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PRAIRiE GROVEI fIU5ARKANSAS5BATTLEmorning, on*-hundred and forty fiwt«fti* wotindM and forty-seven killed!1lari1on the field, including the1H J. W. 'IOIM ON.iand tiravt GpL McFarlandl*oi *uThirtv of; the wo undetidied of their wounds soonafter, W R. Jeff rev and Thus. K. John-son were among the wounded fromThe blt; tutlful teremher day, the knapsacks on ntir hacks, we*»!this pllaceWhat changes hav*7tii. I thought or the terrible scenes i seventeen miles to Crane e,refit.The the commanders so far as 1 know bothIItaken place since that awful day All1* •of other days. Forty-eight years ago,! next day we were relieved of our field and staff, have* gone to the Glor-h1M*j, there was fought knapsacksmade a forced march ious her*af»*r where wars are in-\1 •!)lt;*, of the nuiflt terrible opt :i field1battles in the history ui the war, ran*of twenty-eight miklt;« over hilly roads.know n.i•t If ring the number ♦ *t troops « ngag-to Cassvflle. The second dnv vv».cd. That was the battle ot Prairiemarched thirty-two miles to the southdrove, Arkansas. General Hlonnt wasedge of the battlefield of Pea RidgeSome who read this may douhtles-; j think this is considerable of a chestnut to he calling up or going intos.Arkansas. The* morning of the third'print in recounting the events ot that ij in command of a small division ot!troops at a place, called cam Millday we started ut daylight, and mad*part of the Historic past, and thu!Arkansas, some eighteen miles south-art awful march ofVVI1 of'ayettesville. General Frankarriving at Favettesville atthirtv-six9miles.o chave been recounted over and overagain although the half has m .*•!11* i ron was in command of thethe next morning. At daylight w»Ielt; rd anil third divisions of the Ar-heen told. Yet thost who were amongifItin* number that witrmssud tim trr-were on the go again, and after a te- riM„ things fn tho11 **hattb* fiHd*. andr!HP| my lt;o Tim Frontier, some twelve miles j southwes ot Springfield Mo . and on♦ ? - nith edge ot Wilson's Creek hattlel'kld. Blount learmd through liisncouis that the Confederates unde:Hindman were concentrating a large.M.nis nmi-. h Of some twelvo mllw. ar- ho in «l»lr young manhood at th.rived at Illinois creek, to find an army tjnHt thinkof thirty thousand men. according to (Jav ,jian the (Confederates' own report, strong-more ot those terribleever before. For the m ncIv stationed on a ridge in small timber Herron at once formed In lino ofory of the morning after the PrairiiGrove battle as we took rare of tic‘foree at or near Vanburen. Arkansas.Iand was about to attack him. and b* -cause of this information, he t,i I graphed to General Herron To rein-rbattle in an open field and made an£itta«k. that for daring and heroismis not excelled in history, for he had but eight thousand men. Blount diddead, dying and wounded with all ofits sorrow and horrors, will la-t withtthose* w ho survive as long a th* y live.many of the .survivor-ot\Iforce him tit once. This was a littleufte r noon of the 3rd of December. At* I t*o'clock. General Herron had his divisions in motion, and the march thatmu come to his assistance until themiddle of the afternoon. Some whoHerrons army thought of th** dav aif passed:’lt;!I*** :realt;article ma think that it is•trance that if the Confederates huded was one of the most severeforced marches in the history ot thewar. That first afternoon, with ourso man. men. that they did not gobbleup our whole army in a jiffy, as had over three to our one; but thereKNl»s | IKK Vt M II m.Nva' °nlt; thing that saved us, and thatwas in the capture of one of Herron'sstatt otticei.-.. Major Hubbard, whowas with a cavalry regiment in theadvance. Very earlvthat one of the very bestin the morningthey were surprised and a lot of them were captured lie was taken to Hind-!Vinton, la, Dec. Ik John Cochran, aged tA years, committed MiicuJc Uv drinking ;i quantity of concenn tbsl lye at the horn* of Hole Minett mar Vinton lie died in awful agony lie ad been despondent.GIMIIVM BPIIM IIIIIM,MOMIVY. IHt. I_\tI\lt;Ia p p 1 e-growing districtsstrict- in this countryis being dcv loppd in theTibs is tt district now in crop wPeople ar** Jus* warn ling to tin*man's headquarters, who asked tinofficer, (and, by the way. it wras thelate Judge Hubbard of Cedar Rapids 1,howmany men Herron had.hard's reply was that he could onlystt v. NOVA' is tht* time to investi-flght the advance guard that day. Thisbe bought as ordinary farm laudI statement, together with the boldhard land, worth many times itsmovements of Herron, made the Confederate general believe Hubbard'slory. Suffice it to sav that after theipty these choice apple lands cangreat opportunities of tin* day Any•evere engagement of that day theenemy withdrew during the night leav-kirtd should write* m»* at once lote Story of this wonderfully attract-j lug our brave young commander, who I by the way was only in the twenty-fif-■Mfurnish complete detailed infurm-th year of his age, a victor of a su-fori•e. and practically endingpel lot*the struggle in the southwest.But,1 DKAYKIt, General Agent’ Information Bureaucit.lKarnaui Street, Omaha, Neb.Oli the result of that da.v§ struggle. I Mote than a thousand of tin* best man-of our Nation went down forf hoodthe sake of countryand the old: starry Banner never to rise again. Inthe Nineteenth Iowa, with a little lessthan atm who answered roll call thatt1tr£t1(It1(1I Ite inimitable tieriiinn coniedieniic,Myra Jefferson, and a wliily girl} chorus presenting that merry musical hilarious sufficiency “l\\ I I PIB, a siugy song play with a reason. Kighteen ami one.half pen? pie. Prices 2.'» cents totlt;;138t1tvt1
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Washington Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa, US
Fri, Dec 09, 1910
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