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The Daily Dispatch: August 26, 1861., [Electronic resource], The battle near Springfield Mo. (search)
ng 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 numbers of horses, many of which were shot in twain, and dead and mangled men, covered the field in every direction and the sun's rays acting upon these, must have soon rendered the atmosphere unendurable. Among the Confederates killed is Colonel Weightman, formerly delegate in Congress from New Mexico, Gen. Parsons was wounded very severely, and it is believed mortally, General John B. Clark, of Howard county, (lately a member of Congress,) was wounded slightly. He had two sons in the action. The elder of the two, Colonel Clark, took the command when his father left the field.