AN ACCOUNT
OF THE
Battle of Wilson’s Creek,
OR OAK HILLS,
FOUGHT BETWEEN THE
UNION TROOPS, COMMANDED BY GEN. N. LYON,
AND THE
SOUTHERN, OR CONFEDERATE TROOPS, UNDER COMMAND OF GENS. McCULLOCH AND PRICE,
ON
SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1861,
IN
GREENE COUNTY, MISSOURI.
WRITTEN AND COMPILED FROM AUTHENTIC SOURCES
By HOLCOMBE & ADAMS.
Published on the Twenty-Second Anniversary of the Battle, as a Full and Faithful Account, and as a Memorial of the Reunion of the Survivors of the Engagement of Both Sides, held August 8, 9, and 10, 1883.
SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI:
DOW & ADAMS, Publishers.
1883.
St. Louis.
Nixon-Jones Printing Company.
BRIG. GEN. NATHANIEL LYON.
GEN. STERLING PRICE.
THIS BOOK
IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO THE
BLUE AND GRAY
WHO TOOK PART IN THE
Battle of Wilson’s Creek, or Oak Hills,
August 10th, 1861.