Browsing named entities in The Daily Dispatch: September 12, 1861., [Electronic resource]. You can also browse the collection for Siegel or search for Siegel in all documents.

Your search returned 7 results in 2 document sections:

The Daily Dispatch: September 12, 1861., [Electronic resource], Mars and Matrimony. (search)
en 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 saddly retreated from the field. I moved my command around, and received orders from General McCulloch to take a position on a commanding ridge. I there learned that Siegel, with two pieces of cannon and two or three thousand Dutch, had gone down the road. I dispatched two of my Texas companies and one Missouri company after him. Thne Missouri company after him. They captured his regimental flag and cannon, and killed and captured nearly all of his men. Siegel got into Springfield with two men only. Myself and command were ordered in pursuit of the enemy, but unfortunately ordered in the wrong direction. We remained in the saddle from sunrise to sunset.
The Daily Dispatch: September 12, 1861., [Electronic resource], The battle of Oak hill (search)
a slackening of our fire, total annihilation was all that we could expect. The great question in my mind was, "Where is Siegel?" If I could still hope for a vigorous attack by him on the enemy's right flank or rear, then we could go forward with s The consultation was brought to a close by the advance of a heavy column of infantry, advancing from the hill where Siegel's guns had been heard before. Thinking they were Siegel's men, the line was formed for an advance, with the hope of formSiegel's men, the line was formed for an advance, with the hope of forming a junction with him. These troops wore a dress much resembling that of Siegel's brigade, and carried the American flag. They were therefore permitted to move down the hill within easy range of Dubois' battery, until they had reached the covered Siegel's brigade, and carried the American flag. They were therefore permitted to move down the hill within easy range of Dubois' battery, until they had reached the covered position at the foot of the ridge on which we were posted, and from which we had been fiercely assailed before, when suddenly a battery was planted on the hill in our front, and began to pour upon us shrapnel and canister — a species of shot not befo