. Lloyd's battle history of the great rebellion : complete, from the capture of Fort Sumter, April 14, 1861, to the capture of Jefferson Davis, May 10, 1865, embracing General Howard's tribute to the volunteer ... and a general review of the war for the union . ed for an hour; butthe rebels gave way under the admirable spirit of the attack, andfled, leaving the guns, 1,000 prisoners, including Generals Marma-duke and Cabell and six colonels, together with 1,500 stands ofarms, in the hands of the Unionists. The pursuit was resumed, and the enemy were overtaken for thelast time on the Marais Des
. Lloyd's battle history of the great rebellion : complete, from the capture of Fort Sumter, April 14, 1861, to the capture of Jefferson Davis, May 10, 1865, embracing General Howard's tribute to the volunteer ... and a general review of the war for the union . ed for an hour; butthe rebels gave way under the admirable spirit of the attack, andfled, leaving the guns, 1,000 prisoners, including Generals Marma-duke and Cabell and six colonels, together with 1,500 stands ofarms, in the hands of the Unionists. The pursuit was resumed, and the enemy were overtaken for thelast time on the Marais Des Cygnes. A sharp, brief battle ensued;when Price was again routed, and compelled to burn over 200wagons, and explode all his artillery ammunition. General Pleasontons men and horses were now greatly exhausted,but the pursuit was continued, and resulted in heavy losses to therebels. The latter lost in the series of engagements 2,000 prison-ers, 900 killed, and 2,800 wounded. They also lost all their artil-lery, besides nearly all their transportation, and the plunder gath-ered since they entered the State. The Union loss did not exceed3,000. This brief, but brilliant campaign distinguished GeneralPleasonton as one of the best cavalry officers of the .y^-. 554 Cedar Greek, Va. CEDAR CREEK, VA. October 19, 1864. Unionists, under General Sheridan, about 30,000. Killed and wounded, 4,000;prisoners, 1,300. Pisunionisis, tender General Snarly, 80,000. Killed and woimded, 2,800; prison-en, 1>300 On the morning of October 19th, while the mantle of darknessyet wrapped the earth, and the Army of the Shenandoah slept un-conscious of impending danger, a faint picket assault was made onthe Union right. A rapid and continuous discharge of sentinel mus-kets extended along the entire Federal front toward the left; whensuddenly, with scarcely a moments warning, the rebel infantry ad-vanced against General Crooks position in solid columns, pouringin a fierce fire on flank and front. Only
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