St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-08-22


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Gen. Sigel had q very severe struggled
andslost three Of his four guns, bis artil-;
}crY, horses were shot initheir harness, aud
the pieces disabled. ,,Ys He endeayored 70
haul them off with a number of prisoners
he hid taken, But was finally compelled to
abandonr them, first, however spiking the
guns aud, disabling thescarriages.i SAM
About one Q clock, in the day, the enc.
my, seemed to bc in, great disord der and rss
treating. They Set fire to their train Of
baggage. wagons :aOdf forces were; too
much sfatigued and cut up to pursue them;
add tho battle may; be considered drawn
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The, following is a partial list of the
killed and wounded on our side j: Captain
Grats, Of the LIST Missouri, was killed; j;
Gen. Sweeney was wounded in the leg !;
Col. Mitchell, of the Kansas Volunteers,
seriously wounded; Major Shepard, of the
Generals staff, slig ghuy wounded; Capt.
Plumber, Of the Regulars, wounded; Capt.
Miller, Of the Missouri lst, seriously
wounded; Capt. sCayender was wounded
in the shoulder, but rode back oh his
horse from the battle field to Springfield.
Capt. Burke, slightly wounded ; Colonel
Ditleler was wounded In the left leg, the
ball passing through; !; Capt. Mcfarland,
Of the Ist Kansas, wounded-supposed
mortally; his. skull fractured. The fol-
lowing Lieutenants, belonging to the lst
Kansas were killed: Lieut.. G. Aynel, of
Company K Lieut.. T. Jones, Of Captain
Walkers Company; Lieuts. Duer and
McGenogin, Of Captain McCook's coupa-
ny J.; I'd Lieut.. r, A. Barker was shot in
the Jet hand. . The 1st Kansas aud LIST
Missouri suffered most. !. =
Cen Price :wass not killed. .:.., T..
There Were rumors on the field that
McCulloch was killed, but rebels denied
it. / On Saturday night Dr.. Mencher and
others of our army went back with ambu-
'lances to the battle field from Springfield,
to see about the killed and wouaded,-
found TIE z6emy on the field, and were
considerably, tredted: {: # 9ep; LIon's body
had been treated with great respect, and
was bronsshh ssht back With some Of the wound
ed to Springfield: Maj. Stutgess took
command, on; thu. battle field, after, the
death Of Gen. Lyon. Gen. Sigel took
command after the battle. Our loss IS va
riously estimated at $50 to 300 killed,
and several hundred wounded. The, ene-
my's loss is placed at 1000 killed and
wounded. : Our boys captured about 500
horses. One Of the enemy's regiments
carried two flags, the Con{ederates aud the
Stars and Stripes. Gen. Sigel marched
back to Springfield in good order, after
perfectipg his arrangements. gathering
baggage, blowing up what powder he
could not carry, and destroying other prop
erty which he did not wish should fall in
to the hands of the enemy. He left
Springfield, and on Sunday hight encamp.
ed 80 miles this side of that place the en-
emy not pursuing. The only hostility oh.
served during the day was the firing of a
musket from q distance at the rear guard
Gen. lSigel is confident he could have held
fSprlng6eld against the force they had en-.
gagged, but he was fearful of reinforce.
ments to the enemy from the south west,
and that his line of communication to
Rolla would be cut of. Gen. Lyen b.:
gan the attack on the receipt Of intelli.
genco that the enemy were expecting re-.
Inducements from Hardee's column
which was approaching from the South
East. A portion Of the artillery Of the
enemy was admirably served; their infant
~ fire was also very severe. The Spring
field Home Guards were not in the fight
They, with. a large number of citizens Of
Springfield, are in Sigels camp. It was
thought that Sigel would fall back no fur.
ther than Lebanon, where reinforcements
would meet him. %''''''a'' go '.' "
| - ST.. Louis, Aug; 4.-The following
proclamation is Just issued from Head:
quarters Of the Western Department.
ST. louis: Aug. IA II hereby deqlare
and, establish martial law In the city and
county: of St: Louis: Major J. McKins,
try, of the United States Army; is appoin.
ted Provost Marshal. All orders and
regulations issued by him will be. respec.
ted and obeyed accordingly. F"i 'E"::; ::
Signed,o Il. j. G.. FREMONT, :S' :,
T.: -.t1 t:s Maj. Gen. Commanding.
Major McKinstry has arrested John
A. Brownlee, President Board of Police
Commissioners, and appointed Bassil Dur
kee instead,
| The lavsofi the city and State will be
|executed without change. 'L'.S 7'""'
!; It IS reported that General Hatdee with
= force of from IL to $4,000 rebels is
marching on Pilot Knob. The Federal
force at this point is 5000, with 8 pieces
| of cannon, :: a1>:t,I h31s, -j5t2f .:'~'7 80
:WAsH1NaroN, Aug l4.-The 10th
New York Regiment having become dis
satisfied. and being unwilling to go into
the Sickles Brigade, some 400 Of them 70,