New-York daily tribune., 1863-09-14
GEN, EWING,s REPORT.
UKApouaRrrRs DISTRICT OF rHY BcRDrn
lANsAalrIY Mo auy "a lsl.
yt.us CO.. G. W. MARCH A. A. G., Dcpar,raeat Of tho Mi,-

SIR: Some commanders of dctachmentS en-
eogcG in tie pursuit Of Quoac sill out after lis
scattered forces. In advarco Of ttcir rotuIn suDml
areport of the raid which in respects may be de-
fcient for want OF official information from them.
Three four times this summer the GucrTiuas huNc
assembled to the number of overall hunuIec WITHIN "
or 80 miles OF the Kansas border. Ihcy La'o '"e"'
ened alternately lexington Independence ""IIcnS'
burg and HarrisouYilc; and frequent reports nave
reached me from scouts and spies tAht 'A'y meant 10
sack and destroy Shawnee, Olathe IGoa. Mound Citl
and other towns in Kansas near the eastern Doiocr
,laood arrisons in all thcse Kansas towns and issued
Srms nit, raors TO volunteer militia companies ttrt.
From trustworthy sources learned toward le Inst oi
,uy thnt they were threatening a rAd Oh LaWlehcei
and soon acr they comwe'Oed assembling on tie Sna-
bar in the western part OF Lafayette County NJ once
ordered company OF infantry. which was then coming
down FROM Fort Ripley. 20 stop az Lawrence, which
they 6Sd ior than week. and until u!cr the gucr
ra force had been dispersed bS force sent against
them IRON this time. though stiy receiving In
formation as to their NOV omenis and prus could learn
nothing Of purpose - make RAID INTO Kansas. Ihcr
forces were again scattered in s'la! predatory bands,
and bsd all available forces like manner scattered
throughout the Missouri portion Of this district and
especially the border counties besetilAe iNer La-A'S
Ouantrells whole force was about 800 men, composed
Of selected bands from tbs part q, Missouri About
go were assembled on BgCAwatcr, Le1r the eastern
border of this District least 20 miles from the Kansas
line or the Eth and 18th. an inornod'ly NM hoSs
Nj -.
Saline county, that tie rendezvous was tAese L.1t'
Col Lazear commanding two companies OF tie lst MIS-
souri, al WaIensbUIs heard on tie morning "a iie
Goth that this force had passed tAe OaI DtOle - mics
north OF him going west and moved promptly aHer
them sending orders TO Major Mllins, commanding
two companies of the Same regiment nt IeNsai' hlL
10 move on them from that point On thc night oi the
18th. however, Quanre passed through Chapel Hi TO
che head OF the middle 0-k O Grand River eight mics
northwest of HaTrisoIyine and fifteen miles southeast
Of Aubrey the nearest station IN Kansas. There ho
was joined the morning Of tae Goth ly about ~ men
from Grand River and cho Osae, and "s noon set cut
for Kansss passing five nLob south Of AGirey al Z
O. n. going west Aubrey ia&5 miles south Of Kansas
City. and about IS miles soutfsrsi Of Lawrence Kan
sas City is somewhat further .rom Lawrence.
CAPTAIN Pike, commanding TWO companies az Aubrey,
received information ot tho presence Of cuanre on
Grand river at = O'Clock, 7. H., Of the 2oth. he
promptly forwarded the information mp and down The
line and TO my headquariers ana called IN hls scouting
parties 10 march upon them One hour aLl hali later
te received information that Quartre had just passed
into Kansas. UnlGppAy' however Hste"~ q setting
ont AT or &c In pursuit. be remained % The station, AID
merely sent information Of Quantrells mo'cmel; TO my
headquarters and Capt Coleman colnH.aLeiIs Two
ropanies AT Little Santa Re- ~ miles north Of the hnc
Can't Coleman with near 100 men, marched AT once 10
Aubrey. ard the available force Of the Two stations
numbering about two hundred men set out at midnight
IN pursuit. But Suaht4ghs l"tI va osc! tLc o.c-.
z-are and difficult 70 follow az night 90 that our forces
gained but hitle on hin. BY CAPT. I-ke.s eircr Of
judgmen. ia failing 10 follow promptly anu closely the
surest means Of arrestng lie terrible DOW was ioWH
away-for Qaantrel never would have gone as iar as
Lawrence, or attacked il. with hundred men close
Tie lie first dispatch Of Capt Pike reached here %
miles north Of Aubrey az III P H., the second an hour
later Deforc o'clock Maj Plumb Il! Cl!.i OF stan
the head Of about % men (Which was az that colG he
,Ot here and at WestpOrtA started sOLtH"Afc tlt az
daylight heard, e 0aiAe % miles from Seie ihat nc
enemy lad passed u midnight through baidAef, is
miles from Lawrence. going toward that town Iesh
ING on Mai. Plumb overlook Capt. Coleman ard me
six miles south east Of Lawrence at l ociocA ticay
the 2lst inst and ly the light Of the blazing farm.
houses, that The enemy Lad got SIX miles sn1h o'
Lawrence their way Cu; OF the SAFE: I.c creHy
were oyertaken near Palmyra, BY Mly IluMDs com
,pand 70 which were there added from 20 20 100 citizens
who had been hastily assembled. and led In paFsalt ny
Gen. Lane. -,
most exhausted Nearly al were young hoTses just IS
sued 10 the companies, ald hld marched more taAn
yxty FIVE miles without rest AID without food from inc
morning OF the GOTH QuautIeA lad bis men mounted
on the best horses " TIE border eio had esh
ones going TO AID &; Lawrcuce almost enough TO 70
Td f his hest mounted and beet trained men In the
rear and often formed line o. battle to deay pursuit
Jv re time our scattered soldiers and citizens could
Oct M and line, the gusTrias rear guard would
sfter a yoley break into column, aud move OF 1t
sneed which defed pursuit. Thus tie chase dragged
through the afternoon over the pialile eelera! io
lowing roads or paths uaiil eiGL "Aeh Pualiiei
rear guard formed hEe Of battle three miles north Of
Paola ard twenty miles from where they entered TIE
sfa.e 4 skirmsh eusuel the gueiIiAGs breaking hld
scaerrg so that our forces In tie darkness lost the
trail and went into Paoa FOX food aAd rest, WA-.e
search was being Irate for i. So
Ijeut. Colonel CLARK 9th Kansas Volunteers. with
the troors on The border south Of Ltc santa Ie IN
Guiding The stations q. Autrey coidwaiar Grove QJ
fnles south Of AubTey' Rockville (iJ Iihes south of
Codwa.er Grove, CA0ieGl's Trading Iost % mics
south Of Rockville. ard HarTsonle. There were two
companies each station, DL' tie force ou iarolng
rarely le! fifty men N camp 70 each posi- hc received
Ceptan Pixies message as 10 tho gathering OF Q-antTes
forces on Grand river the night OF the %y All AZ
sent for the spare Troops 1t iOckNAe ana iL1Lg
Post % ma.ch up COldwater Grove. At O'Clock On
Tire morning OF the 2lsr lie received dispatch from
CAPTAIN Coleman at Aubrey saying that Qusntrell had
crossed into Kansas; end lie oct out win thTty men,
following Quanues tiai! nearly 70 OIlAcr ana lL.Ic'
going south 70 PaOla reaching there at p ~ VII;
this inand and force Of perhaps hily citizens, and
part OF Captain Dcuters Company " tAe I1h Kansas
Infantry which had been gafrlsOnng Pa0a lie prepared
70 attack Quanlre at tAe ford Of Bull Creek I'M Zee miles
south Of PaOla toward which he Was then retreat
ing But Ouautre coming within four OF i've mica
Of that crossing, after dark formed hne o. battle
as stated above broke trail turned sharp 70 the norh
and lodged and bewl!dered TIE force IN waiting ioI
him es vel Is that In pursuit. These troops at the
ford returned 10 Paola about the time the command
which had followed QuantreI reached ere: one 81
lie parties IL search Of tie Gl found u hFo lies mort
OF l'GOln and reported tie fact % IieEtCOl tlaIk
VINO vas then ranking officer there al bet~een one ana
two O'Clock. lie wes slow IN ordering Pulshlt ~AIch
Sgas not renewed until daybleo. lie a that TINE sent
Capt. Coleman forward, with thirty men of tie stl
Kansas which lie himself had brought TO Feola ard
forty Of the regmeAt which had got there from
tie Trading Post az about two O'Clock that nOrAing
ard about seventy militia, chieey Of Linn County. He
marched after himself with the troops which had
followed Quantrcll the day before.
Half al Dour before MAJOR Plumb started rom Kansas
City on the light OF The 2ls Capt Palmer lh Kansas
was sent by him from WeStQOrt with hlty men u Lii
comrany the Bne 20 near Aubrey where he met
messenger from Capt. Coleman, directing IceAiOIco
,nents to Spring HI, al which point lie struck Quan
trells trail and followed II 20 within seven miles o
Lawrence Thence learning that QuantIen had gone
south Le turued southeast; and at Lanesield (UnlOn
town was joned b. force about eighty strong under
Major Philips composed Of detachnents OF Captain
Smiths Company, l.. u M, Capt. hIilens, Wn hnHbas
and SQUAD Of thc 9Th Kaus4s 1AIs latter force had
been collected by Major hacAer at Wes,pOrt, and dis
Yatched from there at noon Friday Ac 2lst via Lex
tngton Kansas. The command OF Major Phillips thus