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Consolidated report of scouts, skirmishes, and marches, &c.-Continued.
Our losses.
Date. Commanding Station and Kille Wound Hors
officer. scouting d. ed. es
direction. lost
,
kill
ed,
and
woun
ded.
June H. J. Coy, Kansas City, E. --- 1 ---
20 sergeant, Company S. SE. E. NW.
E, Second
Colorado Cavalry.
20 H. F. Peery, Germantown, SE. --- --- ---
captain Company W. NE.
K, First Cavalry,
Missouri State
Militia.
20 R. G. Houston, Sedalia, S. SE. --- --- ---
lieutenant, NW.
Fourth Cavalry,
Missouri State
Militia.
20 G. P. Chiles, Warrensburg, S. --- --- ---
second lieutenant N.
Company A,
Seventh Cavalry,
Missouri State
Militia.
20 John Wyckoff, Holden, S. SW. --- --- ---
captain Company N. NE.
D, First Cavalry,
Missouri State
Militia.
20 J. M. Turley, Warrensburg, W. --- --- ---
captain Company S. NW.
D, Seventh
Missouri State
Militia.
20 C. B. Vuaghan, Harrisonville, --- --- ---
first sergeant SW. S. SW. E.
Company L, Second NE.
Colorado Cavalry.
Total 20 3 1
Our losses.
Date. Commanding Station and Arms Acco Numbe
officer. scouting lost. uter r of
direction. ment miles
s trave
lost led.
.
June H. J. Coy, Kansas City, E. --- --- 85
20 sergeant, Company S. SE. E. NW.
E, Second
Colorado Cavalry.
20 H. F. Peery, Germantown, SE. --- --- 130
captain Company W. NE.
K, First Cavalry,
Missouri State
Militia.
20 R. G. Houston, Sedalia, S. SE. --- --- 244
lieutenant, NW.
Fourth Cavalry,
Missouri State
Militia.
20 G. P. Chiles, Warrensburg, S. --- --- 25
second lieutenant N.
Company A,
Seventh Cavalry,
Missouri State
Militia.
20 John Wyckoff, Holden, S. SW. --- --- 378
captain Company N. NE.
D, First Cavalry,
Missouri State
Militia.
20 J. M. Turley, Warrensburg, W. --- --- 100
captain Company S. NW.
D, Seventh
Missouri State
Militia.
20 C. B. Vuaghan, Harrisonville, --- --- 180
first sergeant SW. S. SW. E.
Company L, Second NE.
Colorado Cavalry.
Total c2 --- 2,894
Miles.
Report distance traveled.......... 2,894
Not reported, distance estimated.. 916
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Total............................. 3,810
JUNE 11, 1864.- Skirmish at Ridgeley, Mo.
REPORTS.
Numbers 1.- Brigadier General Clinton B. Firsk, U. S. Army, commanding District of North Missouri.
Numbers 2.- Captain William J. Fitzgerald, Sixteenth Kansas Cavalry.
Numbers 1. Report of Brigadier General Clinton B. Fisk, U. S. Army, commanding District of North Missouri.SAINT JOSEPH, MO., June 12, 1864.
A detachment of militia were attacked by a band of guerrillas yesterday at Ridgeley, in Platte County, and a desperate little fight ensued. Captain Hoberson [Overson], late of the rebel army, now recruiting under Colonel Calhoun Thornton, C. S. Army, and leader of the gang, was killed outright, and his lieutenant, William Felland [Oldham], son of a planter in this country, was wounded and taken prisoner. He was shot to-day. His confession will be valuable to us in
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