reporter march june newspaper reporter killed battle little rode battle evidently men killed dispatches press coverage men days leading battle newspaper reports picked country considered associated_press correspondent die line duty life born marcus march brighton ontario canada children family moved number times youth eventually settled wisconsin learned operate telegraph went work atlantic married daughters years american civil war assistant editor democrat newspaper unsuccessfully ran office city clerk played shortstop town baseball teams wife died leaving daughters raised aunt began drifting upper midwest working reporter editorial assistant places iowa minnesota living ran election defeated worked string correspondent articles published pen frontier early 1870s moved helped editor found editorial assistant paper substituted editor fourth issues battle little learned military column including 7th commanded col soon leave fort abraham_lincoln agreed accompany provide news coverage minute wife fell ill editor asked place expected cover sensational military victory sent dispatches days battle near mouth dispatch read time reaches met fought red result remains seen death predicting death defeat instead death phrase borrowed fox hunting meaning present kill pursued days dispatch fought resulting deaths soldiers scouts civilians riding including aftermath colonel men arrived battle tuesday june helped bury dead said found body number men company died body missing ear identified boots wore learned defeat force death worked night produce special edition published july article battle account news including correspondence number eastern newspapers including letters written published posthumously herald july newspaper reports picked country considered associated_press correspondent die line duty diary notes survived battle news accounts primary historical sources information days preceding battle notes possession pencil display washington
Mark Kellogg (reporter)