. The story of American heroism; thrilling narratives of personal adventures during the great Civil war, as told by the medal winners and roll of honor men . aldays prior to the attack there were rumors in town that the Confedeiateswere concentrating in consideraljle force in the neighborhood of Blue Springs,about eleven miles east of Independence, and the S(Mithern sympathizersaljout town wore more bold and cheerful expressions than usual, and even AMERICAN HEROISM. 141 intimated that they expected an attack by the Confederate forces. Theserumors and the boldness of the Southern sympathizers
. The story of American heroism; thrilling narratives of personal adventures during the great Civil war, as told by the medal winners and roll of honor men . aldays prior to the attack there were rumors in town that the Confedeiateswere concentrating in consideraljle force in the neighborhood of Blue Springs,about eleven miles east of Independence, and the S(Mithern sympathizersaljout town wore more bold and cheerful expressions than usual, and even AMERICAN HEROISM. 141 intimated that they expected an attack by the Confederate forces. Theserumors and the boldness of the Southern sympathizers reached the ears ofColonel Buel. but as he had been almost daily importuned for several weeksabout threatened danger, and as his scouting parties had reported that theycould hear of no organized force of the enemy in that section, he paid noparticular attention to them. Down even to the night before the attack, aMrs. Wilson, a Union woman who resided near Blue Springs, rode into townabout ten oclock Sunday night and reported to Colonel Buel that she hadjust seen the Southern forces, esti-mated at least at one thousand strong, and that they intended to. Giving Information to the Enemy, attack h i m the nextmorning at \en this direct infor-mation of Mrs. Wilsondid not have the effectof moving Colonel Buelto strengthen his posi-tion or to make anypreparation for thethreatened attack. Captain Rodewald, who had heard the report of stayed with his men that night and notified them of the threatenedattack, and directed them to sleep on their arms and have them in readinessfor use at a moments notice. Mounted picket guards were posted on allthe roads leading into town, a mile or so out, but they were not cautionedto be more than usually vigilant after the alarming report of Mrs. Wilsonthat evening. The next morning about four oclock, the guard posted near Colonel Buelsheadquarters heard the tramping of numerous horses feet coming into townon the Blue Springs road, a
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