...n the desperate chance of battle, and had to fight it out to the bitter end. McCulloch's and Pearce's infantry were on the east side of the creek, where McCulloch had former the men so as to meet Sigel 's attack and to protect Price's rear, posting the Third Louisiana, McIntosh's regiment and McRae's battalion within protecting distance of Woodruff's battery, which was firing across the creek. He ...