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THE WARFARE OF THE BORDER 89
nigh from his saddle. Younger and Brinker were not yet out
of sight when he was up with them again, the whole three dash-
ing on together upon Quantrell's trail, the pursuing Federals
close behind.
In a hollow close to Fred. Farmer's house Quantrell formed
his sixty-three men on foot to fight seven hundred. Peabody
struck him first and got his fire at ten steps before he knew it.
Fifteen saddles were emptied here-James Morris and young
More, son-in-law of David Yeager, performing several acts of
conspicuous bravery. In each hand a revolver, and advancing
continually, they fired so rapidly and so accurately that it might
well have been taken for a company. Peabody, sick of fighting
Quantrell on horseback, dismounted beyond range and divided
his command-sending one part of it to the west and keeping
the other at the south. The flanking detachment, closing up
from the north, also divided, keeping one portion there and
sending the other to close up the gap on the east. Thus was
the environment complete; sixty-three men were surrounded
by seven hundered. A series of desperate combats followed in
the thick brush; charging those on the south and killing and
wounding twenty-two, those on the north were then looked
to, and then those on the east and the west. One charge
followed another, the combats culminating at every point over
desperate rallies for the horses. This hollow held by Quantrell
vomitted fire and smoke as the mouth of a volcano. In the
gloom Titans struggled. To the long roll of musketry-full,
sonorous, resonant-there succeeded the shriller and sharper
notes of the revolver vollies. The two lines marked the strife
thus: the Federals with the more melodious music, the Guerril-
las with the more discordant.
Quantrell was getting anxious. Some of his horses had been
killed, and many of his best men were wounded. Gregg, Coger,
Poole, Cole Younger, Moore, Maddox, Morris, Brinker, Haller,
and a dozen others shot, more or less severely, fought on, yet
slowly. Attrition alone would make this conflict only one of
time; to fight further, was to waste precious blood unneces-
sarily.
To the left-front of the hollow-the south-front-there lay
wounded probably a dozen Federals, and some of them had
dragged their hurt bodies below its crest for such shelter as it
Object Description
| Title | Noted guerrillas, or the warfare of the border |
| Author | Edwards, John N. (John Newman), 1839-1889 |
| Description | A history of the lives and adventures of Quantrell, Bill Aderson, George Todd, Dave Poole, Fletcher Taylor, Peyton Long, Oll Shepherd, Arch Clements, John Maupin, Tuch and Woot Hill, Wm. Gregg, Thomas Maupin, the James Brothers, the Younger Brothers, Arthur McCoy and numerous other well known guerrillas of the West |
| Subject.LCSH |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Underground movements Missouri -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Southwest, Old -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Quantrill, William Clarke, 1837-1865 Kansas -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Guerrillas |
| Subject.Local | Quantrell, William Clarke, 1837-1865; Quantrell, Charles William, 1837-1865; Quantrill, W. C. (William Clarke), 1837-1865; Hart, Charley, 1837-1865 Anderson, William T. |
| Coverage | United State -- Missouri |
| Source | St. Louis, Mo. : Bryan, Brand & Company, 1877. |
| Language | English |
| Date.Original | 1877 |
| Date.Digital | 2004 |
| Type |
Books and pamphlets |
| Format | JPEG |
| Collection Name | Civil War in Missouri - Monographs |
| Editorial Note | All blank pages have been eliminated |
| Publisher.Digital | University of Missouri Digital Library Production Services |
| Rights | These pages may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent distribution in print or electronically. Please contact contributing institution for information. |
| Contributing Institution |
University of Missouri--Columbia. Libraries |
| Copy Request | Contact Ellis Library Special Collection, University of Missouri - Columbia at (573) 882-0076 or email: SpecialCollections@missouri.edu |
Description
| Title | civm000003p0089 |
| Description | THE WARFARE OF THE BORDER 89 nigh from his saddle. Younger and Brinker were not yet out of sight when he was up with them again, the whole three dash- ing on together upon Quantrell's trail, the pursuing Federals close behind. In a hollow close to Fred. Farmer's house Quantrell formed his sixty-three men on foot to fight seven hundred. Peabody struck him first and got his fire at ten steps before he knew it. Fifteen saddles were emptied here-James Morris and young More, son-in-law of David Yeager, performing several acts of conspicuous bravery. In each hand a revolver, and advancing continually, they fired so rapidly and so accurately that it might well have been taken for a company. Peabody, sick of fighting Quantrell on horseback, dismounted beyond range and divided his command-sending one part of it to the west and keeping the other at the south. The flanking detachment, closing up from the north, also divided, keeping one portion there and sending the other to close up the gap on the east. Thus was the environment complete; sixty-three men were surrounded by seven hundered. A series of desperate combats followed in the thick brush; charging those on the south and killing and wounding twenty-two, those on the north were then looked to, and then those on the east and the west. One charge followed another, the combats culminating at every point over desperate rallies for the horses. This hollow held by Quantrell vomitted fire and smoke as the mouth of a volcano. In the gloom Titans struggled. To the long roll of musketry-full, sonorous, resonant-there succeeded the shriller and sharper notes of the revolver vollies. The two lines marked the strife thus: the Federals with the more melodious music, the Guerril- las with the more discordant. Quantrell was getting anxious. Some of his horses had been killed, and many of his best men were wounded. Gregg, Coger, Poole, Cole Younger, Moore, Maddox, Morris, Brinker, Haller, and a dozen others shot, more or less severely, fought on, yet slowly. Attrition alone would make this conflict only one of time; to fight further, was to waste precious blood unneces- sarily. To the left-front of the hollow-the south-front-there lay wounded probably a dozen Federals, and some of them had dragged their hurt bodies below its crest for such shelter as it |
| Source | Noted Guerrillas, or the Warfare on the Border |
| Type | Books and monographs |
| Format | JPEG |
| Identifier | civm000003p0089.jpg |
| Collection Name | Civil War in Missouri - Monographs |
| Editorial Note | All blank pages have been eliminated |
| Publisher.Digital | University of Missouri Digital Library Production Services |
| Rights | These pages may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent distribution in print or electronically. Please contact koppk@umsystem.edu for more information. |
| Copy Request | Contact Ellis Library special collection at: SpecialCollections@missouri.edu |
