HDQRS. SEVENTH PROV. REGT. ENROLLED MO. MILITIA
Mount Vernon, Mo., August 1, 1864.

Lieut. W. B. ALLEN,
Acting Assistant Adjutant General, Springfield, Mo,

ADJUTANT:  In pursuance of orders from these headquarters Captain Sutherland, together with Captains Roberts and Ritchey, with eighty men made a scout in the direction of Baxter Springs.  In about ten miles of the springs they came upon Captains Taylor and Marchbanks, with about thirty men.  After a few shots they completely routed the enemy, killing some 5 or 6 and wounding several others.  After pursuing them some ten or twelve miles south, making no further discovery, they returned without any loss on our part.  Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

JOHN D. ALLEN,
Col., Comdg. Seventh Prov. Regt. Enrolled Missouri Militia.

P. S. Old One-Eyed Davis, of Greene County, was among the killed.

SOURCE: OR, Series I, Volume 41 (Part I), Page 188.
 

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