31 May 62, Neosho, Mo - Battleground 9: Chickamauga
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31 May 1862, Neosho, Mo [Curt Cabbage]
Report of Brig. Gen. William S. Ketchum, U. S. Army. SAINT Louis,
June 1, 1862. Colonel Richardson, Missouri State Militia, was
attacked yesterday, near Neosho, by the rebel Colonel Coffee,
with several hundred men and three pieces of artillery. It is
reported that Richardson is mortally wounded, and his regiment
is killed, wounded, captured, or dispersed. Six companies Thirty-seventh
Illinois, 150 men of First Missouri Cavalry, and two pieces of
artillery, under Lieutenant-Colonel Barnes, are between Cassville
and Neosho; three companies Tenth Illinois Cavalry gone to
join Colonel Barnes for the purpose of attacking Coffee. Major
Tompkins had a skirmish near Waynesville yesterday, and asked
for re-enforcements. One company went from Rolla. I sent a
telegraph dispatch to-day to General Totten. W. SCOTT KETCHUM,
Brigadier- General. Col. J. C. KELTON.
Report of Brig. Gen. William S. Ketchum, U. S. Army. SAINT Louis,
June 1, 1862. Colonel Richardson, Missouri State Militia, was
attacked yesterday, near Neosho, by the rebel Colonel Coffee,
with several hundred men and three pieces of artillery. It is
reported that Richardson is mortally wounded, and his regiment
is killed, wounded, captured, or dispersed. Six companies Thirty-seventh
Illinois, 150 men of First Missouri Cavalry, and two pieces of
artillery, under Lieutenant-Colonel Barnes, are between Cassville
and Neosho; three companies Tenth Illinois Cavalry gone to
join Colonel Barnes for the purpose of attacking Coffee. Major
Tompkins had a skirmish near Waynesville yesterday, and asked
for re-enforcements. One company went from Rolla. I sent a
telegraph dispatch to-day to General Totten. W. SCOTT KETCHUM,
Brigadier- General. Col. J. C. KELTON.
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