CIVIL WAR MISSOURI, SEPTEMBER 1864, BURNING OF CARTHAGE

CIVIL WAR MISSOURI, SEPTEMBER 1864, BURNING OF CARTHAGE SEPTEMBER 22, 1864
BURNING OF CARTHAGE

Report of Major Milton Burch, Eighth Missouri State Militia Cavalry (Union), to Brig. Gen. John B. Sanborn, Commanding District of Southwest Missouri

NEOSHO, September 23, 1864.

GENERAL: I have the honor to inform you that Carthage was burned by the guerrillas yesterday, and the troops sent there to hold Carthage had a fight with the guerrillas at Carthage and drove them; particulars not known. I received my information from women who came from near Carthage. I have information there is some 75 or 100 guerrillas in the neighborhood of Baxter Springs. I have no additional news from the south. I will send out a spy south to-day or to-morrow. I will keep a close watch south, and I do not think a large force can get near me without my being apprised of their approach.

General, I have the honor to be, your most obedient servant,

MILTON BURCH,
Major, Commanding Post,

SOURCE: OR, Series I, Volume 41, Part I, Page 816.

Back: Timeline of the Civil War in Newton County, Missouri

Home: Historical Items from Barry & Newton Counties, Missouri