The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-02-12

HEAD QUARTERS. lsr Iowa CAvALRr,
~ CAMP AT CARRoLToN, Ark
January 18th, 1863. 81 "
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n have the honor TO report that
in compliance with INSTRUCTIONS received
from you, I left campat Huntsville, Ark !. on
the morning Of the 9th at 9 o'clock,
with detachment Of 800 men, including
officers from LIST Regiment Iowa Cavalry,
with four days rations, and proceeded to,
wards Kingston Ark. where | arrived at.2
r. NJ. Of said day, when received Important
information Of the movements of the enemy,
which ! immediately conveyed toyou by de.
spstch. ,r;,, ,-.g..,.. ,.E...,
Tho guide which accompanied me not be-
Ing acquainted with the region Of country
beyond, Kingston when yonr Instructions re-
quired / should 80, 7 procured new guides
at the above named place, and proceeded on m
the road four miles beyond Kingston: II te-
ipg,4 o'clock. p. NJ, and learning that the
road before me was awinding one, through
wild mountains utterly devoid Of habi!as'on,
Il bivouaced for the night, and threw out on
all the roads in. the vicinity strong guards
Early in the evening the picket guard on
the Eastern road captured three men and q
fourteen head of, horses and mules, owned
| by an individual called "parson Rodgers"
who confessed to me that he was engaged in
bringing horses and mules and selling them
to tho Army Of tho sa.called Confederate
States, this being the third lot he had pur-
chnsed..ifw io omaa ,iaailrT 5sif
During the night Japt. ]. D. jerks, and
Corporal Ramsay, Of Co. D, lst iowa Cav
airy, having IN charge three prisoners, cap'ur-
ed while ON picket, and being on their way
to camp with them, were halted on the road
by some unknown person. or persons VINO
demanded thatthey should, surrender, which which
was promptly refused, whereupon the party
was fred upan, without injury to any fone,
and the Are was Instantly returned by Capt
jerks, killing one men, whosenames was as
tcertainci to be Allen Basham. Capt jerks
and Corporal Ramsey, succeeded IN reaching
camp safely, with two Of thu. three prisoners,
one Of the prisoners escaping during the en-
gagenentarad Yosa taBs COS SIS era
ld3At4 o'clock on the following morning
had the column in motion, and by daylight
trenched the Saltpetre works, on the Bntfa'o
River, II miles from Kingston, where ] CON-
htIetely surprised the small force there Gu,
ployed and captured seventeen outgof TWEEN
ty;. tho Liept. in charge and two men being
engaged at work in the timber, short dis
tance from the buildings, succeeded in max
idg good their escape, The buildings, four
teen in number, very extensive, entirely new,
4 and of good workmanship, together with
two steam engines three boilers, seven large
| iron kettles, weighing according to the bill
| for the same found on the premises, 500 lbs.
each, besides half n ton Of Saltpetrc. large
fire proof safe Halls patent, three Concord
wagons, two carts, and all the appurtenances
| of first class establishment Of this charac-
| ter, were completely destroyed by fire and
/ otherwise. ~ns,ry ..,.,.., Ia go, y
After remaining at this place about SIX
j hours, / moved my ,:omnand to "a point 4
miles below, on Buffalo River, and sent q
detachment Of 100 men. under command o'
Capts. Mcqueen and Dmsmore, LIST lows
t Cavalry, to destroy an establishment of sim
liar character. The working party having
lookout on an elevated point escaped, but thu
detachment took possession Of the works
which consisted Of several frame buildings
entirely new, having four large iron kettles
in full operation, all Of which were do
4 stroyed. saa otisruI zsz5ag g HI eaa4ee -
q !. In the meantime captured in the valley
! and mountains, some twenty prisoners ane
Z horses aH,aEL g6t * sg8sRr -sntesi =
r. Having been entirely successful in accom-
I plishing all that was assigned to n,s' with
cut any casualty to my command, lstartss
on my return and re-cfossed the mountains
in the night time. arriving in camp at Car
2 ralton on the evening of January 18th
1863, delivering my prisoners numbering
! 80, and 80 horses TO Lieut.. lcols Baldwin
r,,s,h No. Cavalry. Provost Marshal of tn
Diyision.ngsg asli nj aszssa.l re- ssst. =
J,rd;fai Very iRespec.fuliy,a ~ saoI. a
jri upra& sue Your obedisnt servant 8
IT. ls~ ym .gay r6J.W, CALDWELL, 'e
~ nog roa gsY Major rlstionia Ceya'ry. .
u To Brig Gen. +. j.. Heron. Commanding
). Sd Division Army Of the Frontier. ,s,si q
h,a a.. .CApEoLLToM, CARRoLL Co, ARK, q
january 10Th, 1858.
i1n,.. pp.,.& 1aits gIaS5tj sfG 3En3 szs:
7 ' " write yon today being the frs
favorable opportunity since We left the ba'
: lie ground Thencxt morning after | w'o'
i 10 you last, we started with cur effectiV'
force for vapburen--, marched until mid
night aud laid by until morning, when tn
4 entire force Of cavalry were sent forward e
reconnoi,rc and il possible surprise the reb
els. We came npon camp Of obout 2 .oo'
!, five niles north Of Vanbrren and chase,
! .h.,,, "a G,G-sno.d into tn,y, cof,f,irir,sp az