“But as it happened none of those agents was employed.

EXPEDITION TO BOONEVILLE--DESTROYING SUPPLIES--CONFEDERATE

STRAGGLERS--SUCCESS OF THE EXPEDITION--A RECONNOISSANCE--THE

IMPORTANCE OF BODILY SUSTENANCE--THE BATTLE OF BOONEVILLE--

RECOMMENDED FOR APPOINTMENT AS A BRIGADIER-GENERAL.

The expedition referred to by General Halleck in his parting

conversation was composed of the Second Michigan and Second Iowa

regiments of cavalry, formed into a brigade under command of Colonel

Washington L. Elliott, of the Second Iowa. It was to start on the