History of Barry, (Clay County) Missouri United States of America

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Missouri State Troops.

Having learned of a camp of guerrillas, numbering 75 or 100 men, at the house of A Mrs. Elliott, about 3 Miles South of Barry, Col. Penick, with about 50 men of his regiment, the 5th militia cavalry, 150 Andrew County militia, Under Col. Heron and Lieut.-Col. Hobson, and 1 piece of artillery from Johnson's Battery, descended on the gang, arriving near Mrs. Elliott's about daybreak.

A man whom he arrested 2 Miles from Barry served as a guide. Three men in Mrs. Elliott's house, one of them her son, denied knowledge of any camp or gathering of armed men within 3 Miles of there.

The ground round about was so rough and densely wooded that Penick failed to surround the camp, but by dismounting his men and deploying them as skirmishers he scouted the vicinity, routed and scattered the guerrillas.

By his order, a squad of men took out and Shot Zack Elliott and James H. Rollins, 2 of the 3 men at the house. The bedding in the house was confiscated and the house and stables were burned, with 2 neighboring houses belonging to one of the Elliotts and another guerrilla.

Four negroes and some horses, the property of Mrs. Elliott, were also taken.

SOURCE: The Union Army A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States 1861-65 -- Records of the Regiments in the Union Army -- Cyclopedia of Battles -- Memoirs of Commanders and Soldiers. 8 vols. Madison: Federal Publishing, 1908.

History of Barry, (Clay County) Missouri

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