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Springfield, Mo., having been received, the
Major-General commanding announces to the troops embraced in his command, with pride and the highest commendation, the extraordinary services to their country and flag rendered by the division of the brave and lamented
General Lyon.
For thus nobly battling for the honor of their flag, he now publicly desires to express to the officers and soldiers his cordial thanks, and commends their conduct as an example to their comrades, whenever engaged against the enemies of the
Union.
Opposed by overwhelming masses of the enemy, in a numerical superiority of upward of twenty thousand against four thousand three hundred, or nearly five to one, the successes of our troops were nevertheless sufficiently marked to give to their exploits the moral effect of a victory.
II.
The General commanding laments, in sympathy with the country, the loss of the indomitable
General Nathaniel Lyon.
His fame cannot be better eulogized than in these words from the official report of his gallant successor,
Major Sturgis, U. S. Cavalry: “Thus gallantly fell as true a soldier as ever drew a sword; a man, whose honesty of purpose was proverbial; a noble patriot, and one who held his life as nothing where his country demanded it of him.”
Let all emulate his prowess and undying devotion to his duty.
II.
The regiments and corps engaged in this battle, will be permitted to have “
Springfield” emblazoned on their colors, as a distinguished memorial of their service to the nation.
IV.
The names of the officers and soldiers mentioned in the official reports as most distinguished for important services and marked gallantry, will be communicated to the War Department for the consideration of the
Government.
V. This order will be read at the head of every company in this Department.
By order of
Major-General Fremont.
A rebel shout of exultation.
The victory in
Missouri is gloriously confirmed;
Lyon is killed and
Siegel in flight and believed to be captured;
Sweeney is killed, and
Southwestern Missouri cleared of the
National scum of invaders.
All honor and gratitude to
Ben. McCulloch and the gallant men with him, who met and scourged the minions of National tyranny.
The brave sons of
Louisiana were there and foremost in the fight, as at
Manassas.
There was a panic, it seems, of the untried and probably half-armed troops of
Missouri, but the steady discipline and dashing courage of the
Arkansas and
Louisiana regiments retrieved the day, and after a stubborn fight with the United States regulars, under their most vaunted generals, made a clean sweep of the field.
The flying enemy, intercepted by
Hardee, have laid down their arms, and the day of the deliverance of
Missouri is nigh.
These were the best soldiers which the
United States had in the
State and in the
West.
They were well drilled by veteran officers, and confident of an easy victory in
Missouri.
They were the nucleus of the grand Western army which was to hold
Missouri in bondage as the basis of a grand movement for the subjugation of the States on the
Lower Mississippi.
They have been broken and dispersed.
Southwestern Missouri is free already.
The Southeast cannot long stand before the advancing armies of
Pillow and
Hardee, joined to those of
McCulloch; and the next word will be: On to
St. Louis!
That taken, the power of Lincolnism is broken in the whole
West; and instead of shouting, Ho!
for
Richmond!
and Ho!
for New Orleans!
there will be hurryings to and fro among the frightened magnates at
Washington, and anxious inquiries of what they shall do to save themselves from the vengeance to come.
Good tidings reach us from the
North and the
West.
Heaven smiles on the arms of the
Confederate States; and through the brightly-beaming vistas of these battles we see golden promises of the speedy triumph of a righteous cause — in the firm establishment of Southern independence.--
N. O. Picayune, August 17.
