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without wagons or baggage of any kind, the command pushed forward and arrived at Waynesville, 35 miles from Rolla at 8 o'clock p.m. Just before reaching this place an accident occurred. Two brothers named Padget of Co. A. while carelessly handling a revolver discharged it & severely wounded one of them. He was sent back to Rolla where he died some time afterwards. The country was destitute of forage or supplies. Two hours was spent preparing coffee and resting the horses and at 10 PM. the bugle sounded to horse and the men were on the march. The night was cold and the deep stiff mud rendered the traveling slow. The moon shown bright and silently the men moved forward. At 3 am they reached the Gasconade (river) where the men dismounted and lay down by the roadside for an hours sleep. The next morning the weather turned bitter cold, freezing the roads, which now became so rough that traveling was difficult. At Lebanon, forage was procured and some flour for the men. A tedious march of one day and night until a.m. brought us to Springfield, which had been evacuated by the rebels several days before and where we found a small federal garrison, Gen. Curtis having pushed on after Price and was then reported at Cassville. The commander of the post at Springfield had orders from Gen. Curtis to detain the first troops that arrived to aid in holding the post. Col. Bussey was advised that it was useless to go forward as Gen. Curtis could not subsist his army in the Ozark Mountains and that he would be compelled to return to Springfield with his Army in a very few days. Col. Bussey determined to go forward and after detaching one Company (L) to garrison Springfield advanced with the remaining five companies of his regiment. The men were without rations and the horses without full rations of forage but pushed forward until the sound of the cannon told that the Armies were engaged. The anxiety to reach the Army before the battle was fought had nerved both officers and men to bear this terrible march and now that we were within hearing of their artillery, Col. Bussey determined to report to Gen. Curtis before he slept. At the close of the fourth days march from Rolla the regiment reached the Headquarters of Gen Curtis encamped at Sugar Creek Ark., more than two hundred miles from Rolla. This unparalleled march towards the enemy in the middle of winter was so well conducted by the commanding officer that not one horse was lost on the way. Col. Bussey had pressed a wagon into service [during] the last day's march, which was sent off to a mill and loaded with flour which arrived at camp