Mobile Register

June 28, 1861

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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]