Source:
1884 Monroe County History
The
Civil War of 1861- Number of Men Entering Southern Army from
the County-The Battle at Monroe City-Capture of
Paris-Grant's Expedition v.
Harris-Mercury Suspended--Skirmish
Near Elliott's Mills-Florida Fight-
Bott's Bluff Fight-Lieutenant Killed by One of His Men.
When
the first gun was fired upon Fort Sumpter (April 12, 1861),
little did the citizens of the
remote county of Monroe dream that the war which was then
inaugurated would eventually, like the simultaneous
disemboguement of a hundred volcanoes, shake this great
nation from its center to its circumference. Little did they
then dream that the smoke of the bursting shells, which
hurtled and hissed as they sped with lurid glare from rebel
batteries upon that fatal morning, foreboded ravaged plains -
"And
burning towns and ruined homes, And mangled limbs and dying
groans, And widows' tears and orphans' moans,
And all that misery's hand bestows To fill the catalogue of
human woes." Little did they dream that the war
cloud which had risen above the waters of Charleston harbor
would increase in size and gloom until its black banners had
been unfurled throughout the length and breadth of the land.
Little did they imagine that war, with all its horrors,
would invade their quiet homes, and with ruthless hand tear
away from their fireside altars their dearest and most
cherished idols. Could the North and the South have foreseen
the results of that internecine strife, there would be
to-day hundreds of thousands of happier homes in the land,
hundreds of thousands less hillocks in our cemeteries,
hundreds of thousands less widows, hundreds of thousands
less orphans, no unpleasant memories, and no legacies of
hatred and bitterness left to rankle in the breasts of the
living, who espoused the fortunes of the opposing forces. All
that transpired during that memorable struggle would fill a
large volume.
Monroe county, as did the State of Missouri generally,
suffered much. Her territory was nearly all the time
occupied by either one or the other antagonistic elements,
and her citizens were called upon to contribute to the
support of first one side and then the other. However much
we might desire to enter into the details of the war, we
could not do so, as the material for such a history is not
at hand. Indeed, were it even possible to present the facts
as they occurred,
we doubt the propriety of doing so, as we would thereby
reopen the wounds which have partially been healed by the
flight of time and the hope of the future. It were better, perhaps,
to let the passions and the deep asperities which were then
engendered, and all that serves to remind
us of that unhappy
period, be forgotten. We have tried in vain to
obtain the number and names of the men who entered the Confederate
army from Monroe county. No record of them has ever been
preserved, either by the officers who commanded the men or
by the Confederate government. It
is supposed about 600 men went into the Southern army. Hon. Theodore
Brace raised the first company at Paris for State guards,
numbering about 70 men. These men went into camp on Elk fork
of Salt river, six miles south of Paris. After being in the
service six months they were discharged, when some of them
entered the Southern army at the battle of Lexington.
THE
BATTLE AT MONROE CITY
The
only engagement that took place in Monroe county du ring the
Civil War of 1861 where cannons were used was the fight at
Monroe City. The following is a full and true account of the
same as given by eye-witnesses, and those who participated
in the engagement: - The war clouds hovering over North-east
Missouri grew blacker and blacker, and the rumblings of the
battle thundered
louder and louder, and at last the storm broke. Hon. Thomas
A. Harris, the representative of this county in the
Legislature, had been appointed brigadier-general in the
Missouri State Guard by Gov. Jackson under the military
bill, and had established
his headquarters first at Paris, and next
at
Florida, Monroe county, whither all the companies of the
State Guard in this district or division (the 2d) were
ordered to repair. About the 16th of June Capt. R. E. Dunn's
company, near Philadelphia, of this county, took up the line
of march for this rendezvous.
Capt.
Dunn's men were well organized, disciplined and drilled.
They were uniformed and armed with muskets purchased the
previous fall from the Palmyra military company, and
presented a fine, soldierly appearance. Arriving at Paris,
the men from Marion were mistaken for Federal troops, and it
is said quite a panic and fright ensued among Harris and his
men. The State Guard companies flocked to Gen. Harris in
such numbers
that by the 5th of July he had probably 500 men in his camp
near Florida. By their scouts and spies the Federal military
commanders were
informed of his doings, and Col. Chester Harding
at St. Louis, under authority from Gen. Lyon, ordered Col.
Smith, of the Sixteenth Illinois, to march upon him and his
fellow secessionists and break up their camp. Smith had
himself reinforced
at Palmyra by four companies of the Third Iowa, one company
of the Hannibal Home Guards, a piece of artillery, a six-pounder
and got ready for the work. On Monday evening, July 8, Col.
Smith marched from Palmyra against Tom Harris. His force
consisted of Companies A, F, H and K, of the Third Iowa
Infantry; Companies F and H, of the Sixteenth Illinois;
Capt. Loomis' company of the Hannibal Home Guards; the six-pounder
cannon - in all about 500 men, or not more than 600. The
expedition went per rail to Monroe City, where it arrived in
an hour and disembarked.
It was intended to make a night march on Florida, about
12 miles a little west of south of Monroe, and attack
Harris' camp at daylight, but a severe storm coming up
prevented this plans perhaps it should not have done. Tuesday
morning (after his men had informed half the people of their
destination) Col. Smith, with his entire command, not
leaving even a guard at Monroe City to protect the town, the
train and his stores of provision and ammunition, set out
towards Florida to encounter Gen. Harris. As Monroe City is
situated in the midst of an extensive prairie which
stretches miles away in all directions, and as the troops
were all infantry and marched slowly, their progress could
be noted for hours, and ample preparation made on the part
of the secessionists to receive them, especially as 10
hours' notice had been given of their approach. Passing out
of the prairie through the " Swinkey Hills " the
Federal troops reached the farm of Robert Hagar, three or
four miles north of Florida. Here in the thick timber and
brush, and on the top of an eminence known as Hager's Hill,
they encountered
perhaps 50 secessionists under Capt. Clay Price, who had
been sent out by Gen. Harris to reconnoiter. These at once,
and without warning, opened fire from their ambush at close
range, severely wounding Capt. McAllister and two privates (one
named Prentiss) of the Sixteenth Illinois, slightly wounding
a private of the Third Iowa, and killing the horse under
Adjt. Woodall, of the Sixteenth. The fire was returned and
the Missourians retreated, leaving one man mortally wounded,
and perhaps half a dozen horses. This affair took place
about four o'clock in the afternoon. Not caring to go on,
and not daring to retreat through certain bodies of timber
in the night on his way back to Monroe, Col. Smith went into
camp on Hagar's farm, near the scene of the fight. During
the afternoon and night of the 9th, Col.
Smith learned that he had stirred up a hornet's nest, and
that the secessionists were swarming all about him, -that
they had gotten in his rear and were playing havoc at Monroe
City, nd their
numbers were constantly increasing. Early on Wednesday
morning, the 10th, he began his retreat to Monroe City. On
the "Swinkey Hills " his advance guard was
attacked, but no serious damage done. Emerging from the
timber north of "
Swinkey" or Elizabethtown, and coming in sight
of Monroe, the Federals discovered the station-house,
out-buildings, six passenger coaches, and ten or a dozen
freight cars in flames. The Missourians, Capt. Owen's
company, could be seen a mile away to the left, or west,
watching the fire and the Federals. Col. Smith
secessionists, under command of Capt. John L. Owen, of
Warren township, Marion county. The value of the cars
destroyed was placed
by the railroad company at $22,000; the station-house and
contents, aside from the government stores, $18,000. The value
of government property taken and destroyed was considerable.
The same morning the train from Hannibal was fired
on a few miles east of Monroe, it is said, by some of Capt. Owen's
men and by his orders. The engineer was slightly wounded by
a rifle ball in the arm.
Opened
on them with his cannon and fired half a dozen or more round
shots at them, one of which, it is said, killed a horse. The
station-house and train had been fired by 100 mounted. Killed
at the battle of Kirksville while serving as captain under
Col. Jo. Porter. Reaching
the town, and finding himself surrounded, Col. Smith marched
his men into a fine large two-story brick academy building
in the place known as the '
Seminary,
" took full possession
of it and the grounds adjoining, around which he began
throwing up breastworks, having dispatched a messenger to
the nearest telegraph office to ask for reinforcements.
Meantime
the greatest excitement had arisen in the surrounding
country, the news that 500 or 600 Yankees were "holed
up " or "treed up" at Monroe spread like
wild-fire. Hundreds of persons
living
within 10 or 12 miles of the scene, roused by the messengers
that went galloping over the country, by order of Gen.
Harris, mounted horses and rode to the "battle,"
some actuated by mere curiosity, others determined to
participate in the fight. By noon Gen. Harris had collected
around him probably 1,000 effective men, who were reasonably
well armed and were eager to take a pop at the cooped-up
Federals. His skirmishers crawled up as close to the academy
building as they dared, and fired away at the windows and
breastworks very briskly, with but little effect, however.
The Union troops returned the fire at every
good opportunity. The main portion of Harris' forces were at
a safe distance, watching their enemies and taking pains
that they should not escape. The night of the 10th, Gen.
Harris sent ff
for a cannon, the nine pounder which had been cast by Clever
& Mitchell, of Hannibal, for Drescher's artillery
company, and which was
then hidden under a haystack on the farm of Blair Todd, a
few miles north of Palmyra. The messengers dispatched for it
were George W. Brashears and George Milton, of Owen's company,
who had assisted in hiding the piece, as well as another
six-pounder and a lot of balls. The six-pounder and the
balls were under a pile of cordwood a mile west of Palmyra.
The
six-pounder
was not mounted. The nine-pounder was serviceable,
and with this Gen. Harris hoped to compel the Federals to
surrender, or else batter down the building and tumble the
walls about their ears. That night a close watch was kept on
the besieged that they did not make either a bold sortie or
a stealthy attempt to escape. Thursday, the 14th, the cannon
came to the great delight of the Secessionists, and the
bombardment began about 1 o'clock. A stranger from Ohio was
chief gunner. There were only a few nine-pound balls and
these were soon shot away. Nothing was then left for use but
the smaller balls, and artillery practice with six-pound
balls from a
nine-pound gun was not certain to be accurate. Some amusing incidents
were narrated of the cannonading by Capt. Kneisley's gun. It
was said that the only safe place within its range when
discharged was only immediately in front of it. One shot, it
is stated, struck in the road 30 feet from the muzzle of the
gun, and ricocheted over to the left a quarter of a
mile, struck a blacksmith shop and dispersed a crowd of
Secessionists, who fled in dismay, declaring they could not
stand to be fired on by their own men and the Yankees too !
The academy was struck but a few times and no serious damage
done. One shot struck the casing of a window in the upper
story, damaging the wall and window and passing on through
two brick partitions, knocking holes 10 inches in diameter
and finally filling on the floor. Another passed through a
door and a partition wall in the lower story;
a third struck the stone foundation ; one shot passed through
the breastwork, but did no injury. In the meanwhile the
number of Missourians gathered around had increased to 1200 or
1500, many of whom were not warriors pro tern. but
mere spectators who had come to see " the
fun." Even ladies and children had ridden up in
carriages and wagons, and seated in their conveyances under
the shade of parasols and umbrellas, watched the battle, the
first perhaps ever graced by the presence of the fair sex,
out of deference to whose sensibilities it is to be presumed
the occasion was made as bloodless as possible. It was a
sort of picnic or holiday and while it lasted nothing
occurred to mar the enjoyment of the occasion. Not a man was
killed or badly wounded on either side by an enemy's ball.
Gen. Harris was a great speech-maker. Where two or three
were gathered
together and he in the midst, he would, it is declared, mount
the nearest elevation and proceed to orate. He could not let
this occasion pass without making one of his noblest
efforts. At noon on Thursday he assembled some of his troops
and addressed
them. His cannon had not yet arrived he told them and
without it he could not take the academy unless at the
sacrifice of many noble lives. He further said a large
reinforcement for Col.
Smith was hourly looked for and he thought the best thing
that could be done under the circumstances was to retreat.
He then directed his troops to disperse, repair to their
encampments and await orders. This, however, they refused to
do. Then the cannon came up amid great cheering and the
fight was resumed, without a leader really on the part of
the Secessionists, every man fighting on his own hook."
Meanwhile Col. Robert Smith was ot a little disturbed at the
situation. He had unwisely allowed the greater part of his
ammunition to be captured or destroyed and he had but a few
cannon balls or shells or other artillery mmunition, and so
his six-pounder was not of much service. He saved his
ammunition in expectation of an assault, by firing bolt pins
gathered from the ashes of the burnt railroad cars. True,
his enemies were doing him no damage. Out of 25 or more of
their cannon shots, only three had hit the building, and the
shot-guns and squirrel rifles could avail but little against
strong breastworks
and brick walls. Yet he feared that another and a more
efficient piece of artillery might be brought up, and that
Gen.
Harris' already large force would be made larger, before his
own reinforcements could be brought up. Gen. Harris failed
to tear up the railroad track east and west of the town. as
thoroughly as he could have done, and as he had no force in
either direction, there was nothing to prevent the arrival
of reinforcements for Col. Smith from either Quincy,
Hannibal or Hudson, at all of which points it was known that
Federal troops were
stationed. True, Salt river bridge, to the west 10 miles,
had been burned, but a transfer could easily be made and the
instance soon compassed. At last they came.
At
about half past 4 o'clock, a train was seen slowly
approaching from the east, and as it came well in view, it
was discovered to be crowded with Federal soldiers and upon
a flat car a brass cannon gleamed ominously in the slanting
rays of the declining sun. The beleaguered Federals sent up
a loud cheer; the cannon on the car opened with grape and
Gen. Harris and his troops, to use an expression common in
the Civil War, skedaddled in short order, or rather in no
order at all. Eye-witnesses describe the scene
as highly ludicrous. Many of the would-be soldiers hid their
guns and sought safety in the carriages with the women and
the children. Others galloped wildly away. The prairie was
covered with buggies, carriages, wagons, horsemen and
footmen-- all fleeing for dear life, and becoming more
terror-stricken every rod they traversed. The majority of
the State guards, however, retreated in good order to the
westward and northward, carrying off their cannon, which was
hidden that night
and for some days in the timber a few miles north of the
town and west of Santy Calverts. Capt. Owen took off his
company without much confusion and disorder. The Federal
reinforcement proved to be Cos. A, B and D of the Sixteenth Illinois,
under Maj. Hays of that regiment, accompanied by a
nine-pound field piece manned by volunteer artillerists. The
whole force
numbered about 275 men and had come General and subsequently
Governor of the State), and the 21st Illinois,
Col. U. S. Grant (afterwards Lieutenant-General, etc.), and
other Illinois troops, in camp at Springfield and Quincy,
were ordered to the rescue. Palmer reached Monroe City on
the morning of
the 12th and remained two days, returning to
Quincy. Grant came up a day later and went to Mexico. By
Friday morning 2,000 Union troops, infantry, cavalry, and
artillery, had reached Palmyra on their way to the scene of
war. One body of reinforcements
for Col. Smith, under ex-Governor before. About 1,200 troops
started from St. Joseph on the 11th and were joined at
Hudson (or Macon City) by 700 more. These were detained,
however, by the burning of Salt river bridge, which locality
they reached on the 12th. The evening of the 11th the
greater portion of Smith's command, including some of those
who had been in the seminary, returned to Palmyra. Federal troops
soon scattered. Grant and Palmer went down on the North
Missouri. The Iowa troops from St. Joseph returned and Col. Smith
remained in this quarter.
from
Palmyra and Hannibal to relieve their comrades and commander
from their predicament. While these events were progressing,
the most painful and exaggerated reports and rumors were
flying through the country, reaching not only Palmyra
and Hannibal, but Quincy, Springfield, Chicago, and even New
York and Washington. One report was, that a desperate battle
was taking place at Monroe City, and that Col. Smith's
regiment had been surrounded and was being cut to pieces.
The Fourteenth Illinois, Col. John M. Palmer (afterwards
Major-Wood, of Illinois, came from Quincy down the river and
landed at Marion City, and thence marched to Palmyra and on
to Monroe. The
old warehouse at Marion City had been burned a few days
Gen.
Thomas Harris with a portion of his command went southward
in the direction of Jefferson City. Near Fulton, Callaway
county, he was dispersed by a regiment of Home Guards, under
Col. John McNeil, in an affair that was known as "
the
Fulton races." In a few days quiet was restored; trains
were running regularly over the road by the 18th,
transferring at Salt river for a few days until the bridge
was built. A day or two after the affair at Monroe the
Federals burned the residence of Capt. John L. Owen and
seized a number of horses and mules and a large
lot of bacon belonging to him. This was done, as was
claimed, in retaliation for his destruction of the railroad
property at Monroe. During the fight at Monroe two or three
of Smith's men
were slightly wounded. Of the secessionists, one man was
killed by the accidental discharge of his own gun, and
another had three fingers shot off. Another had a valuable
horse killed, and one poor watch-dog, a non-combatant, lost
his life by a stray shot. After Gen. Harris had ordered the
Missourians to disperse, the
daughter of a prominent citizen of Marion county, living
near Marion City, approached within 100 yards of the Federal
breastworks,
cheered for Jeff Davis, and urged the secessionists to
charge the academy and drive " the Hessians out.
Her father and two brothers were in the State Guard at the
time. Capt. McAllister
and the other men wounded at the " Hagar Hill"
fight were taken to Palmyra, and Capt. McAllister was given
quarters at George Lane's hotel-the Overton House. Following
is Col. Smith's official report to Gen. Lyon:-
"HEADQUARTERS
16TH REGIMENT, ILLINOIS VOLUNTEERS,
MONROE
STATION, Mo., July
14, 1861.
SIR:
In accordance with your order, on the 8th of this month I
left my headquarters at Palmyra, Mo., with Cos. F and H of
the Sixteenth Illinois regiment, and Cos. A, F, H and K of
the Third Iowa regiment, and Co. A of Hannibal Home Guards,
and one six-pounder and proceeded to this place. A heavy
rain storm coming on retarded our further progress. Early on
the morning of the 9th I
started out in search of the rebel
force under Harris. At
4 o'clock p. m.
when about 12 miles south of Monroe, our advance guard was
fired into by the enemy, concealed in a clump of timber
and brush, the first volley severely wounding Capt. McAllister
of Co. G, Fifteenth Illinois regiment, also Private Prentiss
of Co. A, same regiment, and slightly wounding a private of
an Ohio regiment. I immediately ordered a charge and drove
the enemy from their cover. As they were all mounted it was
impossible to follow them further with advantage. We found
one of their men mortally wounded and have reason to believe
several more were shot who were carried off by their
friends, and captured several horses, saddles and bridles.
We made camp near this place for the night. On the morning
of the 10th, having heard rumors of trouble at Monroe
station, moved my command back. On coming in sight of Monroe
found the station, out-houses, 17 passenger and freight cars
and other railroad roperty
in
flames and found the enemy collected to the number of 300 to
400 on our left. On nearing them they began to move off,
when I brought
forward the field piece and sent a few round shots into
their ranks, scattering them in all directions. The only
damage done here that I know of was one horse killed. After
coming into Monroe
I took possession of a brick building known as the Seminary
and enclosed grounds adjoining, its position answering
purpose for defense if necessary and the apartments good quarters
for the men who were without tents. During the day we made
several advances on the enemy without being able to get near
enough to do much damage. On the morning of the 11th the
enemy began to collect from all quarters, and by noon we
were surrounded
by from 1,500 to 2,000 men. At 1 o'clock p. m., they opened
fire upon us from one nine and one six-pounder, 1
at
a distance of about a mile. Their firing was very
inaccurate, only three shots out of the first 27 striking
the building, and they did very little damage, my men being
well covered by a breastwork they had thrown up. After
throwing their first six shots, they moved their cannon some
400 yards nearer and opened fire. I immediately answered
with the six-pounder, dismounting their smaller gun, which
made a general scattering, and caused them to carry their
nine-pounder to a safer distance. Their firing from this
time had little or no effect Much credit is due Capt. Fritz,
of Co. F, Sixteenth regiment, for the able manner with which
he led his men throughout our little expedition. Also to
gunner Fishbourn, who planted his shot among them every
time, but who
had to deal sparingly, as he was almost out of shot, when we
were relieved. I was much pleased with the officers and men
generally, for their coolness and obedience to orders
throughout.
At
4 :30 o'clock p. m., of the 11th, a train was seen coming
from the east
with reinforcements. It proved to be Maj. Hays, of my
regiment, with Cos. D, B, and A, of the Sixteenth Illinois,
and one nine-pounder field piece. The enemy now began to
move off and by
dark had left the field entirely, since which time they have
been skulking about the country in squads, burning
wood-piles, small bridges and culverts, when opportunity
offers of doing so without danger. On the morning of the
12th, we were again reinforced
by Col. Palmer's Fourteenth regiment, which returned to
Quincy to-day, leaving us in a worse position than ever,
with the exception that we have more ammunition. Col. Palmer
brought two
brass field pieces with him which he took away. Something of
the kind would be very acceptable here just now, as there is
a slight probability of their being useful. I have the honor
to be your obedient servant.
ROBERT
F. SMITH.
To
BRIG.-GEN. LYON.
Capture
of Paris
Wednesday,
July 30, 1862, a few days after the battle of Morris Mill in
Callaway county, Col. Joseph Porter, coming north into
Marion, Lewis and other counties, sent Joseph Thompson with
a force of men who captured Paris. The county officials and
a few Union citizens were arrested and paroled. Porter came
up that night with 400 men, and after remaining a few hours
left town, going north. 1
The Confederates had no six-pounders.
GRANT
S EXPEDITION VS. COL. TOM HARRIS.
The
first service in the field (Civil War) performed by Gen. U.
S. Grant was from Hunnewell to Florida against Col. Harris.
During the time of Porter's raid, and while the Federals
occupied Paris, the Mercury suspended -
the
Union soldiers took possession of the office and published
(one issue) a red-hot radical paper.
SKIRMISH
NEAR ELLIOTT'S MILLS.
In
the early spring of 1862, a band of men under Marion Marmaduke
were routed near Elliott's Mills, on Salt river above
Stoutsville, by a company of the Eleventh Missouri State
Militia, commanded by John F. Benjamin, of Shelby county.
The lieutenant and four men were captured. Marmaduke leaped
his horse over a high bank, swam Salt river and escaped.
Lieut. Rowland
Harvey was taken to Shelbyville and in a few days shot in
retaliation for some Unionists killed by bushwhackers.
FLORIDA
FIGHT.
July
22, 1862, 400 Confederates under Col. Joseph Porter met 50
men of the Third Iowa Cavalry, under Col. H. C. Caldwell
(now U. S.
Judge, Eastern District of Arkansas), at Florida. The confederates
were returning South from Knox county and met the Federal
soldiers unexpectedly. A fight ensued. The Federals lost six
men, killed and wounded -the
Confederates,
one killed and
three wounded. The Federals retreated to Paris and the
Confederates went south.
BOTTS'
BLUFF FIGHT.
A
few days after the Florida engagement, Col. Porter and the
Third Iowa Cavalry met again on the farm of Mr. Botts, near
Santa Fe, when another fight ensued, with a loss to the
Federals of one killed and three wounded and to the
Confederates of one killed and three wounded. About May 6,
1862, Lieut. Theodore Brooks, Co. F, Ninth Cavalry, Missouri
State Militia (Guitar's Regiment), had a scouting party in
the southern part of Monroe, near Santa Fe. The party was
staying at a house all night. Confederates heard of them,
resolved to take them in-capture horses, etc. Made attack;
alarm given; soldiers ran out at stable lot. Lieut. Brooks
was shot by one of his own men (Sergt. W. W. Conger, of
Centralia, who was killed in boiler explosion a few weeks
ago), and died soon after. It was dark and Conger thought
that Brooks was a Confederate. Brooks was from Columbia, a
gallant and talented fellow.
THE
FIGHT AT PARIS.
On
the afternoon of October 15, 1864, at about the hour of
three o'clock, the Confederate soldiers numbering about 500
men, under the
command of Col. McDonald, entered the town of Paris from the
west, in hot haste, with whoops and yells. Col. McDonald's
object was to capture a company of militia, numbering 60 or
70 men, in charge of Capt. William E. Fowkes. Capt. Fowkes
and his company were, at the time, quartered at the Glenn
House. The Confederates at once attacked the building
containing the militia, their fire being returned in a
spirited manner. After firing at each other at intervals
from three p. m. to six p. m., Capt. Fowkes with his company
surrendered. The Confederates
had kindled a fire under a frame building, which stood where
the Masonic Hall building now stands, and this being
connected by other frame buildings with the Glenn House,
they thus expected to set fire to the latter. This fact
being made known to Capt. Fowkes, and at the same time a
flag of truce from Col. McDonald, being borne by Mrs. Fowkes,
the Captain's wife, who was ushered into his presence,
induced him to surrender. His men were all paroled, only one
person in either command was hurt,-a man by the name of
Mills, in Capt. Fowkes' company, receiving a slight wound.
MAJ.
A. V. E. JOHNSON.
It
was from Paris that Maj. A. V. E. Johnson started (September
26, 1864,) with detachments of Cos. A, G and H, Thirty-ninth
Missouri, in
pursuit of Bill Anderson, George Todd, John Thrailkill,
et al. The next day, September 27th, the fight
occurred near Centralia, where Johnson and 122 of his men
were killed.
CONFEDERATE
SOLDIERS.
Capt.
Preston Adams, Thomas H. Adams, S. W. Adams, E. M. Anderson,
Evan Anderson, J. W. Atterberry, Charles I. Allen, Walter
Ashby, J. W. Arnold, William Brown, John Bryant, George Bounds,
Crockett Bower, killed; Col. Theodore Brace, R. T. Bridgeford,
G. M. Bower, James Bower, dead; A. J. Bower, killed; Henry
Bell, Edwin Bassett, William Bassett, dead; Green Bodkins,
B. B. Bodkins, Jeremiah Baker, J.K. P. Bozarth, Isaac
Beauchamp, John Bridgeford, William Bridgeford, James T.
Ball, Henry Bryant, Richard Bryant, J. O. Coats, G. W. Crow,
Capt. James P. Crow, Robert
Carver, Samuel Crutcher, J. Q. Curry, G. M. Curry, R. E.
Caldwell, J. R. Channing, John C. Combs, John S. Combs,
James T. Combs,
Manless Curry, Preston Combs, killed; Isaac Coppage, O. F.
Chancey, S. Coppage, John Cleaver, Edward Callaway, Jacob
Clayton, dead ; James A. Dye, John T. Dry, Thomas P. Dawson,
B. F. Dowell, V. P. Davis, William Davis, John S. Drake,
Henry Daniel,
B. M. Eli, Singleton Evans, A. K. Edwards, James Edwards, J.
M. Edwards, H. M. Eaton, S. B. Fitzpatrick, Joel A. Foster,
Duck Fletcher, L. M. Farrell, William M. Farrell, Joseph M.
Farrell, Richard
Farrell, N. B. Farrell, W. S. Forsyth, John Fox, Charles B. Grant,
W. B. Giddings, Joshua Goodnight, P. H. Goodnight, J. R.
Grove, A. H. Gwyn, J. W. Gillespie, dead; George T. Goe,
dead; William Goe, dead; E. Grigsby, Chilton Gosney, B. F.
Hickman, James Hulen, Henry Howard, Joseph Howard, chaplain;
Benjamin Houtchens, dead; J. H. Harp, J. R. Hanger, C. W.
Hanger, John T. Hickey, Benjamin N. Harvin, Joseph Hersman,
C. E. Holtzclaw, Frank
Holtzclaw, Capt. W. H. Holliday, Capt. W. G. Hastings, David
Hollingsworth, Al. Hamilton, Gus. Holtzclaw, dead; E. C.
Hedden, Henry C. Horn, W. C. Horn, E. E. Hickok, Sylvester Hagan,
Dud. Hagan, J. E. Horn, Samuel Jarber, Nathan King, Joseph
Klumiph, J. D. Kerlin, William Keugh, James E. Lanhan, Thad.
Leake, J. M. Moore, R. T. Moore, Thomas Moore, killed;
Thomas McBride, John McDowell, dead; Rice Maupin, J. R. Moredock,
J. B. Morris, Tip. Mordens, killed; Capt. E. D. Major, W. H.
Major, James I. Major, H. H. Manpin, J. H. Maupin, James E. McLeod,
J. D. Mitchell, John Meadows, E. McGee, James A. McGee, S.
H. Morrison, dead; Thomas Meals, William Noel, S. H. Nave,
F. L. Pitts, Col. L. A. Pindall, B. F. Power, Hugh Pollard,
killed; James L. Pollard, B. D. Pollard, Peter Powell,
Robert F. Parsons, James Pogue, Robert Pogue, W. L. Penn,
Silas M. Rodgers, John P. Rudacill, Philip H. Rudacill, John
Rigsby, W. T.
Roberson,
James Rouse, dead; James Raney, Thomas Reavis, E. W. Smith,
Robert Swinney, William Sparks, killed; Thomas Sidner,
killed; Hugh Stewart, T. B. Sprowl, R. H. Smithey, S. W.
Smithey, J. E. Smiser, W. E. Smiser, Thomas Smiser, T. J. C.
Smith, Thomas
Sparks, E. P. Snelll Joseph Stephens, Albert Shortridge,
William Smith, Walker Stewart, Stephen Scobee, Thomas
Terrill, Capt. Joseph Thompson, Richard Trussell, J. N.
Turner, Singleton Thompson, John Treadway, dead ; Neal
Turner, Richard Thompson, William Utterback, Oeven
Utterback, John Vaughn, dead; Frank Vaughn, Clayton Vivian,
Al. Vandeventer, Charles Willis, Daniel Waltz, Daniel
Woodward, B. T. Welch, killed;
S. G. Woodson, John Williams, N. Williams, Capt. B. F.
White, W. H. Wigginton, G. W. Waller, John M. Wood, Capt. T.
V. Wilson,
Samuel Wooldridge, W. Wright, Henry White, Thomas White,
John White, Thomas Woods, Nat Wood, Joseph White.
UNION
SOLDIERS.
Up
to December 31, 1863, Monroe county had furnished 41 men for
the regular United States service; in the Missouri State
Militia, 38. Under
calls previous to December 19, 1864, Monroe county furnished
474, being 7 more than her quota. Under call of December 19,
1864, the county furnished 134. There was no deficiency
under the draft. |