The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-09-02
NO. 90

possible; watching the gape and 81
the fash would fall .asst GA the ground
and when their isoli l.ail passed. jump
up aad Hun again.
When the regiment was again
es,ned it was marched down the
main road, and Aaakad'roth,d 6eiglss
battery. drove s-.lway The protecting
infantry, aud by order. Of Lieat. Gel
Hyams charged in again with bayo-
nets and took guns. Capt. Giimors's
gray uniform. shirt WAS eat open
across the body by a grape shoe y
Lieut.. Lacy was very enshs.sl.sfs m
cheering lis men on to the eharDA
and the skirt of his shirt snd eeat q
his pantaIoons were cut away.
Capt. Hinson. a very gallant ana
ACCOMPLISHED officer Of B4strop. More
house-Parish, with his brotherran-
law, Mr.. WMstons, fell near the guns
by a shot from Reeds battery. winch
had, unknown to us, been pousang N
heavy fire for some minutes beSsee
! the charge. The guns were puued
down the hill, and again tlle neginellt-
marched for about a niie, and the len
wing got into the FIRE again. aud aid
ed two Missouri and Arkansas troops
to drive Lyons somn2nd from =
i stand point. 1t was intended to
send them in to charge this battery,
but before they could get into proper
1 position, the enemy were IN INA rs-
treat for Springfield, and our men
were too ,nuch exhausted to Pursse:
The battle was over, the enemy hed
been repulsed at every Poilt their
fcolors taken; Gen. Lyon killed:
Col. Seigle's battery taken, snd go
of their. men laid on the field. The
different regiments retired 70 their
several camps. The Texans being
sent to tie eastward in pursuit Of
Seigle. They pursued him veiy
closely but he escaped and got INTO
town escorted bytwo men.
T The sad duty Of bringing IN tie
! dead, wounded, occupied ustill night
fall The Shreveport Rangers Jost
killed +. James Alien, j. $. Brown-
Well. Dangerously wounded: J: W.
Hecox, shot in the left breast; Don-
abue shot in the breast. simpson,
| hoth ewes shot out. Slightly wound
a6 Thomas Bickhan, shot through
the right arm below the clbow' >. >.
! Manning shot across the shoulders
Attaway, spent ball in the breast;
\ Grow in the side touching the hip
hone. S.arcent Ben Davis, a severe
coptpsionby a bomb she'll on the arm;
Rosser in the face; Frank Davis, hit
v-ith spent ball on the head; w: y.
Gha,+o, wouuded and missing. The
Searrent-maior Of the Regiment,
Rennick. and Placide Bossier, fell at
.+bc irst fire. The loss Of the reg
rn.nt was 9 killed and AZ wounded.
The total loss of the army was 200
killed and about 700 wounded.
,Phe loss of the enemy. is estlma,
ted at 500 killed, 1900 wounded and
, 25a, n,evious, while it is presumed
that their total loss killed wounded
and missing, is not less than 3ooo
by their own officers in springhcte-
| nrr drad were buried that night,
: dressed in their hest clothes, and a
. blanket served as a winding sheet.
An officer with Il flag OF truce can 9
for Lyon's body, which was taken
up to springfield, but SO hurried was
| tL.;r retreat, they did not stop, to
; bury it. and it lay there until Mond; y
/ evening when it was, deeently inter
D red by Mrs. Philips, the wife OF the
;, l.. S. Congressman from that dls'
trict.
: Their wounded were also earned
t u, and placed in the Court House
t .Inil. Churches and Hotels, and PA
: .-yate dwellings. Permission wa.
: given to come up with hag'- an.
hurv their dead, but they did not avai
IL themselves oft, but left them as they
n fell
Y On Sunday fatigue parties wer'
It sent out from each regiment to nufy
d Them, but so rapid had decomposi
: ton taken place, that very soon the,
:. sicksued and We're unable to hnsl
a the task. When we passed the f'et'
a ON Wednesday the bodies OF thos
/ that fell in the road near the batter.
e had been thrown to The sides OF tn
fl road and were fostering in worm
1t and the advanced step Of putrefaca
le t;on it was horrible and loathsom
'c beyond description.
:, The army marched two miles
y escape the dreadful smeh' ana agar
cmped. The Texan Regime,
V, marched into Springfield tore dow
n the Union flag and hoisted the Co'
as f.derate Flag on the Court House.
ce The victory was complete; tn
Ell Federal army dispersed' the Seces,
nd ION Missourians enboldened and mao
nd conscious of their power, The an
sh munition insufficient for long car
.el paign, the provisions also r'nnii
ng short. and 50 the active ca'hPAig
ut. was presumed by those at headqna
on ters to be ended, and the Confeder"
n, army was expected to march Oae