. 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 . rch, Bayou Metoe, Big Blue, Tupelo, Selma, SixMile Creek. Columbus. Montevallo. Writing from Ludlow. Ky., under date of January29, 1894, Mr. Young says : 1 have the honor to be the possessor of a medalawarded me for services rendered October 25, 1864,when General Sterling Price undertook to form his littleConfederacy in Missouri. The history of the opera-tions against that general in the fall of 1864is of great interest, and the part whic
. 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 . rch, Bayou Metoe, Big Blue, Tupelo, Selma, SixMile Creek. Columbus. Montevallo. Writing from Ludlow. Ky., under date of January29, 1894, Mr. Young says : 1 have the honor to be the possessor of a medalawarded me for services rendered October 25, 1864,when General Sterling Price undertook to form his littleConfederacy in Missouri. The history of the opera-tions against that general in the fall of 1864is of great interest, and the part which the3rd Iowa Cavalry, with its brigade, sustainedin it, I give simply as a rough sketch. Colonel Winslows brigade had but s^vjust returned from its second expeditionunder General Smith, against it was ordered to the pursuit ofPrice; indeed, if I mistake not. it wasrecalled from Oxford. Miss., for this ex-press purpose. The brigade left camp near Memphis attwo oclock on the morning of September 2. 1864. and. crossing the Mississippi River, marched to Brownsville, Ark.,arriving there on the 9th. Here the command rested until the morning of. Calvary M. Youxg. ;V>S THE STORY OF the 18th, awaiting the arrival and organization of the infantry, under com-mand of Major-General Mower. On the 18th the march was resumed northward, passing through Austin,Searcy, and crossing the White River fifteen miles below Batesville, and theBlack River at Elgin, it entered Missouri at Poplar Bluffs. Price was living generously in the State, and offering every inducementto recruits. In this section, as well as in southern Iowa and eastern Kansas,the inhabitants were greatly alarmed; the militia of both States was beingorganized and disciplined to meet the invasion. From Poplar Bluffs, Winslows brigade marched to Cape Girardeau, andproceeded thence by boat to St. Louis, where it arrived October 10. It rested
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