Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-09-02
COHERENT C0NFEDGRATEs.
Fifth Annual Reunion Of Ex.C0nfeder-
ates ut Marshall, Mo.

ares NJ Marshall, Mo.
We made a flying trip to Marshall
night and found that live
little city crowded with visitors from
all parts of the state. The crowd is
estimated at over 20 1000 people.
The ext onfederates were there in
but no county showed up bet
ter than Audrain. We noticed the
following from Mexico and vicinity
Capt. &. ID. Phillips, Maj. III. a,
Ricketts,, b. c. johnson, I. T. Tor
reyson, L, w. Harrison, Jas. McLana
han, r. s. Mckinney, j. L.. Gartrell,
w. Burt, Auxvasse, G. w. Moore,
Mediation, w. b. Edwards, c. H..
Bruce, W. T. Toalson, T. NJ. Ford.
Ed. Kendall, j, c. V. Baskin, 5. j.
Smith, Tom Hendrix, j. +. Edwards,
j.. r. Hayes, Buck Jackson, ii. C..
Crews, j. AID. Smith, j. Fl. Wor-
sham, DR.. McWiltams, Joe Boyd,
Andy Harrison, Capt. Eller. Joe
Moore, Mike Chapue, Robert Kemp,
W. FL. Herman. J. B. Miller, T.
Threlkeld, A. G. Turner, Bob Ora
ham, L. McCune, BENZ. Bradley and
r. b. Worrell.
Marshall was a wilderness of flags.
The national colors were displayed
from every point that could be utii-
lied. The grove where the encamp-
lnent of the reunion is made was,
nearly twenty-three years ago, the
scene of s~anguinary conflict. Early
in October, 1868, Gen. Shelby with
his brigade entered Missouri from
| the south with the declaration that
before he went South again the horses
| of his command would drink from the
| Missouri river. The state was then
fully in the hands of the federals,
| Gen. f. B. Brown commanding the
forces in the central district. He
received the news of the advance OF
Shelby when the latter had reached a
point about forty miles south of
Osceola. Col. John f. Phillips, with
the Seventh Missouri state cavalry,
was at Sedalia and was ordered to
meet the invading force at Osceola,
to which point Gen. Brown with an
escort also marched. Sedalia, where
there was a large amount of federal
stores and property, was a valuable
objective point for Shelby, and the
chief aim of Gen. Brown was to pre-.
vent his reaching that place. Maj
Emory S. Foster, his chief of staff,
with two companies of cavalry wa:
detached to reconnoitre and locate
the line of ,Shelby's advance. The
latter crossed the Usage, moving
towards Sedaha by the way of Coli
Camp, followed on a parallel line b.
Maj. Foster. The rapid massing o
, federal forces at Sedalia, with the ap
parent flank movement of Foster, di
= verified Shelby from Sedalia, so b
moved by way of Syracuse to, ant
g for a brief time occupied, Boonville
.tFrom this point Shelby move
. towards Marshall. Brown and Phi
=. lips followed with their command:
+ numbering neal 1000, and wei
sljoined by Col. Lazear with 1,2o
more. From near Boonville to Sa
Fork, a few miles east of Marshal
. there was a day of continuous marcel
&c ing and fighting, Shelby maxim
stands and holding back his assal
~ ants at every available point OF d
q fence. Darkness closed the stri
v and the Confederates rested for tt
!, night at Salt Fork. That night I'll
~ federal commander sent Col. Laze
~ with his 1900 men around Marsha
. and when next morning Shell
:. moved toward Marshall, Brown st
w. attacking his rear, he was met
= Lazear and the final combat to-
n. place on the very ground where t
"A reunion Of x-Confederates tax
On place. This placed Shelby betwe
two fires and with a force inferior
his assailants the capture OF his emit
command was regarded as certai
~ But with that skill which mark
Shelby in desultory warfare, with
:, brave command, some of whom WI
fighting in sight of their homes, han
ling his forces with unequalled cal
ness and courage, it was not to be
He beat off his assailants on bt
sides and withdrew southwark W
his forces intact, the losses, in Vi
of the sharp and continuous tghti
being small. He was good to
declaration that his horses sho'
y drink from the Missouri river.
',a' The roar of artillery now wa
. the sleeping echoes around the be
= tiful city of Marshal, but instead
as. betokening bloody combat 1T will
p' the summons of a happy multlt'
' to q glad reunion. The shouts t
will fill the air will be the greet
of friends instead of the yells OF
mics. The fighters and fugitives
way twenty-three years ago have come
s their own again and whether to
e''e sent friends or former foes the ls
!' string of their homes will be on
outside.
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