Plantersville, five miles. Captain John D. Brown, Company L, charged his men over a deep stream, capturing more of the enemy (a color company) than his command numbered. This officer had been sent with his company to Mapleville early in the day, and, meeting a body of the enemy, charged it, capturing several and scattering the others. Sergeant John Wall, guidon bearer of Company K after being wounded in the hand, retained the saddle, carried his colors and, in a subsequent engagement, captured a rebel officer.

We arrived near Selma, April 2nd, at 2 P.M., dismounting I battalion lines until 5 o'clock. At that hour, in obedience to orders from the Brevet Major General commanding the division, I dismounted my command and, leaving every eighth man to hold horses, formed the Third Iowa to the right and the Tenth Missouri on the left of the Plantersville road, in line, about half a mile from the rebel works and fronting them. Seven companies, Fourth Iowa, were preparing to move to the left of the Tenth Missouri, when the Second Division on my right attacked in force, and soon gained possession of the fortifications in its front. Observing this attack, the dismounted regiments were immediately advanced, and when the Second Division obtained possession of the outer works, the Fourth Cavalry, which had not yet left their horses, came forward at a gallop in column of fours, and at once pushed into the city, companies going in various directions to complete the discomfiture of the enemy. About this time the Third Iowa and Tenth Missouri were directed to remount, but the road being blocked by subsequent movements this was not fully accomplished until a late hour ...... The mounted companies secured four guns, three stands colors and about one thousand prisoners; several hundred of the enemy were killed and wounded and many were drowned in attempting to escape ...... April 3rd , by direction of Brevet Major General Wilson, I
assumed command of the city, while my brigade, Colonel Noble commanding, made a March to the rear, through Summerfield to Johnson's Ferry, returning on the 6th inst. With the army this brigade moved from Selma, April 10th, arriving at Montgomery on the 12th, near which city we remained until the 14th.

Major Curkendall, with six companies of the Third Iowa Cavalry, was here detailed as provost guard, and did not rejoin the command until after the capture of Columbus ........ This brigade reached the point of attack before Columbus about 7:30 P. M., and at 8 o'clock was disposed in the following order: Six companies of Third Iowa Cavalry, Colonel Noble commanding, dismounted in
line at right angles to the Somerville road, with the left resting thereon, two hundred yards from one line of the enemy immediately in front and about two hundred and fifty yard from the main line on our left; the latter formed behind fortifications running parallel with the Somerville road;
the Tenth Missouri Cavalry, Lt. Colonel R. W. Benteen commanding, on the Somerville road, four hundred yards in rear of the Third Iowa, in column of fours mounted, and the Fourth Iowa, Lt. Colonel John H. Peters commanding, in the same order, on a by-road three hundred yards from the point of its intersection with the Somerville road, being thus to the right and rear of the Third Iowa two hundred yards.

The moment we were ready to attack, the enemy opened fire in front with small arms, and on the left with shell, canister and  usketry, when the Third Iowa was directed to charge, and in five minutes we were in possession of the rifle pits in our front. Supposing the captured works to be a portion of the enemy's main line, the Tenth Missouri Cavalry was ordered forward at a gallop, and two companies pushed at once for the bridge, nearly three fourths of a mile distant, securing it with about fifty prisoners. This detachment passed in front and to the rear of the enemy's line unhurt, but the officer, Captain R. B. McGlasson, finding his position untenable, released his
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