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The Daily Dispatch: August 21, 1861., [Electronic resource], Southern independence. (search)
the Confederate forces under him over the Hessians: Springfield, Mo., (via Little Rock, Ark.,) Aug. 13, 1851. Hon. L. P. Walker: The battle of Oak Hill has been fought, and we have gained a great victory over the enemy commanded by Gen. S. Lyon. The battle was fought ten miles from Springfield. The enemy were nine or ten thousand strong; our force was about the same. The battle lasted six and one-half hours. The enemy were repulsed and driven from the field with loss of six pieces hours. The enemy were repulsed and driven from the field with loss of six pieces of artillery, several hundred stands of small arms, eight hundred killed, one thousand wounded, and three hundred prisoners. General Lyon was killed, and many of their prominent officers. Our loss was two hundred and sixty-five killed, eight hundred wounded, and thirty missing. We have possession of Springfield, and the enemy are in full retreat towards Rolla. (Signed,) Benj. McCulloch, Brig. Gen. Commanding.
The Daily Dispatch: August 21, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 16 (search)
n of the country.--They have felt the loss of millions upon millions through the inefficiency of the blockade, and the fact that with the exception of the short and brilliant campaign of General McClellan in Western Virginia, and the success of Gen. Lyon in Missouri (I) disaster has been our fate everywhere. For all this they consider some one at Washington responsible. A train of events has traced it to the heads of the different departments, and it is not at all surprising that the demand fpeak out in decisive tones, declaring that such proceedings will not longer be endured. Let the authorities at Washington take heed in time. The public want no more Big Bethels, Bull Runs, or even such slaughters as have lost them the gallant Gen. Lyon. Lincoln Puts on a Clean Shirt. We had entirely lost sight of the sentimental Nathaniel Potiphar Willis since the commencement of the war, until a day or two since, when we ascertained that he is sustaining the character of a true "Je