Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1861-08-28
GLORIOUS NEWS

uhLAi haiihL 'hin ~ hi'"' '.A'i N''
Victorious General Lyon
Killed. .-selgle Retreating for si
Louls.--.McCull0eh afler him.-fhe
Texas Regiment engaged Fifteen OF
them kilied.-The Louisiana aegl.
ment, under Col. Hebert. Covers Itself
With Gi0ry.-McCulloeh Leads them
In the Charge.-Desperatc Fighting.
$500 Federallsts Killed.-About 500
Confedcrates Kiiled-fuli Partleu.
lars from an Eyewitness and Par.
iiclpat0r.
Hon. Roger Q. Mills, Of Navarro county,
has kindly furnished us with the following
details OF the great battle near Springfield
Mr.. Mills was engaged in the battle, had
A horse shot from under him and his spur
knocked of by u minnie ball. His state
ucnt is entirely 'al,ablc, and gives us ma
ny interesting particulars
Tho Oaemy attacked tho camp early IN
the morning, and surprised our men In the
carly preparation for march upon Spring
field; but whnt was intended as a surprise
for us, resulted in very ssrpri'ing state Of
affairs for themselves
Mr.. Mills informed us that the surprise
was occasion;d by this fact, that McCullueh
intended to attack Lyon during tho night,
and had had all of his guards and picke's
called in, horses saddlcl and men ready to
mount. At this junctu,c, heavy storm
came up, and tho rain c,ntinued at inter
vols until daylight, tia men remaining
unou their arms and the horses saddlcd.-
At daylight, the first intimation oyr troops
had of the cnemy's presence was dis
charge Of cannon and muskctry. The or
der was given to form, and in n few mo-
mcnts McCullOch was ready for Tie conflict
and in right good spirit did hcgive it to
them.
They were totally routed. Seigle wcs
once prisoner, but escaped willie our men
were tlisarming large company of Yankees.
Nan unfortunate event occurred at the mo-
Nmcnt of victory; while one Of the brave
Icaptaips of The Lousians regiment was
\ I.aou,ing " victory" he WIS killed by a ball
from his own cannon.
| Mr.. Mills brings Tie pcIapcholy news Of
Iiho death of our forner townsmab, A. F.
Nj Sress;,s Esq BY ihs accidental discharge Of
\ gun, the day before the.bst,lc.
The loss Of the Texas regiment is truly
surprising, considering their exposed COT
ditiop, and the length OF time they stood
the fire of grape and minnie. Greer, Lane,
Clifton Taylor and others stood the $ nock
| like veterans, and added fresh iaurels to
the wreath that already crowns the fame of
Texas.
DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS,
August 22d, 1861.
Dear Sir IL promised you an outline of
,hc frht Mt Wilson's creek, ten miles south
| wcst of Springfield, Mo-, on the 10th of Au-
! gust.
Gen. McCullocl's army was calnped on
both sides of Wilson creek, on the main
road. The Tcxasrcgimcnt and Col. Church
ills regiment of Arkansas, were camped in
the rear, on tho West side of tbs creek
In front ofus, on the West, were tho Mis-
sourians under Price and Raincs, and on
the right and East of the creek, were the
Louisiana regiment under Col Hebert, and
the Arkansas regiments.
About 8 o'clock Saturday morning, our
caup was assaulted in the advance and the
rear, and on the right, simultaneously
The attack in front WAS conducted by Gen
I LYON in rcrsoa; the rear by Gen. Seigle
. 80. .of an
prisoners, was by Col. Sturgiss. The attack
on the front and rear was by artillery, the
right was assaulted by dragons. Seigle's
fire was opened on the Texans under Col
Greer and the Arkausians under Churchill
Each of these brave commanders was in
stantly at his post, and in every direction
over the field, mingled with notes of the
bursting bombs could be be arl the solitary
command, "fall in! fall in! The horses
of Col. C.'s regiment stampcded and ran in
every direction, but his brave boys teH ia
as they ran, TO take their places on the field
close to the music. Our boys, having risen
perhaps, little earlier had their horses
mostly secured and great many already
saddlcd and re ady for the fray. In few
short moments after the magic words, "fall
in had passed down our line cofoncampment
our Texas boys were calmly in tns, not o
| ircinor was seen, nor pale face. a smile
Of delight played on Col. Lanes face as he
raised nhis stirrups and cried, "Forward' u
We dashed off in a gallop to the place as
signed us before the battle-the left wing
feeling q little moro comfortable as we re-
ccdcd from the music of bomb and grape
But VIC were not long permitted to enjoy
this relief, for as soon rs We had vacated
the field where we were cncamped with
Col. Churchill, Seiglc advanced through
it and planted his guns on he hill in the
road, in front of Sharp's house whore some
Of our sick were, and from which position
oar rear was exposed to the wlole fire oI
his guns. At the Same time, the enemy S
batteries in the ndyancc were giving us
warm welcome. Our boys stood it like he.
rocs. Our gallant Colonel, Elkanah Greer
the calmest and bravest man | ever saw
was on the alert and would frequently
change our position TO protect us from thC
cnemy's batteries, and at the same tint
guard our position. We were under fire Al
different intervals for two or three hour:
without the pleasure Of returning the COM
plimcnt. A portion Of our regiment was
detached during the batile and engaged
Seirle's retiring columns, drove him along
the road SOUTHEAST from Springfield, some
six or seven miles from the main action
captured two pieces of artillery, aud aftci
killing mapy of the enemy along the road
and in the woods finally routed them and
scattered them to the black jack bushes ind
corn fields During the day, while we were
guarding the left, we came in some three OF
four hundred yards of The rear Of the enc
mv's battery, defended by some five hundred
well disciplined troops. Col. Greer ordered
ms 10 form in line fronting Tie position, for
The purpose of char gingit. Wewere in the
,-noIs rberc fI,e earth was covered with the
tbickes, under growth, and in turning horses,
and getting raw, undiscipl ned troops in po-
80 ,xeTv offieer irving to get his men