, 1861-08-15
Afternoon Dispatches.
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sfHE WAR In MISSOURI.
The Late BattIe--SpIe1ltd Behavior
Of nnr Tf0oH&-R2rt1e01ars OF the
Death OF Xy0R-3oM. MeD1lEech
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Hm1niahedb by an eye WftpessYho LETT Spring
4aid On Monday morning, nd Game through
/ to this place on horseback. x:
Our army marched out of Springfield on
Friday evening, only tifty:a7 hundred strong,
Our forces slept on the Prairie portion %
the night, and about. Eurrf.e Saturday morn.
ing drove In the outposts Of she enemy, aud
|-sesH .aeszHazda a3's "a e,Esa-
The attack was m Il. cs1:=i13 ~ Ly-
on and sturgie, Geaessi 5 -. i:a:.15 = daak-
ga6s6 81 dc seatE III; <'~t
The fight ragged fram ssu.s'5 L. :i.. .. .ca.
ing until one Or two O'Clock ,at:>. ,.;1e.a o:n.
on Capt Totten'b battery saTer.. sim.sz bht !.
Eere repulsed with: great t.alaupi1tgr.
zen. IJou:tsu ear1Y In the day. BE had
been preVloas1y wounded in theleg, and had q
horse shot from under him.: The Colonel Of
one Of the Kansas regiments having BECOME
disabled, the boys cried ont HGaneral, Won
come and lead ~" He did so, and at once
putting himself in front sand while cheering
The men On to the charge, receiyedIs buIiet iH
the LETT breast and fell IRON his. horse: Hs
WAS asked i he was hurt, and he replied s.No,:
MI withomt mnea 6nt II = fen minutes he expired
Gen. sige1 had . very severe struggle, and
LOST three OF his four guns. His artillery
horses were shot In their harness and the
pieces. disabled. He endeayofed to haul ihen
On with number Of prisoners he had taken.
G1t was finally compelled to abandon them,
th nfst, aoMever, spiking the guns aud disabling
About one O'Clock In the Day, the enemy
seemed &c TO be in great disorder and retreating.
Ihey set IRE to their train of baggage wagons.
Onr iotce we're too much cut up 10 pursue,
anG 81 tne M natue may be considered drawn one
IL d9e iolioT3ng l. partial List Of the killed
! IN SATURDAY night; pr. Msncher and others
!nt cur army vent back with amhu}ances to
: U bafale-held from Springfield, to zee about
;:tEs kaled and ;Eounded. They found the en-
ed. Gen. Lyonfs body had besn treated With S
great respect, and WAS brought back with some
OF the wounded to Springfield:
:. ma} stuIgb took, command on the battle
F; neld atteF the death Of Gen. Lyon. Gen. slgel
took command atter the battle. Our loss fs
;yaflouBly estimated at fro 4, $50 ~to-8 $40 EHed
and several hundred wounded. The enemy'e
loss 10 placed at 1900 killed and wounded.
Our boys captured about 100 horses,
;one OF the enemy's regiments carried two
y sfiags, the Confederate and the stars and
Gen. slgeel marched back to Springfield So, in
good order after perfecting his arrangements,
gathering the baggage, blowing up what pow
der he could not carry, and destroying other
property which he did not wish should. fan
INTO the hands Of the enemy He lef1 spring-
field on Sunday night, and encamped thirty
miles this side. Of that place, the enemy not
The oily hostility observed durfnss the day
was musket fred from . distance at the yaa
guard. Gen. Sigel is confident he could have
held Spring. field against the force they had en-
gsged, but he Was fearful Of reinforcements
% the enemy from the southwest, and that
cut of.
Gen. Lyon began the attack upon the re-
ceipt Of intelligence that the enemy were eg-.
pectng resaforce ments from Hardee's column
Which was approaching from the southeast,
a portion Of the artillery Of the enemy was
admirably tsryed. Their infantry ire was also
very sev(Se. The Springfield Home Guards
were rSa in the fight. They, with large nun
ber ci the citizens Of Springfield, are n sigeis
camp. It was thought that sigel would f4ll
back no farther than Lebanon, where REIN
torcements would meet him.