CONFEDERATE STRENGTH.
Without giving exact details, Gen. McCulloch says, in his official report to Gen. Cooper, Adjutant General of the Confederate States: “My own effective force was 5,300 infantry, Woodruff’s and Reed’s batteries, and 6,000 horsemen.” Total, about 11,550.
Gen. Price’s division was composed of the following subdivisions:—
| Division. | Infantry. | Cavalry. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gen. J. S. Rains’ | 1,306 | 1,200 | 2,506 |
| Gen. W. Y. Slack’s | 659 | 234 | 884 |
| Gen. J. H. McBride’s | —— | —— | 605 |
| Gen. M. M. Parsons’ | 256 | 406 | 662 |
| Gen. John B. Clark’s (sr.) | 376 | 250 | 626 |
| 3,193 | 2,090 | 5,283 | |
| And Bledsoe’s and Guibor’s batteries, probably | 150 | ||
| Grand total of Price’s Missourians.[13] | 5,433 | ||
July 30, at Cassville, Gen. McCulloch reported his force and that of Gen. Pearce, as numbering in aggregate 5,700, “nearly all well armed.” (Rebellion Records, vol. 3, series I, p. 622). Gen. Pearce loaned the Missourians six hundred stand of arms. Afterwards, McCulloch received Greer’s South Kansas Texas cavalry of 1,100 men, and one or two independent companies from Arkansas, making his and Pearce’s forces combined, number about 7,000 men. In round numbers the Southern troops numbered about 12,000 at the battle of Wilson’s Creek; the Federal or Union forces, 5,000.