Posted on 09/08/2023 11:38:18 PM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
St. Louis, Wednesday, Sept. 2.
Gen. STEELE telegraphs Gen. SCHOFIELD from Duvall's Bluff, Ark., Aug. 26, that our advance, under Gen, DAVIDSON, has driven MARMADUKE's cavalry, about 3,000 strong, out of Brownsville, capturing Col. BURBRIDGE, and some privates. At the last accounts Gen. GLOVER's brigade was pushing the enemy toward Bayou Metoe.
A dispatch from Pilot Knob says that deserters from BURBRIDGE's command report Gen. PRICE's forces were driven across the Arkansas on the 29th. That the rebels were in full retreat; and that Gens. STEELE and DAVIDSON were in hot pursuit. MARMADUKE's command was completely routed and scattered, and Little Rock within the grasp of the Federal army.
The Battle of Honey Springs, Ark.
WASHINGTON, Wednesday, Sept. 2.
Major-Gen. BLUNT, in his official report of the battle of Honey Springs, Ark., says the First Kansas colored regiment particularly distinguished themselves. They fought like veterans and preserved their line unbroken throughout the engagement. Their coolness and bravery I have never seen surpassed. They were in the hottest of the light and opposed to Texan troops twice their number, whom they completely routed. The Twentieth Texas regiment, which fought against them, went into the fight with 300 men and came out with only 60.
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GG Grandfather was Confederate cavalry, was in Marmaduke’s command, rode in Price’s raid, and was captured at his home and held a prisoner for a few months.
If the Johnny Rebs had any idea of what would eventually become of this country I think they would have fought a lot harder . A LOT HARDER !
GZone for all the Yankee leadership . Put’honor’ aside...
Marmaduke later became Governor of Missouri, but also remembered for killing Confederate General Lucius Walker in a duel that took place during the war.
Was this the battle that was in the beginning of the movie Lincoln?
With out looking up the details and specifics there was a similar statement made by a Confederate General in the Battle of Nashville when a bunch of blacks were given a suicidal mission of taking a hill which they as expectedly failed. The Confederate General said something to the effect of "they were the bravest soldiers he had ever seen".
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