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THE WARFARE OF THE BORDER 371
Not a man stirred. Some of the Confederates seized the mus-
kets, some rushed to where the horses were, and in an hour
more Rudd, without the firing of a single shot, was hurrying on
into Arkansas with two hundred prisoners, two hundred and
eleven horses fit for service, seven wagons loaded with valuable
supplies, over two hundred cavalry carbines and revolvers, and
five ammunition wagons filled with precious ammunition. He
was thanked in general orders for his skill and coolness, and
sent back into Missouri with important dispatches to several
officers who were recruiting in the State.
Before Gooly Robinson was killed he performed many desper-
ate deeds of bravado and valor, but none that surpased the fol-
lowing in hardihood or abandonment. A desperate Federal
scout, whose soubriquet was Ben McCoulloch, was known to
many upon the border as a bold, bad, cruel, relentless man.
He killed, burned, stole, plundered, fought, and was not afraid.
If he could have found good backing anywhere in the ranks of
the militia, he would have made his mark broad and bloody.
Single-handed, he did not give back from any man, Guerrilla or
Confederate. He dressed in fringed buck-skin, carried four
dragoon revolvers, rode a coal black horse, and hunted at the
head of fifty Federals. Quantrell had sought for him once or
twice, but failed to find him. Todd sent him a challenge once
to meet him on a certain day at the head of fifty men, pledging
himself to meet him with twenty-five. If McCoulloch received
the message, he never replied to it. Indeed, if he knew Todd
as Todd really was, it was no disgrace to him that he did not
reply. One day, however, this man of the soubriquet-this
buck-skin Ben McCoulloch-- went a step too far. Gooly
Robinson had a widowed aunt living in Johnson county whose
house McCoulloch burnt, whose horses he confiscated, whose
cattle he drove off, and whose entire substance he wantonly and
wickedly wasted. The bereft woman told the story of her ruin
truly to her nephew, and the nephew dressed himself as a
Federal soldier, mounted a horse as swift as any other Fed-
eral's horse, cleaned a double-barrel shot-gun thorougly,
loaded it with buck-shot, buckled on his pistols, and went a
man hunting. The second day out he met full in the big
road a column of Federal cavalry, and rode boldly up to
within twenty yards of it. Ben McCoulloch was at its head,
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 | civm000003p0371 |
| Description | THE WARFARE OF THE BORDER 371 Not a man stirred. Some of the Confederates seized the mus- kets, some rushed to where the horses were, and in an hour more Rudd, without the firing of a single shot, was hurrying on into Arkansas with two hundred prisoners, two hundred and eleven horses fit for service, seven wagons loaded with valuable supplies, over two hundred cavalry carbines and revolvers, and five ammunition wagons filled with precious ammunition. He was thanked in general orders for his skill and coolness, and sent back into Missouri with important dispatches to several officers who were recruiting in the State. Before Gooly Robinson was killed he performed many desper- ate deeds of bravado and valor, but none that surpased the fol- lowing in hardihood or abandonment. A desperate Federal scout, whose soubriquet was Ben McCoulloch, was known to many upon the border as a bold, bad, cruel, relentless man. He killed, burned, stole, plundered, fought, and was not afraid. If he could have found good backing anywhere in the ranks of the militia, he would have made his mark broad and bloody. Single-handed, he did not give back from any man, Guerrilla or Confederate. He dressed in fringed buck-skin, carried four dragoon revolvers, rode a coal black horse, and hunted at the head of fifty Federals. Quantrell had sought for him once or twice, but failed to find him. Todd sent him a challenge once to meet him on a certain day at the head of fifty men, pledging himself to meet him with twenty-five. If McCoulloch received the message, he never replied to it. Indeed, if he knew Todd as Todd really was, it was no disgrace to him that he did not reply. One day, however, this man of the soubriquet-this buck-skin Ben McCoulloch-- went a step too far. Gooly Robinson had a widowed aunt living in Johnson county whose house McCoulloch burnt, whose horses he confiscated, whose cattle he drove off, and whose entire substance he wantonly and wickedly wasted. The bereft woman told the story of her ruin truly to her nephew, and the nephew dressed himself as a Federal soldier, mounted a horse as swift as any other Fed- eral's horse, cleaned a double-barrel shot-gun thorougly, loaded it with buck-shot, buckled on his pistols, and went a man hunting. The second day out he met full in the big road a column of Federal cavalry, and rode boldly up to within twenty yards of it. Ben McCoulloch was at its head, |
| Source | Noted Guerrillas, or the Warfare on the Border |
| Type | Books and monographs |
| Format | JPEG |
| Identifier | civm000003p0371.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 |
