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With but 200 men, the detachment maintained their ground against 700 concealed assassins, and by the timely assistance of Major J. B. Rogers, 9th Missouri State Militia, succeeded in routing them. In this engagement the regiment sustained a heavy loss; i officers severely wounded, 10 privates killed, and 31 wounded. After burying the dead and providing for the wounded, this detachment again took up the line of pursuit on the trail of the enemy. By unceasing and weary marches drove him into Boone county. On the 26th of July Major Clopper's exhausted horses and worn-out men were reinforced by Lieutenant Colonel Wm. F. Schaeffer, with 100 of same regiment. On the 28th inst., when within a few miles of the enemy, they met Colonel Odon Guitar, 9th Missouri State Militia, with 150 men, who assumed command of the expedition, when they again attacked and repulsed the enemy, after a severe contest.
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