Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-01-23
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1900 Feds, the advance guard Of
Lyons army. The boys pitched
into them, killing 40 and wound
ing 10. We had 5 wounded, none
killed. Gen. Lyon was in the rear
with the remainder of his army,
but quickly fell back upon Spring.
field. The Southerners afterwards
moved on slowly in the same d.
rect;on, until they came within 10
miles of Springfield, at Moody's
Spring, on Wilson's Creek, where
they encamped until the 9th of
August. On that night McCulloch
issued orders for marchingFat nine
o'clock. Camp and picket guards
were called in previous to a move
but there came up a rain, when
the order was countcr1ianded and
no guards of any sort were put OUT,
expecting every moment that the
rain would cease and the army
continue the march, and at the
same time a similar order was
given by Genl. Lyon, but to march
upon the Southern camp. He ir-
tended to secure our pickets and
fail upon the camp without notice
and make his victory complete, but
when he came to where our pick
cts where known to be, and not
finding them, his conclusion was
that there was a trick on hand,
and halted until near daylight,
when he began his move upon the
Southern camp and did make a
complete investment of the South
ern camp before half were out Of
bed; but when the Southern Eoys
rubbed the dust cut of their eyes
and CAPPED time or two, tEcy
were ready, and l assure yen the
toll the, paid for their impudenee
was awful. The battle ragged
fiercely for 5 hours and II minutes,
and when the smoke cleared away
from the field of battle the sight
was indeed, awful. There lay
dead and stiff three thousand Feds
on the ground, with their brave
commander. Lyon was brave
The last words he said, Great
God! what fighters The Feder-
al army had $500 wounded Of
which SEQ died. They lost in
killed, wounded, and missing,
about 7,0G0 men. After this fight
the army continued. its march to-
wards Kansas, and had another
battle On Drywood near fort Scott,
where the Feds were again de-
feated. The army then marched
on to Lexington on the Missouri
river, where they had four days
hard fighting, which resulted in
the capture of the entire Federal
army that was in that vicinity
! The southern army then fell back
200 miles to- their old camp
ground. After some five weeks
they started back in the rear of
the Federal army, which had fol-
lowed Price from Lexington to
Springfield. Price continued his
retreat about eighty miles further,
and halted in the Southwest cor
ner of the State. The Feds would
not come any further, and after
remaining the time | mentioned
they again marched in pursuit
of the Federal army, and up to
date had not overtaken them.
Such destruction of property by
the Federal army on its march back
was never known. Besides lay
ing waste the country they stole
every negro they could get hold of.
They stole as many as four hun
dred out of Green county. Wei
at this time are clear of the Fed
erals, but the people are in dread
of the Jayhawkers. These devils
spare no persons that are not with
them. We are in place that
tries mems souls. Genl. Rains
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