The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-07

report OF Generals Price. shelby Clark,
NJ Jef Thompson. Iackman and tho colo
nels Of regiments in the divisions who have
reported. and the statement made By Gen
eral Cahell. he can come TO no other CON
clusico than that this raid into Missouri
was one OF the noldest most daring raids
made by the troops OF any command dur
ing the war He Will see that an army
OF not more than 5000 men. Weighted down
with 1000 unarmed men, invaded coun-
try filled with troops we'll armed and
equipped, with no supplies or depots TO
draw from, with no railroad or steamboat
transportation, with no clothing or ord
nance store to supply the needs OF the
troops. compelled TO obtain supplies for
the men and forage for tho artillery and
cavalry horsos and mules from tho coun-
try, and that in the presence OF large
army, we'll trained. well fed. we'll clothed.
well armed and well mounted. Eight
thousand cavalry In our rear, With 5000
well armed and we'll clothed aud we'll fed
infantry ON our left With aa army OF at
least $4,000 we'll armed. well organized and
we'll mounted State troops from Missouri,
Kansas and Colorado In front That we
marched from South Arkansas, crossed the
Arkansas river marched through North
Arkansas, filled with Federal troops.
through the State OF Missouri from south
] ing aud skirmishing every day and night
tearing up railroads, burning bridges and
railroad depots, clothirS and subsistence
depots. Capturing more artillery than we
lost, paroied over 1000 prisoners aud OBJ
tanned good supply OF clothing: march,
ing over 1000 miles, Notwithstanding the
fact that we failed to accomplish al that
we started to do and that our lossey were
4 great and our suffering great Yet the stu.
history he. MA
that no greater valor was displayed, that
no more bravery. no truer Southern pat
rlot'sm and no greater self. denial was ever
SHOWN by any command during tho war.
ihe numbers OF brave Southern PATRIOTS
buried FAR from home IN strange land
on that raid into Missouri will prove this
70 be true or all the generals who COM
manded on this raid but two are living.
General John p. Clark and myself. the
others having crossed over the river
! hope that this statement viii cause
inc friends OF the noble men. who have
crossed the river 10 see THAI their Nom
org Is kept green and that their good
deeds are handed down to posterlty In A
correct and truthful manner
/ General Price states 10 his report made
TO General 3. KIRBY Smith, the comman
/ der OF the Transmississippi department
dated December es 1854 that he marched
lASi miles. fought torty-t three battles and
skirmishes, captured and narolad over
5000 officers and men, captured eighteen
( pieces Of artllley. 5000 stands of smsll
arms, sixteen stands Of oolors which he
I brought out. at least 5000 overcoats lsrge
| quantity Of blankets. shoes and ready
made soldier clothing, destroyed milse OF
7 railroad burning bridges and depots de.
I stroylng property 70 the amount OF so. o
/ 600, 600 that he brought A. least soon re
cruits with him.
! | am willing that those men who have
( written histories OF the war between the
states may use .his TO correct a partial
I history that they have written and that
/ they are trying TO force as text hooks
( IN our schools
| ! regret that I am unable TO give the
exact number of our killed wounded and
missing during the raid, as this state
n1ent is made mostly from memory. 7
know that our losses were heavy judg
ing from the losses in my own brigade
which was greater than any other brigade
/ owing 10 the fact that ! commanded AZ
least one-fourth OF the armed men Of
( the whole command. had over 100
men killed, over 400 wounded. and last
over 200 captured up to the date Of my
capture on October "a. 1864.
I As no report was ever made, as stated
above, can not give any statement o,
the losses Of Cabel's brigade after my
capture. Respectfully, w. J.. CabelI
I Commanding Brigade Fagan's Division, G.
s. A.. During the War Between the
States