, 1864-08-04
GUERILLA WA0 In Mis-
SOURI,.
Fight with Guefillas In Platte County
6uurfllns Routed.

From the St. Joscph Herald, aosh.l
Last Thursd.y. Major Cox started out OF
6reckinr1dge With about three hundred men,
1lom Daviess md Livingstone counties, bent
On quitting Stop to the carnival being held
bS Ihiailkhil aud Thornton in the counties
south and west Of them. Captain Noblett,
OF Caldwell county, Joined film with one
comrany Of citizens. Meanwhile, the cfti
zens OF Caldwell, Clinton and Clay rallied At
Cameron and hastily formed about four CON-
pknles OF men and boys, ranging from fifteen
to sixty-hye years Of age. Captains Jones
Captains johnson aud Crouse's companies Of
cit,zeDs, and about twenty-eight Of Captain
Mt tDonald's boys, were soon on the War-path
with snch nrms as they could obtain They
followed after aud overlook Major Co.'s
command at Plattsburg, Friday: They now
numbered 400 men, With about $50 OF 500 ct.
eouth to Gocseyille, Whers taey struck the
trail Of the gueri,las, and pursued them
across the country to Carpenters store, 10
CLIFTON county; They next followed to
Union Mills, Platte county, and six miles
southwest Of Union Mills, they overlook
them after riding from sunrise till 2 P. N.
They came up with the bushWhackers In a
very singular manncr. As they were riding
up ravfnc, leading into piece OF brush
where some Union soldiers were once bHsh-
Whacked By gueril1as, to their left Was
high ridge and on an emtnence. near stood a
woman. Who fired pistol the moment onr
soldiers came In sight That pistolshot was
thought f. to be sIgnal 70 the rebels, and aulck
to the bigh ground, dismounted, fell on their
knees and crawled to the top Of the ridge,
where they saw the rebels, under Thrailklll,
advancing to gain the ground they occupied.
They came up to within twenty-h pacea,
when yolley of Union bullets sent them
back. They were at once reformed, and
came up to the work, but were driven back,
Three tmea WAS this repeated, but each time
it failed. . An eyewitness informs us that
Thrailkil handled his men with great skill,
and Was cool and courageous. Our b0y8
acted like veterans Not knowing the aum-
hers they we1e sngsging, eqt believing The
went in and fought with determination aud
bravery. Our men formed into two parties
on the t1anks, and on loot pursued the enemy
about two miles, when the5 came upon hats,
Goats, pistols, boots, and all the other evil
dencts of complete rout. Two dead rebels
were found, five were wounded, and ona
taken prisoner. In the first charge tie rebels
killed one Of our men, and wounded four,
two MORALLY. Had not that woman been
seen ~ she fired the signal shot, that little
party Of brave farmers and Aboring men
Would have been ambushed and terribly
elaughte1ed.
A4AA tAE HANA4Aoo Vuta1uEA Lev AO0AA lucy
sought, it would have gone hard With the
loyal soldiers. As 1t was, they completely
routed the busfEhsckers, and cent them fly
Ing back In Disgrace. 4 gentleman who SAW
them, says these guerlllas were mounted on
the best horses in't the country, and were the
best armed and equipped body Of men that
eyer marched into tie State Of Missouri.
When the Paw.paws went over to them they
rejected almost all OF their guns because Of
their iuferfpfity to their Qwn, DESTROYING all
which they did not accept. Every rebel car
ried two Of Colts army reyolyers and one
improved sharpe's rfflc. 1t turned ont that
Tbrailkll had about $50 men, and onr inform
ant. who was IN the fight, says those men
Yere capable Of delivering over two thousand
i've huadred shots before loading. When
they charged upon our men they rained 4
perfect shower Of bullets over their heads,
which fell harmlessly beyond them, as our
boys fell back behind the ridge The prison.
Ct taken BY our forces has made some very
important revelations, which ne shall tlrn-
nlsh our readers, We say, all honor to the
brave and gallant men who so nohly fought
ana dispersed these bloody scound1ols.