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CHAP. XVIII.] OPERATIONS IN SALINE COUNTY, MO.
designated, but on inquiry it was found that the camp was at Bob's
Creek, in Lincoln County, 5 miles distant. The officers proceeded, and
when nearing the camp the guide fell back and the advance guard was
fired upon. In the rush made on the camp a squad of our men ran
upon an ambushed squad, and here 3 of our men were wounded-oner
I fear, dangerously. The body of the men rushed on, drove the enemy
from the camp, killing from 12 to 15, and pursuing them as long as one
of them could be seen. Everything in the camp was taken; provisions
and forage burned. A large tent, 3 horses, and a lot of blankets were
brought away. Thirty men, with the wounded and property taken at the
camp, were detached from the command to report here. The officer in
command had failed to notify me of his further movements, and, suppos-
ing that he would remain on the ground or proceed into Lincoln County, I
concluded to strengthen the force. I dispatched 40 cavalry at 10 o'clock
that night to Peruque Bridge, and I took the 3 o'clock morning train
with 50 infantry for the bridge. Both commands reached there at 4
o'clock a. min. and at 5 o'clock started for Chain of Rocks, which we
reached at 8 o'clock, and there learned that Windmueller's command had
gone to Saint Charles by the Salt RIiver road. Finding everything quiet
I proceeded with the cavalry to Saint Charles by the way of the Mis-
sissippi Bluff road, sending the infantry back to the bridge, arriving at
Saint Charles at night. Windmueller's command had not come in. At
12 o'clock in the night I received a dispatch from Colonel Morsey, at
Warrenton, requesting me to send three companies to attack a camp
near Troy. Soon after, at 12 o'clock, the adjutant of Colonel Morsey
called on me for aid, and, after inquiring minutely into the matter, I
ordered 100 infantry to proceed with a train at 8 o'clock Sunday morn-
ing along the road, making inquiries for Windmueller's command, going
as far as Warrenton, and getting Colonel Morsey to send all available
force towards the supposed camp. The train went to Warrenton, re-
turned from there to Wright City, where Windmueller's command had
made its appearance. The commands there joined, and I suppose pro-
ceeded to Troy, which was reported to have been overrun by rebels.
My impression is that a company of cavalry started from Warren-
ton, and that the whole will join near Troy and attack that place. Un-
less I shall hear something by 9 o'clock I shall dispatch the rest of my
men except 30 men up the road, placing them in the nearest supporting
distance.
Respectfully,
A. KREKEL,
Lieutenant- Colonel First Battalion Mod S. M., Cavalry.
Brigadier-General SCHOFIELD.
MARCH 7-10, 1862.-Operations in Saline County, Mo.
Report of Capt. John B. Kaiser, Booneville Battalion Missouri Cavalry,
Militia.
BOONEVILLE, MO., March 13, 1862.
COLONEL: On the 7th of this month I proceeded by your order to
Saline County. On arriving at Marshall I was informed that a seces-
sion camp was between that place and Waverly, which I started to
disperse. I found near Waverly a troop of mounted men, who fled in331
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