. Hungarians in the American civil war . army sur-geons had given up his life, he recovered underthe care of a physician in Davenport, Iowa, andsettled eventually in San Francisco, where heended his useful life in 1911. Toward the end of September, Gen. Fremontmoved to Jefferson City, whence he began hismarch southward to Springfield. His Army ofthe West contained approximately 50,000 men infive divisions, the fourth of which, withabout 6,500 men, was under the command ofGen. Asboth. After crossing the Osage River, thePrairie Scouts, a mounted body of about 150 menunder Major Frank White, a ga
. Hungarians in the American civil war . army sur-geons had given up his life, he recovered underthe care of a physician in Davenport, Iowa, andsettled eventually in San Francisco, where heended his useful life in 1911. Toward the end of September, Gen. Fremontmoved to Jefferson City, whence he began hismarch southward to Springfield. His Army ofthe West contained approximately 50,000 men infive divisions, the fourth of which, withabout 6,500 men, was under the command ofGen. Asboth. After crossing the Osage River, thePrairie Scouts, a mounted body of about 150 menunder Major Frank White, a gallant officer hardlyout of his teens, and a detachment of FremonVsBody Guard, about 150 mounted men, under Ma-jor Charles Zagonyi, were sent forward to recon-noitre in the direction of Springfield. 22 Charles Zagonyi was born at Szatmar, Hungary,in 1826, espoused the national cause in 1848, androse to be captaili of hussars in Gen. Berns armyin Transylvania. He was wounded and taken pris-oner in an engagement, and spent two years in an. Col. Charles Austrian dungeon before his escape to was the true representative of that superb typeof light cavalrymen which Hungary has given tothe world: The Hussars. Imbued with the spiritof ancient chivalry, full of dash, devoted to hiscommander and able to impart his spirit to hismen, he was eminently fit for the position forwhich Fremont selected him. He was to organizea company of horse to act as the Generals body — 23 — gfuard, but so many were the applicants that fourcompanies were organized. The men were clad inblue jackets, trousers and caps. They were armedwith light German sabres, the best that at thattime could be procured, and with revolvers; be-sides which, the first company carried were mounted upon bay horses, carefullychosen from the government stables by Zagonyi,who, in less than a months time, drilled his meninto a well-disciplined and efficient corps of caval-_ry. Their uniforms were sim
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