Nine months later this Croghan was to fall mortally wounded at the head of a cavalry regiment while attacking the Union troops near fayetteville, W. Va.
"The Struggle for Missouri"
John McElroy
Asboth was sent with a force of cavalry to fayetteville, a most important town in northwestern Arkansas, where he learned that his enemies had hid themselves in the Boston Mountains.
"The Struggle for Missouri"
John McElroy
I am now encamped with my whole army 14 miles west of fayetteville, having gone entirely around the enemy.
"The Struggle for Missouri"
John McElroy