The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-09-22
How OuantreII Was Killed.

How Quantrel1 Was Killed.
A woman, so years old, was recently
sent under escort from little town
In Ohio to the Confederate Veteran AS
sociation Home in Lexington, Ky. Her
name is Caroline Clark Quantren. she
is the mother of Charles William Guam
trell, guerrilla.
Following the account of the removal
of this woman to home where she Is
to be cared for as long as she lives, was
a story purporting to be new account
of the killing of the most remarkable
man of his type that the war produced.
As the writer of the new account
spells the name Incorrectly throughout,
one need not expect to find all the state
ments in accordance with the facts.
There is only one true account of the
killing of Quantrell. 1t was written by
one who had Quantrelrs confidence;
who was Quantrell's adviser up to the
time that Quantrell left Missouri for
Kentucky; this man was the custodian
of the data of the guerrilla warfare of
the west. He wrote the history of the
guerrilla organization-the only his
tory of that organization ever written
and printed. Not a statement in the
history has been questioned.
The story of the last fight and the
shooting of Quantrell, and his death
later. was told TO Major John y. Ed
wards by Quantrells lieutenants who
were there. They knew Edwards as
their friend. and confided to him the
message of Quantrell and his report Of
the fight at Wakefield's house in Ken
lucky in June, 1865. The story, as Ed
wards wrote it, is too long to be repro
duced here, nor is it necessary that it
should be- But as new account is
out, it Is we'll enough to summarize the
old account, which is the correct one.
The men with Quantrell at the time
were John Ross. William Hulse, Payne
Jones. Clark Hockensmith, Isaac Hall,
Richard Glasscock, Robert Hall, Bud
Pence, Allen Farmer. Dave Hetton and
Lee McMurty. \ rainstrom of unusual
severity drove Quantrell and these men
to a barn. They dismounted and hitched
their horses to fence While the horses
were feeding the men amused them
selves with a sham battle, using cobs
for ammunition. They We're unusually
hilarious GlaSScOck was the first to
give the alarm. He saw coming to-
ward the barn a column of Federal
cavalry. 120 strong. Here they are"
was his shout. Every man rushed for
his horse The attacking party was led
by CAPTAIN Edward Terrell. who had
special and rowing commission to hunt
down Quantrell once, and knew the
man. He did not. however. know that
he was within hundred miles of Guam
trell until one of his company accident
ally discovered the horses of the band.
The attack was quick. Before the
guerrillas could bride their horses the
men were in a hail of carbine bullets.
The fight was close. When 1t was hot
test Quantreu called out, Cut through
boys; cut through somehow. Don't
surrender while there's chance to get
out"
Five of them did cut through: they
We're Ross. Hulse, Farmer, McMurty
and Pence. Quantrel's horse was a
spirited animal 1t had broken from its
hitching and was running excitedly
about the lot. Quantrell was trying to
get it by coaXing. The horse was
frightened and no longer under con-
troll of his master. The new account"
says this horse was lent to Quantrell
by woman. The animal was IA
vorite of its rider, and had been in his
service in the west.
HOckensmith was mounted and could
have escaped, but when he saw that his
leader was not in the saddle he gal
loped toward him, dismounted quickly
and offered his saddle to Quantrell
This act of devotion touched Quantrell
and though the bullets were thick in
the air Quantrell gave his hand to
Hockensmith who jumped behind his
chief. 1t was brave act and deserved
success, but just then volley from
Terrel's men struck the horse and
killed 1t. GlaSscock, who was on his
way out, and who could have escaped
looked back and saw the horse on
which Quantrell and Hockensmith were
mounted fall. He turned, galloped his
horse back and offered it to Quantrell.
Hockensmith was dead and Quantrell
was trying to get himself from under
the horse There was another volley
as Glasscock rode up to his chief. 1t
wounded Quantrell and killed Glass
cocks horse.
Glasscock, unhorsed. fought by the
side of his lpader-One man against one
hundred. But as soon as the cavalry
saw that Quantreu was hit they rushed
in upon him. and Glasscock refused to
surrender until his gun was wrenched
from his grasp.
Two balls struck Quantrell. The nrst
entered to the right of the collar bone
and ranged down the spine, injuring IL
severely. The second cut away the
third finger of the left hand. The lower
portion of the body was paralyZed. lie
was carried to the farmhouse of Wake
| field. His mind remained clear and his
voice was as usual. The Federal cap
tain. brave soldier that he was. went
to the house, removed his cap as he
stood by his fallen foe and asked II
there was any service he might do
that would be accepted?'
Quantrell's reply was characteristic