Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Col. J. F. Bates” in chapter 197 of Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 2.:

...by the Iowa troops in the late hotly contested battle of Wilson's Creek. At 6 o'clock P. M., of the 9th inst., the First regiment of Iowa Volunteers, under command of Lieut.-Col. Wm. H. Merritt, Col. J. F. Bates being sick, united with the forces at Springfield, under command of Gen. Lyon, and commenced the march to Wilson's Creek, twelve miles distant. Arriving within three miles of the enemy's camp and in ...
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