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Cowskin Prairie (Missouri, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
s point General Price issued a stirring address to the soldiers of the State Guard, in which he informed them that he was no longer their commander but had resigned his commission in the service of the State to enter the Confederate army, and called upon them to follow him in the service of the Confederacy, as they had in upholding the same cause followed him in the service of the State, and in conclusion said: Let not history record that the men who bore with patience the privations of Cowskin prairie, who endured uncomplainingly the burning heats of a Missouri summer and the frosts and snows of a Missouri winter; that the men who met the enemy at Carthage, at Wilson's Creek, at Fort Scott, at Lexington, and on numberless battlefields in Missouri, and met them but to conquer them; that the men who fought so bravely and so well at Elkhorn; that the unpaid soldiers of Missouri were, after so many victories, and after so much suffering, unequal to the great task of achieving the indepen
Earl Van Dorn (search for this): chapter 8
lloch and McIntosh killed Van Dorn Retreats Van Dorn's opinion of the Missourians the army of theattacking the enemy. Price's views impressed Van Dorn favorably, and he started at once for the sce body under Curtis being at Elkhorn Tavern. Van Dorn's design was to throw his force, by a rapid mgel did. But Sigel was too fast for him. When Van Dorn's column debouched from the mountains, three e damage and captured a number of prisoners. Van Dorn pushed on in pursuit, but before night Sigel erals were concentrated at Elkhorn Tavern. Van Dorn moved up to within almost cannon range of thedsoe, Guibor, Wade, MacDonald and Clark. General Van Dorn made his headquarters on the night of the In view of this condition of affairs, General Van Dorn determined to withdraw. General Price wat taken by the Missourians in the battle, General Van Dorn said, in a communication to the governmenor cease to expose his life to danger. General Van Dorn retreated across the Boston mountains and
Mosby Monroe Parsons (search for this): chapter 8
he Mississippi to the support of General Beauregard, at Corinth. General Martin E. Green, who had received his commission as a general officer from Richmond, was assigned to the command of the Second Missouri Confederate brigade. The detached Confederate organizations were consolidated into battalions commanded respectively by Lieutenant- Colonels Irwin, Rosser and Hughes. The State Guard organizations that were willing to follow General Price were formed into a brigade, commanded by General Parsons. Those who remained west of the river were assigned to the command of General Rains. The army remained in camp near Van Buren for about ten days, and then marched across the State to Des Arc. At this point General Price issued a stirring address to the soldiers of the State Guard, in which he informed them that he was no longer their commander but had resigned his commission in the service of the State to enter the Confederate army, and called upon them to follow him in the service of
Albert Pike (search for this): chapter 8
he Missourians and they fraternized, for there was always the best of feeling between the troops of the two States. Gen. Albert Pike also came with a body of Indians, who possessed the vices of their civilized conquerors and their uncivilized ancestors and the virtues of neither. As soldiers they were worthless, but it may not have been entirely their fault. General Pike was not the kind of commander to develop a very high order of soldiership in any body of recruits, and least of all in a bo guard the train and stock. McCulloch's corps was composed of eleven Confederate regiments, one of which was unarmed, and Pike's Indians, whom no one probably ever undertook to count. The men had been ordered to prepare five-day rations, and were i. This left Colonel Hubert in command, and he was reported killed, but was a prisoner and afterward made his escape. General Pike, upon whom the command properly devolved after McIntosh's death, did not make an effort at that time or any other to r
James H. Lane (search for this): chapter 8
kept on the alert day and night, suffered severely. At Dug Springs the cavalry of the enemy became obtrusive, and were sent reeling back to the rear in short order. At Crane Creek, just at night, a general engagement seemed imminent, and every man and battery was placed in position; but after some heavy skirmishing the enemy withdrew and waited for morning. The rear guard remained in position until midnight, the main column having pushed on to anticipate a heavy force of Kansans under General Lane, who were forced-marching to reach Cassville before Price did. But at 9 o'clock at night of the 15th, Price's column reached there, weary, cold, hungry and wet, having crossed Flat Creek seventeen times during the day. Price now had everything behind him, with his front and flanks clear. At Sugar Creek there was heavy skirmishing for several hours, in which the First brigade and Clark's and Macdonald's batteries made it so uncomfortable for the enemy that they withdrew with considerable
Samuel R. Curtis (search for this): chapter 8
Ten days later the column from Kansas, under Gen. Samuel R. Curtis, made its appearance on the Bolivar road, anaggregating about 17,000 men. The combined force of Curtis and Sigel comprised about 18,000. Price's corps occupied three separate camps, the main body under Curtis being at Elkhorn Tavern. Van Dorn's design was to vement, between Sigel, who was at Fayetteville, and Curtis. To do this he had to reach Bentonville before Sig, but before night Sigel had formed a junction with Curtis, and the Federals were concentrated at Elkhorn Tave and making a detour of eight miles he could get in Curtis' rear, and he determined to make the movement with ning he reached the main road—the only one by which Curtis could retire northward. By ten o'clock Price had dt of the first day's fight at Elkhorn Tavern, where Curtis had made his headquarters the night before. Price of this, the other troops were withdrawn. But when Curtis found the attack on him from the south had failed,
Indians (search for this): chapter 8
ited the developments of the future. At Cove Creek several Arkansas regiments joined the Missourians and they fraternized, for there was always the best of feeling between the troops of the two States. Gen. Albert Pike also came with a body of Indians, who possessed the vices of their civilized conquerors and their uncivilized ancestors and the virtues of neither. As soldiers they were worthless, but it may not have been entirely their fault. General Pike was not the kind of commander to develop a very high order of soldiership in any body of recruits, and least of all in a body of half-civilized Indians. When Price and McCulloch met, their old differences were revived, and prevented any cordial co-operation between them. The main causes of difference were those of rank and precedence. Price was a majorgen-eral in the Missouri State Guard, and McCulloch was a brigadier-general in the provisional army of the Confederate States. At Wilson's Creek, Price and Pearce waived thei
Sigel (search for this): chapter 8
t 17,000 men. The combined force of Curtis and Sigel comprised about 18,000. Price's corps was c throw his force, by a rapid movement, between Sigel, who was at Fayetteville, and Curtis. To do this he had to reach Bentonville before Sigel did. But Sigel was too fast for him. When Van Dorn's cSigel was too fast for him. When Van Dorn's column debouched from the mountains, three miles from Bentonville, Sigel's column could be seen enteSigel's column could be seen entering the town. McIntosh and his mounted men were ordered to get in Sigel's front and delay him, buSigel's front and delay him, but McIntosh, instead of attempting to check him, attacked, and he and his men—wild men on wilder horses—were speedily dispersed by Sigel's infantry and artillery. The Missourians tried the same expean Dorn pushed on in pursuit, but before night Sigel had formed a junction with Curtis, and the Fed succession. McCulloch, who was confronted by Sigel, attacked as soon as he heard the report of Price's guns and drove Sigel from his first position. His second attack was also successful, as was
Nashville Bledsoe (search for this): chapter 8
g of the fight nearly two miles. In the charge the troops of the State Guard did the hardest fighting. They had to cross a large corn field, swept by the artillery of the enemy, while the Federal infantry had a great advantage from their position in the edge of the timber. The Guard never faltered, but crossed the field with a rush and swept the Federals, infantry and artillery, backward before them. In this engagement the batteries did effective service, particularly those commanded by Bledsoe, Guibor, Wade, MacDonald and Clark. General Van Dorn made his headquarters on the night of the first day's fight at Elkhorn Tavern, where Curtis had made his headquarters the night before. Price had been entirely successful in the attack he had made from the north; had driven the enemy at every point, and advanced his own lines a mile and a half or two miles. But in the attack from the south, where McCulloch commanded, one disaster followed another in rapid succession. McCulloch, who
Robert McCulloch (search for this): chapter 8
ansas showed no disposition to help him. General McCulloch, at his comfortable winter quarters near, and enlisting in the Confederate service. McCulloch alone had men enough—well armed, well drille that could have been brought against them. McCulloch was immovable. A retrograde movement on Prirovisions. At this point Generals Price and McCulloch met and had a conference, the result of whicrences by taking personal command of his and McCulloch's forces, and attacking the enemy. Price's . He spent a day with Price and another with McCulloch, with the result that he determined to move ed into two corps, commanded respectively by McCulloch and Price, aggregating about 17,000 men. Theong, was left to guard the train and stock. McCulloch's corps was composed of eleven Confederate r But in reconnoitering the enemy's position, McCulloch advanced too far and was shot and instantly thought they were making a movement to help McCulloch's wing, and fully expected to be engaged aga[7 more...]
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