Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-09-17
From the Cd. Ohio Cavalry.

From the I'd. Ohio Cavalry.
FoRr ScorT, Aug, 2Gth, lSd2.
One evening just after dark, We were
ordered to be ready to march in half an
hour with six days rations. To take 10
rounds of carbine cartridges and go in six
mule Wagons 10 men in a wagon. BY 10
o'clock we We're in motion with 9th Wis,
Rabb's Battery and a large force o fmount-
ed men, including ll5 Of our Regiment.
Moved in toward Balltown. distant q
miles. Had several wagons upset but
luckily no n seriously hurt. Got off
the road and did not reach Ralltown till
10 A. NJ. Kept on in a northeastern
course, > days and 3 nights all the time
on the track of a large party of gurrillas,
who were hunting up recruits, arms. and
horses. We took every thing we could
eat on the road, apples, peaches, water
melons (of which there are thousands, the
people plant among;their corr as We do
pumpkins) honey, hams, roasting-ears,
chickens, milk, butter, eggs, bread and
every thing that any person ever thought
of eating. 1t was fun tosee the menjump
out of the wagons by scores, run for the
houses and come back loaded with spoils.
What they did they had to do quickley.
for the teams kept at a good round trot
where the road were at all good. The
green things AMI vegetables tasted. d, 50
good. 10 US who have been without so
long. Travelled day and night, hating
for an hour or two, once in t~wenty-four,
TO cook something. " heard of the reb'
els all the time 1000 strong. and thought
the time had finally come where we could
smell the rebels burnt powder. One Col
Warren was one day in advance of US,
having started from Clinton, Mo. In the
afternoon of the third day we were met
by a messenger from him saying that the
State troops under n Fosset or Foster
The came from Independence and was on
the other side of the rebels) had had q
| battle with the rebels at Lone Jack, seven
miles ahead;had been overpowered;that h
Warren) came up and attacked them in
the rear, TO keep them from annihilatinl
Fosters force, and was holding them til
We came up. We pushed on, and fount
only a few strsgglers who were getting a
way as fast as possible. The bird had flow
en-! Heard some firing back on the roa'
we came, and a messenger came from Maj
burlington of End o. V. c. who hsppene'
with our mounted boys, TO be our rea
guard, saving that the rebels TO No Q
1000 or 1000 were passing and going bacl
the way we came while five or six hundre'
were holding him at bay. Wanted rein
forcemenis quick. A battery and tw0
regiments of Cavalry, were sent 10 him
1t was so pitchey dark that We could no
see each others faces in the wagons, anC
raining as il can rain only IL this country
where it gets at it bat two or three time
= year. One part of the train did 10
move 20 feet, but the front end got off
mile or so when they gave it up till day
light. Got out of the wagons soakin.
wet, lay down on the soaking ground witt
the soaking rain pouring on us, and slep
soakinly till daylight began to peep in tn
east. Then got into the wagons to whicl
the mules had stood hitched all night, ant
started in pursuit of the rebels, in a S. S
E. direction, our advance cavalry skirm
ishing with them almost constantly witt
about equal success, killing and woundin.
some and trkicg some prisoners and losin
some. There was only two or three Q
our Regiment wounded and two take
prisoners and they were released in abou
four hours, the rebels taking away thei
arms. On the seventh day as our mer
-rforses, and mules were completely worl
out, we turned toward Fort Scott whic
we reached on the eighth day from star
ing. Making a march of yer 2.5 mile
in seven days, which l think is unpr'
cedenied in the annals Of this or an.
other war.