Hillsborough (NC) Recorder
July 17, 1861
Page 3
����������� ST. LOUIS, July 11�The
State Journal of Thursday has the following:
����������� �A
telegraphic dispatch received last night says a fight in the Southwest
commenced at ten o�clock
between the State troops and the Federalists under Gen. Zeigle and others, at a
point twelve miles beyond Carthage.� It resulted in the Federal troops being
completely routed with great slaughter.�
The retreating Federals were pursued fourteen miles to a point two miles
beyond Carthage,
and as night approached they were captured.
����������� The
Journal further learns by a letter received from Gen. Parsons that after
pursuing and surrounding Gen. Zeigle and his forces, Zeigle desired to
stipulate for the surrender of his men, but not their arms.� Gen. Parsons insisted on an unconditional
surrender, which was complied with.
����������� Among the killed were Col. B. Gratz
Brown and Solomon Kallman Wolf.
����������������������������������������������� FROM
THE NORTHWEST
ROARING RUN, July
13�There was a battle on yesterday at the Rich Mountain.� The Southerners, numbering 2,000, under the
command of Col. Pegrain, surrendered.�
The fight lasted one hour and a half.�
The other part of the Southern force retreated, leaving sixty killed and
many wounded, and numerous prisoners.�
Six guns were taken and a number of horses.� The Federal loss was twenty killed, forty
wounded, and many horses lost.
����������� QUINCEY,
(Ill.), July 10�The Missouri State Cavalry
have made a decided impression at Monroe Station, Mo.�
They routed the Federalists, burnt the station house, six coaches, eighteen
cars, and tore up the railway track on each side of town.
����������� A
messenger who was dispatched here for assistance, reports that Col. Smith and
fifty Federalists have been taken�
prisoners.
[Transcribed by Sharon Strout]
