The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 22, In Two Parts. Part 1, Reports. Page: 610
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MO., ARK., KANS., IND. T., AND DEPT. I. W. [CHAP. XXxV.
No. 2.
Report of Lieut. Thomas A. Wakefield, Eighth Missouri State Militia
Cavalry.
SPRINGFIELD, MO., September 8, 1863.
GENERAL: I have the honor to inform you that, on my return from
Sedalia, with arms for Major Eno's battalion, on the 4th instant, I came
upon a band of rebels at Quincy, commanded by Captain Rafter. They
had robbed the town and shot some Union citizens and taken 4 soldiers,
purporting to belong to the Eighteenth Iowa Volunteers. They were
in the act of firing the town. I made a dash in town, scattering them,
and killing their leader, Captain Rafter. We also captured a great
many of the goods that had been taken. One of my men was mortally
wounded. I learned the next morning that they had killed the Iowa
boys. I sent out about 6 miles, and found 1 dead and 1 mortally
wounded.
I am, general, with much respect, your obedient servant,
THOS. A. WAKEFIELD,
First Lieut. Company A, Eighth 1. S. M. CGa., Comdg. Escort.
General MCNEIL.
SEPTEMBER 4-7, 1863.-Scout from Cold Water Grove to Pleasant Hill
and Big Creek, Mo., and skirmishes.
Report af Lieut. Col. Charles S. Clark, Ninth Kansas Cavalry.
HEADQUARTERS TROOPS ON THE BORDER,
Cold Water Grove, September 8, 1863.
GENERAL : On the morning of the 4th of September, 1863, I ordered
a Jcout of 40 men from Companies E and G, of the Ninth Kansas, to
at company me to Pleasant Hill, where I had previously instructed
C;,ptain [C. F.] Coleman to march and join the scout from this station,
with Companies D, of the Ninth Kansas, and M, of the Fifth Kansas,
which he did on the 5th instant. The same night we marched 15 miles
east, concealed our men in the brush, dismounted, and sent out four
parties, of 12 men each, under Captains Coleman and [H.J Flesher.
Killed 6 bushwhackers, remounted, marched 4 miles south; divided the
command; the scout from this station to scour Big Creek, in the direc-
tion of Pleasant Hill; Captain Coleman, with his command, was to
take in those run off Big Creek, and scour the brush east.
The scout on Big Creek, under Captain Flesher, and myself included,
surprised a party at a house; killed 4, captured 8 horses, saddles, and
bridles, and some Lawrence goods, and wounded, as I think, 4 others.
Our loss, 2 men slightly wounded, viz, Corpl. John Walters, Company
E, and Private S. Pentico, Company G, and returned to this station the
Ith instant.
Captain Coleman was to remain in the vicinity of Pleasant Hill two
or three days, to watch QuantrilPs movements. I found a trail of about
100 men 5 miles east of Harrisonville, who had passed the night of the
3d, twelve hours in advance of my scout, the trail taking a northeast
direction.
I am, general, your obedient servant,
C. S. CLARK,
Lieutenant-Colonel Ninth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, Comdg.
Brigadier-General EwING.610
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 22, In Two Parts. Part 1, Reports., book, 1888; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154600/m1/613/?q=Hughey: accessed May 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.