The charges were brave and dashing, and naturally evoked the cheers of those at Galena, but, as with too many of the same character, they were not only ineffectual, but resulted in the loss of valuable lives. Governor Ford, in his history of Illinois, has justly said, “It equaled anything in modern warfare in daring and desperate courage.” On the 20th Colonel Strode, with the companies of Capt. James Craig and Captain Stephenson, marched to the scene and buried the dead.[172] ----- Footnote 159: Correspondence Capt. Snyder, Mo. Republican of June 26, 1832. Correspondence Judge Joseph Gillespie in Brink’s Hist. Madison County. Reynold’s “My Own Times,” p. 377, etc. Ford’s Illinois, 124. Footnote 160: Captain Adam Wilson Snyder was born in Connellsville, Fayette Co., Pa., Oct. 6, 1799. Came to Cahokia, Ill., on foot, June, 1817. Elected Dist. Attorney by the Illinois Legislature January, 1823. Elected State Senator, 1830 and in 1832. Elected to Congress 1836. Elected State Senator and Presidential Elector 1840. Nominated for Governor by Democratic convention, Dec. 11, 1841. Died in Belleville of consumption May 14, 1842, before election. He would have been elected. Gov. Ford, the candidate selected in his place, was elected. Footnote 161: Life of Henry Dodge, by William Salter, p. 31. Footnote 162: Smith’s Hist. Wis., Vol. 1, page 272. Footnote 163: Bouchard’s Narrative, Vol. 2. Wis. Hist. Collections. Footnote 164: Fort Johnston, opposite Ottawa. Footnote 165: Dodge said thirty minutes. Footnote 166: Dodge’s Report. Footnote 167: Bouchard’s Narrative. Footnote 168: Later captain. Footnote 169: Hist. Jo Daviess Co., 288, and the Galenian. Footnote 170: Charles Eames and Stephen P. Howard, who declined to “fort up,” were plowing on Apple River. Indians appeared, and they escaped over the river bank, but the horses were boldly taken. The loss, among others, was reported to the fort. Footnote 171: The prints of the day have the name George Eames, but correspondence with Hiram B. Hunt and N.B. Craig, relatives, indicates that Charles is correct. Footnote 172: Galenian. ----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHAPTER XXVI. ATTACK ON APPLE RIVER FORT.[173] On Sunday morning, the 24th day of June, Colonel Strode sent an express of three men, Frederick Dixon, Edmund Welch and one Kirkpatrick, with dispatches for General Atkinson, then at Dixon’s Ferry. By reason of the drenching rain falling at the time of their departure, the men discharged their muskets upon starting out.