Thursday, December 15, 2011

Headquarters Dept. Of The Mississippi

ST. LOUIS, April 6, 1862.

Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War, Washington:

Detachments of first Iowa Cavalry sent out from Clinton, Mo., had a skirmish with the rebels on the 30th, captured 19 prisoners, 8 wagons, and a number of horses, mules, &c., belonging to Price’s army.  One rebel killed and several wounded.  Our loss, one man seriously wounded.

H. W. HALLECK,
Major-General.

– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Thursday Morning, April 10, 1862, p. 1

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