Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-06-25

CAMP AT SPRING RIVER, }
NEUTRAL STRIP. June 10, g.
Friday morning about : o'clock. we
started from here, in high spirits and on
fresh horses. We marched steadily OH all
day almost a due course south, over Il
rolling prairie country. The sun was most
intensely hot, and occasionally when the
little breeze that was stirring. would lull.
| really thought | should fall from my
horse. We had one prairie of twenty
miles to cross without one drop of water.
About Oon we made a short halt at IIud-
sons Crossing, on the Neosho river, about
three miles above where it forms Il juno
ton with Spring river. From thence on
to where it empties into the Arkansas
river it is called the Grand" We were
in u saddles again by one o'clock, NOV
ed on without incident until about / p. NJ,
when. just as we were rising over a high
hill, we discovered in advance of us, ris-
ing out of the woodson the banks of Grand
river. a great volume of smoke. We de-
seconded the hill and the Col. then des-
patched Major Miner to the left with his
battalion and myself to the right, with
Instructions to dismount n or two COM
panies, deploy them as skirmishcrs, and
move steadily down the wood to the CEN
ter-the ommon rendezvous. This ! did
without meeting any enemy. Although
before entering the timber | captured
some of Livingston's men, herding mules,
horses and cattle. All of which | imme-
diately had driven towards our main body.
just rs arrived at the rendezvous a III
Ter reached me, saying our men had en-
countered the enemy'S pickets on the
left, and that the enemy were encamped
W. and a half miles on the other side of
the river. The men that | had captured
me the same information. | made
q rush for the ford" where the first bat
TALON had already crossed. | found Co.
D. with the infantry, just entering the
woods that lead down to the ford. The
sun was just going down, and we all cried
with one accord, "Oh, for one hour more
of daylight"
We waited there some time for the in
fmtry and artillery to come up. When
they did so, we all moved up the left hand
road leading nearly east to Col. Waitie's
camp, about a mile and a half from the
fnrl-s Of Fhn ,.NaI A. 800,
out of the timber to the open plain, the
Colonel ordered ME to deploy my force to
the right in 4 southwest direction, and
hold the open space for a couple of miles
and cut off the enemy's retreat This l
did at once, and had my whole force in
position within fifteen minutes. The Col.
with the first battalion, infantry and ar
t:l.ery, moved straight ahead, up a rise of
ground which overlooked Waitie's camp,
and commenced throwing shell into it.
A little before 1 o'clock A. NJ, we again
orders to march and were soon
in our saddles. We found that the enc
my had escaped in 4 southeast direction,
and we started on their trail. They had
left almost everything behind them, and
our forces were constantly capturing and
bringing in prisoners. We moved on
about ) miles and then stopped to get
breakfast. We needed it, | can tell you,
We had not had 4 mouthful since the
previous morning, and the day before had
been in the saddle almost without inter
mission for nineteen hours. We started
again about s o'clock \. NJ, and followed
their trail on to within some seven or eight
miles of Maysville, Ark. And then in
obedience to orders, turned to the right,
over the country and gathered in
all the stock and property that we could
find. We had rode the day previous
about fifty miles, and that day again for
~. We found when we got back into
our horses very much fatigued, and
men too. Our orders came to prepare for
return march in the morning. And
We were off in good season on the morn
of the Sth. We had between a thou
sand and eleven hundred head of cattle
and nearly FIVE hundred head of horses.
mules and ponies, all of which was cap
tured by my battalion, except about 80
head of cattle and some 50 horses. Ny
Cos d and c. also took a
large amount of camp equipage which
they found up the river from where we
We had taken oYer 80 prison
ers and killed two of the enemy, a great
many of our men were fired at, but none
The first day on our return we
C me as far as HudSon's Crossing, on the
Neosho, and the next day came through.
Our men all conducted themselves well.
Especially John Hutchins, he led his men
into the woods and did it coolly and gal
4 Drawer or more dashing fellow
than julie IIadley never lived. Col. Rat
lift felt bad hat he could not go with us,
but the DIR. would not permit him..
Notice to Paroled Union Prisoners.
CoLUNBrs. o., June II.
Paroled Union prisoners from Ohio nre