. Field, fort and fleet ... illery and a detachment ofcavalry, numbering about two thousand four hundred men, Sigelsustained a loss of about eight hundred in killed and wounded. When Sturgis received word of this disaster he was holding hisown bravely, but lie lost not a moment in making preparations forretreat. So far as the battle was concerned neither had won a vic-tory, but as he was permitted to withdraw in the face of a superior WILSON S CREEK. 15 force without molestation, the North sang his praises without stintThe entire loss of the Federals was upwards of a thousand; theConfederate l
. Field, fort and fleet ... illery and a detachment ofcavalry, numbering about two thousand four hundred men, Sigelsustained a loss of about eight hundred in killed and wounded. When Sturgis received word of this disaster he was holding hisown bravely, but lie lost not a moment in making preparations forretreat. So far as the battle was concerned neither had won a vic-tory, but as he was permitted to withdraw in the face of a superior WILSON S CREEK. 15 force without molestation, the North sang his praises without stintThe entire loss of the Federals was upwards of a thousand; theConfederate loss was two hundred greater. Had Sigels troopsremained with Lyon and fought as bravely as the others, theFederals would have held the battle field. Had his flank movementbeen the success Lyon hoped for, the Confederate forces would havebeen routed. The East had poured out its blood on the field of Bull West had formed its lines of battle and held them like query ; Will Americans fight ? had been PulUjana §dmz of £mnjtmt.
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