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eir entrenchments.--We then took our position within easy range of the college, which building they had strongly fortified, and opened upon them a brisk fire from Bledsoe's battery, (which, in the absence of Capt. Bledsoe, who had been wounded at Big Dry-Wood, was gallantly commanded by Capt. Emmett McDonald,) and by Parson's batteCapt. Bledsoe, who had been wounded at Big Dry-Wood, was gallantly commanded by Capt. Emmett McDonald,) and by Parson's battery, under the skillful command of Capt. Guibor. Finding after sunset that our ammunition, the most of which had been left behind on the march from Springfield, was nearly exhausted, and that my men, thousands of whom had not eaten a particle in 36 hours, required rest and food, I withdrew to the Fair Ground and encamped there. Gen. Rains's division occupied a strong position on the east and northeast of the fortifications, from which an effective cannonading was kept up on the enemy by Bledsoe's battery, under command, except on the last day, of Capt. Emmett McDonald, and another battery commanded by Capt. Churchill Clark, of Rev. Louis. Both of these