The National tribune., 1900-08-30
CONTINUED from last week.

Wild men ike 10 nue. haJ. MdllOch
formed his camp east of the town half
mile. on the river bank, where was a strip
of level sod, good for drilling. On the
east of camp were bluffs shaded by elm
trees, making the scene picturesque and
beautiful, affording shade from the hot
sun during the sultry days. Two-thirds
of the men We're mounted, armed with
sabers and old muskets, the non-commis-
stoned officers having Spencer carbines,
and when detailed for q scout, reyolvers
also. Soon our work began. Maj. Mat
lock took two-thirdS of his command and
began securing the surrounding country.
Our picketS would be fired upon, but from
diSloyal citizens kept them well informed.
Horses of fine speed and endurance were
used by them, both by their courierS and
themselves-horses that had fine blood of
the Glenco, Whip and Eclipse kind, whose
speed kept them from being captured by
us. The Union men of Glasgow were
very few, while the balance were rebel
to the core, keeping the fighting element
well posted as to our movements. Among
the loyal people were Ben Lewis, Maj.
Lewis and DIR. Lewis, three brothers. Ben
was reputed to be wealthy, and spent
money freely for the Union cause, finally
yielding up his life for his country. To
the 18th boys they rendered every assist
ance in their power. The Doctor was
more conservative, yet truly loyal.
Owing to the miserable muskets given
the boys 16 of Co. II put 500 each into
the hands of Serg't Butler, with the re-
quest that he buy Henry rifles for them,
also ammunition. The Henry rifle shoots
16 times without relOading. Serg't Butler
put the money in a higher officers hands,
but the rifles never came. The report
was there were none, but we aScertained
that there were plenty in st. Louis. For
time there was little here to do, save
keep the buShwhackers out of the town
and the telegraph lines in repair. The
pickets would be fired on every dark
night; generally the shots came from a
different direction each time, or to a diff
ferent post. Many of our boys were shot
in this way, but we could never catch
the guilty rebel. Post firing nights was
common, but Jim Anderson. who was sub
sequently shot by Samuel Taylor, of Co.
G, HoltSclaw, Capt. Stewart Gooch and
Maj. Perkins were on the alert, and soon
our boys had a terrible fight with these
gangs combined. Capt Hibbard, of Co.
II, with his company and % militia, the
latter armed with dOuble-barreled shot
guns, loaded with buckshot, moved out
from Glasgow, the militia under Butler,
taking the lead, two Of Co. HIS boys TAX
ing the advance.
ENCOUNTER WITH BUSHWHACKERS.
After going 10 miles they came to a
dense growth of jack-oaks. At this juno
flankers; at the same time the rear guard
discovered armed men in the distance.
The fiankerS We're put out, HIbbard and
Butler conversing as they rode along,
when halt" and the crack of revolvers
from about 80 busbwhackers who faced
them in the road. The Captain was GO
ing to drop back to the main column, but
thought better of it, and got behind tree
and emptied his revolver into the cut
throats. The militia broke and ran, and
we never saw them again. Butler was
thus left alone with the demons. Having
Of Maj. Lewis, he opened fire and hit the
chief, who had plume in his hat as an
insignia of office. The plume was red and
black ostrich feathers. He was taken
away by his companions. Only four
loads from Buffers revolver would go off, |
while the gang were shooting at him only !
40 feet away, yelling like demons. At this
juncture a Sergeant in charge OF the com
pany tOberholzer) came rapidly up, when
the bushwhackers fed. The plume of
this bushwhacker was preserved and is |
owned by Butler, and we learned that it |
did belong TO Capt. Stewart, who was
wounded in the arm, while two of his |
men had received wounds that were NOR
tai. Hibbard fired five shots, all he had, |
and Butler four; good work from good |
men. Capt Stewart was afterward killed |
by McRae's men on the Fayette road, his |
wounds still unhealed. Several fights |
took place at or near Allen Station. one |
in which only IS of our men participated |
winning the victory. We had one man |
wounded; they had one killed and several |
wounded. Another fight took place there |
wherein we had so men and they 80 |
Our men We're at the station when |
the bushwhackers came in all of a sud |
den. The Lieutenant in command lost |
his head, ordering the boys to mount and |
dismount repeatedly. The boys got in the |
tobacco warehouses and behind hogs |
heads Of tobacco, from which places they |
kept up continuous fusillade. The tele- |
graph operator sent word to the next sta |
tion, where there were some State mill |
tia, and they arrived in time TO save the |
day. When our men took to" cover they |
left their horses These the bushwhack- |
erS got away with. Two men ON our side |
had been killed, and one of them scalped |
one 4 militia Lieutenant, the other John |
Daniels, of Woodstock, Ill. Butler went !
out with 40 men to assist our boys; this |
made about 200 of our men; they were all |
furious for a fight; were within striking I
distance, but the Lieutenant said no, and !,
they went back to Glasgow. Co. ii, with |
40 men, under Capt. Hibbard, left Glas- |
gov for a scout. The first night they |
camped at Roanoke, having met no !
'whackcrs;" but, of course, the rebel |
cou.iers were our watching our boys from
distance, and they made preparations |
10 repeat the CcntralIa massacre. Our |
boys had orders 10 take not less than 40 |
rounds of ammunition, but they took 80 |
They also took four days cooked ratiOns |
They We're to 20 to the Persian Hills, a |
noted stronghold of the guerrillas, thence |
10 Fayette. The second day ont they |
stopped at Dripping Springs Church. 10 |
miles from Glasgow They campcd at |
farmhouse. where were plenty of out |
buildings, with feed for the horses; the |
buildings all made of logs. A Corporal |
and three men were left TO guard the |
horses and with orders to keep Il sharp |
lookout. About this time a shot was |
heard in the cOrnfeld nearby. This |
startled the boys somewhat. Going out |
they found one Of their men, James Ken |
nedy, who enlisted at Rockford, dead He |
had accidentally shot himself in the head. |
We laid him to rest far from home and |
wife. The circumstance cast Il gloom over |
the boys, and as they turned away from |
his grave each wondered who would be |
next, little knowing that in Il few short |
hours they would be actors in one of the |
ferccst conflicts of the war.
MIDNIGHT BATTLE.
The boys sought much needed rest, when
about midnight shots were fired and cries
OF distress came from the stable. Some
rushed to the stable and found Holland, |
another one of the boys, wounded, having
been fired upon from across a 30-foot lane, |
where the ''whackers" had secreted them
selves and crept mp unseen, protected by |
the trees. The relief guard were convers- |