Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-07-03

n, aseouut q Grants arerProsni
-s.c. m he Civa War. his lccation
= wex,ee AZ the vsry beginning q
n. carver has always been regarded
ufth great Interest By the people
here. There has been some coatro
seusy a. 70 The IocsiiOa Of his head
av.rterx Il has been claimed tAat
he haa his headquarters "a house
"a TIE los vhicA has been purchased
81 ne G-orernnsns Cor no P~Osioffiee
.|hafidIre. some day. the people OF
Mexico. or soue patriotic society may
waat to marx the spot shere he
vas located whIs persons are hV-I
Ing who know xhers that spot Is. 81
should be settled. HIS regiment vas
eamped GA whAa Is 0 he western
psr a Mexico mainly oa what com
noses Morris Adaluoa. north o. the
rauroaA. Urders The tactics AZ TIA
zine. tie Colonel o. . regiment Vas
Requires TO keep his iens with ais
imca. HIS teat wa lOcsts1 On
the uest side q Depot street on the
sass end Of black No. , os that al
ditsn. and his men were encAmped
every direction frpn hin except
east Al that tine there vas more
vacant space On the north side o.
lac railroad than nov for Il was be
fore the buildiag Of The Chicago &
Alton railroad along there In sup
port Of this statement reference E
made To History OF Audrsin Co1n-
Ity. 1854" infornztan furnished By.
Mr.. John Sanders, nOw deceased, Al
that time Postmaster At Mexico and
la citizen o. Mexico throughout the
enure war. OF those living aow who
we're on the Eround aad at his head
quarters during the time he vas hcz
ed here, are James H szIles, Z d
tGrahan, John W Beatty. Elmer Gun
bingham and George Clsrk fcol
an Of whon we're there under such
circumstances that they cannot be
mistaken about the place OF location
Major ". n Ssoae. ot the 2rd
4 IoEa Volunteers. eOumsnded the pos
a at Mexico in January 1853. UPou
, the authority Of Mr.. sAiiee the state
meat Is here made that It vas b
rho occupied the building On the
: postof1ee lot
IN June 1851 James o. Bznnon had
raised a Company Of men not IL
.Mexico, but in the vicinity aroand
Mexico and undertook To Join ths
ConfedsrzteS al Boonyiiie but. befor
reaching there, the battle bad takes
4 place and II being impossible fo
Is than to get across The river thel
returned home and the Company dis
: banded Several members OF tha
IA COMPANY aftsrwzrd Ia one way o
i another got 10 Prices army. Anon
!, thsEn we're Louis And George sinpsoi
Richard Lee and Joseph W. Lackle.
The Union forces we're not Of Eai
neiert numbers IN that time d
: spread all oTer and take charge o
!, Northeast Missouri. hence IN AudrSir
!, Monroe. Boone. Marion sza cSis=
~ way, remote from the county seats
where Federal posts had been estab
"a lshed. there vas q great deal OF re
alerulting going on for the confeaerass
nj D. Fl. Mcintyre, at that time 1
student at Westminster College, rails
9 ID q Company IN Galway County,
e composed largely OF Audrain Count!
men.
II Alvin Cobb. = oaearmed man.
raised a Company Of bushwhackers
which during the early part Of tn.
War he kept in the notrh part q
Cailavsy County ard south q Mar
~ttnsbarg in Audrain County. Llsutea
ant Jaeger = German. was IN CON.
zand Of a Company o. Union sol.
aiers around WellsvIIle. Sometime n
june with = few mea on either side
there was a little fight near the
Q town OF A~artinsburg IN which Captai
Jaeger Was wounded Benjamin T.
Sharp q citizen OF WellsvfHe, was
riding in a buggy With Lieut. Jaeger
and VA also wounded. He and Jae-
ger we're both followed into the town
Of Martins6urg and taken prisoners
Cobb took them with him aud With
in about four miles Of M~artinsburE.
Killed both OF them. Cobb got a
considerable force Of men together.
: undertook to get TO Price but failed
and civilized warfare not being snit-
ed to his tastes. and from inability
to carry on bis bush vhscking he
IN the early part OF the var. went
vest and completely disappeared.
!. Shortly after thfs, three Young
uaen not In arms. Robert and James
Rodgers and a Hawkins we're killed
% the Federal soldiers west Of Mex
leo.
John Murray raised a Company in
ABdrain county which became a mem
Der q Col Braces regiment
The first officers we're Captain
John Murray, First Lieutenant. Jas
P Davis, Second Lieutenant. Henry
Siihspie. Murray afterward be-
came Major Of the regiment and vas
succeeded as Captain By George ".
Hnoaston- W. J. Bolts, now Twin
Il Mexico upon the reorganization or
he regiment after the battle al
Lexington. became It's Ordinance Mas
ter.
Alter the battle Of Lexington Ma.
JoF Murray returned TO Anara,n
County to recrcit- was not successful.
ana tn company With a Jas. Lateoan
ne and Lakenan we're drowned IN
crossing The Missouri River. in an
attempt to rejoin Price.
Grant vas succeeded al Msxtoo bv
esAersl S D sturgis. sturris basl.
under his eoatrol about four t~housans,
men- He arrived at Mexico On tbeI,
q o. september, 1851. and was ord. /,
cred to Lexington the 18Th. He ,est i,