side of White River, fording Cache River at the second right-h bend, about five miles from the mouth, and that the Cache is forda at several points along betwixt the mouth and the Bluff. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, A. B. KAUFFMAN, Captain, Eleventh Cavalry Missouri Volunteers ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, Second Division, Seventh Army Corps. OCTOBER 19, 1864.-Skirmish near Montevallo, Mo. Report of Lieut. Marshall M. Ehle, Third Wisconsin Cavalry. HEADQUARTERS, Fort McKean, Kans., October 20, 19. CAPTAIN: Scout under command of Captains Ury and Coffman returned. The guerrillas are occupying the country in about Mo vállo and Horse Creek, under the command of Thrailkill, from ti north, with a force concentrated of about 150. There are nine fam living on the little Clear Creek, each one having from 50 to 250 bushe's of corn, where the rebels live. The guerrillas had a fight yesterd near Montevallo with the Stochler militia, in which one rebel was kil and several wounded; some 8 or 10 colts captured, all of which that ar able to be used the militia have. Respectfully, your obedient servant, Capt. D. S. VITTUM, M. M. EHLE, Second Lieutenant, Commanding. Commanding Post. OCTOBER 22, 1864.-Attack on Union transport, on the White River, nes Saint Charles, Ark. Report of Col. Orlando C. Risdon, Fifty-third U. S. Colored Tr HDQRS. SECOND DIVISION, NINETEENTH ARMY CORPS, Mouth of White River, Ark., October 24, 18h, MAJOR: Through headquarters Colored Brigade General Der received a dispatch to-day as follows: SAINT CHARLES, ARK., October 25, 1 COLONEL: I have the honor to report that I arrived at this place with my mand at 7 p. m. October 22. I was fired upon by the enemy from the south is of the river. My loss is 17 wounded and 3 killed, including 1 officer mort.. The severely wounded I forward to you by steamer Marmora. Please send forward to Vicksburg or see that they are properly cared for. I am, respectfully, your obedient servant, Col. HIRAM SCOFIELD, O. C. RISDON. Colonel Fifty-third U. S. Colored Infant Commanding Colored Brigade. This is the regiment that left this post for Saint Charles on the morng of October 22. General Dennis directs me to say the wounded icer and men will be sent to Vicksburg on to-morrow morning on eamer Havana. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, LEW. DORLAN, Lieutenant and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General. Maj. S. C. FARRINGTON, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General, Nineteenth Army Corps. TOBER 22-24, 1864.-Expedition from Brashear City to Belle River, La. REPORTS. . 1.—Brig. Gen. Robert A. Cameron, U. S. Army, commanding District of La Fourche. ›. 2.-Capt. Luther T. Park, Eleventh Wisconsin Infantry. No. 1. eport of Brig. Gen. Robert A. Cameron, U. S. Army, commanding District of La Fourche. DISTRICT OF LA FOURCHE, Thibodeaux, La., October 27, 1864. CAPTAIN: Inclosed you will find three reports, being one from the ommanding officer of each detached expedition sent out in pursuit of hittaker's gang of guerrillas, who made the late raid on Bayou La ourche. Captain Wyman's report is very meager in regard to the emy, but my scout, Decker, whom I sent with that branch of the pedition, tells me that the party consisted of 120 men under the comand of Captain King, the senior officer, and Captain Whittaker, the errilla; that they came from the camp of the Fourth Louisiana Cavry on the Teche in twelve boats up to Grand River, down Grand iver to Bay Natchez, where they landed, and from that place made eir raid. They mounted themselves on stolen horses and mules, and turning, crossed their animals at Bay Natchez. They then divided, party going up Grand River with the animals toward the park; the maining part went up Grand River, down Little Bayou Pigeon, and o the Cross Bayou into Murphy's Lake, thus avoiding one gun-boat ming up. Had the gun-boat not gotten aground at the bar we should robably have cut off and captured some sixty of them. Mr. Brown, hom I ordered arrested, believing him, from various stories I have eard, to have assisted these raiders, complains that Captain Wyman bbed him of his watch and over $50 in gold and silver. I shall conquently detain him here for the present, until I can investigate the harge. I am satisfied that the best, if not the only certain way of reventing these raids will be to have a battalion of cavalry stationed Plaquemine, and a telegraph line run from that place to Donaldsonille. I do not see then how they could escape us. The next hard work I shall do will be to find out where they hide hese boats and destroy them. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, R. A. CAMERON, Brigadier-General of Volunteers, Commanding District. Capt. FREDERIC SPEED, Assistant Adjutant-General, Defenses of New Orleans. No. 2. Report of Capt. Luther T. Park, Eleventh Wisconsin Infantry SIR: I have the honor to report that, in obedience to orders receive I embarked on board of the gun-boat Nyanza, commanded by Ar Vol. Lieut. C. A. Boutelle, on the 22d of October, at 6 p. m., with the five men of the Eleventh Wisconsin Infantry and fifteen men o!: Ninety-third U. S. Infantry (colored), with three days' rations eighty rounds of ammunition. At 6.30 p. m. we dropped out into i bay and cast anchor. Laid there until 5 a. m. of the 23d. We le started up Berwick Bay, from thence into Flat Lake, from Flat Las into Bayou Long, from Bayou Long into Belle River, arriving at head of Belle River at 10.20 a. m. of 23d instant. I laid there to that time until 10 a. m. of the 24th. I then moved up Bayou Go Hell about three miles, discovering nothing. I turned around." came back to the head of Belle River. I stopped all communicatio with the country about me, picking up all citizens and negroes t came in sight of the boat, trying to gain some knowledge of the ene While lying at this point I heard that there had been a party m vicinity of Pier Pau Ferry, and were about three miles east of s ferry; that they camped there on the night of the 21st instant. that on the morning of the 23d they were near the mouth of Gra River; that they had made a raid on some plantations near La Found carrying off 20 horses and 30 mules, and that they started do Pigeon Bayou in flat-boats. This party was under the command Whitmore. While lying off the head of Belle River I came up. squad of five men and one woman with a launch of about 3,500 pola burden. They immediately ran their boat ashore and ran into i woods. I sent a squad of men in pursuit. Two of the men were c tured. Their names were Dearborn and Le Geef. Dearborn hasi reputation of having been engaged in the contraband trade; that [has] been engaged in the trade for the last year; that he passed do Go to Hell Bayou on the 12th, or thereabouts, with the same boat :he now had with him; that he had two sacks of coffee, two barrels, one large merchandise chest in the boat, and that he took the goods Force Point on Teche Bayou. At 12 m. on the 24th instant I start for Brashear City, where I arrived at 6 p. m. of the same day. W on this expedition I destroyed 1 launch and 20 boats of different si The prisoners I have turned over to Capt. H. J. Lewis, provost-li shal at this place. LUTHER T. PARK, Captain, Eleventh Regiment Wisconsin Mounted Infantry. Capt. FREDERIC SPEED. (Copy to Col. C. L. Harris, commanding Post Brashear.) OCTOBER 25, 1864.-Attack on Clinton, Mo. Report of Lieut. Col. Samuel H. Melcher, Sixth Missouri State Mi Cavalry. SEDALIA, Mo., October 27, 1864-12.20 p.m. CAPTAIN: I returned from a scout yesterday in Benton, Henry, Johnson Counties. There were many parties of rebels on Mad Clear Fork, Fiefbaux, and Honey Creeks. Chased several parties: anged shots, but could get no fight. There are several hundred thwest of Clinton. I think most in the region I scouted have gone e, as the last seen of them they were moving very fast that way. sday 250 attacked Clinton. Seventy militia citizens and negroes ended the place successfully, taking 1 prisoner and severely woundfive others. None of the Union men hurt. I got together about militia, who were in the brush. They now hold Clinton and Caln. They are entirely without orders and wish to be at work. If ce is going that way they would be concentrated at Fort Scott. ould raise about 1,000 pretty well armed to be there by Sunday, if t would be of any use. There are 2,500 militia now at Fort Scott. have heard nothing directly from the army for three days and do know what to do here. Irs. Phelps is just in from Springfield, and says there are about 1,000 ctive cavalry there anxious to join their commands. Two thousand unted men can be sent from Springfield to Fort Scott in forty-eight urs after the order is received. S. H. MELCHER, Lieutenant-Colonel and Aide-de-Camp. Capt. FRANK ENO, Assistant Adjutant-General. CTOBER 26-27, 1864.-Scout from Vidalia to the York Plantation, La. port of Maj. George D. Reynolds, Sixth U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery. HDQRS. THIRD BATT., SIXTH U. S. COLORED HEAVY ARTY., Vidalia, La., October 27, 1864. LIEUTENANT: I have the honor to report that in obedience to Special ders, No. 14, October 26, I took 100 men of my command, and, leavg this post at 9 p. m., marched to Choteau Plantation, five miles out, riving there at 11.30 o'clock. I camped all night. At daylight this ruing I sent the cavalry which accompanied me, six men, three miles ther on, to the York plantation, to collect information as to the proedings of the rebels who were on that place on the 26th instant. The pels, 100 strong, under Captain Lee, came on the York place at 12 lock, took all the stock, killed 1 refugee, wounded 3 negroes. They en went to the Sycamore place, where they wounded 1 negro, took veral yoke of cattle, and a good deal of negro clothing, and destroyed large quantity of food. They then left, taking all the stock, two gons, and other plunder, going on the Trinity road to Cross Bayou. ving obeyed the instructions given me, I returned to this place at 50 á. m. this day. GEO. D. REYNOLDS, Major Sixth U. S. Colored Heavy Arty., Comdg. Third Batt. Lieut. S. M. GUEST, Post Adjutant, Vidalia. OCTOBER 29, 1864.-Skirmish near Warrenton, Mo. port of Brig. Gen. Thomas Ewing, jr., U. S. Army, commanding District of St. Louis. SAINT LOUIS, October 29, 1864. At dark guerrillas, reported 900 strong, threw off the track a eight train going north, five miles beyond Warrenton, and at last counts were fighting with escort; the escort was but thirty men. The train, I am quite certain, had no Government stores aboard. T messenger who brought the news to Warrenton says the passeng train from the north was then due, and the guerrillas allowed one of th train men to go a short distance up to flag that train to keep it free being destroyed, and expecting to rob it. I am confident Color Holmes, with 400 or 500 of his command, were on that train com here. If so, the guerrillas will be roughly handled. Major Montgen ery, with 200 of Sixth Missouri, was sent by me to Cap-au-gris, r Lincoln County, four days ago, and is to-night at Wentzville, wher he has just telegraphed me he leaves at once for Warrenton. I a also sending up some colored troops I have had at Perruque bridge. Telegraph line down beyond Warrenton. Col. J. V. DU BOIS.. THOMAS EWING, JR., OCTOBER 29-NOVEMBER-8, 1864.-Expedition to Quincy, Mo., with skir mishes (November 1 and 2) near Quincy. Report of Capt. Jacob Cassairt, Eighth Missouri State Militia Cavalry. LEBANON, MO., November 15, 1864. SIR: I have the honor to make the following report: In compliance with orders received from district headquarters, mysel and Lieutenant Paxton, with thirty men of Company I, Eighth Missour State Militia Cavalry, started on a scout to Quincy, Hickory County, Mo... and vicinity, on the 29th ultimo. We reached there on the 30th. O the morning of the 31st, being informed of a force of rebels at Warsaw. I immediately moved in that direction as far as Pomme de Terre bridge. I there ascertained that they had passed through, shaping their cours southward. I then returned and camped near Quincy. On the morn ing of the 1st instant I was informed by a party of my men who had been out reconnoitering that the rebels were in the prairie some twe miles distant from us. I immediately started after them with thirty five men, being joined by five Union citizens of the neighborhood. I came upon their trail in the open woods. After a double-quick marel of about ten miles I came up with them formed in line of battle ready to receive us. We judged from appearance that they were about 100 strong. They occupied open ground near the prairie. I then ordered a charge, which was executed in good order; not a man swerved from his duty. A few shots from us broke their line of battle and they fled in great confusion. We pursued them about four miles, killing 6 and wounding 3 others, who made their escape after we had passed them Among the killed was one Captain Vansickle, of Texas. We also cap tured a negro boy and released Judges Owen and Jackman, a Mi Brown, and two other Union men of Benton County, who were all pris oners in their hands. None of my men were hurt. I returned th same evening to the prairie and took up camp for the night. On the morning of the 2d instant I again received information that the rebels, about 300 strong, were passing along the skirts of the woods. I immediately started in pursuit of them with a force of forty five men, having been joined by five of my own men and ten Uni citizens of the neighborhood, determined, if possible, to overtake them. |