, 1861-08-21

Of nbert stars and stripes aoattrg In the
ar. Our hearth best fAst and quick for We
knew it must be sigel, whom we were all e1.
Ct SO much anxiety. Yet we dare not trust it.
1t did not advance, still 1t waved there;
proudly, too, though In the hands Of traitors.
On further inspection We find two Of the
Nret sAed secession rags duttering beside it.
Ihe dEstardly towards are fighting under our
1SDner. But they were taught to rue the act
upper The folds Of that darling banner.
Returring to the LETT wing, WAsre were Da
sois' battery AId OEterhaus' bsttalion, a long
line Of Infantry is obteryed OF the hill, oyeF
:2rces the saEtne, to be approaching as. Ma
FIRE, and one ehell hu1t1es in their rafdst,
when the star spa2elcd banner Ia el4<7e times
waved far above tier ae aGs. Capt, D. CEASES
to fire, aEd sends to M.j. StHrgis to say thst
he was afraid we are firing On Sigel. On
Eore thorough examination it Is found 10 be
under the dsg they were so rutaiessly assai;-
i.g, and Capt. Dubois made thcni pay SD
penalty fos the &C q ardly subterfuge-
At this time it must have been the enemy
tecame aware they had nothing further to iear
frcm S;ge1'x to1ees, and began to concentrate
their available troops fer last desp srste,
combined attack upon our command. 4 briak
nring begins on tAe right, new battery opens
behind 1.-The roar i1eTeascs-al our forces
are thEoWn in tlat direction, and terrific
fight Tholc bastIe--is fought there. No
interval is heard IN the hiring it is Ill oae
continuous 1oar Of mnskesry and booming Of
canIop. This listed qgite three quarters of
81 Eou7, and again were the 1or.srttken
reeels driven from the delG, to -etEra no ID 3re
till night, after we bad lett. Their deai aad
wounded we're pied in heaps aed III many
Pl2ces ours were Piled on top Ct tEem.
Pages could be filed With irc.dsnts Of bray
eTy on the part of our troops and cfficais, but
ali could not be mentioned, and It Is desired
Ect to be irviGious. I Cannot, however, "a
rain from making honorable mantion & Ma
jor J. IL EcEodeld, than whom fi1tr Eau.Ie-
man or truer patriot OF braVer soldier does
not live. In all That bloody fight Of six hours
be Vas eTer in the 1ead, foremost, coolest.
the greater part Of the dsJ, and in the LAST Vi
oleDt struggle. after Lyons dsath, be led the
Iowa regiment up TO the Iltt of Totse2's
battery, and pointing with his sword to
the fatal pieces, said, u want you to prosae.
That battery" And well and truly no3iy did
they do their work.
The Firet Missouri Regiment fought like
veteran troops, and as evidence Of the terrible
daughter visited upon them. Look At their
thinned ranks and read the fatal list Of killed
and wounded. But it is 8 question beyond
mortal ken to know which troops did the
De6E. AL IOuEHE well and 0{aF6lY. a10 D6Etef
towards the close than at the beginning Of the
light.
The battle began about 4. NJ, and lasted
TIL u NJ The enemy we're driven from taa
field. O1r shattered columns were without
spy reEerye to continues fight, yet no man
felt that he were whipped. Weknew that the
aojcining woods WAS Tiled with terrorstricken
rebels who had not been engaged, and who
might rally under cover and come on uB again.
So Major Sturgis commenced a retreat, and
We -1oVed from the field in good order, taking
all our guns and as many wounded as we had
wagons to carry.
After marching one or two miles, we halted
and eeGt back to see Il we were pursued
which not being the case, we fell back to
Springfield and rested till morning, when We
proceeded to Rolla.
On ouf Ea} from the battle feld to Spring
field We met 8 train Of wagons which M*j5l
Corant, a most efficient officer, whom Gen
Lyon perempterjly refus to permit to go or
the battle field, had sent ont to recover the
wounded. IThsae wagons brought IN tbs
greater Part Of e1r wounded, who had been
kindly treated by the enemy, be it said. We
were compelled to leave them in Springfield
but We left competent surgeons to care fol
them,