The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-07-26

the views of my Government, and has
its full confidence. What he has to say
will have my support
g Yet in half an hour he took the case
out of Blair's mouth and advanced to
the front, and Frank Blair was as dumb
as he had been. The United States
never could have been typified by a
more invincible mind and presence. 1t
was O'Clock when the meeting broke
up. The last attempt Jackson made
was to have both sides agree not to re-
cruit troops in Missouri. Lyon arose:
"' Rather than agree that my Gov
eminent shall concede to your Govern
ment one iota of authority as to one man
to be recruited, one inch of soil of this
State to be divided in allegiance or neu-
tralized between my Government and
your Government, will see you, sir
pointing to PRICE,, and you, sir (point-
ing to Jackson), and myself and all of
us, under the sod!' Then, taking out
his watch, stifay, he said, You shall
have safe conduct out of my lines for
one hour. Meantime, you can get your
dinner. 1t is now O'clock
"We took our dinner in haste and left
St. Louis by an express train, and if we
had not burned the bridges behind us,
by George! he would have caught us,
sir, before we could reach Jefferson City,
for he marched at once. Price had
soldierly respect for him, and delivered
up his body from the battlefield. 1t
was found deserted second time in the
streets of Springfield. then gave it to
Mrs. Phelps, wife of the present Gov
ernor of Missouri, and sent men to bury
it at the graveyard in Springfield. Lyon
followed us with determination I'M
paralleled in that war, and he went I'M
der the sod in fulfillment of his VOW"
THE BATTLE AROUND LYONS BODY.
Mr.. Snead said that he possessed a
chest full of papers and reports, and
could write the only accurate statement,
amid many prevailing errors and mis-
apprehensions, of the battle of Wilson's
Greek, or Springfield. He was Prices
Adjutant there as Mcintosh, of Georgia,
was Ben McCulloch's Adjutant. Nc
Intosh was better soldier than McCul-
loch, who was indecisive and faint of
confidence. Price was a fine old officer
who had never lost battle, and felt,
like all Missourians, that the place to
fight Lyon was in Missouri, and not to
fall back to Arkansas McCulloch COM
manded the Confederate army proper of
only 5000 men. Price commanded the
Missouri State Guard, which the others
considered militia, of 5000 men.
The Confederate Government, in
Guiding jeff. Davis, seemed indif-
ferent about Missouri, and did
not regard her as having properly
seeded. Price was Major-General;
McCullech only Brigadier. The latter
hesitated about marching upon Spring
field, and was inclined to return to Ar
kansas. One day Price rode up on his
horse; he had loud voice and posi-
tive address, and always spoke to Nc
Culloch as if he considered the latter an
inferior.
ado you mean to march into Missouri
and attack Lyon, Gen. McCulloch?"
81 have not received permission from
Mr.. Davis to do so, SIR" answered Nc
Culloch. ::My instructions leave me
in doubt whether | will be justified in
doing sos
Snow, SIR" said Price, still in loud,
imperious tone, Il have commanded in
more battles than you ever saw, Gen.
McCulloch; l have three times as many
troops as you; | am of higher rank than
you are, and l am twenty years your
senior in age. | waive all these things,
Gen. McCulloch, and if you will march
into Missouri l will obey your orders,
and give you the whole command and
all the glory to be won there
-McCulloch said he was then expecting
a dispatch from Mr.. Davis, and would
take Price at his word if it was favor
able. The dispatch came, and the army
advanced, with McCulloch in supreme
command.
After McCulloch had advanced awhile
he again grew irresolute, and instead of
moving on Springfield direct, he halted
out at Wilson's Greek, twelve miles or
so south of that CITY, Price rode up to
him one day and found him making
diagrams with stick on the ground.
Price bawled out, General McCulloch,
are you going to attact Lyon or not?''
McCulloch said that he was undecided
''Then," cried Price, 81 want my own
Missouri troops, and I will lead them
against Lyon myself if they are all
killed in the action, and you, General
McCulloch, may go where in the devil
you pleased" McCulloch was thus ex-
asperated into promising an attack.
1t was arranged to move on the very
night that Lyon moved, and by three
columns, upon Springfield. Price was to
take one column, McCulloch second
and old General Clarke third. In
anticipation of this movement, Nc
Culloch drew in his pickets, and seeing
some clouds and threatning weather
arising, he ordered the troops to lay on
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