Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-11-18

Sen. PIsssastsfs Defeat sffssa. Prlss.
Gen Prics and his rebel lIordes made
bad work in many portions of Missouri,
and for time they were scarcely modest
ed IN their work of murder and rapine.-
The inalfehgagemen which resulted in
such complets discontinue 70 Price, took
place on the 2ethi Of Oct. and was one of
the most brilliant battles of the war The
rebels made two stands, one at Trading
Post, north of Mineral City, and the last
on the Maries des Gygnes Price com
manding in person, and had not less than
10000 men opposed to our 5000. Gen.
Pleasanton commanding our forces. and
after ma1loTering a short time IN tho fre-
bel 'front.' ordered charge on their left
flank. For some reason Price had massed
his men on his right, and when our cayal-
Fy, with drawn sabfes, rushed on the left
of the rebel line, they won a most com
pIete victory. The rebel artillery was ia
ken, and. then. troops. driven back In a
panic. Their officers tried in vain to rally
them TO orecapture the artillery, and it was
during this attempt to reform the rebel
line that Major General Msrmakuke and
Brigadier General Cabell were captured by
our forces. About one hundred and eighty
other officers, from colonels tosecond lieut.
enants, were made prisoners during the
day. Price was unable to bring his men
back to their work, and although outuum-
bering US more than two to one, they re-
treated in panic. Price himself order
ed the rebel wagons sdestroyed-not, how
ever, until many loads of plumber had been
reeaptured by our cavalry. Our losses
were comparatively small.
The immediate pursuit was only kept
up to Fort Scott. Gen. Pleasanton's forces
had ridden ninety-tgo miles In forty-eight
hours, and their horses were nearly starV-
ing for want of forage. Further they
could not go with safety without rest
| Blunt, Curtiss and McNiel, with all the
fresh horses they could. raise at Fort
Scott and vicinity, kept up the pursuit and
followed the rebels back into Missouri.
/ Price was most therougly cleaned out.
He brought into Missouri sixteen pieces of
artillery-two PARROTS, Two James rifles,
two brass mountain howitzers two iron
howitzers, six smooth bore guns, and four
very light steel rihed guns. Of these
iguns two were captured at Independence,
one disabled at Jefferson City, one burst at
Westport and nine were. captured by
Pleasanton. So that Price had but three
left, and two of these the light pieces for
which he has no ammunition.
Six hundred and twenty rebel prisoners
from the army of Price arrived at st. Louis
on the 9th, on their way to Rock Island
prison. The officers, ffty-seyen in num-
8 Der, were sent TO Johnson's Island. The
prisoners are all Missouri and Arkansas
> men. The latter complain bitterly Of the
treatment received from Price They
/ were kept in the rear while the Missouri
ans went in advance and secured the plum
der. At the time Of the rout the spoils
had not been divided, and were nearly al
burned by Price after his defeat. The
prisoners at st. Louis are but part of the
host captured by Pleasanton. Others re-
main at Fort Scott Mound City, Paoli,
Kansas City, DC. Crowds of people as
sembled to see the prisoners at st. Louis,
who werein pitiful plight. The Demo
i Gratis says:
The rebels were the toughest looking set
of men we ever saw. There was hardly a
man among themin healthy looking condi-
ton. Their faces were lean, haggard and
p cadaverous, their cheeks sunken, theil
forms bowed and their whole appearance
o wretched in the extreme. Among them
were quite number of boys of from four
teen tO, sixteen years, and few men ovel
fifty. They were all clad in rags; some
: without shoes, some without hats, some
with greasy blankets or ragged strips Oi
earpeting thrown over their shoulders
+ The prevailing style was butternut, two o.
o. three officers only being dressed in wha
had once been regular rebel uniforms.-
vi Not a few of them were sick and scarcely
U able to walk.