SPRINGFIELD, Mo. March 10.
A Messenger who arrived this morning at 3 0’clo9ck, reports that the battle lasted from Thursday morning till Saturday evening, that our loss was about 450 killed and wounded, and that the rebels lost about 1,000 killed and wounded and the same number taken prisoners, among them Col. McRea of an Arkansas regiment.
The attack was made from the north and west, our army being completely surrounded, and Van Dorn, Price, McCulloch and McIntosh were present, with about 25,000 men. McCulloch and McIntosh are reported wounded.
The attack from the rear was made by McCulloch, and met by Sigel, who wounded him completely – his corps scattered in wild confusion.
We have also captured a large amount of stores, teams, cannon, small arms and ammunition.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Thursday Morning, March 13, 1862, p. 2
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