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Louisiana (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): article 9
has now arrived for the people of the State to act. You cannot longer procrastinate. Missouri must now take her position by the North or the South. Ben. McCulloch, Brigadier-General Commanding. The following general order has also been promulgated: Headquarters of the Western Army, Camp near Springfield, Mo., Aug. 12, 1861. The General commanding takes great pleasure in announcing to the army under his command the signal victory it has just gained. Soldiers of Louisiana, of Arkansas, of Missouri, and of Texas, nobly have you sustained yourselves! Shoulder to shoulder you have met the enemy and driven him before you! Your first battle has been glorious, and your General is proud of you! The opposing force, composed nearly of the old regular army of the North, have thrown themselves upon you, confident of victory; but, by great gallantry and a determined courage, you have entirely routed it, with great slaughter. Several pieces of artillery and many
Missouri (Missouri, United States) (search for this): article 9
The war in Missouri. the Confederates moving North--proclamation of Gen. McCulloch--official report of Gen. Price, r readers this morning all the particulars in relation to Missouri affairs which we deem of sufficient interest to publish: has been issued by Ben. McCulloch: To the People of Missouri: Having been called upon by the Governor of your Sta State has been nearly subjugated; but those true sons of Missouri who have continued in arms, together with my force came bmy is in full flight. One and all of the true men of Missouri will rise up and rally around their standard. The State be released, and allowed to return to their friends. Missouri must be allowed to choose her own destiny. No oaths bindle of the State to act. You cannot longer procrastinate. Missouri must now take her position by the North or the South. B just gained. Soldiers of Louisiana, of Arkansas, of Missouri, and of Texas, nobly have you sustained yourselves! Shou
Springfield, Mo. (Missouri, United States) (search for this): article 9
r provisions. A train of Federal arms, which was brought in safety from Springfield by Major Sturges, is said to be worth a million and a half of dollars. Proclamation of Gen. M'Culloch. The following proclamation, under date Springfield, Aug. 15, briefly alluded to in our telegraphic dispatches of yesterday mornine general officers wounded. The flag of the Confederacy now floats over Springfield, the stronghold of the enemy. The friends of our cause who have been impriseph McIntosh, Captain C. S. A., and Adjutant General. The battle near Springfield — official report of Gen. Price. The St. Louis papers contain the officiaee divisions of the Southern Army which participated in the battle near Springfield, Missouri. The report is addressed to Governor Jackson. We find but little in ien. Rains that the enemy were advancing in great force from the direction of Springfield, and were already within 200 or 300 yards of the position where he was encam
Arkansas (Arkansas, United States) (search for this): article 9
ed for the people of the State to act. You cannot longer procrastinate. Missouri must now take her position by the North or the South. Ben. McCulloch, Brigadier-General Commanding. The following general order has also been promulgated: Headquarters of the Western Army, Camp near Springfield, Mo., Aug. 12, 1861. The General commanding takes great pleasure in announcing to the army under his command the signal victory it has just gained. Soldiers of Louisiana, of Arkansas, of Missouri, and of Texas, nobly have you sustained yourselves! Shoulder to shoulder you have met the enemy and driven him before you! Your first battle has been glorious, and your General is proud of you! The opposing force, composed nearly of the old regular army of the North, have thrown themselves upon you, confident of victory; but, by great gallantry and a determined courage, you have entirely routed it, with great slaughter. Several pieces of artillery and many prisoners are
Ray County (Missouri, United States) (search for this): article 9
bought by the blood of many a skillful officer and brave man. Others will report the losses sustained by the Confederate forces; I shall willingly confine myself to the losses within my own army. Among those who fell mortally wounded upon the battle-field, none deserve a dearer place in the memory of Missourians, than Richard Hanson Weightman, Colonel commanding the first brigade of the second division of the army. Here, too, died in the discharge of his duty, Col. Ben Brown, of Ray county, President of the Senate, a good man and true. Brig. Gen. Slack's division suffered severely. He himself fell dangerously wounded at the head of his column. Of his regiment of infantry, under Col. J. T. Hughes, consisting of about 650 men, 36 were killed, 76 wounded, many of them mortally, and 30 are missing. Among the killed are C. H. Bennett, Adjutant of the regiment, Captain Blackwell and Lt. Hughes. Colonel Rives' squadron of cavalry, (dismounted,) numbering some 234 men, lost
Saline County (Missouri, United States) (search for this): article 9
ery, strong, lost not only their commander, but thirty-four others killed and one hundred wounded. The Second brigade, mounted men, Colonel Cawthorn commanding, about twelve hundred strong, lost twenty-one killed and seventy-five wounded. Colonel Cawthorn was himself wounded. Major Charles Rogers of St. Louis, Adjutant of the brigade, was wounded, and died the day after the battle. Your Excellency will perceive that our State forces consisted of only five thousand two hundred and twenty-one officers and men; that of these no less than one hundred and fifty-six died upon the field, while five hundred and seventeen were wounded.--These facts attest more powerfully than any words can the severity of the conflict, and the tauntless courage of our brave soldiers. It is also my painful duty to announce the death of one of my aids, Lieutenant Colonel George W. Allen, of Saline county. He was shot down while communicating an order, and we left him buried on the field.
Rolla, Mo. (Missouri, United States) (search for this): article 9
he Confederates moving North--proclamation of Gen. McCulloch--official report of Gen. Price, &c., &c. We lay before our readers this morning all the particulars in relation to Missouri affairs which we deem of sufficient interest to publish: The Confederates moving North. Rolla, Mo., Aug. 23. --Accounts from Spring field state that from six to ten thousand of McCulloch's army have left for the Northern section of the State. A Confederate force had reached Lebanon, on the Rolla road. About seven exiles from Spring field have joined Col. Boyd's regiment. About a thousand Union men have been obliged to abandon their homes in the Southwest section of the State, and leave their property at the mercy of the Confederates. There is much distress among these people, large numbers having neither money nor provisions. A train of Federal arms, which was brought in safety from Springfield by Major Sturges, is said to be worth a million and a half of dollars. Procl
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