General Price returned to Cowskin prairie, organized his men and placed those he could arm under command of Col. Alexander E. Steen, a young Missourian who had a short time before resigned from the regular army. ... The battle was now fairly set. The opposing forces were nearly equal. Price had about 3,500 men,
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Doubleday to the Indian country, took part in the battle of Cowskin Prairie, and returned to camp at Baxter Springs, Kan., where they were joined by the rest of the regiment. ... The detachment rejoined the command at Cowskin Prairie, and returned with it to Fort Scott, where Gen. Blunt took command of all the forces.
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LYON LEAVES BOONEVILLE FOR THE SOUTHWEST--PRICE REINFORCED BY McCULLOCH AND PEARCE--THEY START TO THE GOVERNOR'S RESCUE---THE RENDEZVOUS AT COWSKIN PRAIRIE--THE COMBINED FORCE MOVES TOWARD SPRINGFIELD--LYON ADVANCES TO MEET THEM--THE BATTLE OF WILSON'S CREEK--DEATH OF LYON--A FRUITLESS VICTORY.
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SIR: I have the honor to submit to your excellency the following report of the operations of the army under my command at and immediately preceding the battle of Springfield: I began to move my command from its encampment on Cowskin Prairie, in McDonald County, on July 25 towards Cassville,
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D. Order of Battle, Wilson's Creek, 10 August 1861 85 ... The Union defeat in battle and the death of General Nathaniel Lyon, so closely following the disaster at First Bull Run, caused the North to adopt a more serious attitude about the war and to realize that victory would come only with detailed planning and...
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He enlisted as a surgeon in the State Guards, and accompanied Colonel Gideon W. Thompson to Cowskin Prairie. At the battle of Wilson Creek his skill as a surgeon was invaluable. He was present at the battle of Lexington.
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Lyon Leaves Boonville for the Southwest--Price Reinforced by McCulloch and Pearce--They Start to the Governor's Rescue--The Rendezvous at Cowskin Prairie--The Combined Force Moves toward Springfield--Lyon Advances to Meet Them--The Battle of Wilson's Creek--Death of Lyon--A Fruitless Victory 50...
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Doubleday, Second Ohio Cavalry, to accompany his expedition south into the Indian country, and participate in the battle of Cowskin Prairie.
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Next morning, Friday, July 5th, we marched northwest from Carthage, toward Cowskin Prairie, when about noon, nine miles from town, we came upon the Missouri State Guard, drawn tip in line of battle on a slight rise or swell of the prairie, at the foot of which about 1,000 yards from the enemy, near Dry Fork Creek,
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Limestone Prairie: 328; Lincoln, Abraham: 71, 72 and _footnote_, 211, _footnote_; suggests Hunter's falling back, 13; calls for volunteers, 41; approached by Phelps and Blair, 49; popularity asserted, 54, _footnote_; ... decisive result of Battle of; Pea Ridge, 13; expected Confederacy to force situation for her,
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