up with two of Holtzclaw's people; wounded 1 and captured both horses. Advanced a mile and was attacked in fear by a band numbering 100 men, commanded by Holtzclaw and Anderson. Captain Parke stated he fought for fifteen minutes and had 7 men killed, 2 wounded, and 3 missing. The men killed are said to have been massacred, four being scalped, one hung and scalped; three had their throats cut; their bodies were afterward recovered and buried at Boonville. From this report Captain Parke's forces were evidently surprised on the march and did not attempt to do any fighting. I recommend that Captain Parke be dismissed the service for this affair. Major-General ROSECRANS, Commanding, Saint Louis. A. PLEASONTON, Major-General, Commanding. No. 2. Report of Capt. Joseph Parke, Fourth Missouri State Militia Cavalry. BOONVILLE, August 30, 1864. On the morning of the 28th I crossed the river with forty-four men in search of Holtzclaw and his men. When within four miles of Rocheport we came up with two of them, wounding 1 and capturing both horses. After advancing about a mile farther we were attacked in the rear by a band of guerrillas numbering about 100, commanded by Holtzclaw and Anderson. We gave them fight, and fought them for fifteen minutes. During the engagement I had 7 men killed dead on the field, 2 wounded, and 3 missing. Two of the latter, I understand, are making their way back to this place. We also have had 6 horses killed and about the same number wounded. We do not know for certain of more than 6 of them being killed and 2 wounded. My men who fell into their hands were most barbarously massacred, four being scalped, one hung and scalped; three had their throats cut. Major Leonard being near I went to him and got assistance and returned to the battle-field, where we had another small engagement; we drove them back. My men were then brought to this place and buried here to-day in a respectable manner. JOSEPH PARKE, No. 3. Report of Lieut. William Argo, Seventh Missouri State Militia Cavalry. SEDALIA, August 30, 1864. Captain Parke was attacked near Rocheport, Boone County, on Sunday last. Lost Lieutenant Dale, 6 men, and 3 missing. The band supposed to contain 200. The dead were brought to Boonville. W. ARGO, Lieutenant. Major-General PLEASONTON AUGUST 28, 1864.—Skirmish in Polk County, Mo. Report of Brig. Gen. John B. Sanborn, U. S. Army, commanding District of Southwest Missouri. SPRINGFIELD, Mo., August 30, 1864. MAJOR: Mr. Worbridge and five boys arrived here last night from Batesville. Last Sunday week he states that Generals Adams, Shelby, and McCray, and Colonels Freeman, Dobbin, Campbell, Sewals, and one other, were there and on Round Bottom between there and Jacksonport, and that the arrangement was for the whole force, which he estimates at 3,500 armed men and four pieces of artillery, to meet at Powhatan and Smithville to-morrow with the idea of advancing into Missouri up Black River, and that they stated that Marmaduke was to cross the Arkansas River, west of Little Rock, and advance into this portion of the State with 5,000 men. These men came out to avoid the conscription. The enemy's horses are represented to be very poor, and his supplies of all kinds very short. I think the enemy are making movements mentioned, but whether with the view of crossing into this State or as feints to enable him to get safely across the Arkansas I cannot tell. Many of his conscripts have deserted. Some have come in and many are in the White River hills, which, I think, indicates the enemy is about to move south, and I have rumors from Arkansas that he has received such orders. Captain Pace, of the Tenth Missouri (rebel) Cavalry, formerly of Saint Joseph, was attacked on last Sunday, in Polk County, while proceeding north with seven men, by Captain Headlee and fifteen men of the Sixth Provisional Regiment, and Captain Pace and 1 man were killed, 1 wounded in arm and hands, and 1 taken prisoner. All in regular Confederate uniforms. Said they were going north to take part in the election this fall. Maj. O. D. GREENE, Assistant Adjutant-General. JOHN B. SANBORN, Brigadier-General, Commanding. AUGUST 29, 1864.-Attack on Steamer White Cloud, on the Mississippi River, near Port Hudson, La. Report of Brig. Gen. George L. Andrews, U. S. Army, commanding Port Hudson, La. PORT HUDSON, LA., August 29, 1864. GENERAL: The steamer White Cloud was fired upon this a. m. by a battery and some riflemen on this side the river near an. island below Bayou Sara. Her steampipe is reported cut by a shot which disabled her. She received five shots out of thirteen fired. No one hurt on board. The Choteau was fired upon higher up the river by a battery of eight pieces, two of which were 12-pounders; also by some riflemen. She received five shots; no one hurt; don't think either boat greatly damaged. The gun-boats 14 and 54 hastened to the scene of action. GEO. L. ANDREWS, Brigadier-General of Volunteers, Commanding. Brig. Gen. M. K. LAWLER, Morganza. AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 3, 1864.-Expedition up White River from Helena, Ark., with affair (September 3) at Kendal's Grist Mill, Ark. Report of Col. John G. Hudson, Sixtieth U. S. Colored Troops. HEADQUARTERS SIXTIETH U. S. COLORED INFANTRY, Helena, Ark., September 4, 1864. LIEUTENANT: I have the honor to report, agreeably to instructions from headquarters District of Eastern Arkansas, dated Helena, Ark., August 29, 1864, which placed me in command, upon expedition up White River, and known as the expedition from Helena. This com mand was composed as follows: Major Carmichael, Fifteenth Illinois Cavalry Volunteers, 125 men; Major Wells, Fifty-sixth U. S. Colored Infantry, 180 men; Captain Bancroft, Second U. S. Colored Light Artillery, Company E, one section, 45 men; Capt. Eli Ramsey, Sixtieth U. S. Colored Infantry, 150 men; total, 500 men. We embarked on steamers Dove and Hamilton Belle August 29 at 8 p. m. Arrived at mouth White River August 30, 6 a. m. Left mouth White River 8 a. m. and arrived at Maddox Bayou, where this command debarked at 6 p. m. August 31. Went in camp for the night one mile back from the river. Thursday, September 1, struck camp at 5 a. m.; marched thirty miles and camped at Mr. Brown's, on Clarendon and Helena road, at 7 p. m. Friday, September 2, struck camp at 6 a. m. Arrived at Big Creek, ten miles, at 3 p. m. Ferried half the cavalry, all the artillery and infantry, across in two hours. Left Wallace's Ferry, Big Creek, at 5 p. m., leaving half the cavalry to cross over after we had started with the balance of the command. Went into camp at Lick Creek 6 p. m. Saturday, September 3, struck camp at 6 am.; reached Helena 5 p.m., a march of seventeen miles, making in total from Maddox Bayou to Helena by land fifty-eight miles, making the march in three days. This command was two days on transports from Helena via White River to Maddox Bayou; total number of days out from Helena, five. We did not find any enemy until we reached Big Creek. Lieutenant Collins, in command of a company of the Fifteenth Illinois Cavalry, was sent to burn Kendal's grist-mill on the 3d of September, when his command saw a rebel major who had a rebel escort of a lieutenant and sixteen of the Nineteenth Texas Cavalry, and captured one soldier of the party with two revolvers. The rest crossed on the east side of Big Creek and took to the canebrakes, where they escaped. The 2d of September one company of Dobbin's command left Trenton to join Dobbin, who was reported to be near Casa. Captain Swan was reported to be at Big Creek with a company of conscripts. He is doing picket duty there and gathering up conscripts for the rebel service. We captured 19 horses and 16 mules, and 17 head of beef-cattle. See Lieut. William A. E. Tisdale's (acting assistant quartermaster for the expedition), report marked A.* Sixty-five buildings were burnt down, including houses, cotton-gins, presses, and Kendal's grist-mill. I burnt nothing only known to be rebel buildings and where rebel soldiers were in the habit of quartering. The following is the list of prisoners captured by the command: Charles E. Williams, citizen; William Guble, citizen; James F. Humphreys, citizen; T. W. Yates, discharged soldier: S. C. McComas, private Nineteenth Texas Cavalry. * Omitted. By your direction I have turned all the mules and horses over to Capt. Henry T. Noble, assistant quartermaster. The beef cattle I have turned over to Capt. D. P. Allen, acting commissary of subsistence, and two revolvers captured to ordnance officer. The prisoners I turned over to Maj. J. L. Murphy, provost-marshal. Every command moved off without any trouble; perfect harmony during the whole expedition. JOHN G. HUDSON, Colonel Sixtieth U. S. Colored Infantry, Comdg. Expedition. Lieut. F. E. SNOW, Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen., District of Eastern Arkansas, Helena. Aug. Sept. Oct. AUGUST 29-DECEMBER 2, 1864.-Price's Missouri Expedition. SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS. 29, 1864.-Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, C. S. Army, assumes command of the expeditionary forces at Princeton, Ark. 19, 1864.-Price's column enters Missouri. Affair at Doniphan, Mo. 20, 1864.-Skirmish at Ponder's Mill, Little Black River, Mo. Surrender of Keytesville, Mo. 22, 1864.-Skirmish near Sikeston, Mo. "Affair at Patterson, Mo. 23, 1864.-Skirmishes near Rocheport, Mo. Skirmish at Jackson, Mo. Skirmish at Farmington, Mo. 25, 1864.-Skirmish at Farmington, Mo. Affair at Huntsville, Mo. 26, 1864.—Skirmishes in Arcadia Valley, Shut-in Gap, and Ironton, Mo. 27, 1864.-Affair at Centralia, Mo. Skirmishes at Arcadia and Ironton, Mo. Attack on Fort Davidson, Pilot Knob, Mo. 28, 1864.-Skirmish at Caledonia, Mo. Skirmish near Centralia, Mo. 29, 1864.-Affair at Cuba, Mo. 29-Oct. 1, 1864.-Skirmishes at Leasburg or Harrison, Mo. Skirmish at Franklin, Mo. Skirmish near Lake Springs, Mo. 2, 1864.-Occupation of Washington, Mo. 4, 1864.-Skirmish near Richwoods, Mo. Skirmish at Jefferson City, Mo. Skirmish at Tyler's Mills, Big River, Mo. 8, 1864. -Skirmish near Jefferson City, Mo. 9, 1864.-Skirmish at Russellville, Mo. Skirmish at California, Mo. 11, 1864.—Skirmish at Brunswick, Mo. Oct. 11-12, 1864.-Skirmishes near Boonville, Mo. 14, 1864.-Skirmish near Glasgow, Mo. Nov. No. 15, 1864.-Action at Glasgow, Mo. Surrender of Paris, Mo. 16, 1864.-Capture of Ridgely, Mo. 17, 1864.-Skirmish near Lexington, Mo. 19, 1864.-Action at Lexington, Mo. 21, 1864.-Action at the Little Blue, Mo. 22, 1864.-Action at Independence, Mo. Action at the Big Blue (Byram's Ford, etc.), Mo. 23, 1864.-Engagement at the Big Blue, Mo. Engagement at Westport, Mo. 25, 1864.-Engagement at the Marais des Cygnes, Kans. Engagement on Little Osage River, or Mine Creek, Kans. 25-Nov. 4, 1864.-Operations about Fayetteville, Ark. Skirmish at Albany, Mo. 28, 1864.-Engagement at Newtonia, Mo. 29, 1864.-Skirmish at Upshaw's Farm, Barry County, Mo. 6, 1864.-Skirmish at Cane Hill, Ark. 2, 1864.-Price's command reaches Laynesport, Ark. REPORTS, ETC.* 1.-Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans, U. S. Army, commanding Department of the Missouri. No. 2.-Itinerary of detachment of First and Third Divisions, Sixteenth Army Corps, Maj. Gen. Andrew J. Smith, U. S. Army, commanding. 3.-Col. Phineas Pease, Forty-ninth Illinois Infantry. No. No. 4.-Lieut. Col. Andrew W. Rogers, Eighty-first Illinois Infantry. No. 5.-Lieut. Col. Jonathan Merriam, One hundred and seventeenth Illinois Infantry. No. No. 6. Capt. Eli Mattocks, Fifty-second Indiana Infantry. No. 8.-Capt. John B. Gandolfo, One hundred and seventy-eighth New York No. Infantry. 9.-Col. Edward F. Winslow, Fourth Iowa Cavalry, commanding Cavalry, Sixteenth Army Corps No. 10.-Lieut. Col. Frederick W. Benteen, Tenth Missouri Cavalry, commanding Fourth Brigade, Cavalry Division. No. 11.-Maj. Benjamin S. Jones, Third Iowa Cavalry. No. 12.-Maj. Abial R. Pierce, Fourth Iowa Cavalry, No. 13.-Maj. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton, U. S. Army, commanding Provisional Cavalry Division. No. 14.-Surg. Ferdinand V. Dayton, Second New Jersey Cavalry, Surgeon in Chief. No. 15.-Brig. Gen. Egbert B. Brown, U. S. Army, commanding District of Central Missouri and First Brigade, Cavalry Division. No. 16.-Col. John F. Philips, Seventh Missouri State Militia Cavalry, commanding First Brigade, Cavalry Division. *For General Grant's reference to these operations, see Vol. XXXIV, Part 1, p. 33. |