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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 2: civil and military operations in Missouri. (search)
years of life to be able to say, I was in the campaigns with Lyon? A poet of the day, apostrophizing the Spirit of Lyon as a terror to the conspirators, wrote: For wheresoe'er thy comrades stand To face the traitors, as of yore, Thy prescient spirit shall command, And lead the charge once more. The National loss was between twelve and thirteen hundred, and that of the Confederates was, according to the most careful estimate, full three thousand. See reports of Major Sturgis, August 20th, 1861; of Colonel Sigel, August 18th, 1861, and of the subordinate officers of Lyon's army; also, reports of Generals Price and McCulloch and their subordinate officers. The National loss was reported at 223 killed, 721 wounded, and 292 missing. McCulloch reported the Confederate loss at 265 killed, 800 wounded, and 80 missing. At the same time, he reported the National loss to be over 2,000. He had previously said to a National officer, who was with a party at his quarters, under a flag o