The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-20
The Missouri Battle Arkansas Troops.

10 tls Editors ~ the Riclm 9ls 4 Dispatch -
The dispatches Ot tA9 eneTay leave 40 doubt
but that cur forces have ACHE we'd, after one OF
the hardes fought battles OF tG!s war, signal
and brilliant victory, near Springfield Mis-
souri,. The same dispatches now that The
my has also fallen into the prevailing fashion
OF ignoring the young S54te Of AIk'nsds. Al
though represen led here by trazter's regi-
menJ. viii h led the march OF Holmes s brig
ade 10 reiut 3ICe Lae lett, through heavy fire
for mile aud half, and running III front CT
the foe, when they were ordered not 10 fire,
answering each discharge OF Walkers artii-
lery. which they supported with cheers,
which the enemy compared 10 tAe war whoop
OF savages, the state, by your papers here,
has even been denied he. share III me glory CT
Manassas.
The Northern reports OF tbs battle of Spring
field mention LoQ'slHna, tennessee, Missis
slppt, Texas, and CEerCAee halt-breeds, but,
as all our friends here, even the ladies at the
Exchange remark. make no mention OF Ar
kansas Now, your CORES pOEdeAt v ell klo VS.,
and states on has personal responsibility. that
McCullooh's command contained previous to
the 2lst of j uly, with me exception or one
regiment from Louisiana, (the noble 3i,l Ar
kansas TROOPS alone, and hat he had with him
lust previous 10 TIE march towards Spring
field one regim eGt OF well armed cavalry, IN
Ter Col. Churchill, III which your CORES
pondent has relatives, one regiment OF in
fantry, we'll armed aud Of the bes material il
the South, under Col. GrdllOt, one regiment
OF infantry, under Col. De R0<ey Carroll,
besides Il regiment Of infantry and regiment
aud several independent companies OF cavalry
from the N0rthWest tern part of the State, III
names Of all OF whose commanders your cor
respondent will not venture 10 give correctly.
IL is impossible that McCulloch, notwith-
standing the enemy reports, could have had
under his command over six thousand men,
unless he had been reinforced by a regiment of
cavalry which he expec led from Texas. Wnat
Prices addition Was | cannot learn.
Arkansas. with voting popuia don OF only
sixty thousand, has now, besides independent
nanies, twenty seyau regiments in the
field. eleven thousand Of which force only are
properly armed Pocahontas, Arkansas, near
the terminus of the St. Louis and Iron Noun
tain r. r, III the line OF defence OF hardee's
column, hav ,ng been deemed point OF dan
ger from invasion by the Hessans OF s.. Louis,
Il large proportion OF the Arkansas forces had
marc ned thither, and by the enemy's account
did not arrive at Springfield il time 10 share
the dangers and horror, Of the battle. l Is
stated in the words OF The report received
here through the North that The Gontede-
I'll tes, in oyerW WheImipg force charged Totem
battery three times but were each time re-
pulsed with great slaugh ter Ii repuIsed at
all | well know they were repuIsed with
reut slaughter. The bones Of Totem Ia ther
lie buried 1T Little Rock, his relatives live
there, and he has received great kindness al
the hands OF the CITIZENS of Arkansas
lie was III charge OF the Little Rock Arsenal
when eIght hundred citizens marched TO
seZs II for the State, and il was surrendered
upon The demAnd OF Governor Rector. Six
OF the pieces, (Braggs' battery then taken
with the arsenai,l Were against him al Spring
Held, IN charge oi a company who first sty led
themselves the ''Totten Artillery" in his
honor, concurring that The Secessionists had
done wrong in dislodging him but after the
confirmation of his treason 20 the State OF his
adoption, the was born at the North changed
their name, and marched in 10 Missouri. aux-
ious 10 prove to him that corruption, thoagh
coupled with professional skill, would be no
match against Sou thern devotion TO the cause
Of homes and dgesldes, iaaua tanned with pure