The national Republican., 1861-08-15
BY TELL E G R A P Il
FURTHER PARTICUL AIRS
OF THE
Battle at Springfield, Mo-
LIST OF KILLED AND WOUNDED!

RoLLA, NO., August l3.-The following addi.
tiunal account Of the battle at Springfield Is
furnished by an eyewitness, who left Spring.
field Sunday morning, and came through here
on horseback:
Our army marched out of Springfield Friday
evening, only Ave thousand Ave hundred strong;
the Home Guards remaining ut Springfield;
slept on the prairie u portion of the night
About sunrise Saturday morning, drove in an
outpost Of tho encmy. Soon after, the attack
became general. Ii was made in two columns
by Lyon and Sturgss-Siegel leading the INK.
ing force of about one thousand men. Four
guns on the north Of the enemy's emp. The
fight Iaged from sunrise until one or two O'Clock
in the afternoon. The rebels In overwhelming
force charged Totten's battery three distinct
times, but were repuiscd with great slaughter.
Gen. Lyon fell early in the day. He had
been previously wounded in tho leg, and had n
horse shot from under him. The Colonel OF
one Of the Kansas regiments having become
disabled, the boys cried out. General, you
come lead us on" He did 80, and at once pu,
himself in front. While cheering the men on
to the charge, he received bullet in the left
breast, and fell from his horse. He was asked
If he was hurt, and replied, No, not much =
but in few minutes he expired without II
struggle.
General Siegel had n very severe struggle
lost three of his lourguns. His artillery horses
were shot in harness pieces disabled. He en-
deavored to haul them off, with u number OF
prisoners he had taken, but was finally COM
PEELED to abandon them; first, however, sp!k'
| ing the guns and disabling the carriage'.
About one o'clock the enemy seemed in grea,
| disorder, retreating, setting fire to their train
| of baggage wagons. Our forces were too much
fatigued and cut up to pursue; so the battle
may be considered draw. The following is a
partial list sf the killed and wounded on our
side Captain Gratz, first Missouri, killed
General Sweeny, wounded in the leg; Colone
| Mitchell, W karsas volunteers, severely wound
ed; Captain Plummer, regulars, wounded
Capt. Miller, Missouri first, seriously wounded
| Captain Cavender, wounded in the shoulder
but rode back on his horse from the batlle
neld 10 Springfield; Captain Burke, slightly
wounded Colonel Atzeler, wounded in lei!
| leg; Captain McFarlan, Kanzas first. wounded
| supposed mortally skull fractured. Tho fol
lowing lieutenants, Kansas, first, killed Lieut.
II. c. Agucal. Lieut.. JOEL, Duer, and MEG III
| aeeon; Lieut.. r. A. Barker, shot in LETT hand
The Missouri first and Iowa first suffered most
General Price was not killed. There were
rumors on the field that Ben Mccullough hat
been killed, but the rebels denied it on Satur
day night
| DR.. Menscher, and others of our army, ven
back with ambulances to the battle aeld from
Springfield t" see about the killed and " Wounded
They found the enemy on the field, ana were
considerably troated. Gen. Lyons body hac
been treated With great respect, and va
brought back with some of the wounded, t,
Springfield, Major sturgs took command o.
the battle field after the death of General Lyon
General Slegel took command after the batGe
Our loss is variouSly estimated at one hundre,
and fifty to three hundred killed, and severa