Mobile Register

June 28, 1861

Page 1

 

����������� THE FIGHT AT CAMP COLE, MO.�We take the following from the St. Louis Evening News of the 23d:

����������� Special advices to the Democrat of this city (Lincolnite) state that, on Tuesday morning last, a battle was fought near Camp Cole, Benton county, between a force of Union men and a superior force of Secessionists, which ended in the dispersion of the former, with the greater loss on the side of the latter.� The Secessionists attacked the Union camp early in the morning, surprising the guard and killing fifteen and wounding twenty Union men, and taking thirty prisoners.

����������� The Union men made a vigorous resistance at first, killing, it is said, forty of the enemy; but they were overpowered and had to flee, losing two of their officers, Capt. Karl Brill and a lieutenant.� They were commanded by Capt. Cook, and were the force supplied with U. S. arms about two weeks ago, from the arsenal in this city.� Capt. Cook escaped and succeeded in reaching Syracuse, where he joined Capt. Totten�s force.

����������� Capt. Totten seized at Tipton, on his arrival there, half a car load of powder, and a considerable quantity of lead, intended for the use of Gov. Jackson.� Several prisoners were also captured.

����������� Gov. Jackson, at the last accounts, was on his way to Warsaw, on the Osage river, in Benton county, where he may find a resting place for a time, since the defeat of Capt. Cook�s force of Union men places Warsaw and Benton county completely in the hands of his friends.

 

[Transcribed by Sharon Strout]