The National tribune., 1904-06-30
SOME MOSGROyE ROMANCES.
The Fight at Glasgow, KY, With Part Of
Co. II, I'd Mich. Cav.

LDlIOk ANATlONAL 1RlbUNE. luClOSc
an article which will somewhat conflict
with Mosgrove's account of the same skir-
mish. l can fully corrObOrate the account
of our Orderly Sergeant which is quoted.
BY publishing it you will confer favor
upon the few remaining comrades who par
ticipated in the affair: besides correcting
MOsgroves romance. Our foragers came
through the place two hours later, and
found no enemy but another party of the
same detail stopped to enjoy country
wedding, and found that the enemy had
returned, and all were captured and parOled
by them. We learned that the enemy had
a number wounded in the skirmish. We
brought in five captured horses and four
prisoners. Capt. Jones's company muster
roll showed 81 men.
While l am opposed to controversy, /
feel it duty to reply to one, at least, of
Geo. Dallas MosgrOve's many exaggerated
in his Morgan and His Men,"
in The National Tribune. In the Tribune
of Dec. II. in his account of little affair
there is such perversiOn of facts that l
think it due the participants that the other
side Of the story be heard. He says: "Af
ter grand review and muster at Alex
andria, Tenn, Dec. =, he set out with the
largest force he had ever comma nded, 3,1W
within five miles of Glasgow. Capt Jones
with his company of the 9th KY, supported
by Duke, with two companies, was sent
into Glasgow on reconnaissance, arriving
there after dark. Just as Jones entered
the town a Michigan regiment came in
from the opposite side. The two forces en-
cOuntered each other in the center of the
town, and in the skirmish that ensued
Capt. Jones was mOrtally wounded. Will
Webb. only a private, was also mOrtally
wounded. A singular act was that of
Lieut.. Samuel o. PeytOn, shot in the arm
and thigh, who shot one assailant, and
graphing with another bringing him to the
ground, and cutting his throat with a pen.
knife He adds: "Peyton was an educated
when provoked or attacked" What a
bloOdthirsty tiger he must have been when
aroused!
However, l shall damage that story
farther on, by showing that we lost but one
man, and by showing how that one was
fight showed any signs of having their
throats cut. Perhaps Mosgrove or the SAN
culinary Lieutenant had bad dreams that
night! Mosgrove further adds 1.-The Fed
eral cavalry retreated from the town by the
Louisville pike" That was nearer cor
rect than his other statement; but he failed
to mention the fact that that retreat was
after Duke with his greatly superior force
had inglOriously fed to MOrgan's command!
Now, hear the other side of the story.
which can be fully substantiated. The I'd
battalion of the I'd Mich. Cav. had been on
detached service, doing picket and scout
duty with Col. A. s. Halls Brigade of in
fantry at Castalian Springs, near Gala
tin, Tenn. On Dec. % the battalion was
ordered to proceed at once to MunfOrdville
as Morgan had crossed the river again, in
heavy force, making for that place. We
were at once under way, and after a rapid
march camped about 33 miles from Glas-
gow., Dec. =, at an early hour, we were
on the march, Capt. +. w. Dickey being
in command. The order of march was Co.
NJ, with an advance guard of eight men un-
der the Orderly Sergeant. followed at 80
yards by the balance of the company,
Lieut.. X. L. Darrow, commanding Com
pany II followed, then the four COM
pany wagons, Cos. G and L bringing
up the rear. On nearing Glasgow, where
we proposed to camp that night, heavy de-
tails were made from the companies to
gather forage for our animals. This left
us quite weak, as the companies were al
ready small, from loss of men off on de-
tached service and in hospital, Co. nj hav-
ing left in ranks only 20 armed men. We
h0d lnn n1 Al.