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The Daily Dispatch: August 26, 1861., [Electronic resource], The battle near Springfield Mo. (search)
ssing of the First Missouri Regiment, from which it appears 77 were killed 93 seriously wounded, 125 not seriously, and 17 prisoners and missing; total 318 out of 721 comprising the regiment when it went into battle. The same paper says: Dr. Cornyn, who has arrived in this city, was on the field of battle. He states that the Federal troops did not have a drop of water to drink after leaving Springfield, save what was in their . He also states that the majority of wounds received by our meffective — their shots being too high; and many of their batteries no advantage to them, owing to the fact that they had been placed in position to command the Fayetteville road, down which it was expected the Federal troops would move. D. Cornyn is of opinion that the killed on both sides were left unburied, owing to the great number and to the terrible stench which filled the air the day after the battle. Families living in the vicinity were compelled to leave on this account. Great