The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-08-17
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Y MARITAL Law IN 81. Louis.
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e,.sLoup. Aug. Is,- Greet escis,mens exists
insths city lts-6ight on account Of, the AIeports
from Springfield.
Il il ssated on reliable authority, that martial
Law viii be psocIAimed tomorrow morning by
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/. Maid thlt HSj6f Mckinney viii be Pro.
voss 1lstsbA. y Get i9 eonjanctioi, wlsn tps 70
missioner. win b al nd, and the whole po'
lice Win lie rems61t0d. The reserve corps ofPo'
slics will b disarnsed and ss1sict search yin oe
made lce arms known 70 Do secreted ~ prom.
snens Seeessionists. z s''Fs's
The Union men are in deep sorrow over the
death Of Gen. Lyon.
a lsree. iorce has been sent tonight to REIN
force Gen. sigel. One regiment also ieis SIMS
The 3 rising Of the sscrst league Of Secession
lists existing in the city, was feared and this vas
what caused martial law 70 be proclaimed.
sii The balsnce Of the heavy cannon verc to-day
taken % the Arsenal from the depot 81 sssi
Several prominent Secessionistsv supposed 20
be in secret league, have been arrested Tonight.
Gen. Fremont declaresit TO be his deeerfnina.
ton to ha. z any person caught burning railroad
bridges, cutting telegraph wires, or bring ioso
trains y ile p 9 -.s't Z, -
Further .Parsleulavs Of the Battle as
AprinGneld. ysa s3ssS
RoLLA, No., August lS,-The following sddi-
tional account Of the battle near Springfield, -
furnished by an eyewitness, who left Springfield
Monday morning and came through to this place
on horseback :es5s. 80
Our army marched out Of Springfield on Fri
day evening, only ffts-iive hundred strong. The
Home Guards remaining in Springfield Our
forces slept on the prairie portion Of the night
and about sun rise Saturday morning drove in
the out posts Of, the enemy, and soon afterwards
the engagement became general. The attack
was made in two columns by Lyon and Sturgis,
Gen. Sigel leading faDkiDg force of about .
thousand men and 4 guns, on the south OF the
enemys camp. The fight ragged from sun rise in
the morning, until or 3 O'clock in the after
noon. The Rebels, in overwhelming force charg-
ed Capt Totten's battery three several times, but
were repulsed with great slaughter. 81. Is.9 II
Ger. Lyon fell early in the day. He had been
previously wounded in the leg, and had bad a
horse shot from under him. The Colonel Of one
Of the Kansas regiments became di,abled and :,
the boys cried out General come and lead US.
| and vile cheering the men on to the charge,
received bullet in the left breast and fell from
his horse. He was asked if be was hurt, and
replied \ "No, not much, |" but in . few minutes
he expired without struggle. a., 8 81 i a
Gen. Sigel had very severe struggle, and
lost three Of his four guns, His artillery horses
were shot in their harness, and the pieces dis.
abled. He endeavored to haul them off with .
number Of prisoners be had taken, but was final
" compel ed to abandon them, first, however,
spiking the guns and disabling the carriages. Z
About o'clock in the day the enemy seemed
to be in great disorder and retreating. They
set fire to their train of baggage wagons. Our
forces we're too much fatigued and cut up to
pursue them. The battle may be considered a
drawn one. .,ss.t,,,o n ss84tss5,s
The following is partial list of the killed
and wounded on our side: 81 IL fs,ft,-,bg h
Capt Grotz of the LIST Missouri was killed "a
Gen. Sweeney was wounded in the leg.
Col. Mitchell OF Kansas volunteers, seriously
wounded. Il oss1 faaF "a ~ sas,q
Major Shepherd Of the Generals Staff slight
| " wounded. /.
Capt. Plummer of the regulars wounded.
Capt Miller of 1st Missouri, seriously wound.
ed. - IN NJ. 80, ~, e. ..s..
Capt Lavender was wounded in the shoulder,
| but rode back on horse from the battle field
| to Springfield. ;fsf. s.t .. I.,.;afi -.ir.4
Capt Burde slightly wounded. ,a.,i, IA
Col. Ditzler WAS wounded in the left leg, the
| ball passing through. .tsa.5lgs LIZ
Capt Farland Of lat Kansas, wounded, sap
posed MORALLY, his skull fractured. a s. 74gt,b
The following Lieutenants belonging to the
lst Kansas Regiment were killed: Lieut.. c. An
gel of Co. K; Lieut.. L. S. Jones, of Captain
Walkers company; Lieut.. Duen and Lieut.. No
Ganagon, Of Capt. McCook's company; I'd 1t.
r. A. Barber was shot in the left hand. lrpbt,
The lst Kansas, 1st Missouri and LIST Iowa,
suffered,the most. .a,. a.,sg5 t,,s,,e.s,,;
Gen Price was not killed. There were ru-
mors on the field that McCulloch was killed, but
the rebels denied il. ,.sts.. .s III, .rt
On Saturday night, DR.. Mencher and others of
| our army, went back with ambulance to the
battlefield from Springfield, to see about the
| killed and wounded. They found the enemy on
| the field and were CONSIDERABLY treated. 4fta,
Gen. Lyons body had been treated with great
| respect, and was brought back with some of the
wounded to Springfield. ..,. ,,,.t,..-s.. s
| Major Sturgs took command on the battle.
field after the death of Gen. Lyon. r,.i>
Gen. Sigel took command after the battle. ,e.
| Our loss is estimated at from $50 to 800 kill
led, and several hundred wounded, The ene-
my's loss is placed at 1000 killed and wounded.
Our boys captured about 100 horses. .,
| .OGS VI VIC SHSWy . iVSithCueo CdiiISu WV
| fags-the confederate and the stars and stripes.
Gen. Sigel marched back to Springfield in
good order. After perfecting his arrangements,
gathering the baggage, blowing up what powder
he could not carry, and destroying other prop
erty which he did not wish should fall into the
hands of the enemy, he left Springfield and on
Sunday night encamped thirty miles this side of
that place. The enemy was not pursuing. The
only hostility observed during the day was the
firing of musket from distance at the rear
guard. Gen. Sigel is confident he could have
held Springfield against the force they had en-
gagged, but he was fearful of reipforcements to
the enemy from the Southwest and that his line
of communication to Rolla would be cut off.
Gen. Lyon began the attack upon the receipt
Of intelligence that the enemy were expecting
reinforcements from Hardees's column WI ich
was approaching from the southeast. A portion
of the artsllery OF the enemy was admirably serv-
ed, their infantry fire was also very severe.
The Springfield Home Guards were not in the
fight, they with large number Of the citizens of
Springfield are in Sigel's camp, 1t was thought
that Sigel would fall back no further than Lee
banon where reinf,rcements would meet him.
Martial Law Proclaimed In St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, Aug 1.-THE following procla-
nation has just been issued: ~;
HEADQUARTERS WESTERN DEpARrMEsrl
ST. Louis, Mo-, Aug IA.
hereby declare and establish martial law in
the city aud county OF St. Louis Maj j. Nc
Knstry, United States Army, is appointed Pro-
vost Marshal. All orders and regulations is
sued by him viii be respected and obeyed &C
cordingly.I J. G. FRENoSr,
~ Major-General Commanding
Major McKinstry has arrested Jno. A. Brown.
lee, President OF the Board Of Police Commits.
sioners. and appointed BAIL Duke inst ad.
The laws Of the city and State will be execu.
ted without change.
1t is reported that Gen. Hardee, with force
of $4,000 or $4,000 rebels, is marching on Pilot
Knob The Federal force at that point is about
5000, with pieces Of cannon,
Government Loan Taken. 1ssan
New York, Aug. 1.-THE banksof New York
Boston and Philadelphia have agreed to take the
$50, 600 900 of the Government loan they are to
be the sole recipients Of the treasury notes. !,
The Fire Zouaves are due here this p N. i.4,,,
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE Commissioner Of