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CIVIL WAR
Carroll County Arkansas Genealogy Trails SKIRMISHING IN ARKANSAS
Chicago, April 6--Col. Harrison, commanding at Fayetteville, Ark.,
telegraphs that Capt. Worthing with two companies of the 1st Arkansas
Cavalry, returned from a scout in Carroll county, Ark., having had four
skirmishes with the rebels, in which they killed 23 and took 7
prisoners. Two rebel captains were killed. Our loss
is 1 man wounded. Col. King, who pursued the rebels who
captured the steamer Sam
Gaty, succeeded in overtaking them, and after a fight he
dispersed them, mortally wounding their chief.
--Source: San Francisco (CA) Bulletin, April 6, 1863. |