The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-10-04
General Fremont ana the Re-en force.
ments for Muiiigan.


has to adopt different tactics iron
one who has to operate against a,
open euemy in the field. In on,
case, enemies appear suddenly anc
: unexpectedly in locations which
were considered tranquil, and 10 III,
other case the enemy is always be
fore him, 30 that, il be have onl,
force enough at his command, he caI
offer battle or surround and take him
thus eXtinguishing the war.
In the case Of insurrection, il i,
absolutely necessary to scatter the
forces in small numbers over th,
country, go rs 70 an0ru protecuoI
to the loyal and suppress incipien,
outbreaks Of tue disaflecied. Under
this condition vast masses of these
guerrilla bands may suddenly con
centrate and surprise al isolated pos
before it is possible to collect sui
ficient force at the threatened point
to repel an attack or protect the as
sailed. In this manner Mulligan
was surrounded and taken. but not
as has been misrepresented, without
superhuman efforts being made to
re enforce him.
Looking at the map Of Missouri
and following the course Of the river,
we find that it describes an arc OF a
circle. extending from Jefferson City
to Kansas. Warsaw, in Benton
county, would form the center ol
this circle; go that an enemy at this
point, advancing from the South,
could as easily fall upon Jefferson
City, Boonville, or, in fact, any oi
the important towns along the river,
as on Lexington.
So soon as it was apparently the
intention of Price to attack Lcxing.
ton, every effort that could have
been made to re-eniorce it was
made, and Sturgis' army arrived
in time to do so, and would
have succeeded could they have
crossed the river; but the very ferry
boats collected there under the guns
OF the fort for the purpose of crossing
Sturgis' army, iour thousand strong,
had fallen into the hands of the
enemy, and left them idle spectators
on the opposite bank of the river.
Lane with a force OF over eight
thousand men, pressed on with all
the vigor possible from the South
West. Smith, with a force Of one
thousand, hurried down from Saint
Joseph, and Jeff. Davis had orders
to break throorh .i.- -..,--'J - ''''~''
49," "u,iy gu nom Georgetown
without transportation, with icrce
of over seven thousand men. Be.
sides these, two boats with guns and
over a thousan men, went up the
river in order to destroy tho masked
batteries which lined its banks. In
fact such is the disposition of the
federal troops at this moment
They have 80 hemmed in Price that
he will lie obliged to give battle
or surrender. In any event his fate
il sealed, IA it is the first time since
the war began in Missouri that the
United States forces could meet the
enemy in anything lik" approaching
to ,qnal numbers
Two monts ago, the country was
PROSTATE. Bull run had been fought
and lost. Washington was within
the enemy's grasp. lnsurrsction
existed within every county in this
state, and even in this city it merely
needed the torch Of insurrection to
kindle it into blaze. We were de-
Tended by a feeble home guard whose
term ol service had expired. I'm
conquerable Lyon, with his Spartan
band. teld at bay tho rebel hordes
who threatened US from the South
West. lie was cut of by a distance
of over two hundred miles from this
city, and surrounded by thirty thons.
and OF the enemy. Pillow and Har-
dee, with an immense force. we're
within twcnty-lour hours sail Of st.
Louis. Cairo and Birds point were
fcebly garri.oned, and could have
fallen an easy prey to tn, enemy.
Under these circumstances ap-
peared amongst us Major General
Fremont. BY hia consurnmate skill
as a Soldier, he 40 defended the APP
proschos TO this city on the South
East, that an attack in that quarter
was impossible, aud the menacing
attitude which he assumed so intim
dated Hardee and Pillow that they
retrcated without striking n blow.
Having collected al army to re en-
force Lyon, it unfortunately was
diverted to Washington, and the
time was too short before the BATH,
Of Springfield to collect another
The time of the three months mer
having expired. all had been dis
banded, and in the face OF a victo
rious foe he has now collected
equipped and pretty well drilled al
army OF over fifty thousand men.
For the first time within his shor
term, 1.-TWO months,) he is IN
position to assume the offensive
and we must not be considered en-
thusiastic II we say that within thre'
or four weeks there will not be al
} open enemy in Missouri.
Three classes OF men have harrass
ed, and in many instances succeeded
in lhwar'ing his Operations. Th
, first class, the politicians, jealous
, his growing power and popularity
. have crippled his resources at Wash
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