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UNWRITTEN HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR
THIRD WISCONSIN BOYS 'WHOM QUANTRELL SLAUGHTERED.
SMALL PARTY IN A TRAP
KANSAS
COMPANY FLED AND ESCAPED.
ONLY 13 BADGERS SURVIVE
Later the Guerilla Chief Took Dinner j ^.q^j^ With Leaders Chosen to Hunt Him Down#
'y^o'^z.
PLATTEA'ILLE, Wis., Sept. 16.~The re¬ cent Inflammable utteraaces al Lawrence. Kas., by QuantrcH's men in re-union there, in saying they were aorry they had not destroyed the entire city, has brought to light an interesting piece of unwritten history participated in by the Third Wis¬ consin cavalry from 1S62 to the close of the civil war. The incidents were related by a member of the Third Wiscousin, •«\'ho said:
"Early in Septsmber, 1863, Gen. Blunt was in command ot the department of the frontier and started from Fort Scott to establish headquarters at Fort Smith, Ark. Accompanying him as escort was the brigade band, about si.xty men of the Third Wisconsin cavalry, a part of Com¬ pany A of the Fourteenth cavalry, his personal staff and the headquarters train "When near Baxter Springs on Sept, «, a body of troops in federal uniforiu was seen forminj near the edge ot a woods a fourth ot a mile away. They were supposed to be a battalion ot Union men sent out several days before to scout end clear the road to Fort Gibson. As we emerged from a woods, Capt. Tufft came galloping tac-lt and reported to Ccn. Blunt that the body of men, some 600 strong, was Quantrell and his gang In federal uniform, and that he had been close enough to recognizo Quantrell. B> this time the linos were getting near eacli other aud QuanCrell's meu began firing.
"About this time tbe Kansas compa'
broke and began to run toward Fo.
Scott, leaving about 85 men of the Thiri
Wisconsin to receive the charge. Seeing
this Quantrell charged Co. L, who re- j
turned the flre with their revolvers. It i
became such a mix-up that it was hand to
hand and no time to re-load. If one of
our boys attempted to get away he was
fchot and if wounded, murdered by the
guerillas.
".\mong the prominent officers killed were Maj. Curtis and Lieut. Farr. I saw Curtis shot—murdered in cold blood. At the beginning of the mix-up he shouted: 'What in tho name of heaven will we do?' He was promptly answered: 'Sell out like men, but don't be taken prisoner.' Hi failed to take the advice and sur¬ rendered, giving his revolver to one of Quantrell's men who turned it on him and ehot him twice before he fell from his horse. Maj. Curtis, being in full uni¬ form, was taken for Gen. Blunt, who, was la fatigue uniform and rode a mule. He And his orderly, J. Adler from near Sparta, and B. I. Dugdale, of Platteville, into a little ravine, dismounted and •were back caring for the wounded almost before Quantrell was out of sight.
"Mrs. Farr accompanied her husband, with Charles Davis, now of Baraboo, as driver. At the beginning of the trouble Davis put Mrs. Farr in tho bottom of the buggy and drove off on the gallop. At 3>'ast a half dozen of Quantrell's men gave chase and flred vollc^ afcer volley into the buggy, and gave up the chase. After going a mile or so Davis unhitcho*, stripped off the harness, put Mrs. Davi9 on one horse and riding the other es¬ caped. When we found the buggy itj^flfe fairly riddled though the occupanta te^ caped unharmed. Mrs. Farr resides |5?P Dubuque, la. VO'
"John Pradt, of Madison, whose ta|h$» was once assistant superintendent of slruction at Madison and John Moor the Twelfth Kansas, both clerks at he' quarters, got out of an ambulance, b the rcat of their mess good-bye, marking: 'We are gone to glory t time, but will empty some saddles befo ithey get us;" and stood back to bac^ i firing their revolvers with telling effe " I until both men were shot down. I "Jack Splain, of Sparta, stood nea I them gallantly fighting until he had ceived nine bullets in his body. The guerillas left them for dead after strip ping them of even their clothing. Splain and Pradt both recovered and are now living.
"Of the 90 men we had In the fight 54 were killed outright, 18 wounded, and 5 missing. There were 13 of us left.
"^Vhen Gen. Blunt and the two men who escaped with him returned to care for the wounded they met a sight too ter¬ rible to describe. Amongst the killed were the brigade band—11 men. Several of them had been pinioned to tho band ¦wagon by swords driven through them while still alive aud the wagon then set afire. Among those served in this way
Object Description
| Title | Newspaper clippings, 1861-1930, Vol. 1 |
| Source Title | Newspaper clippings, 1861-1930, Vol. 1 |
| Description | Wisconsin Local History & Biography Articles (WLHBA) Newspaper clippings, 1861-1930 from historical and biographical articles preserved in scrapbooks at the Wisconsin Historical Society. Articles include eyewitness accounts written during the Civil War; such as war correspondence, soldiers diaries and printed letters from soldiers. Articles also include veterans reminiscence, obituaries and anniversary coverage of major battles or formation of regiments. A wide range of subjects, battles and people are covered. |
| Subcollection | Newspaper Clippings |
| Source | Wisconsin Local History & Biography Articles |
| Source Type | newspaper clipping |
| Place of Publication | varies |
| Source Creation Date | 1861-1930 |
| Source Publisher | varies |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2010 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2010 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Digital Format | XML |
| Digital Identifier | 01900000vol1 |
Description
| Title | 83 |
| Source Title | Newspaper clippings, 1861-1930, Vol. 1 |
| Regiment | 3rd Infantry |
| Volume | 1 |
| State | WI; KS; AR |
| Place | Platteville; Lawrence; Fort Scott; Fort Smith |
| People | Blunt, Gen.; Quantrell; Curtis, Maj.; Farr, Lt.; Pradt, John; Moore, John; Splain, Jack; |
| Topic | combat; casualties; death; |
| Source Type | newspaper clipping |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2010 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2010 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Digital Format | JPG |
| Full text | .y I& 'p/!2^'t UNWRITTEN HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR THIRD WISCONSIN BOYS 'WHOM QUANTRELL SLAUGHTERED. SMALL PARTY IN A TRAP KANSAS COMPANY FLED AND ESCAPED. ONLY 13 BADGERS SURVIVE Later the Guerilla Chief Took Dinner j ^.q^j^ With Leaders Chosen to Hunt Him Down# 'y^o'^z. PLATTEA'ILLE, Wis., Sept. 16.~The re¬ cent Inflammable utteraaces al Lawrence. Kas., by QuantrcH's men in re-union there, in saying they were aorry they had not destroyed the entire city, has brought to light an interesting piece of unwritten history participated in by the Third Wis¬ consin cavalry from 1S62 to the close of the civil war. The incidents were related by a member of the Third Wiscousin, •«\'ho said: "Early in Septsmber, 1863, Gen. Blunt was in command ot the department of the frontier and started from Fort Scott to establish headquarters at Fort Smith, Ark. Accompanying him as escort was the brigade band, about si.xty men of the Third Wisconsin cavalry, a part of Com¬ pany A of the Fourteenth cavalry, his personal staff and the headquarters train "When near Baxter Springs on Sept, «, a body of troops in federal uniforiu was seen forminj near the edge ot a woods a fourth ot a mile away. They were supposed to be a battalion ot Union men sent out several days before to scout end clear the road to Fort Gibson. As we emerged from a woods, Capt. Tufft came galloping tac-lt and reported to Ccn. Blunt that the body of men, some 600 strong, was Quantrell and his gang In federal uniform, and that he had been close enough to recognizo Quantrell. B> this time the linos were getting near eacli other aud QuanCrell's meu began firing. "About this time tbe Kansas compa' broke and began to run toward Fo. Scott, leaving about 85 men of the Thiri Wisconsin to receive the charge. Seeing this Quantrell charged Co. L, who re- j turned the flre with their revolvers. It i became such a mix-up that it was hand to hand and no time to re-load. If one of our boys attempted to get away he was fchot and if wounded, murdered by the guerillas. ".\mong the prominent officers killed were Maj. Curtis and Lieut. Farr. I saw Curtis shot—murdered in cold blood. At the beginning of the mix-up he shouted: 'What in tho name of heaven will we do?' He was promptly answered: 'Sell out like men, but don't be taken prisoner.' Hi failed to take the advice and sur¬ rendered, giving his revolver to one of Quantrell's men who turned it on him and ehot him twice before he fell from his horse. Maj. Curtis, being in full uni¬ form, was taken for Gen. Blunt, who, was la fatigue uniform and rode a mule. He And his orderly, J. Adler from near Sparta, and B. I. Dugdale, of Platteville, into a little ravine, dismounted and •were back caring for the wounded almost before Quantrell was out of sight. "Mrs. Farr accompanied her husband, with Charles Davis, now of Baraboo, as driver. At the beginning of the trouble Davis put Mrs. Farr in tho bottom of the buggy and drove off on the gallop. At 3>'ast a half dozen of Quantrell's men gave chase and flred vollc^ afcer volley into the buggy, and gave up the chase. After going a mile or so Davis unhitcho*, stripped off the harness, put Mrs. Davi9 on one horse and riding the other es¬ caped. When we found the buggy itj^flfe fairly riddled though the occupanta te^ caped unharmed. Mrs. Farr resides |5?P Dubuque, la. VO' "John Pradt, of Madison, whose ta|h$» was once assistant superintendent of slruction at Madison and John Moor the Twelfth Kansas, both clerks at he' quarters, got out of an ambulance, b the rcat of their mess good-bye, marking: 'We are gone to glory t time, but will empty some saddles befo ithey get us;" and stood back to bac^ i firing their revolvers with telling effe " I until both men were shot down. I "Jack Splain, of Sparta, stood nea I them gallantly fighting until he had ceived nine bullets in his body. The guerillas left them for dead after strip ping them of even their clothing. Splain and Pradt both recovered and are now living. "Of the 90 men we had In the fight 54 were killed outright, 18 wounded, and 5 missing. There were 13 of us left. "^Vhen Gen. Blunt and the two men who escaped with him returned to care for the wounded they met a sight too ter¬ rible to describe. Amongst the killed were the brigade band—11 men. Several of them had been pinioned to tho band ¦wagon by swords driven through them while still alive aud the wagon then set afire. Among those served in this way |
| Digital Identifier | 01900089 |