Report of Campaign Against Major General Sterling Price, in October and November, 1864 (pt. 7)
1874; University of Iowa; Volume: 1874; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.17077/0003-4827.11884
ISSN2473-9006
Autores Tópico(s)American History and Culture
ResumoCAMPAIGN AGAINST PRICE.55 1 Kansas City, and dispatched orders to Colonels Jemison, î Moonlight, and Ford to remain with their commands in front of the enemy, in the vicinity of Westport.AU of the night of the 22d was occupied iu getting ammunition and subsistence to my command, with the view ; of commencing the attack upon the enemy at daylight the ; next morning.Daylight on the morning of the 23d revealed the enemy : in force on the open prairie, directly south of Westport, and ahout two miles distant.Col. t!.W. Blair's brigade of state militia was ordered out from Kansas City at three o'clock, A. M., and at daylight my whole command was in motion, moving in column through Westport and across Brush creek, and soon after sunrise the first, second, and fourth brigades were deployed into line of battle on the south : Bide of the timber skirting Brush creek, where Shelby's division of Price's army were advancing upon my line.Skirmishers were thrown forward, and the engagement with small arms and artillery soon became general.My advance line heing hard pressed, I ordered Col. C. W. Blair to advance with the sixth and tenth regiments of state militia to support the right of my line and guard my right fiank, which order was executed with great promptness.Time being required to get the militia arriving from Kansas City dismantled and in position, and the contest in front heing severe and unequal, I directed my advance line to fall hack to the north side of Brush creek.The enemy advanced a short distance, but did not attempt to attack my second line, with the exception of a small force that approached through the timher to attack my left flank.This force was promptly repulsed by the fifth and nineteenth regiments of state militia, under Colonels Colton and Hogan.The militia having all arrived on the field, I ordered a general advance of my entire line, which was promptly executed.The engagement now became earnest and spirited, the artillery of
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