Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1861-09-14

previously arranged the matter, for Adjutant
General Sneed furnished Us g pass to the
farm Of Hon. John ). Phelps, where the
body OF Gen. Lyon bad been inferred. Mrs.
sion with zeal that some of the Union men
10 Missouri would do we'll to initiate, receive ed
US cordially, aud insisted upon our remaining
at her bospitable mansion during our stay.
A FEW FACTS RELATIVE TO THE DEATH OF GEN.
LYON.
It appears that after the death of Gen.
Lyon, which occurred about O'Clock on the
morning Of the battle, bis body was placed in
an ambulance for removal to the town, but
the driver, or some one else, acting upon the
principle that "a living ass is better than a
dead lion." (Do pun intended), laid it on the
ground again, to make room for wounded
soldier, and there it remained till evening,
when flag OF truce was sent for It, which
was successful in recovering it. 1t was laid
upon table n bis former headquarters, and
after the wounded soldiers had received what
little attention could be bestowed upon them
in the hurry Of the hour, an effort was made
to preserve it by injecting arsenic into the
veins but retreat had been ordered, and
the surgeons relinquisbed the undertaking.
The next morning Mrs. Phelps, learning that
the body of the General was still lying in
town. asked and obtained permission to bury
it. She first placed it in kind of cave near
ber house, but entertained fea.s, most proba.
bly, grouudless, that it would be disturbed by
the soldiers Of Gen. Parsons Brigade which
is encamped on her farm, che quietly had il
removed an buried 1t had been placed in
an ordinary coffin, covered with velvet, the
whole enclosed in an air.tigbt tin case
When dsintered, it had undergone conside-
rsble decomposition, almost enough to pre-
vent recognition.
The General was killed by O email rife
ball, which passed entirely through his body,
entering on the left side, in the region of the
heart. He had previously been wounded in
tSe thigh. but continued to fight as though
nothing had happened.
Nj ior Sturgiss who assumed command of
the army after the first days retreat, for the
reason that General Siegel had not, as was
generally supposed, then received his com
mission as a general, says that he had no
idea that the remains of Gen, Lyon were not
with the army until they were twenty five
miles from Springfield.
THE battlefield FORTNIGHT AFTER TIE
FIGHT.
There still remain about seventy.fiye or
one hundred unburied bodies upon the field
OF battle, besides large number of horses.
These bodies are in every instance those OF
National soldiers, and are generally lying on
hard gravelly ridges. Those who fell in the
hollows, or where the ground was soft, have
been hid from view. The stencil arising from
the held Is not go overpowering as might be
supposed. With single exception, every
face has turned as black as an Ethiope's, and
that one, strange to say, persists in retaining
its Circsssian characteristic. In several
instances the visitor can distinctly see where
the wounded men have dragged themselves
from the places where they fell to the shade,
afforded by the few scrubby oak bushes in
the field, and there, with the crimson tide OF
life ebbing away, and no kind hand to admin.
ister so trl1ng thing as a cup of water for
the want of which they were fam;shing, they
laid them down to die. Some of our wound.
ed men. who had thus sought the shade, were
not found three or four days after the battle.
What succession Of eternities those days
must have been to them. Corporal Couant
of the First Missouri Regiment, was left upon
the field for four days, and is now doing we'll.
Brave fellow. After he had fallen, though
unable to get of bis back, he fred twenty.
five shots OF the enemy.
OUR WOUNDED IN SPRINGFIELD.
| append to this letter list of the wound
ed in the various hospitals at Springfield,
taken from the hospital register. The
wounded are generally getting along well,
and in ten days one. fourth. probably one.
third, OF them will be able TO leave. Lint
bandsges are greatly needed. Our army was
well supplied with all these articles. but after
the battle Gen. Rains, of the Confederate
army, seized upon most oi onr hospital stores
forty gallons Of brandy among other things,
and although ordered by Gen. Price to return
them, obstoately refused TO do so, saying be
would rather stand a court martial than COM
ply with the order. DR.. Franklin, Brigade
Surgeon of the NJ issouri forces, bas been
uutiring in bis effort to relieve the sufferiDgs
of our disabled men.
EFFECT OF THE BATTLE.
1t cannot be denied that the result OF the
battle at Springfield, and the withdrawal OF
our forces from the Southwest, have had a
blghtning effect upon The Union cause 10
Missouri. 1t will require twenty-five thou.
sand more men TO redeem the State than it
would have done three weeks ago. | speak
that which | know when / say that hundreds,
not to say thousands, are now 1ockng around
the Rebel standard, aud will fight with all
the zeal and religious fanatics, and that, too,
without asking or expecting a dollsr of
remuneration. The rebels now subsst chiefly
on green corn, but they will tell you that
Marion lived on potatoes and roots. or
course have an abiding faith in the success
OF the Union cause but Gen. Fremont
especially, has just now a larger contract 10
hand than is generally supposed. The Coy.
eminent cannot afford to lose or even draw
another battle 10 Missouri.
An lNFALILBLE REMEDY FOR DYsENrERY