From RootsWeb.
Gravely was evidently with the 8th Missouri Militia Cavalry before assuming command of the 15th Missouri Cavalry. James Bolin served with him later in the 15th Missouri Cavalry.
Report of Col. Joseph J. Gravely, 8th Missouri State Militia Cavalry (Union) to Brigadier General John B. Sanborn.
AUGUST 18, 1864 SPRINGFIELD, MO.
He had complied with Special Orders No. 213, headquarters District of Southwest Missouri and returned to Springfield, his post.
His mission was to ascertain Confederate strength in the area and kill as many Confederate bushwhackers as possible.
On August 13, he had assumed command of several designated units at Neosho, Missouri, (near Joplin).
AUGUST 13
To Cowskin Creek. Advance guard saw six men and killed one of them.
AUGUST 14:
Captain Kelso killed Lieutenant Baxter, a noted bushwhacker, whom we learned from the ladies of the house where he was staying and killed, that he had carried dispatches from (Confederate) General Stand Watie to the companies in that vicinity to join Stan Watie near Fort Smith.
--Old Secesh
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