[2] A true incident of the battle.
[3] This prisoner and fifteen others were afterwards executed by McNeil for the breaking of their paroles.
[4] Colonel McNeil reports his loss in this action as twenty-eight killed and sixty wounded. He estimates the loss of the guerrillas as one hundred and fifty killed, three hundred wounded and forty-seven prisoners. Horses captured, one hundred and fifty.
[5] The brave Major recovered from what was supposed to be a mortal wound, was exchanged, and afterwards did valiant service for the Union.
[6] Out of the seven hundred and forty Federals engaged in the battle the loss was two hundred and seventy-two. The Confederates never reported their loss, but a Confederate officer told Captain Brawner that they buried one hundred and eighteen, who had been killed outright, besides their hundreds of wounded.
[7] See "With Lyon in Missouri."
[8] Several months after this Lamar was captured, not by Lawrence, but by an officer who knew the story. He was paroled and lived to become a good citizen after the war.
[9] Colonel Ellet died of his wounds.
[10] A few weeks after this battle Rosecrans was appointed Commander of the Army of the Cumberland.
[11] It is claimed by friends of Porter that he also paroled Allsman, and that he had nothing to do with his disappearance.