The Dickinson press., 1888-01-28
HARTsvILLE AND BATEsvlLLE.

Gen. Marmatlukc had sent half his forces,
about 5000 men, to llarSvillc, Mo, under
Gen. Porter. Porter n!nrcAcd To llartsvillc,
took possession of what he could there and
Went on toward Marshiicld. His intention
was to rcjoin Marma'lu!lr.
Col Merrill had been sent with 80 men to
rc-cnforcc Brown at Springfield. At Woods
Forks they met Malln,ini:e's Confederate
army returning from Springfield There was
n sharp fight at the Forks, the ConfcdcraJ,s
again retreating toward IL" sui:th. Marnil-
duke and Porter iuriucd junction and
turned toward lIart,v!lic. M',. learning this,
-lciiill made a forced march toward that
village, reached it ailc;, of t!!emi and took i.
strong position. Thus he had Marln;tiui.c's
whole force opposed I" him.
The fight WIS at short range and WAS Il
savage one. MarnmInkc's men charged 10
peatelly, but could not shake the Federal
position.
AT length oncc more tho Confrtlnratcs rc-
treated, this time GONG south toward All.;Il-
saS. Their loss in officers had been very
heavy. Among those lililcd was Brig Go:l.
Porter himself.
Marmaduke pushed rapidly southwark
across the Arkansas line.
The fighting at llartsville had taken place
Jan. II, 1865. Mainatlukr was inactive for
n little time after his escape across tic bur-
der. AT length he gathered part of ms force
and marched to Batcs,illc a town in !of;-
eastern Arkansas. 1t is situated on >l.e
met by Col George L. Wurinr, with n bll%-
;ide of Missouri cavalry. Hirn5 mad" an
attack on the Confederate, feb. 4, loiitert
them and drove them across White river.
Col. George i. Waring, wh" Won lie vic
tory at Batesvillc, is more Renowned in l"ar"
than he had opportunity to become in wal'
lie has an cnviablc reputation both III Amer
lea and Europe as Il sanitary cn.s;!l',., and
agricultural writer He .r;l, born !!i Con-
necticut in 1873 He was at np ,i.ile he on
s,incer Of Contra! park, .|c.. h'o.k. Il" i,a
sl,irii"'i and pleasing writaf, aai! t bl~, nd;
effective ere helper IN all l.a:'s for beau, ns
the AElel1can landscape ;.i!u ba!iG!Iis i4ctii
iul and attractive lo.i4rs Sonc of h.l BE-.
known works are whip AID Spur, ~
Farmers Vacation and SANITARY Drainage
OF Houses and Towns
In the fight at Batesyile Col WARM;
captured q number Of .IalI.itduic'a men.
Disaster met another portion Of Mailnadukc S
fore" ie" weeks l:.;"r. FOB. ~. Tht, Wcrc
at Van Bur,n. .AIi:. Ii.rcc hllnaI..d ol
them wcr" aboard ti:c steamer Julia EoOsr,
ready to deacclid the lr.;,l!s;t., ri.cr. leo"t,
geiliiiS away. however, the steamer l.;!s rji-
tuied by fe(,eral forces and tie 300 made
Prisoners
linus e!.del Hiarmadu!;c's ,sd into Mis-
so:il carly in isi. IL vas s. i.!lIiz.t ~ dis
aster 10 him and his forces ;.....e i w .ijlDut
interruption from bcSilnins 10 cad. vt tic
close he went to Little Rock to ciitiponew.
An affair took place March - l.ilicll Shows
vividly the methods Of border warfare in
Missouri. a Missouri River steamboat. the
Sam Gaty, was descending that stream at
Siblcy's Landing, near lndcpcn'.e..cc. with
eighty negroes on board. a ,al.4 ii s.'icr-
rllas Alta ,.cd her. robbed Tic pas, 4, If
Their valllabes iti!d murdered Il l.u..!.c, of
them. They captured twenty Of tic eighty
negroes, drew them up i'll Inc on Shore and
sllot them through the head, ono after an
/, ,.ther.