An Account of the Battle of Wilson’s Creek ...

AN ACCOUNT
OF THE
Battle of Wilson’s Creek,
OR OAK HILLS,
FOUGHT BETWEEN THE
UNION TROOPS, COMMANDED BY GEN. N. LYON,
AND THE
SOUTHERN, OR CONFEDERATE TROOPS, UNDER COMMAND OF GENS. McCULLOCH AND PRICE,
ON
SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1861,
IN
GREENE COUNTY, MISSOURI.


WRITTEN AND COMPILED FROM AUTHENTIC SOURCES
By HOLCOMBE & ADAMS.


Published on the Twenty-Second Anniversary of the Battle, as a Full andFaithful Account, and as a Memorial of the Reunion of the Survivors ofthe Engagement of Both Sides, held August 8, 9, and 10, 1883.


SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI:
DOW & ADAMS, Publishers.
1883.

St. Louis.
Nixon-Jones Printing Company.

BRIG. GEN. NATHANIEL LYON.

GEN. STERLING PRICE.

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THIS BOOK
IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO THE
BLUE AND GRAY
WHO TOOK PART IN THE
Battle of Wilson’s Creek, or Oak Hills,
August 10th, 1861.

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. PRELIMINARY MOVEMENTS TO THE BATTLE 5
FIRST FEDERAL TROOPS 6
“SIGEL IS COMING!” 6
GEN. SWEENEY COMES TO SPRINGFIELD 7
SIGEL DEPARTS FOR CARTHAGE 7
GEN. LYON ENTERS THE COUNTY 8
SWEENEY’S EXPEDITION TO FORSYTH 9
CONFEDERATE MILITARY OPERATIONS 9
THE FIGHT AT DUG SPRINGS 11
GEN. LYON FALLS BACK 12
THE SOUTHERN FORCES UNDER PRICE AND M’CULLOCH ENTER GREENE COUNTY—A GREAT BATTLE IMMINENT 15
CHAPTER II. THE BATTLE OF WILSON’S CREEK—THE UNION OR FEDERAL ACCOUNT 17
GEN. LYON IN SPRINGFIELD 17
PRELIMINARIES OF THE FINAL STRUGGLE 19
A FALSE ALARM 22
A MESSENGER FROM FREMONT—NO HOPE! 23
CONFEDERATE MILITARY MOVEMENTS PRECEDING THE BATTLE 24
GEN. LYON MARCHES OUT TO BATTLE 26
THE MARC
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