The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 41, In Four Parts. Part 1, Reports. Page: 62
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62 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. [CwAP. LIII.
No. 10.
Report of Capt. Benjamin F. Poe, Eighty-ninth Enrolled Missouri
Militia.
JULY 21, 1864.
About 9 a. m. Captain Turney and First Lieut. George W. McCul-
lough, with twenty-six men, went out to reconnoiter and find the posi-
tion of the enemy. About 10 a. in. the enemy appeared in force about
600 yards east of the town, variously estimated from 125 to 400 strong.
They sent in a flag of truce with a demand to surrender, of which the
following is a copy:
JULY 21, 1864.
COMMANDING OFFICER AT PLATTSBURG:
I hereby demand an immediate surrender of the town. We are not bushwhackers,
but Confederate soldiers. Your men will be treated as prisoners of war.
- JOHN THRAILKILL,
Major, Commanding Confederate Forces.
To which I replied in. the following:
PLATTSBURG, July 21, 1864.
Maj. JOHN THRAILKILL:
SIR: We are not here for the purpose,of surrendering, but to defend the flag of
our country.
B. F. POE,
Captain, Commanding Post.
The messenger started with the reply and was fired upon. At the
same time a fight occurred between Captain Turney and the enemy.
A messenger at that instant came in with word that Captain Turney
was cut off, and for every man to take care of himself. After examin-
ing our ammunition it was fond to be scarce, not sufficient to fight
any length of time; whereupon I ordered a retreat, which had com-
menced, when Lieutenant McCullough came in with his force bearing the
dead body of Captain Turney. Lieutenant McCullough and myself then
determined to hold the place with what soldiers we had left and the
citizens. A second messenger was dispatched to the enemy, but fired
upon. Lieutenants Pierce and B. F. McCullough and most of the men
had left when Turney's men came in. Our loss, Captain Turney killed
and James Nixon wounded severely. The enemy had retreated in the
direction of, Haynesville. We do not know that we killed any of the
enemy.
B. F. POE,
Captain, Commanding Post at Plattsburg.
[General FISK,
Commanding District of North Missouri.]
No. 11.
Report of Capt. Edward 1P. Elmer, Second Colorado Cavalry.
HEADQUARTERS STATION,
Pleasant Hill, Mo., August 1, 1864.
CAPTAIN: I have the honor herewith to transmit the following sdp-
plementary report of scouting and escort done by Company K, Second
Colorado Cavalry stationed at Pleasant Hill, Mo., since July 10, 1864:
Sergeant Cotton and thirty-four men of Company K, Second Colo-
rado Cavalry, left this station July 11 for Kansas City, with six-mule
team, .ten days' rations, with detachments of C, F, and I of Second
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