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The Daily Dispatch: September 12, 1861., [Electronic resource], Mars and Matrimony. (search)
Another account of the battle of Oak hill. --The Memphis Appeal publishes the following extract of a letter from Gen. E. Greer, of Mississippi, descriptive of the battle near Springfield, Mo.: I think that it was the hardest fought battle that ever occurred on this continent. Lyon had about ten or eleven thousand of the best organized, the best drilled, best disciplined and best armed troops now engaged in this war. He selected his position well in front, while Siegel steadily stole up in our rear.--Soon the fight opened all around us. The grape, canister, ball and shell fell thick and fast.--My regiment kept their horses saddled all night and slept on their arms, when the ball opened in our rear, and the hissing shot and bursting shell came rushing over and around us. I ordered my command to mount, and tried to cross a large creek in our rear, between us and the enemy, in order to charge their battery, but the road was completely blocked up with wagons. Then I was order