The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1862-04-30
correspondence.
CscEoLA, St. Clair Co.. No.
ADril 10Th. 1862. {

April 10th, 1862.
Dear Times Having few moments to
spare to-day, know,of no better way of
passing the time than by scribbling a few
lines to you which may be of some interest
to those of your readers who are in any
way interested in the movements Of Co.
k" LIST Iowa cavalry.
In your issue of the I'd which we have
just received, see letter from Capt. Free
man which informs you Of our arrival at
Clinton Since that was written we have
been removed to this point. Company "D'
of our regiment and company "D' of the
seth Ind are with US, all under the COM
mand of Lieut.. COL Moss. There is a large
amount of work for US to do in this and
the adjoining counties of Cedar and Yer
non in the way of taking care of numerous
small bands Of jayhawkers who infest the
vicinity Of the Usage river, more than any
other part of the State.
Two weeks ago last Sunday, ten of our
boys under Lieut.. Barnes came across
party of eight of the worst specimens of
the genus iayhawker. They fired several
volleys at the boys, but the sight of the
blue coats was too much for their nerves,
and they only succeeded in wounding one of
our men, as they charged over the rocks at
them. The name of the wounded boy is
Kelly. He was shot twice in the leg, but
is doing we'll and will soon be ready for
service again. Lieut.. Barnes brought in
one of the gang, but the others being well
mounted and havinga good start made
their escape. A detail from each company
under Lieut. Col. Moss went down the river
toward Warsaw last week, to break up a
company said to be near that place. Lieut..
Barnes in command of the advance guard
found party Of about thirty in a log house
AS soon as our boys came in sight they
m ounted their horses and scattered in every
direction Lieut.. Barnes pursued, killed
six and took nine prisoners. The COM
mand returned the next day bringing in
twelve or fifteen prisoners, and a number
Of horses and mules.
Last Sunday, Lieut. Col. Moss received
| information that large force, variously cs.
t'matcd at from loo up to 1900 were in
the vicinity Of Monticello, in Vernon Go.
Taking about eighty men from companies
"D'' and *" he Immediately started to
find them. At the crossing of Sac river
we were joined by two handred state
militia. The Col. detached several parties
to scour the country along the line o.
march, which joined the main body in the
afternoon bringing in several prisoners and
few guns. At one place three Of com
pany "K: beca,ue separated fr0ma scout
ing party and seeing foar mounted men
/ gave chase, ran them INTO house in tho
timber from which they fred, woundins
John Border, and then ran out at the bacl
of the house into the brush and made their
escape, leaving their horses and two gun.
with the boys. Twelve miles from Monte
cello, the state militia were left to quarter
for the night Six miles farther on Capt
Bryan with his company, part of compa
nv *" and the prisoners were also left t
find forage for the night. Taking Lieut.
Barnes and twenty men from our compan.
with five from company 3D." the Col. wen
into Monticello, making ridesof forty-fiv
miles. The boys after feeding themselve
and horses were soon sound asleep in tn
house and hay loft Of the barn near by, am
but taco guards were left to guard tn
horses and prevent surprise. At fou
o'clock We were awakened by loud yell
and the firing Of guns, followed by an OF
der to surrender. Springing to our feet
those Of us that were in the house rishe
to the windows to see what was up, an
were received by volley that sent the bu
let's whizzing about our heads and the glas
: flying in our fac, s. Their fire was returnc
|, and they fell back and took their station
at the corners Of the buildings where the
|, could see US and be themselves unseen
Those that were in the barn had to d.
sccnd ladder on the outside to the grount
+. j. Upper was shot in the arm as h
, reached the foot of the ladder, and Jane
Whitrord was shot and fell dead from tn
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