog; "a sescirt Thomas Me,iet Ccrpoas j. Aus
Js.eps COL Henry Davis n T,aocy Lpnl. BOwm,,
n"orck j. Il. Psi, william sa,r. wALAa Palmer MusicAn,
" Ml.sisS-frivats dia sisoo. wu, Mccartney.
CombaRy b.
KnrsD-?d Lieut. john W. DER Phvs,es Bryan Henry,
WopSSSs-i.. Lieut. John P Allcn Priyses W j. Cpl,l,
De"iu nerni.on, Thonst Hays samuel sutton, william