. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . r which Woodruffs,which was pitted against it, was no match at all. ,1 Every available man of Lyons was now brought into action and the bat-tle raged with redoubled energy on both sides. For more than an horn- thebalance was about even, one side gaining ground only to give way in its turnto the advance of the other, till at last the Confederates seemed to jneld, anda suspension of the fury took place. General Lyon had bivouacked near the head of his column on thenight of the 9th,
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . r which Woodruffs,which was pitted against it, was no match at all. ,1 Every available man of Lyons was now brought into action and the bat-tle raged with redoubled energy on both sides. For more than an horn- thebalance was about even, one side gaining ground only to give way in its turnto the advance of the other, till at last the Confederates seemed to jneld, anda suspension of the fury took place. General Lyon had bivouacked near the head of his column on thenight of the 9th, sharing a rubber-coat Avith ]\Iajor (now Major-Cxoneral)John M. Hchofield, his chief of staff, between two rows of corn in a field bythe roadside, his other staff-oflBcers near h\. He did not seem hopeful, but was j Woodiiiffs Littlo Rock biittcvy was oomposod Imil been in eomniand. WooJniff and his gun-of suns which had been eaptnred at the seizure of ners had. in fart, boeu drilled and instnicted bytho Littlo Koek arsenal, of whieh Captain Totteu Totteu.— Editors. WILSONS CREEK. AND THE DEATH OF LYON. 293. oppressed with the responsibilityof his situation, with anxiety forthe cause, and with sympathy forthe Union people in that section,when he should retreat and leaveto theii* fate those who could notforsake their homes. He repeat-edly expressed himself as havinglieen abandoned by his superi-ors. When the troops were putin motion, he went at the headof the column, and when theaction opened he kept his placeat the front, entering the heatof the engagement with the line,near Tottens battery. He main-tained an imperturbable cool-ness, and his eye shone with theardor of conflict. He directed, en-couraged, and rallied his troopsin person, sending his staff in alldirections, and was frequentlywithout an attendant except oneor two faitliful orderlies. Earlyin the attack while on the line to the left of Tottens battery, rallying a i:)artof the 1st Missouri Infantry, his horse, whic
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